Chapter 13 gave me a few web designing tips that I'm working on. I've never sliced a JEPG or GIF into separate pieces. It makes sense that it would cut down the downloading time. Right now I'm just trying to figure out how to put these pieces back together to fit perfectly in Dreamweaver.

As for the article on how 12 year-olds see webpages in comparison to 16 year-olds, they both view and navigate webpages in different ways. When making a webpage or having students view one, you must think of who the target audience would be and gear it towards their needs. I like the flashy and cool graphics pages and what caught my attention from this article is that flashy and cool does not mean better. These pages can attract attention especially for children. But with all the attention it can lead to distraction for the children’s task.

The reading this week taught me a lot about of Photoshop. I have had the program
for several years, but have never really used it. There were a lot of tips that I think could be easily used. One of the tips I like best was the idea of loading a 1x1 pixel image on one page, so the image can be stored in the cache and viewed quickly on the correct page.

It was interesting how there was only one small area on Flash, which I think is becoming much more common in web design. However, my experience with Flash was not one of ease and I'm not excited about ever using the program again!

The article regarding children and site Navigation utilizing Disney and Edmund's helps me to think about how I am designing my webquest. My webpage was designed with adults in mind, so with the webquest I need to pay better attention to placement of the navigation aides. I will also want to be sure that nothing looks like an advertisement or is placed in a way that would suggest advertisement. I watch my three year old and the way she navigates sites, and I'm always so surprised at how she can find things I didn't see. Clearly we "see" with different eyes than children.