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[aaronramirezguzman-blog]

The Resume of the Future: WEBSITES

Section A:

1. Balance? If Balance existed on this site I couldn't find it for the life of me. All sorts of colors and different size and types of fonts are used. I have no clue what is going on. 

2. Contrast is definitely here. But it is not organized at all. There is absolutely horribly, colors contrast horribly against each other as well as the fonts. It Honestly just looks exactly what you would expect a 60 year old man to make. 

3. Following the last two answers we can just use the fact colors, fonts and sizes are not being used correctly.

4. Everything is definitely grouped, grouped into a big jumble of nothing. I have no clue what this website is for. Is it used as a link for GOOGLE TRANSLATE or Is it to monitor USA gas prices but I think the guy running it is Canadian. Some alignment, minor because at least things just are not all over the place. 

5. Its honestly not effective at all, I really have no clue what this websites purpose is for. Why the old man running the site decided to put a random Canadian flag while monitoring USA Gas Prices. Please give this man some Milk.

1. What we all want. Perfect balance of colors and images, transitions and font sizes and colors. Classy, Simple and it does not take away from what Aaron is trying to show, himself!

2. Black and White. Very Modern. I would honestly love if my future apartment employed the same exact contrast of colors.

3. Constant throughout, every single scroll leads to a new page that follows the same schemes as the previous. Perfection.

4. Every New page is Grouped in terms of what the project was. New Page= New Project. Alignment wise, everything is perfectly aligned and centered. 

5. Its Great, I wish I could get this guy to design my own Website. He did a great job showing some of his best work while keeping the viewer engaged.

Section B:  

1. Keep it Simple. Same Theme throughout, use the translations to the best of the ability. 

2. Contrast would be something more difficult for me. I love simple colors, Black, Grey, and White. Sure they have perfect contrast but they lack Color if you will. Maybe using cool fonts would be good. 

3. Like I said, overall them, I feel like to Balance and Consistency go hand in hand in order to make it visually appealing for the person viewing the site. 

4. Group Projects just like Aaron did on his website while using the Alignment in The Old Mans Site. Because if there was one thing both the sites did correctly was align everything together. 

5. As Stated before; Black, Grey, And White. Simple and to the point as this will keep consistency and balance. 

6. DO NOT DO ANYTHING, other than the alignment, THE OLD MAN DID, DON’T GET ME WRONG HE LOOKS LIKE A NICE CANADIAN, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT PIC OF HIM AND THE ELK, BUT HE IS HORRIBLE AT MAKING A WEBSITE. 

[hello-kimh-blog]

#Week14 Thinking about my website

First I will be using five principles of the design such as contrast, consistency, balance, grouping and alignment to make sure my website receives a good grade.

Section A:

I will be analyzing this website http://trendlines.ca/.

Questions for analysis:

1. Identify and describe the balance of the site.

The website is has some balanced because the text is clear to read however they used different colors in the text and everything is easily accessible.  The colors used in this website are moderately well because it is not poorly lit or tasteless and definitely grab my attention.

2. How is contrast employed on the site?

The contrast on the site is fairly well but not the greatest due to the fact they used a light violet background for the information given for example the price components. The designer of this website could have used other colors that would make the website better. The font size is small but readable.

3. Evaluate the site’s use of consistency.

The use of consistency is not the same because they use different colors on the website making it hard for the audience to focus on just one part.

4. Describe the site’s utilization of alignment and grouping.

The alignment of this website is not good because most of the text is spread out with different templates and the grouping of images and the numbers in the graph are not consistent which makes it confusing.

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site.

Based on my analysis of the website in terms of the principles of design, the effectiveness of the site is clearly weak which gives me an idea of what not to do in my site for instance the use of different color of text as well as having the information separated everywhere.

For the next website,  http://www.aaronxmarquez.com/

1. Identify and describe the balance of the site.

The balance of this site is great because the images and text correlate with each other making it easy and clear to understand.

2. How is contrast employed on the site?

The contrast of this website is nicely organized and clean. The format used for this website is proper and the designer used a good color of background because everything is easily readable and accessible.

3. Evaluate the site’s use of consistency.

The consistency of this site is good because the text used in this website was okay and I was able to read everything clearly not to mention the great colors he used in this website.

4. Describe the site’s utilization of alignment and grouping.

The alignment and grouping of this website was great because everything was easily accessible to follow throughout the site.

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site.

Based on my analysis of the website in terms of the principles of design, the effectiveness of this site is great. It helped me see how organized, simple and clean my website should be. This helps me get an idea of what my website should look like.

Section B: Implications for my own design

1. What will you have to do to ensure that your website is balanced?

I will have to use the same format of text and size of images I will be displaying on my website. Also I will make sure the website is simple and there’s not too much on the site because that will throw off the balance.

2. How will you use contrast on your website?

I will use the contrast on my website to maintain the same theme and use the same colored text throughout the website as well as the format so that it looks clean and organized.

3. Where will you employ consistency on your website?

I will employ consistency on my website by maintaining the same layout on every page of the website.

4. How can you use alignment and grouping to make your website more effective?

I can use alignment and grouping to make my website more effective because it will help it look clean and organized. This will help the readers have an easy access to pages.

5. What colors will you use for your website? Why?

The colors I will use for my website are still undecided but I will make sure not to use the blinding colors such as green, yellow and pink text. I will use colors such as grey or black or something to keep it simple and clean.

6. How else can you ensure that your website is well-designed?

I will ensure my website is well-designed by following the website supplemental guidelines and asking the professor any questions regarding the website. Now I can start building my own site!!!!

[itzelrp]

Week 14: THINKING ABOUT MY WEBSITE

We had to evaluate two different sites to get an understanding of what and what not to do...

SECTION A

Here is the first website:

1.Identify and describe the balance of the site.

This website specifically does not have balance at all. To start with the colors are just off! And not to mention the graph and text font and size. I believe that since the designer just threw everything is the same place, and making one-part weight more than the other one ruining the balance for this site.

2. How is contrast employed on the site?

This site does have contrast however, the designer didn’t do a good job choosing the background color, since purple is not a good color for a page that is informing something. In this case says that it has different charts that goes from macro-economics to policies making the color too much for what it should portray.

3. Evaluate the site's use of consistency.

The site does not have any consistency since the site says that is going to talk about something but then the graph is about gasoline, then asks for donations to assist a research, and then a membership fee. It just not makes any sense…

4. Describe the site's utilization of alignment and grouping.

The site has a bad alignment and grouping strategy, since it has too much to see in a very limited space, all the information presented is just thrown. It has not order with some information in the header, other on the left side, right side, even in the bottom.

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site

The site does not have effectiveness, in most of the previously stated elements this site didn’t do a great job making the audience this that this might have done for someone that is maybe in middle school, affecting logos and the credibility of all the information presented.

OK, one done! now for the other one..

1.Identify and describe the balance of the site.

This website has a good balance since everything seems to be in order as well as the text and the images being in the same concept. Everything have equal weight and everything is in order making it enjoyable to the eyes.

2. How is contrast employed on the site?

Contrast in this site was a lot better, because all the words contrast with the background highlighting the key words. This makes the cite seem more professional and serious.

3. Evaluate the site's use of consistency.

For the consistency of this site the designer had a good consistency. Everything is about the same and does not goes off topic, the site is about a graphic designer showing his work. Also with the theme, mostly the entire website has similar backgrounds and does not change suddenly to an eye-appealing color.

4. Describe the site's utilization of alignment and grouping.

Alignment was correctly utilized, everything was on the correct place and not all over the page. The text is on the left side while the images on the right or vice versa, making it well organized and easy to follow along. Everything had equal weight

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site

This site is very effective, all the elements previously described work correctly and have an effective effect in the audience, it has good consistency, its appealing to the eye, it is not overloaded with information in the same page, etc. Also it has good credibility.

Almost done...

SECTION B

1.       What will you have to do to ensure that your website is balanced?

To make sure my website is balanced I will try to make everything in order not throwing to mush information is just that page using links that can take the audience to other slides where more information is presented. Also I will make sure that the text and images that I will use are going to be equally weight.

2.       How will you use contrast on your website?

For the contrast I will use colors that are not too eye-appealing since that will distract the attention as well as to affect my pathos and logos. I will use for my background something appealing for what I am trying to portray. Then for the text and images something that contrast with the background will be okay.

3.       Where will you employ consistency on your website?

I will employ the consistency on my website on the different links, pages and my documents.

4.       How can you use alignment and grouping to make your website more effective?

I can use alignment and grouping to make it easier to follow along and easier to understand. I believe that will make it more effective since it will make it more credible.

5.       What colors will you use for your website? Why?

For my website I will use black and white for the background, because I think that with those two colors you can do a lot. Then for the font I might use different colors like red or even yellow with as well black and white.

6.       How else can you ensure that your website is well-designed?

To ensure my website is well-designed I will make sure that the links in my website are pretty obvious so it will not be confusing .

YESS finally done

[josephineroque-blog]

Week 14 : Thinking About My Website

SECTION A: DESIGN PRINCIPLES APPLIED?

I will analyze the following website first http://trendlines.ca/.

QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSIS:

1. Identify and describe the balance of the site. This website has an off balance between the images and the text. As you can notice above the the graph takes the majority of the space on the page, yet the text in the graph is still small which is equal to the text from the rest of the website. The website focuses on graphs, however, I think that the information about signing up for a membership or the simple details explaining the main idea of the webpage itself should be clear, bigger and should stand out. The reader must not go looking for anything, the creator must make sure he keeps the viewers attention and explains everything clearly and briefly.

2. How is contrast employed on the site? From my point of view the body text seems to use the same text font as the title text. The body text is bold and the title text is bigger , but not in bold. However, I do think all the text overall even the bigger text is still quite small. I do not know what to read first and it makes it all a bit overwhelming.

3. Evaluate the site’s use of consistency. The contingency in this page would be the text font all over the website. It is almost the same text with the same size.

4. Describe the site’s utilization of alignment and grouping. Alignment and grouping comes hand in hand. The page seems more of a horizontal webpage rather than vertical. And the text is located on your right side and the graphs on your left, the heading statements on top of the page and all these three items represent grouping.

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site.

I believe this is an effective website for individuals who are very much familiar with graphs and statistics since the website is mainly a membership that you sign up for to have access to all the numbers. The one shown above is the gas pump.

I will now analyze the second website which is, http://www.aaronxmarquez.com/

QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSIS:

1. Identify and describe the balance of the site. This website is very clear and balanced out. The weight between the images and text are well balanced. The images don’t make the viewer ignore the text and the text is very clear to read. This portion is perfect!! ( the colors as well are great, they do not overwhelm me or bore me)

2. How is contrast employed on the site? The font size is different as it should be. The titles and subheadings are bigger than the body text. They carry the same text font which doesn’t throw the website off in anyway. It is very clear and you can easily tell what it is that you will be reading.

3. Evaluate the site’s use of consistency. I would definitely say all elements resemble each other.like I mentioned before the text may be in different size but the font is the same and the spacing is the same. Length wise is very similar throughout all the body text and all the tab text is the same. All the text added in this website was very well done.

4. Describe the site’s utilization of alignment and grouping. The website designer definitely has some background knowledge on what it is the people look for. He grouped his work in topics and eat section had is title or subheading, and image, and text. All this didn’t mix up anything though, it was clear and very nice to follow along. He also mixed and matched the alignment through this website and it looks great!

5. Based on your analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, describe the effectiveness of the site.

I am confident that this website is very effective. It met all the criteria and was not missing anything. I think it is a great website! And although it had a lot going on I didn’t feel overwhelmed and still got a professional feel from the website.

SECTION B: IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR OWN DESIGN:

1. What will you have to do to ensure that your website is balanced? I will make sure I choose pictures very carefully. I now know that most of the websites page should be located on my right side. Colors also have to do a lot with the presentation of my work so if I am unsure of the balance I will choose white and black, those colors are very balanced by themselves. I will try and go back to my old website from RWS1301 since we focused on it all semester and I may get ideas from it. My book also mentions to be very careful with irregular shapes, big shapes and texts, those weight more than their opposite.

2. How will you use contrast on your website? My book mentions that if I make the material distinct from each other throughout the website my work will be more clear to the reader. This includes highlighting, background colors and the font sizes. I will definitely keep this in mind.

3. Where will you employ consistency on your website? Consistency is a must throughout my text. From headings, to subheadings and to body text. This section of the book reminded me of APA formatting. Consistency means having an easy to read website without overwhelming anybody. The text on headings should b different in size than the body text. The pages should resemble each other no matter how many there are, if I add a list the bullet points should be almost or the same, and the text font should appear professional. I will definitely do all this on my website!!!

4. How can you use alignment and grouping to make your website more effective? I will use alignment and grouping effectively throughout my website. I will choose between vertical or horizontal alignment and my book mentions which is is best for the reading. It also mentions that pictures are usually added when white is around, it also mentions to use headings and add a border. Will do!

5. What colors will you use for your website? Why? I will definitely go with a Shades of white and black for my background so I can have space for any added images. It will make it clear and not overwhelming. The website will look very clean too!! The font will definitely be black for a professional look.

6. How else can you ensure that your website is well-designed?

I will ensure it will be a good website by following the guidelines and tips mentioned in the RWS book, I can also go back and look at these two websites to ensure and remind myself what is a good example and what is not a good example, and finally get feedback from my peers and professor if possible. I am confident about the outcome of my website!!

[xxazimxx-blog]

Week 14

Public Speaking

Hugg’s speech was so great. He made engages with the audiences and try not to make his audience feel sleepy or bored. Doing that he needed to conclude charts, photos, quotes and etc. to be able to make a good presentation you will need to spend some time on it. Brainstorm it, then think of a structure to make a very good presentation and of course practice make perfect.

I found a very good and simple video that helped me to make a great presentation.

Public Opinion

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/diversity-in-stem-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters/

This articles talks about if there is no diversity there might be a loss in talent. Because we don’t know that people from different country or race might have a better understanding about something. They might even have a very good background in the subject and of course we could benefit from every single one of them.

I think one of the best way is to make organization that can reach the kids from when they are still young so that they might have more understanding about what STEM is about and might have an interest in it.

[dannerpacheco-blog]

Week 14

Section 1:

His presentation was very well executed, it is evident that he is experienced in public speaking. I am sure that he practiced his presentation beforehand, but he did not prepare every single word. His knowledge and passion about the subject were evident throughout the entirety of the video. One thing that we can use for our presentations is that a good way to present information to an audience is to have a conversation with them, instead of going trough bullet points on a power point. 

I found an article published in Forbes, I think it offers some great guidelines.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susantardanico/2012/05/29/want-to-be-a-better-public-speaker-do-what-the-pros-do/#389b66844307

I think point number 8, avoid sameness, is a very good point that we can apply in our presentations. We have to avoid taking with the same tone for a long time, unless we want to bore the audience. 

Section 2:

Although this article does not call to action and it simply presents an opinion based on research, I think it is a good sample of an Op-Ed, since it uses information based on facts. To relate it back to the video, it is important to present factual data that persuades the audience, wishful thinking is not enough. 

Section 3

If I want to persuade my audience to advocate for a change of policy, I have to present actual benefits of doing so, and evidence of the problem. For instance, I can present graphs that shows data that can support my argument and give it more pathos. 

[momof2boysohmy-blog]

Public Speaking, Opinion, and Outreach

Section 1 Public Speaking

 1.     Hugh Evans who spoke in the Ted Talks video opened with an issue, explained the topics he was going to cover and started into his speech with tying the issue to how it would be an impact for not only you and me but on a global scale. In our assignment this was very relative in the sense that we were required to present an issue, provide facts to back up the issue, and be an advocate by presenting a solution. Hugh Evans has had some practice in public speaking and is working on globally solving an issue that is affecting all of us indirectly and directly and presented his speech creatively, emotionally, and was very impactful. This is a good video to use as a tool or template on how a good impactful speech would need to resemble.

3.  In my experience knowing your speech forwards and backwards is your greatest tip to portray confidence, as said in the previous you tube video, and also gain trust from the audience. I was previously a loan officer at a credit union and had to advise people on their finances, being young worked against me. Knowing the products I was offering to my members really instilled trust in me and they were more receptive to the advice I was trying to give them.

Section 2: Public Opinion

5. Hugh Evan from the Ted Talks video states that there are people around the world that are for a global change in hunger, poverty, shelter, and basic human necessities but that people don’t act on it because we don’t know how or what to do. This would be a problem I have because I feel that I myself am a globalist and interested in doing my part to change the world but the solution is always the tricky part. I believe there is a connection between my topic, Diversity of Hispanics in Nursing, and the Op Ed article “We Need More Nurses” with the message that there aren’t enough nurses to patient ratio. The article helped back up the stance on the need for not only more Hispanic or a diverse nursing staff but more nurses’ period.

Section 3: Public Outreach

6.   I believe that maybe training many people basic medical skills can help alleviate patients going to the hospital and also globally have more people with skills to help others. Expanding this idea would need work and more information on how this would be possible or help I think is what Hugh Evans was trying to get across no matter how small or insignificant you feel your idea is to help others is to act on it.

 7.   My idea on expanding basic medical knowledge to others around the world could possibly translate into a policy that could be implanted around the world. I believe that Op-Ed articles gives you the opportunity to express an opinion or idea you have that can possibly implement change and by providing information like tables or graphs can help backup your message you are trying to spread.

[aimacias2-blog]

Week 14

Section 1: Public Speaking

Evans’ speech was incredible, his idea was to make people understand what the “global citizen” is and what they do, to do a speech like this there is a need to prepare in several ways like rehearsing every single aspect for example time, tone of voice, clarity and even the reactions that you’ll make in specific times.

I’ll give you a great link to a video that can help you improve your presentation skills

Section 2: Public Opinion

http://news.utexas.edu/2015/08/24/texas-needs-more-diversity-in-stem-and-this-is-how-to-do-it

This Op-Ed talks about how we can increase diversity in the field of STEM in the state of Texas, they talk about the advantages of having a job and being part of a minority in this field like that there are very well paid positions and this also tells us ways to make diversity grow like thinking about culture, families, etc.

Section 3: Public Outreach

I was thinking of making some kind of organization that could make talks to persuade minorities into studying in STEM, that way STEM would get bigger and then there would be better economy.