End Of Year Reflection - Web Design

Exploring Web Design

Technology

The majority of the technological things that we learned in web design were through detailed videos or pdfs explaining new content. Technology is important due to its ability to allow us to create websites. Along the way i started out with a few challenges. The biggest being i was not used to the Apple OS which made it very difficult to get started.

Collaboration

The majority of exploring web design consisted of solo project. Therefore there was not much need for any major collaboration. However i have still helped my neighbors in any way i can and vice versa. Collaboration is important because it allows us to help each other and to share ideas. Two heads are better than one! Naturally due to my introverted personality other people are a problem and thats why I am grateful that we did not have any group projects.

Communication

Again the majority of web design consisted of solo work/projects meaning communication was limited and most of the time between myself and Mr. Olson if i had questions. Communication is important because like collaboration good communication can allow for ideas to be shared and spread. Again i face the same problem with communication as i do collaboration due to my introversion.

Project Management

We have done many projects over the course of this year. Each projects takes about a week on average give or take so project/time management is very important. Without project management procrastination would be inevitable. I really have learned how to my manage my time and projects very well due to not only web design but also my other e-comm strand for this year, Animation. 

Leadership

Leadership was not very necessary in exploring web design due to there being no group projects. This eliminates some of my worry again due to my introversion. Leadership is important regardless because without a leader a group would fall apart. However this was not important for exploring web design.

I feel like my greatest strengths this year have been with getting every project in on-time and creating quality websites.I was not always good at time managing and managing my work load however e9, Exploring animation, and exploring web design have taught be how to affectively manage my time and efforts. However responsiveness is something I am very bad at and need to work on in the future. This is a slight problem due to the increase in people accessing the internet on mobile devices that need that responsive designing to work well.

Hopefully with the knowledge and tricks i have learned this year i will be able to apply them and build on them for the next 2 coming years. I will be focusing on web design for my junior and senior years.

However if i were to change anything i would most likely change how my flash projects turned out. It was a very cool concept and i hope we can do more with it in coming years however i felt the mountain scene for me was rushed and due to the sheer amount of different things that could be felt like wasted potential for something very interesting.

I feel like i have come a long way since the beginning of the year. Here is one of my first web design projects and my Index homepage.

http://eravensonline.net/students/091jtg01/index.html


In conclusion exploring web design has been a eye-opening experience for me and i have found that i like it quite a bit so i will be continuing on for my junior and senior years in e-comm.