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To do well in computer skills it is really important to every assignment. It is also important to go above and beyond on assignments to get a good grade.

website

I really enjoyed looking at everyone's websites. I think that it is really neat that we were able to make such good websites. I really liked Brittany's website. She had a really neat animation that linked to her mailbox. I also liked how she used the favorite things song on her favorites page. Another one of my favorite websites was Andrew's. He had a really creative idea to relate different facilities at Trinity to his experience here. It was informative yet had a personal touch to it. He also had a very nice picture of the bell tower as a background on all of his slides. I also really liked Alisa's website. I loved how she used a bulletin board as her navigation bar. She also did a very good job of thouroughly explaining all of her pictures.
You can see my website at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~shansen.

HTML

It is important for web designers to know html code. Even though there are many advanced programs that they can use, they might need to write their own code to specialize their page or if the program does not do something that they want to do. Designers should also know how to read html code so they can look at other people's pages and use their ideas. It is always important to know the basics of what you are doing. For example, you must know how to add numbers before you learn complicated algebra.

Powerpoint Presentations

I really liked Leigh-Anne's presentation. It was especially interesting for me because I am considering majoring in marketing. The video helped convey here subject very well. I also like Max's presentation. He did a very good job of not reading from his slides and holding the audiences attention. He had a very creative animation of a jumping fish that he inserted in a picture of a fountain.

Powerpoint

I thought that the tips for using powerpoints were very helpful and will come in handy for powerpoint presentations in other classes. I already knew most of the information but some of it was completely new to me. I never realized that it is bad to use clipart or the provided templates. My top five tips for powerpoint presentations are:
1. Don't put too many words on each slide
2. Make sure that all fonts are legible
3. Use the same background for all slides
4. Be organized
5. Don't use too much animation

Searching the Internet

I learned alot from Chris Nolan's presentation. This information he presented will be extremely helpful in all of my classes in the future. The most interesting thing that I learned was that there is something called the invisible web. The invisible web is information that is online that can't be accessed by search engines. It makes up more than 70% of the information that is online. I never realized that there was anything that could not be accessed by search engines.

Copyright Laws

I learned a lot about copyright laws in class.  I was especially interested in how copyright laws apply to downloading  music from the internet.  I never realized how serious this was or how easy it is to break the law. Using any kind of music that you don't pay for is illegal, you have to at least pay a subscription fee for it to be legal. According to the RIAA Web site: “global music piracy causes $12.5 billion of economic losses every year, 71,060 U.S. jobs lost, a loss of $2.7 billion in workers’ earnings, and a loss of $422 million in tax revenues”  There is debate among musicians about whether online downloading should be illegal or not.  Supporters of the laws think that online downloading makes them lose money and the other side thinks that online downloading gives them more exposure.