This weekend I’ve finally released v3 of Global Technics Studio website, in which I implemented jQuery Better Coda Slider effect as shown in jQuery for designers, thanks to their excellent tutorial. I’ve also used Cufon in one of the subwebsites for the sake of getting rid of Arial for a while . So far I’ve finished two of the four subwebsites, which correspond to the slogan “Find out the four secrets at GTS!”. When finished, GTS will come in four flavours, each with a different technology.
Here are some screenshots:
EDIT June 09: The Cufon code seems not to work at all for long paragraphs and/or texts within the nav bar, so I’m going to use images instead.
This is the second year that Benjamin Franklin International School organizes http://www.bfischool.org/en/summerbfis, coordinated by Ms. Maribel Castillo and Ms.Keelin Swalve. This year’s topic is A Trip in Time and Around the World, for students entering PreK through 7th Grade. Here’s an excerpt from the information BFIS provides at their website:
“Summer @ BFIS provides children with intensive art experiences in a culturally diverse environment that emphasizes artistic expression in an English immersion environment.
Children benefit from the great cultural and fun opportunities Barcelona has to offer. This summer, a time machine and some exciting Barcelona sites will take our participants to one of the most exciting adventures in their lives: a trip in time and around the world!
Students at Summer @ BFIS will visit four continents in four different periods in History: Ancient Egypt, Mayan and Aztec Cultures, Modernist Europe and the Mystic Asia. Children will discover Pharaonic secret chambers, Mayan and Aztec totemic animals, some of Gaudi´s most creative and colorful roofs, and the meaning behind Chinese masks”
The school also offers a new program this year, “A Trip in Time and Around the World: Art Appreciation and English Literacy”, for students entering 8th Grade and higher.
Despite these days at school are breathtaking for the weak -it’s our annual Cultural Week- and I have no spare time to post here -besides that I’ve got two new websites to design and two more to restyle- I thought I could share some delightful pictures created by my Grade 3 students using ArtRage. It was their first approach to the program, that’s why I think they’re so fresh and naïve.
This morning I was going to show my students how to play Skywords with the beamer, after a great English session and alas! servers have blocked AmericanGirl again.
My new word today is ‘Engrish’. Engrish refers to incorrect versions of written English found in products made -or labeled- mainly in East Asian countries. They are basically lexical mistakes, covering all possible -and impossible- semantic issues one could imagine. As a result you get meaningless, hilarious messages that either you don’t understand or make you crack up laughing.
Did this explanation sound too scholastic? Let me give you some examples:
. So far I’ve finished two of the four subwebsites, which correspond to the slogan “Find out the four secrets at GTS!”. When finished, GTS will come in four flavours, each with a different technology.
