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Creating a website prototype teaches students about design thinking and user experience. This hands-on activity helps them visualize their ideas and learn the basics of web structure and navigation.
Can you finish build your own website prototype in about 30 min?
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Creating a website prototype teaches students about design thinking and user experience. This hands-on activity helps them visualize their ideas and learn the basics of web structure and navigation.
By engaging in design and navigation tasks, students experience embodied cognition as they create a digital space that reflects their vision. This immersive process aligns with Vygotsky's scaffolding principle, allowing them to progressively develop web skills with guided support.
1. Choose a website-building tool (e.g., WordPress, Wix, or Canva). 2. Select a template or start from scratch, picking a theme for your website. 3. Create a homepage, adding a title, images, and text that reflect your theme. 4. Design additional pages (like About, Contact) ensuring smooth navigation links between them. 5. Preview your prototype to test the user experience and make adjustments. 6. Show your prototype to a family member and explain your design choices.