Monday, November 24

Blog Post of the Day:

What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Do you have any traditions? Go in to detail about your plans for the 5 day weekend.

On Wednesday I have basketball practice from 8-10 A.M. Then on Wednesday night, I have my mom's side of the family over for Thanksgiving dinner. On Thursday, we are going to go to my aunt's house for Thanksgiving with my dad's side of the family.

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On Friday, I'm planning on going Black Friday shopping with my friends, and then on Friday night my cousin is having a baby shower.

Saturday and Sunday are just chill days for me... And then back to school.

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Wednesday, November 19th

Blog Post of the Day:
Go out and look up a what all goes on a resume website. What can you find? Include an example image if possible.

I'm looking at resume websites online, and some of the examples I've seen are really cool. It looks like for every different section of a paper resume, there is a different page on that subject. Like for a "previous experience" section of the paper resume, there is a page titled "Previous Experience/Jobs" or something like that.

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See on this resume there is a home page, which explains what the website is for, and then an "About me" page, as well as a "Resume","Testimonials", "Work Samples", "References", and a "Connect" page.

Monday, November 17

Blog Post of the Day:

Consider the quote below. What exactly do you think it means and how does it relate to Web Design?

I think this relates to web design because even if you make a super cool page, with an awesome color theme and stuff, but it won't mean anything if it doesn't work. When I thought of web design before I took this class, I thought that it was one person does the designing (i.e. color schemes, font choices,etc.) and another person actually puts it into play, and does the coding and stuff.

I now know that it is totally different. A web designer's job requires only the tiniest bit of actual design, and is mostly coding to get the website to work correctly.

Wednesday, November 12

Blog Post of the Day:
Reflect on your learning this semester so far in this class. Think about the first day you walked in to this room until right now. What have you learned about Web Design? What have you learned beyond Web Design? Explain yourself.

I have learned so much about web design and css/html. I think it is really motivating to not just have us learn it, but to put it into practice when we make websites. I have learned how to budget my time, and how to make sure everything is done to the best of my ability. Overall, I feel like I know so much more about the internet, and how it's made. Every time I go to a website now, I think about how much coding it took to make that webpage possible.

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In conclusion, I believe that this class has really helped me figure out if I want to go into a career in computer design or not.

Friday, November 7

Blog Post of the Day:
Define the following terms on your blog. Do not copy and paste definitions. Site where you got your definition.

FTP

Web Server

Web Hosting (also list examples of web hosting companies)

FTP- standard protocol for transferring computer files from one host to another host on a TCP based network.

source: wikipedia.com

Web Server- a program that uses the server model to serve the files that form web pages for users.

source: whatis.techtarget.com

Web Hosting- providing storage space and access for websites

source: google.com

Monday, November 3

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your weekend. Give me details and photos!

This weekend I didn't do much. On Friday, my friend and I dressed up and handed out candy, then watched a movie with all the lights off so that the tricker treaters couldn't see in.

On Saturday, I watched two of the Harry Potter movies, and then went out to dinner with some of my friends. After dinner, they came over to my house, and we watched a movie. On Sunday, I slept in, and then hung out alone most of the day.

Monday, October 20

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your weekend. Share pics!

This weekend I went to my cousin's wedding, in Oklahoma City. I wasn't at school on Friday because I had to go to the rehearsal dinner, which was Friday night.

Rehearsal dinner

 Then on Saturday, my brothers went to the OU vs. K-State game, and loved it. When I went to go pick them up, I could tell that OU had lost, because all the fans streaming out of the stadium were not happy.

The OU campus

We went back to the hotel, and we were going to take a nap, but then my mom noticed that the wedding started at 6:00pm, not 7:00pm.

After the wedding, which was kind of weird, we went to the hotel, went to sleep, and woke up really early yesterday morning so that we could get home on time. 

And that was my weekend!

Tuesday, October 14

Blog Post of the Day:
Below is a letter written to the editor who wrote the article 'Enforcement of dress code creates negative effect' that your blogged about last week. Most of you wrote on your blog that you agreed with the writer. What are your thoughts after reading the letter below and seeing a different perspective. Are they the same? Are the different? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

This is going to sound like I just go along with everything I hear (as I hear it), but really, I do agree with this letter on some levels. I believe that everyone should be able to wear whatever they want, but I also know that when a lot of these kids grow up, they will be held to much higher standards than they are right now.

I know that a woman who works with my dad doesn't like the restrictions she's expected to adhere by. She complimented my dress one day, and then said that she wished she could wear something like that. I was 10, so I asked her why she couldn't wear something like my dress. She explained to me that at the office, she was asked to wear business clothes, and have a sense of professionalism about her clothing.

So, as I said before, I believe that everyone is entitled to wear whatever they want to wear, but maybe not all the time.

Monday, October 13

Blog Post of the Day:

I don't know if I can list out any specific classes that I would take, but I can tell you what classes I'm taking now that I wouldn't be in. Does that make sense?

I know I wouldn't be taking Geometry or Algebra 2. I would try to take AP Statistics, because that looks kind of interesting. I would stay in Biology, but I wouldn't be taking Physics or Chemistry, focusing instead on Earth and Space Science, because that looks really interesting. 

I would probably stay in Web Design, because I really like computers, but I would also try to take some sort of Computer Science class as well, because that's what I'm interested in. I also looked at the CAPS courses, and Technology is something I am going to take.

So, a rough outline of all the classes that I would take (if I could take any) would be Web Design, Biology, Earth and Space Science, CAPS technology, and some sort of Computer Science class.

Kate Duggan

Copyright Law and Graphics on the Web

Web Design Career Search

Tuesday, October 7

Blog post of the day:
The following article was in the September issue of The Tiger Print. Read the article (even if you already have) and respond to it below. What do you think? Do you agree? Disagree? Consider all perspectives of the article while you respond.

I read this article earlier last week, when I first got the newspaper, and my friend and I finished reading it at the same time. She and I both looked at each other, and we smiled. I told her that I was glad that an article like this finally came out, and she couldn't agree more.

I really am happy that someone wrote this, because I agree. I especially agree about the part where she mentioned that not everyone's thumbs go down to the same length, so some people can't wear what other people can. I was also blessed with the (unfortunately) long, lanky, arms. The sad thing is, I have a skirt at home that I was so excited to wear to school, and I had even picked out a few tops from the store that went with the skirt. On the first day, I put it on, and went downstairs. My mom told me that it looked adorable, but that the school did have a thumb rule, and that I should check where my thumbs went. I checked, ans sure enough, they went past the end of the skirt.

The thing is, the skirt wasn't too short. I had worn it to my Grandpa's birthday dinner, for Pete's sake! I have yet to wear that skirt to school, opting out of skirts all together. I just feel like it would be too much of a hassle to repeatedly show where my thumbs went to any teacher that happened to walk by. But as I said before, the skirt wasn't too short! None of my skirts are too short! 

I am not the kind of person who wears really tight or revealing clothes, and I don't wear anything for attention. I wear things because I like them.

Monday, October 6

Blog post of the day:
Tell me about your weekend! If you don't have anything fun to share, tell me about the city you live in. What do you love about Kansas City? Do you have a favorite place in the city? Favorite team? :) Favorite event? Explain.

This weekend, or, well, Thursday of last week, I got my wisdom teeth out. That was probably the biggest event that happened this weekend, because the rest of my four day weekend was spent in recovery. So, this weekend, the main thing I did was sleep, and second to that I watched a ton of new TV shows.

Also this weekend, my friend celebrated her birthday, and we went to see the new movie, The Maze Runner. I went with Lexi, Julie, and Lily, it being Lily's birthday. Lexi and I sat together in the row above Julie and Lily, because we had similar feelings about the movie. Almost 80% of the time, Lexi and I were huddled together with out ears plugged and our eyes closed, trying to block out the intensity of the monster fights going on on the big screen.

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All in all, my weekend wasn't a total bust, because it was two days longer than everyone else's, but it also felt like it was way too short.

Monday, September 29

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your Homecoming weekend! If you didn't participate in the Homecoming festivities, what did you do? Share pics!

This weekend I did not go to the Homecoming dance, but I did go to the football game. It was really fun, and I'm glad that Gabby Gunnerson won Homecoming queen, because she's on cross country with me, and she's very nice. At the football game, cross country ran the ball in, which I guess what kind of cool, it didn't really seem like a big deal. I invited my friend from St.James to the football game, and she had a lot of fun as well.

(left to right): Lily, Julie, Lexi

Then on Saturday my family cleaned the house, and we were going to go to Costco to get new phones, but they don't support our carrier at this specific Costco location, so we couldn't get them in the store. So the my mom waited until 9:30pm last night, and then we couldn't log in to the website to order the phones. Long story short, we still don't have new phones, or even ordered new phones.

Also on Saturday we rearranged the furniture on the deck, and Truman really likes the new rug.

On Sunday I didn't do much of anything, and that was my weekend!

Monday, September 22

Blog Post of the Day:
How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting? Share photos!

This weekend I did absolutely nothing. I was going to go to the Plaza Art Fair with my aunt, and bring my dog, but it didn't work out, which was too bad. Sadly, yesterday was the last day of the fair, so I have to wait until next year to go.

Also this weekend, I watched a movie on Saturday night with my friends, like I always do. This Saturday it was hard to pick a movie to watch, because one of my friends was being difficult, and not wanting to watch anything but sci-fi. So we ended up watching something called A Long Way Down, which was a drama, I guess. I don't think it was very good, but it didn't matter because all we did was talk throughout the length of the movie.

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On Sunday, I didn't do anything but lay on the couch all day watching new episodes of New Girl on Netflix.

And that was my weekend!

Friday, September 19

Blog Post of the Day:
Now that you are several weeks in to this class and have coded one (super small) website, what do you think? What are your thoughts on web design? Is it what you thought it would be? Is it better? Worse? What's your favorite part? What's your least favorite part? Explain.

I like this class, even though it's not exactly what I thought it would be. I expected it to be something more like layout and graphic design, more how to design the layout of website with pre-planned code. But what I'm learning now is so much better, and is so much more useful. I have always thought web design was cool, because I've always loved technology. Also, I'm not very good at drawing, so when you can design something without drawing it, but still making it unique, it's pretty cool.

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My favorite part of this class is probably the blogs at the beginning of the day. Even though we're learning how to code a website, and how to make one, we're also learning how to write on one.  

Wednesday, September 17

Blog Post of the Day:
What is the importance of deadlines? How do high school deadlines reflect or simulate "real world" experience? Give an example of when you met or or didn't meet a deadline that was important.

Deadlines are really important, because if you never have to meet any deadlines, then you never feel like you have any obligation to get the work done. You can just take forever to do it, or not do it at all. High school deadlines simulate a real world experience because if you don't get your work turned in on time, you are penalized.

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An example of when I failed to me a deadline for an assignment was in 8th grade. We used to have to do these online math courses called BAIPs. Apparently I totally forgot to do them, even though my friends and brothers were doing them, I didn't even remember to do one. Long story short, I got an absolutely awful grade, and it took me the rest of the year to get that grade up to an A.

Tuesday, September 16

Blog Post of the Day:
Reflect on this quote. Give an example of a time in your life that this might have been the case.

Times in my life where this quote apply are whenever I decide not to study enough for a test, or something like that. Or even if you decide not to stretch before you workout or play a sport. If you don't prepare the correct way for anything in life, you will not do as well as you could if you did prepare. It doesn't mean that you won't pass, or that you won't still play well in you game, but you won't ever do the best that you can do.

I also like this quote because it is basically taking the first sentence, switching it around, and making it another sentence, that still makes sense. That's cool.

Monday, September 15

Blog Post of the Day:
What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend, I didn't do much of anything, because I was sick almost the entire time. I did go to work on Sunday, but only for a few hours. I had my friends over on Saturday night to watch Divergent, because I hadn't seen it yet.

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All was going well, until my dog got a napkin off of the counter, and then ran under the couch to eat it. I reached under there to grab the napkin, and I heard this deep growl. It scared me a little, but made me think that since he growled, I had to get the napkin from him. I reached under the couch again, and Truman bit me. It was not a play bite, it was a real bite. And it hurt; a lot. I bled from my knuckle, and had to pause the movie to go clean it and put a band-aid on it. Truman was in big trouble, and stayed in the laundry room for the rest of the night.

I also took some selfies with Truman when he was sleeping.

That was my weekend!

Wednesday, September 10

Blog Post of the Day:

Below is one of my favorite quotes that I found on Pinterest. Think read and think about what this says and then blog about it. What does this quote mean to you? Elaborate! Feel free to give an example of tell a story.

This is also one of my favorite quotes, I saw a GIF on Pinterest of it, and I thought it was so interesting. The GIF is a father telling it to his kids. At first I thought it was so weird that a father was being so curt with his kids, so I searched farther into it. I found a couple more quotes from this guy, who it turns out also has a book. I haven't read the book, yet, but I am planning on it.

My favorite part of this quote is when he says "none percent", because that just makes me smile. This quote is so full of wisdom and is so perfectly phrased, because without that little "none percent", it would seem just too good to be true. To me, "none percent" makes it sound as though now it's coming from a real human being, instead of a person with perfect grammar, who studies stuff like this all day, every day. 

Tuesday, September 9

Blog Post of the Day:
How do you express your creativity? Explain.

I'd say I express my creativity through art. I love to make canvas art, with quotes and magazine cutouts. It is always a really fun thing to be able to take time to sit down and make a collage. Usually for my friends' birthdays I make them a canvas or two with a quote or something.

Recently, I made this for my friend Julie, as well as another collage that I didn't take a picture of. For this one, I cut out old book pages and pasted them onto a blank canvas, Then I just took some black letter and glued them on as well. It looks a little funny here because the glue was still drying...

 

Monday, September 7

Blog Post of the Day:
What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend I went shopping with my friends, I went to work, and I took my dog to a dog-swim-thingy...

Shopping was really fun, because I went into a store I've never been to (which it turned out I loved), and got some Starbucks with my friends. I got a few compliments on my shirt, which said, "I only date lead singers".

Yesterday I also had to go work. but only for 3.5 hours. I work for my Dad, who owns some empty house lots in Gardner, Kansas. He has my brothers and I mow and weed eat them, which is not fun.

Before we had to go mowing yesterday, my brother, mom and I took our dog to a "Doggie Duathlon"at the JCC. Since they're closing their pool, they invited anyone to bring their dogs to swim in the pool before they drained it. This was the first time my dog has ever gone swimming, so it was an experience.

Sadly, my mom took all the photos and videos of Truman swimming on her phone, and I didn't send them to myself yet. I do have the information sheet that we saw the night before, and made a snap decision to go after church the next morning. And that was my weekend!

Friday, September 5

Blog post of the Day:

Kids these days are so different from when I was growing up. Everyone has these things called cell phones, that they spent all of their time on. Cell phones first came out when my kids were grown, and they were these giant blocks that you held up to your head. The big difference between these cell phones and modern cell phones is that on the first cell phones, all you could do was talk. No games, no texting; only calling.

  

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Another thing  that is different from when I was growing up is just all of the technology in general. There are iPads, iPhones, laptops, etc. We didn't even have internet until I was way older!

Wednesday, September 3

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about what you have learned in this class so far. Have you learned a lot? Do you want to learn more? What do you want to be able to do by the end of the semester?

So far in this class, I have learned some basic coding, and how to use that. I tried to teach myself coding earlier this year (before I knew anything about this class), but I didn't have anything to use it on, so I forgot it. The good thing about this class is that you teach us coding, but we also have to understand it, and be able to apply it to our own website.

I also learned a bit about how to use blogger, and how to set up a pre-made blog. I'm sure that I will learn a lot more before the class is over.

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The one thing that I would love to learn in this class is how to code, but one or two levels past the basics. I would love to be able to tell people that I know that, "Yeah, I know how to code." Doesn't that sound cool?! I could be all sly about it, and make no big deal, but they would be so surprised. That would be awesome.

Anyway, I would love to learn how to code well, which I think that I will. I'm looking forward to this class (a lot), and I'm even enjoying all this setting up stuff that we have to do.

Tuesday, September 2

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your Labor Day weekend. What did you do? Include photos!

This weekend I hung out with my friends, and we watched Mean Girls for the thousandth time. It was really good to see them again, because I didn't talk to them at all last week.

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I went on a lot of walks with my dog, because I didn't really have anything better to do. Not that I don't like walking him, but it was pretty hot outside. I felt good when I was finished, though, because he seemed really happy.

Truman also enjoys cuddling slippers.

I also went golfing with my dad, which was good, because I haven't been in a couple of weeks. Everything was going great, I was getting one or two above par (which is good for me) on every hole, but then some people let us pass them, which means that I had to hit in front of them. Now on a regular basis this wouldn't be a big deal, but they were talking and laughing, while watching me really closely. Now because of that, I hit an absolutely awful drive, and everything went downhill from there.

But it was still good to golf again, even if my score wasn't great.

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While at the country club where we golf, I was waiting for my dad to finish showering, and there was a wedding! It was really fun to watch the reception, because the color theme was really cute, and it was a great ending to a not so great golf game.

Friday, August 29

Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

Okay, so at first, I did not like what this judge was saying, because there are teenagers out there who do not have anywhere to go, and who need help. I then reread it, and I realized that he was talking about the people who think that the world owes them everything. A lot of kids these days believe that anything they want to do should be served to them on a silver platter. They believe that they are entitled to whatever job they want, regardless of the more qualified person who worked hard to get where they are.

Sadly, a lot of teenagers like this grow up, and become adults. The problem is that they still think that everyone owes them, so they go through their entire lives thinking so highly of themselves. They are the crybabies mentioned in the article above, but they stay crybabies forever. 

This is why we need to start educating teenagers, and telling them that they are not entitled to, well, anything. They need to learn that success comes from hard work. That is exactly what my dad teaches me, that I need to work hard and try hard for what I want to accomplish.

Wednesday, August 27

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 it, I should be able to use it."

This statement is very controversial, which means it is kind of hard for me to decide. There are two sides to every argument, and I can see where both are coming from.

On one hand, I think that if you post something on the internet, and make it visible to the public, then you shouldn't care if people use it or not. But on the other hand, I would feel totally weird and "creeped out" if someone used a random profile picture of me for anything. So I guess that my happy medium is that I believe it is okay to use someone's picture if it is not personal, and if it would make sense to the owner of the picture, and to the person using it, why it was being used.

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THIS is an okay picture to use, because someone obviously took it so that other people would see it and show it to their friends. But make sure that the owner is okay with it before you use it.

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Something like this (a profile picture, or a personal picture) is not acceptable to use. There is no justifiable reason to use a random person's personal picture, especially if you don't know them. If you do know them, and they're okay with it, then that's a little bit more reasonable.

Tuesday, August 26

"Tell me a little bit about yourself and your life here at BVHS. What activities or clubs are you involved in? What year are you in school? What is your favorite class and/or teacher so far this year? What are you looking forward to this school year? Include some original photos from your phone if you can."

I have two brothers, Jack an Joe, who are my same age. We're triplets. I also have a dog named Truman, who is a little crazy. This is our first year at BVHS, and we came from SMA (St. Michael). I do cross country, basketball, and soccer here at Blue Valley, but no clubs. I may do some clubs next year, but right now I'm still getting used to the school, and I think it's good to have some down time; between sports and homework. My favorite class is either Web Design or Media/ Pop Culture, I just can't decide. My favorite teacher is Mrs. Kline, from Biology, because she is really funny, but at the same time still teaches us things.

(left to right): Joe, Kate( holding Truman), Jack

This year at school I am looking forward to this class, as well as the dances. I'm hoping to meet some new people, since I left most of my friends to come to this school.

My friend, Lexi, and I.

I am super excited to start at a new school and make new friends, but still stay in touch with my old friends. I hope that Blue Valley is good for me, and I hope that I have a lot of great memories!

Monday, August 25

"What do you know about Web Design right now? What did you know about Web Design before you walked in to this class? Tell me as much as you can about how web pages work. Try to use an example if possible."

 Before this class I knew nothing about web design; not a single thing. I still don't know much about it right now, but I am learning about it, and i think it is something I am interested in. I have just previously learning (in this class) that there is a lot more to blogs and web pages than meets the eye. Tons of work goes into coding web pages. This fascinates me, because the fact that a bunch of numbers, letters, and symbols can be combined to make a design is awesome!

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This is a very cool blog design, made up entirely of code; which is super awesome!