Programs and Resources used to produce this workshop
Introduction
to HTML- http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html
This is how I learned to build web pages. I didn't buy a book or take a
course. I sat myself down for a few hours with this
amazing tutorial, and when I emerged, I could code. I highly recommend
this tutorial.
HTML Goodies
www.htmlgoodies.com
Once you've learned the basics of coding and feel fairly comfortable with
the concepts, HTML Goodies is an excellent
resource to discover how to do all those fun things you've seen on other
pages. It's comprehensive, well-designed and
well-maintained.
Netscape
Composer
This is a "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" editor (WYSIWYG). It's not perfect,
but the main advantage is that any
computer that has a fairly recent version of Netscape Navigator on it will
also have this program. I can do quick editing
jobs at school as well as at home.
PaintShop
Pro http://www.jasc.com/psp5.html
Any orginal graphics on this site were produced using Paint Shop Pro. This
is a wonderful program that does just about
anything you'd want to do with computer graphics for the net, including
animation, and the best part is.. it's cheap!
You can download a "trial version" for free and you'l be able to test it
for 30 days. After that, you send them about $100,
and they register your program and you can keep it for always. A very fun
toy... excellent procrastination against
marking..
Speaking of downloading... this is an excellent site to find shareware,
freeware and other programs available over the
internet:
TUCOWS
www.tucows.com
Quiz
Maker http://motted.hawaii.edu/et_tools/quizcenter/
Interactive Quizzes can be a powerful tool to ensure a productive time
in the computer lab with your students.
Designing them in HTML involves a special kind of language called "cgi-scripting"
and most free web hosting sites don't
support them. That's why QUIZ MAKER is such a wonderful site. Through interactive
forms, you can design and compose
quizzes that they will host on the web site. You can customize them in
many ways, even have the results e-mailed to you.
Great
tool for a wired teacher!
Links
For
my full educational links site, go here!
Here
are some links that relate specifically to this workshop:
Sites about Educational Portfolios:
Electronic
Portfolios
Comprehensive guide to the
why's and how's of the process
Examples
of Electronic Portfolios
Examples of elementary portfolios
created using Hyperstudio
Digital
Portfolio Project
Another good site- theory,
links, and samples
Sites that show other kinds of student created educational web sites
The
Beacon School Web Projects
The Beacon School in New
York City focusses on integrating technological and aesthetic considerations
in their educationl program.
The results are quite interesting. Take a look.
ThinkQuest
ThinkQuest is an annual
competition, designed to promote high-quality, educational student produced
content on the World Wide Web. Often, students from opposite sides of the
continent will collaborate on a project. The library of sites is impressive!
