This week, I was able to look around the system the city uses to edit their website. I even made my first edit by removing old information on the teen skate page. I also looked at Dynamic Drive for a slideshow that I could use as a demo for the pictures I took last week. I know my supervisor had said she would want to display some photos on the website, but I wasn't sure what she was looking for. Since she wasn't there this week, I want to make sure I have a few options (Prezi, Dynamic Drive slideshow, etc.) for her to look at and see what she may want to do. I also typed out a new schedule for the upcoming "Learn to Skate" programs. I haven't added them to the website, but I did type them out in a document where I can easily copy the schedule and paste it on to the website. After reading this article, I can connect with #4 the most. Even as I'm doing this journal, I can't help but think of all the things that have been running through my mind, everything I over-think, everything I worry about. These things have led me to seek stress relief remedies. Just the other day I was trying to do the true and false section to my bowling mid-term and all I could do was overthink every question. The number of thoughts that started with "Well..." and "Technically..." was ridiculous. I overthink everything because I worry and think, "What if I'm wrong? I want good grades so I can't be wrong on too many." Earlier this week, I was worried about going into my experience for only the second time and not having my supervisor there. I didn't know who the girls were that were going to be working with me. I was unsure of what I would/could be doing. Even now I am slightly worried that I won't be able to do everything they may want me to do with the website because I've never used the system they have. But I worry about everything, so I know I'll be okay. |
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This trimester, I would like to gain more experience. My ultimate goal is to determine that industry is the approach I want to take in the web design field. However, I am not sure if this experience will be like working in the industry. It will definitely give me more experience that can be helpful in the future, no matter which approach I end up taking. At the very least, I am gaining experience working in an office environment. During the first two hours of my experience, I looked through the city's website. I focused on the Parks and Recreation section as that is going to be my primary focus. I looked to see what needed to be updated, what needed to be fixed(errors), and looked for things that I thought we should add. I noticed many 404 errors on "more information" links and also a few links that required passwords due to restricted access. The Daddy Daughter Dance is also a page I will have to see about removing or changing the dates. The rest of the time I was at my experience, I was taking pictures of the event they were doing. Every year they hold an ice show for 1,000 special needs students to come see. I walked around the arena taking pictures of the students enjoying the show and of the ice skaters performing. I'm not sure how I'm going to use the picture on the website yet, but I know I'm going to put them up. |
Caitlin Beirne
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