Google Sites

So as I've mentioned before, in my Online Journalism class we are designing our own online porfolio. We were given two options to design our portfolio with: wordpress or google sites. Both sites are awesome but I have choosen wordpress. It's amazing how many options I have when creating my portfolio. First, I picked a template I wanted to use. Next, I can change any color to match what I want. I can really make my pages look exactly like I have pictured them in my head. Everything is coming together and I'm very excited. I will post the URL soon!

Online Portfolio

So for the past couple of weeks, we have been in the process of making an online portfolio in my Online Journalism class. I had never thought about having an online portfolio before this class, but have realized it really is a pretty cool idea. After deciding what content we want to put on the pages, we made a rough draft of what we want our final page to look like. We decided what colors we wanted, text and pictures. We also decided where we want to put everything so it fits and looks appealing. We had the choice to either work with wordpress or google sites. I had no idea there were so many options to choose from. I am excited to have everything done and perfectly the way I want.

Photoshop ... Yes Please!

So for the last couple of weeks in my Online Journalism class we have been learning how to use Adobe Photoshop. Before this class I had minimal knowledge of how to use this program. After a couple classes worth of learning, I am amazed by what all you can do with this program. I think it will be extremely useful to know the basics of this program when entering the PR world. We have learned how to edit photos to make certain areas stand out, how to touch up portraits, and how to make templates. I am excited to continue learning and editing my own photos with this program!

Brand yourself!

After doing some assigned readings for my Online Journalism, I have learned how important it is for student's like myself to develop a personal brand on the internet. It is becoming more and more important for students to stand out from the rest of the pack. Blogging is a great way to start, you never know just who is going to read your blog and be impressed!

I also learned just how important it is to be careful about what you are doing when using Google. A quote from an article stated, Google confirmed this week that it keeps and collates researched terms, which means the company can be forced to divulge them under court order. This is scary and needs to be kept in mind

HTML?

I'd hear of HTML coding a few times here and there but never really understood what it was all about until my Online Journalism class. We have learned how to create our own websites and it's actually pretty cool. Before this class I guess I just thought images and text would appear where you wanted kind of like a Word document but each item, picture, text, everything has a specific code in order for it to show up properly on the web. You can change size, style, add bullets, anything you can do in Word. Right now we are working on our online resume. I think it’s going to be very beneficial to have an online resume because right now more and more is being offered online.