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Hi, I'm DAVID TETON-LANDIS, and I started on Staff in 2005, started teaching electives the next year and joined the full-time Faculty in 2007. I have one son, Jacob, who graduated with the Class of 2006. My academic background is in psychology (BA & MA) and dance (MFA), and I was a professional dancer in New York 20 years ago with the Mark Morris Dance Group. "Retiring" to Hawaii, I began working in digital media, and worked for Tom Coffman Multimedia before forming my own company, LUMINOUS Interactive Digital Media, which I ran until I joined SBMS. Here I teach digital media classes, help with Faculty/Staff tech support, develop school the website, and create videos for and about SBMS.

Students: Here are links to the current courses I'm teaching. Follow the link to the one that applies to you--or whichever one you are interested in finding out more about!

Digital Literacy
This course is part of the Plymouth (Lower School) curriculum, introducing students to the tools and concepts they'll need to function and prosper in the domain of digital learning. (Sample files here!) [Questionnaire here: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 ]

SBMS Teen Press
Taught with John Seigel-Boettner, this is an "honors course" which requires an application and multiple teacher review for admittance. The Teen Press will be reports on people and events here in Santa Barbara and beyond (we've been as far as Washington, D.C. to report on the inauguration). One of our annual highlights is reporting from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Flashy Animation
This is an introductory Digital Arts class covering the concepts and techniques of digital animation using Adobe FLASH. Find out more on the course by following the link!

Planet Flash (aka "More, More Flash")
This intermediate Digital Arts class is available in the latter half of the year, and introduces basic programming techniques through the development of simple games.

Something Crazy
Another introductory Digital Arts class, this is an exploration of website design, co-taught with Megan. Class members try their hands at creating sites using templates in iWeb, then they move on to make their own sites from scratch. We create the visual design for the websites using Adobe Photoshop, then transfer relevant elements of that design into Adobe Dreamweaver, where the page content and functions are developed. Follow the link for more information!