I signed up to take web publishing because I had to – it’s a requirement for my major. However, I felt so out of place after our first class. At first I felt like we were learning a foreign language. It felt like computer science and I am definitely not a math or science person. Because I was feeling so discouraged from the beginning, I think that hindered some of my first performances. But I soon felt the accomplishment and joy after completing my profile website. It was so empowering to create something out of nothing like that. I truly felt as if I had done the impossible. Now I can tell people that I’ve created a website – how cool is that?
Although this class was extremely frustrating for me at times, it also taught me a valuable lesson in perseverance and the satisfaction that comes from an honest days work. I struggled a lot but I’m thankful for those times because I learned from them. With my wildcat project I feel so much more comfortable and I haven’t needed much help. I didn’t even realize that I had learned so much!
I don’t plan on doing anything with web publishing in the future but I’m so glad that this class was required because I do have my own blog and now I know some coding, which makes me confident in changing my blogs layout or design if I want to. I’m a journalism major who wants to go into the fashion industry. I hope to become a fashion editor for a magazine. I will always be working with online content though, so this class will help me speak computer science and coding jargon. I feel much smarter and more capable after taking this class. I think it was a perfect introduction into the world of computers and websites.