Nairobits E-learning > Course 'Web Stars' > Publishing > lesson 4
  African Culture website - Content
Introduction
10 mins		 The aim of this lesson is for students to gather their content for the site. Each group will work independently, discussing together who will get what and how then doing it. .
Activities

Opening: (60 mins)

  • Introduction: Gathering content
  • Warming up: Talk

    • Work: (120 mins)

    • Work on stage 3 – content gathering / producing
    • Discuss, plan then do
    Closing (60 mins)
  • Trainer: closing talk, homework and evaluation
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    Warming up
    Talk

    Talk: Tradition

    Tradtions good or bad ?

    What is tradition, is it a good thing or a bad thing ? What do you think ? Does it depend on the tradition ? Is it possible to change traditions ? Why do people have traditions? Are your traditions different to those around you, different even to other family members ? Are you proud of your traditions ? Will you pass them on to the next generation ?

    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 have gathered content for your website.
    First the team should discuss who is going to gather which content and what the logistics are.

    Possibilities are:
    1. going and taking photographs
    2. making drawings or diagrams
    3. holding interviews
    4. searching the web for text and or images
    5. writing texts
    6. search through books or magazines
    6. etc

    Decide amongst the group who is bets suited to each task and divide up. Cameras are limited so you will have to confer with other groups.

    		  
    Tip

    Use the handout – 5 stages of a web project continually during this website development and production

    		  
    Tip Be very sepcific about the content you want and then be creative about how to get it.
    		  
    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?
    		  
    Hand-out

    There is one handout for this lesson
    1. 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 content 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 content stage of a web process

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