Re: websites

[Mark Sylvester <msylvest@SPIN.IT>]

At 14:39 29/05/99 +0000, Barlow Newbolt wrote:
> Jim:
>        I'm going to hit this one more time and then I promise I
> will remain silent.  In talking about websites I am not
> talking about cases where the style is awkward or the
> layout confusing.  I am talking about cases where the
> physics is just downright wrong and may lead to confusion
> on the part of students who are in school and students who
> are out of school.  The confusion may haunt them for a long
> time and be very difficult to reverse.
>
>        One thing that html does is allow one to make something
> that is very ugly or something that is very trivial look
> impressive.  This seems to throw many people off.  They
> think that if it looks organized a lot of thought must have
> gone into it--not always true!               WBN

and getting back to the original thread...

It's possible to put a lot of thought into something and still get it wrong!

I really think the best way is to exploit the bad sites by getting students
to look them up and find out what's wrong with them. Nobody is ever going
to get rid of all the bad information out there. The first step in
combatting it is to get our students to see that it exists. Seeing a flashy
website with wrong information can induce healthy skepticism.

Mark


Mark Sylvester
United World College of the Adriatic
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Italy.
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