Assignment 7

1. Go to http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/new-fantasyland/ and look around it a little bit. Now go to http://www.byteland.org/angeloflife. Now why do you think the .com website is more exciting than the .org website? 

The .com is more for commercial than .org websites. The Disney website was promoting the new fantasy land of Disney and the .org website was showing information on a nonprofit organization named angels of life. The .com contains more animations and interaction than the .org website. The .org website just displays the information without any pretty pictures or organizations. 

2. Why do you think the Disney website has more hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distracting options to click on?
The Disney website since it's a commercial it has more hyperlinks to take you to other pages to buy stuff or  advertisements to promote different things for Disney.  The Disney website wants to trap your attention in any way it can. The nonprofit organization, on the other hand, just tells you about how the organization works and what it does. 

3. If you had to construct/create your own webpage from the beginning, what would you want it to be about and why?
I would want to do a website on the effects of drugs on people and how we can prevent people from using them. It would look professional, but fun at the same time with many animations and images. This would trap the attention of the users, and it would inform the users of the negative causes. 

4. How many programmers do you think would have to work with you to make your website possible? Would it seem impossible to construct/create a webpage by yourself? Why? 

To create my webpage I wouldn't need many programmers. I could do it by myself, however, it would be lots of work and very time consuming. Yes, it is possible to create a website. I've created only website in my life, and it wasn't very hard but it did take a lot of time.

5. What would you want to name your website? Type that name into the web-address bar, is it taken already?
Www.killerdrugs.com

6. Explain why webpages with flash videos, images, and color take longer to load than pages with only text?
Websites with more information such as images and color take longer to load due to the more megabytes it has to load. If a website only contained text, it would be quicker because of the smaller amount of text. Although websites with more color and images are more attention getting, websites with only text load faster.  

The Hunger Games

Twenty-four are forced to enter into the arena...only one survives.

A New York Times best seller that revolves itself in the life of a teenage girl who is trying to survive in the ruins of which were once called North America. 

 

When Katniss's sister is picked to participate in the Hunger Games, Katniss steps in even though she knows this may be her death sentence. 

The story of Katniss Everdeen goes on in three amazing books: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay.

 

The Hunger Games Movie came out in March 2012.

This is the trailer of the first book:

The Catching Fire film will come out on November 22, 2013.

These are some Hunger Games blogs for #1 fans:

All Hunger Games blog and The Hunger Games Blog.

This song reminds me of the Hunger Games due to the rhythm of the melody: the hunger game's song

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY HUNGER GAMES AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR!

Assignment 7

1. What problems does the article mention that children run into when they use search engines?
Some of the problems that children face when using the internet are that they can't find what they are looking for. Children express themselves differently than adults, and so they do not have the same search skills as adults. For instance, children may write the whole question on the search bar instead of just writing clues or keywords.


2. What suggestions have been offered for how search engines can improve their product to lessen children’s problems searching?
Through children, engineers have found problems that not only children face but adults as well. They thought it would be easier if they introduce related searches. With that, you can add to what you are searching. Also, queries such as videos, pictures, or news.


3. Do you search using keywords or questions? How does the article characterize these two types of searching?
I usually type in keywords when I'm doing research. However, if I do type in a question Yahoo Answers and Ask.com usually come out, and those aren't websites you can really rely on. Therefore, I always try to use keywords so that reliable websites can come out and not websites like wikianswers.


4. Have you tried using images or videos to search? How does the article characterize this type of searching?
No, I've never searched for information with pictures. When I research, I just use keywords  to find information on my topic through Google. If I need to find an image, that's when I use Google images.

5. What advice would you give to Internet search engine developers (like Google or Bing) for how they should improve their product? Do you think any of the improvements mentioned in the article are particularly promising? Why? I believe they are efficient because we can see that some of these methods are already being used such as the voice control or the video searches and they have been very helpful. For instance, the voice recognition has been helpful for when you can't type. However, at times it doesn't understand what you're saying. Therefore that can improvement.