Web design like the pros. (new products).Educators are discovering that integrating multimedia and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the development tools into the curriculum can help students hone communication, problem-solving and collaboration skills, says Pat Brogan, vice president of education and learning at Macromedia. The Macromedia Studio MX kit includes everything educators need to help students create a full spectrum of Internet solutions, from Web sites to Web applications and Rich Internet Applications This is a list of rich Internet applications. They are organised by their use. Communication
Included in the Studio MX package are: * Dreamweaver MX, which allows users to produce and manage Web sites seamlessly * Macromedia Flash MX, to give sites animation, interactivity and sound (includes Macromedia HomeSite HomeSite is an HTML editor owned by Adobe Systems (formerly owned by Macromedia). Unlike WYSIWYG HTML editors such as FrontPage and Dreamweaver, HomeSite is designed for direct editing, or "hand coding," of HTML and other website languages. +) * Fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to MX, to create, edit and optimize optimize - optimisation graphics * FreeHand See Macromedia FreeHand. 10, to design and illustrate Web site concepts * ColdFusion MX Server Developer Edition, which allows Windows users to build rich Internet applications that integrate with databases, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , Macromedia Flash and more. Site licenses include a sample curriculum to help teachers start teaching Web design courses or integrate Web projects into academic courses, as well as teacher training through online courses at Macromedia University (www.macromedia.com/ university, $99 per person per year). Free online training on how to build a Web site is available at www.trainingcafe.com. "The K-12 site license solution gives schools the opportunity to use Studio MX products beyond classes primarily involved in Internet development," Brogan says. Purchases made before the end of October offer educators access to a variety of resources and special discounts from the Macromedia Back-to-School Resource Center. These include: a Macromedia training package; free Dreamweaver MX templates to help design a resume, yearbook, school Web site and more; choosing one of six audio books free from Audible.com; and career resources for students. CIRCLE #525 FOR INFORMATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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