I really enjoyed when he described our society as having smart phones but dumb people. That really caught my attention because often times we speak to phones to get answers instead of attempting to find the answers ourselves! While social media exists and the word social corresponds with it, it does not allow people to actually be people. It is true someone can have two-thousand friends on Facebook, but how many are actual, true friends that stay by one's side through any bump in a journey. Social media is making people less social and more dependent on a computer, mobile device, or any machine. Even children have adapted to the new advanced technology. They could later have a hard time actually being social and creating stable relationships with friends. Overall I found the video very enthralling!

What is a 'splash page'? Look it up. Explain what they are and how they are used. Find an example of a splash page in Google Images. Save the image to you computer and then upload it to your blog post. Hint - see below.

A splash page is an image that appears while a website, program, or game is loading. It is used as an introduction to explain something or provide more information. Anything can be on it. It can be a small rectangle that is center or cover up the whole screen. Some splash pages are just an introduction page, not just an image. The page has the same ability and provides just as much as the image. 

An example of a splash page:

Status update! Tell me where  you are at on your product website? Can you be finished by tomorrow at the end of the hour? Do you need more time? How much more time? Be honest and explain yourself.

I have only completed four pages so far on my product website. I will not be able to finish the whole website by tomorrow. I definitely need more time because while we had the sub last week, I did not know how link up pages on the spry menu and I even tried using Google, but it did not help. I had to end up duplicating all my pages and once I figured out how to link the pages I had to link every web page on the spry menu bar separately, so I had to do it 16 different times. I even came up after school last Wednesday, which was when I finally figured how to link up the pages on my own. So I definitely need more time to finish my product website.

Welcome back! How was your Spring Break? Tell me all about it. You've been out of school for 10 days so I know you will have plenty to share. Make it good!

My Spring Break was VERY busy, but great! I spent a lot of time with my friends and family throughout the whole break. Two of the days I spent some time at the mall helping a couple friends find prom dresses. The rest of the days with my friends was pretty usual and casual. My family and I also went to the KC's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade which was fun. Until Eid Norooz (Persian New Year) everything was pretty slow and then we got super busy! It starts on the first day of spring. I spent tons of time with my family and Persian friends. That was how my second week of spring break was like. It lasts for 13 days so it is STILL not over. Overall I had a great break. I am just upset it ended so quickly. Now the countdown until summer begins!

Do you like the layout of this project? Have you benefited from your brainstorming sheet? Was it more helpful or annoying when starting to map out your website? Explain why.

This is not my favorite project but I do not hate it. I am not very creative so it is a bit harder for me to be very creative. I have benefited a ton from doing the brainstorming sheet. It was very helpful to have because I would have something to go off. What I have been doing so far is not random, they are ideas from my brainstorming sheet. It helps me be organized while making the website.

After reading below to see where you should be on your product website - are you caught up? What helps you stay caught up in class? Do you like having small checkpoints? Are you behind? If so, what are you going to do to get caught up?

I am caught up so far which means, I have finished the brainstorming packet, I created a folder and have begun working on Dreamweaver, have made a frame of my website, created my header, and also made my footer. I am at the point at should be at this point, and totally ready to begin working on the content of my product website. I like having small checkpoints because it makes me work harder and faster to finish the task. I make sure to stay caught up just because I hate the feeling of falling behind of everyone else! 

What idea do you have that is going to make you product website different, unique or unlike anyone else? If you're answer is you don't know - it's time to start THINKING. Explain your idea.

I am going to make my product website different by representing my own style with the site itself and the clothing. The clothing is going to consist of items I would wear myself and have a sense of my style. Yes, there are going to men's clothing items as well so I would choose items that I like the style of. The website itself is going to be more like my style as well by using the color scheme, designs, layout, and the type of photos.