| Chapter 17 & 18 |

CHAPTER 17

Reading chapter 17 has really given me an idea as to how I will give a presentation. This is important because I have a god damn group presentation in EVERY one of my classes this semester. It has taught me to learn better with groups, when I am typically reserved and enjoy working on my own. I have been forced to adapt to a variety of personalities, writing styles, studying habits, and schedules.

The chapter shows the pros and cons of different mediums. I think for the size of our class and the materials we intend to use, our project will be very well organized and the reader/listener will take away a great deal of information. Our group has different levels of experience in writing. This will give us the opportunity for both an outlined talk, as well as an impromptu one.

Part of presenting to a group is really focusing on a few main points, as guideline 3 suggest, and communicating your message effectively and clearly to the reader...in this case our classmates. It will be interesting to see how the groups take all that they have learned during their group projects and watch them transform them into group presentations.

CHAPTER 18

When it comes to creating reader centered web pages and websites, I stand back. There are so many websites that allow you to plug in bits and pieces and turn what you are trying to get across into code on a certain template.

This is something that I always struggled with. I took a computer science course at Hofstra University and could never quite grasp all the code and specifics of layout. I would work for hours and hours and then go to open a webpage and one little mistake that I would not be able to detect would cause an error. I have a great deal of respect for web designers.

When it comes to the idea of design and content, I feel that I will one day use my creative mind to communicate with a designer what I want to see. I f I could be some sort of creative director and learn along the way, I think I would have much more fun.

I can come up with the information and graphics that readers want to read, make a sound decision on what may or may not be attractive visually, and expose my ideas to be constructed into elaborate, easy to navigate websites. It is just frustrating that I am limited to blogs and basic code to get my writing and ideas across. Definitely something I wish I would have learned at a much younger age. But then again, I did not have all the resources of the internet that are available to todays youth.