Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

This article has been updated to include more educational software resources on 11/26/06 http://www.sprysoft.com/shop/ http://www.studentdiscounts.com/ http://www.campustech.com/ http://www.ccvsoftware.com/ http://www.creationengine.com http://journeyed.com http://www.academicsuperstore.com http://www.gotrc.com/ http://www.gradware.com http://www.studica.com/products/index.cfm In addition to the above vendors, About.com has articles on educational software limitations and additional vendors.

Exciting news! The ROP has approved a subscription for our classroom to the Lynda.com Online Training Library! This means that you will have access to all of the Lynda.com video training titles while you are enrolled in our program. The library is VERY extensive and you will be able to learn applications that aren’t currently available in our program. There [...]

Podcasts are video and/or audio discussions and lectures. Instead of reading an article you can listen to it on your computer or iPod. There are a variety of terrific Podcasts available for free on the Internet. There is a great wealth of career/job search information available in Podcast format. In addition to career related Podcasts you can listen to broadcasts [...]

Today I conducted a workshop at East Bay Works in Concord on Using Word for Job Search. I will repeat this workshop in class on Wednesday, October 11, 2006. If you would like to work on updating your own resume please bring a copy of it in on CD, floppy disk, or on a flash drive. Please be sure to [...]

What is a Blog? I think that those of us who blog assume that everyone who surfs the Internet knows exactly what a blog is. I mean everyone has heard of MySpace, right? Haven’t you heard people say “I’m going to post that on my blog” at dinner parties? As a computer teacher I try to avoid using too much [...]

Some ROP students have opted to sign up for paid hosting. If you have a paid hosting account with CPanel management you can setup what is called an Addon Domain. Addon domains allow you to point different domain names to different folders on your account. For example, I have three sites that I manage, a photography site, a recipe site, [...]

Definition of Terms Domain Name: www.mydomainname.com – this is the address that people will use to access your web site. Domain Name Registrar: A service that leases domain names to the public. Many registrars are also hosting companies. Hosting Company: A company that provides server space for you to store your web site. Nameserver: The server that associates domain names [...]

Free Web Hosting Information Free web hosting is available to students who are currently enrolled in the ROP Technology Center’s Web Design Program. This hosting program will be available to students for the duration of their course. Since many of you are approaching chapter four of the XHTML book it’s time to sign up for your free account. You can [...]

Digital Web Magazine, an outstanding resource for web developers, has an excellent series of articles on design. The first three articles have been mentioned here before, but here are links to the articles: Principles of Design at Digital Web Magazine Elements of Design at Digital Web Magazine Designing for the Web at Digital Web Magazine Part four of this series, [...]