HTML

I think it's very important that all people who design or maintain webpages know HTML code. The code is not that difficult to use and with a little practice is easy to manipulate. Although newer software is much more user friendly and creates more aesthetically pleasing pages, you cannot forget the importance of HTML. By knowing HTML you could alter the page without having to open any type of software. If the software is malfunctioning, HTML is an easy way to correct any problems that are on the page. HTML, although much more complicated and labor intensive, is still a necessity.

PowerPoint Presentations

I thought everyone did really well during the presentations but two did stand out to me. First, I thought Emmalee's presentation about Carhutha was very entertaining. She had great pictures and graphics to go along with her presentation and it was a great way to combine the art of storytelling and factual events. It was well prepared and she kept the classes attention.

The second presentation that I thought stood out was Raelle's about the Alamo Drafthouse. It was pretty obvious that she was very interested in her topic and knew a great deal on the topic. She did a great job of finding pictures and knew the history of the owner as well as the business.

Google Search

I had no idea that google had created so many different functions within their searches. I am definitely going to use Google Scholar now that I know about it. It seems so much easier than the schools old system to search articles. I also learned that you can define words through Google. That's so much easier than going to dictionary.com.

Learning all the different ways to define my searches will definitely save me time next time I'm researching a topic. Being able to search on certain domains will greatly improve my productivity. I was really surprised that google rates their searches based on how many times a particular site is linked to. It seems like that would cause there to be a lot of misinformation if a site is popular, but so far it has worked.