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Final Project

In the end, I feel like my website turned out better than I thought it was going to be.  I used circle pad after researching a few different sites and found that circle pad seemed to be the simplest site to use without hindering my ability to create a quality and creative site.  I did encounter a few problems, one example is making my portfolio page.  In order to get my videos onto my page i had to upload them to youtube and then use a search bar on circlepad to find them and embed them into my site.  The problem here was that youtube videos don't show up in searches until about 48 hours after they are uploaded, so i instead had to put pictures of each video onto my portfolio page and link them to their corresponding youtube page.  In retrospect i feel my pln could have included a little more as well.  This project has helped me to take a lot of the things I learned in this class and put them to practice, and overall I feel it has made me more comfortable using these skills.

Final project (phase one)

My digital portfolio will be about my pursuit of the career of movie director/screenwriter.  I am using a site called circlepad to create my website.  My home page will be about myself and why i want to achieve this goal. I will have a page for my portfolio, this page will have many of my short projects in video that I have helped me to learn about the field.  These include Short stories made in high school and college, small scenes set to movies, opening credits for a movie based on a reality T.V. show,  and After Effects special effects projects done at home.  Some of these examples are easier to access than others.  A video that I recently made is stored in a folder and labeled on my computer,  My high school projects however are only on a dvd and are no longer stored on my computer.  Using a program called handbrake, I began ripping the video and audio back off of my dvd and onto my computer so they can be uploaded onto my website.  As for my after effects projects, they are still on my computer, but in various places.  I performed a search of anything involving after affects, and many projects came up, however when i made the projects that turned out good or bad I did most of them mostly for the sake of practice and gave many of them obscure or irrelevant titles with no indication as to what they are.  So I've been opening and renaming dozens of "untitled's" and quite a few projects labeled something like "aklfjuwfghn" or "hhhhhhh".  Once I sorted the junk from the good, I began the tedious process of finding the projects in which some files have been moved or lost, and recovering and restoring them.  In some cases I couldn't.  once all of my projects are ready I will upload them to youtube and then link them to the portfolio page of my website.  I am also working on a page about exactly what a person in these careers does.  Needless to say this portion is giving me much less trouble than my portfolio portion.  I also plan on having my pln accessible from my webpage, and finally i will have a page citing my references.  It is a work in progress for the time being but hopefully with more time it will develop into a decent website.   

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The internet allows computers from all around the world to connect to each other.  They can also however be connected locally.  A group of computers in a particular general area can be connected through a LAN (local area network).  An NIC (network interface card) allows a computer to connect to a LAN by connecting to a modem through a hub.  

These Lans are used mostly for businesses schools etc.  Computers can also be connected across larger areas than an office building or a school, and can be connected in multiple buildings across a city or several buildings in a large area.  This is called a MAN (Metropolitan area network).  The step higher than a MAN is known as a WAN (wide area network) which is for businesses and such that have buildings in different far away areas that can all be connected over one WAN.  

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E-mail, for many has become a primary form of communication.  To make the process easier for the user, email sites have come up with many tools to help.  Chapter four explained many of these, you can organize E-mail in many different ways, whether according to date received, sender's name, ore even sort them into categories.  When receiving a message from a sender who's e-mail address was not previously in your contact list, there is a tool that allows you to automatically add them.  You can then take your contact list and further divide it into subgroups and so-forth.  If there is a message that you would like to remind yourself to take a second look at you can "flag" it, or mark it so it will draw your attention the next time you look at it.  This chapter helped me greatly to understand how to make emailing easier and much more convenient for me!

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There is a massive amount of websites on the internet today, most of which can be very helpful to a specific person or group's needs.  The internet can help you learn new skills, read movie reviews, research colleges, write your resume, even tour online museums, and much more.  Financial and educational needs can also be satisfied on the internet through banking websites and web-based learning respectively.  When banking or shopping online or working with other sensitive information, one must be carful of  the security of the site, most banking websites are extremely secure as to not allow user information to fall into the wrong hands. 

 Information on the web is not always correct, the credibility of the website is important.  One should find sources of the sites information as well as information on the author before believing any information given on the site.

chapter 5

Portals are a huge part of web browsing today.  Chapter Five explains that a portal is a way to access a businesses general information (something previously explained in chapter 2).  Portals can also lead to information not just about a business but about a particular area of interest.  They can be used for consumers, industry etc.  There are even personal portals that can be customized to  to meet the needs of an individual.  The Chapter also explained the new way news is being viewed, on websites.  People are using websites to view news, weather, sports etc.   These websites are becoming more popular than more traditional forms of receiving news,  they are updated quickly so one can get the most current news,  It is much more convenient and easy to find exactly what you are looking for news on.  The new form of news is clearly much more efficient than the old.

chapter 4

E-mail is a very good way to communicate today, it has changed the way we exchange information.  It has many benefits, the most obvious, is speed, but it is also cheap, and easy.  It is also a good way to share pictures, videos, music and other media.  

It has defiantly changed the way we communicate for the better but it is not entirely risk free.  Different types of viruses lurk within e-mails ready to “attack”.  They can be sent in different disguises, and even make the user believe that it is a safe, friendly e-mail.  A person then opens the email and the virus is released onto their computer, which become hidden all throughout.  Some of these viruses disguise themselves, to fool antivirus software into believing that It belongs on the computer.  These are called Trojan horses.  Once it has access to the computer it picks up personal information and can delete programs and significantly slow down the computer.  Other viruses are more specifically designed to gather the user’s personal information, and can get a hold of any information that you type into your computer, ie: social security number, credit card information etc.  Viruses can be very dangerous and one should be very cautious while opening e-mails.