2013 Web Design Competition
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Pay Attention in Class = $23,400 in Cash
While everyone has been celebrating Thanksgiving with food and family, Lake Shore web design ladies have other reasons to be grateful in addition to the turkey and mashed potatoes. For the fourth consecutive year, Lake Shore’s web design ladies have dominated with 11 students securing finalists slots in this year’s contest themed Ancestors: OMG! The Michigan Council of Women in Technology’s mission is to inspire, advance and retain women in Michigan’s technology community. This mission also hits home for Lake Shore’s web design teacher, Mrs. Candela, as she is a living example of a female nerdette. With the culmination of this year’s contest, Lake Shore has won a total of $23,400 in cash prizes, a live radio interview, a full-ride scholarship, and an internship.
Websites were scored by technology professionals and business executives in order to narrow the talent from 105 to 24. Lake Shore’s eleven finalists were Savannah Olesky, Dasha Jones, MaKayla Duggan, Megan Kovalcik, Alexandria Chisholm, Jackie Kwapisz, Abigail Liuzzo, Jessica Old, Jennie Geisler, Lily Rich, and Brianna Boyd. With her site titled Quotidiono Italiani, Jessica took first place and was awarded $400. Savannah’s Through the Leaves of my Family Tree earned her a third place rank and $200. Two honorable mentions, one in the beginner category and one in the advanced category were given to Alexandria and Jackie worth $50 and $75.
Mrs. Candela introduced web design courses into the curriculum in 2009 and has been teaching both introductory and advanced classes ever since induction. She seeks ways to encourage her students to be creative, problem-solve, and collaborate with peers while learning HTML and CSS coding. Moreover, she has written and secured several grants to keep current with industry-standard software and hardware in her classroom. Sophomore Makayla Duggan said, “I have gained so much more from this class than I have in a traditional class. In web design, we learn how to present information in a professional way. We build an actual website, which requires more work and motivation than anything I’ve done in school. Not too many people know how to work with code, and knowing that I am learning at a young age will definitely give me an edge in the future.”
Mrs. Candela continues to thirst for more successes. She recently earned National Board Certification in Career and Technical Education. Only 365 Michigan teachers hold this certification. While this proves that her pedagogy is solid, she vows to continue to keep abreast in technology and push students beyond their comfort zones. Lake Shore alumni and current Michigan State University student Lisa Nye said, “Thank you for everything you did for me while in high school. I finally decided what I want to do with the rest of my life and a big part of that was because of you. I’m in a 300-person computer programming class and am one of thirty females. The fact that you are introducing so many other girls to the [technology] field is amazing.”
Websites were scored by technology professionals and business executives in order to narrow the talent from 105 to 24. Lake Shore’s eleven finalists were Savannah Olesky, Dasha Jones, MaKayla Duggan, Megan Kovalcik, Alexandria Chisholm, Jackie Kwapisz, Abigail Liuzzo, Jessica Old, Jennie Geisler, Lily Rich, and Brianna Boyd. With her site titled Quotidiono Italiani, Jessica took first place and was awarded $400. Savannah’s Through the Leaves of my Family Tree earned her a third place rank and $200. Two honorable mentions, one in the beginner category and one in the advanced category were given to Alexandria and Jackie worth $50 and $75.
Mrs. Candela introduced web design courses into the curriculum in 2009 and has been teaching both introductory and advanced classes ever since induction. She seeks ways to encourage her students to be creative, problem-solve, and collaborate with peers while learning HTML and CSS coding. Moreover, she has written and secured several grants to keep current with industry-standard software and hardware in her classroom. Sophomore Makayla Duggan said, “I have gained so much more from this class than I have in a traditional class. In web design, we learn how to present information in a professional way. We build an actual website, which requires more work and motivation than anything I’ve done in school. Not too many people know how to work with code, and knowing that I am learning at a young age will definitely give me an edge in the future.”
Mrs. Candela continues to thirst for more successes. She recently earned National Board Certification in Career and Technical Education. Only 365 Michigan teachers hold this certification. While this proves that her pedagogy is solid, she vows to continue to keep abreast in technology and push students beyond their comfort zones. Lake Shore alumni and current Michigan State University student Lisa Nye said, “Thank you for everything you did for me while in high school. I finally decided what I want to do with the rest of my life and a big part of that was because of you. I’m in a 300-person computer programming class and am one of thirty females. The fact that you are introducing so many other girls to the [technology] field is amazing.”