How can you publish information on the World Wide Web?
These days it is possible for teachers and students to create web pages for use in learning environments without having to write directly in html code. There are a number of commercial products, called wysiwyg (pronounced "wiz ee wig") editors that can help you do this. WYSIWYG stands for "what you see is what you get". Popular editors include Dreamweaver, FrontPage, GoLive and CoffeeCup.
Is there anything free?
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There are many free HTML editors available. Searching with the appropriate keywords will yield a number of possibilities. The Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction, part of the esteemed The Maricopa County Community College District, offers an overview of free html editors for both Windows and Macintosh systems. This page is part of their Writing HTML a tutorial for creating web pages: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/editors.html |
How do I share the pages once they are created?
Find a web space provider who is right for you. For example:
TeacherWeb [Website]. TeacherWeb Inc.: 2002 [cited 16 June 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: < http://teacherweb.com/>.
This is a template driven site that will help you publish even if you have little or not html coding experience. "TeacherWeb.com currently provides users with access to a rich set of online service resources, including personal web page hosting services, including special easy-to-use web creation and web updating." Educators are encouraged to use this resource as a means to stay in touch with colleagues as well as students and parents. The first 30 days of web space is free.
Mind University's Internet Organizer [Website]. MindUniversity: 2002 [cited 26 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: < http://www.minduniversity.com>.
The Internet Organizer is an educational website designed to provide a user-friendly interface for creating, storing, organizing and sharing web pages through the use of a password-protection system accessible on the World Wide Web. Registrants for a free account are limited to a storage space of 1.5 megabytes of disk storage space or creation of no more than ten (10) electronic documents. (After that, you pay!)
Filamentality [Website]. SBC Knowledge Network Explorer:12 November 2002 [cited 24 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: < http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/>.
Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive approach. Filamentality will not only help you publish your WebList, it will guide you through the entire process of picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities. The name Filamentality refers to weaving "filaments" of the Web with a learner's "mentality". This template driven site will work even if you do not know anything about HTML or web publishing. This is an excellent way to publish an annotated list on the web. (Free.)
Beyond the Son of Filamentality is a more advanced approach to full web page design.
<http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/beyond/index.html>Web Worksheet Wizard in HPR*TEC's Web Worksheet Wizard, [Website]: University of Kansas:1997 [cited 26 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: < http://wizard.4teachers.org>.
The Web WorkSheet Wizard is a template driven web publishing tool from HPR*TEC. The system will guide you through each step of the process of creating your Annotated WebList. After your page is created, the system generates a unique URL you can share with your learners.
Tom March. Web and Flow Interactive [Website]. Ozline.com:1999 [cited 26 January 2003]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.web-and-flow.com>.
Web N' Flow Interactive is a pay service ($24 dollars a year) that will give you a month's free trial. The site guides you through the creation of web-based curriculum. The Web N' Flow approach sparks creative and critical thinking for teachers and students. This site is maintained by Tom March, who wrote much of the Filamentality website material.
Authored by Lora K. Kaisler 2003