The past two weeks in ETEC have focused on HTML and CSS. Starting with HTML, we all made our own webpage using basic HTML code. I created mine in notepad and followed the instructions on our Blackboard assignment. It was easy enough, but I learned some very helpful lessons on where exactly to put the h1 tags (in the body). One obstacle for me was learning the correct order of tags and I think this lesson straightened it out for me. Learning the basics of HTML will help me with future assignments and at work. I can use it along with what we learned for CSS to make my own website.
The other topic we learned was some basic CSS skills. I did not create my own CSS template but was able to modify an existing one to change the way the webpage looks. One obstacle I encountered was working with the padding. With a little trial and error, I was able to get a better idea of how padding really works. After making a few changes, they website was already looking better than it was before (in my opinion). I think learning a bit more CSS will always help in the future, especially when I want to change the style of an entire website.
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Yes, being able to work with style sheets will be very important to any educational technologist. Also, as if paddings are not confusing enough, different browsers can render them differently and one pixel can cause an entire DIV to drop. This will be revealed through trial and error. You did a good job on the two assignments.
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