CAITLIN, OLIVIANNE, MACKENZIE: Can you please check this out, for T2, and get back to me with your thoughts on whether or not this could be doable?
We will be presenting our websites in-class. Beginners (MONDAY and TUESDAY), you will have 2-3 minutes to deliver a watered-down version of your website. ONE DISCUSSION POINT from pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, NET. Advanced (WEDNESDAY), you will have 4-5 minutes to share your speech. ENTIRE ESSAY.
- Audience, use this form for each presenter: Audience Form.
- All presenters, use this form once for your self evaluation: Self Evaluation Form.
Don’t forget to share a handout (food for 25) or visual with the audience.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving dinners and opportunity to spend time with family and friends.
Mrs. Candela’s Tips:
1) Begin and end strong!
Madison’s opening lines in her introduction: Opening up a blank document is a daunting task no matter what the reason behind it is. Whether writing an essay or plotting a short story or coding a website, that bright white screen can seem like a dragon and can make you feel like an ill-equipped knight. This blinding white screen left me with this feeling in my chest, and it refused to leave even after I changed the style settings in Notepad++. But eventually, I gathered my courage and prepared to make a website.
2) Be specific. Drip with details. Explain the process. Overdo it.
My font is something that I picked for my website very early; I wanted something very minimalistic that did not take away from the website itself.
Which font? Name, please. System versus Google? How does it tie to your site’s theme and overall approach? Sans versus Sans serif.
3) Advanced, you literally want to point out everything!
Layout, headings, favicon, multimedia, fonts, colors, social media…everything on that home page.
4) Don’t say “really cute” or “amazing” without extreme description.
I felt the same about my social media icon, I think that it is really cute and I really enjoy the fact that it went with my theme so well that I could act as if the earth was the bird’s egg.
How did it go so well? What about the bird’s egg? Huh?
5) Make decisions.
Going from having a partner last year to now working as an individual is a totally different experience. Doing everything on your own is a lot harder than diving up the work evenly between two people. Being alone you get to choose when and how everything is going to get done, so you have to manage your time wisely. This outcome was a lot more rewarding because of the fact that you go through the tutorials and watch the videos, but do not know how it will actually come out until we do it ourselves. I did enjoy being independent and watching eve thing by myself, but I do like how interactive the intro class is. I think meeting somewhere in the middle will benefit both sides.
Don’t be wishy-washy. If you liked something, say it. If you didn’t, explain your rationale and how it could be better. Which method of creation, partnership or individual, did you enjoy the most? Explain.
6) Define, define, define.
After I made it I then went to go look at in on my website and saw some spots were not erased thoroughly enough. I then went back on the computer and proceeded to erase them, but instead of re saving my file to the web, I saved it as a Png.
What is a .png? How is that file type different than other picture types? In what situation would you use it? Be nerdy here.
7) Stay positive.
I love how my website turned out, despite my favicon not working and my image on my first page not showing up, I worked very hard on my website and am very proud of myself and how the finished product looked.
Don’t focus on what didn’t work. Don’t point out your flaws. Instead, focus on the positives and only address negatives if they lead to learning experiences/growth.
8) Reread your blog entries. They have such great “stuff” that you are welcomed, and encouraged, to throw into your speech.
