Nicholas Barnard
Week 1:
Establish expectations distribute a syllabus plus a scoring rubric.
Establish history of the WWW.
Following questions will comprise the discussion:
Why did the WWW come to be the standard and not AOL, Prodigy or CompuServe?
Why does free software continue to exist on the Internet when so much money can be made?
During the first section of this week WWW documents will be a primary source of exploring the history of the WWW. A current list of working documents are provided below:
http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/pdp/ns/ben/TCPHIST.html
http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html
http://www.w3.org/History.html
http://www.w3.org/Bugs.html
http://www.apache.org/info/aol-http.html
http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html
http://www.apache.org/ABOUT_APACHE.html
Week 2:
Learn the basics of HTML by doing. Students will be expected to create rudimentary web sites by hand in a text editor, to provide the understanding of the power of HTML and the concept of backward compatibility. Backward compatibility will be explored through the use of old functional web browsers and text web browsers with web pages designed for both backward compatibility and for pages designed for vendor specific browsers (Netscape Navigator, and Microsoft Internet Explorer) A comparison of two websites will comprise the nightly homework, for this week.
Week 3:
Beginning of project based period. This week will consist of discussions of popular WWW media formats and what makes a web site visually attractive and useful. (Mrs. Kretzler has agreed to provide a lecture on one day to discuss what makes pictures visually attractive and usable.) We will also develop graphic editing skills, and HTML editing skills in web browsers. We will also explore how to take content from existing sources and make them useable on the web.
Week 4:
Students will engage in researching the history of a WWW Based company, they will be expected to turn in a report in the HTML format either on WWW Site, or a Diskette.
Week 5:
Students will decide a subject of personal importance to them, or a class that they have had trouble with in the past year to develop a website on. This will include links to other parts of the net as well as unique content. Relevance of content and links will be the primary focus of the grades of this section.
Week 6:
Students will continue in class designing their final project and receiving guidance from each other.
Week 7:
This week will function as a safety week, to assure all expected knowledge is learned and to allow for flexibility in pacing due to the different skills of students.
Week 8: (Exam Week)
Students will present their websites and provide a critique of all websites