HTML Code

It it important to know HTML code when working on a website even if you have a more advanced website making software for a variety of reasons.  Although it could be considered more fun to use software such as expression web it can be very useful to understand html code because there may be a problem on your site that you do not know how to fix and if you can check and understand the html code it can often be easier to fix the issue.  Also, not every computer has software such as expression web so if you want to create a site on a computer like this it is very important to understand html code because without it you would have a lot of trouble creating your website.  Html code can also come in handy when you are making small changes to a website such as only wanting to change the background color of a page because if you can read and understand the code you can simply find the part that controls background color and change that.  I am very glad we looked into html code and how to use it because I can imagine it may come in handy for me one day.  Also I thought it was so cool when we typed in the code and then created the page with the cat picture on it! 

Power Points

I though all of the Power Point presentations were amazing.  Everyone chose topics that were very interesting and I could tell everyone spent time on their presentations and really thought about them.  I particularly enjoyed Cristina's presentation on The Lion King because I could tell she was genuinely interested in the topic.  Also, I loved learning about how much work is put into the costumes for the show, that is pretty amazing!  Also, I thought she did a good job at finding images for the presentation that related to what she was saying and were interesting to look at.  Also, I really liked Ashley's presentation on French Wine.  I thought she did a wonderful job at picking a background for the presentation.  Also, the information she presented was relevant to the topic and I learned a lot about wine that I didn't know.  All in all I feel the presentations went very well and I enjoyed listening to them.  

Googled

Although I was not in class on Tuesday to hear Chris Nolan speak about search engines through the class website I was able to find some useful information about searching.  I most often use Google when searching for information on the internet and I was not aware of the different ways Google actually works.  Learning about the different ways you can limit or expand your searches to ensure that the information you get is relatable to what you are researching will be very helpful next time I am using Google.  I always hear about the dangers of using Google in research papers and how it can often not be accurate information, but I learned there are ways to check your sources.  For example, you can check the URL and the information about the creators of the website to ensure that it is more accurate.  Also, learning about Google scholar was very interesting.  I had no idea it existed and now I will certainly check it out next time I am working on a research paper or a presentation.  So, although I was not in class to hear the speaker, I learned a lot about Google that I did not know through the class website.  I will definitely keep all of this in mind next time I am using Google.