[thelist] Info for High School Students

[Marc Seyon]

At 4/11/2001 03:02 PM, you wrote:
>Hi David,
>
>They want hands on

Possibly because they view it as something you can jump straight into, no 
prior knowledge required.

>I also want to talk to them about the aspects of web design you aren't 
>going to find in the instruction manual of a software program.

good for you!!


>They recently purchased Dreamweaver, and unfortunately the teacher doesn't 
>even have a clue how to use it.

Your talk should definitely include that Dreamweaver or any other WYSIWYG 
editor is not a good way to get started. IMO It's (barely) permissible for 
experienced developers. Not at all for beginners.

It's like learning math by learning to press '2' '+' '2' on a calculator 
and seeing '4'.

-marc