I took the easy way out this year. Actually, it wasn't the easy way out but it was one way to stay one step ahead of very bright 7th-9th graders.
I teach Web Design at the Orlando Science Center for their Summer Academy. Very exciting place. I love the people who work there because of their kindness and enthusiasm in teaching the young minds of our future scholars, businesspeople, scientists, etc. Somehow I was found worthy enough to build the curriculum for this week-long class.
The first two years, I focused on HTML and giving them the basics. But the basics are no longer satisfactory. Yes, I still gave them the basics with HTML and Notepad this year but we journeyed into other tools such as Joomla and a JimDo.
We only 3 days to build websites so it was a little challenging. This class really impressed me. I chose JimDo because of its ease as a WYSIWYG but I'm not sure if I should've. Lots of pressure to upgrade.
Well, I think it was a success. Check them out at bzmom3.jimdo.com
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