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Web Design (Picasso) [2022]

Description

In this lesson, students will learn about the fundamentals of web design, and consider the ways that they already interact with web sites in their daily lives.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Identify what web design is and articulate the difference between web design and development
  • Identify how websites have changed education, arts and commerce
  • Reflect on why they are taking this course and develop their own learning objectives for the course
Description

In this lesson, students will explore what the internet is and how it can be used for socially beneficial activities, as well as how the internet can be used in potentially harmful ways. Students will examine how computers are connected with local and global networks to create a very large web of networks we know as “the internet”.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Describe how they are able to get specific webpages to their computers
  • Explain that the internet is a network of networks
  • Compare and contrast the different levels of censorship that different organizations or countries impose on the internet
Description

In this lesson, students will explore the program that allows them to use the internet at all – the browser. They will explore what a browser is capable of doing, and compare several different browser programs.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Identify what a browser is
  • Identify what a browser is not
  • Explain the purpose of a browser
  • List several kinds of browsers
Description

In this lesson, students learn what a URL is, and what is happening when they visit a URL.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the process of visiting a webpage, from typing the URL to viewing the page
Description

In this lesson, students complete a summative assessment of the unit’s learning objectives.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Prove their knowledge of the basic of the internet through a multiple choice quiz