LJ6:Planning and Designing web content

Well I was going to do the Goanimate for my blog but that program/page decided it did not want to work on my computer, and Xtranormal is down to be maintained.  So normal blog it is :P.  This learning module has been the best by far cause It's like taking everything we've learned this semester and putting it to use.  Im really looking forward to the challenge of making a good final project/website. I liked the discussion cause it is nice to see everybodys opinion on good and bad sites.  It will defintiely keep me away from certain sites. I also learned what makes a good webpage. Things such as use of white space and keeping the colors coordinated are important.  You want a page to laod right away and the page to always have live links. This video was funny yet very informative when knowing not what to do when creating a web page......

This site gives  22 ways to create a good website,(http://www.dotservant.com/knowledgebase/build-website/)  reinforces some things I've learned such as checking for broken links, organizing content,and using simple design.  There weren't really any new terms I learned to put in this blog. I wish I couldve used xtranormal or goanimate to do this.

web lab 13 animoto

LJ5:Imaging for the Web, File sharing, and Introduction to Web 2.0

I really enjoyed learning more things about Web 2.0 and the many possibilities it gives us to be creative on things we do on the computer.  Some applications such as photobucket I had known about and have used, along with Jing and delicious which were introduced to me in this course. In Cyber lesson 8 it had demos on some other web 2.0 apps such as animoto and xtranormal which I tried out on my own as well and kind of had fun with it. I also plan on reading up more on Web 3.0 or the semantic web as its also named. below is the video i found most informational from cyber lesson 8. Im all for anything that makes browsing/customizing the internet easier!!



The information about file sharing wasnt really news to me, I've been downloading and sharing files(possibly illegally) for quite some years. Learning what goes into lowering a file size besides cropping was relatively informational to me.  I think by far for me this was the most interesting maybe even entertaining module thus far.  I got my dates mixed up on some things and missed doing some things, but i feel i got my share of good information.  As the class is winding down I'm glad to be learning things that I'll be able to use long after this class is over.

New Vocabulary:
Folksonomy: the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content

Tag Cloud: a visualization representation of the most popular tags   see example:

mashups:web applications that combine data from multiple sources

I just made a new Voki. See it here:

LJ4: Communicating Online

This Module/Chapter was pretty much split into two sections: Email communication and Social Media.  I really did not learn anything new from reading the part of the chapter on email.  The biggest thing I learned was how popular social networking has become.  Sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace are a few sites where millions of people connect on a business, entertainment, and even research level.  Being a user of facebook myself, it has been pretty seamless the way my 10 year high school reunion was able to be planned.  I could only imagine the difficulty of planning one without social networking.  The one negative side I feel about a site such as facebook is that it makes a reunion seem like more of a social gathering due to the fact you can see how former classmates are doing if they are in your network.  I also became more aware that you should be careful what you put on sites such as facebook because employers can use that as ammunition to not hire you or even fire you.  It seems I hear a lot about "tweeting" lately on Twitter. Athletes and stars keeping fans updated on their thoughts and actions. Quotes from twitter often seem to appear on sportscenter and other news casts.  I was searching about facebook and found this site( http://www.cmswire.com/news/topic/facebook )with a couple news headlines on the first page, such as that 80 percent of children access the net weekly and that most Americans get their news online as opposed to paper.  Here is a video i found on facebook that is pretty cool, a guy did a project on the use of facebook around the world at a action per second graphic. (http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=37403547074 )  Other than missing out on the one web lab, I feel my participation in this module was enough to learn the things I did.  This class is one of the only ones I'm taking that doesn't bore me honestly.

New Terms I learned:

Bcc( blind courtesy copy) : a copy of a message that is sent by a recipient without that recipient's name or e-mail address appearing in the heading

flaming : Responding with strong language or insults by email and other online communication tools.

individual messages format: sends each message to  members of a mailing list as a single email message.

LJ3

Between all the web labs and the text reading along with the cyber lesson I learned a lot about making my searches more indepth.  Up until this point I had always just used google as my staple search site and just typed exactly what I was looking for and figured I was getting all the information possible for that description.  Now i will use different search engines, which should make my searches more productive and make researching for classes much easier.  Thanks to this module I will defintiely utilize delicious so I can get my bookmarks if I'm on a different computer. Some Life and Career skills required for the 21st century are Flexibility and adaptability, initiative, self direction, social skills, leadership skills among others. Some Media and Technology skills required for the 21st century are Access and evaluate information,use information, analyze media, and apply technology effectively.  I believe my participation in this module was effective and I'm learning a lot of new things about stuff i thought i was more knowledgable on. Honestly I chose this class as an elective just for credit but now I'm glad I did. 

New Terms:

Boolean operator: A conjunction used in a logical expression.(and,or,not)

shopping bots: Shopping search engines

natural language search: a search that uses complete sentences