To Future Students

A word of advise is to make sure you follow the instructions to every assignment very carefully, because losing 1 point on a 3 point assignment will bite you in the end.

Any Many Miny Mo'

When looking at the websites, there were plenty that were amazing, but the top three would have to be the presentations by Chiarra, Anna, and Tasha. Chiarra’s sheer drawing ability stole the show once again. She has talent and it shows. I wish I could just draw a straight line. I liked her design and her color scheme fit her website perfectly. Anna’s website was really cool too. Her picture gallery options and page layout were pretty cool. Tasha’s website was pretty cool from the opening page with her animated pictures. I learned something I would have never known. I never would have known koala bears stink so badly. I plan to study abroad in Australia so that information was very beneficial. Those were my top favorites out the class websites. You can check out mine at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~rlucasjr/

Html Codes are Now as Easy as 1-2-3

Seeing html codes for the first time could be shell-shocking at first, but after you familiarize yourself with the language, you soon feel comfortable. It is basically a language between man and computer and sometimes between computer and computer. There are many symbols and numbers and characters you may not be familiar with that make up a webpage. It is crazy knowing so much material is typed for even the simplest websites. You control every aspect of the website with your keyboard. There are practically endless combinations or scenarios you can carry out with a single removal of one character. Web Designers should be able to manually create websites to further understand the communication that has to be made in order for a webpage to function a certain way. There are shortcuts like Web Expression than make it a lot easier to create websites. In fact, using Web Expressions makes it so simple to create a website A CAVEMAN could do it!; no offense to any cavemen out there. It is very beneficial to know the make-up of websites through there html codes, because you can possibly detect or even fix web pages that do not work properly. It is good to know some background information on creating websites, because you can truly admire the creators of those extravagant websites.

PPT Evaluation

Ashley’s background was one of my favorites because her background was custom and outstanding. It fit her theme perfectly. Her background actually made me a little hungry. Her presentation was very informative. I heard of the different fruits that were antioxidants. The information I learned may help me stay healthy later on in life. I also liked Angel’s presentation. Her Psychology based slides played with mind a bit. It was very informative. The spinning dancer was definitely my favorite because it played with my mind. Both presentations showed me things I had never heard of or never thought about. I’m glad I was in class to see them.

Chris Nolan Presentation

Chris Nolan was very informative about the usage of search engines. When using Google I had never thought to use the advanced search tab. I did not know I could limit my searches in such a specific way as to country. I did not know or at least have never noticed websites from countries other than the U.S. will end with the country’s abbreviations. I have always ignored the small link titled cached in my results. The cached is a saved version of the webpage. Within the advanced search tab you can also search within a site or domain. I found out that Google was the first to rank websites from relevance. The rankings rely on many different factors. Google says they do not rank sites by advertising revenue received from websites. The more times a website is linked to, the higher up on the relevance rank. More scholarly documents are closer to bottom of the ranking because it is not as popular to the mass of people. The speaker also mentioned the use of Google scholar which I had never heard of before. He gave examples of the difference between primary and secondary sources too. Overall I learned plenty from his presentation.

Tips on SlideShowing

The most irritating thing to see in PowerPoint presentations is having slides oversaturated with data. People seem to read directly from the slide and not engage with the audience. These types of presentations are so boring, so please keep the data on each slide to a minimum. Crazy animations are annoying and distract viewers. Make your transitions and animations simple and quick. The colors you use for presentations are important too. We have to be able to read the words on the slides so the font is also important. Make sure the whole slide show flows smoothly. Take some time sorting the slides to make sure of it. In all, keep little data on slides, no crazy animations or transitions, pick an appropriate color, choose the best font to fit your presentation theme, and make sure the presentation flows.

My Time with Excel

I wish I had taken this class when I first got hereas a freshman. The things I have learned using Excel would have helped me when I was taking Management Information Systems last semester. We dealt with Excel nearly everyday. I knew most of everything we have gone over with Excel, but I do believe I honed those skills even more. The things I have learned about Excel will definitely help me in my future business classes. I use excel in two other classes this semester and I am quite sure I will be able to use what I have learned out in real world too. If I end up becoming an accountant, I will most likely be working closely with Excel. I do believe I am proficient in using Excel.