Monday, May 5

This video made me sad. It makes me realize that even though I'm on social media I am not really connected with my friends. The video made me think of how sad it will be that my kids may not experience growing up without technology. I hope to take some time away from my phone now and just have conversations face to face. I don't want to get lost in technology. This summer I plan on not using my phone while around my friends and family. Hopefully it will be a summer full of my favorite memories.

Tuesday, April 29

What is a 'splash page'? Look it up. Explain. what they are and how they are used. Find an example of a splash page in Google Images. Save the image to you computer and then upload it to your blog post.

A splash page is a page of a site that acts as the front page before showing the home page. These can be used as an additional page of advertisements or direct someone to the appropriate page for their country. These can also be used to grab someone's attention. These work by adding different code to the site. I'm still not exactly sure how they work.

Friday, April 25

What do you think about it? What is the teacher trying to say? In your own words explain what "the main event" is. Do you agree or disagree with the writer?

The writer is trying to tell us that making the grade is not what school is all about. Teachers want to see us succeed in class and out of class. Teachers want us to make the right choices and never quit. The writer believes we are too ready to quit. He believes by not giving up we can become better students and overall better people. I agree with the fact that we are easily giving up. I think the writer understands our point of view. If we gave up less easily we would be more likely to succeed in school and even beyond school.

Monday, March 31

Status update! Tell me where you are at on your product website? Can you be finished by tomorrow at the end of the hour? Do you need more time? How much more time? Be honest and explain yourself.

My website is looking really good right now. I had to make some adjustments, but altogether I really like my site. I currently have eight pages finished and need o complete seven. The next few should be easy so by the end of the hour I should have ten or eleven done. I would really like until at least block day to work. To get it done by tomorrow seems almost impossible.

Monday, March 24

Welcome back! How was your Spring Break? Tell me all about it. You've been out of school for 10 days so I know you will have plenty to share.

Over spring break my family went to Naples, Florida. We spent a lot of time with my mom's friend from high school on the beach and barbecuing at her house. It was a fun week and I was excited because I didn't get too burnt. When we got home from vacation I had soccer work outs and a lot of community service to do. It was nice to stay busy. I was not ready for break to end.

Tuesday, March 11

Do you like the layout of this project? Have you benefited from your brainstorming sheet? Was it more helpful or annoying when starting to map out your website? Explain why.

So far I like the layout of my project but not necessarily the design. I feel as if I had this vision in my head and no matter how hard I try it can happen. It was helpful to layout my design to get an idea of what I wanted, but the farther I get into my project the more I'm changing it. So it seems almost pointless to have made the layout when I am no longer sticking with it.

Monday, March 10

Are you caught up? What helps you stay caught up in class? Do you like having small checkpoints? Are you behind? If so, what are you going to do to get caught up?

I was gone Friday so I missed out on making the header. I have ideas for my header but I do not have a complete thought for it yet. I don't really have check points until the very end of the project. If I set checkpoints I won't ever get more than that done on that day. If I feel as if I am behind I will come in early one day and try to catch up.