Welcome to A New Web Design for the Art of Teaching Science

Written by Jack Hassard

On February 20, 2014

Thank you for visiting my blog.  After teaching for forty years, I’ve spent the last ten writing the blog (and a host of other things), The Art of Teaching Science.  For at least five years, I’ve used web themes created by StudioPress (Copyblogger Media) for WordPress, one the most popular programs for designing weblogs and websites.

After reading articles on the Copyblogger blog, I decided to take the advice of Brian Gardner and Jerod Morris to use their newest WordPress theme, Parallax Pro.

Figure 1. Graphic from Parallax Pro.

Figure 1. Graphic from Parallax Pro.

The article that I read that convinced me to use this new theme was Do you want your website to tell a better story?  It’s worth checking out if you are considering a new website, or blog.  Plus there are some links to some Award-winning examples of Parallax design include the official website for the movie Life of PiLexus, and NASA Prospect.

Just released this month, Parallax Pro has some great applications for teaching, for designing a course, for reporting on important issues using graphics and text to tell your story.

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Figure 2. A screen shot showing a part of the Art of Teaching Science home page.

Check out my new design, and make comments below if you are so moved.

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