Why does Teaching Web Design with Open Ended Lesson Plans make sense?
Over the last 6-7 yrs of working with schools to deliver an effective code curriculum, we’ve found that open ended lessons plans is the way to go. The following is from StudioWeb’s outline on why we...
View ArticleWeb Design Curriculum for 2017-2018
I started building websites in 1994 and started teaching web design in 2000. Since even the early 2000’s (I won’t even talk about the 1990’s!) much has changed when it comes to building web sites! …...
View ArticleProfessional Development in Web Design
It is well known that coding (which includes the web design coding languages) is now an essential subject for students of all ages. Many US states and countries around the world, are making code a...
View ArticleHomeschooling your Kids in Coding
It is universally known that kids should learn to code for a variety of reasons: Job opportunities (software development, robotics, Ai) Brain training Pathway to entrepreneurship The problem many...
View ArticleTeach your Students How to Build Websites
We are now entering the 7th year since StudioWeb first entered the classroom with our clear-cut, easy to use curriculum on web design. We have helped many teachers and schools, make the coding...
View ArticleInspire your Students as they Learn to Code
Happy to announce that StudioWeb is entering its' 7th year!! Check out the new short facebook promo: If you want to learn how you can inspire students to learn to code, check out StudioWeb.com Stef The...
View ArticleTeach your Students Structured Thinking while Learning Web Design
Writing code in of itself has many practical benefits that most people know about. But there are secondary benefits that creating websites with code can bring. The most obvious to me, is how a...
View ArticleIs Web Design still Good to Learn in 2018?
I got this question from an enterprising young dude – I’ve edited it for brevity: “I’ve been following your videos over the past month and I love the stuff you put out. You’ve also inspired me to...
View ArticleCoding Courses that Teach Real Code!
Writing snippets of JavaScript to move a character 2 steps to the left, doesn’t teach kids anything about programming … at best, it’s a cheap replacement for an xbox controller. … One teacher called...
View ArticleFeel Confident Teaching a Web Design Class in 2018
Hi! When it comes to teaching code, web design is a very popular choice for schools. This makes sense because: Web design is based on the most popular coding languages in the world: HTML, CSS and...
View ArticleGamifying a Coding Class, while Still Teaching Real-World Code with Web Design
I come from a family of teachers, including my father, and he taught me the value of entertainment in teaching. One of the classes he taught was welding, and to engage students, he would set up a...
View ArticleTeaching Code through Visual Web Design Courses
Now that coding is widely recognised as a core skillset that students should learn, schools around the world are looking for code curriculums. Too many code courses! There are plenty of code courses...
View Article7 Web Design Teaching Tips for TEACHERS
In the video below, I go over my top 7 web design teaching tips for teachers. Here are the bullet points: 1. Use the spiral teaching method 2. Self paced learning is best 3. Encourage students to use...
View ArticleCareer Oriented Code Curriculum for Middle School and Up.
Schools are starting to realize that a code curriculum should be real-world focused. That means students come away with both conceptual, and practical coding skills. Unfortunately, many...
View ArticleWeb Design Curriculum for 2018
Schools around the world are now teaching code in the classroom. But for many years before, web design was taught in forward thinking schools, using web design software like Dreamweaver and Frontpage....
View ArticleSetting up a coding environment for the classroom.
One of the hardest aspects of getting a coding classroom up and running, is just getting the software installed on the workstation. After considering a many options, we decided to go with the web...
View ArticleWeb Design vs Wix vs WordPress vs Shopify?
Does Wix, WordPress or Shopify mean the end of web design as a job? Website builders like Wix and Squarespace have been around for a long time, but web designers and web professionals are still high...
View ArticleTeach Code Without Experience with StudioWeb
StudioWeb is designed to allow teachers with no prior coding experience, to be able to teach a classroom with confidence. I can set up a free trial, so you can review StudioWeb. Just let me know. We...
View ArticleCoder Certification Options in 2020
Companies like Apple and Google have recognized that whether an employee has a degree, had no impact in terms of the quality of the employee. As such, people are starting to look to alternative...
View ArticleThe Elements of Effective Online Education
A question that is coming up more and more often, is how can you make an online course effective? Though my online teaching experience is with code (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java) and...
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