Elizabeth A.Baker. Creating Valuable Class Web Sites. Learning & Leading with Technology, 35(7), 18-22. Website location: http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=May_No_7_&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&NavMenuID=3972&ContentID=20453&DirectListComboInd=D
This is a nicely written article on developing websites for your classroom. The author describes three different methods for website creation so that everyone from the beginner to the advanced can begin using the resources. There are also three tables listing a number of useful websites for each method of development.
Method 1 – Web Site Providers
This method is for people who are tentative about using the internet and computers. The listed websites are for sites that create websites for you. Some are teacher based and others are more general. The free websites will have advertising or there are websites that create advertisement free websites for a nominal fee. The advantage is that you get a site up and running quickly but it will be simple and not portable.
Method 2 – Blogs, Groups and Wikkis
This method is for people who are more skilled but lack the time to learn web creation software. You can create websites that multiple users can post to. Many students may already have experience with these tools so you can build on their knowledge. If you decide to build your own website level you can link to these sites. We have used these tools in class.
Method 3 – Be Your Own Developer
There are free tools that allow you to create simple websites like Nvu and Netscape Composer. There are also purchasable software for developing more sophisticated websites like Dreamweaver, FrontPage and iWeb. You will need time to learn the software and server space to host your website.
1. What is the value of signing up for an RSS in method 2? It notifies you of any changes to your website and it will email you when posts are made to your website.
This is a nicely written article on developing websites for your classroom. The author describes three different methods for website creation so that everyone from the beginner to the advanced can begin using the resources. There are also three tables listing a number of useful websites for each method of development.
Method 1 – Web Site Providers
This method is for people who are tentative about using the internet and computers. The listed websites are for sites that create websites for you. Some are teacher based and others are more general. The free websites will have advertising or there are websites that create advertisement free websites for a nominal fee. The advantage is that you get a site up and running quickly but it will be simple and not portable.
Method 2 – Blogs, Groups and Wikkis
This method is for people who are more skilled but lack the time to learn web creation software. You can create websites that multiple users can post to. Many students may already have experience with these tools so you can build on their knowledge. If you decide to build your own website level you can link to these sites. We have used these tools in class.
Method 3 – Be Your Own Developer
There are free tools that allow you to create simple websites like Nvu and Netscape Composer. There are also purchasable software for developing more sophisticated websites like Dreamweaver, FrontPage and iWeb. You will need time to learn the software and server space to host your website.
1. What is the value of signing up for an RSS in method 2? It notifies you of any changes to your website and it will email you when posts are made to your website.
2. Can I use Microsoft Office to build a website? If you have office you probably have FrontPage which you can use to build websites. You will need some time to learn the tools.
Before web 2.0, people had to use FrontPage, Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver, and other programs to do web pages. They also needed to know about HTML and Javascript if they really wanted to do well. I wrote a Netscape Composer tutorial and was locally popular at that time (1999-2001). Nobody is using Composer now.
ReplyDeleteWikis and blogs are convenient ways to create web sites, but they have their limitations. I guess there is no perfect thing in this world.