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learn moreabout MicrosoftFrontPage e r o ~ u l dbe tca muchyork forjust one decidedwhichperson seemedbest for
(a programfor &i+g and&g person, andimplementingthenew thejob. We s a dJoantime by look-
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usual -ions, duringoneofmy frtt havetopostpone our goal ofhaving sixth grader every year,so studexlocan
periods, andhewould teach me more an up-to-date Web site until thenoa keep theWeb site up to datefor yeass
t FroncPage.About evey other year.Weddtheproblem pretty tocome.
we ma,Joanwould be ableto quickly.Talkingto the otheroeach-
en on our team, we foundanother Codusian
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bsiteforayear,JoanandI N~dj~mhastodoistaikwith the di&ent projeastheyaredoing.
to M o p a new design that LaurenL.and me aboutwhat we Themore studenrs thatwork on the
uld be more orpized. Wepicked shouldput on theWeb site next. Each Web page,che moreo h rstudmts
day overthe summer brakm come ofus offersow ideas, suchas a recent become motivatedtowork onit, too.
into schoolandset up our new design went or a section far d e n t projects. The responsibilityofworking on
of theWeb site.We sketched out After we are hished makingthe page, theWeb site redlyhelpedmc Imn
A twe thoughtwould beagood Jozmapproves it, andwe areable to moreabout &g, becauseZ had
design.Werakedaboutwhat we link it m our homeWeb siteandput to reachthe othersabout makingand
wantedto indudein the new design h up on the Internet. postingWeb p w . It helped
thatwasn't in the old one. Aftcrsome As Luren L. andI workcdon rhc melwm more about FrontPagethan
brainstorming,wecameup witha Web site,we beganto realizethat I everwodd have ifI hadn't aught
design charwodd fir our needs: an
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a calendar&at s h d the events need for a challenge and her interest in technology,SO the
monrhby month;a listing of htmcs
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