12th Grade students from Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS) spent a semester studying entrepreneurship and business models.  In this project-based web site design class, they're putting their business plans on the internet and creating an online prototype of their idea.

Skills

Students are learning html, photoshop, and website file management. They're learning to define their website's goals, target their audience, and plan the design and content of their sites.  Each week we show work in progress (the demo), critique it, and change/add to it for the next round...

Stages

Stage One:

Students build three pages around their initial idea:

Stage Two

Students build online prototype of their idea

Demo and revise in response to feedback

Publicize URL, seek support for further development