Thursday, January 15, 2009

CIOS 152 Course Orientation Quiz

A. What is something that is going well in your life?
Home improvements are progressing

B. What are your specific goals for this class?
Be able to do things with graphics and pictures to make them better and interesting.

C. What was your first experience with computers and imaging
technology like?
Mystical! Scary! Cool!

D. Do you usually work on a Mac or a PC and why?
PC, I’m a computer conformist. I use PC’s at work so they are all I know.

E. What is your experience level with Photoshop or image editing
programs?
Just a wee bit, I used Dreamweaver once.

F. What is something you liked about your day today?
Getting some homework done.

G. How do you plan to use what you learn in this class?
Projects at work and I want to do some web designing for fun. My Dad has a Pottery Studio and my Brother is the Web Master, but I think I might be able to make is photos on his site look better…in May.

H. What would make this class go very well for you?
Good communication.

I. How do you plan to make this class go very well for you?
Ask questions and don’t get behind
J. What do you do for creativity?
I get creative trying to juggle a school, work, family and me schedule…oh ya I’m also a Girl Scout Leader somewhere in all that. I like to build things and do pottery.

K. Who are John and Thomas Knoll?
A couple of Brothers with a lot of brains that happened to be in the right place. Thomas wrote the code for Photoshop and his Brother John worked with Lucas Films. With Thomas as the code writer and John as the salesman, they eventually got Adobe to give them a look and Adobe liked what they saw, and the “rest is history” as they say.

L. Do you own or have access to a color image scanner?
Yes.