#TeachTheWeb Learning Activities
I am applying for a grant to start webmaker clubs in New Haven libraries. I have been thinking about my curricular map:
Learning Activity One: Hack The New York Times
Learn about HTML while putting yourself on the front page.You will:
Change the text of a website.
Change and insert hyperlinks
This aligns to the following competencies in the web literacy map
Create something new on the web using existing resources.
Identify and use openly licensed work.
Inserting hyperlinks into a web page
Embedding multimedia content into a web page
Creating web resources in ways appropriate to the medium/genre
Identifying and using HTML tags
Online image hosting: People want to put images of themselves or children but do not know how to find the URL of an image or how to host an image they have on their phone online.
Learning Activity Two: Make a Meme
Learn how to change the color and placement of text using CSS.
Change the font of a text
Change the color of a text
Change the placement of a text
This aligns to the following competencies in the web literacy map:
Creating web resources in ways appropriate to the medium/genre
Identifying and using HTML tags
Identifying different parts of a website using industry recognized terms.
Using CSS tags to change the style and layout of a Webpage.
Learning Activity Three: Make a Business Card
Design a business card for your digital identity:Â You will:
Learn about CSS layout and <div> overlays
This aligns to the following competencies in the Web Literacy Map
Identifying different parts of a website using industry recognized terms.
Using CSS tags to change the style and layout of a Webpage.
Learning Activity Four: Make an About Me Page
We will now apply all that we learned and create an about me page you will:
Use additional html tags for bulleted and numbered lists.
Learn how to do inline formatting of texts
This aligns to the following competencies in the web literacy map:
Creating web resources in ways appropriate to the medium/genre
Identifying and using HTML tags
Identifying different parts of a website using industry recognized terms.
Using CSS tags to change the style and layout of a Webpage.
Learning Activity Five: Memorable Quotes
We will practice our CSS layout to make a poster about one of your favorite quotes. You will:
Learn about the position property.
Learn about the float property.
Learn about the margin property
This aligns to the following competencies in the web literacy map:
Create something new on the web using existing resources.
Identify and use openly licensed work.
inserting hyperlinks into a web page
Embedding multimedia content into a web page
Creating web resources in ways appropriate to the medium/genre
Identifying and using HTML tags
Identifying different parts of a website using industry recognized terms.
Using CSS tags to change the style and layout of a Webpage.
Demonstrating the difference between inline, embedded and external CSS
Learning Activity Six: Fake Facebook
In this activity you will apply what you have learned about CSS layout to make a fake facebook page for a character from a book, a hero, or a historical figure.You will:
Use div overlays and CSS layout
Use inline and embedded CSS
This aligns to the following competencies in the web literacy map:
Create something new on the web using existing resources.
Identify and use openly licensed work.
inserting hyperlinks into a web page
Embedding multimedia content into a web page
Creating web resources in ways appropriate to the medium/genre
Identifying and using HTML tags
Identifying different parts of a website using industry recognized terms.
Using CSS tags to change the style and layout of a Webpage.
Demonstrating the difference between inline, embedded and external CSS
Performance Assessment: Create a Portfolio of your Makes
You will now use all that we have learned and the code in the learnlayout.com tutorial to build a website to show off your makes.
In addition to all of the other composing competencies covered in this module you will:
Improve the accessibility of a web page by modifying its color scheme and markup
Iterate on a design after feedback from a target audience
Reorganize the structure of a web page to improve its hierarchy/conceptual flow
Webmakers who successfully complete of the portfolio can apply for the composing for the web, remixing, and design and accessibility badges.