Students Learn About:

• information medium for the dissemination of information
• interactive medium

Students Learn To:

• discuss the purpose of the World Wide Web
• examine the features and strategies used in the design of a range of websites
• critically analyse the effectiveness of a website to convey its message

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Student Activity

Create a new Google Doc called ‘The World Wide Web’ and complete the following activities.

Activity 1:

Create a poster/presentation illustrating the positive and negative impacts of the internet on one of the following areas:

-          Music industry

-          Fashion/ Retail

You will find an sample attached at the bottom of this page.

Activity 2:

Copy the following questions into your Google Doc and answer the questions beneath them. Refer to pages 240-243 of the textbook.

1.       Define XML

2.       What is the difference between HTML and DHTML?

3.       Identify four features which make a webpage different from a printed book.

4.       Describe the parts of a URL

5.       Create a flow diagram (using Illustrator, Word or any other program you like) to outline the steps involved in locating a particular webpage using its URL.

Activity 3:

Try to choose one website you think is really good, one that is really bad and one that is mediocre.

Here is a list of websites you might want to look at (feel free to choose your own!):

http://campanas.com.br/

http://hsc.csu.edu.au

http://banksy.co.uk/

http://moroso.it/

http://www.theiconic.com.au/

http://www.manutd.com

http://www.bigdayout.com/

A HUGE collection of BAD websites:

http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/