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When School & Fandom Collide!
Nov. 14th, 2013 09:36 pmI'm about to start "Tutorial #4" based on chapter 4 of my reading homework for a JavaScript coding class, and it's awesome.
The mock project scenario:
"Kyle asks you to help him update the home page of his 221B Blog Web site. The home page will have links to online versions of every story in the Sherlock Holmes canon. The links have been placed in separate div elements organized into five collections: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, and His Last Bow... To save space on the home page and to avoid obscuring the contents of the rest of the page, Kyle wants you to write a program that duplicates the pull-down menu effect for six menu lists. You'll use JavaScript to control the action of hiding and displaying each menu list."
How much do I love that the example project is about a fanfiction web site? The sidebar menu example even includes links for "essays, fan fiction and art," plus a discussion forum.
I mean, talk about tapping into the very marvelous geekiness of online culture and using it to teach. So fun.
Plus, I had to laugh because I immediately thought to myself, "I would totally want to visit that web site, if it were real!"
And you just know somebody out there probably has something similar already created, especially with the popularity of Sherlock Holmes increasing with Robert Downey Jr.'s films, the BBC TV show, and now the U.S. program Elementary.
It just tickled me to see a fandom web site presented so casually for a project in a class. I like that.
:)
Okay, I'm off to complete this homework project. What are you all up to this week? I hope it's something fun!
The mock project scenario:
"Kyle asks you to help him update the home page of his 221B Blog Web site. The home page will have links to online versions of every story in the Sherlock Holmes canon. The links have been placed in separate div elements organized into five collections: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, and His Last Bow... To save space on the home page and to avoid obscuring the contents of the rest of the page, Kyle wants you to write a program that duplicates the pull-down menu effect for six menu lists. You'll use JavaScript to control the action of hiding and displaying each menu list."
How much do I love that the example project is about a fanfiction web site? The sidebar menu example even includes links for "essays, fan fiction and art," plus a discussion forum.
I mean, talk about tapping into the very marvelous geekiness of online culture and using it to teach. So fun.
Plus, I had to laugh because I immediately thought to myself, "I would totally want to visit that web site, if it were real!"
And you just know somebody out there probably has something similar already created, especially with the popularity of Sherlock Holmes increasing with Robert Downey Jr.'s films, the BBC TV show, and now the U.S. program Elementary.
It just tickled me to see a fandom web site presented so casually for a project in a class. I like that.
:)
Okay, I'm off to complete this homework project. What are you all up to this week? I hope it's something fun!
