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Take Career Assessment
Take a career assessment to help you figure out what part of web design appeals to you. You can do this at assessment.com or through the state of Georgia. -
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9th Grade
Take whatever programming or web design classes that your school offers. -
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Take Computer Classes
Take whatever programming or web design classes your school offers. You can use the results from the career assessment to help you decide what to take. -
Webdesignerdepot.com
Start following web design blogs or websites.. Webdesignerdepot.com is a good website that has a lot of information pertaining to web design. -
Codecademy.com
Over breaks in school such as Christmas break, or just in your spare time, you can use Codeccademy.com to learn more about programming in a game-type environment. -
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Intro to Digital Technology
If the classes in your school aren't good enough, you can take computer classes online your second semester with Ga Virtual School, such as Intro to Digital Technology. You could also take it both semesters if you wish. -
Keep Yourself Up-To-Date
One of the major things about cmputer science is that its always changing. Make sure you keep reading articles and keep yourself up to date about what's happening in the computer science world. -
W3Schools.com
Another good resource for keeping your programming training going is W3Schools.com. It can help you further learn the basics of computer programming languages, which is vital knowledge for any web designer. -
Udacity
Udacity is a good website that can teach you how to build different kinds of programs related to web design such as search engines or web browsers. This type of learning can give you a broader idea of what makes websites work. -
Lynda.com
If you decide that web design really is where you want to go, you can get involved with some serious training such as Lynda.com. On websites like this, you pay a monthly fee for lessons and tutorials about web design. -
Look Toward The Future
If after these months you still want to be web designer, you can look forward to the future by finding summer classes and determining what classes you need to take during the rest of highschool.