comments, Unit 8

My comments for Week 8:

http://emilydavislisblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/muddiest-point-week-8.html?showComment=1288460933428#c8235367017613049087

http://jsslis2600.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-8-reading-notes.html?showComment=1288460643082#c8512935872047253757

Thanks! :)

-Rachel

Unit 8 Reading Notes

Hi, All!

Here are my thoughts on the readings for Unit 8:

After reading the user guide on HTML, I can honestly say that this is a site that I will be absolutely certain to use in future situations.  I really like how HTML is broken into smaller pockets or subtopics of information. This makes the subject matter much easier to understand, and less overwhelming and foreign. As librarians, who knows what kind of technological situations we will be responsible for, so this is good practice for potential predicaments and troubleshooting.  I enjoyed learning about all of the different symbols for certain commands such as bold, italics, attributes, headings, etc., because prior to this course, I never really understood the detailed workings of HTML markup, though I had seen it dozens of times while working on a computer.  I also appreciate the “Try it Yourself” option that is connected to each different part of the website.   This makes it a very user-friendly learning experience that really helps to increase everday peoples’ knowledge of markup.  I would highly recommend this article to anyone who is interested in learning more about the basics of HTML!

Similarly, I think the HTML cheat sheet is a HUGE help, and a great reference point for someone who is just learning how to create a website.  What an awesome resource to have handy! Especially since the document prior to this one was so intensive and detailed, it is great to have a resource that would complement it nicely and provide a quick reference point.

The article on CSS was also really interesting, because I had never heard of this before. Id really like to read more about CSS and work on some hands-on examples for this particular topic, in the hopes of gaining a better idea of the concept and its practical application in markup languages on a daily basis.

Muddiest Point from 10/25

I'm working in an elementary school library, and we're working on a project researching images...I'm wondering why Bing pulls up such different images from Google images?  This isn't exactly related to the lecture, but what with watching the Google video, I've been thinking a lot about how these different search engines could be set up. I'm just curious why Bing seems to be much more conservative with their search results. Thanks!

-Rachel

Assignment 4: Zotero and CiteULike

Hello!  Here is the URL of my library in CiteULike for Assignment 4, due October 25:

http://www.citeulike.org/user/Rachel87

Comments, Unit 7

Comments I posted on others' blogs:

http://feliciaboretzkylis2600.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-7-notes.html?showComment=1287790082212#c1585906422942168169

http://jonas4444.blogspot.com/2010/10/reading-notes-for-week-7.html?showComment=1287790583408#c6823630362898383374

:)  Thanks!

-Rachel Nard

Muddiest Point: Fasttrack wknd

I really have no muddiest point from fasttrack weekend--it was really nice to be on campus for class!  The lecture was very clear and it was an enjoyable lecture. As a side note, I thought the mini exercise, Find Your PC's IP to be interesting and good, practical application of one of the topics we've talked about in class.
-Rachel Nard

Unit 7, Reading Notes

Reading Notes for Unit 7, due october 23

Some thoughts...


I found this article to be really user-friendly and easy to understand. It made understanding networks and the hierarcy of these structures quite easy to comprehend. In fact, I would probably recommend this to high school kids in a  technology class, just beginning to study/understand networks and internet stucture.  An amount of this information was good for review, but there were also facts and definitions I was not aware of.  For example, the meaning and function of POP's and NAP's. Overall, the basic function and structure of the Internet is covered in this article: the Internet is a whole bunch (many, many!) interconnected networks that no single person owns.  Of course, the exact structure of networks is extremely complex in and of itself, but the basic structure of the Internet is conveyed in clear language.  This is what I most appreciate about this article. I also thought the information on Domain Name System was interesting...I hadn't considered before what a web address might look like if this didn't exist.  It's interesting to consider, and puts the interconnectedness of all things related to the Internet into perspective.

A few comments about the video"Inside the Google Machine."   I thought this video was really pretty fascinating, especially the image at the beginning of the video that shows Google patterns worldwide. Seeing this kind of thing is quite powerful, and makes a major statement about the power of Google in today's society. I really enjoyed this video. It offers a different perspective and a good view of what Google is focusing on currently.