Journal - What have you learned about making a website so far? What has been easy about it and what has been frustrating? Explain.

     Making a website is fun. I learned that it takes a lot of busy to work to link up everything, but when it is linked up it feels awesome to know I made that. I never new how much work went into making a website. Once I caught on things were pretty easy. I also learned how to put pictures into it.
     The most frustrating part about Dreamweaver is that I do not know to do anything. I am not used to it, like am to Word. You have to input information to move things around you can not just click and drag. Another thing that was frustrating is that I do not know the quickest way to do things like hyper linking.

Monday, August 26

Journal - Tell me if you agree with this statement and then explain why or why not. "Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted I should be able to use it."

     I disagree with the statement above. I think people have a right to the photos they post. People should at least cite where they got the photo. If I was selling a poster online and someone copy and pasted on to their own cite I would be very upset. People should also acknowledge that photos can be copied from your page. 
     Copy and pasting someones photo hoes along the same lines as plagiarism and cheating. If you do not cite your  sources, people may think that you took that photo, but in reality someone else may have worked really hard on that photo. 

Thursday, August 22

Journal - What do you know about plagiarism? What do you know about plagiarism on the internet? Howdo web design, the internet and plagiarism all effect each other? Explain.

     We have been drilled on plagiarism since junior high. Teachers would give us a whole mind numbing speech on doing your own work and cite your sources. Plagiarism is not doing your own work, such as copying and pasting something from the internet, or just writing down a friends answers. Teachers are so strict on plagiarism because you are not learning if you copy someone else's work. 
     Plagiarism is wide spread on the internet. The internet is the perfect place for people who do not do their own work. With anonymous identities people think they are safe from being caught, all they have to do is copy and paste another person's paper. On websites like Grade Saver they have key essays that you can just download. The internet just makes plagiarism easier do.  

Tuesday, August 20

Journal - After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."

What I took away from Ashton Kutcher’s speech is that Ashton Kutcher’s first name is Chris. And that you make your life what you want it to be, it doesn’t matter where you start or where you come from, it matters how hard you work to achieve your goals. If you work hard you can achieve anything. People like Steve Jobs worked hard to be successful.

The quote means that everyone starts on the same playing field, and your work ethic will decide how you do in life. You can affect everyone’s life if you have a good plan and the will power to achieve it. If Steve Jobs can create Apple in a basement you can do anything. Ashton gave a personal example by talking about when he was working jobs trying to move up in the world.