General overview:

Critical Basics ( building a foundation for understanding the internet)

• PC Basics: accessing programs; getting folders; creating folders; organizing folders; deleting folders; retrieving folders that have been trashed; saving documents
• Internet jargon
• Internet searches: using directories and other advanced searches
• Book marking sites: saving sites in organized folders
• Saving bookmarks as an html page that can be linked on your site
• Reliability of a site: how to determine if a site is legitimate
• Downloading images, sound and animations
• View high school web sites
• Critique high school web sites
• Brainstorm how to contribute to school web site
• Brainstorm how the site should be further organized
• Determine what resources will be needed: content, images, links, etc.
• Learn how to layout web pages using Macromedia Director
• Continue to gather resources and materials to build school site
• Learn how to take pictures with a digital camera
• Learn how to manipulate images and create artistic work using Adobe Photoshop