For this project, we first had to find an
idea for the topic. We decided on The Odyssey because we had
learned about it last year in English. Our teacher asked us to construct a
website about The Odyssey that could teach her incoming classes the epic
in a more "user friendly manner."
Each person was assigned different segments
of the journey for which we made a web page. We were able to make
this project cross-curricular by creating activities and extensions for most
pages. We can now teach about several related topics of The Odyssey and
how they can pertain to our everyday lives.
All the graphics we used were free for public use off the
internet. Team members also generated images by scanning or from free
graphic CDs and Sierra Print Artist Gold program. We did extensive
research online to locate information.
Our members learned many new and interesting skills by doing
this project. Some of these included using Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft
Word, networking features of school network, scanning, altering images, placing
audio into webs, and Virtual PC on Macintosh. We also learned how to use
online sources for generating interactive activities such as quizzes, java
applets, and puzzles. We used the software program in Inspiration to
organize and map out our website, and learned principles of layout and design.
As a note, we did this project as an extra activity,
entirely outside of class.
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This project was developed by Sophomore students at Sandpoint High School for the 2001 University of Idaho EdTechQuest. Contact us if you have any questions or comments.