These are among the hundreds of websites I have saved as favorites over the years since I started teaching TechApps classes.  They cover the topics listed below.  These websites range from very basic to highly technical levels and language.  T

here are more resources on my class website, phswebclass.com and particularly on the links and resources pages.  I hope these help you or inspire you to come up with new projects for your students.  ~Glenda Igo Maikell~

 

Adobe Creative Suite Software Tutorials & Information Adobe Training Resources Color Charts & Color in Design Color Theory Computer Hardware Learning Resources Computer, Internet & Graphics Glossaries Copyright/Fair Use Law Copyright-Free Images Digital Photography Flash Websites	Fun Learning Activities Graphic Design HTML, XHTML & CSS The Internet Logo Design Miscellaneous Resources Online Stores & Training Sources Websites with a broad range of topics Web Design and Development

 

Free Dreamweaver video tutorials from Lynda.com

            http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=2

Free Fireworks video tutorials from Lynda.com

            http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=6

Free Flash video tutorials from Lynda.com

            http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=433

Free Illustrator video tutorials from Lynda.com

            http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=434

Free InDesign video tutorials from Lynda.com

            http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=777

Free Photoshop video tutorials from Lynda.com

            http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=192

Layers Magazine (excellent print and video tutorials for Adobe products)

            http://www.layersmagazine.com/category/tutorials

University of Arizona:  Learning Dreamweaver CS3 (video or pdf versions)

             http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/dreamweavercs3/

            Additional U of A tutorials:  http://cals.arizona.edu/employees/

SiteBuilder’s Free Dreamweaver Tutorials (You have to give your name and email address to have tutorials sent to you)

            http://www.sitebuilder.ws/tutorials/dreamweaver-tutorials/dreamweaver-tutorial-home/

Entheos Free Tutorials for Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks Photoshop

            http://www.entheosweb.com/free_resources.asp

Four Level – Creating & Managing Framesets in Dreamweaver

            http://www.fourlevel.com/dreamweaver/framesets/

CBT Café (basic tutorials for Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash and Photoshop)

            http://www.cbtcafe.com/index.htm

Atomic Learning (extensive collection of Adobe tutorials, along with many other software programs; requires subscription to access although some videos are available without subscribing)

            http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/browse?page=tutorials

Joyce J. Evans (tutorials for Fireworks, Photoshop and Dreamweaver)

            http://www.joycejevans.com/tutorials/Fireworks/fwtutorials.htm

Voidix Web Design Tutorials (good selection of basic Photoshop tutorials plus technique how-to’s; also has Illustrator, Dreamweaver, etc.)

            http://www.voidix.com/web_design_tutorials.html

Flash Vault (many Flash tutorials, complete with downloadable .fla files)

            http://www.flashvault.net/default.asp

MaxTutorial (links to tutorials on other sites for Flash and Photoshop)

            http://www.maxtutorial.com/index.php

Pixel2Life (collection of tutorial links in many applications; categories include: 2D Graphics, 3D Graphics, Audio Editing, Website Development)

            http://www.pixel2life.com/

Tonya Skinner Multimedia Lessons (ideas for Flash projects for students with examples, instructions and/or scoring sheets)

            http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/multimedia.html

Flash Kit (all things Flash – tons of tutorials, some great, some not)

            http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/index.php

Steve’s Tuts

            http://www.video-animation.com/flashcs3_001.shtml

Peachpit Flash Reference Guide

            http://www.peachpit.com/guides/guide.aspx?g=flash

Flash Perfection – Free Flash Tutorials

            http://www.flashperfection.com/

n.design studio (Illustrator tutorials; portfolio has great examples of vector illustrations)

            http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials

learn it 2 (Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials)

            http://www.learnit2.com/

Pamela Platt – Illustrator Tutorials (list of tutorials on other websites)

            http://www.pamelaplatt.com/tutorials_illustrator.html

CartoonSmart (tutorials mainly for Flash, some free tutorials)

            http://www.cartoonsmart.com/

FlashAdvisor (Flash tutorials)

            http://www.flashadvisor.com/tutorial/index.php

Kirupa (long list of Flash tutorials, including a section about Game Development)

            http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash/index.htm 

Todd Gallina Animation (tutorial on drawing in Flash)

            http://www.toddgallina.com/how/2.html

Cartoon Solutions (some free animation tutorials; character packs to create cartoon-type characters in Flash)

            http://www.cartoonsolutions.com/store/catalog/Free-Tutorials-sp-29.html

Flash Explained (good, up-to-date tutorials)

            http://flashexplained.com/

Illustrator World (tutorials, galleries, contests for Illustrator)

            http://www.illustratorworld.com/

Smashing Magazine

            http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/05/illustrator-tutorials-best-of/

About.com – Adobe Illustrator User Resources

            http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/illustrator/Adobe_Illustrator_User_Resources.htm

Mike’s Sketchpad (Illutrator tutorials – Anatomy of a Vector Illustration, Practice templates for learning the pen tool, etc.)

            http://www.sketchpad.net/illustrator.htm

Tutorial Index (lots of tutorials for Adobe products and more)

            http://tutorial-index.com/

Photoshop User – National Association of Photoshop Professionals (subscription-based magazine & website with lots of tutorials by some of the big names in Photoshop training)

            http://www.photoshopuser.com/

Computer Arts – magazine and website (one of the best magazines for graphic arts with lots of tutorials for all computer graphics programs)

            http://www.computerarts.co.uk/

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Adobe Education curriculum for “Visual Design:  Foundations of Design and Print Production”, “Digital Design:  Foundations of Web Design”, and “Digital Video:  Foundations of Video Design and Production”

            http://www.adobe.com/education/solutions/k12/careerteched/

Adobe Edge Newsletter (free online newsletter put out every 8 weeks – has lots of interesting ideas and tips)

            http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/

Instructor Resources from Peachpit (lessons/curriculum for Adobe software)

            http://www.peachpit.com/academics/academics_detail.aspx?st=67281

Adobe CS3 Video Workshop (short instructional videos for all of the Creative Suite programs)

            http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/

Adobe Web Tech Curriculum

            http://www.adobe.com/education/webtech/CS/unit_planning2/ib_home.htm

Peachpit Reference Guides (includes Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Macintosh, Photoshop, Web Design, and Flash)

            http://www.peachpit.com/guides/

Adobe Edge Newsletter – Tips for Integrating Photoshop and Flash

            http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/september2006/articles/article4/index.html?trackingid=JKQU

About.com – Adobe Illustrator User Resources

            http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/illustrator/Adobe_Illustrator_User_Resources.htm

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SAP Design Guild Color Glossary

            http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/glossary_color/index.htm

Color in Motion – “An interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism” (very well-done tool to use for introducing students to color and how to use it in design)

            http://www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/

Color Scheme Designer

            http://colorschemedesigner.com/

December.com (excellent color charts with codes for hexadecimal, decimal, percentage, HSL, and CMYK color models – also has tutorials for HTML, CSS, etc.

       http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorcodes.html )

Color Matters (information about psychology of color, color symbolism, etc.)

            http://www.colormatters.com/index.html

About.com – Color Meanings:  Symbolism of Color and Colors That Go Together

            http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/color/a/symbolism.htm

NetEffect Unsafe Color Match (color scheme generator lets you try different color combinations for a web page)

            http://www.neteffect.dk/colormatch/

Boxes & Arrows – Natural Selections: Colors Found in Nature and Interface Design

            http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/natural_selections_colors_found_in_nature_and_interface_design

Cool Homes Pages – Color Design for the Web

            http://www.coolhomepages.com/cda/color/

Colour Selector (an easy-to-use color scheme tool)

            http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/php/misc/colours.php

Complete HTML True Color Chart

            http://www.theodora.com/html_colors.html

Cyberglitz (colors scheme tool)

            http://www.cyberglitz.com/colorpick/colorframes.html

WebSite JavaScript Color Picker

            http://www.digitdesigns.com/colrPick/framePic.htm

Quia – Using Color in Web Design (vocabulary scramble)

            http://www.quia.com/jw/41338.html

Colour Match Memory Game

            http://www.sylloge.com/5k/entries/184/hf1.html#

Visibone.com (many resources for web color,

            Online HTML Color Chart

                        http://html-color-codes.com/

            Online Color Lab (click on a color for information such as color names, codes)

                        http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/

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TheTech – Make a Splash with Color (information about color theory, the science of color, etc.  Not too technical but still informative.)

            http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/color/overview/

Color Theory on the Computer (“This course offers fundamental color theory concepts with suggested exercises and tutorials on working with color using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements.”)

            http://www.adobe.com/education/pdf/exchange/color_theory_curriculum.pdf

Design Master:  The Color Design Resource (this pdf includes information for floral design, but it has good illustrations for color schemes and a color wheel)

            http://dmcolor.com/pdf/colorLessons.pdf

Color Mixing (information about color theory – good visual demo of mixing pigment colors as opposed to colors of light)

            http://home.comcast.net/~RTRUSCIO/COLORSYS.htm

Color Theory (fairly concise information about color theory – a college art class project)

            http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs092/VA10/HTML/start.html

Tutorial on Color

            http://www.boalsdesign.com/Tutorials/Colortheory.htm

Colour Theory as Applied to Landscape Photography

            http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/colour_theory.shtml

Color Theory:  A Brief Tutorial

            http://colortheory.liquisoft.com/

Poynter.org – Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design (an interactive color tutorial)

            http://poynterextra.org/cp/colorproject/color.html

The Nature of Perception (information about the way we see or interpret colors)

            http://xsrv.mm.cs.sunysb.edu/334/perception/perception.htm

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PC hardware components

            http://www.wsd1.org/kelvin/Departments/teched/TUTORIAL/

Computer History Museum – Timeline of Computer History

            http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?timeline_category=cmpnt

Triumph of the Nerds (History of the Computer, Can You Guess the Computer? activities)

            http://www.pbs.org/nerds/

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Smart Computing Dictionary/Encyclopedia

            http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/dictionary/index.asp?page=dictionary&guid=D0C8775034614123B3F9DED2D737CCBE

Net Lingo

            http://www.netlingo.com/inframes.cfm

Webopedia

                http://webopedia.com/

Talk the Talk

                http://spokane.net/bus_tech/Plugged-In/PluggedInTalkA.aspx

Matisse’s Glossary of Internet Terms

            http://matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Internet, World Wide Web, and Networking Glossary

            http://www.barryrudolph.com/utilities/glossary.html

Novell

            http://www.novell.com/info/glossary/glossary.html

cnet.com

            http://reviews.cnet.com/

ArtLex (art terminology)

            http://www.artlex.com/

Grantastic Designs (graphic design, banner design, and animation terms)

            http://www.grantasticdesigns.com/glossary.html

SGIA (graphics and type terms)

            http://www.sgia.org/

SAP Design Guild (color terms)

            http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/glossary_color/

NetLingo (extensive glossary of computer terms)

            http://www.netlingo.com/inframes.cfm

Digital Exposure (Photographic and Digital Imaging terms)

            http://www.digitalexposure.ca/sub1.html

A Digital Dreamer (graphic design)

            http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/graphicdesignglossary.htm

DP Review (photography terms) This site also has excellent reviews and information about digital cameras if you need to purchase cameras.

            http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Digital_Imaging/

Whatis (computer terms)

            http://whatis.techtarget.com/definitionsAlpha/

Whaddup (computer terms)

            http://www.whaddup.com/dictionary/index.htm

Proxima Software (type and font terms)

            http://www.proximasoftware.com/fontexpert/terms/

Photoxels (digital photography terms)

                http://www.photoxels.com/glossary.html

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10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained by Brad Templeton

            http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Web Institute for Teachers:  Copyright Issues (links to more copyright websites, a good chart for teachers about copyright, quizzes)

            http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2000/curriculum/homeroommodules/copyright/

Copyright Law for Webmasters

            http://www.netatty.com/copy.html

Copyright Law for Photographers & Artists

            http://www.boalsdesign.com/Copyrights.htm

Copyright Notice and the Use of the Copyright Symbol

            http://inventors.about.com/od/copyrights/a/CopyrightNotice.htm

Copyright on the Internet Quiz

            http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Workshops/copyquiz.html

Questions & Answers About Existing Copyright Law (old but still informative)

            http://webpages.pvbears.org/hslibrary/copyrt.htm

FAQ About Copyrights

            http://inventors.about.com/od/copyrights101basicsfaq/Frequently_Asked_Questions_About_Copyrights.htm

Creative Commons and Creative Commons Search Tools (pretty comprehensive overview of copyright law; includes lists of websites for finding copyright-free content)

            http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul05/gordon-murnane.shtml

Tales from the Public Domain:  Bound by Law?  (a downloadable comic book version of copyright law)

            http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/digital.php

Organizing Your Message:  Are You a Copyright Criminal?

            http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-advertising/4245052-1.html

Article – JibJab Beats Copyright Rap

            http://news.cnet.com/JibJab-beats-copyright-rap/2100-1026_3-5322970.html

Permission to Use Copyrighted Material Template

            http://landmark-project.com/permission_student.php

The Mixed Up Adventures of lawgirl.com (a slightly offbeat website by an entertainment lawyer with information about copyright basics and registration, trademark registration, etc.)  Note:  You might not want to use this at school because of the link to “Web Hunk o’ the Month” – decide for yourself!

            http://www.lawgirl.com/lawgirl.shtml

Keeping it Legal:  Questions Arising out of Web Site Management (cases of copyright infringement)

            http://www.fno.org/jun96/legal.html#Concept

Permission to Use Graphics or Copy Links (sample letters requesting permission to use material or link to a website)

        http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/permission.html#web

Quia – Copyright Scavenger Hunt

            http://www.quia.com/sh/3969.html

Quia – Games to play for Netiquette, Ethics, Copyright and Internet History

            http://www.quia.com/jg/8008.html

Stanford University Copyright & Fair Use (extensive information regarding copyright)

            http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/index.html

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act

            http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm

Weird Al Yankovic – White & Nerdy (I use this to illustrate what a parody is and discuss why it is not a violation of copyright)

            http://www.zombalabelgroup.com/whiteandnerdy/wanecard.html

Copyright Kids (a copyright law site for kids)

            http://www.copyrightkids.org/

B4UCopy.com (deals primarily with software piracy, aimed at college students but still applicable for secondary-level students)

            http://b4ucopy.com/

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Landmarks for Schools – Image resources (a list of websites with public domain images and images that are free for students to use)

            http://educate.intel.com/en/thejourneyinside/

Landmarks for Schools – Free media (links to site with free video clips)

          http://www.landmark-project.com/page-new.php?tag=lfsothermedia&title=Other%20Media

OpenPhoto

            http://openphoto.net/

For many more free photos and web graphics websites, go to http://phswebclass.com/TATN_10/resources.html

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ShortCourses by Dennis Curtain (several very good short courses about digital photography).

            http://www.shortcourses.com/

Association of Texas Photography Instructors (curriculum materials, student contests, etc.)

            http://www.atpi.org/

What Is Digital Imaging?  (I can’t find who created this, but it has good basic information about digital imaging as well as great examples of photomontages)

            http://www.phswebclass.com/TATN_10/Digital_Imaging.pdf

Digital Camera Resource Page (great buyers guides and reviews of digital cameras)

            http://www.dcresource.com/

Digital Imaging Basics by Melanie Cofield

            http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/graphics/digital/

Luminous Landscapes (website with extensive tutorials – both video and web – about digital photography, along with many other informative resources)

            http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/

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Bellecour Ecoles D’Art

                http://www.bellecour.fr/new/08_flash/index.html

Free Range Graphics (well-done examples of Flash movies designed to persuade the viewer)

            http://www.freerangestudios.com/component/option,com_portfolio/Itemid,58/view,project/id,33/

Lesucre (not knowing French, I’m not sure what the text says, but it has wonderful Flash animations)

            http://www.lesucre.com/

Mercedes-Benz UK

            http://sixjourneys.mercedes-benz.co.uk/r-class/home.php

Monoface (a Flash-based website that uses facial features of the mono’s employees and randomizes them to create new faces)

            http://www.mono-1.com/monoface/main.html

The Miniature Earth Project

            http://www.miniature-earth.com/me_english.htm

They Might Be Giants

            http://www.tmbg.com/froMain.html

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Programming Language Inventor OR Serial Killer?

            http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/

Colour Match Memory Game

          http://www.sylloge.com/5k/entries/184/hf1.html#

Color Test

          http://www.fireworkspop.com/colortest.htm

Retail Alphabet Game (shows a single letter from a well-known retail business’s name and you guess the name of the business)

             http://www.joeykatzen.com/alpha/

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Graphic Design Tutorials from Spokane Falls Community College

        http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/default.htm#e

ATPM (series of eight articles concerning design:  Using Value, Using Color, The Illusion of Depth, Line, Shape, Color Science, Type as Shape, and Pattern)

            http://www.atpm.com/9.07/design.shtml

Virtual Training Help Center (tutorials on a wide range of topics, from Flash to Copyright to Photoshop and more)

        http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/welcome.html

Read Write Web – Free Alternatives to Photoshop With All the Bells, Whistles, Filters, & Layers

          http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/free_alternatives_to_photoshop_with_all_the_bells.php

Design Theory – The Elements & Principles of Art & Design (I couldn’t find where this came from, but it has excellent information and examples.)

            http://www.phswebclass.com/TATN_10/Design_Theory.pdf

Some Ideas About Composition and Design – Elements, Principles, and Visual Effects (addresses elements and principles of design and provides teaching tips)

          http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/Compose.htm

Composition & the Elements of Visual Design (written from a photographer’s point of view)

          http://photoinf.com/General/Robert_Berdan/Composition_and_the_Elements_of_Visual_Design.htm

Logo Design

          http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/logos/logos.htm

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Adobe Edge, Sept. 2006:  Building Your First CSS Site

          http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/september2006/articles/article3/index.html?trackingid=JKQT 

DynamicDeezign.com
          Quick tutorial for new CSS users; list of CSS properties)

                      http://www.dynamicdeezign.com/css/01_intro.php

          HTML tags and useful guide to HTML document structure that includes doctypes, metatags, etc.

                      http://www.dynamicdeezign.com/html/

Sitepoint:  Learn HTML and CSS: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide (just like it says – for beginners)

          http://articles.sitepoint.com/print/html-css-beginners-guide

CSS Vault (a wealth of resources:  tutorials, articles, templates, etc.)

          http://cssvault.com/

Embedded Media HTML Generator (generates code for embedding Flash, QuickTime, Real Media, and Windows Media video/animations)

          http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php

Selectutorial (using CSS selectors, includes step-by-step tutorial showing how selectors are used in the process of building a 3-column layout)

          http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/index.htm

W3C Markup Validation Service (check the markup of your HTML pages)

          http://validator.w3.org/

W3C CSS Validation Service (check your Cascading Style Sheets)

          http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

HTML Source (lots of information and tutorials for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CGI Scripting and more)

          http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/

The Ten Most Important CSS Tips:  Simple Things You Should Know about Cascading Style Sheets

          http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/a/aa071204.htm

Style Master CSS Tutorial (extensive CSS tutorial_

          http://westciv.com/style_master/academy/hands_on_tutorial/index.html

Rocketface Workshop:  How to Design a Website

          http://www.rocketface.com/designing_a_website.html

Index DOT Html and Index DOT CSS (lists HTML by element, attributes; CSS by properties, selectors, etc.)

          http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/index.html

The Bare Bones Guide to HTML

          http://werbach.com/barebones/

Aboutcom:  Web Design/HTML – Learn HTML / CSS / XML

          http://webdesign.about.com/od/xhtml/u/htmlcssxml.htm

w3Schools.com (extensive tutorials and resources for HTML, XHTML, CSS and many more coding languages)

          http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

WDVL (Web Developer’s Virtual Library) – Introduction to Web Design

          http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/HTML/Tutorial/toc.html

HTML Dog (HTML & CSS tutorials along with reference materials – very useful and easy-to-use site)

          http://www.htmldog.com/

HTML Clinic (pretty thorough and useful)

          http://www.htmlclinic.com/index.php

WDG (Web Design Group) – lots of reference materials for HTML, CSS, Design Elements, etc.

          http://www.htmlhelp.com/

HTML Primer

          http://www.htmlprimer.com/

Learnthat (HTML Developing tutorials)

          http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/xhtml/

Lissa Explains it All (very bright and colorful website with information about HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc.)

          http://www.lissaexplains.com/

HTML Code Tutorial (tutorials, lists of tags, applets, etc.)

          http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/

PageTutor (tutorials for basic HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc. – written in a conversational tone for those who are allergic to techno-speak)

          http://www.pagetutor.com/html_tutor/index.html

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Internet 101 (Covers a broad range of basic information from the history of the Internet to blogging)

            http://www.internet101.org/

Intel – The Journey Inside (excellent curriculum and exercises for learning the basics of the Internet)

            http://educate.intel.com/en/thejourneyinside/

Nerds 2.0.1 – A Brief History of the Internet

            http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/

History of Computers

       http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/articles/history.htm

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Web Design from Scratch (good article about designing logos with illustrations)

            http://webdesignfromscratch.com/web-design/logos.php

Logos for the Design Challenged by Gary Priester

            http://www.unleash.com/gary/logo/

Peachpit – Before and After Graphics for Business:  Creating a Successful Logo (great article with lots of ideas for designing logos with illustrations)

            http://www.peachpit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=606577

Before and After Magazine:  How to Design a Logo of Letters (excellent examples of how to combine letterforms into a ligature to make a logo)

            http://phswebclass.com/TATN_10/BA0363LogoOfLetters.pdf

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Atlapedia Online (contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world)

            http://www.atlapedia.com/

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Education Place – Outline Maps

            http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/

Sites for Teachers

            http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

TexasISD – The Homepage for Texas School Officials

            http://www.texasisd.com/

xe – The World’s Favorite Currency Site (has a universal currency converter)

            http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Visual Guide to Networking – Basics Index

            http://compnetworking.about.com/od/basicnetworkingconcepts/l/blbasics_index.htm

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Academic Superstore (software, books, hardware at education prices)

            http://www.academicsuperstore.com/

Crystal Productions (posters, DVD’s, books, etc. about art, design, photography)

            http://www.crystalproductions.com/index.asp

Peachpit Publishing (loads of articles, reference guides, podcasts, user groups, etc.)

            http://www.peachpit.com/index.aspx

Lynda.com (outstanding training materials, both online and text versions)

            http://www.lynda.com/

Visibone.com (excellent “cheatsheets” for everything from color to javascript as well as color charts and more)

            http://www.visibone.com/products/everythingbook.html

TheNerds.net (computer hardware, cameras, electronics, etc.)

            http://www.thenerds.net/

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TCET – Texas Center for Educational Technology (Their WebLibrary has video or PowerPoint tutorials on many computer-related topics)

            http://www.tcet.unt.edu/weblibrary2/

Entheos (website and Flash website templates; free logos, website backgrounds and templates; tutorials for Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop CS, Web Design, and Website Promotion)

            http://www.entheosweb.com/

General technology tutorials from the Early ISD website

            http://www.earlyisd.net/index.php/-technology-resources-105/104-tutorials

Developing Webs (tutorials on software and HTML)

            http://www.developingwebs.net/

Web Design Library (links to many tutorials for Adobe, HTML/CSS and web programming)

            http://www.webdesign.org/

SmartWebby (variety of tutorials related to web design and web programming)

            http://www.smartwebby.com/resources.asp

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Web Page Design for Developers (excellent source of information about all facets of web design and web development)

            http://www.wpdfd.com/

Virtual Training Help Center (tutorials on a wide range of topics, from Flash to Copyright to Dreamweaver and more)

       http://iit.bloomu.edu/vthc/welcome.html

ATPM (series of eight articles concerning design:  Using Value, Using Color, The Illusion of Depth, Line, Shape, Color Science, Type as Shape, and Pattern)

            http://www.atpm.com/9.07/design.shtml

EchoEcho.com (many resources for web design and development)

            http://www.echoecho.com/

Web Publishing Tutorials from University of Texas

http://www.utexas.edu/learn/

Creating Sites:

     Web Design Process

                http://www.utexas.edu/learn/designprocess/index.html

     Cascading Style Sheets

                http://www.utexas.edu/learn/css/index.html

     Dreamweaver

                http://www.utexas.edu/learn/dreamweaver/index.html

     Forms

                http://www.utexas.edu/learn/forms/index.html

HTML:  Getting Started (includes XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.)

                     http://www.utexas.edu/learn/html/index.html

     Long Documents

                http://www.utexas.edu/learn/longdocuments/index.shtml

     Online Surveys

                http://www.utexas.edu/learn/surveys/index.html

     Tables

                http://www.utexas.edu/learn/tables/index.html

Graphics & Media:

            Flash

                        http://www.utexas.edu/learn/flash/index.html

            Graphics

                        http://www.utexas.edu/learn/graphics/index.html

            Web Video

                        http://www.utexas.edu/web/video/

Cool Home Pages Web Development Academy Articles
           Clean, Crisp Web Design: How to Create Clean Looking Designs

http://www.coolhomepages.com/cda/cleandesign/

Usability: How to Make a Good Design Brilliant

http://www.coolhomepages.com/cda/usability/

Web Design Guidelines (information about basic design considerations when putting together your page or website)

http://www2.scc-fl.com/web/WebGuidelines.htm

All Things Web:  Design Fundamentals

http://www.pantos.org/atw/basics.html

Art and the Zen of Websites (lots of good tips about web design)

http://www.tlc-systems.com/webtips.html

Zen Garden (a web page with different CSS files you can try for different looks – includes sample html and css files)

http://www.csszengarden.com/

eFuse – Design Basics

http://efuse.com/Design/

Poynter.org – Eyetrack III (interesting feature that shows how a person views a web page by tracking eye movements)

http://www.poynterextra.org/eyetrack2004/index.htm

Learnthat – 9 Essential Items for a Quality Site

http://www.learnthat.com/Computers/learn/1293/9_Essential_Items_for_a_Quality_Site/

Web Design Tips by Colin Mckenzie

http://www.colin.mackenzie.org/webdesign/

The University of Texas – Designing Accessible Web Sites (examples and legal requirements)

http://www.utexas.edu/learn/accessibility/

New Entrepreneur – Worksheets and checklists for web site publishing and evaluation

http://www.newentrepreneur.com/Resources/Worksheets/Web_design_Wk_Sht/web_design_wk_sht.html

Robin Williams Web Design Workshop

http://virtuallastchapter.com/

Web Style Guide

http://www.webstyleguide.com/wsg3/index.html

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