Activity Description Have students visit the sites listed below in Internet Resources to see samples of student-created newspapers. While students visit the sites, have them look at the various layout styles the different papers used and decide on which type they would like to use for theirs. After a layout style has been decided upon, have a group of students investigate what sort of HTML codes were used to create the pages. To do so, students will want to revisit the newspaper site and view the document source for the page. By comparing the HTML code and text of the document with what they see in the Web browser, students can select the types of codes that they will need for the paper.
Students can save examples of codes they see at other sites by saving Web pages they like.
If you have access to a scanner, have students scan in the images they have selected for their pieces. Image files need to be stored as GIF or JPEG files for Web browsers to be able to access them. Convert documents into HTML format. Files should be saved as text-only. Next have students open the documents in an HTML editor which aids in inserting HTML tags.