Final Blog Entry

I was in Team Swagger and our presentation was on the Crystal Figuera Murder Case. In Computer Applications, I learned quite a few things that I was unfamiliar with before taking this class. Although, programs like Word and PowerPoint were things that I was already familiar with using. I also learned how learn how to use a Mac computer which really helped me as far as understanding how much better Macs are, compared to PC’s, for when I decided to buy my own. I really enjoyed working with Apple Garageband for the first time since I’m an Audio Major, and overall, that was my favorite part of the whole class. Excel, Publisher, and Access were totally new programs to me that I had never worked with before but since plenty of businesses use them it’s good that I know how to do at least basic operations in case there ever came a time in my career where I needed to use them. If anything, this class has taught me that being professional and being on time is the key to being successful in the working world, and I now take deadlines a bit more seriously.

Out of all the assignments and projects, the only one that I think could have gone better for me would be the final project. Besides that, I turned in everything on time and never missed a class and put some effort into every assignment I did. So overall, I think I deserve an A- for this class.

Team Swaggers

Team Leader-Rafaela Reyes-word, excel, powerpoint-information on statistics of children being murder, working on animations, set up the slides.
Bryan Jackson-Sound and video, Music playing have it ready to put on PowerPoint and have video ready to set up in PowerPoint presentation by Tomorrow.
Andy Rigney-Access and Photos ready to be set up in PowerPoint-have an idea of pictures and knows what information is going to go in Access.
Will put all information together and have time to view final presentation together

Video

Youtube is a very useful and entertaining website that I visit almost daily. Admittedly, there is a lot of junk that gets uploaded but for the most part, there are useful and entertaining videos for everyone. Most of the videos I look for on Youtube involve one of my favorite bands (The Mars Volta, Fugazi, Pearl Jam, etc.), football (go Raiders!), or something funny like Monty Python. I’ve never uploaded a video myself until today for this class. Overall, I think Youtube is a very useful website for people whether they are looking for rare concert footage of their favorite band or some random person’s own video blog.