[Year 12 IT Apps] Front page question

[Jeffrey Lynn]

Robert.

When the occasion warrants it, I do indeed teach HTML using Notepad or
Wordpad as my starting point. However, time constraints together with the
nature of this study design for Unit 3 mean that I have eschewed my usual
"in depth" approach to HTML and settled on the WYSIAWYG interface of
FrontPage. I was without a computer lab for the first 6 weeks and even then
it has taken me longer to restore our functionality to a point where I can
reasonably get useful results with proper security.

Having said that, I do give a brief explanation of how HTML works and
demonstrate a *very* basic page made up in Wordpad, just to show students
how the markup code works.

You are right in that the study design doesn't prescribe FrontPage; it does
prescribe web authoring software though.

Cheers,

Jeff Lynn,
Yeshivah and Beth Rivkah Colleges.


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Robert Hind
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 4:09 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Front page question

Hi Jeff,

Why do you have to use FrontPage - or Dreamweaver, or . . ? Why not use one 
of those other "free HTML editors".

Oh! Sorry, that means the kids might have to learn some HTML code.

I have always thought that students of IT should have some understanding of 
what goes on "behind the scenes". Using  WYSIWYG software is fine as a 
starting point, just as is using JavaScript found on the Internet. But there

should be that basic understanding - and that does at least include 
understanding what the HTML code does.

I am not teaching ITA at present, but surely the study design does not 
prescribe FrontPage!

Robert Hind (Semi-retired)
Ex Traralgon and Ashwood