I believe it is important for students to learn how to
create an artist website in an art class.
The ability to create a website gives them the opportunity
to get a background for website building to be applied in the future in any
field.
When building websites the students need to consider their
domain name, most likely the use of full name, if the domain name is used they
can art the word art, artists, or something relevant. Stick to lowercase and do not use hyphens or
dashes because they are not user friendly.
Also make sure to create a website that is compatible with
different computers and devices (HTML5)
Additionally the student should make sure that the website
looks good on Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome.
Having a website to show their art becomes a virtual
representation of who they are as artists and students. The personalization that the students gives
to their website will be made by the way in which the students customize the
platform, the students will need to be mindful to make simple designs, that
would be easy to navigate by the use of fonts, size, colors, backgrounds, small
descriptions, name visible on each page and images with reasonable sizes (so
loading doesn’t take forever for users with low speed internet) so it practical
to be used by users of all levels of web surfing experience.
The students have to keep in mind that the context of their
websites will be navigated by strangers so they to be ethical and properly
reference resources.
Personally, I think it is a great idea for students to make
their work public, because it motivates the students to create art that looks
presentable to be published and shared worldwide.
This is an interesting perspective on
ReplyDeletethe subject of developing artists. For many young students, their
online identity is truly important and having an art class include
website building is a great way to develop their artistic
personality. However, it does seem like it would be a little in-depth
technically to expect every student to totally get on board with it.
Perhaps this concept could be applied to existing technology classes.
Exactly their are sites to start students off such as Weebly and Wix. These are easy to use and a great way to start introducing students to web design. Here they can focus on the visual, navigation, and user friendly considerations of web design.
DeleteI agree not only can the students promote their artwork but can also begin to learn skills for possible future careers in web design. Now with the growth of technology for almost almost all businesses web designing has become very in demand and desirable career. Introducing this tool to students earlier on can help students to exercise their skills and consider as well as understand all parts needed when creating a successful web design.
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