This is an example of a project that combines writing, information skills and computer skills.  You will complete an example, then publish this activity as a set of web pages for other teachers and students to use.

1. Think, photograph, and write: You will be asked to choose an object  and to write a short news piece about the object and its uses, including  images captured using a digital camera; you will then create a web page for this news piece.

• Detailed Example: The Harinet of Steel

2. Develop online activity:  Next you will develop a set of web pages to publish your activity for use by students and teachers.  You will want to have at least three pages that are linked together (one for teachers with curricular connections, one for students, and one with an example). You may want to have a master page as well. Be sure to note how the activity links to the Language Arts Curriculum, the Information Skills Curriculum and the Computer Skills Curriculum, citing specific competencies and linking to these on the web.

• Template: For a template showing the requirements for the pages you will create and how they might be linked together, go to http://www.ltl.appstate.edu/436/block/media/fashioninvention/master.html

• Citations: Any information or image used on your web pages that is from another source should be cited.  The format for citing on-line resources is:
Author, A. A. (Date of Publication or Revision). Title of full work [online]. Available: full web address. (Date of access).

• Tools: The following will be useful as you do this work:
• Hints for using Netscape Navigator to create web pages.
• Hints for using Adobe Photoshop to resize images.
• Hints for getting space on a web server and using Ws_FTP to move files from a personal computer to a server.

3.  Save: Save this to your disk and to your back-up disk.  Each person should copy the pictures to his or her own disk and keep a copy of the assignment.. Turn in a copy for Jeff to load on the server.
 

4. Evaluation: Your web pages will be evaluated using a rubric (for up to 20 points credit).