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By: Teacher tip 1: Model learning not teaching at live and let learn

Teacher tip 1: Model learning not teaching at live and let learn — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:12:57 +0000

[...] Stephen Downes expressed clearly what it means to model learning – to conduct genuine teaching (see Live what you teach for more): Teaching as presenting is dead. Teaching is transferring information from one brain into [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:09:38 +0000

Hi Luke, Great to hear someone's using the tutorials (outside of class)...Feel free to update and improve them where you see fit! HTMLDog is a great reference for learning HTML and CSS stuff the right way. Specifically, for the first letter effect, try looking at Psuedo elements in the advanced CSS section (but read the Note there about which browsers it works in!). It's fine to comment here on my blog, but feel free to join our Design Websites email group and post questions there as it's good for learners in class to learn to help each other!

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:03:32 +0000

Hi there Michael,

I’m going through your CSS Challenges on the WikiBooks site.

I am having difficulty achieving some of the more subtle aspects of the required look and feel.

I’m not sure how i can achieve the font effects. Namely, how the first letter of each line in the poem is bold and larger than the rest of the font on that line.

The only way i can forsee this being possible is to wrap each individual letter in a tag so that i can add formatting to that tag within the CSS.

Apologies if i’ve posted this in an inappropriate place. The discussion board has not been created for the Challenges and i wasn’t sure on how to create it.

I’d appreciate any feedback you have to give.

Warm regards,

Luke.