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This list provides a starting point for resources to support First Suite Rich Task #1: Web Page Design. Resources have been grouped under the following headings:
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Professional associations, community members or organisations able to provide expert information and advice on topics related to the Rich Task.
Central Queensland Family History Association, Inc.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~auscqfha/ 
Formed in 1986 in Rockhampton, the Association aims to help people in the Central Queensland area to research their family histories. Individual students could use this side to find out more about their families. Historical societies in other localities can be found by searching QueenslandWeb and other directory sites using 'family' and 'history'.
cityofcairns.com: Cairns web design and search engine optimisation services
http://www.cityofcairns.com/
This company gives examples of the sites it has designed. Perhaps local companies could also offer advice on web page design. (Use 'web design' to search QueenslandWeb and other search engines.)
Local government directory
http://www.lgp.qld.gov.au/applications/lgDirectory/
This directory lists all 125 Queensland local government authorities as well as provides a clickable map of localities. The site would be useful for finding out about local industries and facilities.
QueenslandWeb
http://qldweb.slq.qld.gov.au/
This service from the Queensland State Library contains a large number of family or genealogy sites and contacts for students to use in finding out about their families, family names and Queensland topics in general. Entering the name of a local community will usually produce results: for example, 'blackall' produced ten relevant hits
Queensland Family History Society Inc.
http://www.qfhs.org.au
Based in Brisbane, the Association offers many publications for purchase and conducts workshops on family history topics. Membership is $52.80 a year. A postal research inquiry service allows students to use the research facilities available. Costs are involved.
Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF)
http://www.actf.com.au/
Although the lesson plans are based on the films produced by the ACTF, teachers will get some useful ideas for helping young children come to an awareness of themselves, their personal development and their relationships within the community.
Big6: An information problem-solving process
http://www.big6.com/
Lesson plans for teachers are available at this site. These can be used at all levels from Year 3 to teach basic information skills like task definition, seeking strategies, location, use, synthesis and evaluation of information.
(The Big6 TM is copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz.)
KidPub children's publishing
http://kidpub.com/kidpub/
Over 40 000 stories by and for children of all ages have been posted to this site over the seven years of its existence. Teachers and children can search for stories by children of a particular age to use as models for their own writing exercises.
NGA Kids: Adventures with art - activities and projects
http://www.nga.gov/kids/
Designed to showcase the National Gallery of Art's collection, the site contains excellent online activities for children, supported by teacher materials on art history and artists' techniques. Useful for talking about web page composition and design.
Adventures of CyberBee
http://www.cyberbee.com
The site includes activities for young children to help them use the Internet and other tools for collecting and handling information. How tos, for example, contains lessons on Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word and Web construction.
Creating good Websites
http://www.leafdigital.com/class/
Aimed at older students, this site could be used by teachers to become familiar with the various elements of web design, but especially the design role rather than the technical.
Genre Net
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/genre/
Designed for primary school teachers, the site covers: Using word processors, Using E-mail, Searching the Internet, Making web pages. The last topic shows how to make web pages with children, including ways of making web pages, what children can put in their web pages and how to organise web page creation in the classroom.
Lissa explains it all
http://www.lissaexplains.com/
Teachers will find Lissa's approach useful in talking to very young children about the basics of web design, even though the site itself is meant for older children. She covers the basics of how a web page works, HTML, URLs and what is needed to get started, together with graphics, search engine listing and safety on the Internet.
Thinking critically about World Wide Web resources
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/
Teachers will find this brief checklist useful for looking at the evaluation of web sites in order to help children become aware of criteria for their own designs: purpose, audience, use of graphics.
Comprising non-website resources available from a variety of sources.
FATOUROS, Cherryl and WALTERS-MOORE, Cheryl 1997, Using software in English, South Yarra, New South Wales: Primary English Teachers Association.
The focus of this book is the types of software in teaching: spelling, vocabulary building, writing, communication, poetry composition and literature appreciation.
PEDERSEN, Ted and MOSS, Francis 1998, Make your own web page! A guide for kids, New York: Price Stern Sloan.
Written for middle and upper primary students, the book describes the process from imagining and planning, to building a web page and includes linking to other pages and sites as well as launching and maintaining the page on the World Wide Web.
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Other resources for First Suite Rich Task #1: Web Page Design may be found by searching the Curriculum
Exchange collections
, the Library Services collections
or the Internet. The following criteria listed under Keywords and/or Subject are
suggested search terms:
Curriculum level:
Early Childhood; Lower Primary
Audience:
Teacher; Student
Keywords:
Web publishing; Web page design
Subject:
Family history; Local history; Schools - History; Writing (Composition); Web sites - Design and construction; Electronic publishing; Composition (Art); Information skills; Colour; Design; Aesthetics; E-mail
Dewey number:
070.5797
Source:
New Basics Project, Education Queensland
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