Project Includes
- Teacher Guide
- Student Workbook
- Customizable Resources
- Assessment Tools
- Extension Activities
- Sample Files
- Templates
- Parent Letters
- Certificates
TechnoDesign
Item Number: SNR-DESIGN
Technology Integration: Browsing, Language Arts.
Technology Skill: Desktop publishing, Graphics
Program: Microsoft Expression Web
Includes: Definition of Web standards, community standards, validating HTML pages, checking compatibility, versions of HTML, characteristics of html code, user experience (UX), site maps, creating frictional sites, mock-ups, basics of every page, inline style sheets, internal vs external style sheets, working with elements, modifying styles, managing styles in External web, working with images, styling hyperlinks, column- layout, working with templates, multimedia integration in web pages, cross browser testing.
Session 1: Understanding the Web standards
Introducing Web standards, versions of Html
Session 2: Formulate a Plan
Details about User Experience, creating a Site Map, Introducing Mock-ups, using of photoshop in Mock-ups process.
Session 3: Concept of HTML and CSS Markup
Structure of an HTML document, Exploration in codes, the role of CSS, element selector, Class selector, Id selector.
Session 4: Managing External Style Sheets
Details on styles in expression web, creating style sheets.
Session 5: It’s All About Images
Details on inline images v/s background images, styling in the images.
Session 6: Designing the Navigation Bar
Styling an unordered list, hyperlinks, Pseudo-Classes.
Session 7: Creating a Colum Layout
HTML structures of two-column layout, CSS float property
Session 8: Capitalizing the Template
Creating dynamic web template, creating new page, detaching a page.
Session 9: Integrating Multimedia Element
Introducing Silverlight content, interactivity with java script.
Session 10: Cross Browser Testing
Details and comparing browsers, isolation of browsers.
Optional Design Lesson Plans
- Introduction: Web standards, different versions of HTML
- HTML and CSS Markup: Structure, hierarchy of HTML document, codes, CSS, style sheets
- Images: Working with images explain completely, background, style inline images.
- Column layout: HTML structure for two-column layout, understanding CSS float property.
- Multimedia: Integration of Multimedia in the web pages explained in detail.
Step by Step PowerPoint Lesson Plans
Integrate technology into a social studies, geography, or travel and tourism unit. Middle school students become travel agents who promote a getaway using PowerPoint and travel lesson plans.
- Identify topic, purpose, advertisement audience
- Research a geographic location using technology
- Plan and organize ideas for a weekend getaway
- Edit a slide master to create a unique design
- Organize information using graphics, lists, and tables
- Format text and graphics to communicate a message
- Promote a trip using convincing words and pictures
- Proofread and revise slides for improvement
- Publish an advertisement in a variety of formats
- Efficiently use multimedia effects in a presentation
I like the way the curriculum assumes you know nothing; it’s very user friendly for both the teacher and the students. Thanks again for your help. I’m really sold on the TechnoKids curriculum. You have done a great job!
R. Waldschmidt,
Cornerstone Coop,
PA, USA
Customer Reviews
Middle school students become travel agents. They research a destination and then use the information to create a travel advertisement for a weekend getaway using Microsoft PowerPoint. Engage students and integrate technology with travel lesson plans.
I like the way the curriculum assumes you know nothing; it’s very user friendly for both the teacher and the students. Thanks again for your help. I’m really sold on the TechnoKids curriculum. You have done a great job!
R. Waldschmidt,
Cornerstone Coop,
PA, USA