Week 14b

Today for class we had to have some improvement in our website from last time, so at about 80%. Mainly I fixed my banner images so that they would be more cohesive, along with the menu bar. So, here is my website.

To finish my website, I just need to add a few more elements. Professor Pannafino suggested an outline of a cat playing and maybe some other decorative elements to divide the area towards the bottom of the donate page.

Week 14a - 75% Done

This week we had to have our websites 75% done. To do this, I basically just finished up all three pages as much as I could, leaving only small details to be added later. I am going to edit my banner images a little bit to get rid of the awkward edge that is happening at the top. The white cat image also isn't very good quality so that needs to go as well. I also need to make sure all of my pages are uniform. For today, I added a footer which contains contact info. I am also still working on bringing some elements of the banner image into the donate page towards the bottom, as it seems very empty and boring there. Overall, I think I am doing very well, and am excited to have the final product next week.

Week 13b: High School Class Visit

I was out of class again on Wednesday due to illness, however on Friday I went to Cumberland Valley High School with my group to present to two classes. Basically what we did was a short presentation and then a demo that the students could follow along with. Each of us took a turn to explain a basic concept surrounding HTML. I personally explained the basic rules of HTML, which is that you define different elements with tags, and those tags have a beginning and end. We just covered very basic stuff for the sake of time. During the demo, we did some basic text elements, and also a list. Altogether, we covered headings, paragraphs, centering items, and lists. Most of the students seemed to have followed us pretty easily, however some of them needed help. This was also one of my jobs, so when a student needed help I would come by and troubleshoot for them. Thankfully, I was able to solve all the issues and help the students so nobody was left out or behind. Overall, I think we did a good job, and the teacher whose classes we were in even said so. I hope that some of the students will want to learn more than what we taught them. We made sure to provide the w3schools website to them so they could learn more. It went much better than I anticipated given that I had never taught a class before.

Week 13a

I missed class today as I was sick, however, I was told we had to have our website 50% done for Wednesday. I decided to go in and edit some spacing on my about page. I also created 3 icons which were empty in the last post. Since Wednesday is a full critique, I am eager to hear about what people will say about my website. I feel like it is missing something. The homepage seems okay, it seems cohesive. However, I feel like the middle of the about page is lacking and boring. I hope I will get some good suggestions. Anyway, here is my about page, as my homepage has not changed.

Week 12 Outside of Class - 45% of Website completed

Here is my website at 45% done. While I like the elements I have, I think they could be implemented even more. What I mean is, I feel as though the middle of the page is rather boring and that more of the elements I have in the feature area could be integrated elsewhere. I'm also not sure about the feature area image of this page as well, so I think I will continue to play with that. It will be interesting to see what others say in class.

Week 12b

Here is 25% of my website. It's pretty minimalistic, but I don't think that is a bad thing. I may still do a footer, but I don't want it to become too busy. I also changed my menu and header from the last post. I did a logo of a blind cat, just something simple, but cute, that incorporates some colors seen throughout the website. When looking at it in whole, I think it is very nice looking. I hope I can continue to carry this aesthetic throughout the whole website.

Week 12a: Studio Visit

Today for class we went to the Industrial Resolution studio to get a tour and listen to a talk. I found it to be rather interesting and enlightening. Our speaker, whose name I unfortunately forget, spoke a lot about her experience rising up and going through different companies, those companies' differences, and the industry as a whole. She was also a Millersville grad, as were many of her coworkers. I found this to be particularly relieving as it was nice to see MU grads in positions where I could be some day. She spoke a lot about their process and how they are not a "waterfall" style company, meaning they are more collaborative and work on many different elements at the same time. I found this interesting and also enjoyed looking at their work space. I liked how their office really integrated this idea of collaboration through how it was designed. It seemed that the biggest aspect of her career had to do with people, which I suppose I wasn't really surprised about, however it was slightly disheartening since I am very much an introvert. However, it seems I wasn't alone since she mentioned she is an introvert, as are many of her coworkers, so hope isn't lost. Connections seem to be huge in this industry, so I basically learned I need to get better at everything to do with that. She also talked about learning and how it is important to always be learning. Since there are some technical things I don't think I will be learning here that I will likely need to enter a career, it was kind of reassuring to know how possible it was to learn new stuff outside of college and easier than I thought. I have the drive that she spoke about so that was a nice realization too. Overall, I found this experience to be an interesting look into the industry and it gave me reassurance about finding a job after school.