My Site Idea

Tell us what your site will be about.

Web Site Rule Breakers

Post your 5 web site "Rule Breakers Web Sites". Be sure to give a short sentence or two describing each site and why they are good rule breakers.

Kan-Ed Learning Station Portal

So, what do you think about this resource for K-12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

Photo Manipulation

What types of image manipulation software have you used in the past or is Photoshop your first? What do you like about the software?

WOW: Inamge Abudance

I would like you to look for 3 sites that your can download clipart, images, drawings or any other digital artwork and post your findings to the Class Blog; wow: Image Abundance!!.

Two of the sites have to be free images of some type and one can be a pay by the month or week for use. Please give a short description of the site and how good it appears to you.

Kan-Ed Learning Station Portal

Please reflect on what you discover here, what features will be useful to you, etc.

Final Project

Post your website URL here (don't froget to put the complete address) and please review and comment on other student's final projects. Good critical critiquing can help us all to make better sites next time or just improve the site we just completed.

Webpages and Video & Audio

How important are video and audio for internet use? Why do we wait the extra time for these media types, but not text and images?

Really Ugly Website Reflection

What I really want to know is what you learned when creating this really ugly website.

Top 10 Champions

After reading your classmates top ten lists, select one good and one bad and post here. This is just a little fun!!!

Media Libriaries & CSS

Post two sites that use CSS or media Libraries and briefly discuss what tipped you off.

URL for Your Own Blog

Post the URL for the Blog you have created for the Week 9 assignment. Remember your Blog can be personal, reflective, business related, family related, whatever. No Rules!! As Nike says "Just Do It."

Post your URL

Now that you have created a small little website, post your URL address so your classmates can view and comment. Make sure you also view and comment on theirs as well.

Site Idea

Tell others about your site idea and what your plan to do for the design of the page. Post your ideas.

Rule Breakers Websites

You have started to read about designing a web site and have seen several examples of some of the best. I want you to dig a little deeper and find at least 5 web sites that are breaking the rules, but doing it right. www.tokyoplastic.com

What this means, you need to find 5 sites that don't follow the normal web page layout and are trying something different, but the design and layout work. The sites are useable, easy to navigate and do their job getting the information to the viewer.

What's the normal style you ask? Banner on top, navigation to the left and text with one picture. If your really lost on what I am talking about as a normal style go the FHSU page. http://www.fhsu.edu Not that I am saying this is a bad layout, it is effective and loads quickly, but nothing that really sets the world on fire from a design standpoint.

When you find your 5 web sites post them in the Class Blog "Rule Breakers Web Sites". Be sure to give a short sentence or two describing each site and why they are good rule breakers.

Introduce Yourself

Please introduce youself. So, I will do the same.

I was born and raised in Florida, on Clearwater Beach to be exact and graduated for Florida State University a long time ago (other places too, but FSU is my first love).

I have two kids, a son who is junior at FHSU majoring in Leadership Studies and a daughter who will be a sophopmore at University of Missouri Conservatory of Music in Kansas City.She is a dancer. I also have two step-children, both married and one with a new baby.

I taught high school journalism, English, graphic design and photography for 20 years and have been here at FHSU for going on eight.

I like this level and the freedom, but have to admit I really miss high school kids. Could go back to teaching hight school tomorrow and be perfectly happy.

I love to cook, paint and of course photography. I also have a website that is in a constant state of change.

So, who are you, just click on the comment button to respond. and if you have never blogged before, you need to set up an account. I would appreciate it if your name was involved so we can all keep track of who is posting what.

URL for Free Hosting

Find one site on the internet that allows you to post your own homepage for free, besides "GeoCities", and post the URL. Also include basic information and if it allows you to create a page online with their own software/template.
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So, where are you in the process?

After reading the first chapter of the book you have seen the basics of web designers terminology. What level would you say you are in the technology world? Tell us what you have done in the past or how you are using the web now.