Digital Design by Rifat Rahman

Over the course of my junior year in Web Design, we have done many labs and projects. We've also leaned many new skills that would help us in the final year of Web Design and further on in our career. Almost all of the labs and projects that we've done this year are webpages, and we created them by using HTML and CSS. To keep a record of the assignments that we have done over the year, we all made websites containing our labs and projects, as well as links to our blogs and teacher's website. When designing these websites, we had the freedom and were able to use our creativity to make these websites unique. The purpose of these websites is not only a record of the assignments of what we done, but is also a representation of the progress we had made from the beginning of the year, to present day. It shows how much we learned and incorporated new skills into our websites. Portfolio  - Click to see and interact with my portfolio

A few days ago, my class was assigned a project where we had to create a website about our favorite teacher for teacher appreciation week. Before we started the project, we had to make a wireframe and a storyboard for the project. The purpose of this was to make a basic layout of what we wanted to incorporate in the project. Once we finished doing this, we started to make the website using HTML and CSS elements. The requirements for the project was to have a minimum of 4 web pages and we had to schedule a interview with our favorite teacher and ask them some questions about themselves. Once we finished the interview with them, we used the information we received and were able to put them into different sections of the website. There were two main purposes of this project. The first one was to see our skills with HTML and CSS because it was near the end of the year, and we wanted to see the progress we had made from knowing nothing to almost mastering the skill. The second purpose was t...

On May 18, 2018 my class and I went on a field trip to a Google office. When we got there, we were greeted by some staff members and they provided us with name tags. After that, we got spilt in three groups, and there was a tour guide in each group showing up some of the floors in the office. My group went to five different floors in the office. And to summarize what I felt about the office was, I thought that it was a pretty cool work environment and it was interesting to see how the workers would be catered to on a typical work day. After the tour was done, all three of the tour groups meet up in a conference room, and we meet with three other workers from the office. After we meet with them, they spoke with us on what their life is like working for Google, and how they benefited by this work experience. After they were finished talking about the past and what they hoped to expect in the future, they opened the floor to us, and we got a chance to ask them questions. Most of the quest...

About two weeks ago, my school had their fifth WBL workshops for their CTE students. This workshop was a mock interview where we practiced our interview skills and see what were our strengths and weaknesses when it comes to interviews. It was six different groups consisting of 7-8 students per group. The way that my group had done the mock interview was we each went one-by-one and we had 3 minutes to sell ourselves to the interviewee. If we were waiting to be interviewed, our task was to observe the person that was interviewing and see what they were doing well and some areas that need improvement. By doing this it would help us to avoid these things when it was time for our interview. After each group was finished, all of the interviewees spoke to everyone about what they observed in their groups, and gave us a few tips on what to do on interviews and what the interviewee is usually looking for. Overall, the workshop was very helpful to us in preparing for these situations when it mat...

So about a month ago, my school had a WBL workshop for all CTE students. This was the fourth one of the semester. During that workshop, our guidance consoler spoke to us something that is crucial and something we're going to need in the future: A resume. We first began the workshop by discussing which students had a resume, and why it's important to have one. Some of the reasons why we said it's important to have one is because colleges might want to see who you are, and what you're about. If you want to work and do internships for companies, they need to know a few background information about the applicant; a resume would be perfect for that. After that, we discussed what we should and shouldn't include in a resume. Some of the things that we said that we needed to include in these are: public information such as; name, address, phone number, and email address. Another thing was our skills, qualifications, and accomplishments. Also attempt the effort to make sure ...

So about two weeks ago, a group a students, including myself, and my teacher went to a convention that was hosted by CS Games-4-All and Microsoft. This convention was for former teams to come and present their games that had previously won the hackathons hosted by CS Games for Change all over New York City. To prepare for the fair, my peers and I created two different poster boards to present at the fair. The first board was displaying the game that we used, and helped us come this far in the levels of the hackathons. The second board was to display our CTE academy: Web Design. As soon as we got there, we had to put our boards on display and present what we had done. We had the board for the game on top of the table, and in front of the board was 4 laptops. Two showing the skills that we learn in Web Design, and the course itself within the three years. The other two laptops was the interactive game so while we present the board and talk about the game, the judges would be able to play...

My high school that I currently go to, Information Technology High School, has two CTE academies: Web Design and Video Productions. So about a month ago, our school's CTE academies got a great opportunity to team up with Junior Achievement of New York to go teach elementary students. This experience included juniors and seniors of both CTE academies, where we had to forms teams of 4, that had 2 students from Web Design and 2 students from Video Productions, and we had to be in the same grade group as our peers. So what my group and I had to do was, we had to teach kinder-gardener students about finical management. We did different activities to learn about the kids, their preferences, and hoping to teach them something. We first started by introducing ourselves to them, and learning their names. Then we started an activity where, the teachers(my peers and I), would list a few items and ask the students to determine whether if it's a need or a want. Then after that, we did multi...

A few weeks ago in class, my class and I did a lab where we had to use our knowledge of HTML and Javascript to create a webpage where we had to  use and incorporate all the different functions and input-forms that we've learned to use in past labs.  Once the user opens the webpage, it will ask to enter the following information that pertains to the user. This will include your name(first and last),   phone number, email address, your address and zip code, and finally your credit card number. This lab is similar to lab 16, where the user had to enter their nam. email address. and phone number. But in this lab, it asks for more information like your address, zip code, and credit number. Lab 21  - Click to see and interact with the lab I created

A few weeks ago in class, my class and I did a lab where we had to use our knowledge of HTML and Javascript to create a webpage where we had to include all of the different functions that we had used in our previous labs from 16-19. When you first open the webpage, it will ask you a question, and depending on your response to the question, it will have two different responses that is programmed to display once the user makes an answer choice. This lab uses inputs and alertforms from lab 16. Another thing that the lab uses is the responses that the webpage is programmed to show from lab 17 and 18. It also uses the reset value to reset the responses to the questions from lab 19. Lab 20  - Click to see and interact with the lab I created

A few weeks ago in class, my class and I did a lab where we had to use our knowledge of HTML and Javascript to create a webpage where we had to include different functions where the program would generate a random number where the user had to guess what it is. If the user is able to correctly guess the random number, it would say "Correct!" and the number would generate randomly again. If the user guesses the wrong number, it would display either "Value is to high" or "Value is to low" depending on what the random number is, and what number the user had put into the webpage. Lab 19  - Click to see and interact with the lab I created

A few weeks ago in class, my class and I did a lab where we had to use our knowledge of HTML and Javascript to create a webpage where we had to include different functions where the program would run the following mathematical operations(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, modules, and equivalent) on a given number that is already programmed into the webpage, and a second number where the user can put any number. This lab is similar to the one that I've done previously before. Instead of having the user input two different numbers, this time the user will only put in one number and another number will be there. Then the operations will work using the number that is inputed. If the user keeps pressing a certain operation more than once, the program will executing the given operation, thus making the value increase of decrease depending on the operation that's clicked on. Also there's a new function labeled "equal". If that is clicked on, then it will m...

A few weeks ago in class, my class and I did a lab where we had to use our knowledge of HTML and Javascript to create a webpage where we had to include different functions where the program would run the following mathematical operations(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and modulos) on two different numbers that the user would enter on the webpage. So once the webpage is opened, the user would enter two different numbers. Then below, there would be five different operations that will be done on the two numbers if the button is clicked. If the user were to click "addition", it would add the numbers. If the user were to click "subtraction", it would subtract the numbers. If the user were to click "multiplication", it would multiply the numbers. If the user were to click "division", it would divide the numbers. If the user were to click "modulos", it would show how many times the first number goes into the second number, in...

A few weeks ago in class, my class and I did a lab where we had to use our knowledge of HTML and Javascript to create a webpage where we had to include different functions. When we incorporate these different functions into the program, the webpage would include either three or four different sections where the webpage will ask the user to input the following information: their name, phone number, and email address. Once they have entered the following information, they will click the "submit" button which will be located right beneath the information. Once the button is clicked, the webpage will have an alert form where it will show the information that the user had typed in on the webpage. Lab 16  - Click to see and interact with the lab I created

A few weeks ago in class, my class and I did a lab where we had to use what we've been learning during the year, which is HTML and CSS, and we learned the basics of Javascript and how to incorporate it properly into the labs to make different functions. So in this lab, we had an objective to to first talk about what we had done previously in the course, and then talk about what we expect to learn about Javascript. Then we would make a function in our program where we would make a button, and it would say "Click me!". If they user would click the button, a text would appear on the page where it would say "Hello world! This is my first Javascript!"

A few weeks ago in class, my peers and I did a lesson on code.org where we had to make an app called "ColorSleuth". The objective of the lab was to learn how to use the certain functions, console.logs, vars, etc. The design aspect of the game was to have four different boxes spread around the screen. Three would be the same color, and the other one would be the same color, but a shade darker or lighter. When the app would be ready to be activated, the user would have to pick which color is the one that doesn't match with the rest. Then it would go on displaying different colors. If the user got it correct, they would receive a point. If they got it wrong, they wouldn't receive anything.  What I learned whiled doing this lab was how to properly use the functions, and var variable(s). Overall, the lab was a good practice on what we had learned while doing the lessons on Code.org.

On February 3, 2018, my peers, teacher, and I went to Queens College to participate in the boro-wide "Games for Change" Hackathon. Our school represented two teams during the event, consisting of four members of each team, two juniors, and two seniors. The event was for about 5-6 hours where each team had to create an app that would relate to news literacy. News literacy is when the fake news is being spread around the world, preventing people from actually getting real information to them. My team and I used the "App Lab" on Code.org to create our app. During the time we had to create the app, I and a fellow classmate researched where news literacy is being used, and the other members of the team, made the app, while we helped them giving relevant information. After the time we had to make our app was finished, we had to get our apps ready to be presented to three judges. So once everyone participating was done and ready to present, the judges walked around and p...

The CTE Expo in Information technology High School is a day where freshman students come visit the Video and Web Design (the best) academy.   It's a chance where they get to see what both academies, and what they do over the course over three years. Not only that, but it gives us CTE students a chance to practice our presentation techniques and allow us to show off our apps that we have created and our skills that we've learned while being in Web Design. We also had teachers, school staff members, and people from companies with internships to observe what we have to offer in Web Design. The objective of the expo is to give freshman students a chance to see what we have to offer in both academies that we have in Information Technology. What we did to prepare for the expo is we (juniors) built an app/game so when freshman come during the expo, they would have a chance to interact with the game, and we can talk to them on how we created it. During the expo, my fellow classmates ...

Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what about the language of driving? Many automobile companies have produced or have made concepts of self-driving cars. Some companies include Tesla, Ford, BMW, Mercedes, etc. Self-driving cars became popular in late 2015. It took the world by storm. People were amazed how cars would be able to drive by themselves in many ways. If a person is traveling by themselves, and need some rest, they can because of the car. It a very good necessity and companies try to make these types of cars to gain profits and publicity. But self-driving cars could malfunction poorly. It can have hardware problems leading to accidents or the car breaking down and stop working.  In the article, "  Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but  what about the language of driving?" It talks about how self-driving cars are good, but also how the car can be bad compared to people driving the car itself. In the ar...

        CHS Student Wins Congressional App Challenge for California’s 52nd District An application program (App) is a computer program designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user. Many people use apps on different devices. Apps are beneficial in people's lives for different reasons. Many people think that creating an app is difficult depending on the purpose of the app itself. But that might not be the case for other people. Their are many easier methods that can be used to create these apps. People in different age ranges could create an app.  In the article, "CHS Students Win Congressional App Challenge for California's 52nd District" it talks about how students in California have won a contest that required to create an app using their coding and computer science skills. The  article stated the following, " The  Congressional App Challenge  aims to engage students ...