Three Blog Ideas

My sister is a special education teacher so she will be useful source when writing my blog post for Autism Awareness. I have three ideas I have come up with from spending time in her classroom.

1) The connection between vaccinations and Autism

2) The effect the No Child Left Behind Act has on children with Autism

3) Why the U.S. has such a high population of people with Autism

Social Networking Sites

     I had no idea social networking websites have been around for so long. I didn't know about things like Myspace until I was in high school. I haven't heard of half of the sites either. I only use Facebook now. I don't know why people need more than one networking site. I think it's too much. I thought the idea of impression management was funny. I've seen so many people post glamourous "modeling" shots on their pages, or have interests that you don't really believe. I don't see the point in that either, because if you're trying to network with other people, you should probably just represent yourself truthfully.

Google Sites

Google Sites seems easy to use, especially since I am technologically challenged. I have never attempted to make my own website before. My dad made one when I was younger, and I was baffled at how he did it. Now I could probably whip one up pretty easily too using this website tool. The pre-made templates make it even easier! This was a good idea from Google. Anyone could use Google Sites, even if they know nothing about computers.

Easton's Beach Visual Analysis

In my opinion, the Easton's Beach website is a mess. The alignments are all different. There are a lot of things posted on the left side, which is a no-no according to the textbook. Some thing are centered. Others have a flush right alignment. It is very confusing to the eye. The texts are all different sizes, fonts, and colors.
The proximity of items is mostly consistent throughout the website. There is a contrast between items on the page, but the way it is done is juvenile. There are lots of clashing bright colors and misplaced graphics. There is also no repition on the page. All the links lead to different websites, most of which are much more visually appealing and organized. This website needs some serious help!