The following will be the focus of our projects.
The months are indicators on where to log in the IEARN forum and upload your information. We will be in
Group 6
http://foro.iearn.org/webx/.1eaf1e21/
In this group click on the months.
Once on the months click The diversity in a Kenyan Classroom.
October: Famous landmarks, buildings, monuments
November: Traditional music / dance
December: Holidays and Festivals
January: traditional/ typical food and drinks
February: Fashion / traditional clothes
March: superstition
April: language and dialects.
BEST
Lesson in Progress
MYPCT Y7 CLASS
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
YACAPACA: Web Publishing Assingment
Load to YACAPACA.
There is an assignment on Web publishing
The access key is
93614-RXCD
Do the assignment
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Evaluating Websites
It is essential to know what makes a good website.
A good website will
-contain worthwhile content
-be easy to find your way around
-be kept up to date
It is difficult to talk about a typical website because they are all different based on the purpose and audience.
The best way is to make a checklist and make sure the website does not make some of the common mistakes.
You are required to make an evaluation checklist for a website
Produce a checklist for 20 things you should look in a website.
There are two ways of evaluating a website
-Self
-peer (a friend or classmate does it for you).
It is best using both the methods.
1. Some things to watch
2. Too many moving images
3. Long scrolling pages
4. Information that out of date
5. Long download times
6. Links that do not work
Tips on website creation
-Keep it simple
-Do not put music or sound
-Make it pleasing to the eye
-Do not put slow loading graphics on the page
-Make sure the important information is at the top of the screen
-Avoid the use of pop-ups
A good website will
-contain worthwhile content
-be easy to find your way around
-be kept up to date
It is difficult to talk about a typical website because they are all different based on the purpose and audience.
The best way is to make a checklist and make sure the website does not make some of the common mistakes.
You are required to make an evaluation checklist for a website
Produce a checklist for 20 things you should look in a website.
There are two ways of evaluating a website
-Self
-peer (a friend or classmate does it for you).
It is best using both the methods.
1. Some things to watch
2. Too many moving images
3. Long scrolling pages
4. Information that out of date
5. Long download times
6. Links that do not work
Tips on website creation
-Keep it simple
-Do not put music or sound
-Make it pleasing to the eye
-Do not put slow loading graphics on the page
-Make sure the important information is at the top of the screen
-Avoid the use of pop-ups
Reviewing School Websites
Most Schools now have websites. In this activity look at the websites listed below and find out
-Why school have websites
-What the main features of these websites are
- What makes a good school website?
Here are the sites to use
www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/index.html
www.perse.cambs.sch.uk
atschool.eduweb.co.uk/heartihs/
atschool.edu.co.uk/sirwilf/index.htm
www.hamsteadschool.org.uk/
Our school
2 Schools in Mombasa
2 Schools in other parts of the country
-Why school have websites
-What the main features of these websites are
- What makes a good school website?
Here are the sites to use
www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/index.html
www.perse.cambs.sch.uk
atschool.eduweb.co.uk/heartihs/
atschool.edu.co.uk/sirwilf/index.htm
www.hamsteadschool.org.uk/
Our school
2 Schools in Mombasa
2 Schools in other parts of the country
What to consider when creating a website
When making documents to be used by others you need to consider who your audience will be.
Typical Audience include
Teenagers
Young parents
Males
Females
Senior citizens
Questions
1. In which of the above audiences would the size of the type used for the text be important.
2. If the site is to have lots of flash graphics with rap music which audience would be aimed at?
3. Which audience is more likely to be interested in cars and football?
4. Which audience is more likely to take a holiday outside school-holiday time?
5. Which audience is most likely to be interested in a site on cosmetics?
Typical Audience include
Teenagers
Young parents
Males
Females
Senior citizens
Questions
1. In which of the above audiences would the size of the type used for the text be important.
2. If the site is to have lots of flash graphics with rap music which audience would be aimed at?
3. Which audience is more likely to be interested in cars and football?
4. Which audience is more likely to take a holiday outside school-holiday time?
5. Which audience is most likely to be interested in a site on cosmetics?
Expectation of Website
When you log onto a website, you have certain expectation about the site. Your experience of looking at websites has given you the expectations. When you design a website it important to meet your audience’s expectations.
Task 1
You are now required to thoroughly investigate the official website for singer Britney Spears at www.britneyspears.com
On the website for a pop star you might expect certain things.
Complete the following table by writing in the left column what you would like to see and in the right column state weather or not the site contained it
What I would expect to see Did the website contain it?
Task 2
Using the same website, fill in the following table by saying what you liked and disliked about the site
What I liked about the site What I did not like about the site
Task 3
You are an up coming pop star so it is time you had your own website. Write a list of features that you would include in your website. For each feature write a sentence to explain it would be useful.
Two things that you need to consider when creating a website is Audience and Purpose
Task 1
You are now required to thoroughly investigate the official website for singer Britney Spears at www.britneyspears.com
On the website for a pop star you might expect certain things.
Complete the following table by writing in the left column what you would like to see and in the right column state weather or not the site contained it
What I would expect to see Did the website contain it?
Task 2
Using the same website, fill in the following table by saying what you liked and disliked about the site
What I liked about the site What I did not like about the site
Task 3
You are an up coming pop star so it is time you had your own website. Write a list of features that you would include in your website. For each feature write a sentence to explain it would be useful.
Two things that you need to consider when creating a website is Audience and Purpose
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
INVESTIGATING WEBSITES
For this activity you are required to investigate certain websites. For each website you have to answer the questions that follow
• The NASA website: www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• The McLaren racing car website: www.mclaren.co.uk
• An official website on the footballer David Beckham: http://www.davidbeckham.com/
• The Pop Idol website: http://www.popidolwatch.co.uk/
• CD-WOW – a company that sells CDs on the internet: www.cd-wow.com
1. Who is the intended audience for this website?
2. How do you know?
3. What are the main features of this website?
4. Which of the following things is it possible to do on the website?
a. download a file
b. play music
c. watch a video clip
d. play a game
e. buy goods online
f. search the site for specific information
g. obtain photographs
h. find out the news
i. find out the weather
5. Give the website a rating of one to five (one being worst and five being best)
(Keyed in by Keshni Haria)
• The NASA website: www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• The McLaren racing car website: www.mclaren.co.uk
• An official website on the footballer David Beckham: http://www.davidbeckham.com/
• The Pop Idol website: http://www.popidolwatch.co.uk/
• CD-WOW – a company that sells CDs on the internet: www.cd-wow.com
1. Who is the intended audience for this website?
2. How do you know?
3. What are the main features of this website?
4. Which of the following things is it possible to do on the website?
a. download a file
b. play music
c. watch a video clip
d. play a game
e. buy goods online
f. search the site for specific information
g. obtain photographs
h. find out the news
i. find out the weather
5. Give the website a rating of one to five (one being worst and five being best)
(Keyed in by Keshni Haria)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Comparing a website with a book
In this activity you will compare a website with a book to find certain information.
1. first look up the following words in a paper dictionary:
Access
Audience
Evaluate
Think about how you performed the task
2. Now look up the same words using an on-line dictionary at
www.dictionary.cambridge.org/
Think about how you performed this task.
3. Write a few sentences to explain the difference in the two task.
Which way was easier, and which did you prefer and why?
1. first look up the following words in a paper dictionary:
Access
Audience
Evaluate
Think about how you performed the task
2. Now look up the same words using an on-line dictionary at
www.dictionary.cambridge.org/
Think about how you performed this task.
3. Write a few sentences to explain the difference in the two task.
Which way was easier, and which did you prefer and why?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Website Identification and Analysis
On publishing on the WEB we need to know what is a webpage and what is a website?
Write your answers.
We need to investigate a website and look at its characteristics.
Task: IDENTIFY FIVE WEBSITES PRESENTING INFORMATION ON CULTURES(YOUR OWN or SOMETHING CLOSER)
Analyse the websites look for
-Date display
-Weather information display
-Feedback portal or guest sign up
-Site map
-Last update information
-Search button
-Time display
-Number of hits display
-Navigation
Write a short comments on the website after the analysis.
Write your answers.
We need to investigate a website and look at its characteristics.
Task: IDENTIFY FIVE WEBSITES PRESENTING INFORMATION ON CULTURES(YOUR OWN or SOMETHING CLOSER)
Analyse the websites look for
-Date display
-Weather information display
-Feedback portal or guest sign up
-Site map
-Last update information
-Search button
-Time display
-Number of hits display
-Navigation
Write a short comments on the website after the analysis.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
My Identity, Your Identity
We are joining the project
My Identity, our Identity,
Our link http://foro.iearn.org/webx/.1eb07854
You will get in and introduce briefly your culture.
Who you are?
Where you come from?
Some of your traditions?
Welcome
My Identity, our Identity,
Our link http://foro.iearn.org/webx/.1eb07854
You will get in and introduce briefly your culture.
Who you are?
Where you come from?
Some of your traditions?
Welcome
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