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Week

Topic

Projects

Week 1


Jan. 29-Feb.2
 Orientation

 

  1. Mr. G: presentation--"Class Rules/Procedures"

  2. Expectations sheet, take home for parent signature

  3. Discuss Course Outline

  4. Orientation to www.goldstoneonline.com worksheet

  5. basic computer skills tutorial     (worksheet)

  6. Learn the Net: The Web At A Glance (if the website is down: try this one)                       

  7. worksheet for Learn the Net

  8. What does the Internet look like? Pictures of the Internet

  9. The Million Dollar Homepage
     

  10. Typing practice - every day starts with 10 min. of typing warm-ups:
     
    1. powertyping.com
    2. powertyping.com/baracuda
    3. learn2type.com
    4. customtyping.com/goalie_demo.htm
    5. Typing Games

     

  11. Chapter 1: vocabulary words with powerpoint
     

 

Log-in to our CLASS BLOG for the question of the day
 
Chapter 1
Into the Internet

Week 2


Feb. 5-9

Chapter 1
Into the Internet
 
bullet

Defining the Internet

bullet

Who Uses the Internet

bullet

History of the Internet

bullet

Connecting to the Internet
 

 Discovering the Internet, Chapter 1 links
 
  1. sign in to CLASS BLOG
  2. Powerpoint presentations for Chap. 1
  3. Practice Test your correct points out of 20 poss.
  4. Who Wants to be a Computer Genius - game
  5. Chapter Projects - powerpoint

 
 

Week 3


Feb. 12-16

Chapter 1
Chapter 1 links
  1. sign in to CLASS BLOG
  2. Finish Chapter Projects - powerpoint
 

Week 4


Feb. 19-23

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 links 
bullet

IP Addresses

bullet

Web Browsers

bullet

Risks and Safeguards
  1. sign in to CLASS BLOG
  2. Chapter 2 Vocabulary/powerpoint
  3. Chapter 2 Vocabulary presentations

Week 5


Feb. 26 - Mar.3

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 links

 

Chapter 3

bulletSearching
bulletSearch Tools
bulletAdvanced Search Techniques

 

 
  1. sign in to CLASS BLOG
  2. Chapter 2 Practice Test
  3. Chapter 3 Vocabulary use Microsoft Word (31 words)
     

  4. What are search engines?

  5. How do they work?

  6. SearchEngine Watch - ratings

  7. Major Search Engines and Directories
    worksheet right-click: save target as  
     

Week 6


Mar. 5 - 9
 Chapter 3
bulletSearching
bulletSearch Tools
bulletAdvanced Search Techniques

 

sign in to CLASS BLOG

 

  1. Internet Tips
  2. searching with keywords worksheet
  3. Add and Subtract to search more of the web
  4. Subject Directories
  5. search engines
  6. The Best Search Engines and how to use them
  7. Googling to the Max
  8. Google Guide - making searching easier

  9. Work for Google (What it's like to work at Google)

  10. Google Cheat Sheet

  11. Google 101

  12. Plagarism
  13. Citing Your Sources
  14. Search Strategy

  15. Flash cards/Practice test

  16. Basic Internet Searching Exercises

  17. Search Engine quiz

  18. NetHunt 1.0

  19. Internet Tips
     

 

 


 
TURN IN:
  1. Major Search Engines and Directories (worksheet)
  2. Internet Exercises (plain paper)
  3. Scavenger Hunt
  4. Chapter 3 Vocabulary
  5. Blog printout
  6. Smart Keyword Searching (worksheet)
  7. Tips for Searching and Citing Your Source
  8. Chapter 3 Practice Test
     

Week 7


Mar. 12 - 16
Continue Chapter 3
(search engines)

 

Begin Chapter 4
(Email)

  1. sign in to CLASS BLOG

  2. Chapter 3 exercise 1 (page 166)
    do scenarios #1,2,4,6,8;  type answers in Word

  3. How to Evaluate Websites

  4. Checklist for Evaluating Information

  5. GoogleWhacking

  6. GoogleWhacking -  the rules
     

Chapter 4

  1. Chapter 4 vocabulary, pages 174-180 only
  2. Internet Addiction quiz
    copy your score and paste into Word
    type a paragraph-"What is Internet Addiction?"

 

Week 8


March 19-23
 Chapter 4
bulletE-Mail
 
  1. sign in to CLASS BLOG
  2. EMail Etiquette: powerpoint presentation
  3. Email Can Get You Fired
  4. sign up for email account
  5. EMail tips assignment
  6. Email Assignment #1: Send a message to your teacher.
  7. Email Assignment #2: Send a file attachment.
    (attach your chap. 4 vocabulary)
  8. Email Assignment #3: Use a signature file

  9. coolsigs.com
    siglets.com
     

LINKS:

  1. Spoof Email Lesson from Ebay

  2. Email Phishing quiz
  3. Don't Get Hooked
  4. Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Emails
  5. 10 ways to stop spyware
  6. AOL
  7. Phishing Examples
  8. Recent Phishing Incidents
     

TURN IN:

  1. CHAP. 4 VOCABULARY
  2. INTERNET ADDICTION PAPER
  3. Email #1
  4. Email #2
     

Week 9


Mar. 26 - 30
 Create web pages with HTML
Graphics		 Introduction to HTML What is HTML?

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

 

  1. HTML Examples

  2. HTML Tutorial

  3. HTML Goodies

  4. Learn HTML

  5. HTML-WebMonkey

  6. Resources for HTML

  7. Learning HTML-Internet Public Library

  8. HTML for Beginners - C/NET

  9. HTML Tags - with definitions

  10. HTML Tutorial - 2K Communications

  11. Doctor HTML - checks HTML

  12. NetMechanic

  13. HTML Primer - tutorial

  14. A Beginners Guide to HTML tutorial from NCSA

  15. McJeff's HTML 101

  16. HTML Made Easy
  17. Page Tutor
  18. Introduction to HTML interactive  tutorial

 

Week 10


April 1 - 5
 HTML Chapter 3

Chapter 4

April 10-14

Spring
Break

Week 11


April 16-20
 HTML Chapter 5

Chapter 6

 

Photoshop

Coloring Book

 

Week 12


April 23-27
 HTML Chapter 7 "Fun In The Sun"

add graphics, add graphic banner

Animated graphics for the Fun In The Sun page

 

Chapter 8 - links
  1. create a "links" page with relative links to your other work
  2. create a graphic banner
  3. add a graphic from the web, modify the graphic with soft edges
  4. add absolute links to several www sites
  5. add your own "coloring book" graphic to the bottom of the page

 

Photoshop

Coloring Book

 

Week 13


Apr. 30--May 4
  


Chapter 9 - Color
Color Chart

 

HTML CheatSheet

spacer graphic download

 

Photoshop

Coloring Book

 

Week 14


May 7-11
 Create web pages

website practice 1

website practice 2

website practice 3

 

 

"white box" graphic

(Championzone)

HTML project (Chris's Music Center)

 

Week 15


May 14-18
  

Practice Projects:

  1. Fun In the Sun website
    right-click: save target as  
    text, boat1, boat2, boat3, boat4
     
  2. Swap Meet website
    graphics for swap meet right-click: save target as  
    ADD:
    photo gallery
    marquee
    entry page

Frontpage Links:

  1. Frontpage 2002.Com Tutorials
  2. Frontpage 2002 Overview
  3. Frontpage Tutorials
     

Week 16


May 21-25
   Championzone website
 files  right-click: save target as  

 

  1. Website Planning
  2. Web Design Elements
  3. Web Design Final Project
  4. Web Design Links
  5. Writing for the Web
     
  6. Creating web pages links
  7. Web Style Guide
  8. Web Wizard's Links

 

Week 17


May 29-June1
 Final projects

create a complete website for a company

Final Project Planning form right-click: save target as  
(complete this before you start your project)

Week 18


June 4-8
 Finish Final Project Fine Points of Web Design

Little Things That Make a Big Difference
Week 19
June 11-15
 finals  
   

Web Design Links

  1. Web Style Guide

  2. Tips on designing web pages (Robin Williams)

  3. How to recognize good and bad design (Robin Williams)

  4. Page design principles

  5. 12 Website Design Decisions

  6. Make pages look good with AOL

  7. Business Website Design

  8. The Design Process

  9. Fixing Your Website

  10. Website Example Templates

  11. Web Design 101

  12. Basic Design Principles

  13. Top Ten Design Mistakes

  14. 100 Do's and Don'ts

  15. Yale Web Style Guide

  16. Projecting a professional image with color

  17. Web Design Guide

  18. Yale Style Manual for Web Design

  19. Cool Home Pages

  20. Web Pages That Suck
    (learn good design by looking at bad design)

  21. Web Page Resources - includes advanced topics

  22. Build a Website

  23. Criteria for website evaluation

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Web page layout

  1. Web page layout grids

  2. white space and web page layout

  3. Template built with tables

  4. website example templates

  5. Freelayouts

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Graphics Libraries

  1. The Animation Factory

  2. BestAnimations.com

  3. Icon Bazzar

  4. McJeff's Free Graphics

  5. Free Graphics.com

  6. Clip Art Searcher MediaBuilder - animations Animation Online (create banners and buttons)

  7. Bells and Whistles.com - everything for web sites

  8. Stuff - Tons of Free Stuff

  9. Barry's ClipArt Server

  10. ClipArt Warehouse

  11. Backgrounds and borders

  12. Graphics sites

  13. 30,000 Free Original Clip Art

  14. 3-D Textmaker Animation Online Backgrounds and borders CoolText AnimationLibrary The Animation Factory

  15. Backgounds for web pages

  16. free backgrounds.com

  17. Webmaster Outpost

  18. Web Design Studio

  19. Side Borders

  20.  Free Borders

  21. Absolute Background Textures Archive

  22. Background City

  23. Free Graphics for your Web Page

  24. return to top

Graphics Information

  1. Graphics Formats - from Kodak.com

  2. Graphics file formats from the "Scanning and Print" Book

  3. Web Graphics-tutorials

  4. Getting your Photos Web Ready

  5. Finding Images on the Web

  6. A Legend to Popular Image File Formats

  7. Different Types of Graphics on the Web

  8. Web Graphics Techniques (how to)

  9. images and the Web (good examples of .gif vs. .jpg)

Web Colors

  1. Color Chart: webmonkey.com

  2. Hex and Word Color Codes- html goodies.com

  3. Hex Color Chart

  4. HTML colors chart

  5. 3-D Logo Generator

  6. 3D Text Maker

  7. Gif Works

  8. www.fortunecity.com

  9. www.esmartweb.com

  10. www.coolfreepages.com

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Promoting your website

Ad Slogans

Tagline for your website

Facts, Statistics, and Information

Internet and American Life

Internet Maps and Images

Terminology

Webopedia

Net Dictionary

NetLingo

Dictionary of Internet Terms

Netiquette

  1. User Guidelines and Netiquette

  2. Business Netiquette

  3. Core Rules of Netiquette

  4. Master The Basics-Netiquette

  5. Netiquette-the Cartoon Series

  6. The Netiquette Guide

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Email

  1. You've Got Mail

  2. How Email Works

  3. EMail Etiquette

  4. EMail Netiquette

  5. Email manners, tone, spelling, grammar, and more

  6. Harness E-Mail (Learn the Net)

  7. Using the Internet-Electronic Mail

  8. 10 Tips for EMail Etiquette

  9. EMail Etiquette - includes "salutations" tips

  10. Everything Email-Email Help for the Newcomer

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Signature Files--quotes and phrases

coolsigs.com

siglets.com return to top

Internet Safety

  1. Internet Drivers License

  2. How to Avoid Getting Scammed

  3. Internet Safety Primer

  4. Teen Safety on the Information Hwy

  5. Online Safety Quiz

  6. Kid's Rules for Online Safety

  7. Safe Surfing Quiz

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Logo Design

Logo design

Logo design tips

CITING YOUR SOURCES

Bibliographic Citations

NoodleTools-Quick Cite! I

nternet Citation Guides

APA Style.Org

Microsoft FrontPage 2000

Frontpage help

Frontpage Articles

Frontpage Tutorials

 

 
 
 
   

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