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Although most web based materials are now created using dedicated
'authoring software' pupils should still have a basic understanding
of how this is achieved. They should also appreciate that increasing sophistication is bringing newer technologies e.g. Flash driven sites
HTML
- Hyper Text Markup Language is still used to create the
majority of web materials although it is now common for a
web site to integrate many writing methods.
Pupils
are not expected to complete this unit by writing the code
by hand but the introduction shows them the basics of tagging.
They will use web-authoring software to produce their work
during later activities.
Show
pupils the presentation of example HTML code.
Develop
this activity by:
- Explaining
that it is made up of a set of commands.
- Most
commands are put inside tags (starting with <,
and ending with />)
- The
document has 2 main parts
- The
HEAD - this area is not shown on the web page but used
to give the computer information about the web resource
including special instructions such as Java script.
- The
BODY - this is where the main content is placed.
Tags within this area usually describe how the content
is displayed,
e.g. <BOLD> will turn text following it to bold
and </bold> will switch it off
| Group
activity |
Show
presentation 2a on a large screen
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| Individual |
Pupils
access the demonstration from activity 2 / start
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Show
pupils the language cards language2 for this lesson.
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