National Museum of History Trip Reflection

   On March 24, 2016, the web design family went on an exotic trip to the Natural Museum of History. I was honestly excited since its been a while I've been there; besides that, it was great to experience some fun outside of school with peers. So, we all met up in the morning how we were supposed to. Apparently, some issues were occurring and we were waiting for another chaperon to come so we could all go or else the trip would've been canceled. Mrs. Ramirez ended up sending us to our second period class, which I thought was a bummer since I have global history that time. After that period ended, we went back to the lab and gathered up once again. We were still waiting for Ms. Deborah and Diego's dad to appear. Meanwhile, walking down the stairs to the main lobby, we were desperately hoping that the chaperon's would show up. Diego's dad did but Ms. Deborah never did. Fortunately, a sub that's usually at our school covered for Ms. Deborah; we were all relieved that he was able to cover. Anyways, we made our way to musuem on the subway. There weren't many delays which was good.
   As we got off the last train, what I found crazy was that the entrance to the museum could also be right there in the subway. I found it so cool and great, no more waiting on the line. Anyways, it took a while to settle down, get out tickets and so forth. We then started our way upstairs to the first floor of the museum. Our goal was to take a couple of pictures of the attractions but also taking pictures of the types of ad's they had. We would then use this pictures for later use in class. So we looked around, passed through many exhibits. We passed through the shop where you could buy little souvenirs as well. I was kinda upset we couldn't stay any longer since I really wanted to buy something to remember that day. After that, we were making our way to the marine life section. We first entered this cool dark blue-ish room filled with marine life facts and different pictures as well as models of them. I really liked this section out of all. We then made our way to the actual huge section filled with whales, dolphins, and many more big marine life species. I really liked this part too. I was with a couple of friends taking pictures with each other, enjoying this magnificent moment. We left that place pretty quick as well. Our last and final destination was the planeteranium part of the museum. We went inside this dome like place that explained the big bang theory. It was super cool and 3D like to me and many others. We were straight chillin' after thta great sight. Weighing each other on different scales, which I thought was funny!
  This whole trip was a precious moment to acknowledge.  I really enjoyed everything! Except for the ending, in which we left too early and weren't able to actually eat ): ! Besides this minor detail, everything else was great. I really enjoyed the butterfly section as well; 2 butterfly's landed on my hand that day! That was the best feeling ever honestly. I loved being surrounded with my peers, enjoying the whole place. It was truly a great experience for us to learn and be outside of school for a while, afraid of stress in school !

Lab #10 - Brochure Reflection

   In this lab, we did plentiful of things. We worked with Indesign CS6 and it took us a week for completion. The objective for this lab was to create a brochure emphasizing the topic, "Respect For All," meanwhile using prior knowledge and skills to create one. This lab was somewhat simple but at the same time, it took a lot of effort to put together information for the topic we individually picked. I chose to make a brochure based off drugs. Drugs are generally harmful in many ways disregarding the medical use of them. I have a strong passion against drugs, therefore making a brochure for the use of rejecting and stopping drug use was easy for me. It did take a while for me to gather intel on drugs overall though. But I'm pretty sure my brochure came out nice.
   To begin with, we first started with the basic outline and format of a brochure. We had an example given separately to us; it was used to give us an idea of how a brochure is formed and easily designed. We then clearly made out the pages and where exactly the cover and back cover were located. We were told what our brochure's were supposed to be based on and drew a quick draft. After that, we started to actually work on the computer's and drew out the simple and easy boxes as our outline for each page of the brochure. That was honestly the easiest part of the whole thing, we still needed so much more before it was complete. Soon after, we started working on the actual colorway of the whole brochure, making the cover and adding subtitles to the paragraphs. This part of the brochure was a pain for me since I couldn't make up my mind on how to organize it and not knowing the exact color that would fit the mood of the topic. After struggling on the physical features, I finally started working on the inside information. I tried making it all interesting and valuable of reading. I put basic and significant intel that was needed and tried to wrap up my brochure by spreading the fact that drugs are for no good use and should be rejected instead of constantly taking/doing them.
   To conclude, I really loved my final result. I know I tried my best on this first brochure and with the help of peers is what brought the best of me. I was given a lot of advice on how it could be improved from my original idea. I was also given a lot of support at the end, since I was running out of time. My peers pushed me all the way and I was able to complete it in the time limit we had. I was really glad. I did learn a few more skills in using Indesign CS6. All of this would be able to be used all over again in the future if I were to use Indesign again or in any upcoming labs or projects.

CTE EXPO Reflection

    The CTE EXPO was honestly a great experience for me. A few days before the actual event, I felt a bit nervous and worried. I thought I wouldn't know what to say and come across with my thoughts and ideas. I really wanted to express the fact that web design is the best academy out of the three. I guess I just wanted to make the best appearance for freshmen, juniors, seniors and school staff. Especially Mrs. Ramirez, since she expected the greatest part of me to be unleashed. As the event was coming even closer, I felt more and more worried about my project. I rushed it really bad and I didn't feel like it showed the great LESLI I wanted it to display. But soon the day came and I felt fine about it.  I felt very relaxed and classy since we dressed up in business attire. It was on a sunny Thursday, March 10, 2016 that the EXPO took place. All of my peers had different periods to attend the EXPO and either help out or show the freshmen why they should chose web design instead of apple and video academy. I had periods 5-7, including the period I usually have web design class. At first I felt really hyped and excited to tell what I know and include the pros of web design. But as the day went by, I felt less excited about the whole event honestly.
   So the first period I was helping out in the CTE EXPO, which was 5th period, I was somewhat nervous but very joyous about freshmen coming to our room and looking around. I wanted them to turn their frown upside down and inform them what this academy was really about! And so they did come and a few teachers came along like Ms. Kinzer, Ms. Ringhauser, Ms. Hyde and a few I didn't know. I tried to present myself in a very kind way. I did the same for the rest of the other 2 periods, everything was ok. I felt very tired by the end. A lot of us did feel fatigued from walking around, talking in the ruckus and standing around waiting to show someone something. But it was all worth it, in my opinion. This experience helps us mature and grow as a person. It pushes us to be more out spoken and learn skills of how to present and inform someone else of something you do or are learning. It also helps you learn how to persuade others to join you in this web design academy. Hopefully, those who heard me will soon try to enter this amazing academy. By the end of this whole event, we took a whole web design academy picture and the event wrapped up great!