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Q:
What if I don't know enough about web design?
A: This is the first web site the kids will be making, so their sites will be fairly simple. Set goals with the kids for what they want to do-set up links, choose creative background designs, insert photos, build four pages with information. That is a worthy goal for a first web site.
The technology guide shows that creating a web page using Homestead software (for example) is easy and similar to creating a Word Document! We have hand-outs that can help you get started.
Before your team starts building its web site, be certain to review the ScienceQuest Guide to Choosing Appropriate Technology.
Q: Help!
We only have two more sessions and we have not started our web page
yet!
A: Ooops. Leave at least three sessions for just the web page. You can also be creating content for the web site as you go along (pictures of activities, journal logs on the computer, etc). That leaves just the design and building for the end.
You can create a modified web site: each team member creates one page about their greatest interest in the project and themselves, and then the group creates a main page and the links to the personal sections. If it is easier to make a PowerPoint or word document for the information and then upload it as a PDF, the ScienceQuest staff can help with that.
If you only have two sessions and too much information to create a web site, you might want to create an engaging bulletin board with all the information this time and pace the activities better next time!
Q: How
do we know if we are done with Phase 4: Build the Web site?
Check to see if you have completed some of the following:
- Set up a team account on ThinkQuest and upload the site
- Make sure the web site has information about the team and its members, graphics, original text, engaging and original style
- Check all the links
- Review the ScienceQuest checklist for web sites for clarity and accessibility
- Double check there are no more typos
