Fireworks, Good, Bad and Ugly

What a great program!  It makes sense how to use it, the book is fabulous and everything just works!
Well, I guess I had a few bad moments, when I resized a 72dpi image, and when I tried to make it bigger, opps, it was destroyed.   So now I make sure I’m using a copy, then [...]

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Cross Country Skiing in Fairbanks

This is the second year I have sponsored a ski club at North Pole Middle School.  Last year, I had 4 students participate.  This year I have 17 students.  Many are new to Alaska and are taking advantage of this FREE club.  Our school has old loaner equipment (three pin bindings, scratched up skis and [...]

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Dreamweaver Thoughts….ugh!

 * What are the most frustrating/difficult things about Dreamweaver so far?
“Try to be polite, and kind…and polite, and kind….” Ok, I got the mantra, now I can write…..
Although I have experience creating Web pages, I find using this program most distressing.  It could be that I’m using a filtered school district Macintosh computer (recently re-imaged), [...]

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Recycling and the upcoming Alaska Library conference, to be held here in Fairbanks.

As the registration chair of the Alaska Library Association (AkLA) conference, I feel it is the right thing to insist on going “green” as much as possible. So far, we are collecting pens, plastic bags, copy machine paper (used on one side only), and thinking of burning CDs of presenter’s handouts. For the scholarship [...]

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3D site (sort of)

Check out this site
http://www.visitsaltlake.com/
Links are embedded into the 3D picture, that scrolls with mouse-overs.  Sort of makes me nauseous, yet it’s  intriguing.

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Favorite Website

http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/
 This hand drawn site, makes a “dry” topic more appealing.   Joyce Valenza’s page invites the student in to explore the resources of their school library.

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