Prior to the beginning of
this course I honestly had very limited knowledge about everything that was
necessary to develop a well-organized website. The first assignment helped me really
learn and understand the four basic principles of design. Requiring us to
evaluate other people’s work to identify and give our opinion on how we
believed they applied C.R.A.P. to their designs was one of the best learning
activities in week one. This activity gave me the opportunity to apply and
assess what I had learned from the weekly readings and videos. I also enjoyed
creating a flyer to share with my coworkers and help them understand what
C.R.A.P. was. This course also gave me the opportunity to create a personal
logo based on descriptive words that my colleagues and I felt described me.
Creating my logo was a real learning experience, I was not very familiar with
Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, and therefore I had to do several sample logos before
producing a personal logo that I felt proud to share with others. Using Styks
was very fun for me and my two young boys; we had a blast learning and creating
animations. Learning to use this software was very simple; having my 5 and 8 year
old using Styks, reassured me that it would be something fun and easy to do
with my whole third grade class. Everything that I learn through the first few
weeks helped me gain knowledge on what was necessary to produce a quality
educational site. I had the opportunity to collaborate with some wonderful and knowledgeable
group of ladies; they were all very determined and professional. Creating this
site helped me really understand everything that is required and essential for a
website to be established in a functional way. While researching for useful
site to use as links on all of the different pages, I was able to acquire many
useful resources that can assist several of my current students and their
parents. I had a wonderful time in this course; I felt that everything was extremely
well organized and that every little step I took during the weekly assignments
assisted me in taking huge leaps in the development of the culminating final
project. Everything that I learned during this course can easily be applied and
shared in my current employment.
Citations:
Robin
Williams: The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Third Edition.
YouTube
video - Basic Layout and Design Principles for Webpages http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_mWi6r-9I&feature=youtu.be
Youtube.com.
(nd). Gimp Tutorial: Making a Simple Logo Graphic Image. Retrieved on Oct. 20,
2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVXWjuwkqas
Ben Hunt’s: Web Design from Scratch http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-design/great-web-logos-for-creative-inspiration/
Stykz: The first multi-platform stick figure
animation program. Released on Jan. 02, 2011. Stykz
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