Comments on: Dreamweaver does not make an online journalist http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/ News and views about student journalism and journalism education in the UK Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Who’s using Dreamweaver then? | Student Journalism Blog | Press Gazette http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-149 Who’s using Dreamweaver then? | Student Journalism Blog | Press Gazette Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:39:55 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-149 [...] in summary, web designers aren’t using Dreamweaver. Web journalists aren’t using Dreamweaver. Indeed it seems nobody in the industry is using it. Which begs the question, why do so many [...] [...] in summary, web designers aren’t using Dreamweaver. Web journalists aren’t using Dreamweaver. Indeed it seems nobody in the industry is using it. Which begs the question, why do so many [...]

]]> By: Anvar http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-126 Anvar Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:52:15 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-126 Well, it makes sense to learn Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, PHP if you are planning to run your own project. For example, I want to have one, but do not have financial resources to order a website to professional programmers. And I am learning now PHP and I am using Dreamweaver for HTML, CSS and PHP programming. It is really fun for me! Well, it makes sense to learn Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, PHP if you are planning to run your own project. For example, I want to have one, but do not have financial resources to order a website to professional programmers. And I am learning now PHP and I am using Dreamweaver for HTML, CSS and PHP programming. It is really fun for me!

]]> By: Do online journalists need web design skills? « Laura Slatcher http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-91 Do online journalists need web design skills? « Laura Slatcher Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:17:17 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-91 [...] My argument is all for it, but then again I enjoy being a geek when it comes to learning to use technical software. When it comes to Photoshop, it is essential for every online journalist to be able to at least crop an image for use on the web. The debate with Dreamweaver I fear will be much more diverse (See this post at the Student Journalism Blog at the Press Gazette). [...] [...] My argument is all for it, but then again I enjoy being a geek when it comes to learning to use technical software. When it comes to Photoshop, it is essential for every online journalist to be able to at least crop an image for use on the web. The debate with Dreamweaver I fear will be much more diverse (See this post at the Student Journalism Blog at the Press Gazette). [...]

]]> By: digital-rebel » Journalism students and Dreamweaver http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-51 digital-rebel » Journalism students and Dreamweaver Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:11:36 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-51 [...] Lee, writing on the Press Gazette’s Student Journalism blog, doesn’t really see the point of Dreamweaver being taught in journalism colleges, and I have to say I agree with [...] [...] Lee, writing on the Press Gazette’s Student Journalism blog, doesn’t really see the point of Dreamweaver being taught in journalism colleges, and I have to say I agree with [...]

]]> By: Bryan Murley http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-50 Bryan Murley Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:12:19 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-50 I hate teaching dreamweaver, because it only shows a student how to use the software, not how to understand the underlying HTML/CSS. I teach students to code by hand. If they want to learn dreamweaver, they are welcome to learn that later, and deal with all the extraneous code that it generates. One example where this sort of knowledge is useful is in "tweaking" CMS templates. It's difficult to understand how to change a style for a font if you don't understand how CSS works. But I can edit CSS without dreamweaver. In that sense, it's unlike Photoshop or InDesign. I hate teaching dreamweaver, because it only shows a student how to use the software, not how to understand the underlying HTML/CSS. I teach students to code by hand. If they want to learn dreamweaver, they are welcome to learn that later, and deal with all the extraneous code that it generates.

One example where this sort of knowledge is useful is in “tweaking” CMS templates. It’s difficult to understand how to change a style for a font if you don’t understand how CSS works. But I can edit CSS without dreamweaver.

In that sense, it’s unlike Photoshop or InDesign.

]]> By: Medieblogger » Værktøjer eller koncepter/struktur i undervisningen? http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-49 Medieblogger » Værktøjer eller koncepter/struktur i undervisningen? Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:09:40 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-49 [...] kører en interessant debat om, hvorvidt man skal bruge Dreamweaver i undervisningen af journalister (Mindy McAdams har også blogget om [...] [...] kører en interessant debat om, hvorvidt man skal bruge Dreamweaver i undervisningen af journalister (Mindy McAdams har også blogget om [...]

]]> By: links for 2008-02-18 « David Black http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-48 links for 2008-02-18 « David Black Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:20:55 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-48 [...] Dreamweaver does not make an online journalist - Student Journalism Blog - Press Gazette “All we, as print journalists, need to know about the printing presses is that they exist and they work. It would be a waste of time to think otherwise. So why don’t we take the same approach to learning online journalism?” (tags: internet newspapers journalism training tools cms dreamweaver) [...] [...] Dreamweaver does not make an online journalist - Student Journalism Blog - Press Gazette “All we, as print journalists, need to know about the printing presses is that they exist and they work. It would be a waste of time to think otherwise. So why don’t we take the same approach to learning online journalism?” (tags: internet newspapers journalism training tools cms dreamweaver) [...]

]]> By: contentious.com - links for 2008-02-17 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-46 contentious.com - links for 2008-02-17 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:25:49 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-46 [...] Dreamweaver does not make an online journalist | Student Journalism Blog | Press Gazette “Print journalism students will definitely spend considerable amounts of time learning to operate machinery that puts ink to paper. After extensive training, we then prepare to build our own printing presses. I’m kidding. We’re not taught like that.” (tags: journalism education tools mindset tidbits+fodder) [...] [...] Dreamweaver does not make an online journalist | Student Journalism Blog | Press Gazette “Print journalism students will definitely spend considerable amounts of time learning to operate machinery that puts ink to paper. After extensive training, we then prepare to build our own printing presses. I’m kidding. We’re not taught like that.” (tags: journalism education tools mindset tidbits+fodder) [...]

]]> By: pluto-online editor’s blog » Blog Archive » links for 16-02-2008 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-41 pluto-online editor’s blog » Blog Archive » links for 16-02-2008 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:21:08 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-41 [...]  Dreamweaver does not make a journalism student [...] [...]  Dreamweaver does not make a journalism student [...]

]]> By: Teaching Online Journalism » Journalists, HTML, and Dreamweaver http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-40 Teaching Online Journalism » Journalists, HTML, and Dreamweaver Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:08:17 +0000 http://blogs.pressgazette.co.uk/students/2008/02/14/dreamweaver-does-not-make-an-online-journalist/#comment-40 [...] Lee wastes no words on how a little Dreamweaver might be a good thing: Poke your nose into any newsroom across the [...] [...] Lee wastes no words on how a little Dreamweaver might be a good thing: Poke your nose into any newsroom across the [...]

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