Saturday, April 17, 2010
Today, we learnt about CSS style sheet and how to incorporate the coding into the HTML codes to change the background, the font and many other aspects.
I never learnt CSS before this. So, whenever I use HTML to create a webpage, I do it the "primitive" way, which is to add some more codes into the HTML code to change everything. So when the teacher taught us a brand new way to change the appearance of the webpage, I was very glad. The old way is not good as it will cramp up the codes and when I need to do debugging, I have to find the wrong codes in a sea of codes. It is equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack, especially when the wrong code is just a minor one, like (img src=...) and (img scr=...). So now, when there is something wrong with the background, all I need to do is to refer to the CSS style sheet. When there is something wrong with the text, I just need to look at the HTML code! How simple and what a breeze !
I think that CSS is a better way to change the appearance of the webpage. What about you?
8:13 PM
Thursday, April 15, 2010
For lesson 3, we finally touched on the topic I am very eager to start, HTML!
I have always been looking forward to this day as I have a lot of handson experience with HTML. I want to hone by skills and re-live the magic of HTML.
Basically, the teacher taught us on the basic structure of HTML coding:
(html)
(head)
(title)(/title)
(/head)
(body)
TEXT GOES HERE
(/body)
(/html)
The code tags are always in a pair. One of them is just the tag, and the other is with a slash (/) in front of the tag. Eg. (html)(/html)
He also taught us how to make changes to the text, like bold the word, underline it and etc. Last but not least, we learnt how to insert pictures onto the webpage.
In conclusion, HTML is a inexpensive way to create a webpage. It uses a notepad but more importantly, it is free, unlike most other softwares. It may be more tedious, but once a website is created, the sense of achievement is overwhelming. That is the magic of HTML.
3:31 AM
We had a discussion on Intellectual Property- Is copying right?
Basically, Intellectual Property is copyright in layman term. We watched a video entitled " Copy not right! " acted by Hossan Leong, teaching us on copyright and the consequences if we infringe on copyright. Also, it taught us how to prevent copyright infringment, such as getting permission from the owner, stating the sources, etc. As for books, we can only copy 10% of it.
I learnt alot about copyright from the video. I recalled back in primary school, copyright was the least of my concerns. Everytime we did a project, we just copy and paste information without stating the sources. Thankfully, we did not land up in deep trouble. Moving on to secondary school, the teachers expect us to state our sources clearly for all the projects we do.
My reflection of the topic is : Everyone should follow the copyright rule and those who violate it should be punished. Imagine, someone copying your work and passing it off as his own work, without even acknowledging the source, let alone getting permission from you to do it, I believe that will make anyone upset. The free riders did not put in any effort but reap all the benefits from it. This is totally unfair.
As we do more and more projects in secondary school, it is time for us to know what copyright law is about and what will happen to us if we don’t follow it. In the worst case scenario, we can be sued if we infringe on copy right law. It is no wonder our teachers have been urging us to state all our sources. If we don’t and someone finds out, we can be put behind bars, no joke about that, this is real.
In conclusion, if the work or item is not ours, we should seek permission from the owner if possible or if this is not possible, then we should simply state the source clearly. It is something that everyone has to do and there is no exception.
This is the end of my reflections for lesson 2.
3:20 AM
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Hi all! Today, I will pen down my reflections and learning points for lesson 1.
In lesson 1, we learnt about web 2.0 and what edge it has over web 1.0. Basically, in web 1.o, the owner of the website has to update the website himself to attract web surfers. But the world wide web has evolved with time. In web 2.0, internet surfers and the webpage owner can both update the website at the same time.
Also, the web has become an integral part of life. I am sure all of you have heard of email, blogs, youtube, twitter and facebook. I dare say not many will choose snail mail to stay in touch with our friends nowadays. We use MSN, facebook instead, it is fast and easily accessible.
But people can also use the Internet for illegal acts. Internet is so advanced now and if this new technology falls into the wrong hands, it can create a total mess. BEWARE !
5:11 AM
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Hi all! I am Alastair. Today, I will be talking all about infocomm and myself.
Personally, I love infocomm. That is why I volunteered to be the IT monitor for my class on top of being a Class Chairman.
I have rich infocomm experience. So far, I have completed the Cambridge University course 7 years ago. I know html and game design (not using Dreamweaver). I was taught how to create website and I actually created one all on my own during the course. I am quite proud of it till today.
I love the internet but I am not a compulsive internet user. My project group did a project on internet addiction and we even have a facebook group which we named " UnGlue Internet Addicition". We will post news extracts and put up interesting discussion topics on internet addiction. We feel proud to play a part in helping to raise awareness of internet addiction among youngsters.
I am an ultimate internet fanatic. Are you?
6:55 AM