IST – Stage 5 – Year 9

Our virtual worldThe internet and website development project

Movies, Sports, MusicDesign Brief

You have been chosen to represent the school to showcase to the world what you know about your favourite hobby by producing a website. Your site will feature images, sounds and information on a theme that you chose. In order to make this project a success you will need to analyse, plan, design and gather data and any information that you need before any implementation can begin.

Design Situation

In a group, plan and create a website based on your favourite theme; Music, sports or movies.

Design Specifications

Individual Tasks

Create a portfolio and present project documents in a folder for assessment Complete a journal on evaluation and reflection of project tasks Construct a report that evaluates website software development tools Produce a website homepage using HTML

Group Tasks

Present a debate on good vs. evil usage of the internet and its impact on society

Using MS Word, create a PMI table comparing the good and bad of design and what you like about a websiteComplete an internet research task comparing the internet and an intranet writing the results in a MS Word support sheet.

Email the teacher the internet research task using appropriate email etiquette Design a storyboard based on a given set of website requirements on the

theme of Music, Sports or Movies Create a project plan to manage website development tasks Produce a website based on the storyboard Resolve problems and improve the website based on peer review Collect information, images and sounds for the website Carry out peer feedback on student websites

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Class Tasks

Publish student website to the school domain for public showcase

Resources

Computer labs Document scaffold sheets Interactive whiteboard Overhead projector Presentation slides Software programs – MS Word, FrontPage Access to internet Access to hosting site FrontPage how to guides

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