Web Design:

Activity 1:

1. List 3 career in the Computer Science field that interests you.

  • Graphic Designer
  • Video Game Designer
  • Architectural and Engineering Manager

2. Explain what they do and the tools and technology they use.

  • For a Graphic Designer you: design or create graphics for commercial and promotional use. For example: Packaging, displays or logos.
  • For a Video Game Designer you: design core features in the video game. For example: Role-play mechanics, story lines, and character biographies.
  • For a Architectural and Engineering Manager you: plan, direct, or coordinate certain activities in working fields such as research, architecture, or engineering.

3. How much do they earn?

  • Graphic Designer: $22.55 hourly, $46,900 annual
  • Video Game Designer: $40.98 hourly, $85,240 annual
  • Architectural and Engineering Manager: $63.85 hourly, $132,800 annual

4. What should your major be in college?

My major in college out of the 3 choices above would most likely be a Video Game Designer.

5. What work values and styles should you possess?

Work Values

  • Independence: to make our own decisions, with corresponding needs such as Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
  • Achievement: so we can use our strongest abilities with the feeling of accomplishment, with corresponding needs such as Ability Utilization and Achievement.
  • Working Conditions: offer of job security and good working conditions, with corresponding needs such as Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.

Work Styles

  • Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
  • Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
  • Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
  • Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
  • Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

6. What are the related occupations?

  • Artistic occupations that show self-expression.
  • Enterprising occupations that start and carry out projects.

7. List three skills you must know.

  • Complex problem solving
  • Active listening
  • Critical thinking

8. List three work activities.

  • Thinking creatively
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  • Interacting with computers

 

Activity 4:

How does the following sites use interactivity in a unique way?

Site 1 -when you scroll down on the website it changes the page entirely, and at the last page you can drag the circles into each other and they move.

Site2 -for each company she describes she has a button to press to bring you to the link or to make the picture bigger.
Site3 -you can click each tab from the book background to change what your reading.

Mr. Caldera would like a high end car selling e-commerce site built . He has a sketch of the main page, pictures are place on the sketch randomly. He wants a royal feel to the site.

1. What kind of colors would you use?

  • Purple
  • Gold

2. What type of font?

  • Scriptina regular
  • Dancing Script

3. What type of cars would you choose?

  • 2011 Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
  • Bugatti Veyron SS
  • Maybach Exelero
  • Ferrari Enzo
  • Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Roadster

4. What type of pages would you create?

  • Page about the certain cars
  • Page of special features that come with the cars
  • Page for more help on looking for cars

Activity 6:

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