A Summary of Some Key Points from Chapters 3 and 4 of Peterson
Chapter 4
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) Main language of Web pages Defines the layout of pages A container for other types of code (e.g. JavaScript)
HTML (cont.) Basic element consists of start tag, end tag, and text in between (e.g. <p> This is a paragraph. </p>) Tags consist of keywords (tag names) surrounded by angle brackets. We presume that you are reading the text and using w3schools.com to learn about the various tags.
Using Room 310 and Exercise #1
Chapter 3
Two sides of brain
Purpose of Maps
Power of Maps See Denis Wood’s Rethinking the Power of Maps Think about a typical road map What is the purpose of such maps? What forces created the map? Who benefits by using the map?
Images on slides 7and 8 are from the web site for Peterson’s book