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P1 - Intro to Web Design
Ski trip money must be turned in by this Friday if you wish to go on the March ski trip.

Daily Journal
Go to google labs; describe one new technology idea that Google is trying. What does the technology do?

Classwork
Turn you photo album folder into the dropbox today (Interm Web Design)

Create a Photo Album in Dreamweaver

• Create a photo album of at least 10 of your favorite things
• think of activities, food, cars, sports, people (keep it clean!)
• Details:
• create and define a new site in Dreamweaver (make sure you create a new folder in Finder)
• photo album must have two pages:
• main page - this describes your photo album
  
• photos gallery - your photo album with at least 10 of your favorite things
• you must have comments on at least 10 of your photos
• see example here
  
• note: you must save photos first to your images folder in the site folder
• create a link/button between both pages
• Resources - instructions on how to create a photo album
  

Next Project:
Denver Homecoming Project Web Page

• create a web page for this DPS community project
• original work – you should view other alumni sites for inspiration, however
• Designed in Fireworks (or Photoshop)
• 800 x 600 pixels
• page should be professional and inviting (no crazy fonts)
• consistent color scheme (pick a color guide from this site: Color Guides)
• mask 3 photos related to education, kids, adults helping kids
• create a collage of DPS high school mascots
• use key messages of the campaign: "Denver’s Homecoming;Denver’s future depends on our kids. Come back to class."
  
  

Resources:
Video Learning
* www.atomiclearning.com; username: (aacte06; password: atomic)
-view the tutorials on Fireworks MX 2004 - Layers and Masking


P3 - Advanced Web Design2

Daily Journal
Ski trip money must be turned in by this Friday if you wish to go on the March ski trip.

Go to google labs; describe one new technology idea that Google is trying. What does the technology do?

Classwork

Review North High Website design - check for errors.

Continue your individual work on the North High Website re-design.

North High Website Translation

• we need to translate the new North High site
• see example translator at Camden
  
• see if you can add this feature to your site (some research required)

P5 - Advanced Web Design2
Ski trip money must be turned in by this Friday if you wish to go on the March ski trip.

Daily Journal
Go to google labs; describe one new technology idea that Google is trying. What does the technology do?

Classwork
Denver Homecoming Project Web Page

Turn in two different fireworks designs today (put in drop box)

• create a web page for this DPS community project
• original work – you should view other alumni sites for inspiration, however
• Designed in Fireworks (or Photoshop)
• 800 x 600 pixels
• page should be professional and inviting (no crazy fonts)
• consistent color scheme (pick a color guide from this site: Color Guides)
• mask 3 photos related to education, kids, adults helping kids
• create a collage of DPS high school mascots
• use key messages of the campaign: "Denver’s Homecoming;Denver’s future depends on our kids. Come back to class."

North High Website Re-design

• review your classmates designs for the North High Website (just look at them; courseware/resources/webapps/AdvWebDesign2/North_website_designs)
  

Flash Banner Design for North High Website

• banner dimensions:200 x 450 (see example here)
  
• department/subject banners (math, English, magnet, art, etc.)

Resources

• www.atomiclearning.com; username: aacte06; password: atomic)
• FireworksMX 2004 lesson on creating a slice
• lesson on adding pop-up menus in Fireworks8: click here
  

Color Guides

• Web Color Gallery-pick a color set from this page
• Color Palette Guide - pick similar colors from this site