College of Teacher Education and Leadership Arizona State University EDT 555: Advanced Web Design Dr. Alice Christie

Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 Class 2 Readings: Web Structure and Design Robin Williams: Good Web Design, Bad Web Design Web Design Storyboard Web Structure Design Basics Navigation Text Visual Layout and Elements Browser Compatibility Search Engines, Cookies, and Computer Viruses How Search Engines Work Keyword Searching Concept-based Searching Refining Your Search Relevancy Ranking Meta Tags The Spider's Apprentice: The Web Search Wizard Search Engine Watch: The latest news on searching and search engines. The Cookie Concept Cookies: The Dark Side How Web Servers' Cookies Threaten Your Privacy The Skinny on Computer Viruses How Stuff Works: How Computer Viruses Work Class 3 Readings: Web Design Revisited WebMonkey Design Curriculum (Follow those links - and sub-links - where you need introduction or review!) Web Navigation Seven Steps To Easier Web Navigation Web Site Tips (Thirteen short articles with tips for web design) The Web-Safe Color Dilemma Graphics Use of ALT Tags for Images Image Use on the Web Graphics, Graphics and More Graphics (A little old, but still full of good information) Cascading Style Sheets Style Sheets Now CSS Quick Tutorial Linking Style Sheets to HTML Mulder's Stylesheets Tutorial (Read Lessons 1-5) NYPL Style Sheet Guidelines Steal These Style Sheets! WestCIV Complete CSS Guide School Web Sites Designing School Web Sites to Deliver Class 4 Readings: Web Design Mistakes Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design Worst Web Design Mistakes Read what web users DON'T like! The Top Fifteen Mistakes of First Time Web Design Top 10 Ways to Make Your WWW Service a Flop (A tongue-in-cheek article that's full of good ideas. Validation and Accessibility Validate Your HTML for All Platform (Read Pages 1, 2 and 3) CSS Validation Accessible Web Site Design Bobby (Web XACT) Get Bobby Approval for your Site! Class 5 Readings: Java Scripting JavaScript Primer: Introduction: Starting with the Basics How Stuff Works: Java Places to get Java scripts: The Java Script Source JavaScript.com WebMonkey JavaScript Code Library Nic's Java Script Page Java File Class 6 Readings: Educational Technology and Student Performance Scoring High with New Information Technologies A Must-Read! Jamie McKenzie writes, "Despite the five billion dollars being spent annually to equip American schools with networks, we have no credible evidence that this huge investment has translated into improved student performance on important learning tasks such as reading, writing and reasoning." Review his report describing how teachers are using computers in the classroom. What's Ahead with Educational Technology What's Next: Horizon Issues: An essay by Jamie McKenzie that suggests more than a dozen trends likely to influence educational technology in the next few years. Read about each trend. Predictions for e-learning PEW Internet and American Life Project: The Internet at School Applying Technology to Restructuring and Learning Class 7 Readings: Sources of Inspiration - Browse these articles/resources for fine points you may have missed along the way! In your reading response, summarize key ideas you gleaned from this review! WebMonkey: The Web Developer's Resource Click on the links (middle column) - and sublinks - for Authoring, Design, and Multimedia for ideas on approaching some elements of your Web site or solving a problem you've encountered. Robin Williams: Talking About Web Design WebMonkey for Kids   Back to EDT 555 Home | Back to Dr. Christie's Home