This cycle is two weeks long. There are two reading assignments, four activities, plus a peer review from last time on copyrights and fair use. It is recommended that you do these activities in order: . It is also important to explore all the links provided in each lesson. How deep you dig into each is up to you but understanding the full import of the content is best served by exploring a little deeper than what is found in the lessons themselves. There is a lot to cover these two weeks!
Peer Review
From last cycle’s readings you were to answer the questions posed about copyrights and fair use. Open the drop box for the copyright/fair use assignment on Canvas. To the right is a link to open up the peer review activity. Your six assigned reviews will be listed.
In this cycle you are randomly assigned five of your peers to post comments about their answers. Please post whether you agree with their responses, particular the need for copyright laws to change to fit the times. What do you think? Do you agree or disagree that the copyright law is behind the times? Are copyright laws fair?
This Cycle’s Activities
- Read over the materials on Evolving Web Standards. This short lesson will provide you insights as the whys and wherefores regarding the development of CSS style sheets, php and xml.
- Review the instructions and tutorials on CSS style sheets. This lesson demonstrates one of the first steps in stripping away content and formatting from navigation during the evolution of Web standards and eventual Web 2.0 development.identifies the difference between Java language and Java scripts and how they add interactivity to Web sites.
- Review the instructions and tutorials on Java Scripting. This lesson identifies the difference between Java language and Java scripts and how they add interactivity to Web sites.
- Review the instructions and tutorials on php.
- Review the lesson on xml and MySql. This lesson ties it all together and explains in part why, for example, Microsoft Office changed their file extensions from .doc to .docx etc. xml continues to emerge as a fundamental way that content becomes searchable.