Thursday, January 29, 2009

Client Meeting

1. Your design and layout of your web pages - does it fit your drawing/plan 
  To be honest i didn't really design my web page in the exact way  drew it, i added pore pictures and changed the place of the links.
2. Your topic and research. What have you dine in class? 
   I found alot of things for my research, i got information and facts. In class I finished my I Web site but i have to put in my reference page and fix up the links to the different pages. 
3. Colour, font and the use of multimedia
    I have alot of different fonts and colours every where  on my site, I put pictures everywhere and I put one video, I might add to that later on.
4. Does it have five pages? 
Yes i have five pages;
Cool Facts 
Pictures + Videos 
Volcano Safety 
Information 
and Reference   
5. The features of Apple iWeb. What is working. What is not working in the web application.
Everything is working, so i didn't have any troubles.
7. Do you have an Emergency Plan? Do you have a reference page?
Yes, I do have a Emergency Plan but i don't have a reference page.
8. You must take screen-shots of your...iWeb,Delicious bookmarks and Google Docs
 I haven't used Google Docs yet but i will use it later. 
My Delicious
 

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Week 3

1.Look at and Review over websites listed below. Answer questions in your blog what did you like about the website? Compare and contrast with another website. Features, buttons, colors, layout, multimedia
The RedBloodClub wasn't good, it didn't have any information, it just had links, it didn't show anything.
The HRODC site was also bad the site was hard to read and it was very busy and boring.
The fast cars site was good, it was simple, it had information
2.News articles - Natural Disasters....find two articles save them in your delicious account. Briefly write about the natural disaster in your blogger.
I found a article about the flood in Myanmar Junta.
2.Find examples of 'good' and 'bad' website design. Write a blog post and hyperlink to one 'good' web page and one 'bad' web page. Describe and explain why you have chosen these. Discuss how you could use some of the features you found on these websites in your Disaster website. Remember you must consider the following parameters: Navigation, Colour scheme, Alignment of objects and text, Spelling and Grammar...what else is important?
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/report_in_emergencies_people_turn_to_social_media.php ( good website)
this is a good website because it has good information,its not very busy, its not boring, it has pictures, the colors are simple. This site would help me alot in my project because I understand the words and its very clear.  
http://websearch.about.com/od/effectivesearchstrategies/a/naturaldisaster.htm   (bad website)
this is a bad website because it doesn't have any good information, its very boring, it has alot of links and it doesn't look interesting.  I wouldn't want to read this to help in my project because it has alot of words i don't understand it has alot of information that i might not need and alot of links. 

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Investigate

Investigate

Why is communication so important during an emergency?

I think Communication is important during an emergency because it helps the people faster you can call people or use skype, messenger and ask for help. Or you can tell them about the dangers so they might get help. You can use blackberrys,I Phones,Television, etc........


What forms of communication have been used during recent disasters e.g Hurricane Katrina, the Tsunami

Some forms of communication which have been used during recent disasters were television, Online communication , Mobile Phones, facebook ,radio, etc .....


What essential information needs to be communicated during a disaster or emergency?
1. That a disaster is coming or happening 

2. To be prepared

3. To have somewhere to live if their house has been damaged or blown away

4. To have food and water 


What information can be created before the emergency? What information needs to be communicated during the emergency?

Information Created before the emergency can tell everyone in that area that there will be a hurricane or tsunami etc .... and they would have to get ready.

They could use Internet, I phones, Television, etc....... 

What hardware and software is required to be able to communicate online?

Mobiles, Laptops, I pods, Computers



A. How can I make use of established and emerging WWW tools to support online publication?



b. What are the best tools to use for effective communication online?



C. How can the Internet be used to help a community prepare for and survive a disaster?

It can help by telling alot of people the dangers happening, they could use facebook and other sites  and let everyone know about what's happening in the world. Everyone uses the internet.