advice for new cs1300 students

I recommend new students to read the instructions on the quizzes and tests very carefully. That is what I learned from the midterm test, which I did not read the directions at all. If I did, I would not have so many valuable points taken off. Lesson learned the hard way.

website

My three favorite websites from our class section are Jeanna's, Danika's, and Ashley's. Jeanna's website is simple, yet creative. I love the homepage, and from browsing through her website I can tell that she put in a lot of time into it. Danika's website is well-organized and easy to navigate. Ashley's website is has a simple design, yet it is super easy to navigate. I loved looking at the pictures in her gallery.

I had a good time creating my own website. It was a challenging, yet fun experience. Although, I did have trouble with my pictures showing up, I figured out that my website does completely function on Firefox [yay!]. So, here is my website: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~lchen (**best viewed in Firefox)

HTML codes

Knowing HTML codes is very important in web design. Even though nowadays we have Microsoft Expression Web or Dreamweaver to do the job for us, knowing how to write your own HTML codes is quite useful. Web designers should be able to know how to use and write HTML codes to make complicated websites. In addition, they use HTML codes to manually change the font style, text color, background, insert images and sounds, etc. Web designers can go directly to their website domain and manually enter the HTML codes to further customize their website. They would not need to open a program to have it do everything for them.

powerpoint presentations

I was quite impressed by Jeanna's powerpoint presentation on the USPS. Not only was she very enthusiastic about her subject matter, but the powerpoint was well-designed and colorful. I especially liked the animation at the end of the presentation--very creative and adds flair to the powerpoint. Her presentation was also quite convincing. If I didn't have a clue to what I wanted for my future career, I might have just considered working for the USPS!

I also liked Kate's powerpoint presentation. She presented about paleontology. I used to want to be a paleontologist so the subject interested me. The powerpoint was innovative with a background that complemented the text.