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Anne Hartman
Michigan
Anne's World
Web Page Resources
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Anne writes: "I often do things just because I want to learn how something works
and share my enthusiasm with others. My friend Oren steered me to VU
shortly after I got online in 1995, in time to register for
classes offered in 1996. The combination of lessons and interaction
with others is a wonderful way to learn.
"I started my web page to keep track of all the resources in the Fall '96 HTML
class and never stopped. Little did I realize that I would become the "keeper"
of lessons for future classes when I sent Ghatten the new locations for
resources and added others. We inherited the lessons and over the years they've
become a true Team effort as we revise and update. Someone will add a tutorial
or steps to explain a problem area. Team and student interaction on the
discussion board is one of the main things that make the HTML classes so
special. Better solutions are achieved with different perspectives."
The new location for the
class pages
now mirrored at VU, allows us to easily update links on the pages for each year and term:
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Eagle
(Michele Wills)
California
Eagle's Nest
mcwills.com
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Michele Wills aka Eagle, has been flying through the cyberhalls of VU since she
went online in 1997. She began her computing career at Atari Computer Camp in
1982, where she oversaw thirty versions of the game Tron being developed and
tennis rackets gathering dust in the closets. "Foreign languages" were also
taught at that camp: DOS, Basic, COBOL. Computer code was saved on rolls of
paper and the best monitor was the biggest TV you could find.
Today, Michele can
be found playing modern-day Tron games and conversing in new foreign languages:
HTML, JavaScript and CGI/Perl. She has written a dozen classes for VU over the
years and as technology changes, so does she and the curriculum she writes.
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Glo
(Gloria Kraemer)
New York
Let's Do CSS
Let's Go Beyond HTML
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Glo confides: "I left the world of magazine publishing to raise a family in 1990.
The World Wide Web soon sucked me in as a means to continue publishing.
As graphics began to flourish on the web, I wanted to create my own. VU
provided that opportunity with its PSP course.
"Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets provides instruction for all of CSS Level One. I love
watching the students progress through the lessons. I know they are working hard
by what I see them produce.
"Beyond HTML is for the webmaster who wants to try all that other technical
stuff: CGI, DHTML, PHP, SSI, and more. While we are not writing code, together
we work with existing scripts and techniques to determine which will work on
each webmaster's server."
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Rollie Braam
Netherlands
HollandVoice.net
Visit thePlace
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"I've been HTMLing and PSPing since 1997 and grow ever more addicted
to both as the months go by. I have found that online classes are the best way to learn
because of the sharing of ideas. Another reason I have a fondness for
online classes is because it was in one of my first classes that I met
my husband and we later migrated from the United States to Holland.
"I feel that I have the best of all worlds since I'm able to teach PSP at VU and
help with the HTML classes. It gives me tremendous pleasure to see others grow
in their knowledge and feel that I have a small part in it.
"In my spare time I do a little outside web design and have also started a
busy message board called thePlace
for ongoing discussion on graphics, HTML and everything that goes along with them."
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DebLev
(Debbie Lavasseur)
South Carolina
Deb's Place
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Debbie recalls, "I started taking classes at VU in 1997.
I began with the HTML1 class and kept going from there. I was asked to
join the HTML Team and I am so glad to be able to help other students learn as I
did. It is wonderful to be able to payback to VU all that was given to me.
"I work at a small Elementary School in South Carolina. I teach Computer Lab to
students in Grades K-5. Our fourth and fifth grade students also design and
manage their classroom websites. I have two wonderful grandchildren that I spend
lots of time with. In my spare time I run a web design business which caters to
many of the local businesses in the area. I love working with the children as
well as designing for my clients."
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Bloss45
(Alan Flower)
England
Castles - British & Irish
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Alan Flower (aka Bloss45) is 50++ year-old retired military helicopter
examiner/ instructor. He lives in Bournemouth, England, about midpoint on the
south coast. He has been studying PSP, HTML and related subjects at VU
on and off since the 1990s. He tends to be around when many are sleeping
since his time zone is about nine hours ahead of the VU time.
"I am so grateful to VU and all the staff for all the assistance they have given
me over the years. I have been taken from being completely ignorant regarding
web design to being fairly proficient in many aspects. I'm pleased to be able
to return some of what I have learned by assisting new students in my own
limited way."
Words of wisdom — "Problems are like Christmas trees...first take off
the lights and tinsel which you have placed there, then take a fresh look at the
problem."
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Gillie2tat
(Gillian Buchanan)
England
Crafts and Lace
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Gillie2tat writes, "I joined VU at the end of 2001 having found it via
Google. I had started HTML coding a few months earlier and learned so
much in the VU class of February 2002 that by week three I was helping other
classmates and I was invited to join the Help Team. I enjoy
helping people to get their first pages online and the reward for me is greatest
when they suddenly understand something for the first time in class.
"For me, the Internet is all about helping people with its tremendous resources
and for that reason I became a VU instructor. I also became the BellaOnline
tatting editor. I wouldn't be without VU and the tremendous friendship offered by the
instructors and classmates there and at thePlace."
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Maverick Queen
(Mary Mason)
Texas
maverickqueen.com
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"I started at VU in 1998 taking JASC Paint Shop Pro 5 and HTML classes. I
got hooked right away and I have been taking classes here ever since to improve
my PSP and Web Page skills. I have been part of Eagle's and Rollie's PSP teams
for quite awhile now. I also help out by checking new lessons and monitoring the
Bulletin Boards each term.
"I have made some great friends here at VU and recommend it to anyone who is
interested in learning. I love sharing with others what I have learned here at
VU."
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Kot
(Kot Johnson)
Canyon Lake, Texas
Kot's Notebooks
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"I earned an art degree the old fashioned way (traditional classroom) in 1976,
and for years thought computers were for nerds and engineers. I resisted until
2002, then bought my first computer, and now I'm trying to catch up!
"I enjoy paddling a canoe down a cold river in the hot Texas summer, doing
crafts, graphics, and Web design. I read about Virtual University in Reader's
Digest, the price was right, and I decided to try online classes. I joined
the VU family in 2004, so I'm still a beginner around here!
"I love the atmosphere of sharing and learning with folks from all over —
VU really is a global village. I am honored to be on the HTML team, and its a
real blast helping the newbies."
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Shirley_c
(Shirley Savarese)
Portland, Oregon
Shirley_c's World
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"I started taking classes at Virtual University in 1999 and I
treasure the knowledge I've gained and the special friendships I have made,
including my husband, Buster."
I'm always looking for an excuse to create a
webpage, so you'll find me on the boards snatching up students' URLs to make
class pages! Like the rest of the team, I love seeing people grow in their
skills and am ready to help out in any way I can."
In addition to my personal website, I maintain a site devoted to
Web Tools
that VU students are welcome to explore.
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Zonie
(Floyd Fry)
Arizona
Zonie's World
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Zonie recalls, "I was drafted as an assistant to help with a couple of things!
But I also believe in paying back Virtual University for the help I got."
Zonie started taking classes at VU in the Fall of 1996. He can be found all over
VU answering everyone's questions and helping in any way he can. He also has
tutorials for mIRC and other help for newbies on his
Newbie Corner website.
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Blue^
Arizona
IRCLE Web Page
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"I have been taking classes at VU since January 1997, and have taken all of the
HTML classes. I was drafted as an assistant, and I really enjoy helping people
learn HTML. Virtual University has opened a whole new world for me — lots of
new and great friends...some of whom I've been fortunate to meet in
person!
"I am a Macintosh user. Kittycat and I worked on the Mac User Web page together.
I also maintain a Mac-friendly website for IRCLE users."
Blue^ is a big help for those of you that use a Mac to access the web. She
also has a Christian Web site as well as a Cards and Flowers site.
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Oren Walther
Michigan
Redford Theatre
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"AnneH and I worked together on creating the content and design of the Redford Theatre's website.
When we took the site over, it was a single page containing 2 photos. We turned
it in to a comprehensive site that is now well over 100 pages. At the time, web
design and HTML were new to us and we learned a lot together. I've gone on to
maintain and update that site as well as one for the school where I teach and
several other sites.
"I have worked mainly with Apple computers since the early days of the Apple II.
I currently have a 20" G5 iMac, a G4 iBook and a beige G3 using programs that
run under both Classic OS and OS-X. I sometimes cheat and use Apple's free
Claris Home Page, especially for doing table work. However, I often use a text
editor like
TextWrangler
(freeware) to create and edit HTML code on my pages."
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