Week Six -19/10/10

This lesson I finished my website and worked on the blog. I the changed the theme of my blog so that it was better suited to my tastes; I also altered the format.

Week Six - 18/10/10

I continued to edit my website by adding one of the new photographs to the top banner and then I updated my blog so I could begin tp catch up with the days I had not yet written about.

Week Five -14/10/10

This lesson I created this blog, decided on the theme I wanted and began writing my blog posts.

Week Five -11/10/10 & 12/10/10

I continued to work on my website and made further improvements. To make it more interesting I varied the colour scheme as it was looking quite dull.

This is the result of changing the colours:

Week Four -07/10/2010

For the beginning of this lesson I took photographs of my media class so that they could be displayed on the Media Studies page. After uploading them I continued to work on my media page and made a few drastic changes as I did not feel that the composition was working.

Week Four -05/10/2010

Our lesson was cancelled so I worked on my blog independently whilst at home. I updated the posts and ensured that the dates were all correct.

Week Four -04/10/2010

This lesson I continued to work on my website and edit the homepage as well as making a start on the media page. I selected the images that I would use on the homepage. As I become more familiar with the programme I work more effectively so I am making good progress.

These are a small selection of the pictures that I was able to choose from when deciding what I would suit the website best.

Week Three -30/09/2010

This lesson I uploaded the images that I had taken and designed the home page of my website. This was a productive lesson and I managed to almost finish the homepage. I create the banner, added the current school logo to the top left hand side according to Sklar theory.

Week Three -28/09/2010

This lesson was cancelled as we were not in a room with Dreamweaver computers.

Week Three -27/09/2010

This lesson consisted of me taking pictures of the school so that I could include original images on my website. I then continued to create my website on Dreamweaver FX.

Week Two -23/09/2010

After completing the evaluation I moved on to designing my website for Parliament Hill School. Once I had designed it, I began to work on Dreamweaver FX by following the instructions in the booklet we were given. I found it quite confusing at first as it is the first time I had used the programme but the instruction booklet was clear and easy to follow.

Week Two -21/09/2010

I then began to create an inspiration page which included logo’s, banners and features that I like. This gave me an idea of the way I would like to create my website as I will combine my favourite parts of the websites I have looked at. It also means that I am familiar with the content and design of school websites so that mine looks realistic.



Week Two -20/09/2010

I continued to add to my evaluation by looking at William Ellis, Channing and Hornsey School for Girls. I analysed the style of the website, the colours used and http://www.williamellis.camden.sch.uk/ http://www.channing.co.uk/ http://www.hsg.haringey.sch.uk/

Week One -16/09/2010

This lesson we began to type up our website evaluation and expand on the notes that we had written. For each website I added print screens and annotated certain aspects of the websites. When comparing websites I have noticed that many of them stick to Sklar theory, in particular the placement of the logo in the top left hand side.

Week One -14/09/2010

For the beginning of this lesson we learnt about Sklar theory which consists of the style of website design and how it attracts an audience’s attention. Keeping this in mind, I then evaluated a selection of existing school websites as for the preliminary task we have been asked to create a website for Parliament Hill School. In pairs we made notes on positive and negative features of the websites. The websites we evaluated were: http://www.laswap.camden.sch.uk/ http://www.camdengirls.camden.sch.uk http://www.parliamenthill.camden.sch.uk/ http://www.haverstock.camden.sch.uk

Week One -13/09/2010

As this was our first day at school and our first media lesson we introduced ourselves to the class and played some ice breaker games to make us better acquainted. Following this, we were shown a powerpoint presentation outlining the course and about the importance of media in modern day life. In the second half of the lesson we looked at good and bad examples of websites and analysed their good and bad properties.