Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Week 15 - Reflecting on web design

Hello blog -

Probably the area in class that I've made the most gains - from virtually none, to making a multi-page website - is in web-design. The Google Pages tool has been very easy to use, and the Technology Portfolio assignment has required (and encouraged) me to tinker with lots of different web-design scenarios (embedding audio, video, linking pages and adding images). The html code is still somewhat mysterious to me, but aside from that, it's really just a beefed-up non-linear powerpoint :). Maybe that's a conscious build up in assignments, having one lead to another. In any event, it has been fun and easy to make the Portfolio - feels less like work and more like play when I can create something cool to show my friends/family. I think the best indication that I enjoyed the assignment was that I kept up with the updates fairly well instead of procrastinating like I usually do (see: blog assignment). I even made an AHS soccer page that I updated for a while, just to practice and see how much upkeep was required (not much). It also gives me a better understanding of the internet in general, where pages are just linked to each other...many many many times.

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