Make sure you understand each assignment and follow the directions correctly.
Xin Ma
Friday, November 30, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Websites and Stumpers
Three of my favorite websites are :
1. Shannon's because it is easy to look at and navigate and it helps me know more about her.
2. Katie's because I think her collage on her homepage is very creative and I also like her quotation about family on her family page.
3. Ellitt's because he also made a organized and navigable website with a really good collage on the homepage.
Three of my favorite Stumpers are :
1. Patrick's because his picture has great lighting effects and it is really hard to tell where he took that picture.
2. Spencer's because the picture gives people little hints about where it is but I think I can tell where it is( pay attention to the mainroad outside the lawn).
3. Bart's because although his picture includes many objects like benches, buildings, and lawns, it is still not easy to tell where it is. Great job!
Xin Ma
1. Shannon's because it is easy to look at and navigate and it helps me know more about her.
2. Katie's because I think her collage on her homepage is very creative and I also like her quotation about family on her family page.
3. Ellitt's because he also made a organized and navigable website with a really good collage on the homepage.
Three of my favorite Stumpers are :
1. Patrick's because his picture has great lighting effects and it is really hard to tell where he took that picture.
2. Spencer's because the picture gives people little hints about where it is but I think I can tell where it is( pay attention to the mainroad outside the lawn).
3. Bart's because although his picture includes many objects like benches, buildings, and lawns, it is still not easy to tell where it is. Great job!
Xin Ma
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Stumper!
Please take a look at my Stumper website and guess where I took the picture for my homepage! I hope you will get it right!
Xin Ma
Xin Ma
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The presentations I like best
My three favorite PowerPoint presentations are made by Kealey Malott, Megan McCloskey, and Whitney Stanat.
I like Kealey Malott's because it has outlined the basic but most important things to remember when making a presentation. It is succinct but informative. However, Megan McCloskey's is impressive because it is more funny and ironic in contrast. And Whitney Stanat's is both creative and interesting and it covers what most other students' don't cover, such as "try to organize the slide so the ideas flow smoothly" and "don't clutter slides with lots of texts".
A few things that I think are essential to making a nice presentation involve the following:
1. Use proper fonts and backgrounds.
2. Use consistent transitions.
3. Combine texts, pictures, graphs, and sounds. Don't overuse either of them.
4. Make it easy and pleasant to read.
Xin Ma
I like Kealey Malott's because it has outlined the basic but most important things to remember when making a presentation. It is succinct but informative. However, Megan McCloskey's is impressive because it is more funny and ironic in contrast. And Whitney Stanat's is both creative and interesting and it covers what most other students' don't cover, such as "try to organize the slide so the ideas flow smoothly" and "don't clutter slides with lots of texts".
A few things that I think are essential to making a nice presentation involve the following:
1. Use proper fonts and backgrounds.
2. Use consistent transitions.
3. Combine texts, pictures, graphs, and sounds. Don't overuse either of them.
4. Make it easy and pleasant to read.
Xin Ma
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
I have made a really bad PowerPoint!
This bad PowerPoint outlines how to make a bad PowerPoint.
Click here to see my PowerPoint presentation.
Xin Ma
Click here to see my PowerPoint presentation.
Xin Ma
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Copyright
Copyright is the legal right of an author of any creative works including writings, pictures, videos and so forth. There is Copyright Law which protects the right of the author and controls copying of the original work.
If I want to add an image from the internet to my post and publish it, I need to at least cite the source. This means, if I plan to use it in a short time and I have no time to notify the author, I can use it so long as I cited the source. This is called "Fair use", which applies to students, new reportors, scholars and teachers. However, if I plan to use it in advance and I do have time to ask permission, I should do so.
However, this is not always the case. There are some websites such as "stock exchange photos" which offers thousands of very fine fictures for free. If I use a picture from there, I don't need to cite the source.
Xin Ma
If I want to add an image from the internet to my post and publish it, I need to at least cite the source. This means, if I plan to use it in a short time and I have no time to notify the author, I can use it so long as I cited the source. This is called "Fair use", which applies to students, new reportors, scholars and teachers. However, if I plan to use it in advance and I do have time to ask permission, I should do so.
However, this is not always the case. There are some websites such as "stock exchange photos" which offers thousands of very fine fictures for free. If I use a picture from there, I don't need to cite the source.
Xin Ma
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