Great Student Websites

It is amazes me that only a mere three months ago all of the students in CS 1300, myself included, struggled with the basics of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Who would have ever thought that now we'd be creating websites? Everyone did a really great job, but my favorites were Marilou's, Roxi's, and Jordan's webpages.

Marilou's website was very professional looking. The background was consistent throughout the site and complimented the font and picture colors really well. It was a great design idea to include the navbar on every page, too. My favorite part, though, was the link to the Free Rice website on her "Favorites" page. I was intrigued by this site, so I followed the link and it led to a vocabulary game for which every definition you correctly match with a word, the organization donates ten grains of rice to hungry children around the world. I thought it very thoughtful to include a site like this on her page because then site-viewers can help combat hungry AND improve their vocabulary simultaneously just by clicking the link. What a great idea!

I liked how Roxi organized her website: each webpage was very structured and led to links that gave more detailed information to compliment her webpages. I also loved all of the bright, fun backgrounds because they made her pictures and text pop out at you. Great job!

Jordan's website was really interesting in that she documented her travels professionally as if she was a tour guide showing viewers the highlights of the places she's visited. The backgrounds were simple, but they were perfectly coordinated with the colors in the pictures she chose to depict her travel locations. She did an excellent job both in creating the functionality of her website design and in focusing on the natural, peaceful aspects in all of her travels.

In addition to looking at these great websites, feel free to take a gander at mine: http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~kbyrne/