How to Build your Own Web Page
Classrooms around the world are going "online". Teachers are posting homework assignments, quizzes, and lessons online for students, parents, and other teaching professionals to utilize. Creating websites used to be very detailed and difficult to produce effectively. While the science of website building can be challenging, the process has been made much easier. This lesson will challenge you to create your own webpage, either for personal or professional usage.
Objectives of this lesson:
Participants will take a tutorial on how to create a webpage
Participants will select a web-building site to assist in the building process.
Participants will create a website (personal or professional)
Materials Needed:
Website Content - While the technical side of webpage building is the most difficult, deciding what information will actually be on your webpage can be a challenging task. Remember that whatever is posted on the internet is for all to see. A good rule is to keep names, phone numbers, and any other personal information off of the internet.
Optional web site building software such as FrontPage, Dreamweaver, or Netscape Composer (free)
There are several steps to take before you actually start building your own webpage.
1. You need to decide on the content of your site. What do you want it to contain? What do you want it to look like? Make these decisions first so that when you begin to write your webpage, it all goes smoothly.
2. Take a tutorial on website building. Below is a list of various resources. Feel free to select from one of these resources, or find your own.
3. Now that you have a basic understanding about how a website it built, it is time to take the big step and try building one. There are numerous free web site building services. I have listed two options below. These sites, Teacher Website. com and iNet Teachers.com, require absolutely no knowledge of HTML. All you need to do is input the information you want to appear on the website. This is relatively easy and hassle free. The main caveat to this method is that you are stuck in the format provided by these websites.
Teacher WebSite.com - This is a site dedicated to providing free websites for teachers. This is a great resource if you just want to "plug-in" information.
iNet Teachers.com - This site is another "plug-in" information site where participants do not need any HTML knowledge. This site is not free; however, it does have a 30 day trial.
If you are looking for more of a challenge, you might try Yahoo! Geocities or Angel Fire. While both are free and relatively easy to use (if you have knowledge of HTML and website building procedure), I think that Yahoo! Geocities is a little bit easier to use. I have created a mini-tutorial to each of these services. Peruse the tutorial and decide which one will work better for you. As always, you are welcome to discover your own service that you would like to use.
Check out Yahoo! Geocities if you are interested in a little bit more of a challenging opportunity. You can still select from pre-made WebPages and enter your information. Geocities, does however, offer the opportunity to load files, write HTML, and more.
Check out Angel Fire - Angel fire is a free site, but requires a little bit more HTML and internet knowledge.
4. Create your first web site! Challenge yourself and see what you are able to produce. If you need help at any time, email me and I will be your support service. Also, ask your peers and fellow professionals for advice and support. Once you have produced your first website, share it with your peers by posting it in the General Discussion Board.
04/24/2003