Week 5- Reflecting on planning/thinking about my own English class website

After reading Williams and Tollett, I decided to draw a picture of my own website for teaching English, according to their instructions. I began at the top with the title of the class and my name as instructor. This writing would be larger in size and a different color than the rest of the text. In smaller writing underneath it, I would write an introduction and description of the course being covered. All of the writing would begin with a left side alignment. I really liked the look of the left side alignment compared to the other options.
after separating this top part to make it a focal point of the webpage. I would create a content portion of the site. Once again, I would have the header have the same color-but smaller size lettering as the course name above it. Under the header of Contents, I would create an outline listing a syllabus, an assignment page, a page listings quizzes and test dates as well as subject matter and a study guide, and even a link to a class blog where weekly discussions could take place. Each added page would have a description next to its link as well as the repeated color font. The page header would be larger than the text lettering to show contrast and the colors used would add repetition through out the webpage.

At the bottom of the page, again with left side alignment, I would add additional and helpful links for students to use when needed. Some of the links I would add to begin with are the MLA website, the Purdue OWL writing website, how to contact the school (phone numbers,addresses), and my personal information and how to contact me by phone or email.

Once again, the links would be all color coded the same and the wording would be smaller than the header. That is really the extent of the design I had in mind for my first webpage for teaching. I know it sounds pretty simplistic, but I am taking Williams and Tollett's advice and keeping it clean, neat, and simple to make it look professional and appealing. I referred to a couple of websites on my post on the class wiki, and I would say their use of color, alignment, and proximity, and contrast helped me to visualize a webpage for me because I definitely saw pages I liked and disliked according to their set up. I am drawn to lines and neatness, and I dislike the dark background colors and same lettering throughout the page.

As for content, I know I didn't go into much detail about how i would use the website for lessons and planning assignments, but i do know if I were to create a webpage, i would most certainly post assignments and lessons on them for the students to refer back to. I just don't have much experience planning a syllabus or lesson plan, so I can't go into much detail about how it would look on my webpage. I will say I liked using the litandwriting website and would probably refer back to that website when creating one of my own because i think it works well and has all the appropriate pages and links to be effective and professional looking.