Learning To Love the Code: HTML As a Tool in the Writing Classroom | Margaret Batschelet

Site Index

• Introduction
• A Rationale for Teaching HTML in a Web Writing Class
• Authoring programs and the print metaphor
• Authoring prpgrams and the thinking process
• Authoring programs and the nature of the web
• A (Very) Brief History of HTML
• XML
• More About HTML
• Activities for Integrating HTML into Writing
• A Basic Example: the Meta Tag
• Author Value
• Keywords Value
• Description Value
• More on Meta Tags
• Advanced Examples: Cascading Style Sheets and Links
• Media Attribute
• Structure and Presentation
• More on Cascading Style Sheets
• Authoring Programs and Accessibility
• Linking
• How Many Links Should Be Created?
• Should Users Be Retained Within the Site?
• Should Links Be Obtrusive?
• Other Possibilities
• Conclusion
• Sources

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Citation Format: Batschelet, Margaret. "Learning To Love the Code: HTML As a Tool in the Writing Classroom." The Writing Instructor. 2004. http://www.writinginstructor.org/files/batschelet/ (Date Accessed).
Review Process: Margaret Batschelet's hypertext was accepted for publication following blind, peer review.