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FAFSA Reflection Journal

            Today I decided to participate in the FAFSA workshop our school offered. The workshop allowed me to learn about FAFSA and everything I needed to complete it. With the help of the schools staff I learned how important FAFSA truly is to my life as it would give me financial aid in college and open more opportunities to me. The workshop was held in the CCEC otherwise known as the library and once I got there we were given a packet that explain overall what FAFSA is and the importance of it. I went there by myself as my parents were both busy at the time so I went to gather the information needed o complete the form.             So first in order to fill out the FAFSA document we needed a FAFSA ID one for the student applying for the application and one for your parent. After creating a FAFSA ID I then moved on to the form and filled it out with the income information need so after asking for a counselor to check my ...

Shark Tank 1 Reflection Journal

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            So today we actually started something very special in class which I find very cool in my opinion we have partnered with Cornell Tech to participate in a research study. For the first part of the study we were all assigned to be in groups of four and asked to create a product which could be anything to customizable AI, virtual reality suits, etc.. After the creation of the product then each group was asked to gather information on every product so each individual persons in the group were required to get information from two different companies. The completion of that led us to be assigned one group of "company" which we were required to create a website for marketing their product to show off to everyone. The company my group was assigned was MajinBuu Industries who created a virtual reality suit. My group collaborated very well and each individual focused on one singular part of the webpage and in the end we all brought our work together to...

Lab 11 Reflection Journal

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           For Lab 11 we were provided an HTML file which we were required to change the text when the button was clicked. This lab was actually really simple because the only thing that was required was to create a text file which contained text such as in my case it said "I changed the text" then I linked it to the already existing HTML file and once the button is clicked on my HTML file then the text would change. The lab helps us create text outside of an HTML file which is kinda useful so your work wont be as cluttered and you can better organize it all together.

Lab 10 Reflection Journal

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             For Lab 10 we were actually like the past to labs given a full webpage including the content and our job was to create a cycle slideshow using the images provided one slideshow needed to be vertical and the other horizontal which at first to me looked very hard. But with the help of the internet I found a way to complete the project with its desired intent. By first gathering all the divs which contained the class "subColumn" and then applying the .cycle method using jQuery it would create the slideshow which was asked. But with the cycle method came three properties which were speed, timeout, and delay. Speed would declare the speed at which the images were shown, timeout would be how long they stay their, and delay would be the time until the images continue to move on. Adding all these together within the .cycle method allowed me to complete the intent of the lab.             The lab overall allowed me...

Lab 9 Reflection Journal

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            For Lab 9 like Lab 8 we were already given a full webpage and content the directions asked us to create a carousel with the given images in the page to make it more visually appealing to the audiences. The first problem I found with the webpage was that the JS files weren't linked to the HTML document making the virtually useless so I linked it I also linked the theme.css file in order to add the required CSS to the page as well as add it to the created next and previous buttons. After that I went to the JS file and selected the div which contained all the photos which was "moreTopNews". After that to change the slideshow to make it horizontal I added CSS to move it from vertical to horizontal. Finally down with all that I started creating a function which would create the carousel by using the fadeIn and fadeout effect in created an effect whenever each button was placed the function ran on onClick.             T...

Lab 8 Reflection Journal

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            Lab 8 was different from other labs we've done before this is because we were actually given the full website and content. The main focus of the lab was to gain more experience troubleshooting that's why within the lab there was one error which needed to be fixed in order for the page to correctly run like it was intended to. The problem for this page was the quote which was suppose to change every time the page was refreshed to display a new quote every single time. In order to fix the code and to make sure it runs as intended I created an array with all the quotes inside it and then created a function which would randomly pick an index in the array which means it randomly chose the quote assigned to index. After this a function was created which would change the text every time the page was refreshed by using document.getElementById. This is how I completed the lab to make it do what it was originally intended to do.       ...

Lab 7 Reflection Journal

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            For Lab 7 we created an accordion which if I do say so myself is actually pretty cool. The lab introduced new tags which were used to create the accordion such as the dd and dt tag. The accordion was basically a mouse-over event where when ever the user would hover around the questions the answer would slide down creating the illusion of an accordion. jQuery was simply used to create a mouse-over event with the two new tags dd and dt. Where the dd will contain the question and the dt tag would contain the answer.             The skills gained from this lab are great for a web designer as it would add more visual appeal and give the web designer more options on what to add to their web pages in the future or any other projects.

Lab 6 Reflection Journal

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            Lab 6 basically used everything from Lab 5 such as the box and all the buttons that were previously made we just had to add 3 completely new buttons which would not create animations but rather stop them in different ways. The buttons individually did different things such rapidly finish the animation, freeze it, or finish the last animation the played prior to the button being pressed.             To complete the lab I used the .stop which contained two parameters. In order to speed up the animation playing both parameters needed to be true, to freeze  it would be true, false. And lastly to finish the last animation which was prior to the button being click it would be false, true.             The skills gained in the lab are useful to a web designer as it adds to their knowledge and their ability to manipulate webpages to complete certain actions and in this case it would be s...

Lab 5 Reflection Journal

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            For this lab we had to create a box using CSS and HTML which we will manipulate in various ways using jQuery. First in the lab I created a div which would be my box which would be manipulated later through various buttons that when clicked upon would run jQuery code and animate the box to do various things like moving up and down or grow bigger or smaller or just plain become transparent.             After creating the box and then moved on to create various buttons and giving each of them specific id's which would come in handy when creating the animations. Finally after all the buttons were created and with the completion of the box then the jQuery came in within my JS file I implemented JQ by also linking a jQuery library to my page which allows me to use jQuery. By using the jQuery animate I was able to manipulate the box to do various things which I found pretty cool. I even made a CRAZY button which did mult...

WBL Workshop #2 Reflection Journal

           The main topic of our 2nd WBL workshop was the importance of resumes and what it should have and shouldn't. The workshop taught us tips which we should apply to our own resumes to further improve them. An example of what we need to make sure our resumes have is that it should be one page in length, easily readable font as well as size, proper grammar. The resume should also include action words to describe you and the things you've done an example is "educated young children" it helps the resume stand out better to the people who receive it.             During the workshop we even discussed soft and hard skills which we have and which we should put on our resumes in order to let our employers know of our skills. When we had to pick one soft skill and one hard skill I chose collaboration as my soft skill and JavaScript as my hard. The reason I chose collaboration is because I find it easy to work with others and bet...

The MET Reflection Journal

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            As far as museums go the MET is one of the best I've been too even though this is my second time visiting the MET I was still very much astonished of the artwork that was being held in display there each piece having their own story to tell. While walking around the MET one piece really caught my attention out of all of them but it wasn't just one painting rather 7 that go together. The Seven Deadly Sins were the piece of art which gained my interest almost right away due to the way the artist painted to portray each of these individual sins. The sins include from left to right Lust, Pride, Envy, Anger, Avarice(Greed), Sloth, and Gluttony and each of them were painted so creatively that the caught my attention with haste. Lust is the desire of the human body, Pride is the excessive belief in ones achievement and abilities, Envy is the desire to have what anyone else has no matter what it is, Anger is a strong feeling of hostility, Avarice...

Glide Reflection Journal

1. What is a clone? A clone is a local copy of the remote repository onto your computer. 2. What is a branch? A branch is a branch-off of the master from a repository. Its like a pathway from the repository to either a feature branch or master. 3. Why do you need branches in a project? You need branches in order to add more content to your master and further improve it. 4. What is a commit? A commit is a checkpoint in which your work is saved at that point in time. Every commit is saved onto a log where you can revert your work back to what it was at that point in time.

Git Reflection Journal

1. What is a Git repository? A Git repository is a collaborative folder where you are able to work with multiple people. 2. What are the 2 special features of a Git repository? Two special features of the Git repository is that you are able to add people to your repository that allows the collaboration of projects. Another feature of the repository is that it gives you a live update on the changes made to your code by your peers. 3. Why or how do those features help your collaborative project? These features help our collaborative projects because the allow the share of code efficiently and allows to get away from the use of the copy and paste commands so we dont get lost on our code.

Lab #1 Reflection Journal

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Web Client Programming             In this lab, we were tasked to create a new homepage for our WCP portfolio. The homepage was created using basic HTML and CSS. It included a paragraph and a picture of ourselves. And we designed it to our liking such as mine had a navigation bar so people are able to navigate through my page without pressing the back button.             I completed the lab using Dreamweaver. This lab will help me as a web designer because it makes it easier for people to locate the work I create through my portfolio whether it be Digital Design, Web Client Programming, Visual Design.

WBL Workshop #1

Web Client Programming             Today instead or normal class we had our first WBL Workshop of Senior Year. We basically discussed what are the requirements to pass with a CTE Diploma such as having completed an internship, as well as doing 30 hours of community service. During the workshop internship opportunities were also discussed for those who haven't completed the required internship needed to graduate with a CTE diploma. The internships that were discussed were ISP, Future and Options and some others, luckily I completed my internship last year through CTESS and it was quite an experience

Lab #2 Reflection Journal

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Web Client Programming             In this lab we went over JavaScript that we learned in the past in order to refresh our memories on the topic and prepare us to use it more in our labs. The first thing we did in the lab was create text using JavaScript by typing document.write. Another way to create text inside an HTML document is by using innerHTML which allows the user to replace the text that is already in a paragraph tag or an h1-h6, etc.. for this lab we used the p tag. Finally we also created text within the console log which only web developers can view.             After creating the text inside the HTML document we then moved on to alerts. Alerts pop up in the users browsers either to give them information of ask questions. We utilized several alerts such as prompt which would ask the user a question and ask for an answer in return we also used confirm which would also give the user a question in which he/she ca ...

Lab #3 Reflection Journal

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Web Client Programming             In this lab we were assigned 5 exercises using jQuery in provided HTML documents. Each of the HTML documents provided instructions on how to fix the problem with it using different techniques of jQuery. This was very exciting because this is the first time we are using jQuery in class and this lab gives us an insight in the things that are to come in future labs and projects that involve jQuery. The first exercise we had to change the color of the text by what was imputed in the text box. This required the use of a function whenever the button was clicked upon. The second exercise was about changing the CSS of object using jQuery. With these first two exercises we are learning how to change objects within HTML documents by utilizing jQuery.             The third exercise is creating a User Interface of a page using jQuery. In order to do this we had to first use a custom function which is ...

Lab #4 Reflection Journal

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Web Client Programming             In this lab we created a ninja containing many properties of itself such as its name, gender, belt color, etc.. In order to create these properties and add them to the variable which is ninja we used objects. Objects are basically a way to give different properties to your variable and later on you can call the different properties by just using the syntax: Object_name.property_name; After creating my ninja and giving it properties using objects I moved on to make the ninja do some specific actions by using functions.             After creating the ninja I then created 3 buttons each one assigned a different function in the onClick tag. Instead of creating a regular function for our ninja's buttons we had to create the functions inside the objects this is known as the concept called methods. By utilizing methods I was able to create functions that allow the ninja to do things such as kick,...

Who Am I?

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            Hi, my name is Brian Velazquez. I go to Information Technology High School and I'm currently a senior in Web Design. I'm interested in Computer Science because this field of study allows me to express myself through my own creations. I also find programming and learning how to code interesting so as it can help learn how to create more and more things. as I continue on the field of Computer Science. Also since technology is advancing and growing exponentially the need for programmers will also be in demand so pursuing a career in Computer Science would be very good for me in the future as it will help me get a job as those skills would be more in demand.             In my free time I like to play games with my friends, hang out with them, sometimes I like to read as well and I also like to spend time with my family. My dream is to one day create or maybe even help create a game that everyone can enjoy and have fu...

What Does a CTE Diploma Means to Me?

            What diplomas can students receive in High School? There are different diplomas that students in High School can get but for each one they have different standards in order to achieve them. One of the diplomas that a student can receive is a Regents diploma this is the basic diploma students need to graduate High School with and can receive. The Advanced Regents diploma is a diploma that students can aim for while in High School this diploma is for students who have a taken more regents and whose grades exceed those of regular students. To get the Regents diploma, a student needs 8 English credits, 8 S.S credits, 6 Math  credits, 6 Science credits, 2 credits in LOTE, 4 credits in PE, 1 credit in Health, 2 credits in Art and 7 elective credits. You will also need to pass 5 regents exams on English, any math, any science, and social studies, and any additional regents. Compared to the Regents diploma the Advanced Regents diploma is different ...