Summer's fading

It's August and summer seems to be fading fast. July was nice with pretty good weather (not too warm or humid) but Maine sure has been in a cloudy/wet trend of late. One other thing that its August: the return to school isn't far away.

That being said, I went up to the school yesterday to do a little organizing. The new computers look great and will surely do the trick for my course offerings. Computer Applications is all new. A lot less Office XP and a move to Web 2.0 applications. Should be a challenge but also interesting for all. Still fine-tuning the content. Computer Graphics has been merged with Website Development. A good mix. The school upgraded my PC's to Photoshop Elements 6.0. We were also able to migrate from Microsoft FrontPage to Expression Web. These applications, along with blogs and wikis, I hope will pique student interest. Finally, I'm offering a new course: Multimedia. Have tried to work A/V learning into my CG classes with mixed results. With a dedicated class, I am really looking forward to seeing what students can do with some interesting tools.

I have more changes in the works but they'll have to wait until school starts. In the meantime, here's an interesting video related to "Second Life". Enjoy