This is a summary of an article I read for class. In this brief article Mark Mabrito, a teacher of business communications, describes how he has integrated the Internet and world wide web into his writing course. Using an HTML editor is more time efficient than teaching his students how to write HTML code, and it allows the students to focus their creativity on getting their message across to their audience. Mabrito uses HotMetal Pro in this course, but teaches his students the fundamental components of HTML editors so they will be able to smoothly make the transition to other editors. Once the class has become familiar with the workings of the HTML editor, they begin preparing their projects.
Students transform work they have recently created to a web document.
They role play pretending to lead a training group for an international company. The students collaborate on the design and content of the pages. In designing their pages, students learn how to insert graphics, create links and anchors, as well as how to create and modify tables and charts. After peer critiquing each other's web pages, the students make any suggested changes, and the teacher shows them how to use an FTP software package to publish their sites to the school's web server. Teaching Students to Write to the World Wide Web.