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In Class tonight:

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  • Where are we in this class?
  • Attendance eMail "Contest" this week
  • First book review is due this Sunday (Oct. 6) at 4:00 PM.
  • Check your website WebSites -- in class tonight (ask me how?) -- see the work you finished in class last time.

  • What is HTML?
  • Why HTML?
  • What is a page description language?
  • What is plain text?
  • If web pages are ONLY plain text ... where do the graphics come from?
  • Describe the difference between a web page and a MS Word document.
  • Why am I concerned with content and display of content?
  • Tonight we will author web pages using the Web's programming language, HTML.
  • You will practice ...
    1. Saving web pages to your own computer
    2. Reading HTML
    3. Basic formating -- line and paragraph breaks, bold, center, headings
    4. Linking to pages "owned" by others -- "absolute links"
    5. Linking to pages "owned" by you -- "relative links" (the easiest kind)
    6. Updating your class home page
    7. Using FTP to both UPLOAD and DOWNLOAD files

  • Writing HTML ... a web-based tutorial.



    • Next week:
    First Book Reviews are due Sunday October 6

    In class next week we will go on a "Digital Scavenger Hunt"
    1. Do you have a camera you want to bring to class?
    2. We do this to help understanding about how the web works and why.
    3. HTML is the programming language of the Web
    4. Sites to Explore includes references to several Websites devoted to HTML
    5. Before class next week, please explore writing HTML, use Sites to Explore to help you start.

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    Prior Dates Description
    Tuesday, Nov 26 Thanksgiving "Copyright Chat"
    Tuesday, Nov 19 Digital Photography ... getting ready to chat, and Exam 4
    Tuesday, Nov 12 Exam 3
    Tuesday, Nov 05 Book Reviews, Labtops, SmartBoards
    Tuesday, Oct 29 Finishing Exam 2, thinking about Exam 4
    Tuesday, Oct 22 Exam 2, your presentations
    Tuesday, Oct 15 "relative" and "absolute"
    Tuesday, Oct 8 Treasure Hunt?
    Tuesday, Oct 1 Writing HTML!
    Tuesday, Sep 24 Hurricane Isidore -- CLASS CANCELED!
    Tuesday, Sep 17 Evaluating the Web -- the day it rained!
    Tuesday, Sep 10 Hitting for the cycle (the first time) -- design, research, building, publishing
    Tuesday, Sep 3 Starting a Website
    Tuesday, Aug 27 our First Class
    Other "George" courses Links to prior semester's classes
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