A Word of Advice for CS 1300

Computer Skills is a great class. It gets you oriented with computer activities in a step-by-step fashion, so you don't have gaps later on. For example, almost everyone knows how to use Word, but hardly anyone knows how to use Excel to plug in addresses and names into Word to make greeting cards! It's a lot to learn and do in one semester, but in the end, it's completely worth it! From my experience in this class, I've learned to always do my homework; even if it's only a 4 point assignment. Have fun!

Know your HTML code!

It's important to know HTML code because, if something goes wrong when people are using Expression Web, or something similar, they can figure out what is basically wrong and fix it. For example, if the background color was not the one that they wanted they could go into the code form and change it manually. Or if for some reason the title was not centering it could also be changed manually.

Power Point Presentations

During last week's presentations, I enjoyed Kate and Meghan's the most. Kate's presentation was about paleontology, which she detailed in great excitement. I really liked the cvaite she went to that described the various fossils found in the different regions in Texas. Also, her T-Rex background was a nice touch too. What I liked about Meghan's presentation was also her enthusiasm for her topic, astronomy. She really knew what she was talking about. The thing I found most interesting was the fact that NASA created the powdered food items, like Tang. I hope they come up with rea powdered donuts one of these days. Her solar system background was really cool as well.