Area: HTML Language

Grade Level: Secondary school

Course: HTML Language

Timeframe: 40’

Lesson Overview

Using Codecademy lessons about HTML language, students will acquire basic knowledge about this language. After that, they’ll learn how to create a basic webpage following a series of requirements.

Objectives

Upon completion of this Lesson students will be able to:

  • Acquire the basic knowledge related to HTML
  • Create a simple webpage using HTML language
  • Add embedded content to your website using HTML (videos, images, tables)

Material/ resources

Lesson activities

  1. Codecademy lessons (At home)
    Students will view the HTML course at home to acquire the basic knowledge about this language. This course, Learn HTML, can be found at Codecademy web page. This involves a flipped classroom approach. Students will need to have an electronic device to follow the lessons.
  2. Creating a webpage (25’)
    Students, in groups of 4, will create a webpage using HTML language. Each webpage must include these concepts:
    • Insert a table
    • Insert an image
    • Insert a YouTube video
    • Insert a minimum of 3 different types of titles.
    This activity will be done in class using one computer per group.
  3. Presenting the webpages (15’)
    Each group will present the webpage they created using HTML language to the rest of their classmates. It must be a short presentation, the duration of each one will depend on the number of groups there are.

Instructions for teachers

  • The inclusion of a video that students should watch previously, following the Flip classroom methodology, will enable each student to follow their own pace and pause the video whenever need it.
  • Then, in the classroom, the teacher will be able to check if students fulfill all the requirements and include all the compulsory elements. If there is a recurrent doubt or mistake, it could be explained to the whole class by the teacher, using a projector or a digital blackboard. Feedback will be given simultaneously.
  • The cooperative and collaborative aspect of the lesson will enable students to participate and acquire teamwork skills while acquire HTML knowledge. Moreover, the topic of the different webpages created will be totally free, thus encouraging the involvement and motivation of students.
  • If needed, the teacher will include more elements for those groups that finish early.
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