Teaching a class...

martinatkinson

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Hello!

I represent an organization called Creative Juices (http://www.myfamilycenter.org/cjonline). As soon as we get our non profit status aproved by the IRS we will be looking to getting a grant. The funding will go to create a computer lab (11 PowerBook G4's, 1 iBook, lots of SW). I will be using this computer lab to teach about website design.

Here is my problem: I know alot about web design and have designed many sites from scratch (http://www.myfamilycenter.org, http://www.myfamilycenter.org/appletreesw/) The only problem is I am not good at teaching. Most of these kids will come from families with PC's so I will first need to start them with learning the basics of Mac OS X and then move on to the basics of web design. I have about an 11 week course (once a week on Thursday) I can use and I want to pack that week with as much info as I can without overwelming them.

Could someone suggest a good website that starts off basic that I could borrow some info from?

Thanks!

Albert
 
Hello!

The kids in this class will range in age from about 12 yrs to about 16 or 17 yrs old.

Thanks for your help!

Albert
 
I'm 15, the way I learned was from freinds and just browsing websites.

I would possibly start out showing them your fav. websites, and say "look this you could do, if you continue beyond this class" show them a flash site, or a site thats super involved...

1. Make them interested.
-show them cool websites, to make them say "hey I wish I could do that".

2. Show them basics. Make it easy.
We've got them intereseted, now I bet over a half are thinking, yeah, but this is going to be hard... SO we give them a sheet of paper with the tags on it.
<head> - this does this, use it here.
<body> -
<html> -

Then go over it, and make them keep that.

Then start going into simple make a table, ect..



As for MacOSX... Sit them down at the computers, and just let them go... Have a projector, show them how to do it, but Im sure they can get the hang of it..

Or you could go around and put all the apps the will be using on the dock...

Their kids, not animals (hopefully), this shouldnt be tooooo hard, most kids eat all this stuff up.

Let me know if you need more help.
 
Thanks!

I just turned 14 and that is the way I learned it as well, no books, just browsing sites and learning from the source code. I just needed to know if that was the way I could teach it.

Creative Juices, Inc. is not a non profit by the IRS yet. We need to get approved before I can send in the grant applications. Looks like we might not be able to get started until next year. Also, one more question. Do you have any specific brand of projecters that you think would work. And, which laptops should we purchase: an iBook or Titanium PowerBook (if Apple has not come out with something new tommorrow :D )?

Thanks for your help. I will let you know if I need anything else.

Have a great day!

Albert
 
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