Journal 6

In this module I learned a lot about web pages and how they are created. I also learned about the elements of good and bad design when it comes to creating a web page. When designing a page it is important to think of the user. You want to choose colors that are easy on the eyes and make words clearly visable. It is very important that the page is easy to navigate through so users do not get frusterated and leave. Lastly is the site accessible by all different types of users, like people with hearing, learning, or seeing disabilities. It is important to make sure your site is user friendly for everyone. Next I created an animoto video which I thought was cool. I was able to create a slide show of my favorite pictures with music and neat transitions in between each photo. Lastly I created a site using google sites. The site is about web accessibility. I really liked using google sites because it was fast, easy, and free. Im thinking of creating my own site using google sites and posting all different information about hockey.

4 New Words

1. Web accessiblity- creating a web site that is usable by people of all abilities or disabilities.
2. Static web page- or flat page are delivered to the user exactly as they are stored.
3. Dynamic web page- web page that is continually updated as it is displayed to the user.
4. XHTML- Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, used to create web pages and content.

Animoto

Avatar

Photobucket

Journal 5

Learning module 5 focused on web sites and how to upload content to a site in the right format. An example of this is uploading a picture. If you take a picture with a camera it is usually around 1,400 KB (kilobytes) which is too large for the site to handle. Also the picture will load very slow because it is taking up too much memory. A solution to this is a using a site called web resizer. On this site you can upload an image and it automatically resizes the image so it is small enough to fit on a web page. I took photos that were over 1,400 KB and it resized them by 96% to less than 50KB. And I used Photobucket to create a slide show of the images that I resized. That to was user friendly and free for anyone to use. I also learned about different web 2.0 sites and how they work. Like youtube a web 2.0 site. It allows users to post videos and comment on them. I also created an Avatar using voki. I thought thought was really fun and easy to do. You can pick an Avatar and their voice and either type what you want them to say or you can record your own voice and use that. Lastly the most important thing I learned was about downloading "free" music. Until I saw the two videos I didn't think about how severe stealing music can be. We tend to think a song that is only a dollar wont hurt the company but if everyone does it that adds up to a lot of money lost for the artist and the record company.

4 new words

1. Web 2.0: Sites such as youtube or blogger that allow users to upload content to be shared. (Sharing content on the web.)

2. Shareware: Software that you can download and try for free but you must pay if you want the full version.

3. FTP: An Internet standard that allows you to download or up load files to and from other computers connected to the Internet.

4. Kilobytes: Measurement used to show the size of an image, how many pixels.