Static websites according to Wikipedia (2009) are websites that enable the creator to showcase their products, services or information in a simple yet effective manner. The benefits of creating a static website include the user saving on web design costs, are browser friendly, easy to navigate, and are particularly advantageous when the creator does not need to update the products, services or information being shown.
I engaged with static websites on a previous prac placement in a Year 9 Web Design class. I observed and taught a small section of this unit in regards to designing websites via HTML code. The assessment required the students to design a Travel Agent’s web page which advertised the benefits of travelling to a particular country. Students had to format their page in a similar fashion to a brochure. I think that in terms of my Business teaching area (which often requires me to teach technology) static websites are a very useful ICT to embed in classroom activities particularly if students have to create one as part of a culminating task.
By manipulating the tool this way, it would conform to Kearsley and Shneiderman’s Learning Engagement Theory (1999) as the tool would be used in a project-based context (summative assessment) and would offer an authentic (real-world) focus (the focus for the project would be relevant to my learner’s interests/outside events).
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