Here are a handful of resources you might find useful that the Valencia graphics program has had a hand in creating:
EDUCATION, DEGREE PLANNING, & CAREER RESOURCES
- “The Truth About What the Creative Industry Expects from Graduates”, PDF of article featured nationally in January 2007 edition of Create Magazine, written by Amanda Kern and Kristy Pennino
- “What the industry expects from graduates”,written by Amanda Kern
- Valencia’s Graphics Curriculum Planning Chart (PDF)
- Graphics Technology Incorporates Critical Thinking (DOC) – Learning Evidence Team Feb 2006 Newsletter
- “Why I chose a two year college”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Why they chose a two year college”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Why WebCT?”, written by Amanda Kern
- “7 Things I hate about WebCT”, written by Amanda Kern
- “How to improve your TVCA grade”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Job Search Strategies for designers”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Frankly, my dear…it’s not about you”, written by Kristy Pennino
- “Five Signs you should not major in graphic design”, written by Kristy Pennino
DESIGN RESOURCES
- “10 Tragic Typefaces”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Learn to love typography”, written by Amanda Kern
- “The Ultimate Font Resources”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Tragic Typefaces Revisited”, written by Stacy Alberto
SOFTWARE RESOURCES
- “The best photoshop resources and more”, written by Amanda Kern
- “That darn apple color picker in photoshop”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Creating a Dreamy Image in Photoshop”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Having problems saving files in photoshop?” written by Amanda Kern
- “Fixing the Dreamweaver 8 bug on Macintosh”, written by Amanda Kern
WEB & INTERACTIVE RESOURCES
- “The RSS Series: Are you down with RSS?”, written by Amanda Kern
- “The RSS Series: Simply your life with RSS + Google”, written by Amanda Kern
- “The Mobile Web Experience”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Why the world is neglecting mac users”, written by Amanda Kern
- “Myspace: Hate it or love it?”, written by Amanda Kern
