Thursday, August 29th

Journal - What have you learned about making a website so far? What has been easy about it and what has been frustrating? Explain.
                     Iv'e learned about making a website how to change a background, place tables, and enter links. I think the easiest part has been putting a background on a page. It's really simple and I feel like almost anyone can do it. I also think entering a link is pretty easy. I think its easy because its just a matter of copying and pasting a URL. The most frustrating thing is definitely not being able to change one page and have it do the same to the next. An example is whenever you change the background it only changes on one page and not the rest. I understand why its that way but it still takes more time than it should.  

Monday, August 26th

Journal - Tell me if you agree with this statement and then explain why or why not. "Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted I should be able to use it."

                       I do not agree with that statement, "Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted I should be able to use it." I don't agree with it because the person who took or created the picture should get credit for it. I think that they took their talents and made an effort to create something so they should have the credit. I think its okay for you to use it but I think they should also be cited. It's fine to use their pictures as long as you put them in your citing or else you're just stealing their pictures. 

Thursday, August 22nd

Journal - What do you know about plagiarism? What do you know about plagiarism on the internet? How do web design, the internet and plagiarism all effect each other? Explain.

               Plagiarism is whenever you copy someones work without giving them credit. You can get in a lot of trouble for doing it. I know that if you get caught doing it you will get in a lot of trouble. You could get fined or even go to jail. I know that if you copy someones exact words it's plagiarism.   
                I know that on the internet a lot of people just copy and paste and don't give credit. An example being someone who doesn't get their summary for a book done, they could just copy it done off of the internet. It's really easy just to accidentally plagiarize with the internet too. You could just be researching something and find something interesting. If you copy the writers exact words, that's plagiarizing. Even if you change a couple of words in every sentence it's plagiarizing  You need to write something in your own words for it not to be considered plagiarism.    
               Web design, the internet, and plagiarism all effect each other because on the internet someone designs a web page that has amazing writing, and someone could plagiarizer it. If I were to design a webpage that has my daily life on it and someone was making a journal for school, they could easily steal my work without giving me credit because that's how the internet works. Now, teachers have programs where they can check if you plagiarized something so someone can't get away with it.     

Tuesday, August 20th

Journal - After watching the short clip of Ashton Kutcher's acceptance speech what did you take away from his advice? What does this quote mean to you -"Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use."

              From Ashton Kutchers acceptance speech I took away his first two sayings. One, seeing opportunity. If you don’t take opportunity then you aren’t going to go anywhere in life. You have to take chances when opportunity comes. Two, being sexy. Being sexy is to be smart and I agree with that. There is nothing more attractive than someone who knows what he’s saying. I like to hold conversations with people and not end a conversation with, “kay.” The quote,  "Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you, and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use, “ means to me that just because someone already did one influential thing, doesn’t mean you can’t do another. We influence the world everyday with our thoughts, behaviors, and acts. We should build our own generosity so that people can use it too. Ashton Kutcher’s acceptance speech was touching and made me a strong believer of him once again.