Layout of the Course

A chat to the students about what the two days will cover. The importance of the internet , how to connect to the community.

2-day course.

Understand what a story is.
How to find / develop a story.
How to cover a story - interview skills.
Planning a story.
Writing for the web / your voice / accuracy
Different methods on telling a story- spoken, written, sound, photo & video.
The use of different equipment , camera, podcast (zoom), web.
Different styles of web design.
How to upload material onto the site.
Code that is used for websites - basic HTML.
The importance of the web.

Caroline

How to tell a Story

What is a story?
Interviewing Skills
Know your story! The importance of doing your research/story.
Information you need - who, what, where, when and how.
Difference between questions
Open questions - Tell me about.....describe the event
Closed questions - Yes/No answers
Creative - What would you do....
Body language - Smile, look in their eyes, polite
Be Nice! Put the interviewee at ease

Photos / Video Content/ Social Media

How to capture a good photo. Samples of good /bad photos shown to the class.
The size / quailty of photo that would work best on the site.
Tips on the best type of video for the web.
Responsible use of social media.
Get the children working on content in groups
Ideas for sections for the page - interviews with past students, events happening in the school, health and fitness, homework tips, internet safety.

Day 2
John

Using the Website.
Structure and makeup of a web page
Basic HTML syntax and what it does
Creating a simple web page
Adding style and colour to the content
Understanding FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Uploading pages and media (images/video/audio)
Displaying the uploaded media on the web page