MS: Web Development Camp (Grade 6rd - 8th)

Through fun and engaging experiences with web authoring and media software, students will learn how to create their own web pages with different media. Students will explore the principals of web development, express their creativity as well as think and process visual ideas and concepts logically. This camp will also excite their imaginative and blossoming minds, challenging them to take full advantage of the future communication and expression platform. Students will also learn how to manage Content Management Systems that most websites, including the White House, employ today.

Camp List

08/09/10 - 08/13/10 (OSU: Fisher)

Class Schedule

(For general daily schedule, click here.)

Day 1	Introduction to the idea of Web Development & Visual Concepts, Jump In
Day 2	CSS & CMS (Joomla)
Day 3	Designing a Project
Day 4	Project Implementation
Day 5	Project Implementation & Sharing

Featured Softwares

Nvu
Nvu (pronounced "N-view") is an open source WYSIWYG HTML editor and is intended to be an open source equivalent to proprietary software like Microsoft Expression Web and Adobe Dreamweaver. As a WYSIWYG editor, it is designed to be easy for novice users and does not require any knowledge of HTML or CSS to use. As they create and share web pages, young people learn important visual and logical ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Gimp
Gimp is an Open Source image manipulation program. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool, in addition to offering freeform drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image workflow steps such as resizing, editing, and cropping photos, combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats.


Joomla
Joomla is an award-winning open source content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local public library keeps track of books and stores them. Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of.