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249 days ago
We will watch a short 20 minute video in class on Friday, March 27. This video was a presentation given by Kevin Kelly, editor of Wired magazine, during the TED conference in 2007. After watching this video I would like you to think about anything we may have discussed in class or something we watched in class such as the Microsoft Office Envisioning video that makes a connection to any of the ideas Kelly mentions in his presentation. Please answer the following questions in essay format to be submitted to turnitin.com by Friday, April 6 . The paper is designed to be a three page minimum. This will count toward a test grade. Summarize the video and its major points. Explain the sociological impact of this future Web. How could future trends effect business and education. Legally, how can the new Web cause potential risks to our privacy. Are we prone to give up freedoms for accessibility? You can find the video we watched in class on the ...
286 days ago
Please read the following article on contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. These four concepts are considered the fundamentals of design. After reading this article please answer the following questions: 1. How did we take advantage of contrast in our design for the genocide and holocaust web site? What are other ways can we add contrast to our web site? 2. Find two web sites that utilizes repetition correctly. List their URLs. Why do you think it is important to have repetition in your design? 3. Combing alignment and proximity can give the reader a clear understanding of what is related by their proximity to each other and alignment to other elements on a page. Create a page layout of just text using lipsum.com for your typeset which takes advantage of proximity and alignment. Your final output should look organized. http://www.presentationzen.com/chapter6_spread.pdf Please submit ...
314 days ago
Please read the following article. Then answer the following question and submit your answer to turnitin.com. You must also prepare a site sketch for our current genocide and holocaust awareness web site. This article should provide you with the general guidelines and conventions for most web sites that you will need to incorporate into your sketch. I will be going over one of my own sketches in class when we return. The development of a logo is essential to a web site's recognition . Please come up with a description of how you think a holocaust or genocide logo/site id may look like for this project. Try to include graphics that reflect the topic into its design. Web sites are broken into content promos and feature promos. Content promos are usually the headline story or the main story of the page and my not change for hours or days. Feature promos are places on a web site that you want to attract uses to but may not be so easy to find. Develop both content and ...
369 days ago
Please read the article entailed Are Our Brains Becoming “Googlized?” and then answer the following questions in two pages by submitting your work to turnitin.com What was the original purpose of this study? What other suggested theories can from this research? Do you often find searching for something online difficult? Describe a normal search routine that you would use to find information online? The author suggests that this might be another way to learn. What stereotypes do people hold against finding information online? Will that stereotype fade away one day? Has online search effected the way your write, speak, or think? Do you find these to be negative habits or just the new way to communicate and work? http://searchengineland.com/are-our-brains-becoming-googlized-15421.php The assignment is due on Friday, December 12th.
386 days ago
Please read the following article about continued education. From a personal stand point as an educator and a IT director I continue my education through books, webinars, and college classes. Please answer briefly online the following questions. Reflect on the following statement, "Those who work with computers tend to adapt to new jobs and responsibilities much quicker then those outside the industry." Have you ever went the extra mile outside of class to learn more about a subject or topic? Describe that experience. After reading this article are you interested in a computer science field? If yes what are the beneficial reasons for doing so. If not what caused you to choose another industry. List a number of web sites that you check frequently that does not deal with social networking. http://www.wakeuplater.com/freelance-lessons/falling-behind-is-not-an-option.aspx When commenting please leave your name. This assignment is due on November ...
