Blogger

Using Blogger.com was a great experience overall. Before I transferred to WSU, I didn't have much experience in Computer software, let alone utilizing a website like Blogger.com I have heard of blgos before, but never tried it. In a sense, it is a lot similar to any social media out there, like Twitter or Facebook, because you are just sharing ideas or thoughts on a particular subject. I really liked Blogger though because you were able to change a lot about it like the font, typestyle, add pictures, the background, things like that. Although I have just been using it for school purposes, I think I might start using it for my own personal life as well now! :)

Final Project

For my Final Project we utilized both the HTML and Dreamweaver applications in combining a code editing website that we customized and designed exactly how we wanted. This project was all brand new to me, making it difficult to use not being familiar with any of it. Even though it wasn't exactly easy to use, I still had fun with it and enjoyed working on this final project because we were able to design every bit of it exactly how I wanted. With the help of my student peers and professor, I was able to successfully create a project that I was completely satisfied with and happy to show my peers. I enjoyed this final project and it was one I would recommend to every DTC student to try! 

Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a web design and development application primarily used by code editing and more technical features to assist in writing code. It was originally created by Macromedia in 1997 and now controlled under Adobe Systems since 2005. It is available for both OS X and for Windows computers. The newest version of Adobe Dreamweaver is available in many different languages including:Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean (Windows only), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. The newest and current version of Dreamweaver is Version 14.1 and available in the Adobe package system. It is an amazing application to use and difficult for new users.

Project Coding

Project coding is quite simpler then I thought it was going to be from the beginning. When I first got introduced to coding and HTML I thought it was the most difficult as I attempted to code and transform into an actual website. After lots of tutorials and with the help of my student peers, I was able to figure it out what I needed and be effective in project coding. I have come to enjoy this project and spending the time trying to manipulate and edit my project for the better. I think for a beginner, my project is creditable and exceptional for the knowledge and time I had to work on it with. I enjoyed this project just like I have all the others we have worked on in class.

HTML

HTML code is defined computer code that enables you to edit and manipulate a piece to look and present exactly how you want it to. This can either constitute as links, or pictures, or web browsers, colors, fonts, etc. I have never done a project before that worked with creating an html code so it was confusing and difficult for me to do at first. With the help of online tutorials and from my peers and Professor I was able to figure it out to get the basic layout page on how i wanted my page to look. I really liked this first basic assignment because it allows for me to understand what really goes into a web page when we open one up on Safari or Firefox. There is so much that goes into it, I don't understand how some companies can get so creative and make it look so wonderful. It's amazing what goes on behind the closed doors of technology.

Video Games as Media

When talking about media, I thought to myself what another useful form of media is today, that may not always come to mind right off the bat. We would normally think cell phones, computers, and television as different and more popular forms of media, but we don't realize is what constitutes as a form of media. All media is made up of is a different form of communication that reaches or influences people globally through-out. So when thinking outside the box a little, I came up with Video Games as being a form of media that we may not think of every single day. These are display devices that produce two- or three- dimensional images with possible interaction worldwide. They can range from large mainframe databases like the old-fashioned arcade games, to small handheld devices like iPods or cellular devices. Either way, these devices have skyrocketed in the last decade, and considered to be a great art form, and industry moneymaker.

Present-Day Media

What exactly is considered present-day media? Since we live in a generation of the cell phone now, I believe a great example of this would be a smart phone most people have readily available on them. It most commonly refers to the high-speed availability on the internet, through any digital device such as a laptop, cell phone or tablet. A defining characteristic of present-day media would be dialogue. Most people around the world utilize the internet to transmit messages one way or another from one thing to another, whether that is holding a conversation with an old family member across the states, or purchasing a product from China. Either way, we are sending a message with an intent to hopefully receive something back from that message sent. That is the direction today's society is headed.. Electronically.