11/01/07 WHILE I AM GONE!!

OBJECTIVE:
To create a sketch and outline of your home page. You will use the sketch and outline to guide you through the creation of your personal website.

AGENDA:

1. Tell me about it
2. Read personal website assignment (due 11/08/07)
3. Create a sketch of personal website
4. Create an outline of personal website
5. Create buttons for personal website
6. Start working on personal website

TELL ME ABOUT IT: (10 minutes)

1. Write a paragraph of why it is important to create a sketch and outline before you start creating a website and email it to me.
2. Download the following document Personal Website Assignment. Save it in your flash drive as "personalwebsiteassignment"

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:

1. create a sketch for your home page. You will turn it in to the sub, if you want to keep a copy, make sure you make a second one. I want a very detailed sketch, tell me the colors your plan to use, the images, etc... The more detail it is, the better of a website you can create. (30 minutes)
2. Create a outline for your website. Remember the activity we did in class, create the outline of the html code. (20 minutes )
3. Create two buttons for your website "home" and "college". You can go to http://www.buttongenerator.com/ to create one or you can create one using fireworks. ( 20 minutes )
4. After you are done creating the buttons you can start coding your "home" page. (20 minutes)

SKETCH AND OUTLINE

Today we will be talking about sketching a website and outlining a website before creating an HTML document.

Tell me about it!

1. In your flash drive create a folder called "PersonalPage"



2. Inside personal page create a folder called "images"



3. Save the following images to the folder called "images"

Tell me about it 10/25/07

Tell me about it:
1. Pull out your vocabulary words and go over them!!
2. Get a partner and quiz each other!! Remember we are having VOCAB WARS today.

DESIGN ELEMENTS and HTML

Hi Class!!! I hope you had a great weekend!! As for me, i had a long weekend. I am still having a long weekend. I am at a conference learning more about technology. YES RAUL I AM PUTTING THIS UP AT 1:20 AM. ENRIQUE PLEASE TAKE A SEAT!!! :- )

Today Activities are to download the following documents and save them to your flash drive. After you are done with both documents please send them to me. Please read everything in the documents carefully. Some of the materials will become part of a test that we will have on THURSDAY. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE MATERIAL ON BOTH DOCUMENTS.

HTML Info and Scavenger Hunt


If you are done early with both projects. Please continue working on the HTML document that you started last week. Try to add a list and a small paragraph about your hero.

See you WEDNESDAY, Si Dios Quiere!!

DESIGN ELEMENTS 10/11/07

Today we will learn design elements. Before we can start doing any web design, we need to know a little about DESIGN.

Find the definitions for the following words using google. Type the words and definitions in a word document. Print them out and keep them, learn them over the weekend. Once you are done, start studying all the Vocabulary Words.

1. Design
   
2. High Contrast (think about how it is use in design) use this website http://www.warrenkramer.com/design/1/index.shtml
   
3. Audience
4. Proximity ( how is it use in design)
   
5. Alignment ( how is it use in design) go to this website http://desktoppub.about.com/od/designprinciples/g/alignment.htm
6. Repetition ( how can it be use in design)
7. Format
8. Layout
   
9. Project Management

AFTER YOU ARE DONE WITH VOCABULARY WORDS download the following document.

Design Elements Practice

PRACTICING WITH HTML

Today you will create your first HTML webpage. READ THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THIS POSTING BEFORE YOU GO TO TECH TRAIN.

Click on Tech Train after you have read the posting.

Read the instructions on the website and start creating your first HTML web page. Make sure you read through out the entire page before you start doing the project. The project is not hard is just a lot of work. I will be helping you guys individually but i want you to start trying it out for yourself first. IF YOU NEED TOO, TAKE SQ3R NOTES.

Use the following guidelines to name the title and heading of your page.

1. Title of webpage "name_First Page"
2. Heading 1 " My Hero"
3. Heading 2 " My Goal"
4. Heading 3 " My Culture"

Do not worry about list. We will be doing that later. BE READY TO DISCUSS HTML WITH THE CLASS.

REVISING YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENT

START WORKING ON PEER REVIEWS:

1. Make sure you have a partner. Have him/her review your personal statement and make track changes to it. Make sure you review their personal statement.
   
2. Once you are done with your partners peer review, save it as "peer review by name"
3. Once you receive your personal statement back from your partner, save it twice once as " track changes by partner name" and second save it as "accepted changes". Make sure you have two copies. You will only accept changes on one of the documents.
   
4. Accept changes on the "accepted changes " document.
5. Continue working on personal statements.
   

IN CLASS ACTIVITIES:

1. Create interactive Table of Contents
2. pdf snapshot
3. create links within a word document.
   
4. Show sample of final project.
   

Download Documents:

1. Personal Statement Rubric