Creating Web Pages with HTML
Simplified by Sherry Willard Kinkoph
Another Great Title In The Teach Yourself Visually Series
Are you new to computers? Does new technology make you nervous?
Relax! Youre holding in your hands the easiest guide ever to creating Web
pages with HTML--a book that skips the long-winded explanations and
shows you how things work. All you have to do is open the book, follow
Chip, your friendly guide--and discover just how easy it is to get up to
speed.
Since I have purchased your books, I can honestly say that I do
understand some of the mechanics behind this wonderful creation of the
computer world. Thank you for making it a lot easier to learn the basics.
--Allan Black (Woodlawn, Ontario, Canada)
* Simplify It sidebars offer real-world advice
* A friendly character called Chip introduces each task
* Full-color screen shots walk you through step by step
* Self-contained, two-page lessons make learning a snap
Personal Review: Creating Web Pages with HTML Simplified by
Sherry Willard Kinkoph
I was taking a CIS college course at HVCC in Troy, New York and I had an
instructor who was a holdover from the 1950's as far as teaching style was
concerned, where they would stand up for several housrs and then assign
some off the wall homework assignment that would take forever to do or
impossible to do in a reasonable time.
Well, I was unfortunate to get such an instructor. I complained to my
chairperson, James Looby, right away to get some help in getting his
teachers to do a better job communicating with the class.
Looby promised in an email to me that he would see what he could do to
get Frank Zaverl to do a better job showing us how to build simple Web
pages. But after many weeks of waiting and waiting, I called and then got
a email back from Looby stating that nothing would be done ! at which, I
blew up at Looby for his poor handling of a serious classroom problem for
which he was being paid by the local taxpayers and student's tuitions to
solve. But, this once again, proved to me that there is a code of silence
among educators and that is why it is in such a bad shape as polls indicate
nationally and internationally !
Then I realized that I had waited too long for the Cavalry to arrive, and I
had to drop the course -- which i thought it was an easy course if only
taught correctly! that is, for each HTML command an example could be
available to show how this HTML command was being used, so a student
could begin building confidence with this Web language.
Oh by the way, the book suggested by Zaverl and adopted in his class and
which Zaverl was totally gaga over was entitled, "Web Design In a
Nutshell" ! which if one looked for a few minutes, has no exmaples and so
was really suitable as a reference book, once the student was familiar with
the HTML language and syntax.
So, believing that a better text existed in the amrketplace I soon found this
book, entitled, "Creating Web Pages with HTML, Simplifed" and sure
enough withing days I was up and running and confident in building simple
web pages --proving my intial idea that a better book had been already
created somewhere where the teaching and thus learning was easy, quick
and fun !
In general. I think educators make things purposefully difficult so we
continue needing their old systems of learning; but this is simply not good
enough in the 21st century -- where other nations are way ahead of
America which has lost its way in providing excellent educaiton to its
citizens but continues to over tax the local citizenry, each and evey year,
which is now even forcing the elderly out of their homes since education is
subsidized by local property taxes which is a big curse today with the
taxes rising without any proof that this education is par-excellence.
Other nations do not subsidize their eduaction with property taxes and the
citizens are very happy about that; and thus the local citizenry do not end
up hating their educators and politicians for forcing them to lose their
homes just to pay the big education tax every year !
But the Teachers Union knowing how the local taxpayers feel still air ads
on TV showing how wonderful things are so citizens will keep on passing
local school budgets which are out of control. The Republican solution to
the local educaiton mess is to bring in competetion which only raises more
local taxes on the homes of thse citizenry. so educaiton has become a
vicious circle. Since politicians can't solve the tax problem a 2008
Recession is now hoped to bring sky rocketing educaiton costs under
control since homes values are coming down all across the country finally
forcing relief in lower taxes on burdened taxpayers.
Gerard J Sagliocca, P.E.
gerard_sagliocca@yahoo.com
For More 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price:
Creating Web Pages with HTML Simplified by Sherry Willard Kinkoph 5 Star Customer
Reviews and Lowest Price!