Web Development
The Web Development CELL begins with an introduction to the Internet, its history, its components, developments in the technologies used to support it, and Internet navigation techniques. Students will design business-oriented web pages, and create and enhance them using professional-level software.
Internet Resources:
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
On this website you will find A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. Modeled after The Declaration of Independence, this document maintains that cyberspace is free from any and all types of regulation and government rules. It also suggests that the Internet is a place of anonymity and equality. A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace was written by John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and former Grateful Dead lyricist.
Advocacy Website
Students will analyze the type of information found on the World Hunger Year website. This site is an example of an advocacy website.
Business Website
Students will analyze the type of information found on the Coca-Cola website. This site is an example of a business website.
Color Page
This link is an example of a website that is text-based but has graphical icons, bordered images, and backgrounds.
DeusXSound Design
Download free wav files for your sample website.
e-FUSE
This site contains information about how to create a website.
Finding an ISP
Students will use this website to locate an ISP in their area. They can use the information that they find to compare services and costs for Internet access in a given area.
First Web Page
This link contains a document written by Tim Berners-Lee. In it, he describes the first web browser and the process used to create it. The document contains screenshots of early web pages.
FlashKit
A Flash developer resource site.
Flashsound
More sounds. Click the Sound button to access free sounds.
FrontPage World
This site offers everything about Microsoft FrontPage and Web Site Design in one simple place on the web. It also supplies links to FrontPage tools, FrontPage tips, FrontPage secrets, and much more.
Gibson Pure
The Gibson Guitar company hosts this site that contains four main hyperlinks: Features, Products, Search, and Exchange. The Features link provides a wide variety of guitar information such as product, promotional, and entertainment news. You can also use this site to search for specific Gibson models and types of guitars and local dealers. There are also customer support and forum options available.
Guild Guitars
The Fender Musical Instruments company hosts this site for Guild guitars. It includes links to pages with information about Guild guitars, bass guitars, resources, and artists who play the guitars. It also includes price lists, and dealership locations.
Hexadecimal Color Values
A color chart that indicates the hexadecimal code of each color.
Informational Website
Students will analyze the type of information found on The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History© website. This site is an example of an informational website.
Interactive Page
This interactive website focuses on both the content and its communication.
InterNIC
InterNIC's website has information about the domain name system, and access to a list of accredited registrars for price comparisons.
Jasc Software
This home page will supply information and additional resources for the Paint Shop Pro program included in the Web Development CELL.
Microsoft Office/FrontPage
Microsoft, the developer of FrontPage, hosts this site to help users learn about the latest features, current articles, pricing, system requirements, and much more. They also provide support services in many areas such as server extensions and Internet service information.
News Website
The Washington Post website will allow students to look at the types of information found on a news website.
News Website II
Students will examine the Cable News Network (CNN) website as an example of a news website. The content, style, and functionality of the website will be analyzed and reported on.
Rate a Website
Use this site for additional questionnaires to be used for evaluating a website.
RIC Rickenbacker Guitars and Basses
The Rickenbacker International Corporation hosts this site. Product information, news updates, and pictures of guitars are available. The site also includes service links, a national dealership image map, and a detailed tour of the factory.
Text-Based Page
This link is an example of an early website that is text-based.
The Spider's Apprentice
This site can help you search the web more effectively.
Virtual Museum of Computing
This site includes a collection of hyperlinks connected with the history of computing and on-line exhibits available around the world.
W3C Guidelines
The W3C document displayed at this link describes how individuals with disabilities use the web. There are links to resource pages where the students can find web accessibility guidelines.
WavCentral
Music, movies, and TV sounds.
WebAIM
This link has information about creating web accessible sites for individuals with disabilities.