Today, the telephone book publishes the name, address, and phone number of many people. Within a short period of time, the world’s citizens will be expected to have a personal Web page. Whereas editors used to be the gatekeepers of published information, today anyone can publish across the Internet. How does one create an effective public image? What should be included and what should not? How can schools help students build the skills they need to be effective personal publishers?

• Schools can have students of all ages build Web sites that can be posted to the district's intranet (as opposed to the Internet for all to see, which could be problematic.) Web authoring software is something all students should learn to use.
  
• Students learning to publish on the Web can enter the ThinkQuest contest.
  
• Web authoring Software Web sites:
  • Adobe Golive
  • Microsoft FrontPage
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver
  • Geocities

• Helpful Web sites on Designing Web Pages:
  • http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/design.htm
  • http://webreference.com/greatsite.html
    
• Great Web Sites Designed by Students: (student Web-sites change on a daily basis and while IDE consultants carefully chose these links, we cannot be responsible for changes that may have occurred in the recent past.)
  • Natural Disasters - A ThinkQuest developed by a team of 4 students under the age of 18.
  • History of Space Travel - A ThinkQuest developed by 4 students ages 11 and 12.
  • Pleasent Grove Elementary School - This school in Kelleytown, Georgia has several pages created by young learners.
    
• Some Personal Web Pages Designed by Students:
  • Karlea and Hailey's Kid Page
  • Eric's Children's Stories
  • Naho's Room
    
• Web Sites that Contain a Collection of Web Pages Designed by Students:
  • ThinkQuest
  • Kid's and Computers
  • John F. Kennedy High School