create your own web site *
tips for junior Webmasters
from basic HTML to advanced tools
Most children, particularly those in the upper grades and high
school, long to create their own Web site. There are many
resources, but only a few are designed especially for children
and teens.
- allows children what they want to learn
- children can then practice what they have learned
- grades: 5 - 8
- Created by: Lycos, Inc.
- offers guidance on creating simple graphics and sound films
- a glossary of "techie" will help everyone
- Grades: 3 - 8
- Created by: Jackie Buckle
- contains all the basics for beginners, as well as
- information for more knowledgeable young site builders
- including great demos
- Grades: 9 - 12
- Created by: 15 year-old Lissa Singer
- a nifty reference page to get new ideas
- useful Java scripts for tesxt rollovers
- making tables & links & images look and function better
- Grades: 9 - 12
- Created by: Franicis Moss
- for a quick and easy way to create a graphic for their home
- all you have to do is type the text / select the font
- select the font size / colors
- Grades: older children to teens
- Here, children can choose from a huge range of available
colors
- Patterns to modify the background of text in their site
- Grades: for all!
- tons of colors = the best of them all
- if you click on the hard to see blue = left
the color come up the sceen
- X out to get back to the color chart
- on the right is the number of the color
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- * Selected from "The Librarian's Internet" - School Library
Journal,
March 2002, page 41 - edited by Gail Junion-Metz
