Advice

For students of Computer Skills with Belisle, GO TO CLASS. Seriously, if you miss one class it really puts you behind. The material is much easier to learn with Belisle teaching it. Also, do your homework! I know it seems really tedious and you think if you blow off a few assignments it won't be a big deal, but it can really lower your grade and your understanding of the material. Professor Belisle is available so use her! If you have any questions she is sooo helpful.
Have a good semester

My Favorite Websites

Today in class each student presented their website creations. All of the sites were very intersting but my top three were:
1. Bri's- Bri's navbar was easy and effective. Her backgrounds for each section were not overwhelming and you could read the text easily on her sports page. All of her pictures looked great. The website was personal and intriguing.
2. Jacki's- Jacki's website was neat and organized. I love how she had many hyperlinks incorporated into her website.
3. Teekah's- Teekah's website was expertly organized. Her website was certainly the most put together and professional.

Glenn's was honarable mention.
Great job team.

My Website

Please visit my website at www.cs.trinity.edu/~kduffy1. Making a website proved to be a challenge for me. I used expression web to make my website and I am most proud of my family and friends section solely because I like my pictures. I am proud of doing the hot spot imaging thing on my websites page. My biggest technical challenge was uploading my pictures. For some reason some would work and some would not therefore I had to save all my images again which made for a lot of busy work. My biggest design challenge was probably making the Navbar. It certainly was difficult. I told my mom about my site so I have to show it to her now, but I probably won't show anyone else. I kind of find it weird that I have a website. I probably will make a site in the future, if not for a class then for a job.

I edited this photo on photoshop. I chose a photo that was easily recognized by most viewers and placed it in a setting that was different from the original. I used the magnetic lasso tool to place the image on the altar. I then resized the image. I also did some color editing at the top of the church window to add some color to the black and white picture. I also used the clone stamp tool to erase a web site code at the bottom of the page. Hope you enjoy.
"Our faith in photography has been forever compromised by computer programs like Photoshop that doctor images with a relatively high degree of ease and verisimilitude."
Looks like we have another image that compromises our faith in photography


RYAN, BIGGE. "THE 4TH ANNUAL: YEAR IN IDEAS; Debunking Photoshop Fakery." New York Times Magazine (2004): 62. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 13 Apr. 2010.

HTML Code

All web designers should know the basics of HTML code, even with the presence of web authoring software. It is necessary to understand the fundamentals of whatever you are passionate about, and the html codes are the basics of web design.

Powerpoint

Last week people made powerpoint presentations on their areas of interests. Each powerpoint was really interesting but my two favorites were Glenn's and Zia's. Glenn's insightful knowledge into the area of philosophy was interesting and life changing. Zia's heartfelt powerpoint about child services was well researched and the images were startling and poignant. These were two great presentations!

This is simply a dog taking over Graz, Austria as my friends watch in happiness and horror. This extreme scenario could be possible.

Chris Nolan

On Tuesday, Chris Nolan came to talk to our Essential Computer Skills Class about search engines, specifically Google. Nolan walked the class through the facets of Google, and everyone learned a lot. For instance, I was not aware that there were certain cheats that one could use to narrow down their search. Tools such as using quotations, including the word site and define with a colon, and using the + button were all new devices that I will surely be using in my future Google searches. Nolan's lecture was certainly informative and useful for our class.

This humorous picture, from Kansas (my neighboring state), was manipulated by "Dad" Martin for the Martin Post Card Co. The image is manipulated so it looks like the man is riding a giant fish and attempting to kill it with an axe.
Obviously, the size of the fish was exaggerated as well as the placement of the man on the fish. The manipulation was used to provoke a humor response from the audience. I chose this picture because it was from Kansas.

Class Field Trip

In class on Thursday we visited the first floor of the library, which contains the AT&T Center for Learning and Technology.
We all had an interesting time hearing Robert Chapman speak about the center. I know now where I can go for a scanner and where I can add audio materials into a project. Scanning images may come in handy for future projects for my Computer Class. Overall, a very interesting place that I may use in the future.

Copyright

In class on Thursday Jason Hardin, manager of access services, came to talk about the copyright policy. I believe the class as a whole learned much from Mr. Hardin about the copyright policy, especially concerning sharing files. I had not known that burning CDs for friends is illegal, so I now know that I should pretend to have never burned a CD before. Also, the extent to which one can get in trouble for file sharing is absolutely astounding. I understand that sharing files is discrediting the author's work, but the massive amounts of money that one may have to pay is truly shocking. Personally, I believe that I should have the right to burn CDs and share them with my friends, especially because everything else you buy can be shared. However, I understand that it is unfair to the artist and should be discouraged.



Copyright is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

Last class we listened to Joe Hatch talk about the Trinity network. The most important tech tip I learned from the speaker was to invest in a hard drive. Mr. Hatch clearly put much emphasis on this vital tip. I hope to invest in one soon!
I cannot seem to upload my network diagram, I believe because I did not attend class on the day we worked with "Snag It."

The introductory posts were fun to read! It was a nice break from homework.

I commented on Zia Lunden's blog as well as Glenn Etienne's blog

http://zlunden.blogspot.com/

http://getienne.blogspot.com/

START BLOGGING!

Hi, my name is Katie Duffy. I am from Kansas City, Missouri. I currently reside in San Antonio, Texas. I love playing field hockey, running, and being with my friends. I am a part of the University Chorus at Trinity and am also an active member of the Quidditch club, Gaelic Cultural Club, and the Environmental Club. I am a vegetarian. I do not know much about computers, but I hope to learn more in this class. One can email me here