Option 5: Internet and Website Development.
Resources:
By using the resources below on learning about the Internet and Website
Development students will be able to meet the following Outcomes:
5.2.1 Describes and applies problem-solving processes when creating solutions
5.2.2 Designs, produces and evaluates appropriate solutions to a range of
challenging problems
5.2.3 Critically analyses decision-making processes in a range of information and
software solutions
Apple website:
www.apple.com
The apple website gives a brief overview of what I web is and has short video
tutorials on the basics of using I web.
With this website students will learn to describe and use a range of internet
software packages, examine the features and strategies used in the design of a
range of websites use a variety of features when designing and building a
website and students will learn to develop a website for a particular task or
purpose.
Atomic Learning – I Web 09:
http://www.atomiclearning.com/au/iweb09
Atomic learning is a website that has many tutorials on all different types of
programs for both Windows and Macs. At Atomic Learning there is a detail
tutorial covering everything that I web can do
With this website students will again learn to describe and use a range of
internet software packages, examine the features and strategies used in the
design of a range of websites use a variety of features when designing and
building a website and students will learn to develop a website for a particular
task or purpose.
I Web class task sheet:
This class task sheet was what the class had to complete after listening to our
presentation. The task sheet asked students to evaluate a website and discuss on
the good and bad points about the website. The task sheet also got students to
develop a website using I web on the history of the Internet.
With the task sheet students will learn to identify a home page within a website,
investigate a website and identify the features, use a variety of features when
designing and building a website and to develop a website for a particular task or
purpose.
The task sheet also addressed the outcomes:
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5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
Class presentation on the Internet and website development:
The presentation covered the history of the Internet from 1957 to 2010; we also
looked into the use of
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E-mail
Research via search engines
Evaluating a website
Chatting and messaging
The presentation will help students to define and describe the internet, identify
and discuss key historical events for the internet by developing a timeline, email
a file to a set location, describe email etiquette, research using the internet for a
given task, use search engines to undertake internet research, discuss the
purpose of the world wide web, identify a home page within a website and to
investigate a website and identify the features.
Discovering Computers 2009 textbook:
This text book was published at the end of 2008 for 2009, even though the book
is now a couple years out of date, students will still be able to get the information
that is needed on the internet and website development. The book has a whole
chapter dedicated to the Internet and the World Wide Web and a chapter on
communications and networks.
Using this text students will learn to define and describe the internet, examine
the features of a school or other intranet, compare and contrast an intranet with
the internet, describe email etiquette, assess the use of the internet for
communication in a variety of situations, describe and use a range of internet
software packages, identify the types of protocols used over the internet and
describe their purpose, discuss the purpose of the world wide web, critically
analyze the effectiveness of a website to convey its message and they will learn
to identify and discuss settings for web browsers as well as settings for
information access and protection of data.
History of the Internet video – You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIQjrMHTv4
The you tube video is a good way of introducing the history of the internet in
brief, it does not cover everything and does convey a lot over to the United
Kingdom, and can go for a little long but other then that it is a very good start on
learning the history of the internet.
The video will help students learn to identify and discuss key historical events
for the Internet by developing a timeline, assess the use of the Internet for
communication in a variety of situations, and to identify the types of protocols
used over the Internet and describe their purpose.
There are also additional content to the Internet and website development
option topic that students may choose to explore; this extra content can be
answered by the above resources.
This additional content students will learn about interactive web based projects
and collaborative projects. From these students will learn to design and produce
a web based project such as Web Quest for a selected topic, evaluate the
effectiveness of a web based project and to register online and participate in a
collaborative project in an area of interest by using PB works, word press, etc.