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CERTIFICATE IN WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

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Dates: October 20, 2003 to January 30, 2004

Deadline for Registration: October 10, 2003

Location: Oshki-Pimache-O-Win
Education and Training Institute
107 Johnson Avenue, 2nd Floor
Thunder Bay, Ontario  P7B 2V9

Tuition:
(includes books and
course materials)

In Class:              $1,425
Online:                 $975

Course Description:

The Certificate in Web Development is a 12 week full-time certificate program.  The students in the program will learn to design, build and manage multimedia websites and internet applications using the latest software from Macromedia.

Macromedia Studio MX contains a suite of integrated tools that provides all you need to build everything from simple web pages to Rich Internet Applications.  Studio MX is the most widely used software in the industry and is the software of choice for professional Web designers.  Our program will focus on three software packages, and upon successful completion of the program you will be able to:

• Create web sites using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
• Create web graphics using Fireworks MX
• Deliver cross-platform, low-bandwidth animations, presentations, and Web applications using Macromedia Flash MX.

Online Class:

Students will be given assignments to be completed by a certain date, THIS IS NOT A SELF-PACED COURSE.  Assignments are given and accepted through our Oshki Online Training website (www.oshki.ca/training), and correspondence with the instructor will take place through message boards and live chat during the afternoons (1:00 – 5:00 pm EST).

In-Class:

Students will receive in-class instruction with the course instructor during the morning (9:00 to 12:00).  During the afternoon, students will complete assignments.  The instructor will assist the students with any problems concerning the assignments, course material, or computer issues in general (course-related questions will be given priority).  

The In-Class students will take advantage of one of Oshki’s new computer labs, T-1 connected Internet (faster than “high-speed” Internet), local area network and in-house Linux Web server.

System Requirements (for Online Class):

Windows:
200 MHz Intel Pentium processor (or equivalent)
Windows 98 SE, ME, NT4, 2000, or XP
64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended)
300 MB free hard drive disk space
1024 x 768, 16-bit (thousands of colours) colour display or better
CD-ROM drive

Macintosh:
Mac OS 9.1 and higher, or OS X 10.1 and higher
64 MB RAM (128 recommended)
300 MB free hard drive space
1024 x 768, 16-bit (thousands of colours) colour display or better
CD-ROM drive

CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Devon Meekis (Instructor) or Rob Wesley
807-346-2776

Or

To Register, Contact:
Front Desk: 807-346-2770
Toll Free: 1-866-63 OSHKI
Fax: 807-345-2924

Sign up online for this course, or any course that
Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute offers at
www.oshki.ca

Personal web pages at MyKnet.org are a popular on-line space for people to browse. In September there were over 11 millions hits on this K-Net server with over 200,000 visits throughout the month (an average of 6,671 per day)!

All together there were over 18 MILLION hits occurring on the monitored K-Net servers throughout September. Specifically, on the seven servers with traffic graphs, there were a total of 18,267,458 hits made to these on-line services provided by Keewaytinook Okimakanak.

All of the K-Net servers that are being monitored for hits, visits and usage statistics using the webalizer program again showed an increase during the month. But http://myknet.org rose by 4 million hits to demonstrate the rapid take up of these communication tools among users across the north.

Please note:

• other on-line K-Net services, such as K-Net chat and the video streamer are not included in these numbers;
• server traffic monitoring information is located at http://tech.knet.ca/~tech/monitoring.

The K-Net "shed" is getting a face lift. This is the space where the first MSAT / DirecPC connectivity solutions were tested, where the original K-Net Bulletin Board System was hosted for a number of years, where Peewee Linux and the K-Net router was hatched, where the multi-media team moved and entertained others from First Nations, where computers and servers were set up before being sent up north, where all these K-Net happenings and developments occurred over the past few years.

Now, while the snow flies at the end of September, the space is being doubled to accommodate additional office space along with the new server facility for Keewaytinook Okimakanak. The space is required to support the various broadband applications and on-line training and education services that are being developed under a FedNor funded project.

Dear Community Member:

The Sioux Lookout Substance Abuse Committee, would like to invite your members to attend a community meeting to discuss a substance-free SAFE GRAD. Ms. Kristin King is the coordinator for graduation and needs our help to disband the myth that graduating, celebrating, and having fun go hand in hand with getting drunk. Several other high schools in the Keewatin-Patricia District School Division have successfully promoted a fun and truly SAFE alcohol and drug free graduation event that the students work hard toward and look forward to. Together, as a community, we could do something similar. Janet Pilozow, who helped get SAFE GRAD organized in Dryden is eager to come to Sioux Lookout and share with us what they are doing in Dryden, how they got started, how they keep going, and how we could accomplish a memorable and enjoyable safe graduation night for our youth of this community.

This gathering will be about two hours long and will include a brief Power Point presentation, with discussion to follow, about SAFE GRAD. We hope to form a committee consisting of students, parents, staff, and community members who will work together for the safety of our youth in this community. Together we can accomplish more than we think!

Please join us at Queen Elizabeth District Highschool on Thursday, October 23, 2003 at 6:30 p.m., Room #19. Be a part of the first ever gala SAFE GRAD event in Sioux Lookout. We need you!

Yours truly,

The Sioux Lookout Substance Abuse Committee

2nd Annual Nish Women's Broomball Classic Tournament

Friday October 10th 2003 at Fort William First Nation Arena

• 1:00 pm  Big Trout Lake Blazers  vs  Fort William Wolverines
• 2:00 pm  Eabametoong Northern Lights  vs  Webequie Queens
• 3:00 pm  Team Mishkeegogamang  vs  Neskantaga Lady Hawks
• 4:00 pm  Team Webequie  vs  Eabametoong Charlie's Angels
• 5:00 pm  Wemindji Ice Stars  vs  Muskrat Dam Saints
• 6:00 pm  Waswanipi Northern Stars  vs  Michikan Lake Starz
• 7:00 pm  Neskantaga Lady Hawks  vs  Webequie Queens
• 8:00 pm  Fort William Wolverines  vs  Eabametoong Northern Lights
• 9:00 pm  Team Sandy Lake  vs  Chisasibi Stars

For the remainder of the schedule go to www.eteamz.com/7thgeneration

See you all in 2 weeks, good luck to all teams

All games will be played at the Fort William First Nation Arena

Hans Jansen, a consultant working with the provincial Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology's (MEST) Connect Ontario program and Industry Canada's BRAND program, spent Sunday and Monday (Sept 28 and 29) meeting with K-Net staff. He is examining the some of the "Best Practices" that have gone into developing the Kuh-ke-nah Network and the various broadband applications that are being delivered in the Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations.

On Monday afternoon, Hans and Carl Seibel flew to Fort Severn to meet with the community leaders and the local Smart team members to discuss how the network and broadband services are working for their community.

Here Hans is discussing some potential GIS applications with Robert Hunter, KO's Data Warehouse and GIS Coordinator.

Kejick Bay's

Open House

September 30,2003.

4 - 6 PM.

Come enjoy a cup of coffee or juice while visiting our classroom, meeting the students, Classroom Assistant and Teacher. You even could meet the Student Council.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Sorry we had to re-schedule our Open House to this new date!

Darrin Potter, KiHS Principal, along with Freda Kenny, KiHS Vice-Principal attended ministry workshops in Thunder Bay during the week of September 22 to 26, 2003.

Darrin comments about the workshops included:

• A very valuable and enjoyable experience with many worthwhile sessions that we were able to take part in.  
• The administration training is always useful, but there were also others sessions such as literacy in the secondary classroom that will be useful for KiHS.
• We learned about many strategies that can be used and over the course of the next few weeks, we will discuss how these can be incorporated into our program.  
• The good thing about most of the sessions was that they were facilitated by teachers who are in the classroom now.

"One session on Thursday was on Classroom Management and the presenter did a great job in giving some realistic suggestions.  Mainly his approach has always been to be prepared for our classroom and this will make all the difference. When we anticipate what we want to see, and what can happen, we will be prepared."

Economic Development officers, Community Futures program staff, and others gathered in Pinewa, Manitoba on Thursday and Friday, September 25 and 26 to discuss different community development opportunities and experiences. Dan Pellerin, K-Net's Network Manager, travelled over to the session for two panel presentations about the K-Net broadband network and its impact on community economic development in the communities across Ontario.

As part of the First Nations SchoolNet and Smart Communities initiatives sponsored by Industry Canada, Keewaytinook Okimakanak is providing on-line Grade 8 supplementary Science, Math and English courses for 12 First Nation schools in Ontario. Fernando Oliveira, a former Keewaytinook Internet High School teacher in Poplar Hill and Fort Severn, is developing and delivering these courses in partnership with the twelve Grade 8 teachers. To register your school and participate in this innovative program visit http://g8.firstnationschools.ca

This past winter, Fernando organized a pilot Grade 8 Supplementary program working with KIHS and Grade 8 teachers in several KIHS partner First Nations. The program was well received, as documented in the project evaluation and final report (click here to view). This school year's project is now being expanded to include more schools and more subjects intended to help the students, the teachers, the schools and the communities provide additional resources for their young people.