HTML & CSS

Good Evening Blog Buddies--Oops it's after midnight so I say Good Morning Blog Buddies!

Wow, lots to do this week, assignments, projects WOW! So I am trying to get an early start but once again myBlackHawk has failed me and I cannot load files.

So what did I learn in assignment 5? I learned the how important it is to carefully read the instructions and to take care with keying in the code. Not exciting but I hope to get this down some day!

I played around on the W3 schools website under the CCS Examples tab...lots of colors to choose from. I have said this before I am enjoying the W3 site, they make it easy to play around and get some practice.

I only had to start over on this assignment 4 times (my friend's Mo Jo is wearing off! but I didn't listen to my music so maybe my formula is off?)

In the end...I feel comfortable with background colors, images, and margins; the lists are coming together nicely. Was also happy not to have to do the Google Docs thing this assignment, more time for the group project.

On this assignment I have spent 4.5 hours so far and still have the Technology Blog, CSS review and Group assignment to work on, and load my files to myBlack Hawk so I will have spent about 8 hours by the time I am done.

Till next time, have a happy day blog buddies!

Week 4 - Images

Happy Assignment 4 Blog Buddies!

In honor of learning about images I thought I would play around with adding an image to my Blog. Hmm...perhaps I will try video on the next blog, it's always fun to try something new!

I am pleased to say that I only had to start this assignment 3 times. I have some bad MoJo on my home computer (the images would not appear after I loaded them) so I trekked out to the Hawk (Black Hawk) to work in a lab and my files could not be opened on Internet Explorer. So I gave up came home and talked to a friend on the phone for 2.5 hours, he must have bad MoJo repellent because I was able to load the photos when I began the third attempt. Note to self: call friend if computer acts up!
Well back to business...I need to remember to check my typing when keying these assignments - that seems to be why I have some problems. I key fast but count on spell check WAY TOO MUCH! For this assignment I liked http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_image_align I am thinking that W3 Schools is becoming a favorite site for this class, I really like the side by side html / web site samples shown. They also make it easy to play around with it using their examples. I like to have samples to consult while figuring out a problem.
How many hours did I spend...hmm 3 yesterday and another 3 today so I will say by the time I am done blogging, looking up stuff for the group project, checking out the "Wow" sites and playing with Geo Cities (which I don't think I am liking )

I will have spent 8.5 hours on this assignment.

See ya next assignment!

Week 3-HTML Formatting, Uploading Pages

Hello everybody,

Can I say that this assingment started with me RE-DOING Units A & B! I am over them by now. I don't know what didn't work but oh, well hopefully the 10th time is the charm! If you read last weeks entry you know how many times I had to restart the last assignment!

I have to say it was more fun playing around with formatting and color than just setting up pages. I hope we are able to do more fun stuff with pages as we continue!

I have learned that I need a lot of repetition in working these exercises to learn the lessons. I definitely learn by trial and error, and very hands on! I also find that good music in the background has kept me from going too crazy while I do my homework for this class! May I suggest Joss Stone and John Mayer! They help set a groovy atmosphere for keeping calm!

The links I liked for this assignment were:
http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/teachingtool/fontcolor.html

http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_formattingch liked this one best the samples were easy to read.

Happy Halloween and Homework Blog Buddies!

I have spent 9 hours on this assignment so far, but cannot complete it because myBlackHawk is down and will not let me upload files and send emails! :(

Creating Links; Keeping a Reflective Journal; Creating a Technology Blog

Hello Everybody,

So let me start by saying this assignment drove me CRAZY! :O

I had to restart it 6 times! AAAAHHHHH. But I have to say when it finally came together I felt like I accomplished something! Yeah me!

I think the best things I learned were "Opening Links in New Windows", I like the idea of having the orignal window still in view after you click the link and "Adding Link Titles" as a user I think it is helpful to get a little information about the link you will click on before you click, it could save you some time from visiting sites that won't be helpful.

I bookmarked the anchor tag sites after a brief visit, but to be honest I spent so much time on the assignment that I will now go back to review them, especially after reading classmates blogs that said how helpful they were.

I am sad to say that I spent about 20 hours on this assignment, I guess my head was filled with cobwebs this week! Wish me luck on Units C and D!

Have a super week!

Creating an HTML Document; Using Google Docs

I learned a lot in the first lesson, I haven't taken any computer programming classes so to learn how to set up a simple web document was interesting. I was proud that I was able to follow the directions and actually see the result. I have heard of Google Docs but have never used it, my only concern about this part of the assignment was when I copied and pasted the index.htm document the tags did not transfer, I simply checked the "Edit HTML" option re-copied and pasted and completed the assignment.
I do see a use for the HTML skills in my future with an organization I volunteer with is having trouble finding someone familiar with HTML to update their website.
I looked at the websites listed and have bookmarked them to use them in future assignments!
I hope to continue to learn more as the semester (and assignments) continue! :)

Honestly I spent about 6 hours on this assignment and did it a second time to review!