Adding INTERACTIVITY to your website!

Follow these links for ideas on how to add INTERACTIVE features to your website:

http://www.123mycodes.com/

http://www.123-banner.com/

http://www.slideroll.com/index.php

http://www.phonevite.com/

http://www.makeagif.com/

Have fun and add at least 3 interactive features to your student home page.

Adding INTERACTIVITY to your website

HTML TAGS for WEB DESIGNERS

Web Design Unit

Hey ECS students,

Sorry guys-the HTML we will be learning is
HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE!

I've put together some great links for you to begin exploring how HTML codes/tags are the basic building blocks of all websites.

Please have a look at the following links and start thinking about how you would like your own student home page website to look and how you would like it to work.

A good way to begin planning your own website is to sketch-out the design on paper and then go through some of the problem solving techniques we have discussed earlier in identifying how to build features into your design using the HTML coding commands.

1. W3schools.com
2. web source
3. html code tutorial
4. web monkey html codes
5. html codes

Also, see this site to get an idea how much it might cost to have a website built:

Design Quote: Website design calculator

Last but not least see this link for Adobe Golive Basics


Mr. Casas

HAPPY 2011 CNMT STUDENTS!

Hey CNMT Exploring Computer Science Students,
The First and Best Lesson You'll Learn this Year! How to write for the web!

As we we find ourselves gearing to return from Winter-Break, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of a couple of things. We will now be learning how to build our very own "cnmt student profile"-inspired websites. Of course this means all ECS students will have to "STEPITUP" BIGTIME!

As we return from break I be will updating this blog to keep in touch with you all, and I will also require some over the break participation in preparing and planning and writing on your part.

YES, I DID SAY WRITING!

All the text on your personal-websites will need to be original, well written copy for your websites.
You will need to produce an introduction to you site, as well as the necessary writing to accompany your autobiography page, your interests & hobbies page and your chosen career path page.

Start thinking about what content or "stuff" you are going to want to feature on you websites.
Please begin your written content by drafting short paragraphs 3-4 per page, so that when your return on Monday January 10th, we can discuss how to edit and improve your writing for your pages.

To start I would like you all to visit and read the following blog:

A Writer's Guide to Web Building

Also, see:

Writing for the Web: Part 1

Be sure to check back for updates.

Mr. Casas

Binary Art Project: Focus-The Arecibo Message

Hey ECS students,

Welcome back from our "Thanksgiving Break"
This week we will continue our Problem Solving Unit. The focus of our new project is creating an art image with a binary coding as a necessary part of the creation of the image. We will explore the relationship between binary code, visual symbols, visual data, and embedded messages.

The challenge of our project is to imagine if we had to develop a message for communicating with Extra-Terrestrial life forms using symbols, data and a personal message prepared for transmission into space using binary coding.

For review and further info and reading-please visit the following sites:

Prime Number (Mathematical Language to communicate)
The Arecibo Image-
SETI project
The Arecibo Message-Answered? (Youtube video)
The Documentary of Pixel Art (Youtube video)
Ancient Symbols and Meaning

AND JustfortheHECKOFIT-AREA 51 (WIKIPEDIA)



The discussions that have come-up have been very thoughtful-many interesting questions have surfaced in our discussions-I hope to hear more of your questions and thoughts as we proceed in this project.

Introduction to BINARY NUMBERS

ECS students,

Have you ever heard of binary numbers? If you haven't, you might be surprised to know that every time you use your computer at home or at school you are putting binary numbers to work with your every keystroke. Using binary numbers is the way your computer "computes" or counts. In other words everything you do on your computer starts as binary number sequences and then is translated into what people know as words, numbers, sounds, pictures and so on.
If you are interested to find out more on how binary numbers actually work and how to better understand how you computer works using binary numbers, please follow the links below and read the articles carefully...

First, Checkout the CS Unplugged-Binary Numbers page

More Resources:

1. What is binary?
2.Introduction to binary numbers
3.The Binary Numeral System on Wikipedia

Also see videos on YouTube [off campus only:( ]

4.Binary Numbers in 60 seconds
5.How Binary Code works (8 bit system)

Still confused?-Bring up any questions for discussion in class...


Mr. Casas

What is Problem Solving?

Introduction to Problem Solving:


The Problem Solving process consists of a sequence of sections that fit together depending on the type of problem to be solved. These are:

• Problem Definition.
• Problem Analysis.
• Generating possible Solutions.
• Analyzing the Solutions.
• Selecting the best Solution(s).
• Planning the next course of action (Next Steps)

The process is only a guide for problem solving. It is useful to have a structure to follow to make sure that nothing is overlooked. Nothing here is likely to be brand new to anyone, but it is the pure acknowledgement and reminding of the process that can help the problems to be solved.

Click to read more info on Problem Solving

Problem Solving on Wikipedia