[Yr11 Information Technology] Do we really need CSS?

[Laurie Savage]

Bill,

 

I think the article is spot-on, but he is talking about the real world of
design and development. He doesn't have to approach each project as a
teaching exercise. 

 

I teach year 9 students how to build a site in Dreamweaver using Site
Manager and Design view. For that exercise I show them the layout table
approach. Some kids bump into the limitations when they decide they want a
floating box with a picture of Lady Gaga overlapping their text but most end
up with a pretty slick looking site. The exercise was to produce a site for
a small business of their choosing, produce a design using a set of criteria
and stick to the design. The end result is that the kids have been exposed
to a simplified Analyse-Design-Develop-Evaluate model and have produced
something that looks good.

 

Year 11 is a different kettle of fish. I push CSS with them because I think
there is value in teaching them a structured, scripted approach. We use the
code view of Dreamweaver and tables are horrible to build from scratch. We
find from a coder's view that the CSS approach is much quicker and more
flexible (but we still build our forms in tables <grin>).

 

Laurie

 

From: yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Bill Oldham
Sent: Saturday, 30 October 2010 12:43 PM
To: 'Year 11 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Yr11 Information Technology] Do we really need CSS?

 

Hi everyone,

 

As my classes are finishing using tables for page layout and moving into
CSS, I came across this one article that made me think about the two ways to
layout a page in a different light.

 

http://1stoptutorials.com/CSS_and_Tables_The_Trends.html

 

What do you think? Should we continue to teach both or only use CSS?

 

Any comments would be appreciated!

 

Regards, Bill Odham

(Sessional teacher at Vic Uni and RMIT)

 

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