Tuesday 25 January 2011

Web site critiques - 4o ESO INF

This term 4o ESO Informatica students have begun Unit 6 of the course: 'The Internet'.  Having established that the existence of the World Wide Web and the use of websites is extremely important to 21st century living, from Social networking to online shopping, students had a closer look at some of their most known and used sites...


Working in pairs a website was selected then it's true purpose was discussed.  The students then began to analyse the site's design, layout and format  - use of text, colour, images, video, need for advertising, links, navigation etc.  They then made a judgement of how popular the site is within its genre and amongst the target audience.  Finally personal opinions were formed and ideas for improvement noted.  Olivia Rodriguez and Adam Vigo had conflicting tastes in simplicity and detail, so decided to compare and contrast Olivia's Dad's company website with 'Disney'.

Alex Garcia stumbled across a very badly designed site created by his namesake, Alex Garcia - the purpose of this site is yet unknown and its contents very difficult to decipher! 
Having prepared notes on various areas (I supplied a proforma for clarity), the students presented their findings to the group.   Some giants of the internet business world were excellently scrutinised by Vanessa Gimenez and Abel Marques - 'Apple',  Jessica Walters and Luis Bercera - 'Amazon', Demir Sezer and Daniel Castillo - 'YouTube', among others.  Equally, some lesser-known but well-enjoyed sites were explored - Patricia Mbula, Nadir Robles and our new student, Irene Guiller shared information 'asco de vida' on which people can post funny stories and anecdotes.   Stefano Martinez and Sofie Martinez shared their thoughts on 'antenna3', Marcos Alexander and Particia Gallardo introduced us to 'iM1 music' and with Michael Hindle and Belinda Osma we learnt about an internet celebrity gamer on 'King of Hate' - scary!

Well done!

2 comments:

  1. I would work on the background. Create a template for a blogspot profile, gather the right dimensions for it and use an image that suits it. I did this for my youtube channel two years ago, I can demonstrate an example if you'd like. Also the black/white colour could be a little more lively.

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  2. We love you Menna!!!you´re like Jesus only you´re a woman, and you´ve got nicer hair. Oh, and you don't wear sandals :)

    I actually REALLY like the background of your site. The only critisism I've got is the fact that you spelt Abel and my name incorrectly (Vanessa GimEnez and Abel MarqueS) also, our presentation was on Apple not Mac :)

    Anyway, we still love you dearly despite the fact that you don't know how to spell our names
    :(

    Peace Out!

    Vanessa Giménez!!

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