Advice!

This class is really beneficial. Last year when I found out that I had to take this course, I wasn't very happy because I had always thought of myself as being good with computers. I actually learned a lot though- especially about excel.

My advice to any new students to Dr. Belisle's class it to learn all you can by listening to Dr. Belisle and doing the homework. I promise, you'll learn a lot of beneficial computer skills. Also, just come to class. If you miss class, you miss a lot. And each class, we learn a lot. Also- we always go over the homework before it's assigned, so it makes the assignments easier.

Finally, my last bit of advice is to read through assignments carefully. Dr. Belisle sometimes has very specific intructions that are very easy to fall if you just READ CAREFULLY.

Besides all that, enjoy this class. It's a lot of fun- especially the assignments for the second semester.

Thanks,
Erin Camp
ecamp@trinity.edu

Student Websites

This has been (by far) my favorite project. I was not necessarily happy with the way mine turned out, but I was thoroughly impressed with my classmates' websites and I loved learning even more about them. It was hard to choose a top three, but three of my favorite were: Eva's, Adan's, and Hye-won's. 

Eva's was probably my favorite because I have known her the longest in the class. I thought all her pictures were fantastic and since we were friends in elementary school, I loved seeing how little talents from when we were little turned into major 

interests as a young adult. I also really liked her Nav Bar and the over all layout- She added her own little twist by keeping the major pages shorter and adding a other photo's page. 

 

Adan's was my second favorite, because he definitely made a very original website. He is such a creative and multi-talented person. I really enjoy his website and hope he continues to pursue his many interests (especially music). I also really enjoyed his personally made font that he created. I really like his because it is unique. 

And finally, I really enjoyed Hye-won's website. I loved her's because I enjoyed all the personality she put into it (even the purple color scheme had Hye-won written all over it). I also thought her idea of making all her pictures thumbnails was a creative and very useful one. 

I enjoyed every website. I can tell that each student put a lot of effort into theirs.

I hope you will enjoy mine too: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~ecamp .

Thank you,

Erin Camp

ecamp@trinity.edu

Student Powerpoint Presentation Part II

Since I was absent for the first round, I wanted to highlight on a couple more of the students' powerpoint presentations that I did not miss. 

One presentation I thought very interesting was Taylor Burden's because of his use of music. Normally, music during a presentation (especially an academic or professional one) is very distracting. But I thought his music was thematic and added to the presentation a lot.

I was also impressed by Nicole Remling's over advertising in the world market. The powerpoint was creative and I really liked the compare and contrast she did of marketing and advertising. 

Finally, Robert Buckrei's presentation over Epilepsy/Neuroscience was extremely well done. I enjoyed the layout (very thematic) and the outline was really easy to follow. I did not know that neuroscience could be such an interesting topic. 

I was impressed by not only my classmates' interests and majors, but their creativity as well. I really enjoyed this project and watching the presentations.

Thank you,

Erin Camp

ecamp@trinity.edu 

Student Powerpoint Presentations

Since I unfortunately was not in class for the first batch of presentations, I only saw the powerpoints from the students on Tuesday. After class, I was even more disappointed that I could not make it to the first session because I was very impressed by my classmates' abilities. I liked all of them and found the subject matter creative and enthralling. 

My two favorites were probably Marina Urra and Ellen Desmarais because I thought their designs were the easiest to follow. Ellen did an excellent job catching her audience's attention through her excellent introduction. And Marina Urra had my favorite master slide, because she incorporated her subject of public relations by adding various people's faces. 

Just because those two were my favorite, does not mean I did not thoroughly enjoy the rest. Because I did. Taylor Burden's use of music was incredibly appropriate and I thought he did a nice presentation over D-day. Robert Buckrei had one of my favorite layouts because it was thematic AND it was easy to follow. Baran Sonmez also had creative and well thought out backgrounds and bullet points. And finally, Carmel Tajornera had the most unique and interesting concept about teaching kids how to bake. I loved her ideas and her consistent use of the color pink (a color I thought appropriate for her topic). 

Thanks,

Erin Camp

ecamp@trinity.edu