Website

In our modern times, websites are how people and corporations advertise and promote themselves to potential clients or employment opportunities. It sends a digital message to the world of the internet about your own version of presenting yourself. People will read a bio about the person, see their the work they have accumulated through past employments, college essays, letters of recommendation, a rèsumè, past volunteer work, and videos valid to the content of the website. For instance if a person wants to sell scarfs, the page can contain a video of the making of the scarfs. This website is a reflection of yourself. This is a way to explain to viewers of the website who you think you are, what you think your best attributes and what a potential person or organization can benefit from having you on their staff. The social media (Twitter) is tied into websites like these because it gives the viewer a larger scope to the work you could potentially do. It also lets the viewer peer into someone’s social media and their interactions with others using social media. People tend to forget that social media is easily accessible to everyone, including people that are interested in hiring. They can see what has been written, retweeted and liked. Also who this person is following and who is following them. The followers on social media show your interests. On the twitter project done in class, many of the twitter accounts had similar accounts requesting follows. The Boston Red Sox Twitter project was coverage of the highlights of the World Series playoffs. This account recorded all of the high points for the Boston Red Sox during the 2018 World Series. This account had statistics on batters and pitchers as well as information regarding the Red Sox franchise. When a viewer of the website sees the attachment to this Red Sox twitter account, they will see that the website creator is knowledgeable about baseball and also sees how articulate professional tweets are. The creator of the website could want to work in sports social media so the viewer will see their work and determine whether they want to see more samples. Designing the website was interesting because the class all had websites that looked different because of each individual style and character. Some students had videos and articles that appeared in Buffalo State’s newspaper The Record and others had scholarly essays posted on their portfolio. The software had many parts to it and was confusing but the more practice accumulated throughout the work sessions helped and repetition of the steps in the software. Following along with notes in front of the computer software is the best way to get familiar with it. The different folders helped with the organization of the project. One folder had the pieces for the portfolio and one had the pictures that were going to be used. Developing a website was hard work and was frustrating at times but the experience was a good one.