i’m currently teaching a web design class, and the students are diligently working through a project, so i thought i’d complain/brag/comment about the weather. no photo today due to me not being at either of my own computers. check this page, it’s a camera pretty close to where i am now.
it’s cold. frickin’ cold. it’s currently 7 degrees with a wind chill of -5. it’s snowing ever so lightly. i gotta say, winter here is fun. it is cold, which makes driving hard sometimes, and heating bills are high… but it’s a fun kind of winter. it actually FEELS like winter, unlike much of the NW winter, which feels like spring. and fall. and summer.
so the class i’m teaching is a Dreamweaver class… which i don’t like. Dreamweaver is a great tool, but i just don’t really use it that much. it lets too many people design web pages who have no business doing so. that being said, i’ve worked with the folks at the school here to actually flip the web design curriculum over, and do it more logically. students will start with an “integrated web design” class (which i’m writing!), that covers html/css, image optimization, design principles, as well as an overview of cms, blogging platforms, design tools, etc. then once they understand the CRAFT of web design, they can proceed and use some of the TOOLS of web design, like dreamweaver, flash, stuff like that. then, students coming into the dreamweaver class won’t be completely clueless about web design. just mostly clueless, like me.
curriculum issues aside, this teaching thing is fun. i’ve enjoyed it quite a bit… what’s funny, is my most enjoyable classes have been the uber-basic– the mostly older folks who have next to no experience using computers at all… it requires more patience, but it’s so much more fun than the more advanced classes.
led worship at a church in thornton last week– there’s some long term possibilities at this church. i’ll know more later in the week. i’m leading again this weekend. they do a saturday night service only, so after that i busted it up to eagle to lead sunday morning, which was not a good idea. my voice was completely trashed, and i was tired… it worked out fine, but i won’t be doing that on a consistent basis, thankfully.
i’m hoping the students choose an hour-long lunch break (i offer the choice of 30 minutes and an earlier release to help beat traffic, or an hour for lunch and normal release) so i can go back over to the coffeeshop and get the latte i was denied by them being closed when i showed up due to the holiday. the sign on the window said they would open at 8, i had to stop waiting by 8:15 and get to class.
