Final Post

As this semester comes to a close we review what we have done and learned this semester. Our completed project for the course, the Digital Literacy Project, turned out to be quite successful. The project is broken down into six lessons. These lessons are computer basics (ie- hardware and software), working with files, word precessing, using the internet, using e-mail, and the final lesson is a wrap up. Each lesson involves interactive handouts and some also include powerpoint lectures. I tested the material on someone quite computer illiterate, my mom, and she seemed to have a lot to gain from it. I am confident that the material we put together on this project will benefit many in becoming computer literate.

Digital Literacy Project Cont.

For the Digital Literacy Project our group has been working hard on creating lesson plans for the first five things. The first five things are the top five things people need to know to use a computer. These topics are: caring for your computer, using a computer file system, finding information on the web, using a word processor to create documents, and using electronic mail. We have developed a full lesson plan for caring for your computer, and are in the process of creating the plan for using a computer file system.

Digital Literacy Project

Recently we went as a group to meet with our client, Gammy and Gee. After meeting with her we came to the realization that the project wasn't exactly what we were looking for as far as actual field experience is concerned. The project was for us to basically do web site maintenance for them. We then decided to switch projects to the Digital Literacy Project. And so we are meeting with Dean Dennis today to get a feel for the new project. We will be redoing our Initial Project Plan to reflect our new project.

Blog for Oct. 1st...

When working on the Nelson Family Dream Vacation project plan I discovered that I am very skilled at event/trip planning. I especially enjoyed planning a trip to Disney World, I mean; it is the most magical place on earth. The project software was relatively simplistic, and I had no issues using it.

For my final project, Andrew, Sarah and I are doing a web site redesign for Grammy and Gee, a boutique for mothers and children. Our client’s wife recently gave birth, however, and has not been able to meet with us just yet. We have scheduled to meet with him on Thursday at 1pm. I feel adequately prepared for this project because it is a web site redesign, and web design is my area of expertise. As far as project management duties are concerned, I feel that I have always been a natural leader, and have been the team leader of a handful of web site development teams throughout my career as a student. For the project itself we have completed our initial project plan, and intend to begin working promptly upon having met with our client.

Assignment 1: Course Blog Link

As a student in the IT program at FSU, I have completed several course-based projects, as well as a few non-academic IT projects, most of which were website projects. To give a few examples, I built a database in Dr. Minor's Database Concepts class, built a mock website for Information Science, built a php website for Casey's PHP class, and have built two websites outside of school. One for a party planning business for children, the other for my father's CPA firm. The latter being the only one still on the web. Here is a link to it. http://www.broylesrooks.com

As far as potential projects go, I am interested in doing any website project. Website design and development is definitely my forte, and I am versed in HTML and CSS with a working understanding of PHP, SQL and JavaScript.

Here is a link to my resume: http://ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~jbb05g/resume_broyles.doc