5 Tips for Students Taking Computer Skills

1. Do your work.
2. Re-check your work to make sure you do not leave anything out.
3. Be creative.
4. Study for quizzes and tests, despite how easy you think they will be.
5. Make friends and have fun!

Websites!!!

Everyone who presented in class on Tuesday had great websites. I like how Alicia had lots of pictures of family members and vacations. She also used simple backgrounds, which makes it easier to read the text. I liked Stu's video at the end of his presentation about Canada and he also had a good layout. I also liked Mica's website. She presented it well and gave informative and interesting data.

Please visit my own website at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~dwheeler

HTML

It is important to know how to use HTML even though there are programs out there that can do everything for you. Knowing HTML allows for a better understanding of creating websites and allows someone to be more personal when creating a website. People who know HTML can create new things that would not be found in a program such as Expressions or Dreamweaver. The person is smarter than the computer.

Which powerpoints i liked...

Overall I was impressed by every one's PowerPoint's. I really liked the story that Mica told. She seemed like she was well informed about the topic and interested in it too. I liked how enthusiastic Nicole was with her presentation about accounting. Her PowerPoint made me want to take an accounting class just to see what it is like. Both layouts were very nice, as were the other PowerPoints in the class.

PowerPoint

The advice for making a Power Point is helpful to make it effective. I found that the most important things to consider when making a Power Point is to keep the slide simple and not include too much information. My advice to other classmates would be to not read off of the slides and to chose non-distracting pictures and color schemes.

5 Important things to remember:

1. Make it simple
2. Choose appropriate colors
3. Do not use sound effects (this is often annoying)
4. Do not read off of slides
5. Make the power point a pleasure to read

What I learned from Chris Nolan

I learned about different ways to search the Internet. I learned about how to limit what I am searching for by adding an ending address such as .gov. I also found out that I can limit my search on Google by clicking on the limited search. What I found surprising was how some sites can be false Internet sites. One of my favorite tools to use when searching is the cached tool that highlights on the site what you typed in when searching. I find this helpful when searching the Internet and the page contains a lot of information.

What I learned about copyright

In the copyright presentation I learned many things. I learned that copyright is older than the Bill of Rights. I also found it interesting how many people get caught for illegally downloading music. We were told that one person got sued for $250,000!!! This amount amazed me. What the person was doing (distributing music by illegally downloading it) is unfair to people who put time into making the music. I think that it is fair for somebody to be sued when they have downloading large amounts of music and distributed the music. However, it is not fair for a student to get sued for illegally downloading one song. A song is only worth $0.99. That is like stealing a candy bar. Also, a person would not get sued for stealing a copyrighted book from a store. It is ridiculous that people are sued for downloading one song. Artists and producers make millions of dollars. They are at no loss. The RIAA needs to leave students like this alone and focus on people who illegally distribute music for a profit.