This week in ED 421, we learned what makes a good website "good" and a bad website "bad." It was funny to see all the awful websites that had flashing lights, weren't user friendly, and were super text- or graphics-heavy. I think that with websites, it's a lot like advertising. The simpler, the better... but it also has to be interesting and unique to catch people's attention.
To be honest, I was most afraid of the website project. I made a website a LONG time ago, and it was with one of those Microsoft Office programs that look just like the website it creates (no coding). I was terrified of using Dreamweaver, as I view code like another language. Thank goodness there's a split screen were you can see what the website will look like, while also seeing the code (and learning a little bit about coding in the process). After working with Dreamweaver last week, I'm becoming more confident that I'll eventually be able to create a really neat and unique teaching website.
I'm hoping to incorporate a lot of simple graphics and eye-pleasing tones into my website. I can't wait to see what I eventually come up with... my partner is the tech-savvy one in our family, and I know he'll be so excited to see that I actually MADE a website! ;D
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