Student Created Websites

                        The article titled “Students Strike Gold with Bowling Alley Webpage”, describes how high school students create a website for a local bowling alley. A high school business teacher for a web design class puts her students in pairs to design a website for a local bowling alley. Each pair then comes up with a website design to present and hopefully get chosen to be used for the bowling alley.

                        As an elementary school teacher, I think I could use a web design project like this with upper elementary aged school students. I would conduct the lesson as a classroom project that is done with me under my supervision at all times. This would be a nice way to introduce students to web design for future classes and other aspects of technology. As a class I would allow students to contribute ideas together as we created a website and I taught the class different aspects of creating a website. I would also create small groups to be assigned small tasks such as coming up with ideas for wording or graphic design.

                        The article fits under many of the ISTE standards for students. It clearly fits under standard number one, which states students “generate new ideas, products, or processes”. The students in the article each generated their own ideas for the website project. The article also fits standard number two which states students “interact, collaborate, and publish with peers”. The students in the article worked in pairs with each other to construct and come up with ideas. Standard number three is also represented by this article which states students “gather, evaluate, and use information”. The students were close to the bowling alley to be able to gather data needed for the website and any photos. Standard number four is met which states that students “use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions”. The students had a rubric with guidelines to follow and also encountered problems such as meeting the customer needs.  The article fits standard number five which states students “practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology”. The project also included the students discussing matters such as social, ethical, and legal issues. They also practiced writing proper citation pages and writing their own text and taking their own pictures. Standard number six was also met which states students “understand and use technology systems”. Students demonstrated their understanding of technology through manual coding, Adobe Photoshop, and maintaining a blog.

Candela, Tasha. (2012). Students strike gold with bowling alley webpage. Learning & Leading with Technology, 5(39), 40-42.