Tuesday, October 04, 2005
COIN 61-3 and 70a On Campus Students
Don't forget to stop by the CTIS lab and get your lab account ID and PW before your class so that you can log on the the computers during your class lab. This is only necessary for ON CAMPUS students.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
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Sunday, September 25, 2005
** News for Foothill Students **
Welcome to Fall Quarter at Foothill College! Each week or two, I publish information of interest to Foothill Students. If you are interested, click the link above to visit the Foothill web site and find out more!
Use Foothill Technology Classes as Your IT Training Department
Whether you're a single employee or a small- to medium-sized business, if you're going to compete in Silicon Valley, you need technology training. Foothill College offers you a variety of technology programs and courses that are designed to fit the topic you want to add to your resume, and the skill sets your employees need.
"All computer and technology classes at Foothill train people in the technology industry to be better at the jobs they do," says CTIS Division Dean Chuck Lindauer. "Students come to Foothill for fast, affordable training from knowledgeable faculty experts. In fact, 65 percent of our computer students already have bachelor degrees or higher. They choose Foothill because we train them quickly and at a reasonable cost."
In addition to offering technology education to individual students, Foothill is uniquely positioned to help small- and medium-sized companies keep employee skill sets current. Foothill understands the bottom line: Business leaders need to train employees in a way that is efficient, comprehensive and affordable. Smart business decision-makers are realizing the enormous return on investment that comes when they let Foothill be their IT training department. Foothill can quickly train employees, and offers outstanding faculty and equipment at convenient campus locations in Los Altos Hills and Palo Alto or on-site at your business location. Foothill can provide ongoing instruction or a quick intensive program such as six weeks for Oracle certification training. Learn more about how Foothill will work with your company to train your employees, by scheduling a consultation at (650) 949-7388. To review the computer and technology classes Foothill offers this fall, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7325.
New Smoke-Free Campus Policy
To provide a safe learning and working environment for Foothill College students and employees, smoking is prohibited in all indoor and outdoor campus locations, with the exception of designated parking lots. Smoking is permitted only in Parking Lots 1, 1G, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 7. The Foothill College Health Services Office provides a variety of smoking cessation aids. Learn more about these services, call (650) 949-7243 or visit the Health Center in Room 5941. The Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees approved a revised no-smoking policy June 20, 2005.
Book Arts Jam: Special Edition Comes to Foothill College
Book Arts Jam: Special Edition comes to Foothill College Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free; parking is $2. Get a close, hands-on look at artist's books, watch demonstrations of bookbinding, paper decorating, leather working and get a behind-the-scenes look at the creative processes, tools, and techniques that are used by book artists. This year, Book Arts Jam: Special Edition invites book arts aficionados as well as artists and audiences new to book arts to participate in creating their own books: folded, stamped, edible and otherwise. Panel discussions on topics ranging from collaboration to printmaking for the arts will also be presented. The Foothill College printmaking studio will be open and busy with volunteers demonstrating a variety of printmaking techniques. Under the direction of experienced printmakers, visitors will have the opportunity to pull prints on a flatbed cylinder press using hand set metal type and a platen press using photo polymer plates. Participants will learn how to bind pages together and take home a freshly printed artist's book. The Book Arts Jam is sponsored by Bay Area Book Artists and Foothill College. It is funded in part by a grant from Arts Council Silicon Valley, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council. For more information, email info@bookartsjam.org or access http://www.bookartsjam.org/.
Add a NASA Internship to Your Resume
Learn how you can add a NASA Internship to your Foothill College experience by attending an information session Thursday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. in Appreciation Hall (Room 1501).
Astronomer to Discuss Jupiter's Tantalizing Moon: Water (and Life?) Under the Ice of Europa
Astronomer Cynthia Phillips will present Jupiter's Tantalizing Moon: Water (and Life?) Under the Ice of Europa, a non-technical, illustrated talk, Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills. Admission is free and the public is invited. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early to locate parking.
Ever since robot spacecraft have been exploring the Jupiter system, one moon has especially captured the interest of astronomers. Although Europa's surface is cold and frozen, there is evidence that, under the ice, it has an ocean of warmer, liquid water. In her talk, Dr. Phillips will explore Europa's geology, focusing on the prospects for water and the possibilities of life in that deep alien ocean. Phillips is a principal investigator for a number of projects investigating Europa and Mars at the SETI Institute. She specializes in the geology of planetary surfaces and the search for life in the solar system. She worked with the Galileo spacecraft imaging team to help design observations of Europa and other moons of Jupiter. She is co-author of The Everything Astronomy Book and The Everything Einstein Book, both published by Adams Media.
The lecture is presented as part of the 6th Annual Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series sponsored by Foothill College, NASA-Ames Research Center, SETI Institute and Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Visitors must purchase a required parking permit for $2 (eight quarters). Parking lots 1, 3, 5 and 6 provide access to the theater. Foothill College is located on El Monte Road off Interstate 280. Click for more information or call (650) 949-7888.
Auditions for Foothill Repertory Dance
Auditions for the award-winning Foothill Repertory Dance Company, under the direction of Foothill Dance Instructor Bubba Gong, are set for Friday, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. in the newly renovated Dance Studio in Room 2504 at Foothill College. Dancers of all levels and types will be taught several brief choreography combinations from jazz, hip hop to modern and ballet. For information call (650) 949-7354 or email gongbubba@fhda.edu.
Chinese Classes at Foothill College a Great Choice for Business Professionals
If you’re interested in doing business in China or with Chinese companies, develop your language skills by enrolling in Mandarin Chinese courses offered at Foothill. You’ll study the simplified characters and phonetic system of Mainland China. In the fall, Foothill is offering three sections of CHIN 1. The day section is targeted toward transfer students; the Saturday section is appropriate for those of Chinese heritage; the evening course is appropriate for business professionals, and also serves the needs of other groups. Review registration instructions.
Astronomy for Recreation
Foothill College will offer a new one-unit astronomy seminar to accompany its popular beginning course, ASTRO 10B: Stars, Galaxies & the Universe. The seminar, ASTRO 105: Astronomy for Recreation, is an overview of astronomy for those who would like to find more ways to enjoy the cosmos. No background in science or special equipment is required. The seminar’s featured topics include the best Web sites for astronomy knowledge, pictures, and observing help; best places in the Bay Area to look through a telescope; family astronomy projects with your kids or grandkids; constellation lore and constellation finding; buying and using binoculars or a telescope; and understanding astronomy issues that are in the news such as black holes, cannibal galaxies, the big bang and dark matter. To enroll in the seminar, you must also register for the for ASTRO 10B at the same time (or must have taken 10B within the last three years). Both courses are taught by award- winning Foothill Astronomy Instructor Andrew Fraknoi, who appears frequently on Bay Area radio programs explaining science in everyday language. Review registration instructions.
Foothill Has the Bay Area's Top Health Career Programs
Train now for a better job tomorrow. Apply to one of Foothill's innovative Biological & Health Science career programs. You'll receive outstanding instruction and hands-on training to prepare for a job that can pay from $50,000 to $80,000, depending on the field you select. Foothill students enjoy impressive job-placement rates when they successfully complete our high-wage, high-demand health career programs. And, most of these career programs can be completed in one to two years. You must submit an application packet for the followingprograms by the deadline date listed below.
* Bioinformatics…Enroll anytime
* Biotechnology…June 30, 2006 or until filled
* Dental Assisting…June 30, 2006 or until filled
* Dental Hygiene…Feb. 16, 2006
* Diagnostic Medical Sonography…May 1, 2006
* Emergency Medical Technician …Enroll anytime
* Environmental Horticulture & Design…Enroll anytime
* Paramedic…May 31, 2006
* Pharmacy Technology…April 30, 2006 or until filled
* Primary Care…Oct.1, 2005
* Radiation Therapy Technology…May 1, 2006
* Radiologic Technology…April 20, 2006
* Respiratory Therapy…May 30, 2006
* Veterinary Assisting…Enroll anytime
* Veterinary Technology…June 1, 2006
Get an application packet and more information or call (650) 949-7249.
Prepare for the Latest Technology Certificates—Foothill Is Your Certification Headquarters
If you're employed in the high-tech industry, you know that having specialty certifications is critical for your paycheck and resume. You can count on Foothill College to offer you the classes designed to help you complete industry certificates. Choose from 13 industry certificates at Foothill, including Cisco Networking CCNA, CCNP and CCSP; Microsoft Network Administration MCSA and MCSE; wireless networking CWNA and CWNP; Oracle Administration & Developer OCP; CompTIA A+ and Security+; Security CISSP; and UNIX and Linux. On average, it takes nine months to complete these certificate programs. Foothill offers the best technology courses, and the college is a VUE Testing Center. Many certification exams are offered by appointment and at substantial discounts to Foothill students. Learn more about the certificate classes offered at Foothill at www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7221.
Work Out in Our Newly Designed Fitness Facilities
Foothill debuts its newly designed Fitness Center, Dance Studio, and men's and women's locker rooms when Fall Quarter classes get under way Sept. 26. For registration instructions, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7325.
To meet the increasing needs of visual communication businesses and industries, Foothill has created a new Graphic & Interactive Design (GID) Program which debuts Fall Quarter 2005. Featuring a brand new Studio 1-2-3 sequence, the GID Program provides a solid foundation in the theory and application of graphic design and computer graphics as well as a service learning opportunities for you apply your graphic design skills to real jobs. You will create graphic and interactive designs including brochures, logos, posters, packages, newsletters, 'zines, CD and DVD covers, signs, Web sites, television and video graphics, and illustration. Career opportunities for those with graphic and interactive design training include desktop publishing, promotion, branding, advertising, publication, environmental, Web, multimedia, video games, and media design. GID courses are designed to help you develop a strong knowledge foundation of emerging technologies, aesthetics, and history of graphic and interactive design. The program will also expose you to the latest digital technology and a crossover of fine art, video and Internet technologies. The program offers skill and career certificates as well as an associate degree. Learn more about the program, http://www.foothill.edu/graphicdesign/. For registration instructions, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7325.
Off to a Great Start—Enroll Foothill's First-Year Experience Program
Students of all ages who are new to the college learning experience now have the opportunity to earn college credit in two courses and enjoy a unique educational experience in a community of learners. By participating in Foothill's First-Year Experience Program, students and faculty collaborate as learners and teachers in specially designed courses called learning communities. The program gives you coordination of coursework, convenient schedules, interrelated courses and interesting subjects, personal attention from outstanding Foothill faculty, supportive study groups and opportunities to make friends, and a developed sense of college community. The program is not a typical classroom learning experience. Instead, you'll register for linked learning community courses, study two subjects around a common theme and meet with the same group of students and faculty members from one course to the next. Get started by taking the Foothill assessment test and then registering for the program's paired courses. For assessment dates and times, access www.foothill.edu. For more information, contact Foothill First-Year Experience Counselor Kris Samarov at (650) 949-7212.
foothillglobalaccess.org
Foothill College offers more online classes than any other community college in the Bay Area. Delivered via the Web, our popular online classes give you innovative and convenient instruction. All Foothill online classes offer full college credit and most are transferable to four-year universities. You can also complete an entire associate degree online. Earn your Foothill degree in anthropology, economics, e-commerce, general studies/social science, geography, history, psychology or Web programming. Foothill also partners with the University of Illinois and Franklin University to offer you online bachelor's degree programs. For more online class and degree information, access http://www.foothillglobalaccess.org. For registration instructions, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7325.
Foothill Can Help You Fund Your Future
You can’t afford not to go to college! Foothill financial aid staff can help you identify a variety of financial resources that will enable you to earn a degree or complete in-demand career training for an outstanding job. Take advantage of our new online financial aid services, including an online fee waiver application, online awards and online status reports. Learn more at www.foothill.edu/aid or visit our Financial Aid Offices at the Main Campus in Los Altos Hills and Middlefield Campus in Palo Alto.
Purchase Your Textbooks Online
Who has time to wait in a line? You need a convenient, quick option for purchasing your college textbooks. Foothill's online textbook sales are under way now. Order your textbooks—new or used—from Foothill's online bookstore. Online textbook purchases can be made with Visa, Mastercard and Discover credit cards and are shipped via UPS. Be sure to review important textbook information, refund policies and store hours. Students can now also purchase textbooks at the on-campus bookstore beginning Sept. 12.
Use Foothill Technology Classes as Your IT Training Department
Whether you're a single employee or a small- to medium-sized business, if you're going to compete in Silicon Valley, you need technology training. Foothill College offers you a variety of technology programs and courses that are designed to fit the topic you want to add to your resume, and the skill sets your employees need.
"All computer and technology classes at Foothill train people in the technology industry to be better at the jobs they do," says CTIS Division Dean Chuck Lindauer. "Students come to Foothill for fast, affordable training from knowledgeable faculty experts. In fact, 65 percent of our computer students already have bachelor degrees or higher. They choose Foothill because we train them quickly and at a reasonable cost."
In addition to offering technology education to individual students, Foothill is uniquely positioned to help small- and medium-sized companies keep employee skill sets current. Foothill understands the bottom line: Business leaders need to train employees in a way that is efficient, comprehensive and affordable. Smart business decision-makers are realizing the enormous return on investment that comes when they let Foothill be their IT training department. Foothill can quickly train employees, and offers outstanding faculty and equipment at convenient campus locations in Los Altos Hills and Palo Alto or on-site at your business location. Foothill can provide ongoing instruction or a quick intensive program such as six weeks for Oracle certification training. Learn more about how Foothill will work with your company to train your employees, by scheduling a consultation at (650) 949-7388. To review the computer and technology classes Foothill offers this fall, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7325.
New Smoke-Free Campus Policy
To provide a safe learning and working environment for Foothill College students and employees, smoking is prohibited in all indoor and outdoor campus locations, with the exception of designated parking lots. Smoking is permitted only in Parking Lots 1, 1G, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A, 6, 7. The Foothill College Health Services Office provides a variety of smoking cessation aids. Learn more about these services, call (650) 949-7243 or visit the Health Center in Room 5941. The Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees approved a revised no-smoking policy June 20, 2005.
Book Arts Jam: Special Edition Comes to Foothill College
Book Arts Jam: Special Edition comes to Foothill College Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free; parking is $2. Get a close, hands-on look at artist's books, watch demonstrations of bookbinding, paper decorating, leather working and get a behind-the-scenes look at the creative processes, tools, and techniques that are used by book artists. This year, Book Arts Jam: Special Edition invites book arts aficionados as well as artists and audiences new to book arts to participate in creating their own books: folded, stamped, edible and otherwise. Panel discussions on topics ranging from collaboration to printmaking for the arts will also be presented. The Foothill College printmaking studio will be open and busy with volunteers demonstrating a variety of printmaking techniques. Under the direction of experienced printmakers, visitors will have the opportunity to pull prints on a flatbed cylinder press using hand set metal type and a platen press using photo polymer plates. Participants will learn how to bind pages together and take home a freshly printed artist's book. The Book Arts Jam is sponsored by Bay Area Book Artists and Foothill College. It is funded in part by a grant from Arts Council Silicon Valley, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council. For more information, email info@bookartsjam.org or access http://www.bookartsjam.org/.
Add a NASA Internship to Your Resume
Learn how you can add a NASA Internship to your Foothill College experience by attending an information session Thursday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. in Appreciation Hall (Room 1501).
Astronomer to Discuss Jupiter's Tantalizing Moon: Water (and Life?) Under the Ice of Europa
Astronomer Cynthia Phillips will present Jupiter's Tantalizing Moon: Water (and Life?) Under the Ice of Europa, a non-technical, illustrated talk, Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills. Admission is free and the public is invited. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early to locate parking.
Ever since robot spacecraft have been exploring the Jupiter system, one moon has especially captured the interest of astronomers. Although Europa's surface is cold and frozen, there is evidence that, under the ice, it has an ocean of warmer, liquid water. In her talk, Dr. Phillips will explore Europa's geology, focusing on the prospects for water and the possibilities of life in that deep alien ocean. Phillips is a principal investigator for a number of projects investigating Europa and Mars at the SETI Institute. She specializes in the geology of planetary surfaces and the search for life in the solar system. She worked with the Galileo spacecraft imaging team to help design observations of Europa and other moons of Jupiter. She is co-author of The Everything Astronomy Book and The Everything Einstein Book, both published by Adams Media.
The lecture is presented as part of the 6th Annual Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series sponsored by Foothill College, NASA-Ames Research Center, SETI Institute and Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Visitors must purchase a required parking permit for $2 (eight quarters). Parking lots 1, 3, 5 and 6 provide access to the theater. Foothill College is located on El Monte Road off Interstate 280. Click for more information or call (650) 949-7888.
Auditions for Foothill Repertory Dance
Auditions for the award-winning Foothill Repertory Dance Company, under the direction of Foothill Dance Instructor Bubba Gong, are set for Friday, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. in the newly renovated Dance Studio in Room 2504 at Foothill College. Dancers of all levels and types will be taught several brief choreography combinations from jazz, hip hop to modern and ballet. For information call (650) 949-7354 or email gongbubba@fhda.edu.
Chinese Classes at Foothill College a Great Choice for Business Professionals
If you’re interested in doing business in China or with Chinese companies, develop your language skills by enrolling in Mandarin Chinese courses offered at Foothill. You’ll study the simplified characters and phonetic system of Mainland China. In the fall, Foothill is offering three sections of CHIN 1. The day section is targeted toward transfer students; the Saturday section is appropriate for those of Chinese heritage; the evening course is appropriate for business professionals, and also serves the needs of other groups. Review registration instructions.
Astronomy for Recreation
Foothill College will offer a new one-unit astronomy seminar to accompany its popular beginning course, ASTRO 10B: Stars, Galaxies & the Universe. The seminar, ASTRO 105: Astronomy for Recreation, is an overview of astronomy for those who would like to find more ways to enjoy the cosmos. No background in science or special equipment is required. The seminar’s featured topics include the best Web sites for astronomy knowledge, pictures, and observing help; best places in the Bay Area to look through a telescope; family astronomy projects with your kids or grandkids; constellation lore and constellation finding; buying and using binoculars or a telescope; and understanding astronomy issues that are in the news such as black holes, cannibal galaxies, the big bang and dark matter. To enroll in the seminar, you must also register for the for ASTRO 10B at the same time (or must have taken 10B within the last three years). Both courses are taught by award- winning Foothill Astronomy Instructor Andrew Fraknoi, who appears frequently on Bay Area radio programs explaining science in everyday language. Review registration instructions.
Foothill Has the Bay Area's Top Health Career Programs
Train now for a better job tomorrow. Apply to one of Foothill's innovative Biological & Health Science career programs. You'll receive outstanding instruction and hands-on training to prepare for a job that can pay from $50,000 to $80,000, depending on the field you select. Foothill students enjoy impressive job-placement rates when they successfully complete our high-wage, high-demand health career programs. And, most of these career programs can be completed in one to two years. You must submit an application packet for the followingprograms by the deadline date listed below.
* Bioinformatics…Enroll anytime
* Biotechnology…June 30, 2006 or until filled
* Dental Assisting…June 30, 2006 or until filled
* Dental Hygiene…Feb. 16, 2006
* Diagnostic Medical Sonography…May 1, 2006
* Emergency Medical Technician …Enroll anytime
* Environmental Horticulture & Design…Enroll anytime
* Paramedic…May 31, 2006
* Pharmacy Technology…April 30, 2006 or until filled
* Primary Care…Oct.1, 2005
* Radiation Therapy Technology…May 1, 2006
* Radiologic Technology…April 20, 2006
* Respiratory Therapy…May 30, 2006
* Veterinary Assisting…Enroll anytime
* Veterinary Technology…June 1, 2006
Get an application packet and more information or call (650) 949-7249.
Prepare for the Latest Technology Certificates—Foothill Is Your Certification Headquarters
If you're employed in the high-tech industry, you know that having specialty certifications is critical for your paycheck and resume. You can count on Foothill College to offer you the classes designed to help you complete industry certificates. Choose from 13 industry certificates at Foothill, including Cisco Networking CCNA, CCNP and CCSP; Microsoft Network Administration MCSA and MCSE; wireless networking CWNA and CWNP; Oracle Administration & Developer OCP; CompTIA A+ and Security+; Security CISSP; and UNIX and Linux. On average, it takes nine months to complete these certificate programs. Foothill offers the best technology courses, and the college is a VUE Testing Center. Many certification exams are offered by appointment and at substantial discounts to Foothill students. Learn more about the certificate classes offered at Foothill at www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7221.
Work Out in Our Newly Designed Fitness Facilities
Foothill debuts its newly designed Fitness Center, Dance Studio, and men's and women's locker rooms when Fall Quarter classes get under way Sept. 26. For registration instructions, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7325.
- Newly Redesigned & Relocated Fitness Center—Foothill's newly redesigned Fitness Center is now open in its new location in Room 2506. Also new this fall, you can enroll in a yearlong session to work out in the center from September through June. You need only register one time for the three-unit HP 2Z01 yearlong course. To work out in the Fitness Center for individual quarters, enroll in the one-unit HP 9 course. By enrolling in either class, you'll use the center's state-of-the-art aerobic and weight equipment, get expert instruction from Foothill faculty, and work with a personal trainer to set up and monitor your individual fitness program. Unlike pricey commercial gyms, California residents pay $17 per unit of instruction at Foothill. Fitness Center hours are Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Bigger, Better Locker Rooms—Foothill's newly redesigned locker rooms now feature more than 200 new lockers for both the men's and women's locker rooms. Enrolled in our physical education courses and you can use the locker rooms weekdays from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- New Dance Studio Features Harlequin Sprung Floor System—Dancers can enhance their performances and reduce the risk of injury by training in Foothill's Dance Studio, which features a new Harlequin sprung floor system, raised ceilings, ballet barres, mirrored walls and a state-of-the-art sound system. At 2,800 square feet, the new studio provides an excellent training facility for Foothill's ballet, jazz and modern dance classes as well as Pilates and flexibility training courses.
To meet the increasing needs of visual communication businesses and industries, Foothill has created a new Graphic & Interactive Design (GID) Program which debuts Fall Quarter 2005. Featuring a brand new Studio 1-2-3 sequence, the GID Program provides a solid foundation in the theory and application of graphic design and computer graphics as well as a service learning opportunities for you apply your graphic design skills to real jobs. You will create graphic and interactive designs including brochures, logos, posters, packages, newsletters, 'zines, CD and DVD covers, signs, Web sites, television and video graphics, and illustration. Career opportunities for those with graphic and interactive design training include desktop publishing, promotion, branding, advertising, publication, environmental, Web, multimedia, video games, and media design. GID courses are designed to help you develop a strong knowledge foundation of emerging technologies, aesthetics, and history of graphic and interactive design. The program will also expose you to the latest digital technology and a crossover of fine art, video and Internet technologies. The program offers skill and career certificates as well as an associate degree. Learn more about the program, http://www.foothill.edu/graphicdesign/. For registration instructions, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7325.
Off to a Great Start—Enroll Foothill's First-Year Experience Program
Students of all ages who are new to the college learning experience now have the opportunity to earn college credit in two courses and enjoy a unique educational experience in a community of learners. By participating in Foothill's First-Year Experience Program, students and faculty collaborate as learners and teachers in specially designed courses called learning communities. The program gives you coordination of coursework, convenient schedules, interrelated courses and interesting subjects, personal attention from outstanding Foothill faculty, supportive study groups and opportunities to make friends, and a developed sense of college community. The program is not a typical classroom learning experience. Instead, you'll register for linked learning community courses, study two subjects around a common theme and meet with the same group of students and faculty members from one course to the next. Get started by taking the Foothill assessment test and then registering for the program's paired courses. For assessment dates and times, access www.foothill.edu. For more information, contact Foothill First-Year Experience Counselor Kris Samarov at (650) 949-7212.
foothillglobalaccess.org
Foothill College offers more online classes than any other community college in the Bay Area. Delivered via the Web, our popular online classes give you innovative and convenient instruction. All Foothill online classes offer full college credit and most are transferable to four-year universities. You can also complete an entire associate degree online. Earn your Foothill degree in anthropology, economics, e-commerce, general studies/social science, geography, history, psychology or Web programming. Foothill also partners with the University of Illinois and Franklin University to offer you online bachelor's degree programs. For more online class and degree information, access http://www.foothillglobalaccess.org. For registration instructions, access www.foothill.edu or call (650) 949-7325.
Foothill Can Help You Fund Your Future
You can’t afford not to go to college! Foothill financial aid staff can help you identify a variety of financial resources that will enable you to earn a degree or complete in-demand career training for an outstanding job. Take advantage of our new online financial aid services, including an online fee waiver application, online awards and online status reports. Learn more at www.foothill.edu/aid or visit our Financial Aid Offices at the Main Campus in Los Altos Hills and Middlefield Campus in Palo Alto.
Purchase Your Textbooks Online
Who has time to wait in a line? You need a convenient, quick option for purchasing your college textbooks. Foothill's online textbook sales are under way now. Order your textbooks—new or used—from Foothill's online bookstore. Online textbook purchases can be made with Visa, Mastercard and Discover credit cards and are shipped via UPS. Be sure to review important textbook information, refund policies and store hours. Students can now also purchase textbooks at the on-campus bookstore beginning Sept. 12.
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Special Web Projects
Greetings to students taking Special Web Projects (COIN 84) this Fall!
Our first class meeting will be Friday, September 30, 2005 at 3:00 in my office. If you have questions or problems with the meeting time, please email me so we can work something out!
See you next Friday!
Our first class meeting will be Friday, September 30, 2005 at 3:00 in my office. If you have questions or problems with the meeting time, please email me so we can work something out!
See you next Friday!
It's still not too late to register!!
There’s still time to register for Foothill Fall Quarter classes. You can add courses via the Foothill online registration system through Oct. 7. If you're not sure what to take, check the post below.
For students interested in taking online classes, check out the Late Registration procedures at the FGA web site...
See you in class next week!!
For students interested in taking online classes, check out the Late Registration procedures at the FGA web site...
See you in class next week!!
Monday, September 12, 2005
Trying to figure out what class to take??? Read on...
Here are some descriptions and student comments of some of the classes offered in the Internet Technologies department at Foothill College. If you have additional questions or need advice in what classes to register for, let me know!
COIN 51 Fundamentals of Internet Technology The course will focus on using the Internet to connect and communicate over the World Wide Web and E-mail, retrieve current useful information using searching tools, prepare a simple HTML Web page, and locate Internet resources to find software and answers to troubleshooting problems.
While the course description is simple, the depth of information & experiences available on these topics is great and it is up to you to design the LEVEL of learning experience that you need/want (from beginning to advanced)--the course and book are but a guide.
What students say:
Course structure is dependable, practice from text/assignments opens doors to other related research, learning from each other is FUN, and preparing a simple Webpage project report from scratch is creative!
"Get the text book WELL IN ADVANCE so that you are ready to start the assignments immediately...and get into the discussion Forums immediately. Don't be shy. Basically, think ahead and work ahead and you will be fine. Do not wait until the last minute...."
COIN 56 E-Business This class was formerly called E-Commerce and was about online financial transactions for goods/services, such as sales/purchasing, online delivery, online shipment tracking, online auctions, etc. E-Business is a much broader system that uses a number of info-tech based business practices to enhance relationships between a business and its customers.
As this is the beginning overview class, you will be learning about the infrastructure and the vocabulary/concepts/strategies of E-Business (we will NOT be doing any HTML Website work). Topics include business models, value & supply chains, business strategy, electronic data interchange (EDI), e-payments & digital currency, integrating channels of business, e-marketing, security risks & legal issues, and current news about latest e-business trends offered for various levels of expertise.
Course is open to beginners as well as the experienced who are already running Website businesses -- there is something for Everyone! COIN 56 may be taken concurrently with COIN 72 (Web Marketing) and COIN 61 (HTML Publishing on the Web).
What students say:
"This is a contemporary, evolving subject matter area -- websites and e-biz practices change by the hour! Good opportunity for exploration of how today's business practices are changing."
"You'll have fun learning about how to work in today's e-business environment, and may even start your own online business! Take the Web Marketing and E-Commerce Projects after this one."
COIN 61 Publishing on the Web using HTML/XHTML explores the fundamentals of HyperText Mark-up Language (XHTML and HTML ) and electronic publishing on the Web. Students receive hands-on experience in producing a multi-page Web site with image, text, and links; tables, 56 frames, forms and simple multimedia. Students will utilized a college-provided web site and learn to upload and modify Web documents to a Web server. Also included will be discussion on interacting with a client; planning, designing, testing and maintaining a web site. Students should have a basic understanding of computer and keyboarding skills as covered in CIS 50A Using the Computer or equivalent and solid knowledge of Internet Fundamentals as covered in COIN 51 Internet Fundamentals or equivalent .
What students say:
I am enjoying COIN 61! The final project gave me some idea of all of the work that must have gone into developing the COIN 61 website. The materials you have prepared for this course are very clear and helpful. I have appreciated the assignments--they helped to guide me through a learning process. Thank you.
I really enjoyed creating my own site. The creative aspects of HTML are the most fun, but I also enjoy learning new techniques and ways of learning things.
COIN 63, Advanced Web Technologies, is the suggested follow-up to COIN 61. It highlights more advanced web technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets, CGI, Multimedia, JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, blogging, RSS and podcasting and XML. We go into great depth on CSS because it is the underlying foundation for advanced web technologies. COIN 63 is an exposure to advanced web technologies, not an in-depth coverage of them - we have advanced classes in those subjects. The idea is to expose students to make them knowledgeable and conversant and also able to revise scripts found on the web for their own purposes.
What students say:
"This class is very valuable for at least two reasons:
1) It covers a wide range of subjects I haven't taken on their own...I mean, I took one javascript class, but it didnt even have projects to work on like you gave....so I actually learned more in your class about javascript.
2)The way you set up the class was very organized and gave students a taste of several different technologies so that they can pick which ones they may want to focus on in future classes.
Also, I get bored easily...I like to switch gears and learn different things!
Its been fun!"
COIN 70a,Introduction to Programming with JavaScript has been specifically designed for those with NO programming background. It will be a "gentle" introduction to programming using the JavaScript language. Methods of problem-solving, which is often one of the most difficult initial barriers to understanding programming, will be discussed in addition to basic programming concepts.
COIN 72 Web Marketing This course is an overview of Web marketing, how websites are marketed on the Internet, and a look at successful online business models. Learn how to select an effective domain name and list your site to hundreds of search engines and directories, how to get quality links to your site, and use online mailing lists to advertise your site effectively.
Course open to beginners who want to work for a company using Web marketing, as well as the experienced entrepreneur who has a Website business and wants to make it more successful! COIN 72 may be taken concurrently with COIN 56 E-Business and COIN 61 Publishing on the Web.
COIN 74 Web Publishing Tools: Dreamweaver will teach students principles and methods of creating dynamic, Web sites using Dreamweaver and the latest Web technologies: JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets, Java, audio, video, and animation plug-ins. The class will include techniques of authoring Web pages for different browsers and different end user platforms and principles of designing and maintaining efficient and successful Web sites.
What students say:
I was a bit acquainted with DW when I started this class and I really thought I would only learn a couple of things here and there. But in reality, I learned a lot!
COIN 76 Web Publishing Tools: Multimedia was designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of a variety of multimedia publishing tools. Tools may include Flash, Photoshop/Elements, iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie and Audacity, Adobe Acrobat or other sound and video digitizing software and video editing and processing software. Hands-on experience in producing Web pages which utilize these technologies will be emphasized.
What students say:
Just a note to thank you for a wonderful class. To be honest, I didnt really want to take this class but needed 5 units and didnt want to repeat any classes. As things are usually in life, when you least expected it, this turned out to be the funnest class I've ever taken.
Thank you for given us this opportunity to learn so much in just one
class!
COIN 82 Images for the Web In this class, you will learn how to make beautiful and fast downloading images for the web. This course will focus mainly on images and how they look and work on a website. You will learn how to improve digital camera images, how to do basic color correction for all images, and how to enhance your images. Two programs, Photoshop and Image Ready will be used in the course. Explore all the short cuts and web techniques that Photoshop has to offer such a making a Web Gallery in seconds, creating actions to minimize repeated tasks, and using vector graphics, cropping techniques, sizing images, CLUTs and more. You will learn how to set up your website pages in Photoshop and make it active using Image Ready. With Image Ready this class will explore image compression, slicing of images, rollovers, and image maps. By the end of the class you will have the knowledge to create your own website.
What students say:
I do want to thank you for what turned out to be a very useful class. My motive for enrolling was mainly just to find out what ImageReady is good for; being a photographer, and having used Photoshop almost entirely for photo retouching/enhancement, I had seen ImageReady on my Programs menu for years without knowing what it does.
Yes, your class explained that to me, but went way beyond that objective and revealed the uses of this powerful, versatile application.
COIN 51 Fundamentals of Internet Technology The course will focus on using the Internet to connect and communicate over the World Wide Web and E-mail, retrieve current useful information using searching tools, prepare a simple HTML Web page, and locate Internet resources to find software and answers to troubleshooting problems.
While the course description is simple, the depth of information & experiences available on these topics is great and it is up to you to design the LEVEL of learning experience that you need/want (from beginning to advanced)--the course and book are but a guide.
What students say:
Course structure is dependable, practice from text/assignments opens doors to other related research, learning from each other is FUN, and preparing a simple Webpage project report from scratch is creative!
"Get the text book WELL IN ADVANCE so that you are ready to start the assignments immediately...and get into the discussion Forums immediately. Don't be shy. Basically, think ahead and work ahead and you will be fine. Do not wait until the last minute...."
COIN 56 E-Business This class was formerly called E-Commerce and was about online financial transactions for goods/services, such as sales/purchasing, online delivery, online shipment tracking, online auctions, etc. E-Business is a much broader system that uses a number of info-tech based business practices to enhance relationships between a business and its customers.
As this is the beginning overview class, you will be learning about the infrastructure and the vocabulary/concepts/strategies of E-Business (we will NOT be doing any HTML Website work). Topics include business models, value & supply chains, business strategy, electronic data interchange (EDI), e-payments & digital currency, integrating channels of business, e-marketing, security risks & legal issues, and current news about latest e-business trends offered for various levels of expertise.
Course is open to beginners as well as the experienced who are already running Website businesses -- there is something for Everyone! COIN 56 may be taken concurrently with COIN 72 (Web Marketing) and COIN 61 (HTML Publishing on the Web).
What students say:
"This is a contemporary, evolving subject matter area -- websites and e-biz practices change by the hour! Good opportunity for exploration of how today's business practices are changing."
"You'll have fun learning about how to work in today's e-business environment, and may even start your own online business! Take the Web Marketing and E-Commerce Projects after this one."
COIN 61 Publishing on the Web using HTML/XHTML explores the fundamentals of HyperText Mark-up Language (XHTML and HTML ) and electronic publishing on the Web. Students receive hands-on experience in producing a multi-page Web site with image, text, and links; tables, 56 frames, forms and simple multimedia. Students will utilized a college-provided web site and learn to upload and modify Web documents to a Web server. Also included will be discussion on interacting with a client; planning, designing, testing and maintaining a web site. Students should have a basic understanding of computer and keyboarding skills as covered in CIS 50A Using the Computer or equivalent and solid knowledge of Internet Fundamentals as covered in COIN 51 Internet Fundamentals or equivalent .
What students say:
I am enjoying COIN 61! The final project gave me some idea of all of the work that must have gone into developing the COIN 61 website. The materials you have prepared for this course are very clear and helpful. I have appreciated the assignments--they helped to guide me through a learning process. Thank you.
I really enjoyed creating my own site. The creative aspects of HTML are the most fun, but I also enjoy learning new techniques and ways of learning things.
COIN 63, Advanced Web Technologies, is the suggested follow-up to COIN 61. It highlights more advanced web technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets, CGI, Multimedia, JavaScript, Dynamic HTML, blogging, RSS and podcasting and XML. We go into great depth on CSS because it is the underlying foundation for advanced web technologies. COIN 63 is an exposure to advanced web technologies, not an in-depth coverage of them - we have advanced classes in those subjects. The idea is to expose students to make them knowledgeable and conversant and also able to revise scripts found on the web for their own purposes.
What students say:
"This class is very valuable for at least two reasons:
1) It covers a wide range of subjects I haven't taken on their own...I mean, I took one javascript class, but it didnt even have projects to work on like you gave....so I actually learned more in your class about javascript.
2)The way you set up the class was very organized and gave students a taste of several different technologies so that they can pick which ones they may want to focus on in future classes.
Also, I get bored easily...I like to switch gears and learn different things!
Its been fun!"
COIN 70a,Introduction to Programming with JavaScript has been specifically designed for those with NO programming background. It will be a "gentle" introduction to programming using the JavaScript language. Methods of problem-solving, which is often one of the most difficult initial barriers to understanding programming, will be discussed in addition to basic programming concepts.
COIN 72 Web Marketing This course is an overview of Web marketing, how websites are marketed on the Internet, and a look at successful online business models. Learn how to select an effective domain name and list your site to hundreds of search engines and directories, how to get quality links to your site, and use online mailing lists to advertise your site effectively.
Course open to beginners who want to work for a company using Web marketing, as well as the experienced entrepreneur who has a Website business and wants to make it more successful! COIN 72 may be taken concurrently with COIN 56 E-Business and COIN 61 Publishing on the Web.
COIN 74 Web Publishing Tools: Dreamweaver will teach students principles and methods of creating dynamic, Web sites using Dreamweaver and the latest Web technologies: JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets, Java, audio, video, and animation plug-ins. The class will include techniques of authoring Web pages for different browsers and different end user platforms and principles of designing and maintaining efficient and successful Web sites.
What students say:
I was a bit acquainted with DW when I started this class and I really thought I would only learn a couple of things here and there. But in reality, I learned a lot!
COIN 76 Web Publishing Tools: Multimedia was designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of a variety of multimedia publishing tools. Tools may include Flash, Photoshop/Elements, iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie and Audacity, Adobe Acrobat or other sound and video digitizing software and video editing and processing software. Hands-on experience in producing Web pages which utilize these technologies will be emphasized.
What students say:
Just a note to thank you for a wonderful class. To be honest, I didnt really want to take this class but needed 5 units and didnt want to repeat any classes. As things are usually in life, when you least expected it, this turned out to be the funnest class I've ever taken.
Thank you for given us this opportunity to learn so much in just one
class!
COIN 82 Images for the Web In this class, you will learn how to make beautiful and fast downloading images for the web. This course will focus mainly on images and how they look and work on a website. You will learn how to improve digital camera images, how to do basic color correction for all images, and how to enhance your images. Two programs, Photoshop and Image Ready will be used in the course. Explore all the short cuts and web techniques that Photoshop has to offer such a making a Web Gallery in seconds, creating actions to minimize repeated tasks, and using vector graphics, cropping techniques, sizing images, CLUTs and more. You will learn how to set up your website pages in Photoshop and make it active using Image Ready. With Image Ready this class will explore image compression, slicing of images, rollovers, and image maps. By the end of the class you will have the knowledge to create your own website.
What students say:
I do want to thank you for what turned out to be a very useful class. My motive for enrolling was mainly just to find out what ImageReady is good for; being a photographer, and having used Photoshop almost entirely for photo retouching/enhancement, I had seen ImageReady on my Programs menu for years without knowing what it does.
Yes, your class explained that to me, but went way beyond that objective and revealed the uses of this powerful, versatile application.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
WOW Web Design and Project Management Conference
September, 2005 - 16, 17, 18 at DeAnza College
Limited number of scholarships for students available!!!
Are you challenged to make sense out of today’s Web design practices
with HTML, XHTML, CSS, and related tools? Where to find inspiration for
your work? How to create and use graphics effectively with CSS? Make
your sites beautiful on screen, successful in print and useful for
handheld devices as well as being accessible and Section 508 compliant?
To top it off, one of the greatest challenges is to figure out how to
manage those web projects, which we all known have grown increasingly
more complex over time.
If this sounds like the challenges you’re facing, we promise this three
day event is exactly what you’re looking for.
The WOW Web Design and Project Management conference isn’t about
software vendor agendas, marketing buzz words, sales hype or products.
This is a serious workshop for serious practitioners. Conducted by
industry leaders Molly E. Holzschlag, Aaron Gustafson, and Andy Clarke,
participants are assured of not only an informative and cutting-edge
experience, but one that’s fun, too!
For Scholarship info, contact Marie Taylor Harper as soon as possible.
Limited number of scholarships for students available!!!
Are you challenged to make sense out of today’s Web design practices
with HTML, XHTML, CSS, and related tools? Where to find inspiration for
your work? How to create and use graphics effectively with CSS? Make
your sites beautiful on screen, successful in print and useful for
handheld devices as well as being accessible and Section 508 compliant?
To top it off, one of the greatest challenges is to figure out how to
manage those web projects, which we all known have grown increasingly
more complex over time.
If this sounds like the challenges you’re facing, we promise this three
day event is exactly what you’re looking for.
The WOW Web Design and Project Management conference isn’t about
software vendor agendas, marketing buzz words, sales hype or products.
This is a serious workshop for serious practitioners. Conducted by
industry leaders Molly E. Holzschlag, Aaron Gustafson, and Andy Clarke,
participants are assured of not only an informative and cutting-edge
experience, but one that’s fun, too!
For Scholarship info, contact Marie Taylor Harper as soon as possible.
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