Information Reliability 2: Project Rubric

Information Reliability Quiz

Bizzare Facts: Grade 6 + 7 Assignment 2 (Part 2)

You are working for a fictional newspaper called "AIS News". You are going to design the front page and write the first cover story

Activity 1: You will create a six question survey. Find out about your classmates favorite singer or sportsperson (send your questionnaire to a minimum of six people).

Activity 2:  Look at the results from your survey and decide who you are going to write a story about. The story must contain some Bizarre Facts

Activity 3: Use Internet Searching skills to find 5 sources of information to help you write your story. You must complete this Information Sources Table saying where the information comes from and if it is reliable or not.

(You don't have to use the Internet for this! Books, magazines and newspapers etc are also good information sources)


Activity 4: Create an article for AIS News using Microsoft Publisher which will display your story. 

What Makes a Good Website?

1. Don't make people think How will people get from page to page or from point A to point B? A clear structure and easily recognizable links can help users to find their path to their aim. This is called having good 'navigation'.

2. Focus Attention Obviously, images are more eye-catching than the text — just as the sentences marked as bold are more attractive than plain text.

3. Make use of effective writing Long text blocks will be skipped. Use images and keywords marked in bold or italics and keep your sentences short.

4. Strive for simplicity instead of complexity Provide users with a clean and simple design and don't be afraid of using 'white space'

Website Design: Grade 8 Project 2

Unit Learning Objectives:

1.Recognize what makes a good website

2.Plan the Structure of a website

3.Design the page layout for webpages in a website

4.Set up a website using Macromedia Dreamweaver

5.Create a Homepage and two other pages

6.Use CSS Script to keep consistency on each page 

7.Link pages together

8.Evaluate and make improvements to your Website

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Activity 1: Visit this website containing some of the worst designs of 2011 so far. Why are they so bad?

Read the website and fill out this table with what you think are the basic rules of GOOD web-design.

Activity 2: Use VoiceThread to label pictures of at least two websites describing where you see good and bad design features. Upload to your blog.

Activity 3: You are going to put together a chart topping band. You will create a website for them so their fans can keep up with what they are doing. The website should give lots of interesting facts about the band and include photo's, concert dates, and lots of other band related information. 

Research some band's websites to see what sort of information is contained on them. Make a blog post containing all of the most important things your website should include.

Activity 4:Plan your website. Complete this sitemap showing the structure of your website (each box represents a webpage) and the contents of each page.

Activity 5: Update this Project Log with the work you have done so far in this Web Design project. Your job is to try and keep this up-to-date every lesson.

This will help you plan your project better and help you to remember what you have learned.


Activity 6: Create two Banner designs for your website. Use any appropriate software. Save both design as JPEG images and save to your blog as evidence.

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