This message is for Mobile Web Development students at PCC.

Unfortunately, I acquired a bad cold this week. Following PCC policy, I am canceling tonight’s class (Wednesday, May 13). Please reply back so I know that you are aware of the cancellation. I will post a note on the classroom door as well.

The week of June 15th – 19th is PCC Spring break. We can schedule both of the make-up classes during this week. Details at our May 20th class meeting.

Apologies for the cancellation but trust me, you don’t want this cold!

Starting in Fall 2009, I will teach Advanced Mobile Web Development at Portland Community College in Portland, OR. It’s a new class that teaches advanced techniques for creating rich and interactive mobile web sites for smart mobile browsers that support full HTML and Javascript interactivity.

Students will learn to build advanced mobile web sites for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and other smartphones. Topics include interoperability, optimizing markup for advanced microbrowsers, embracing WebKit extensions, JavaScript and AJAX on mobile devices and effective use of device databases. Class project is to build an interactive, device-adapted mobile web site targeting smartphones.

See the Advanced lessons of the Mobile Web Development curriculum for details.

If you have ideas about Advanced Mobile Web Development lessons or any other feedback for this course, leave it in the comments or contact me directly.

I’ll post the CRN and other PCC registration details when they become available.

The Spring Term section of Mobile Web Development is available for registration at Portland Community College in Portland, OR. Here are the details:

• Class: CEU976E Mobile Web Development
• Review the Course Syllabus and Prerequisites
• CRN: 27913
• Fee: $350
• May 6 – Jun 10, 2009
• 5:30pm – 9:30pm on Wednesday evenings
• Class meets in Room 118, Mt Tabor Hall at PCC SE Center (SE 82nd and SE Division)
• Class location is a computer lab. Computers are provided. Laptops are encouraged. If using the PCC computers, bring a thumb drive to save your work.
• 2.40 CEU credits from PCC Computer Education Training and Certification program

The Winter Term class ends this Wednesday (March 11). It was super fun to teach. I think my seven students learned a lot about mobile development, mobile design and the cowboy realities of deploying a mobile web site on the public Internet. But, I’ll let them speak for themselves in the comment section (cough! cough!).