Reflection

When I was asked if I wanted to take this course I was hesitant, the idea of making a website was a bit daunting to me as someone who had no experience in this field. Honestly, the only thing that got me to join was, first it counted as 400 level class for me and I thought that it would look good in the future somewhere to have the experience of building a website.

Now that the class is over I can say I was happy to have taken the class, and while yes I do have the website as experience now I also gained more than that out of it. I feel that I can now better present and place into context this kind of  historical research into a more presentable format. It has also changed the way I think about things in this manner, I had no idea how much I would be thinking about things like a header image. I really learned through that that every part of a website really needs to be thought through, even the negative space. There was also more work involved than I imagined. Normally with a paper you research then write, here you had the extra step of then designing a website to fit your writing.

Another thing I had to learn to get better with was working with a partner. I’m lucky to have known Anthony since my first semester here at MCLA but I still can be a control freak when it comes to school work. When the entire class is basically one group project it took some real self control on some parts to not just work with Anthony but to take his suggestions and let him handle a lot of the website independently, with me only suggesting very basic things and proof reading. I think I did really well in not trying to be a control freak and I think it has made me a better team player because of it.

I am thankful for this class and I think I have grown in my ability to not only be more technologically savvy but also as a team player and just thinking about how visual images can work along side research to give better context.

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