The website that I created is found at:
I enjoyed creating a website but found it frustrating at times. I feel very excited to have done something new, especially that sounded very intimidating at first. Sometimes adding or moving elements around felt awkward. It feels like something that the more you work with it, the easier it will become to create. I used the help section to add a calendar. It was actually pretty easy to follow but then in the last step, pasting in the html address, I had a problem understanding how to do that. Also there were a few times where I had to close the website and come back in since it was not allowing me to do add or move elements.
Some of the obstacles encountered included, not knowing where to find certain things or how to post some of the links into the website. Referring back to notes, using help, asking other students and Vanessa's help were all important to figuring out how to accomplish tasks.
I hope that I will build on this website to use in the classroom. I think that students today are so used to using the internet that they might respond more favorably to information posted on a website. Much will depend on where I am teaching, if all the students have access to the internet and how the school system views using the internet for class.
One of the warnings for the website concerning 508 compliance, was due to use of color. The 508 rule indicates that something that is important to website functioning, should not be indicated by color alone. This is due to the fact that all people may not be able to distinguish colors correctly (i.e. colorblindness). So if there is anything that the website is distinguishing with color, it should also be labeled (marked up) or be able to be figured out by context. Although the checking tool noted this, I don't think that there is anything in the function of the website that depends on color.
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