Nejc Grošelj, Gimnazija Jurija Vege Idrija
Pupils of Jurij Vega Grammar School Idrija have set themselves the goal to create their first useful website as a part of Informatics classes, working with a local firm, association or organization. The task may seem at first sight difficult, because most of them had never before made a website and also the time devoted to this task in the classroom was very limited. Therefore, we chose the simple technology of Arnes splet to make their websites. At the beginning students learned during informatics classes the main guidelines of designing a website and programming in HTML and CSS language. Then they had to find a customer, for whom they had to build the website in their free time. Following their customers desires the students have chosen an appropriate template, used different build-in functionalities to design the site, put in multimedia content and at the end partly changed the template with CSS commands. The teacher had the role of an advisor and helped the students just in case they did not know how to solve a given issue. Once the page was completed, student used variety of tools to test responsive design and colour consistency to eliminate possible errors. After the students got their marks, they discussed the possibilities of improvement with their teacher. Some of the students took the suggestions into account and made the improvements. They taught their customers how to put in content in their websites, so in the future they could publish content by themselves and students would be just the technical support in case of problems. Students made the domain registration just in case the client was pleased with the final product. At the end of the school year students took an online survey where they expressed the pros and cons of using Arnes splet technology and critically evaluate their work. The main purpose of this project was for the students to learn how to build and publish websites, so not all of the products are perfectly made. With this kind of work pupils became much more independent and took responsibility for their products, because they are visible to the general public.
