Once on the powerpoint uploaded to Slideshare, I think it may have prevented the video from playing. Just in case, here's the video file.
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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.
This week, students began creating their own five page websites. They have the theme of inspiration and had to select four people that inspire them. Phase One involved creating a color scheme, wire frame, and a site map. Tuesday they began Phase Two. Phase Two involved creating the content. The students had to write a paragraph for each person, find a photo, and have a few facts that could go in a list. Phase Three allowed students to begin coding. They were required to code an external style sheet for the layout of every page. In the letter of recommendation from my employer, he says I've "demonstrated wisdom beyond her years and an understanding of what is necessary to success in the 'real' world." This made me gain more confidence because as a senior, I know the real world isn't very far away. Being told that I'm for it makes me less nervous to go out into it. It also made me more confident to hear that he thought I had grown out of my reserved-shell that I wore at the beginning of the experience. It was really hard to feel comfortable enough to teach and walk around to help students all the time. I had to get used to the students first.
This week, students learned external style sheets. They also created a webpage to display all of their graphics that they made. I also learned from their lessons this week. They publish their websites live through google, and they were learning google fonts. Apparently the google publisher doesn't read google fonts unless you use the javascript code for the font. I also learned of a website called paletton where you can pick a color for your website and it gives you several other colors that go with it along with some example sites so you know how to apply the colors together in perfect harmony. I agree with James because the world doesn't function on "participation effort". If kids grow up thinking their effort is good enough because they received an award for participating, parents aren't really doing their jobs then, are they? I mean, the goal is to raise kids on the basis that unless they try and put in 100% effort, it's not good enough. There will always be one person in the world that is better than you, which I understand, but that doesn't mean you should give up trying. A kid could get a "Most Improved" award, which is definitely better than a "participation trophy". I would want my kids to strive to be the best. I don't want them to be proud of a participation trophy, which, from my past experience, is usually given just for showing up. There are so many different awards kids could earn that they should be proud of. I agree with James and I believe each parent has a right to decide what they want to do with their own kids so the criticism he received is not necessary. |
Caitlin Beirne
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