"And the
creator said, let there be a webpage - and lo, there was a webpage".
. .
Ready
to make your own webpage and send your ideas and knowledge out
into the world? Then you're in the right place. This iAdventure will help you
get started to create your first web page. Once you've got that
mastered, learn how to spice things up with graphics and gizmos,
and arrange everything just how you like it.
People make web sites
for all sorts of reasons. Some will make sites about their favorite
musicians, about their hobbies, to teach something, or in order
to sell things. Web sites can take the form of anything you can
think of. Just like the people in your family or your friends,
some web pages are neat, some are weird, some are boring, some
are interesting.
You will find resources
on the World Wide Web which will help you learn how to make a
webpage, find images and animations to make your page look good.
Before you start creating
a Web site, first think about why you're making it. Knowing the
purpose of your page will help when you get ready to design it.
The Web page you will create will be to share and teach to 6th
grade students about one civilization in Ancient America. Remember
when you were in 6th grade and you studied the Aztecs, Incas
and Mayans?
Join
Bessie our Read Mooooore Cow to determine what kind of web page
you want to make. As you know Bessie has read hundreds of books
and is knowledgeable about everything. Bessie can give you lots
of tips, hints and places to go to find all the information you
need on the web.
What
Type of Web Page Should I Make?
Your
first decision in this iAdventure is to determine what type of
web page you want to publish. You and Bessie will need to look
at many web sites on the Internet to decide whether or not you
want your web site to be instructional or interactive.
Let's take a look at two choices of web sites you can design.
Instructional
or Informational Web Site
This is a web site that
gives information only about whatever subject you have chosen.
Don't forget to grab the attention of people visiting your site
by offering links to additional resources of information. By
including resource sites that were used in your web site, you
will lend credibility to your informational article.
Below are some examples
of Instructional or Informational Web Sites:
Emu
http://home.mira.net/~areadman/emu.htm
Hedgehogs
http://www.htcomp.net/weis/hogs4eeyore.html
Jaguar the Cat
http://www.bluelion.org/jaguar.htm
Echoes of the Aztec Culture Created
by 2 Middle School Students
http://www.corona.bell.k12.ca.us/student/adrian/2.html
Aztec Account of the Conquest
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html
Interactive or "Let
Me Play" Web Sites
This is a web site in
which information that is published offers interaction with the
participants visiting your site. By offering information that
is interactive, the web site will be richer in content and will
tap into some of the true wonder of the Internet - that is where
the user can interact with the text and graphics (Let Me Play).
Below are some examples
of Interactive or Let Me Play Web Sites:
Emu Quiz
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/emu/emuquiz.htm
Abraham Lincoln
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/quiz.htm
Hedgehogs
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/hedge/hedgequiz.htm
Reindeer
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/claus/quiz0.htm
Ancient Aztecs
http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/index.html
Empires Past
http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/library.html
