Welcome to Studio|Bast - L.J. Bothell's Web Instruction Site

Winter Quarter 2010

Announcements

2/7/10

Submissions sought for Women’s Forum Spring 2010 Edition. The Women’s Programs & WorkFirst Services office is now accepting submissions for the Women’s Forum for the Spring Quarter. All students and staff are encouraged to submit their work(s). Submission forms are available at the Women's Program office, 801 E. Pine St., Room 202 or email womensprograms@sccd.ctc.edu. Work accepted includes:

Photographs (digital camera ready @ 300dpi/ppi)
Short stories, approximately 2,000 - 2,500 words
Book/Movie/Music Reviews up to 500 words
Essays and Interviews, approximately 1,000 - 2,000 words
Humor up to 500 words
Poetry up to 1 page Artwork (in digital image format at highest resolution)
Cartoons (digital camera-ready @ 300dpi/ppi)

2/3/10

IT Job Shadowing opportunities - for ladies only, sorry guys! Female students the IT Networking, Web Design, Programming, Web Development, and Database programs can apply for an opportunity to be matched with a professional in the field. Begins February 2010 and extends through Spring break (April 2, 2010). Apply by Thursday, February 11, 2010 at Room 3176 or contact dhigdon@sccd.ctc.edu for more info.

2/1/10

What is your learning style? Find out here, then check out my summaries below with learning hints for getting the most out of my classes:

Visual: This means that your learning is most enhanced by what you see - taking notes, seeing what you are learning, reading written material, and not having too much auditory stimuli. Make sure to use your book and its example exercises, look concepts up on Google and subject-specific websites, take notes off of the website and in class, use the GrabIt and HowTo web page info, use the Studiobast E-Learning forum to ask and answer questions, and let me know if we need to put something on the screen during break. Issues: Not enough on-screen code/example pauses - you'll need to look at Class Examples and find a classmate to do peer code review with.
Auditory: This means that your learning is most comfortable when you hear the information, have it repeated/rephrased, and verbalize what you are hearing to 'cement it'. You might try rephrasing key information in a question, verbalize your homework steps as you build code and use programs, read through assignment instructions aloud, look for skills-based Podcasts and HowTo videos to re-hear information, and bounce ideas and questions off of classmates in person. Issues: You may not hear all of the demo/explanation details and need a repeat - also look for complementary podcasts for additional verbal tips.
Kinesthetic: This means that you get the most new information by doing as you learn, need to move around or do a couple of things at once, and like hands-on as part of your workflow. You'll likely get the most out of doing the demos in class and FTP/validating code as you go, looking at demos on YouTube and the HowTo videos, show what you are learning/doing to someone else, and find example code to experiment with on your own. Issues: Class may slow down to articulate specific info or leave examples on the screen for other learners to catch up - keep playing with your work, validating/testing it, and add extras if you've advanced.

1/31/10

Upcoming fun free/low-cost events!

Cloudcamp Seattle - February 3
Seattle Artwalk / Free SAM entry - February 4
Seattle Graphic Design Meetup - Monday, February 8
President's Day - February 15 - NO SCHOOL

1/29/10

Check out some Seattle Meetups and Groups where you can connect with other designers, web folks, etc.

1/26/10

Upcoming events:

Seattle Lunch 2.0 @BuddyTV, Wed, January 27, 11:30am – 1:00pm
Web Design Meetup, Wed, January 27, 6:00pm

1/21/10

There is a Central District Forum internship available. Learn more at Mike Sinkula's site.

1/19/10

Digital Eve is having the monthly networking and tech-chat lunch at FareStart tomorrow (Wednesday, January 20). It's at Noon at FareStart, located at 8th & Stewart, Seattle.

1/14/10

The absolute last day to register for WEB110 is Friday, January 15. Have a great weekend!!

1/11/10

Sorry, it turned out that I didn't make it to the Seattle Graphic Design Meetup. I was having way too much fun making website updates. :0)

1/10/10

Week 2 is already upon us. Make sure you are caught up on WEB110 week one items.

Monday evening I'll likely go to the Seattle Graphic Design Meetup at Faire on Capitol Hill - 7:00pm. Maybe I'll see some of you there.

Make sure to keep up with getting your active student logins this week! There's nothing I can do to help with this, so:

Check with Financial Aid and/or Worker Retraining offices and Registration to get your full (or payment plan) registration paid and in order.

If you are awaiting registration payment and are a student from a previous quarter, see if Registration/Cashiering will accept payment for only the CL fee and/or UT fee so you can at least get your login activated and use the computer labs/class computers. No promises here. . .

Also check with the BITCA office (#3176) if it looks like you should have the active login but don't. Note: It can take about 48 hours after you are fully paid before you login is active.

Finally, if you really don't have your login available by week 3 buts have your own laptop, you can lat least bring it to class and type what we demo in lcass so you can keep up!

1/6/10

Yay!! We made it through the first web110 class and it was fun! There was candy, a seriously large (decaf) Starbucks mocha, and lots of new guinea pigs - er, I mean students. Seriously, it is looking like a fabulous quarter has started, and I'm really looking forward to all the new web skills I am going to see from the WEB110 Section 2 class. Welcome, all!!

Just wanted to share some upcoming events:

Downtown Seattle's artwalk is this Thursday. It's a free artwalk through Pioneer Square's galleries, offering cool art and sometimes snacks. Don't come to class full of wine.

Also, Thursday is SAM's free day (Seattle Art Museum).

Monday, 1/11 there is a Seattle Graphic Design Meetup at Faire on Capitol Hill - 7:00pm. I'll likely go to this one since I haven't been for awhile.

Just for kicks, there is also a Seattle Web Technology Meetup at 7:00pm, at Amber.

1/4/10

Hallo!! Welcome to Winter Quarter 2010. L.J. Bothell is teaching Section 2 of the WEB110 Web Authoring 1 class. It'll be fun - see you there Tuesday evening, January 5, 7:00pm in Room 3174.

If you have any pre-class questions, be sure to check out the class-specific pages.

1/3/10

Work Study opportunity: Web content editor/graphic design/new media for the SCCC PIO office. Drop by: BE 4180, or call: 587-5488, for Rachel Seeley. Flexible schedule between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Student MUST qualify for work-study.

12/27/09

L.J. Bothell is on vacation from December 22, 2009 through January 3, 2010.

Fall Quarter 2009 is over, and all grades have been submitted. I will be away from my instructor email account until the first day of Winter Quarter. Have a great vacation!

If you have any questions on Fall Quarter grades, please consult my grading information FAQs.

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Mission, Vision & Values

I feel that teaching is a privilege. I get the opportunity to share information about topics I love and work in, with folks I'll get to see grow in the design and IT industries later. My goal is to give as much current information as possible in an as fun and interactive learning way that I can!

My mission for teaching includes:

Providing current skills training for a competitive workplace

Encouraging professional workflow and communications techniques

Helping students help themselves prepare to flourish in their IT careers

Seattle Community College Mission, Vision, Values

Seattle Central Mission and Values

About LJ Bothell (Bio)

LJB Hi there! I'm L.J. and I don't stand on much formality. I'm from Seattle, WA, and have been doing design and communications of one kind or another for over 15 years. I have a BA in Liberal Arts, an AAS in print graphic design, a Certificate in web design, and a Certificate in web development. It's a wonder my head doesn't fall right off!

I've been lucky to have trained with some cool instructors and to have worked a lot. I have experience doing permanent, contract, freelance, and pro-bono work. I have worked in healthcare, real estate, education, nonprofit, transportation, travel, and marketing-related areas. I can work on both PCs and Macs and in many programs. I do web and print design and production, project planning and coordination, a teensy bit o'dev, and sometimes I write and get stuff published. Oh, and I am terribly addicted to Starbucks mochas.