Today’s goals:
- Finish name tag
- Learn how to find information on our class website
- Discuss websites and apps we like
- Look at the world’s first website (and the evolution of the web since then)
Today’s featured web site:
- http://www.crazycardtrick.com/– Can you figure out what’s really going on? Hint- viewing the code will help us out! Also see https://codepen.io/alvaromontoro/pen/xagVOa.
Monthly desktop wallpaper!
- Smashing Magazine is a great online resource to learn about web design. Each month designers from around the world create monthly-themed desktop wallpaper (we will create these later in the year). This wallpaper is available for free- check out September’s here!
Explore the class website
Check out our class web site to find answers to the following questions. Write them down on your computer or a piece of paper.
- What’s my dog’s name?
- Where should you go to see what we’re working on in class?
- When will you begin learning JavaScript?
- What percentage of your grade is effort?
- What are you most looking forward to learning this year?
- Name someone in my class last year who’s name begins with a “J.”
- What’s the date of the last tweet that was posted to the class account? What was the tweet about?
- What’s on the Cool Stuff page?
- What’s the first thing you should do before creating your own web site?
- Where can you find all of the featured websites we look at every class?
- What is on the After School? page?
Sites & apps we like
Talk to the person next to you and make a list. Then we will share with the class.
- What websites do you use often? Why?
- What apps do you use often? Why?
Web Design 101