Webpage Evaluation

In our lesson on website evaluation, we had to look up sites by various universities about how we should check the validity of each website. For an example, our group had to look up John Hopkin's site about webpage evaluation. When the entire class collaborated on what we had learned, there were a number of similar ideas present. These included:

• Checking the author's credentials in order to see if the writing was believable. This was done by checking if the author was affiliated with an established university or seeing if the author had a university degree.
• Checking to see if the website had any biases, and to see if the writing was objective overall. If there was any kind of indication that the website was not objective or was biased towards one side, then it must be taken into consideration.
• Checking the site design. Make sure that the website was designed well, if the information included some kind of source page, and if there was recently edited. Another thing to check was if layout of the website, such as if the majority of the page was with text etc.

Excel Reflection

It has been a long couple of weeks, and we are finally finished with the Excel unit of our Computer Business Apps Class. When I had first entered the class, my knowledge of Excel was scant at best. I knew how to open the program, and maybe punch a couple of numbers in a feeble attempt to look like I knew something. When a teacher asked me to use Excel to make a graph, I might as well have been asked to describe the photosynthetic properties of the black moss of Peru.

When we finally began to learn about Excel, I found that most of my fears were unwarrented. The book was, for the most part, simple to comprehend and learn from. I feel that I would be able to use my newfound knowledge of Excel to many different uses.

First Weeks of School

After 12 years of education in public school, the time has finally come to begin the last required year. With a new year comes new responsibility; we seniors now have new privileges exclusive to us, including the ability to leave school for lunch and special events such as the Senior Picnic and more. For many of us, it is also the time for people to begin the dreaded process of college applications. With so many future possibilities, why wouldn't we be excited?

For me personally, the first week of school was pretty good. It was nice to see some friends again, and I was somewhat satisfied with my classes. I had two of the same teachers again from last year, and I hope that I will enjoy their classes again.