Nairobits E-learning > Course 'Web Stars' > Publishing > lesson 3
  African Culture website - Definition
Introduction
10 mins		 The aim of this lesson is for students to define the elements of their website, make a flowchart and name the roles of the team.
Each group will work independently.		 .
Activities

Opening: (60 mins)

  • Introduction: Defining a website, flowcharts
  • Warming up: Talk

    • Work: (120 mins)

    • Work on stage 2 – definition, target group, site content, team roles and flowchart.
    • Present flowcharts and discuss
    Closing (60 mins)
  • Trainer: closing talk, homework and evaluation
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    Warming up
    Talk

    Talk: Music culture

    Many young people relate to a particular type of music and the corresponding ideals, fashions and styles.
    In this exercise each students will take a few minutes alone to name the musical cultures that they relate to and in what degree. As in are you a big reggae fan and only listen to reggae, can we see that from the clothes you wear the way you greet, the friends you keep, or do you mix and match musical cuoltures being inspired by then lingala then pop then reggae.

    Each students should note their musical tastes and to what degree they confirm to the associated musical culture qua dress, greetings, friends, idealogy. A few students are then asked to present and the group can discuss.

    		  
    Homework discussions Discussion of the previous homework and its relevance to this lesson  
    Students exercise 1

    African Culture website
    By the end of this lesson you should be able to define
    1. the contents fo the site
    2. the flowchart of the site
    3. the team players and their roles

     

    		  
    Tip

    Use the handout – 6 stages of a web project continually during this website development and production

    		  
    Tip To make your flowchart use powerpoint, a flowchart is so important because it is the document which guides the visual design and production and the gathering of content. The visual designer will know how many buttonsn to make, the text writer will know how many pages of content he has to develop, the htmler will know how many html pages to create and how to link them.
    When the team members split up to do their seperate roles they will be reminded by the flowchart of the site they are working on. Everyone will be working on the same website.
    Example
    		  
    Present and discuss Each group should present their flowcharts and team roles at then end of the day. Each group can learn from the other.  
    Closing talk & test
    • Prepare students for the next lesson
    • Give evaluation forms and homework. (if any)
    • Ask what they have learnt that they didn’t know before?
    		  
    Websites

    1.Information architecture tutorial
    hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey

     

    		  
    Hand-out

    There are two handouts for this lesson
    1. PDF on planning and preparing your pages

    2. 6 stages of a web project

    		  
    Evaluation Printed lesson evaluation forms for the students to fill at home.  
    Learning goals

    Knowledge* Students knows
    that culture is the sum of all social practices and not just what is found in museums or past things
    The 6 main stages of website development
    The definition stage of a web project

    Skills* students can
    talk about their culture, define aspects of their culture, brainstorm on themes, work in a group, present their opinions

    Attitude*students feel:
    that culture is important to understand
    The importance of the definition stage of a web process

    		  
    Materials - One computer per student connected to the internet
    - Hand out
    - Evaluation forms
    - Enough time