Web Design for Teachers

EDUC 744 929 Web Design for Educators

Online Course 3 semester hours graduate credit
Instructor: Jim Erbe
Tuition and Registration
June 18 - August 10, 2012

Description

Concepts, research, and instructional technology strategies for integrating web design across the curriculum. Designed on a beginning level for teachers from all subject areas and grade levels.

Explore the essential elements of Web design and utilize practical activities and step-by-step procedures to design, build, and post a final project website using Google Sites. Learn what makes an effective educational website and what features are critical to motivate learning.

This course is an approved elective in the Master of Science in Education online degree program.

NOTE: You may enroll in this course to meet your goals for professional development, license renewal, or to complete graduate credits and transfer to another university.

Prerequisite: Although no previous experience or training in web page design is needed to succeed in this class, the following computer skills are required: ability to copy and paste, create folders, save files, find files, and edit images.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the course, students will:

  1. Analyze current research on teaching and learning when planning learning experiences using web-based resources.

  2. Evaluate web-based lessons that integrate web-based resources for quality and effectiveness.

  3. Apply visual learning theory to a pre-existing lesson and/or unit that integrates a web-based component.

  4. Analyze an instructional curriculum problem and integrate web pages in a variety of subject areas including science, math, social studies, literacy, and the arts.

  5. Research and evaluate online repositories of digital images to maximize student learning, affirm diversity, and address diverse learner needs when creating web-based activities.

  6. Create various file formats, use multiple design elements, and apply basic principles of web page design to create effective web-based curriculum.

  7. Research legal and ethical issues including privacy, copyright, and intellectual freedom as related to the use of web-based resources.

  8. Demonstrate an awareness of school district policies regarding publishing of teacher web pages, student work and photographs.

  9. Analyze instructional strategies and best practices to promote student creativity while integrating web design when teaching various concepts and skills.

  10. Analyze and evaluate an assessment tool for teacher or student-produced web projects.

  11. Analyze accessibility of web-based resources when planning for diverse learner needs.

  12. Design and publish quality web pages using design basics to enhance understanding in a subject area such as: science, math, social studies, language arts, the arts, family and consumer science education, marketing and business education and technology education.

Course Outline

Reasons for having a web page
Jenkin's emerging literacies for today's learners
Creativity in the classroom

Instructional Applications of Web Design
Learning theories that lend themselves to integrating web design
Social constructivist, multiple intelligences, situated learning
Strategies for helping students publish on the web across reading, writing and the content areas
Using the web to create teaching moments
Enhancing home-school communication

Web Design Basics for Educators
Purpose of a website
Planning your site
Site development processes
Naming conventions
Design principles
Effective page layouts
Principles of effective navigation
 
Creating Web Page Templates
Image capture: creating and collecting graphics
Effective graphics
Free graphics
Converting graphics

Digital Ethics and Copyright Issues
Fair use in the classroom
Creative commons
Public domain
Citation of digital resources
School district policies

Accessibility
Web design accessibility guidelines
Accessibility validation systems
Accessibility to enhance usability for all

Alignment with Teaching Standards

Participants in this class will gain experience that will help them meet the following Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure (WI DPI) 3, 4, 7, 10

International Society for Technology in Education, National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers 2, 4

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Our Students Say. . .

"I have been teaching for 22 years. This course would have to rank right up there with one of the very best and most interesting of all the classes I have taken. One of the most valuable things that I have learned is that I appreciate more now just how complex and simple a website can be. When I look at complex websites I've got at least a little bit more of an idea as to how it was created."
~ Technology Teacher, Prentice, Wisconsin


"I have taken many online courses, and never has a course gone this smoothly, AND more importantly, never have I had an online instructor who evaluated the assignments in such a timely manner, with personal comments and clear suggestions."
~ Media Specialist, Cashton, Wisconsin

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School of Education
Email: Online Professional Development
University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI 54751
Phone: 715-232-2253