Some Advice

To every student taking Computer Skills with Professor Belisle, here's some advice:
1. Make sure you go to class! We go over a lot of stuff every day so if you miss a class you are really going to be behind
2. Doing your assignments is really important for getting a good grade. The assignments are often simple but time consuming, so just make sure you put in the time to get them done because they help your grade a lot
3. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Professor Belisle covers a lot of stuff so at times she can go pretty fast, but if you have a question she is always very helpful so make sure you ask.
4. Have fun, you get to learn a lot without writing any papers!

Presentations Blog

Unfortunately I wasn't in class for everybody's presentations, because all the websites look awesome, but I was in Tennessee for the baseball conference championship, which we won. Anyways, after looking at all the websites, my favorite was Travis'. I liked it because it was interactive and far better than anything I did. My other two favorites were Alex's and Nick's. I liked Alex's website because it was simple but creative, and I liked Nick's because it had good pictures. That is all

My website

Please visit my website at www.cs.trinity.edu/~kclement
Overall, making the site was harder than i thought. I used Expression Web because it was the easiest one for me. I like my Baseball page the best because I think it turned out better than my other pages. If I did it again I would change the background to some of my pages. My biggest challenge was making the navbar work properly. My biggest design challenge was making everything line up the way I wanted it to. I probably won't show my site to anybody. I might have to make another site for another class so my knowledge in it will be useful.

HTML Code

It is important for a web page designer to understand how to use HTML code just in case there are problems with the web authoring software or if it is not working. Another reason it is important to know code is because that way if there is a problem with the web page, the designer can go straight to the source of the problem to fix it.

Powerpoint Presentations

My two favorite presentations were Tomas' slideshow about flying and Alex's presentation about technology. I liked the flying presentation because it was original and really intriguing. It was a success in my opinion because it got me interested in aviation and it was something I don't usually think about; the video was really cool too. I liked the technology presentation because the slides and music were really well done so the presentation really caught my eye.

Photo Collage

This is a picture of our baseball team before a game. I used the two pictures at the top to show Ryan Murphy's thoughts before a game; he knows we can either be really excited about a win or disappointed about a loss.

Chris Nolan

When Mr. Nolan came to our class, I learned several useful new things about search engines and the sites I visit. First, I learned that there are many different ways to use google than just searching the web or looking for images. We learned that Google Scholar can help you find more academic sources for times when you need to do research. Mr. Nolan also talked to us about evaluating the sources you select. Some of the criteria are the website itself, the author of the page, and whether the site has legitimate citations to show that accurate information is being displayed. I think that both using different search engines and finding scholarly sources will both help me in the future for times where I might need to write a research paper.