"I want to make a world like this one when I am older.
Clean rivers and forests. We cannot find any garbages there. People eat my
hand made bread there!"
Maki Okada - Japan
During the weeks of Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 you had the chance to define
goals, select the best team members for tasks and organize steps for realizing
your dream project. You and your team tried to figure out the important issues
related to your dreams and the best ways of making it happen. By doing this
you created a detailed idea of your dream and this structure will now be
published on the WWW for all to see.
Before publishing anything on the web, it is necessary to think about the
idea of making something public and the power of the Web. You and your friends
know that by publishing your ideas you cross frontiers and reach a lot of
other minds around the world. This is exciting and it makes you authors who
are responsible for content. Your actions say that what you publish is very
meaningful to you.
Some tasks will be essential now and you must be sure that:
Your pages reflect the basic philosophy of your dream
Your texts and graphics are clear enough
The navigation structure is easy to use so that users do not get lost
Your pages are attractive and have an interesting lay-out
In Lesson 2 you defined, inside your team, the members who have the basic
abilities of writing well, the ones who are talented in drawing, the ones
who will be responsible for technical help and many other functions that
you find necessary to make your page really interesting. Be sure that your
group keeps in mind that the Web is an engine with different and exciting
tools! You don't need to use all of them - just use the ones you find relevant
to your project.
Remember that a web page is a window and through it people will get inside...
or not! We are talking about communication and there are some examples in
newspapers, TV shows, videos, magazines and other web pages, that would be
interesting for your contents. When we think about media, we can imagine
that each form or expression is related to the other and some common tasks
can be useful for you. Just look around and think about that!
Teachers, coaches and youth! Remember to register for the program,
or add members or coaches to
your team. !If you have registered your Dream project in previous
modules you don't have to do it again.
The activities and discussions below are suggestions. Use these as a guide
for completing the program. You may always substitute other activities that
are more suitable for your needs.
Let's Publish the Dream Plans!
Before starting your web pages, define their structure. Gather all you think
will be necessary to make them attractive and, most importantly, useful.
Design the Dream Plan web page or KidSpace
pages
Gather and create images or pictures
Be sure your images are meaningful and not simply for decoration
Write for permissions to use copyrighted photos
Is there a digital camera you can use?
Is a scanner available?
Are there artists on your team?
Text creation
What content is needed?
Who will write the content?
Make your first words catch the eye
Is your main idea perfectly clear?
Who will proofread?
Will you use relevant quotes?
Will you include a site map?
Include e-mail links to your team
Give credit for references
Interactive versus static pages
Will your web pages be interactive and dynamic?
Will your pages grow in value over time?
What talent and software is needed to do this?
Where can you host interactive pages?
Find web space
School web server?
Kidlink web server or KidSpace?
Other?
Is necessary software available?
Graphics
FTP
HTML editors
Link checkers
Is extra lab time needed?
When? Where?
Who can take the time?
Get permissions
Web maintenance
Decide who will maintain web pages
Be sure all links work
Keep information current
Let the work begin! Now it is time for each
group within your team to do the work written in your dream plan.
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