Teng Learning Technology

I have learned a lot about the multi media perspective in this class.  In some ways, there is obvious.  I have learned a great deal about graphic, audio, video and web design. I seemed to have gotten my money’s worth for the Adobe Creative Suite.  Some key things that I need to keep in mind. ·          Planning is of paramount importance.  Tools like storyboarding help immensely.  ·          Use stuff out of the creative commons or the public domain. Royalty free things are good for the “real world”.  ·          Don’t be afraid to ask for help.  If not, you will have wasted a lot of time. ·          Find good help. I had great help from my parents and friends when making my videos. I was also working with Jessica Lambert, but she had to drop the class. I wish I could have been there ...

Creating websites was one of the more difficult assignments of the year. I believe we have a whole class for this one topic so I guess that while the quality of this one particular assignment wasn’t that great, we should get more of it in the future. It is amazing how much the web design process has changed. I have Dreamweaver since the macromedia days my sophomore year of high school. It is amazing how much has changed since.  CSS is completely new.   Obviously designing with tablets and smartphones in mind are also a big change.  I am looking forward to learning more about that in the future. I did even go through a geocities phase back in my younger days in the 90s.  I remember cluttering it with as much music as possible with floating text and animated gifs everywhere. I miss those days. Obviously, websites are probably the most powerful form of instruction because that is the basic way people get information now. A professional looking website is th...