I used the Adobe books when I taught Photoshop a few years ago and found them too restrictive as you needed to build the project which was often time consuming and very TAFE style: work from the text book. My students' preference was not to have an expensive text but to use a combination of on line tutorials such as the Adobe videos, Atomic Learning and a couple of individual reference books like Adobe Design Essentials, Zen of CSS Design in the class library. They could understand the tutorials that came with the software to get them started and they were then able to problem solve learning tool functionality by just selecting a specific tutorial. The software is very good but so expensive I would have trouble justifying the purchase of a class set of books that are so tied to projects.
Students master the basics of the software tools really quickly if given a wide variety of scaffolding. The reliance on a tutorial text can tend to remove the obligation of the teacher to learn the software and use their teaching skills to introduce it to their students. Maybe we will be replaced by computers. I try to teach my students about the folly of text books. I believe we need to spend more time teaching our students how to master the design, communication and client issues. Regards Wayne Wayne Lang Lecturer, ICT education School of Education and Professional Studies (Brisbane, Logan) Faculty of Education Mt Gravatt campus Griffith University 176 Messines Ridge Road MT GRAVATT QLD 4122 Phone: 61-7-373 55753 Mount Gravatt Phone: 61-7-338 21117 Logan Fax: 61-7-3735 6952 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Think B4U Print 1 ream of paper = 6% of a tree and 5.4kg CO2 in the atmosphere 3 sheets of A4 paper = 1 litre of water ---------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:14 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the Photoshop one: > > > http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470607777,descCd-authorInfo.html > > They have them for all of the Adobe range, but I haven't tried out the > Dreamweaver one yet. > > On 15/09/2010 9:18 PM, Rex Bogggs wrote: > >> From: "Joshua Paech" <[email protected]> >> >> In contrast, I have found the Digital Classroom series (by AGI) to be >>> much more appropriate for students, with better explanations on why they are >>> doing things. >>> >> >> Joshua, can you give us a link to the resources you have mentioned? I >> have googled Digital Classroom AGI (amongst other phrases) and I get lots of >> related (but different) links. I am not sure which is the one you are >> specifically referring to. >> >> Ta >> >> Rex >> >> >> >> >>> On 15/09/2010 7:21 AM, Sean Udal wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Rex, >>>> >>>> The best CS5 books on the market are the Adobe Press: Classroom in a >>>> Book >>>> Series. (Mac OS& PC) >>>> http://www.adobe.com/training/books/classroom.html >>>> >>>> "The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on >>>> the >>>> market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear >>>> explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project >>>> files for the students." >>>> >>>> I have bought the books for years and they are excellent. Each book >>>> comes >>>> with a DVD, with >>>> the relevant training material and now 2 hours of video training as >>>> well. >>>> The books must be written by >>>> a IT educator, as each book has a logical sequence which is easy to >>>> understand. The author presumes you have not >>>> used the product before, however the content does progress from easy to >>>> advanced tasks. >>>> >>>> I bought my CS5 books from www.bookware.com.au ($43.95) for the >>>> book/dvd and >>>> they arrived on the same day. >>>> The postage is free, if the order is over $120. My CS4 books cost $60 >>>> each >>>> at Borders last year, so this price is great. >>>> The Dreamweaver CS5 link for the book at Bookware is: >>>> http://www.bookware.com.au/cgi-bin/bookware/9780321701770 >>>> >>>> Our school bought CS5 Master Suite for 2011, and so I have bought the >>>> Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, After Effects and Premiere books. >>>> You can purchase a PDF version as well, which currently runs in Adobe >>>> Digital Editions Software. >>>> It is possible to get a site license of the PDF books for school. >>>> >>>> Enjoy :-) >>>> Regards >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rex Bogggs >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 14 September 2010 9:32 PM >>>> To: QSITE ICT Teachers >>>> Subject: [qsiteict] Dreamweaver CS5 resources? >>>> >>>> I have recently purchased and installed an educational version (for >>>> students >>>> and teachers) of >>>> Dreamweaver CS5 to my computer. It is a bit different to my last foray >>>> with DW, which was DW3 (not >>>> CS3 but DW3). That was 13 years ago, and for those interested, here is >>>> a >>>> website I created at that >>>> time - http://exploringdata.net. By modern standards - not good. >>>> Amongst >>>> many other design issues, >>>> some internal links don't work as it has been moved, and many external >>>> links >>>> don't work because it >>>> hasn't been updated in 13 years :-( >>>> >>>> This term I have been using Kompozer and have been reading some books on >>>> CSS. >>>> >>>> So . . . >>>> >>>> My question is, what is the fastest and best way to get up to speed with >>>> Dreamweaver CS5? >>>> >>>> TIA for any replies. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Rex >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe click here: >>>> >>>> http://lyris.edna.edu.au/u?id=705878.91b5adb13aed8adc77c528683bb63d52&n=T&l= >>>> qsiteict&o=1750674 >>>> or send a blank email to >>>> leave-1750674-705878.91b5adb13aed8adc77c528683bb63...@edna.edu.au >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe click here: >>>> http://lyris.edna.edu.au/u?id=705925.ff380b2e2afe6634d37275c69b2f9a60&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=1750779 >>>> or send a blank email to >>>> leave-1750779-705925.ff380b2e2afe6634d37275c69b2f9...@edna.edu.au >>>> >>>> >>> --- >>> You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe click here: >>> http://lyris.edna.edu.au/u?id=708092.901331458f106032a3d7c0b1e79d9eb3&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=1751240 >>> or send a blank email to >>> leave-1751240-708092.901331458f106032a3d7c0b1e79d9...@edna.edu.au >>> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://lyris.edna.edu.au/u?id=705925.ff380b2e2afe6634d37275c69b2f9a60&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=1751329 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-1751329-705925.ff380b2e2afe6634d37275c69b2f9...@edna.edu.au >> >> > --- > You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://lyris.edna.edu.au/u?id=705898.96478e84170b6339f3b29fcae9c88204&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=1751471 > or send a blank email to > leave-1751471-705898.96478e84170b6339f3b29fcae9c88...@edna.edu.au > --- You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. 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