Why?
How?
Design
Free Webspace
Too Much Trouble?
Publishing
Why?
Beyond Vanity: Your Personal Space on the Web: http://edvista.com/claire/notvanity.html
A Personal Website for Effective Teaching: http://edvista.com/claire/personalweb.html
Interesting articles:
Writing Oneself in Cyberspace by Daniel Chandler
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/homepgid.htmlThe Presentation of Self in Electronic Life:Goffman on the Internet by Hugh Miller
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/soc/psych/miller/goffman.htm
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How?
HTML Crash Course for Educators, Andy Carvin: http://www.edwebproject.org/htmlintro.html
Vance's e-Zguide "10 steps to creating simple HTML files ny Vance Stevens:
http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/pi/very_basics/starthere.htmNote: You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to open the following files. Click here to get the Reader if you don't already have it.
Making a Web Page with Netscape Composer (PC)
Making a Web Page with Netscape Composer (Macintosh)HTML editors: Help, Info and Reviews http://www.html.about.com/compute/html/cs/htmleditors/
Nvu ("the complete Web authoring stystem for Windows, Linux, and Mac"): http://www.nvu.com/index.html
1st Page 2000 (Free HTML editor for PC): http://www.evrsoft.comCreating HTML in Word, Step by Step, by Vance Stevens: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4631/htmlword.htm
Web Page Guidelines and Design:
Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design, by Jakob Nielsen: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html
Guidelines for Designing a Good Web Site for ESL Students, by Charles Kelly: http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Articles/Kelly-Guidelines.html
Note: These guidelines are equallly good for all language students!Web page Style Guide at Yale University: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html
Resources for Web Accessibility: http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/events/neallt2002/access.html
Web Pages that Suck: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
Web Color Reference, The Websafe and Reallysafe:
http://www.webreference.com/html/reference/color/websafe.htmlColor names and Codes: http://www.mf-insites.com/colornames.html
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Freewebspace.net (Searchable guide to free webspace providers): http://www.freewebspace.net/
GeoCities: http://geocities.yahoo.com
What to do if all this is too much trouble:
TrackStar:(Create pages with links and activities): http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp
QuizStar: (Create quizzes of various types): http://quizstar.4teachers.org/
Nicenet:(Create a discussion board for your class): http://www.nicenet.org/
Filamentality: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Quia (commercial service): http://www.quia.com
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Publishing your Web page in your Pitt Web space
Robert Henderson Language Media Center, University of Pittsburgh
http://www.polyglot.pitt.edu/workshops/techfall05/page.html
Last revised: September 22, 2005