Webliography for Online Learning Resources

Site:
W3 Schools
Address / Date of Site:
http://www.w3schools.com/ 2004
Author:
Refsnes Data
Description:

"Our mission is to develop well organized and easy to understand online Web tutorials based on W3C Web standards." - W3Schools

There are tutorials for almost anything web here! With the cost of textbooks, this is a great source for 'bookless' resources for teaching web site developement.

Grade Levels
6 - 12 Plus
Subject Areas
Web Developement - tags and coding & from beginning to advanced.
Standards Supported
Technology
Features and Components:
Free web tutorials from A-Z
What Makes it Good?
•  Facilitation - You can go systematically through the tutorials, or just grab what you need.
•  Self-Paced - Students can pace themselves through the lessons - different concepts sink in at different rates for different people.
•  Relevance - You can create and use what you learn immediately.
•  ^Thinking Skills - Builds a large base of knowledge where you have to learn how to integrate what you learned to create what you want. It is a cummulative knowledge base.
•  Active Participation - Learn as you go
•  Real World - The web is live - this is how it is made!
•  Subject Knowledge - Creates great coders by using look, learn, and apply methods
•  Non-standard assessment - Online quizzes - immediate feedback)
Specific Applications:
Teaching Web Page Creation