Designing Website

Well, the designing has begun. I am finding out that I am doing more than I need to for my website. I certainly chose a theme (sort of) that turned out to be far more difficult than it needed to be. By choosing the wood signs I have found myself using my paint tools for each portion of my website, rather than just the main banner and background. By doing so I guess I am learning more than I probably would have doing it using tables and basic text links. I like the looks of my site, however it doesn't really represent myself or anything else for that matter. I like old and old looking things and simply felt the wood and stone wall looked pretty cool. I originally wanted to use Diamond plating, but couldn't really make it work.

By using so many images, I am having a hard time organizing the links and images on the background in the exact places I want them. It has taken a huge amount of time pixelating back and forth to get items where I want them. So far I am happy with the looks of the site, and am hoping its construction will get a little easier as I learn how to design it.

Follow up from Animal classification activity

Well we finally finished the actual designing and organizing of our animal classifications using Inspiration. WOW, very comical. Some just had informtion all over the page indicating little knowlege of classification knowlege. Most were able to take their organized information and design some form of understandable finished product. A couple did a fantastic job, were very creative, and informative. I think with more use of the tools, the students will create better products each time. They had little experience with Inspiration, and many just wanted to be finished with the project. Others were simply frustrated in not being able to put things where they wantd it. Some actually got angry. Most found the activity enjoyable and learned a great deal from it. Very funny to sit back and watch their minds design.