Blog #5

1. Description of your instructional Web site: I did a web site all about solving quadratic equations. The first page briefly described Quadratics and then linked to four other instructional pages. One page described what it means to solve a quadratic equation and the three pages after that talked about the three methods of how to solve quadratic equations: graphing, factoring, and the quadratic fomula.

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3. The biggest obstacle I encountered was trying to get the webpage up on the comp.uark.edu server. I tried transfering my files into my public_html folder using my SSH file transfer and I was successful in doing that, but when I typed in http://comp.uark.edu/~jabulloc, the website would not show up. I followed some additional directions provided by Dr. Beck, but I was unable to resolve the problem.

4. The biggest success was just creating a web site with multiple pages. I learned how much time and preparation goes into these things and I have much more respect for those who create web sites. I now have a web site that my students can go to when they have questions and I have the knowledge of how to create more web sites.

5. I really wanted to use the templates, but in my limited experience didn't want to mess with them too in depth for the projects we had to do. I tried to use them on my first web site project, but had too many issues and was scared to use them for the second web site project. There are many more features I would like to learn to use in Dreamweaver, probably more of the css styling and using the properties tab. I would also like to learn more how to correctly position images and such on the pages so they look better.

Blog #4: Dreamweaver

1) I used Dreamweaver to create an informational swimming site for Northwest Arkansas. My two html pages were the home page which included information about swimming in general and the second page talked about the specific strokes (freestyle, backstroke, breastroke, and butterfly) in swimming. I included pictures on each page and was able to change the font.

2) The biggest obstacle I encountered was putting my site onto the comp.uark.edu server. I couldn't get it to work in Dreamweaver because I had CS5 and the instructions posted on blackboard were not applicable. As far as problems with Dreamweaver, it took me awhile to figure out how to change the font and make the site look "good."

3) To fix the problem with the server, I ended up calling Dr. Beck and U of A tech support and was able to get my site working on the server using the SSH file transfer protocol option. The font changes and styling in Dreamweaver was resolved by using the properties tab and remembering to select in-line css style when wanting to make a change.

4) I was really excited to see the finished product, especially in getting it to work online using the SSH file transfer! That was the biggest success other than just being able to create the site and make it all work together smoothly.

5) I would like to make instructional sites for my students to be able to access throughout the year (especially when the material gets really tough). I'm going to attempt to make an instructional site on how to solve Quadratics this week. If I am successful, I'm going to have my students access the site and give me their feedback. This would be ideal for future units...if I can find the time to get it done!