Web Page Projects

[Anonymous]

Hi Evangeline,
The best thing to do is find a friend who can sit with you and walk you though it, or attend a class where it is being done. I think Clay mentioned that people could sit in on the days his summer class was going to be making them. Other than that, start playing around with the web composer part of Mozilla on your own. There should be tutorials online that explain it. Clay's instructions in our blue binder should get you started. And I'm always a fan of the "Dummy" series of books. It's not that bad once you get started.
Ed.

[Anonymous]

hey ed!

thanks for the quick response and the suggestions for my dilemma of web-page making. i appreciate it. have you completed your project already? if so, i'd like to see it. i already know what my project will be about but it's the actual doing it thats such a bear. please let me know if i can view it anywhere.

evangeline from whitman

[Anonymous]

My webproject, East Asian Popular Culture, is up and running here:
http://international.ucla.edu/asia/lessons/eshorer/shorer/
Hopefully the links won't become outdated too quickly. Please have a look, and I welcome all questions and comments.
Ed.

[Anonymous]

nice page ed! the green is a good wake up color....lesson plan looks good too. my favorite "visits" were the Japanese fashion link and the Korean comic museum. i don't know what program u used, but if it had a function to make 'tables'- u could line up ur text with the images.

Found another curious link..."chinese bicycles" - i definitely will send my students to ur page for a look around.
Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Ed, I really enjoyed your site!
Your use of questions and teaser info was great to get the kids curious and keep them engaged.
I always say teachers have to compete with movies, advertising, web. TV.

You gave those media people a run for their money!

Plus you found what would be meaningful to the kids, to interest them in cross cultural experience, in keeping with the filter of younger people's culture.

We(Chris and I) will definately make our fellow teachers at the International school aware of your site,
as we really need to answer the question "Why study other cultures? " in a way that kids could relate to.
Popular culture is a great way to get their feet wet and their initial interest!
Thanks-- Lisa (alias Ebuck)

[Anonymous]

I'M SO CONFUSED. DO WE PUT THE LESSON PLAN ON THE WEB SITE ALSO? hELP

[Anonymous]

hey there

from what i gather, you can do almost anything on the website as long as it is southeast asian related. i plan on putting together a presentation for the staff that just informs them on the value/importance of exposing the students to as much as possible. aren't you gonna put stuff on the website for your students? i recall you saying that. in any case, i'm gonna try and call tonight so that we may get it going

evangeline from whitman

[Anonymous]

Hi Ed -

I checked out your webpage and it looks great! I clicked on a few of the links and they are very engaging - I know students will love it. Nice job.

I tried to upload my website on Tuesday, but also had problems. Could you tell me what you did to get yours uploaded?

Thanks for your help,
Catherine

[Anonymous]

Thanks Catherine. It was fun to put it together.

Without knowing the specific problem you are having, it is difficult to say why your page isn't uploading. First, check to make sure that your settings are correct. According to an email from Clay, you'll need:

host address: http://www.international.ucla.edu

Username: firstnamelastname
Pwd: ******
Folder: lastname

You'll have to check w/ Clay to get the specifics.

I used Dreamweaver to upload it, but CuteFTP is pretty much the same for uploading. For checking that it is uploaded, make sure that the URL is correct. Sorry I don't have more info on it. If I knew the specific error message (if there is one), I might be able to help.

Good luck.
Ed.

[Anonymous]

Hi Ed -

I'm glad I asked you about how to upload my website, because I was using info from a handout that was in our binder under "Computer Lab Resources." This handout says to publish our pages at host address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu

I guess that info is incorrect? I'll try the host address that you indicated.

Thanks for your help!
Catherine

[clay dube]

Hi Everyone --

We're happy to host any and all Asia-related web projects that you and your students may develop. And, please remember, that we can also set up a discussion forum for you to use with your students. Let's talk about what you need and want and we'll get something set up.

Larry and a few others have asked about hosting options for other projects. Many of you have school sites where you can put up your own course webpages. Talk to the local computer guru for info on those. Those who have Earthlink, SBC Yahoo, AOL, and other accounts also have the ability to put up your pages on their servers. Most accounts provide for 5-25 mb of server space which should be enough for most folks.

Some may wish to create more extensive sites or are interested in non-school-related projects. You have several free hosting options. Here are a few:

Yahoo! Geocities (one of the first and largest sites)
http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/learn2/HowItWorks4_Free.html

Angelfire (part of Lycos)
http://ldbauth.lycos.com/cgi-bin/mayaLogin?m_CBURL=http://angelfire.lycos.com/auth/gateway%3Fredirect%3Dhttp://www.angelfire.lycos.com/cgi-auth/membership/my_account&m_PR=33

Tripod (also part of Lycos, look for the site building plans listed at the left)
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/host/

You can continue to build pages using Mozilla/Netscape or some other html editing program or you can utilize the site building tools that each site offers. To pay their bills, the free site-hosts will use advertising pop-up windows or banners on your site. They will also let you choose to prohibit adult-oriented ads. Each site has a list of pages they host, so you can see how this works. For example, on GeoCities:

Scenes of Asia by "Asia Walkers"
http://www.geocities.com/asiawalkers/index

Mrs. Osharow's 6th Grade Social Studies Class
http://www.geocities.com/osharow/index.html

[Anonymous]

I am having a tough time with the web page , please call!

[Anonymous]

My "Introduction to Japanese Literature" website for my 8th grade English students is finally ready to go. I welcome any of your comments or feedback.

http://home.earthlink.net/~cusp1/indexcm.html

Catherine

[clay dube]

Congratulations! This is a terrific effort, taking students into the Pillow Book and into a bit of haiku. She's also located some Genji images and wants her students to come up with illustrations for the selections from the novel.

This site already asks students to do several things and Catherine can readily extend it farther with recommended references, posting exemplary student work, and so on.

Note that Catherine's put her site up using space provided by Earthlink, her internet service provider. Others may find this a convenient option. You may wish to check with your own school webmaster as well to see if space is available there.

[Anonymous]

Very cool site. I can see that "homemade" websites by teachers for students will have a motivating factor missing from professionally-published textbooks. Students will enjoy getting a look into Japanese lit this way, and Clay's suggestion of posting student work suggests the real power of these sites: The dynamic nature of student input. This is so much fun seeing the different projects start to be posted. I'm looking forward to our Sept. meeting.

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