Creating a webpage
Problem-centred tasks
Creating a web page or a website with multimodal texts (print-based text,hyperlinks, still or/and moving images)
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Designing a web page/website for visitors to a local attraction
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Creating a web page /website for a school event
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Creating a web page /website about a class project
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Designing a web page /website on a study topic (e.g. travelling, healthy food, historic event, etc.)
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Designing a web page /website about a social issue
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Creating a web page /website for a fictional business (e.g. from the novel)
Scaffolding activities
#1 Webpage labels
Students explore what a typical web page can include and why. They analyse a web page and label its different elements (e.g. text, images, hyperlinks, links for downloading, etc.).
#2 Comparing designs
Students compare several examples of different web pages and explore the relationship between their designs and purposes.
#3 Drafting ideas
Students brainstorm ideas for the website and draw a draft of the web page, including the content and the design. They consider (1) the purpose of the web page, (2) the context, (3) audience.
#4 Power of text
Students explore several examples of web pages and identify what makes them appealing or not to audiences. They revise their drafts accordingly.
#5 Choosing a platform
Students learn how to navigate a web development platform suggested by the teacher.
#6 Creative Commons images
Students explore the difference between restricted copyright images and Creative Commons images. They learn how to reference restricted copyright resources.
#7 Collecting resources
Students find relevant resources (e.g. images, Youtube clips, websites, etc.) which can be used in their web pages.
#8 Create
Using their drafts and collected resources, students create and publish their web pages/websites.