Friday, January 18, 2013

Essiential Questions

 
1. Q: Name some social Networks you are using and why.
A: Twitter and Facebook because they help me stay in touch with friends.
 
 
 
2.Q: Define a Hyperlink and give an example.
 A: A hyperlink is a highlighted set of words you can give any name that you can click on which will direct to another website. An example of that would be one of the links on the right hand side of my first blog.
 
 
 
3. Q: Whats the difference between a new blog and a new post?
 A: A new blog is a completely different page with its own properties while a new post is just a new entry on a specific blog.
 
 
 
4.Q: What is a good/ bad website design?
 A: Good Website designs are simple navigation clear back ground easy to read print and good color coordination. Bad website designs are a busy background difficult navigation or a website with ads or pop ups.
 
 
 
5.Q: whats wordle?
 A: A tag cloud or word cloud is a visual representation for text data, typically used to depict keywords on websites, or to visualize free form text. Tags are usually single words, and the importance of each tag is shown with font size or color. This format is useful for quickly perceiving the most prominent terms and for locating a term alphabetically to determine its relative prominence. When used as website navigation aids, the terms are hyperlinked to items associated with the tag.
 
 
 6.Q: What does HTML stand for?
 A: Hyper text markup language




7.Q: Explain why we do sketches.
  A: To create a blueprint, use it as a basis to help us design


8.Q: Define visualization and implementation.
  A: Visualization-the ability to see clearly in the minds eye what an object looks like
Implementation-process of drawing the object that has been visualized


9.Q: Define rough and refined sketch
  A: Rough-drawn quickly with jagged edges
Refined-drawn more carefully that rough sketches, show good proportion and line value
Reasons for sketching
- to develop a refined sketch of a proposed solution to a problem so that a client can respond to it
- to clarify complicated details of a drawing that has more than one view by enlarging it or by creating a simple (pictorial) or picture-like sketch
- to give design ideas to drafters so that they can do the detail drawings
- to develop a series of ideas for refining a new object
- to show that there are many ways to look at or solve a problem






Rough Sketches - drawn quickly with jagged lines
Refined Sketches - drawn more carefully, so detail and line porportion
Presentation Sketches - sketches that have been refined, 3d view




Visualization - the ability to see clearly

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