Concept Demos and more

Well, we've finished our first round of concept demonstrations. Initially my thought on this initial round of demo's was that they would be easy skills and a waste of our time. As we progressed through the first round it became apparent that this was not true. I learned many useful skills through these demonstrations. Skills such as placing videos in our web pages, customizing the toolbar in Dreamweaver and more. As an instructor, these software applications are extremely valuable. Dreamweaver provides the teacher with a 'round the clock classroom. In addition to being an effective way to communicate with students, teachers can also use their websites to interact and document interaction with other teachers and teaching tools. Through exploration of Dreamweaver and other software applications it has become apparent that they will be useful now and for years to come.

Struggling

As a result of some technical difficulties and procrastination I've gotten behind in Media 366. See my post last week (non-existent). As I spent this past weekend getting (close to) caught up I've learned a lot. Thursday we learned about visual literacy and interpretation. As an instructor I found this to be very useful. We learned that different people will interpret images different ways. In all likelihood my students will be a diverse group; with this being the case I will have to think more thoroughly about images I chose to ensure understanding by all of them.

Dreamweaver Update:
This is primarily where I fell behind due to my inability to access Dreamweaver off campus. This weekend I resumed editing my website and struggled initially until I turned to Lynda for help. Lynda provides tutorials for many of the essential applications on Stout computers. I could not create a new page from my pages template because I somehow misplaced the file. Through Lynda I learned how to create and edit a new template. Through Lynda I maintained my sanity...

Until Next Time