1. Year 7
E-Me
Web design

2. Starters

3. The Big Picture
In this project you are going to be producing a website all about yourself!
It will include information about you as a person, your work in ICT this year and in other subjects, and tell the person viewing your eportfolio plenty of information about you
This is sometimes called an “e-portfolio”. We’re going to call it an “e-me”
What is an e-portfolio?
First of all we’ll be planning the website, and then we’ll spend 4 weeks creating it, in the final week we’ll evaluate how well you’ve done

4. Things to think about before you start!
Who will you target audience be? Other Year 7s, your Year 6 teacher to show them how far you’ve come since this time last year at primary school, your Form Tutor, your relatives in Australia who you haven’t seen you were a baby?
Whoever you choose, your site will need to be designed with them in mind
How will you know you’ve done a good job? What will our success criteria be?

5. Introduction and storyboard
Lesson 1
What is an “e-me”?
Introduction and storyboard
for your web site

6. What are we learning today?
Today’s learning objective
Understand the importance of planning your work before you start

7. Introduction
It is important to plan your work before you start, especially quite a complicated project!
You must think carefully about the audience and purpose of your work so that your end product is suitable for them – you might be able to show this in the way you design your site in advance
Who is your audience? And what’s the purpose of the website?
Navigation of websites must be thought out in advance so your visitors can get to all your pages

8. Navigating round the site

9. By the end of the lesson All of you will Most of you will
Complete a introduction to the topic
Complete a simple navigation chart
Most of you will
Use a suitable structure in your navigation chart showing links between the pages
Plan the page layout in some detail
Give details about colour/font/images
Some of you will
Produce more detailed planning documents
Consider your target audience when planning
Give reasons for your design choices

10. Homework Complete the Introduction worksheet by next lesson: ?? June
Next week you will start to use this information in your E-Me so you MUST remember to bring it!
If you can, do it on Word, and either it to yourself or put it on a memory pen.

11. Lesson 2
Setting up the site

12. What are we learning today?
Today’s learning objective
Understand the importance of a good navigation system on a website
Be aware of the key features of web pages that users expect to find to make their visit to your site a pleasant one!

13. Introduction
There are some really important things to remember when you are designing a website – if you want to design a good one!
Keep the page layout the same on all pages – so the user always knows where to find things like links to other pages
Button links should be easy to find (near the top) and clearly show which page they link to
A web page doesn’t need to be crammed with information and images, you need some “white space” (which may not actually be white!”) to give balance and contrast to a page.
Remember your site is for on-screen viewing so think carefully about the formatting – the font style & colour, background of the page
Setting up a website means you need to keep all your web pages and other files (eg images) in the same folder – you need to be organised!

14. By the end of the lesson All of you will Some of you will
Be able to create and save web pages within your site
Format your pages showing you have thought about your target audience
Link up the pages with some help
Some of you will
Show you have tried to think about the principles of good website design when when choosing your colours, fonts, layout and tried to be consistent
A few of you will
Be completely consistent in the style, design and layout of your web pages and be able to explain your choices
Link pages independently

15. Getting started on the e-me pages
Lesson 3
Getting started on the e-me pages

16. What are you learning today?
Today’s learning objective
Develop the pages of your e-me, making good use of suitable pictures and information for your audience
Be aware of the risks associated with the sharing of personal information digitally and understand how to protect yourselves

17. Introduction
You will need to use information, images, tables and sounds from a number of sources to complete the pages of your e-me
You will need to think about matching the content and style of your work to the audience and purpose
You might want to use a digital camera to take a picture of yourself or your friends to put on your e-me – but be aware of e-safety issues when using information or pictures about yourselves on a public website

18. Video clips on Moodle to watch and discuss
Starter
Remember e-safety in your e-me!
Video clips on Moodle to watch and discuss

19. By the end of the lesson All of you will Some of you will
Add information and images to your e-me
Some of you will
Show you have thought about your target audience when choosing your information, images and style
Add text and format it for on-screen viewing
Transfer a photo from the digital camera to your area
A few of you will
Show you understand your target audience in the content and design of your e-me, and also, that it will be viewed on screen
Edit the digital photo before using it

20. Homework
Complete the Key Words and Internet Questions homework sheet by next lesson: ??? July

21. Could you act on their feedback to improve your e-me?
Lesson 4
How are you doing so far? Find out what a friend and your teacher think by asking them to write their comments on your mark sheet. Put some comments of your own too, so that it shows you’ve thought about how successful you are being so far.
Could you act on their feedback to improve your e-me?

22. What are you learning today?
Today’s learning objective
use simple success criteria to evaluate work and understand how to improve your work
explain the reasons for comments you have made
use ICT to improve your work through drafting and refining

23. By the end of the lesson All of you will: Most of you will
Make comments about what you like and what you don’t like in your friend’s e-me
Add more information to your e-me
Include some relevant images
Most of you will
Be able to suggest one way your friend could improve their e-me
Give a link to at least one piece of your work
Show you are thinking about the audience and purpose of your e-me
Some of you will
Try to act on the feedback from your friend to make some changes/improvements to your e-me
Link to several pieces of work
Show a good understanding of good web design

24. Continue work on your e-me
Lesson 5
Continue work on your e-me

25. What are you learning today?
Today’s learning objective
match the content and style of your work to the audience and purpose
use ICT to improve your work through drafting and refining

26. Check list for your e-me
Home Page
Introduction to yourself
Introduction to the eportfolio
A digital photo of yourself
My Work page:
An introduction to your work in ICT this year
Links to work you have done this year with a comment.
Evaluation of your work this year: say what you have enjoyed, what you have found hard and easy, what skills you have developed, how you could improve next year.
My World:
Details about friends and family
Details about you and your interests
Information about your first year at Southlands: your successes, what you have enjoyed, targets for year 8.

27. By the end of the lesson All of you will: Most of you will
Add more information to your e-me
Include some relevant images
Most of you will
Give a link to at least one piece of your work
Show you are thinking about the audience and purpose of your e-me
Some of you will
Link to several pieces of work
Show a good understanding of good web design

28. Homework
Complete the Self Assessment of your E-Me by next lesson: ??? July
You only fill in the front.
Next week your partner will fill in the other side so you MUST remember to bring it!

29. Peer evaluation – testing your E-me on your audience
Lesson 6
Peer evaluation – testing your E-me on your audience

30. What are you learning today?
Today’s learning objective
use simple success criteria to evaluate work and understand how to improve your work
explain the reasons for comments you have made
use ICT to improve your work through drafting and refining

31. Evaluating your e-me
It is useful to get your target audience to test your website so you can find out what they think of it so you need to get a friend to evaluate your site
Today you will be evaluating each other’s work using some simple criteria and explaining your reasons
This will help you understand how your user thinks you could improve your work
You can then act on their feedback

32. By the end of the lesson All of you will:- Most of you will:-
Give your partner feedback on their E-me
Most of you will:-
Be able to explain your reasons for the comments you make
Some of you will: -
Understand what you need to do to improve your work
Act on the feedback from others