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Students have not been exposed to a large audience, for the most part. Their world is bounded by only images of the outside world and its activities; some may grasp how this affects them on a daily basis. However, the microcosm that most students experience within school activities are their boundaries. When creating Technology Applications products, student must understand that their audience may be an uncontrolled audience - no common language, social references, or concept mapping. How do you create products that can be used by these diverse audiences? How does your writing style, slang, assumptions, and image usage affect your user's perception? Can they understand it? Are you successful in creating the message that you hoped to deliver? All of these questions must be posed and answered by the students. |
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1, 2, 3, 4, 7.1s, 7.2s, 7.3s, 7.4s, 7.6s, 7.7s, 7.8s, 7.9s, 7.10s, 7.11s, 7.12s, 7.13s, 7.14s, 7.15s, 7.16s, 7.17s, 7.19s, 7.20s, 7.21s, 7.22s, 7.23s, 7.24s, 7.25s, 7.26s, 7.27s, 7.29s, 7.30s, 7.31s, 7.32s, 7.33s, 7.34s, 7.35s, 7.36s, 7.37s, 7.39s, 7.41s, 7.43s, 7.44s, 7.45s, 7.46s, 8.1s, 8.2s, 8.3s, 8.4s, 8.6s, 8.7s, 8.8s, 8.9s, 8.10s, 8.11s, 8.12s, 8.13s, 8.14s, 8.17s, 8.19s, 8.20s, 8.21s, 8.22s, 8.23s, 8.24s, 8.25s, 8.28s, 8.29s, 8.30s, 8.31s, 8.32s, 8.33s, 8.34s, 8.35s, 8.37s, 8.38s, 8.39s, 8.41s, 8.42s, 8.43s, 8.44s, 8.45s, 9.2s, 9.3s, 9.4s, 9.5s, 9.6s, 9.7s, 9.8s, 9.9s, 9.10s, 9.11s, 9.13s, 9.14s, 9.15s, 9.16s, 9.17s, 9.19s, 9.20s, 9.21s, 9.22s, 9.23s, 9.24s, 9.25s, 9.26s, 9.27s, 9.28s, 9.29s, 9.30s, 9.37s, 9.40s, 9.41s, 11.1s, 11.2s, 11.3s, 11.4s, 11.5s, 11.7s, 11.8s, 11.9s, 11.10s, 11.11s, 11.12s, 11.14s, 11.16s, 11.17s, 11.18s, 11.19s, 11.20s, 11.21s, 11.23s, 11.24s, 11.25s, 11.26s, 11.27s, 11.28s, 11.29s, 11.30s, 11.32s, 11.34s, 11.35s, 11.36s |
| Artifact #19 | Northwest ISD TIF Grant Site |
Descriptors: |
Web Development, Desktop Publishing, Foundations |
Title: |
Northwest ISD TIF Grant Site |
Course: |
None |
Date Created: |
4/29/2003 |
Source: |
Scratch, with Powerpoint presentations created from multiple online elements |
Media: |
Web Delivery, with HTML, PDF, and Microsoft Powerpoint versions available. |
Description: |
This element was created by a need at Northwest ISD. The classes included in the presentation were part of a TIF grant, implemented through ESC XI. For these classes, the schools district was to deliver the instruction, providing lab space and machines, as well as computers loaded with the delivered software once the classes were complete. Because of administrative and budgetary issues, the teachers machines would not be available until summer or fall 2003. A primary component of any learning is the ability to practice the learned skills immediately following the teaching process, or lose the learning. The teachers at Northwest ISD would not have the opportunity to exercise with PhotoShop, Freehand, Flash, or Dreamweaver until 6 months after our workshops were completed. Rather than create paper handouts, which I usually lose when they are given to me. I created this web site that contains all of the presentations that were made during our 4 days together. Also, I taught a class on creating Dreamweaver templates several months later and added that section (Web Pages Quick) to the web site. All presentations were created in Powerpoint, with supporting images either edited with Adobe PhotoShop to ease size issues, or captured using JASC's Paint Shop Pro. Most of the examples within the Powerpoints are taken from the Adobe and Macromedia sample directories. The web page was created using Macromedia Dreamweaver. |
Rationale: |
Best Work: The TIF grant supporting this class was similar to the goals of Intel's "Teach To The Future" workshop; however, its primary focus was to introduce the teachers to professional level tools and ensure that they knew the uses and future potential of each of these tools. How do you cover Adobe Photoshop in a day? Dreamweaver? Freehand? Flash? The Powerpoint presentations used during these classes are converted to both PDF and HTML and displayed so that the teachers can use them as a reference in the future. This was a complete web development workshop, using professional level tools and no shortcuts. Each package (Adobe PhotoShop, Macromedia Freehand, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Macromedia Dreamweaver Templates) was one day. This was a challenge in that some people spend a year learning ONE of these packages, much less four days to learn four packages. The slides are designed to "front-load" the talking and get the students into "doing" as much as possible once the package was overviewed. In some cases, this process worked; at other times, the multitasking needed to work on an element, listen to the instruction, and watch the PowerPoint was draining for both students and myself. Everyone was overloaded every day. Long term, these teachers will be using these packages effectively, primarily because they have seen ALL of the packages tools and been able to compare packages and their capabilities. |
Implications for Future: |
This class was my first assignment teaching teachers in their own environment. Overall, it was a good experience for both myself and the students. This was also my first experience with teacher ambivalence towards technology and its possibilities. I learned that it is possible to make people care about what a technology can do for them, but you can't make them learn until they see the need. I will take the lessons that Northwest ISD taught me an apply them to those students who are afraid to try. You can't create a web page unless you touch the keyboard first! |
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