Monday, September 22, 2008

Quiz Scores

Here are my scores for the quizzes:
64
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62
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Class Progress

When I came into this class I thought that it would just be a repeat of what I took last semester in Web Languages I, needless to say, I was wrong. I know coding pretty well now and I can do almost anything with a site if someone told me exactly what they wanted to do with it. But that it kinda what I want to get away from. For the most part, people don't really know what they want. They may think that they do, but it may not be practical or make much sense. I want to be independent in the design process and be able to know what works and what doesn't as far as design goes. The past two or three lessons have been extremely helpful in that they begin laying out the foundation of a site. Most of the time I just design it as I am coding, I have a rough image in my head that I try to replicate through the code.Now, through use of wire frames and site maps I can make the coding process easier and focus on one thing at a time.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Chunking Theory

I thought that the chunking theory was very interesting. At first it didn't really make sense but when the author used the "Mary had a little lamb" example it made me realize that it's something that I do, and that everyone does. I think that it is the ability to group things together and simplify them, that separates the masters from the novices or experts. It's weird to think that everyone does this, but as the author noted, anyone that knows English well, or any language for that matter, uses the chunking theory to help them understand and process it easier.