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Cyber-creativity! These days everyone is making their own web pages! It takes a computer, a web connection, some imagination, and a little know-how.

Sample some of the following activities to learn more about web design.

Places To Go | People To See | Things To Do | Teacher Resources | Bibliography

Places To Go

CoolHomePages
Surf on over to examples of home pages. Every teacher should have a home page. This site is a great resource for tools, tricks, and tips when you want to create a personal or school home page.

Webmonkey for Kids
The purpose of Webmonkey for Kids is to show children what's possible with the Web and teach them how to begin creating their own sites. The “Lessons” section provides basic information about the Web, as well as HTML and design fundamentals. This information prepares students to make their own pages in the “Projects” section.

Internet Public Library: Web Page Design
Need to fix up your own webpage? These sites will help you find backgrounds, icons, animations, and other stuff.

Creating Web Pages (Introductory Level)
This page has links to web page creation resources. Students and teachers will find curricular resources to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction on web page design.

Dr. Website
Ask this expert web developer all your webbie questions. There is also a FAQ section and an archive of previous quesitons and answers.

All Experts
Send your questions about beginning web design to All Experts.Com.

Agent Glitch
Meet Agent Glitch. If you're going to create web pages, Agent Glitch can help students learn how to surf the web safely.

Dr. Watson
Meet this online web doctor and let him diagnose your website for free.

WiggleBits - Building a School Website
Learn about file structure, images, backgrounds, links, animation, design, and more with step-by-step directions.

WWW Cyberguides
Looking at the web sites from other schools is a good way to get ideas for your own. Use this cyberguide to help you evaluate the sites that you see.

Copyright and the Web
It's important to understand copyright issues before you publish on the web. This site can help.

HTML Goodies
If you're serious about constructing a classroom website, you'll probably want to use a good web editing software package to speed up the process. But knowing some basics about html can be very useful. This site can help.

HTML Crash Course for Educators
Use this tutorial to become acquainted to the basics of HTML design and style.

WebDeveloper.Com 
You can find how-to instructions for everything from basic HTML to programming in Java.

So You Want to Make a Webpage
Learn how to “hard code” a webpage using Notepad and html. Even if you use web editing software, it’s good to understand the basics of HTML.

Bare Bones Guide to HTML
Brush up on HTML code.

HTML Crash Course for Educators
Get introduced to the basics of HTML.

Time for a New Look?
If you already have an existing webpage, learn some tips to make your page fresher and more useful.

Design Tenets for Web Pages
Study this school district’s guidelines for educators creating webpages.

UEN Professional Development
Check out the professional development opportunities at UEN. They offer free webpage classes.

Usability
Website designers have a responsibility to make their pages accessible to individuals with disabilities. Use this website to understand accessibility guidelines.

WebXact
Analyze your website for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues.

Filamentality
Make a teacher webpage for free without having to purchase web editing software or learn how to html code.

Create Your Own Webpage
Follow these step-by-step directions to make a webpage with HTML.

HyperText Markup Language Home Page
Learn about XHTML and decide if you should use it on your website.

CoolText
Make your own customized logos and banners to use on your website.

MediaBuilder
Use the free section of this website to create your own banners, buttons, and other web elements.

• Oleksy, Walter G. Web Page Designer. New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 1999.
• Lund, Bill. A Career as an Internet Designer. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c1998.
• Pedersen, Ted. Make Your Own Web Page. New York: Price, Stern, Sloan. 1998
• Wolinsky, Art. Creating and Publishing Web Pages on the Internet. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 1999.

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