International Online Travel Website/Creating a Frames Webpage Using HTML

Author: Patricia Janann Nicholson
Curriculum Area: International Magnet Instructional Technology
Subject Area: Information Design (Web I)
Sunshine State Standard Benchmark:
  • Demonstrate knowledge about the role of the computer in information design.
  • Understand the synthesis of design and technology in the publishing of information electronically in a
    Web environment.
  • Incorporate visual, information, and programming design into the creation of a Web site.
  • Demonstrate the ability to design the Web site, pages, and graphics using good layout, clean design,
    and smart choice of color.
  • Understand the technology required to implement a well-designed system of text and graphics that
    allows the user to navigate with ease.
  • Chart content and workflow to determine site organization and plan site structure.
  • Control the multimedia enhancements of interactivity, audio, moving images (animation or video)
    and content on demand.
  • Demonstrate the ability to create and work with editable text and artwork to be used on the
    World Wide Web.
  • Develop an understanding of copyright and its importance in protecting original creative work.
  • Analyze information design for its effectiveness.
  • Constructs Meaning From Informational Text
    • Locate, organize, and interpret written information for a variety of purposes, including classroom
      research, collaborative decision making, and performing a school or real-world task.
    • Use a variety of strategies to analyze words and text, draw conclusions, use context and word structure
      clues, and recognize organizational patterns.
    • Determine the main idea or essential message in a text and identifies relevant details and facts and
      patterns of organization.
    • Utilize comparison/contrast in listing strengths and weaknesses in Frames and Nonframes Webpages
Grade Level: 9th-12th
Lesson Title: International Travel Frames Website/Creating a Frames Webpage Using HTML
Resources: Nicholson's Lesson Plan Blues:
http://neighbor.firn.edu/class/palm_beach/pahokee_ms/patricia_janann_nicholson/ibwebdes9/travel/travelcover.htm
Learning Objective:

Students will:

  • read and follow online directions which will result in a completed international travel frames website.
  • create a floating frames will display contact information.
  • include a update Javascript that will that writes out the last modified date of their page.
  • include a Javascript that will display a Welcome message in the Status Bar when the home page loads.
  • create a movie in Flash that will display on the home page.
Instructions: Students will follow the instructions provided at Nicholson's Lesson Plan Blues Webpage. Finished products are
included in the grading rubric listed below.
Assessment International Travel Frames Website Grading Rubric