In this class, students will learn how to understand, navigate and engage the internet with ease; design and create standards-based websites; and acquire a meaningful context within which to place our "information age," with its diverse array of online communities.

Students will create websites using XHTML and CSS, with an eye towards coding according to web standards. They will be introduced to various common technologies that make up today's internet (JavaScript, XML, etc.) and will be experimenting with off-the-shelf programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Flash.

Additionally, this class will have an online component, its students engaging beyond the scheduled lab time with their instructors, their classmates, and other ATDP students. Furthermore, students will investigate technical, sociological, and even philosophical issues on the impact of the internet and information technology on students and their families, on schools and their communities, and on society at large.