This weekend I’ve created something I used to enjoy way back when I was a teen. Puzzle magazines used to have grid puzzles where the grid squares were all rearranged. It was the solver’s job to put them back in order by redrawing each square carefully in the right place according to a letter-number combination.

I’m about to cover the elements

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Graphic Design Curriculum for 2007-2008 Academic Year
Grades 9-12

I’m focusing on the hands-on design for the first full quarter. Then a quarter each of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. For the full list of topics in order, see my graphic design class website.

WEEK No.	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI
1 Aug 13	Syllabus	Student Surveys, Slideshow of book “Picture This: How Pictures Work” by Molly Bang	Slideshow [cont.], Quiz	Assignment #1	[cont.]
2 Aug 20	Assignment #2	[cont.]	[cont.]	Careers in Graphic Design + Quiz	Assignment #3
3 Aug 27	[cont.]	[cont.]	[cont.]	[cont.]	[cont.]

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Web Design Curriculum for 2007-2008 Academic Year
Grades 9-12

I’m focusing on the correct coding of XHTML and CSS as the basis for the rest. Dreamweaver will come later. For the full list of topics in order, see my Web design class website.

WEEK No.	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI
1 Aug 13	Syllabus	Student Surveys, Careers in Web Design and Development	History of the Internet, Quiz	Evaluating Web Sites	More about Usabilility, intro to Assignment #1
2 Aug 20	Assignment #1: Web Site Evaluation	[cont.]	[cont.]	Planning a Web Site	HTML 01
3 Aug 27	HTML 02

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Here’s an email sent to me yesterday:

Hi Dawn!

My name is Jeanne, and I am a new hire at an all boys school in [city removed].

I found your site and have to say you are a HUGE help to me as I am flying blind!! I have NEVER taught before.

I am an artist who has done some freelance artwork on mickey mouse programs (MS Picture It! & Print Shop), along with some freelance illustration (pen &

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