Monday November 24th

What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Do you have any traditions? Go in to detail about your plans for the 5 day weekend.

Every year we always go see me cousins in St Louis or they come here, and this year lucky me we get to go there AKA i don't have to do that dishes. I would probably say these are the cousins i'm closest to, which is fun because there's 4 boys and for me i just have my sister so it's like having 4 brothers whenever were with them and its way more fun because all we do is mess around like were all 10 again. We always eat around 5 and get donuts in the morning but one of the boys always ends up sneaking into the kitchen and stealing something before 5. We always have turkey and ham, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry relish, sweet potatoes, corn souffle, rolls, and oh course many pies and other random stuff for dessert. Even though i'm not really into thanksgiving food it's still fun to be around everyone and realize everything that's just handed to us in life that we overlook way too often.

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Wednesday November 19th

Go out and look up a what all goes on a resume website. What can you find? Include an example image if possible.

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I didn't really find any "individually" created websites, but I found resumes created and put on websites. They are more "full" due to the two people having more life experience and education than I have as of right now, but they both include good examples of skills. They both have name, their skill sets, work experience, education, expression of their style based on the creativity of their layout, and photographs they've edited.

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Tuesday November 18th

Define 'User Experience'. What does it mean and how does it relate to web design?

To me, user experience is the knowledge you gain due to being submerged and around something for a long period of time it can almost become second nature. According to Google it is defined as "the overall experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use." So with knowing the real meaning, I would say that it relates to my everyday life when using or going on Instagram; I always have good experiences with it and therefore continue to g on it daily and consider one of my top 3 favorite social medias.

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Monday November 17th

Consider the quote below. What exactly do you think it means and how does it relate to Web Design?

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It relates to web design in the way of when you create, or design something you are not only designing it in the way you want it to look but also the way your are designing it in the way of how it works and is seen by others. When you change a color for your font or background you not only are making it appealing to yourself or to others viewing it, yet your are designing a website and internally changing it. 

Wednesday November 12th

Reflect on your learning this semester so far in this class. Think about the first day you walked in to this room until right now. What have you learned about Web Design? What have you learned beyond Web Design? Explain yourself.

I have learned a background of CSS and HTML that has enabled me to be able to create a simple to mediocre website about myself and about something in interested in. I have learned that there is way more to creating and coding a website than meets the eye and all the components adding up to a finished website include a lot of different aspects of information. I've also learned that in correlation with life, in this class, you get out what you put in.

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Friday November 7th

Define the following terms on your blog. Do not copy and paste definitions. Site where you got your definition.

1.FTP-
A network custom used when transferring files on a computer from one person to another over the internet. (Google)

2.Web Server-
A program used in HTTP that uses files forming web pages to those that use the web. (Google)

3.Web Hosting-
A business giving storage space and entry to for websites through the web (Google)
          EX: Weebly and GoDaddy (PC Magazine)

Monday November 3rd

Tell me about your weekend. Give me details and photos!

I had a really fun weekend. I didn't go to school on Friday because SENIOR SKIP DAY! Thursday night I went the game and the haunted houses downtown. Friday I dressed up myself and my dog Taffy.  Then all my friends and i went to a party and had a good time. This Halloween was definitely the wickedest night I've ever experienced. Then Saturday I just hung out with Alyssa and we watched movies and drove around. Then Sunday I finished all my homework, very exciting, went to church, and then usual 801 chophouse after 5:00 mass.

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Monday October 20th

Tell me about your weekend. Share pics!

My weekend was pretty awesome. Both nights i hung out with friends and it was a good time. Friday we went to the game and cheered the whole game, i almost lost my voice which was fun. Then Saturday i hung out with my sister because she's on fall break and then had some friends come over that night. Sunday as always i enjoyed a wonderful evening at work...

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Friday October 17th

What kind of background do you have with Photoshop? Have you used it before? What other types of design and editing software have you used before? Explain.

I have only used Photoshop once when i was doing my all about me website to crop pictures in order for them to fit on the screen. I normally just use word when cropping pictures so I don't use many design and editing programs.The only ones i have used would be all the programs used during Computer Applications 2 years ago. I tend to catch onto computer stuff easily though so i hope it won't be to hard.

My awesome Photoshop skills (i only cropped it...)

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Tuesday October 14th

Below is a letter written to the editor who wrote the article 'Enforcement of dress code creates negative effect' that your blogged about last week. Most of you wrote on your blog that you agreed with the writer. What are your thoughts after reading the letter below and seeing a different perspective. Are they the same? Are the different? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

Yes, my thoughts are still the same. Although I partially agree with there being a time and place for a certain attire, i'm not saying there should be no "dress code" i just don't agree with there being a thumb rule and if a 1/2 a centimeter of my stomach is showing I don't really find it to be all that big of a deal. The reason i feel we should express ourselves at school is due to the fact that when we get older and find a job in a  professional workplace we won't be able to wear the clothes we wear now. So that being said i want to live up my young clothing I won't be able to get away with for the rest of my life as much as i can right now.

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Monday October 13th

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If i designed a curriculum perfect for me it would include math classes that were taught by math wizards like Ortman, Braden, and Ship and Fashion classes for design and marketing so i would decide which one i'd prefer to major in before college starts. I would study math and fashion and possibly create a class incorporating both, h and a psych class for me extracurricular "fun" class. I'd spend my class time in math solving problem/ accelerating my skills and have projects all the time for fashion.  They wouldn't be super different for math but i wouldn't be in science classes/ ELA even though for some reason I've taken 5 science classes since freshman year? Maybe i'd even add a journalism class somewhere in my schedule to help me with a fashion blog and that's one class i wish i would have taken in high school. The main difference is that these are the classes that are most intriguing to me/ provides me with good knowledge to have before go to college and actually start pursing my future career. 

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Wednesday October 8th

Copyright worksheet

Web design careers

Tuesday October 7th

The following article was in the September issue of The Tiger Print. Read the article (even if you already have) and respond to it below. What do you think? Do you agree? Disagree? Consider all perspectives of the article while you respond.

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Yes, i do agree with this article. Not only is Riley, the author, one of my good friends, but we also have very similar views. I am also someone that most consider "tall" which equals having a harder time finding dresses and shorts that many consider appropriate, yet on me are "too short." I'm not trying to show off my butt, i'm trying to express myself and the things i like through my clothing. Also, might I add if I ever do have my butt or boobs hang out it's ever an intentional thing, i personally find that uncomfortable, but it just happens that that moment in time my clothing is riding up or whatever, and i'm not 5 i can fix that without being told.  I'm not someone that takes offense to many things, i'm pretty accepting and enjoy various types of people, but when it comes to the SAME teacher who might i add I have NEVER EVEN HAD consistently death glares me and every other day decides to comment on my "inappropriate" clothing it kind of turns personal and annoying. Fashion is what i'm going to college for next year, and therefore is something  am passionate about so yes i have a more edgy style that some may jokingly consider "goth" but honestly i really don't care, i wear what i wear because it's what i like and personally i find it to be something that describes me. So yes i understand why the dress code was put in place to avoid "too much" skin that people don't want to see, but when the cheerleader show up with skirts so short you can obviously see their spandex, i don't think i should be getting in trouble for a half a centimeter of "mid-drift" which lets be honest isn't even a word anymore or because my shorts that completely cover my butt don't reach my thumbs going half way down my legs. All in all i don;t really care that much because in the retrospect of life it isn't a big deal/ i'm leaving for college next year but i do think that it does take away from self-expression and can be demeaning.

Monday October 6th

Tell me about your weekend! If you don't have anything fun to share, tell me about the city you live in. What do you love about Kansas City? Do you have a favorite place in the city? Favorite team? :) Favorite event? Explain.

My weekend was really chill which was good because i haven't caught up on my sleep basically since school started. Friday consisted of driving around, eating food, and watching movie with Kaelen. Then Saturday i slept until 3 because i had to get up and work at 4. After work i hung out with Jamie we got the most amazing twisters of my life and then just hung out around there. Yesterday was pretty lame i had church, i had to write a paper, study vocab words and go to work. It was't a very eventful weekend but it was fun although i am still tired. Oh my favorite place in KC is Westport because i'm obsessed with ATC, It's a Beautiful Day, and it's about 5 minutes from Urban (my 2nd home.)

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Monday September 29

Tell me about your Homecoming weekend! If you didn't participate in the Homecoming festivities, what did you do? Share pics!

Best and last homecoming. Friday i spent 6 hours at the mall with Jamie and it made me feel like i was in an alternate universe (in a bad way,) but it's col because i got all my stuff done. Saturday morning starting with me getting my nails done and ended with me and Sarah running around trying to find shoes but I ended up wearing the ones I already had. Then my friends and i went over to get ready at Kendra's which i thought might be crazy with all 6 of us there but hey i got Jamie to do my makeup so i didn't really care. Pictures were at 6:30 and  I have never sweat so much during pictures in my life but for the most part they turned out good so whatever! We ate dinner at Zio's which i had never been to but it wasn't that bad, Lidia's will forever be my favorite Italian restaurant though. Lastly was the after party and it was themed based on each couple which was cool to see everyone's different "costumes" it was like an early Halloween, which was sweet because it's my favorite day of the year.

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Monday September 22

How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting? Share photos!

My weekend wasn't super exciting, but it was still fun! Friday went t the game and it was a little rough but that's okay because were going to kill SW this weekend. On Saturday we celebrated Kaelen's birthday and ate lots of cookie cake that was amazing, Mrs. Fields is probably the best next to whole foods vegan chocolate chip cookies. Then i got to work on Sunday which was super fun but as least i got sushi.

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Friday September 19

Now that you are several weeks in to this class and have coded one (super small) website, what do you think? What are your thoughts on web design? Is it what you thought it would be? Is it better? Worse? What's your favorite part? What's your least favorite part? Explain.

I think coding is pretty cool and makes me feel kinda smart, but it's a lot of work. The class is just like any other computer class and basically what i expected. I didn't think it would be as complex as it is and you would have to remember as much as you do with all the coding rules,but overall if you come in and do your work, you'll get most things done.

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Wednesday September 17th

What is the importance of deadlines? How do high school deadlines reflect or simulate "real world" experience? Give an example of when you met or or didn't meet a deadline that was important.

The importance of deadlines are to ensue tat you can be organized and meet requirements in an orderly manner.“On the inside of the stockade and twenty feet from it there is a dead-line established, over which no prisoner is allowed to go, day or night, under penalty of being shot.” -Col. Chandler from a Captain Walter Bowie. I met a deadline when submitting my FIT application before January 1st.

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Tuesday September 16

Reflect on this quote. Give an example of a time in your life that this might have been the case.

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The second test i took in chemistry Sophomore year.  I thought the first test was pretty easy, but that was because it was only over lab safety, which we have been learning about since 2nd grade and is basically common sense. Anyways, we learned a new unit a few weeks later that we hadn't learned in any other class prior and  decided not to study for the test, knowing i wasn't ready/ hadn't memorized all the material. I decided not to study because i was lazy and had to work that night, therefore I wasnt ready for the test and my grade reflected that.

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Monday September 15th

What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

I had a pretty busy weekend. Friday night i had to work and couldn't go to the football game, which sucked. Then i got to wake up in the morning and take the ACT, yay, that was fun. I
 had my senior pictures a little bit after that in the West Bottoms, which was a lot of fun and the photographer was super awesome! Then, the rest of the weekend I hung out with friends, went t church, and went to work. 

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