Prior to developing a Web Page, please read the following thought!
Points to Ponder
http://wwwfac.wmdc.edu/HTMLpages/Graduate/TI/points.htm
A list of thoughts to keep the web page from becoming cumbersome! Think about using the "KISS" principle - "Keep It Simple Stupid!"
Checklist for an Informational Web Page
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/inform.htm
Describes a list of questions to answer about a Web Page.
* * At this location there is another resource for teaching web page evaluation. It might be handy for Media people to have for a reference to their own materials. PowerPoint slides are available here.
Citing Internet Resources
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml
Comprehensive, easy-to-understand method for citing online information in student bibliographies. Maintained by that educational technology leader - Classroom Connect!
Clip Art
http://www.clipart.com/
A compendium of web links for the designer!!!
The Copyright Website
http://www.benedict.com/
Simple to understand explanations of the why and wherefore of copyright.
Dynamic Drive
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
Great banner applets, and other cool stuff to sparkle up your web page!
Electronic Media for Online Information
Guidelines for Web Document Style & Design
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web/guidelines.html
The following items are offered for consideration when designing Web documents. These are only general guidelines -- you should decide whether they are appropriate for a given situation.
Hex Colors for Web Designers
http://www.habanero.com/hex/
Colors by hex number on white, grey, and black backgrounds. Allows the designer the opportunity to choose appropriate color for their site. A list of the 216 hex numbers in the appropriate colors, that display identically on both Mac and Windows platforms.
HTML Goodies Tutorials
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutors/index.html
HTML Goodies is one of the Internet's most popular stops for information on HTML and other mark-up languages.
Please note that this is dated material, but it gives visual reference to which tags will function in relation to which browser is being used.
HTML Tutorials for the Complete Idiot
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/1924/index.html
HTML help! Webpage help! Homepage help! These HTML tutorials have been designed to help people build better home pages the easy way. Step by step tutorials in plain English will enable you to gain the knowledge needed; HTML tips, tricks, and techniques. Web page design tools, lists, tables, META tags, backgrounds, images, page jumps, fonts, headings, color codes, guestbooks, chat rooms, and many other instructional resources.
Icon Bazaar
http://www.iconbazaar.com/
Buttons, animations, lines, etc. Wonderful things.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
A categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites.
Landmarks for Schools
http://landmark-project.com/index.php
Landmarks has served teachers since 1995 with links to teaching and learning resources on the Net and collaborative online projects. The Web Tools area is of special note!
Listservs
http://wwwfac.wmdc.edu/HTMLpages/Graduate/TI/list.htm
Consider the idea of subscribing to a list to add to your aura of professionalism!
Communications skills are an integral part of the program. Therefore, in order to practice those skills and add to the aura of professionalism of Library Science students, it is required to belong to listservs. A listserv is a cyber network of like professionals providing a collegial and cooperative dialog among its members. It is a sharing of questions, answers, and information for the professional members of the listserv.
Media Builder
http://mediabuilder.com/
Use online tools to instantly make 3D banners and buttons online, and to optimize your images so they will download faster! Fonts and other goodies available here.
PowerPoint Home
http://www.microsoft.com/officefreestuff/powerpoint/default.htm
PowerPoint Tutorial
http://www.uwf.edu/~coe/tutorials/technolo/powerpnt/powerpnt.htm
Office97 PowerPoint Tutorial
http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~mclweb/ppt1.htm
Quick Start PowerPointŪ
http://www.oacs.k12.ny.us/power/toc.html
Great tutorial with activities.
PowerPoint Tips & Tricks
http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm
PowerPoint Tips
http://www.swschool.com/powerpt.htm
PowerPoint 97
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cgs1060/ppoint97/index.htm
Sample Internet Lesson Plans
http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/lessons/index-e.html#part1
The following lesson plans have been set up for classroom use and are
designed to:
- Teach something about the Internet
- Teach how to use the Internet
- Teach something by using information gained from the Internet
Many of the lessons are adaptable to the age group of the students in your
classroom. Other lessons will be more suitable for experienced Internet users.
School Librarian Emergency Sites
http://www.yk.psu.edu/~mer7/soslib.html
See the Table of Contents for Quick Selection
The purpose of this site is to present resources for the School Library
Media Specialist in the performance of their duties and job responsibilities.
SELECTION CRITERIA: How to tell if you are looking at a great web site
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria.html
ALA's suggestions on selecting a usable web site.
Teachers First
http://www.teachersfirst.com/
TeachersFirst is a web resource for K-12 classroom teachers who want useful resources and lesson plans to use with their students. TeachersFirst is a division of Network for Instructional TV, Inc., a not-for-profit learning technologies corporation which works with several hundred schools throughout the United States. TeachersFirst is a free service; support is provided by corporate underwriters interested in encouraging improvements in the quality of American education.
TEACH-NOLOGY
http://teach-nology.com/
TEACH-NOLOGY - The Art and Science of Teaching with Technology represents a vision that embraces the future of teaching in a world driven by technology. Our goal is to actualize this vision by offering a range of services that are designed to assist and support educational agencies in their attempt to develop the knowledge, competencies, or skills that teachers need to effectively incorporate technology in teaching. It is our mission to assist educators in their quest to meet the challenges of the Twenty-First Century Learner: Generation D.
Web Page Creation Resources
http://www.lib.usf.edu/~ifrank/lis4930/webtools.html
Internet resource sites for style, color, etc.
Web Pages That Suck
http://www.websitesthatsuck.com/
Learn good design by looking at bad design. Great information and examples of what not to do! By the author of the book!
Web Teacher
http://www.webteacher.org/winnet/indextc.html
A self-paced Internet Tutorial that puts both basic and in-depth information about the World Wide Web at your fingertips - just a mouse click away!
WebQuest
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the
information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
* * The "webquest" is an excellent teaching tool but requires mucho work and is best done via staff collaboration!
