Each semester the Web Development class at South Central College is required to complete a capstone project, working with a business. This project is designed to use all of the material covered in the class in a practical manner. At the same time the student gets hands-on practice in business communications, problem-solving, and citizenship.
This project gives small businesses and entrepreneurial companies an excellent introduction into web marketing and establishing a presence on the Web.
Students added to this year’s showcase include:
- Kelly Bode – Barn Wood And More..
- Rose Kruse – Kruse Insulation
- Kevin Leintz – Mankato Mamapalooza
- Nicole Weisenburger – Dance Express
- Monica Yarger – River Valley Industries
Here is a link to the showcase showing some of the top sites created for businesses over the last few years.
I’ve been creating some demo movies as part of my on-line classes and have posted them out on blip.tv.
I thought you might like to look at the series. I’ll be adding new ones on a regular basis.
Here’s a link showing all the videos available out on Blip.tv.
I’m using ScreenFlow to create my onscreen videos. This is an amazing program that allows me to capture video and sound and edit using scrolling and panning. Mac only. What is displayed here is only the video portion of the more complete tutorials I offer as part of my online and face2face courses.
The videos shots of my whiteboard talks are taken using a very inexpensive ($150) Aiptek HD1080P pocket-size video. Chad Peterson, one of my students is working on the editing. These resulted from one of my online students asking me to record my entire class. That is very difficult, getting good sound, but I thought I’d try some simple videos that focused on specific concepts to see how enhance the learning activities for each module.
I’d be interested in your comments on how useful these would be to you as a student. Thanks!
SitePoint is offering a free PhotoShop book in PDF format until June 15th, 2008. Here’s the link:
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/05/14/free-pdf-download-the-photoshop-anthology/
This is a full color text with lots of graphics. I picked up some great tips with just a quick run-through. I especially like the exercises the author shows on using the Pen tool using the Bezier Handles which can be a little tricky for new-comers.
If you want to explore PhotoShop this is a great place to start.
