Assignment 3: Google Pages

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What a great assignment! I was initially very hesistant to approach this project because I assumed it would be beyond my capabilities. Although I wrote in my initial post that I would focus on all that I would be able to learn in this class, rather than dwell on how much I do not know, it was not easy to always maintain that attitude. Throughout the class I have used "cat herding" as the metaphor to illustrate my technology abilities. (Please view the 60 second video below.)



After some practice, the creation of the Google Pages was not so difficult. The most time consuming aspect was the CV. Initially I wrote the CV in Word and pasted it. However, the formatting was off when I viewed it on the Web and there was a mix of content with HTML code. No problem, I thought. I then returned to Word, saved the CV as an HTML file, and pasted it to the webpage....Alas, that did not work correctly either. Ultimately I typed the CV directly onto the Google Page, and that did display correctly. I remain convinced there is a less-time consuming method to accomplish the task, I simply do not know what it is at this point. Perhaps I will learn more in future classes.

Refinements for the future include better use of graphics, nicer customized link buttons and learning how to enable files to open in another window. I would also like to add a web counter. I resume my teaching job on 11 August. I am hoping to play around with the website when I have some spare time on the "break" before returning to work.

I am in the process of designing another Google Page to be used by my clinical nursing students. There I will post links to various sites, create a space for dialogue, and post case studies. I could probably accomplish these same tasks on my BlackBoard site; however, a web page would be accessible to any nursing student who desired to use it rather than open only to class members.