Advice for Future Students

This class is a very useful class that teaches information that will last for years, because of this do all you can to learn everything the teacher says because it truly will help in other classes and in everything that has to do with computers.

Web Sites

Some of the most impressive work I have seen from a group of students the websites which were done are comparable to those of many popular sites that have been on the intranet for years. A few of my favorite sights were Raul's, Alexis's, and David's all of which were very original and nice to look at. Each of them had great information about their interests and all filled the criteria that was presented by the teacher. Also the websites were very easy to use making it easy to move from one page to another. Overall I thought that all of the websites could be used by companies and that the class as a whole had great web design.

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Web Desighn

Web Designing is getting easier and easier as each day passes with web-authorizing software such as Expression Web or Dreamweaver available. However these are great products for the creation of web sites the importance of knowing how to use HTML codes can not be over looked. While using a program such as Dreamweaver the lack of knowledge of HTML codes can come to hurt you. If the program has some sort of error and is not working properly the only way to restore your web site and continue designing it is through HTML codes. Although they seem very complicated they are a actually quite the contrary. Once you get a hang of the coding patterns and language which only takes a few minutes then using an HTML code can be as fast as using a high tech program. Although programs such as Dreamweaver make it easy to create web sites the importance of knowing how to use HTML codes can never be overlooked.

Power Point

The power point presentations were very interesting and showed a great range of knowledge of the subject. It was awesome to see everyone present so well and use many of the key ideas that we learned through researching the subject. Some which I found to be very powerful were those of Ralph who was able to include very powerful music and turn a somewhat simple topic to be meaningful in many other aspects of life. Over all the presentations were very interesting and entertaining and I loved all of them.

Chris Nolan

Chris Nolan's presentation one of the most interesting presentations I have ever seen. Every month there are billions of searches which go threw google and other search engines and to learn how they work was enlightening and gave me a better understanding of how to search. The most important thing I learned from the presentation was that not all sights on google or other sights can be trusted especially when it comes to research of a topic. Often times people post there view rather then facts about things which makes researching a little risky. He taught me that using google scholar or Informine which is University of California's scholastic search engine are mush better ways to get academic information which is reliable and factual. Overall I loved the presentation and learned so much from it and am now much more knowledgeable on how to get information off of the web.

Power Point

Through out my school career I have seen and made many Power Points which I am now realizing were not as effective as they could be. One recurring problem that I saw over the years were long and wordy slides which were read by the presenter. This is boring and not as effective as it could be. The slides should be short and to the point showing a visual representation of what the presenter is saying without reading the slide. Another style I have found is that slides can be very plain and boring. The slides should stand out and a white screen with black writing does not stand out and "aw" anyone. It is way more effective to use interesting graphics which better incorporate the audience. the opposite of having a slide which is too plane is one which is overly and not appropriately flamboyant. Texts which are hard to read or colors that hurt the eyes only distract the audience taking away from the over all presentation. If a presenter doesn't want to spend much time talking rather then just going over bullet points a very effective way of having the audience attentive is to include a video which is very easy to do. this will get the point of the slide and presentation across in a very easy way for both the audience and the presenter. Finally presenters who just sit down reading their not cards and clicking through slides are boring, know your stuff! Make eye contact with the audience walk around and know what you have to say by heart this will prove you actually know what you are talking about and will demand the attention of the listeners. These are things that can be done very easily and will add much to a presentation.

Excel

Through out my entire career as a student i have never had to use Excel making my original knowledge on the program minuscule. In this class however I have found it to be a very help full and easy resource for many school and real life assignments all it takes is just a small amount of basic knowledge about the program to make it an important recourse. Through my learning's of the program I an now say that it will be a very help full recourse that I will begin to use in real life situations. I have recently began to invest in the stock market and I have created my own Excel program to help chart my data and money. The charting and graphing that I have done on the program is great to help me find patterns and allows me to better predict the market. This truly is one of my favorite resources and I am sure I will be using it a ton through out my life.