Hello Fall 2008!

My advice to you is to just keep up with the homework assignments. And it really helps to work with friends from class. You'll get to know Beze Underground really well...I sure did. Try to attend class. You'll get lost if you miss more than one class.

Website Presentations

This past class, several of my peers presented their website to us. All of the websites were unique and different from the other. One of my favorites were Darcy Wheeler. I liked how everything on her website was clean cut and easy to read. Her imagemap looked really professional. Also, Mica demostrated how to use patterned backgrounds and color effectively in a website. Everything was very organized yet vibrant on her website. I also enjoyed Stu's webiste. I liked how he took pride in Canada and refuted many stereotypes associated with Canadians. The Youtube.com commerical was very effective in delivering the message of why we should not stereotype. Everyone has a great website.
You can visit my webiste at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~mchakrav/

HTML

Although there are programs like Expressions that make designing a web easier, I think it is important to know how to do your own html coding. You can be more creative when creating your html coding than in Expressions because many things made on Expressions look similar to each other. I'm really glad that we're learning html coding in class!

My Two Favorite PowerPoint Presentations

There were several great PowerPoint presentations in class. Two of the people that I thought did really well on their PowerPoint presentations were Hannah and Mica. I really liked Hannah's presentation. She captivated the audience with her numerous pictures. These pictures were very relevant to the presentation and allowed the audience to understand the subject of Geology better. I liked how she alternated between words and pictures on her slide. Mica's presentation also had lots of pictures and showed the use of PowerPoint as a visual assistant. I liked how she took advantage of the large screen, pointing at images and their significance. Mica's PowerPoint was effective since I enjoyed it and can still remember the story and significance of Malinche in Spanish society.