Website Project

Due date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Template:
You need to start with a file called template.html. This file will be what you use to create all the other pages. Your template will be due on Wednesday, May 21.
As you create your template be sure to follow all of the requirements for the website.

Requirements:
At least 6 pages
Each page must have a uniform heading and menu (if I select one of your pages, the top and left should not change at all!)
The heading needs to include at least one picture
Pages must have a nice background (doesn't have to be an image, a simple color is ok, but NOT white!)
Your 6 pages must include:

• Home page, (index.html)
• Links page
• At least 3 others!

You must include links to:

• Class website
• At least 2 of your classmates' pages
• One of these is your neighbor on your left
  
• At least 4 other sites that you enjoy

You need to include pictures, each page should have at least one picture, not including the heading picture.

Optional items:
Using images as part of your links on your links page
Creating buttons to use for your menu

html assignment #1

Our next projects will deal with creating a webpage. We will be doing this in a couple of different ways. We will start by learning to use html. I have included a link to a tutorial. We will be looking at a few specific pieces of information off of them, and you will be able to use them to help you when it comes to actually creating your site.

Dave's html code guide we will use this site quite a bit as it is the one I have used before and know.

You will be allowed to use any of these sites (or any you find by searching) to research different pieces of information, but Dave's code guide will be the one that I will be speaking from and making quizzes from.

OK, now that you know what we are doing, go to Dave's site and read down to the link:
Okay! Let me Learn HTML!
Select that link and read through the first two pages, complete the following questions for your assignment.

On a blank sheet of paper answer these questions be ready to hand them in by the end of the period. (You are writing these out because I don't want you to just copy and paste, I want it in your own words.) Use full sentences (or paragraphs) for your answers!

1. What does html stand for?
2. What is the most important html file?
3. Explain the two copy rule.
4. What does "c:\" mean?
5. What is a URL?
   
6. What is a Host?
7. What is a Domain?
8. What is an ISP?
9. How do the host, domain, and ISP work together in order for you to have a website?
10. What is Data Transfer Bandwidth?

All of these items are discussed in the first two pages of Dave's Tutorial. We will also talk about them at the end of the period or the beginning of our next class.

Research Presentation

You need to create a five-minute presentation on a topic of your choice. The topic MUST pertain to an academic subject:

• Math
• History
• Bible
• Science
• English
• Art
• etc.

The title of your presentation should be a question that you are researching. (i.e.

• "How Many Primes Are Less Than a Given Number?"
  
• "What Brought About the Napoleanic Wars?"
  
• "Why Does Water Expand When It Freezes?"
  
• "Who Was the Catalyst For the Creation of the Computer?"
  
• "When Did the Ming Dynasty Rule?"
  
• "Where Did Noah's Ark Come to Rest?"

Be sure that your question is broad enough that it will take five-minutes to answer, but not so broad that you can't cover the entire question.

As you are creating these presentations make sure that you are using proper research techniques. Keep a list of sources. Be sure to check the sources to make sure that they are reliable. Don't use the Internet as your only source, check out the library. If you are dealing with a scientific topic and want to do an experiment, be sure to include the pertinent data and some pictures.

For the actual presentation, remember the different things we have discussed about a good presentation:

1. Continuity between the slides
2. Brief Overview to start
3. Proper amount of information on each slide
4. Good contrasting colors between text and background
5. Pictures and animations that add to the presentation, not detract from it
6. Bibliography
7. Spellchecking

This assignment will be due on Friday the 29th of February. We will present starting on Monday the 3rd.

Each of you will be assigned a partner that you will assist you with your the presentation; they will run the slides for you and will be your aide for proofreading and helping you to fix issues that you may have. Be sure to take time to practice with them! You will be graded on your own presentation, and also on the presentation of your partner. (80% of your grade will be from your presentation and 20% will be from your partner's presentation.)

Here are your partners:

Jasmine & Ryugi Stevi & John
Nathan & Anders Zach & Esther
David & Erik Josh & DaEun
Greg & Queenie Abednego & Hope

You should be sitting with your partner each day so that you can be discussing any questions as you go.

Powerpoint Lesson

You should have your presentation assignment complete at this point. Please save the file to the 'V:\Classes\ComputerApps\Assignments\Presentations' folder in this format: Name - me.ppt

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow so you can give your presentations.

Once you have done this, go to this page and work through the lessons on powerpoint. Expect a quiz on these topics on Friday or Monday.

If you get to the final lesson, the file it asks you to use is in the folder V:\Classes\ComputerApps\Powerpoint sounds\.

Have fun!

Newsletter Project

You need to write a newsletter about yourself. In your newsletter I want to learn about you. Please include information regarding:

• Biography of you
• Your religious background and testimony
• Family background
• My Home
• Article about your home country
  
• Where you've lived
• Funny story about yourself

I also need to see your ability to follow directions and to format neatly. You need to include:

• A full-width Headline that includes your name (either in the headline itself or as a subline as the author)
• Two pages of articles
  
• Two or Three columns
• At least five separate articles
• Each article needs to have a bolded title, then text that is full-justified.
  
• You should also work to keep articles together, Whenever possible an article should not start at the middle of a column and continue to the next column.
  
• Two or more pictures, including a picture of your family.
• Font size for the body of the articles should be between 10 and 14 pts
• Be sure to run spell-check and have someone else proofread for grammar and spelling mistakes.

Some ideas for other articles:

• Joke section
• Puzzle or riddles
• Can include the answer as a footnote that is upside down.
• Quick facts
• Text box with a list of quick facts about yourself

This will be due at the end of class on Friday 1st February.

Computer Applications

2007-2008

Mr. Whittaker

I. Course Description

In this course students will be learning a variety of applications for computers. Students will also learn some of the basic workings of computers.

II. Course Goals

A. To give students a basic overview of the uses of computers.

B. To give students a strong ability to work in Office programs.

C. To introduce webpage design.

D. To introduce programming.

III. Course Outline

A. First Quarter

1. Computer Science & Hardware
2. Microsoft Office
3. Microsoft Excel
4. Microsoft Powerpoint

B. Second Quarter

1. The Internet
2. Webpages & html
3. Basic Programming

IV. Class Website This one!

V. Grading Criteria

1. Projects – 50%
2. Quizzes – 30%
3. Participation – 10%
4. Final Exam – 10%