Oregon SkillsUSA Web Design Champions
I competed in the Oregon SkillsUSA web design competition last Saturday. My teammate, Sadie, and I competed against five other teams from other high schools in Oregon. We were all given a fictitious website proposal and had four hours to complete the task. After the competition I had lunch and sat around a couple hours for the awards ceremony (bored out of my mind.) We ended up taking first place and are eligible to represent Oregon at the national competition. However, busy schedules may prevent us from competing at nationals and we’ll probably end up giving the opportunity to second place.
The website we created was done using Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Fireworks. It’s valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS. The design is pretty simple and generic, but it worked. I’m not sure if I can post it online for everyone’s viewing pleasure… I’ll have to look into that.
I got a lot of congratulations, handshakes, and pats on the back from friends today. How they all knew about the victory was beyond me until I saw the big banner hanging above the tech lab entrance say congratulations; that was really encouraging. It’s nice to get recognized every once in a while for stuff you’ve done. It’s unfortunate that we probably won’t go to nationals, but it happens. It was a great experience and hey, there’s always next year. 
Hey man, nice work first of all. My friend and I competed in the Colorado State SkillsUSA finals but ended up taking 2nd. Oh well…. Anyway, you should post your site. It’s always nice to see others’ work.
Yeah dude! Way to go! A buddy and I did the same thing at “Skills Canada” - We nabbed the gold for 2D animation and hit up 4th at Nationals!
I am a new advisor on Web Design and have two students going to the State Contest. Can you give me any suggestions, PLEASE!