Year 10 Navneet's IST Blog :))): June 2012

Monday, June 18, 2012

Basic HTML

Use the tutorial and NOTEPAD to create a page displaying the following elements;

Headings

Background colours

Paragraph break

Line break

Bold font

Comments

How To Create:

Headings-

<h1>My First Heading</h1>

Background Colours-

Paragraph Break-

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

<p>This is another paragraph.</p>

Line Break-

<p>This is<br />a para<br />graph with line breaks</p>

Bold Font-

<b>

Comments-

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Using Frontpage

What two steps are recommended in planning your site?

-establishing a goal for your site first is important: sketch a site structure.

-After you've sketched a map of your site, it's time to start sketching a common layout for each of your pages.

What is a web server?

A Web server is a computer that runs special serving software. That software "serves" HTML pages and associated files when requested by a client, such as a Web browser.

Provide examples of some features that FrontPage Server Extensions provide for a website?

If a Web server is running FrontPage Server Extensions or SharePoint Services, your Web pages can have handy features like link bars, discussions, and hit counters. World Wide Web and Intranet.

How do you put your website on a web server?

To put your site on a Web server, you publish it. Publishing generally means copying all of the files to a remote location on a server. In most cases, the remote location is either an HTTP path or an FTP path. The path you use depends on what technologies your server supports.

FrontPage has two key functions – website design and …..?

Website Design and MANAGEMENT.

What are some commonly used file names for Home Pages accepted by servers?

Commonly used file names for Home Pages accepted by servers are .htm was created by Windows/DOS because of it's requirement for 3 character file extensions. It also references HTML (and XHTML) files, and can be used on any web server, regardless of operating system. index.htm and index.htmlThis is the default page in a directory on most web servers. If you want someone to go to your web page, but you don't want them to have to type a file name, you should name the first page index.html. For example http://webdesign.about.com/index.htm will go to the same place as http://webdesign.about.com/. Some web servers call this page "default.htm" and you can change the filename if you have access to the server configuration.

What is FrontPage Metadata and which two folders contain these files?

FrontPage metadata is information about your FrontPage Web site that makes managing the site possible. This data is used by FrontPage to do all of the great management features we spoke of earlier (creating and moving files, running reports, publishing, and so on). The folders are the _vti_cnf folder and the _vti_pvt folder.

There are two basic types of website can you create in FrontPage; what are they and how do they differ?

The two basic types are disk-based and server-based. A disk-based site is a FrontPage Web site you create on your local hard disk and then later publish to a Web server. A server-based site is one you create and work with directly on a Web server, without the extra step of publishing.

Follow the prompts in the “How to create a web page” section at the end of the tutorial to create a FrontPage website containing one or more pages.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Computing Anywhere, Anytime!

What is a netbook?
A netbook is a mini-laptop computer designed for mobility, wired and wireless online access, word processing and general office applications.

What is the "cloud" in cloud computing?

Cloud computing means having every piece of data you need for every aspect of your life at your fingertips and ready for use. Data must be mobile, transferable, and instantly accessible. The key to enabling the portable and interactive you is the ability to synch up your data among your devices, as well as access to shared data. Shared data is the data we access online in any number of places, such as social networks, banks, blogs, newsrooms, paid communities, etc.

What applications does Google Docs offer online?

Documents, spreadsheets and presentations can be created online. Create basic documents from scratch or start from a template.
You can easily do all the basics, including making bulleted lists, sorting by columns, adding tables, images, comments, formulas, changing fonts and more. And it's free.

Upload your existing files.
Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc. So go ahead and upload your existing files.
Familiar desktop feel makes editing a breeze.
Just click the toolbar buttons to bold, underline, indent, change font or number format, change cell background color and so on.

What advantages do students and teachers find in Google docs?
Google Docs' sharing features enable you and your students to decide exactly who can access and edit documents. You'll find that Google Docs helps promote group work and peer editing skills, and that it helps to fulfill the stated goal of The National Council of Teachers of English, which espouses writing as a process and encourages multiple revisions and peer editing.Teachers are using Google Docs both to publish announcements about upcoming assignments and to monitor student progress via an interactive process which allows you to give guidance when it might be of maximum benefit – while your student is still working on an assignment.Students will find that Google Docs can help them stay organized and keep on top of their assignments. They never have to remember to save their work; it happens automatically. It's easy to collaborate online with fellow students, even when they aren't in the same place, and they can get feedback easily from teachers, parents, relatives and tutors, and enter updates anytime from anywhere. And kids can go back to the revisions history to see how their assignment has evolved, and who has helped.

Which netbook, if any would suit your needs? Explain.

I would get the Toshiba NB550D netbook, because The keyboard is nicely spaced too and the springy keys feel comfortable and responsive. the Toshiba NB550D is a truly impressive netbook. Its processing, graphics and audio performance outstrip rival models and make it an outstanding all-rounder.