I Don't Want tp Write for Interactive Media

When I signed up for this class I figured it would present me with some options in the interactive media genre. Having taken this class, and experienced a minor aspect of it, I can strongly say that i do not desire to do this in any great deal the future.
I found the process utterly boring. i do not enjoy the linear style of thinking that is necessary for one to complete projects with any sort of consistency or quality. I enjoy more of a broad view of writing.

Ch 14 and the Kiosk

This chapter highlighted the one user Kiosk interface and its use in Museums. This technology has come up over and over again throughout this class. The one on one interface is a great test for the ability of a program or access point to guide its user through a portal of learning.
This chapter gives us the nuts and bolts of the scripting and layout and process that gives us the plan of action for making the kiosk interface a reality. The scripting portion of this chapter was the most helpful for me considering its thoroughness and attention to detail. It really gives me the concept in a more tangible and approachable way.

Ch 10 Boring But Useful

I found this chapter to be quite boring with much to much belaboring of points. However, I did find it quite useful considering the amount of info regarding layouts, keywords and site maps. It will play in directly to the project that I am planning when I remake the website for my project

CH 8

This chapter covered the different layout types. These types depend on what and how much information you want to give your users. I prefer the hierarchical branching that is segmented to reduce confusion. I found this extremely helpful for my project. I will choose a single level linear structure for that.

Ch 4 Production Teams

The most amazing part of this chapter is that it blew the notion that I had about production out of the water. I never realized how many different people are involved and in so many different levels. I also was interested in the concept of some of the same people wearing the same production hats. The most important aspect is the team environment that is brought forth through the process.

Writing for Many Media

In this chapter we looked at the vast difference between print writing and writing across multiple medias. The first thing that is vital in this type of writing is conciseness. We must be concise in our presentation of information and opinion. On many websites, the text must compete with images, video, and other media for time in the users mind.
This is brings about another need in the multimedia writing experience. It has to be user focused. We must always keep the user in mind and thus it needs to be a concise, guided, simple, and straight-forward journey to the center of what we are trying to convey.

Technology / Litteracy Autobiography

I first used a computer in the 5th grade. It was an Apple II E and I played Oregon Trail. I then used the same system in 7th grade computers and failed the class. I did not touch a computer again until 1998, I was 23 and I was on a Navy ship deployed in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. I learned how to email my wife (then my fiance). I later got an office job where i learned how to use the internet. In 2003 I first began using Myspace, and in 2009 Facebook.

Supplemental online support can give you a framework that can guide you through the processes that you encounter on the web. The advantages of this are a collaborative approach to learning and teaching on the web. The drawbacks can be that we begin to rely to much on this support and retard are own personal growth and discovery. To limit these advantages and maximize the disadvantages we must plot our course with directives and objectives so that we can be sure to reach our desired goals.