English 444: Writing for the World Wide Web

This class taught me how to write for the World Wide Web and how to incorporate it into my classrooms. Of course, writing for the World Wide Web includes learning about webpage design and XHTML/CSS coding. During this class, I created four web sites, one blog, contributed to the class wiki, and of course wrote many papers.

Websites Written for this Class

Basic Web site: This basic website was written in raw XHTML.
Ugly Web Site: Using CSS, I attempted to create an annoying website.
Beautiful Web Site: My beautiful, soothing website (written in CSS).
Professional Web Site: The website you are currently in (written in CSS).

My Blog

My Search for a Balanced Life: I chose the topic for this blog and maintained it during the class.

My Wiki Pages

Class Wiki: This takes you to my author's page of our class wiki. I wrote 15, one-page entries for our class wiki on such topics as CSS font properties, and relative links, etc.

Papers Written for this Class

Ugly vs. Beautiful Website: A comparison of the effects of the different websites and a discussion of the rhetorical impact.
A Professional Website : A paper that discusses the reasons behind creating this website.
Reflections of a Blogger: An essay that explores the experience of creating and maintaining a blog.
Book Report: A review of Multiliteracies for a Digital Age.

PowerPoint Presentation

Book Report: Multiliteracies for a Digital Age by Stuart A. Selber (2004).

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