Today’s session went very smoothly, with the students getting right into the quiz and then the design setup information. They all had some experience with slicing, dreamweaver, web design, HTML/CSS, etc., which saved a lot of time. Most of the education section turned into a review before we went into the challenges, with Chris showing them a lot of example websites and how they could be broken apart using the 4 Part System. Our challenge was to have the students find three websites and copy them into Photoshop, using the Firefox Aviary add-on, and then to break them up according to which parts are the content/navigation/etc. sections. More than that, however, the students had to look at the themes and layouts of the sites, picking apart things like functionality, organization, and how intuitive the sites were. Next, they came up and showed the sites they found to the rest of the class, explaining how they had broken them down and what they thought worked/didn’t work.
Here’s one of Aaliyah’s websites:
Here’s one of Carrie’s websites:
Because they progressed through everything so smoothly, they were able to spend a lot of time going over old projects and brainstorming ideas for their BTW. They’re all really interested in making their own sites, and should be coming up with some good ideas!
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