A Sentence of Advice...

Pay attention in class and the assignments will be a lot easier...also make sure you turn in the homework on time and completely finished! Good luck!

Sarah McGhee

Favorite Stumpers and Websites

All the stumper pictures were very good but my favorites were Alex's, Kate's, and Mary's. They were all aesthetically pleasing and it was fun to try and guess where they were. Good photos!

I also enjoyed looking at all the websites but my favorites out of all the class were Samantha's, Natalie's, and Kate's. All of them were very informative without putting too much on the websites to make them overwhelming. They also all provided a lot of interesting information about themselves and it was cool to learn more about them. Great job, guys!

Links to comments on Stumpers:
1. Mary
2. Gustavo
3. Andree

Links to comments on Websites:
1. Gustavo
2. Samantha
3. Natalie

Sarah McGhee

My Website

Take a look at my website and let me know what you think. I hope you enjoy it!

Sarah McGhee

Stumper Photo

Can you figure out where this picture was taken?

Reply to this post if you think you know!

Sarah McGhee

Bad PowerPoints

Out of all the bad presentations we saw in class on Tuesday, my favorites were Kate, Juan, and Paul's. Kate used a lot of images and sounds, making the presentation very overwhelming and confusing. I also liked her paragraph containing the bad spelling and Internet lingo. I liked Juan's presentation because it showed the least amount of work you could do on a presentation. He had very little on his slides with hard to read fonts. I liked Paul's because you could see he put a lot of thought into what made a bad PowerPoint and he worked hard on his to make his completely terrible!

Things to do in a Presentation:
1. Make the text easy to read for your audience
2. Use an appropriate amount of images
3. Cite your sources and images that you use
4. Keep the effects as simple as possible
5. Finish within the time allotted

Things Not to do in a Presentation:
1. Use inappropriate and distracting backgrounds and effects
2. Make the text hard to read for the audience
3. Write too much on the slides
4. Rely on the slides by reading off of them the entire presentation
5. Go over the time limit

Link to my Bad PowerPoint Presentation:
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~smcghee/bad/How%20To%20Make%20a%20Bad%20PowerPoint%20Presentation_files/frame.htm

Sarah McGhee

Copyright Laws

Something is copyrighted when it is fixed in tangible form. When searching for a picture on the Internet for a project someone plans on publishing, it would probably be a good idea to cite the source one uses. There are certain instances when someone would not need to cite, such as when the picture is in public domain, but this is very rare these days. Most everything that is an original work is copyrighted by the original creator. The only other exception in concerns with copyright laws is the "Fair Use" Rule. Under this rule of copyright law, an author may make limited use of another author's work without asking permission. Fair use is based on the belief that the public is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials for purposes of commentary and criticism. But if someone plans on using more than a small amount of another author's work, he or she should obtain permission from the original creator or author.

Sarah McGhee

Web 2.0 and Time Person Of The Year

The article I read concerning Web 2.0 discussed the classic cycle of pure technology progressing into pure marketing. There is a big concern over the "bubble burst" of this new technology, more specifically Web 2.0. The author of this article discusses how this burst of this new technology can actually be a good thing. Once things settle down, the technology can start doing its job. This article helped me think about Web 2.0 in a different way. It reminded me of how technology is constantly changing, even with the Web, which I viewed as completely developed before reading this article. There is always something new coming in.

I found the Time Person of the Year article a very empowering one, as I am sure it was intended to be. It is very interesting to think of how active and involved the everyday person is now, and is also somewhat comforting. As the article mentioned, it is at times a little disheartening when you see the spelling mistakes and rude messages that are sometimes posted on sites such as YouTube and MySpace. Knowing that there are regular people in the world who have the ability to make a difference and do extraordinary things gives me confidence in my own abilities. I think the article achieved what it was intending to do: building up the everyday, normal people.

Sarah McGhee