Missouri Department of Elementary
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Basic Skill
Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second lesson in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign, class members...
Poynter Institute
Poynter Institute: The Elements of Powerful Pages
Very brief article from the Poynter Institute that covers four basic design rules for effective pages.
Other
School Journalism: Lesson Plans: An Introduction to Newspaper Design
This resource presents a lesson plan that is designed for a block schedule that takes students through the basics of newspaper design and redesign of their school paper.
Other
Typography for Lawyers
Typographer-turned-lawyer blogs about the nature of typography, why it is important, and elements of basic, intermediate, and advanced typographical design.
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Value & Color
Basic color theory is discussed in relaton to computer art applications. Illustrated.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Introduction to Html
This collection of pages explains HTML and how it is used to write good, well designed HTML documents for the web.