Designing+a+Website

Creating this website involved many steps. Kaiser’s book of checklists was very technical and a bit hard to understand at times without a programming background (2006). However, it was also extremely helpful in developing the correct mindset about what needs to be thought out when setting up a web site or discussing the features needed on a web site with a designer.

My only previous experience with web site creation was using templates on pre-created blog sites and the school web site. I have occasionally located a section of the HTML code to either replace a small part of it or to paste a section into the right place. This activity gave me a completely different perspective on what goes into creating a web site. I admit I prefer to use the ready-made user interfaces provided by established web sites. I would like my district to adopt a web site system with more interactivity and an easier user interface. Our current system is difficult to use for even experienced net users that most teachers do not utilize the blogs provided, this wastes district money.

This experience would be helpful in interviewing a company or programmer when the school decides to update the web site. It also helped me gain the knowledge necessary to bring forth a proposal to alter the current site to make it more usable for faculty and students.