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Unit 3: Year 7: Unit question
=How have a student's IT needs changed?=


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The second Unit for year 7 is probably the most enjoyable Unit and the students are always very enthusiastic about learning web design. We will design and make Web sites based on the content/theory of storage devices

There are a number of different objectives behind this Unit, they include
 * An understanding of their favorite websites and why the students like them.
 * An appreciation of just how crazy some of the web sites on the web are.
 * An ability to critically look at the design of a website
 * To realise that different website have different audiences in mind and that this guides the design process
 * To learn a number of specific skills to enable the students to design and create their own website.
 * To introduce the students to a new graphics package fireworks.

The specific tasks they will need to be able to do to complete this unit are
 * To mange their ICT folder
 * To save from the internet a number of pictures that they will need in learning web design
 * To learn the following web design skills. Some students will learn more but at the minimum they should learn and fully understand the following skills.
 * Site Managment
 * Page saving
 * Page titling
 * Table insert
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Table manipulation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Text insert
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Text manipulation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Text centering
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Picture insert
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Picture manipulation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Picture centering
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Body centering
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Design view
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Code view
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Browser view
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Split view

**Skills learning in web design**
During this unit in order to learn the skills of web design the students will be grouped together in two's to better follow the teacher let classes where the basic skills of web design will be learned

Starter Exercise


The Skills training for at least 4 lessons and should be done in groups.

Teacher to use Flash cards on storage devices to introduce the idea of storage. This will take up 30-45 minutes and can done at any stage as long as it is covered before task 4 in the investigation.

Investigation Stage
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">There are 6 parts to the investigations stage

<span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> 5. Fill in the worksheet on input and output devices <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;">6. Answer the Unit question 7. Evaluate your research and write down the conclusions you come to from your research. =How have a student's IT needs changed?=
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Explain why they like their favorite website? At least half a page in word size 12, using print screen will also help you show exactly what you like on the website and what you favorite website look like.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Find a crazy website to show the class and just be able to talk about it for 20 seconds. We will put this website up in front of the class and the student will tell the class why it is crazy.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Find a really badly designed website. We will put this website up in front of the class and the student will tell the class why it is bad. (This will be done during the starter exercise but uploaded as part of the investigation)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'times new roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Fill in the following worksheet, Flash card lesson must be done before students try and do worksheet

Deadline Friday 25/1/13
= = You are going to design a website that will answer the unit question
 * Design Brief**

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Design = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Show how the web page will look. change around the navigational bar, the location of your picture, add more pictures to each page, move the information around to show different designs. Remember two designs are better than one. Three designs are better two. Make sure you think about navigation and the content of each page in your design. For content a heading will be enough. Remember to look at the design criteria in order to get maximum marks.
 * Design Specifications**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Design a 6 page website. Before you start designing make sure you run it by the teacher first.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">1 page must be about how students today are using different types of storage devices
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">1 page must be about online storage
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">1 page must be about how mouses have changed
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">1 page must be about how keyboards have and will change
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">1 page must be about how output devices have changed
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">1 page can be on whatever you want but it must related to the unit question
 * 8) Add your own specifications based on your research

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Evaluate your designs comparing them to the design specifications

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Plan
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Plan how they are going to make this website. Use a table to show how you are going to complete this project on time. Leave a comments column that will be filled out every lesson.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create
Make the website. Save it into student common and show the file path on the WIKI unit 3 page

Evaluate
Remember to look at the assessment criteria carefully before doing your evaluation.

Attitudes too technology
Think about how you work in ICT, how did you work in the groups? Your teacher will discuss this with you.

** Extension: **
What about online storage? What is it and how can you use it? Set yourself up with Google drive/drop-box account if you are able to.


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