The Shelly Cashman Series® offers the fi nest textbooks in computer education. We
are proud of the fact that our previous Dreamweaver books have been so well received.
With each new edition of our Dreamweaver books, we make signifi cant improvements
based on the software and comments made by instructors and students. For this Adobe
Dreamweaver CS5 text, the Shelly Cashman Series development team carefully reviewed
our pedagogy and analyzed its effectiveness in teaching today’s Dreamweaver student.
Students today read less, but need to retain more. They need not only to be able to
perform skills, but to retain those skills and know how to apply them to different settings.
Today’s students need to be continually engaged and challenged to retain what they’re
learning.
With this Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 text, we continue our commitment to focusing
on the user and how they learn best.
The Shelly Cashman Approach
A Proven Pedagogy with an Emphasis on Project Planning
Each chapter presents a practical problem to be solved, within a project planning
framework. The project orientation is strengthened by the use of Plan Ahead boxes, which
encourage critical thinking about how to proceed at various points in the project. Step-bystep
instructions with supporting screens guide students through the steps. Instructional
steps are supported by the Q&A, Experimental Step, and BTW features.
A Visually Engaging Book that Maintains Student Interest
The step-by-step tasks, with supporting fi gures, provide a rich visual experience for
the student. Call-outs on the screens that present both explanatory and navigational
information provide students with information they need when they need to know it.
Supporting Reference Materials (Appendices and Quick Reference)
The appendices provide additional information about the Application at hand and
include such topics as the Help Feature and customizing the application. With the Quick
Reference, students can quickly look up information about a single task, such as creating a
site, and fi nd page references of where in the book the task is illustrated.
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