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Photos of WOW/ SkillsUSA web design contest

April 17, 2010 - Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

Here are a few photos from the Illinois, WOW/ SkillsUSA web design contest. Thanks again to Lynda.com for the prizes. The winners were thrilled. Thanks again to Jonathan Worent and Shari Tripp for their help with this contest. www.flickr.com

WOW Web Design Contest Winners (Illinois)

April 17, 2010 - ICC , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

We just concluded the 10 annual WOW web design contest in Springfield, Illinois (and winners were announced today). Everyone who participated in this contest has demonstrated their willingness to step up to challenges and do more than just attend. You are all to be congratulated for trying. The judges had […]

Tagged: Design Development Illinois Web WOW

Illinois WOW Web Design contest reflections

April 16, 2010 - Technology , WOW - by Mark - 1 Comment

I supervised the Illinois WOW/ SkillsUSA web design contest in Springfield on April 16. Many, many thanks to Jonathan Worent for his help with this contest. Jonathan – it would be much more difficult without you. I am most appreciative of you taking time from your day job as owner […]

Los Angeles Events (with AdobeMAX)

October 11, 2009 - Technology , Travel , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

I participated in AdobeMAX 2009 (Los Angeles) in early October. Without a doubt, this was a great conference. Some of the highlights are listed below. In addition to AdobeMAX, I was able to participate in a WOW Summit (Sunday), an Adobe Community Managers meeting (Sunday), a reception for educators and […]

AdobeMAX – Monday

October 8, 2009 - Technology , Travel , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

Monday, October 5 was the first full day for AdobeMAX. The keynote started late and ran over about an hour. The rest of the day all the sessions and labs were off on their starting times. Sigh. Overall, a lot of great material was covered today. We also got a […]

AdobeMAX – Sunday

October 5, 2009 - Technology , Travel , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

Most of Sunday was spent in several different meetings. Since I started an Adobe User Group in January, I participated in the Adobe Community Manager meeting. I had to exit from that meeting after lunch to participate in a WOW Advisory board meeting in the afternoon. Finally, there was a […]

Illinois Web Accessibility Conference

October 3, 2009 - Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

The first Illinois Web Accessibility Conference was held on Sept. 29, 2009 in Urbana. Victor Tsaran (Senior Accessibility Program Manager, Yahoo!) gave the keynote. One of the main points of his presentation was that for individuals without disabilities, using technology is an option; for those who have disabilities, it makes […]

Tagged: Accessibility

OWEA outreach at Hunter Museum

August 13, 2009 - Technology , Travel , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

We met with the public at the Hunter Museum of American Art on August 6. The event was well attended by members of business and industry as well as numerous educators from Chattanooga, Atlanta, and surrounding communities. These are some of the snapshots taken during this time. I did ask […]

OWEA meeting

August 12, 2009 - Technology , Travel , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

Members of various organizations (Adobe, Opera, WOW, AIGA, WaSP and Interact, to name a few) met to discuss the current state of web education and what can be done to improve opportunities for the profession and for aspiring professionals. We spent the majority of 3 days covering a multitude of […]

Delta Queen

August 10, 2009 - Technology , Travel , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

Our meetings in Chattanooga were held on the Delta Queen river boat. This craft was created in the 1920’s. It was a wonderful juxtaposition to discuss the future of web education in such a location. Here are a number of snapshots of the Delta Queen. I will be adding more […]

Chattanooga, TN

August 9, 2009 - Travel , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

I had the pleasure of visiting Chattaqnooga, TN during the first week of August, 2009. These are some of the photos of the city and surrounding countryside. This is a most impressive city which has tremendous support for creative individuals. Thanks to Leslie for all her hard work in organizing […]

WOW Web Design Contest

July 1, 2009 - Student Examples , Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

These are some of the photos taken at the WOW Web Design Contest held in Kansas City, MO June 23 – 25, 2009. We had 46 teams competing for over $190,000 in prizes. Prizes were awarded on Friday, June 26. www.flickr.com

WOW National Web Design Contest

June 26, 2009 - Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

I had the opportunity to coordinate the WOW (World Organization of Webmasters) national web design contest in Kansas City, MO with Bill Cullifer. Thirty secondary teams (2 individuals) and 16 post-secondary teams competed for over $190,000 in education scolarships and prizes. Winners will be announced tonight in front of 15,000 […]

Celebrate Web Professionals’ Day

April 29, 2009 - General , Technology , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

Please join me in celebrating Web Professionals’ Day! The second annual Web Professionals’ Day is today April 29. Congratulations to all those who keep the websites up to date and functional (as well as secure, usable, accessible, and conforming to established standards and best practices).

Illinois SkillsUSA Web Design Contest

April 25, 2009 - WOW - by Mark - No Comments

Congratulation to Kathleen Quinlan and Matt Scachette on winning first place in the Illinois SkillsUSA web design contest. The contest was held on Friday, April 24, 2009 in Springfield. It consisted of a series of 6 separate challenges. Many focused on the area of web standards. Some dealt with specific […]