Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
I learned about a bunch of Web 2.0 applications and website design and planning. Websites are pretty complicated and many are written in a language called Hyper Text Markup Language or HTML. HTML is very specific so it takes a good programmer to know how to make a well-designed site. Although, some use author software which writes the HTML for them. As time progresses, HTML is slowly getting replaced by XHTML, which is just a neater and stricter version of HTML. XHTML uses ONLY lowercase letters and ALL tags are closed.
I also learned how to make a podcast. It's really simple! I just used Garage Band to record myself. I also made a cool video using Animoto. I uploaded my pictures and music and it generated my video. Super easy! I embedded both my podcast and Animoto video to my blog. I love how easy it is to share my creations with the world! Lastly I created a website using Google Sites on the topic of Web Accessibility. I found this quite informative on why we should make sure people with disabilities have equal access to the web.
I feel my participation has been good this module. The only thing I missed was the HTML extra credit opportunity, but I don't think that will have a negative effect on me.
Words I Didn't Know:
WYSIWYG authors
Web Accessibility
XHTML
Content Planning
Xtranormal was a fun way to make a Learning Journal.
I also learned how to make a podcast. It's really simple! I just used Garage Band to record myself. I also made a cool video using Animoto. I uploaded my pictures and music and it generated my video. Super easy! I embedded both my podcast and Animoto video to my blog. I love how easy it is to share my creations with the world! Lastly I created a website using Google Sites on the topic of Web Accessibility. I found this quite informative on why we should make sure people with disabilities have equal access to the web.
I feel my participation has been good this module. The only thing I missed was the HTML extra credit opportunity, but I don't think that will have a negative effect on me.
Words I Didn't Know:
WYSIWYG authors
Web Accessibility
XHTML
Content Planning
Xtranormal was a fun way to make a Learning Journal.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
LJ5
There was a lot of information in this section. I learned more about FTP and P2P file sharing. Its really astonishing how many people think it's okay to steal music from P2P file sharing sites like Limewire. This is especially surprising because of all the harmful viruses that are so easily spread this way.
I also learned about images and their significance in the world and media today. It is important to optimize images for the internet when posting them on a website. These images can be either bit-mapped (raster) images or vector images. Raster images are made up of small dots so they lose quality when resized to a larger size. Vector images don't lose quality because they are made up of mathmatical calculations rather than dots. There are so many different types of images, and most can be optimized in Photoshop.
Through Web 2.0, it is so easy in this day and age to collaborate and communicate. Its all about making connections. There's taggin, micro-blogging, social networking, file sharing, and all of it is used to make our lives faster and easier. We're even mashing up these ideas so we can do multiple at once! The future looks like it can only get pieced together for us faster. With Web 3.0, searches will be a cinch.
My participation has been right on par for the course. I'm interested in these new ideas and creation and love learning about them. Jing has to be my favorite Web 2.0 tool.
Words I didn't know:
1. Raster
2. Vector
3. Folksonomy
4. Mashups
Jing is such a useful tool and something I like to use often. I think everyone should know how to use it and use it actively.
I also learned about images and their significance in the world and media today. It is important to optimize images for the internet when posting them on a website. These images can be either bit-mapped (raster) images or vector images. Raster images are made up of small dots so they lose quality when resized to a larger size. Vector images don't lose quality because they are made up of mathmatical calculations rather than dots. There are so many different types of images, and most can be optimized in Photoshop.
Through Web 2.0, it is so easy in this day and age to collaborate and communicate. Its all about making connections. There's taggin, micro-blogging, social networking, file sharing, and all of it is used to make our lives faster and easier. We're even mashing up these ideas so we can do multiple at once! The future looks like it can only get pieced together for us faster. With Web 3.0, searches will be a cinch.
My participation has been right on par for the course. I'm interested in these new ideas and creation and love learning about them. Jing has to be my favorite Web 2.0 tool.
Words I didn't know:
1. Raster
2. Vector
3. Folksonomy
4. Mashups
Jing is such a useful tool and something I like to use often. I think everyone should know how to use it and use it actively.
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