gabriela zapata CS1300

Advice

2007-11-30T10:39:00.000-08:00

My advice for anyone who will be taking Professor Semmes class would be to check your grammar and spelling no matter what. Another advice, and this one goes to anyone ever taking a computer skills class, is to pay attention to what the professor says and especially to what it is tought in class because there are a lot of steps in order to do something and if you lose focus for one second you WILL get lost.
Good luck!!!

Stumpers and Websites

2007-11-28T18:06:00.000-08:00

My favorite stumpers were the ones from Mary, Clarissa, and Danielle. The one I like the best out of the three was Mary's. I loved the overall presentation, including the use of color and contrast. The riddle she used was really cute and gave it a nice touch. The thing I liked about Clarissa's was how I could not figure out where the picture was taken, which means she was successful. I also liked the angle from where the picture was taken (wherever that was). Finally it was much easier for me to tell where Danielle's picture was taken. That was one of the reasons why it is in my top three. I also liked the fact that she kept it very simple.

Website
I was really surprised after looking at everyone's websites. I did not think they were all going to come out that good. My favorite websites were the ones from Belen, Chelsea, and Crispin.
I liked Belen's a lot because, to me at least, it seemed like she gave her website the theme of nature. The links she had were very good, and the pictures were amazing. Chelsea's was very interesting because I got to find out a lot about her and about the things she likes to do for fun. Crispin's website was very original. The layout of the pictures was very creative and neat.

Comments on:
Stumper: Mary, Clarissa, Danielle
Website: Belen, Chelsea, Crispin

Stumper

2007-11-28T18:01:00.000-08:00

Ready for a challenge? Take a look at my Stumper and see if you can guess there this place is. Good luck and have fun!

Gabriela Zapata

My Website

2007-11-20T14:26:00.000-08:00

Come look at my website. It has really cool pictures of me, my family, and friends. Enjoy!

Gabriela Zapata

Bad Powerpoints

2007-10-23T14:48:00.000-07:00

All of the powerpoints presented in class had something unique and funny about them; nonetheless, there were three powerpoints that stood out for me the most:
Belen's: Hers was probably my favorite one out of all of them. It didn't have many slides; however, they were all very successful. The slide I liked better than any other was the one with all of the animations, sounds, pictures, etc because, in my opinion, it was the one powerpoint that illustrated the best how people tend to overuse animations and such.
Mary Camp's: I liked how she really emphasized the use of bullets points in her presentation and how she mentioned how bad it can be when, once again, people use them much more than they really should.
Ryleigh's: One of the things she had on one of her slides was, "Not too much or too little," which I believe is be the best way to phrase how to do a powerpoint presentation. You don't want to have it be super simple to the point where it gets boring and pointless; yet, overdoing a powerpoint can also make it very distracting and hard to follow.

What makes a good powerpoint
1. Correct use of grammar and spelling
2. Appropiate use of color schemes, font size, etc.
3. Having bullets points that will serve as guides instead of just typing everything a person is going to say into the slides.
What makes a bad powerpoint
1. Too many animantions, sound effects, etc.
2. Too much information in the slides.
3. Bad use of color schemes and font size.
4. Incorrect spelling.

Gabriela Zapata
gzapata@trinity.edu

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~gzapata/bad/Bad%20Power%20Point%20Presentation_files/frame.htm

Copyright- regarding Internet Images-

2007-10-08T16:03:00.002-07:00

Copyright- regarding Internet images-
In the last class Mr. Jason Hardin was kind enough to explain what copyright means. From what I understood copyright is the governmental recognition of a person's right, as a creator, to be the exclusive profiteer of his/her own intellectual work. It pretty much protects a person's work from its illegal distribution. Copyright is of primordial importance because it encourages the development of arts and sciences (creative activities) among individuals or groups.According to Mr. Hardin, an article from a newspaper, a chapter in a book, a short story, essay, poem, graph, diagram, drawing, picture may be copied after having permission from the creator and for the copyright protected material. This rule has to be followed regardless of where the person wanting to use this material (in this case an "Internet image") found it.When getting an image from the Internet it is important to remember to always credit the source of your information, to find out if the author of the work provides any sort of information in how to use his/her work and to, if feasible, get the permission from the owner of the copyright for permission.

WEB 2.0

2007-10-08T16:03:00.001-07:00

WEB 2.0
I found the article "Times Person of the Year" by Lev Grossman in regards to the way Web 2.0-which is the world's new wide web enabling social interaction among people all over the globe- very interesting. It made me think about how Web 2.0 has indeed had an enormous impact in our daily lives. Through the use of many different and well known web sites as: facebook, youtube, and myspace, the continuation of the world's globalization or (as it is called by many economists) the " flattening" of a world-in which the exchange of information among individuals, companies, coorporations, countires etc-has come to become very simple.The article I read, "Will the Web 2.0 bubble burst?" by Jim Rapoza talks about the classic cycles of pure technology progressing into pure marketting. According to the author, "bubble bursting" is a positive thing because it is then when technology advances and starts doing its intended job. Technology has advanced so much in the last years and will continue doing so; it constantly brings new changes upon society as well as to the ways of living our lives and relating to one another. It is hard to imagine that a more innovative technology will "burst" in the future; however, its rapid developement proves it to be correct.

Microsoft Office 2007

2007-10-08T16:02:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Office 2007
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007I do not really have any experience with Microsoft Office 2007. I have been forced to use it once or twice but other than that I am not familiarized with it at all. The times I used it took forever since I did not understand how to employ many of the new applications or could not find them. I read the book's first three chapters; however, I still do not feel confident when usinng it. I would like it if we could go over Microsoft Office 2007 in class and have some exercises that would help us practice employing it.

About me!!!

2007-08-24T13:16:00.000-07:00

About me

Hi everyone!!!
My name is Gabriela Zapata but I usually go by Gaby or Gabs. I was born and raised in Mexico City which is the world's third largest city and I love it. I love its people, culture, and more than anything its amazing night life. For this past three years I went to a boarding school (Villanova Prep) in Ojai, California a small town about 45 minutes from Santa Barbara. Some of my hobbies are playing tennis, drawing, traveling, and going out with my friends -specially if it involves singing and dancing.

I've never been a big computer fan, therefore my computer background is quite simple I have none, although I must admit I have become addicted to facebook . I took a computer class a million years ago in middle school pretty much resuming my history in the subject. Regardless of my lack of computer skills I do go on my computer every day mainly for homewrok or communication with my family and friends back in Mexico or California.

I consider myself an outgoing open minded person so feel welcome to come talk to me any time you want.
Gabriela Zapata