Dreamweaver

Well, this week we are starting our website project.  Dreamweaver is officially intimidating me. I'm definitely not a "codewriting" type of girl when it comes to the internet.  I remember dealing with code back when I had a MySpace page.  Even when it was handed to me I hated it.  I always wanted to change or tweak one little thing, and it would bug me forever if I couldn't figure out where to pull some of the info out.  I find myself preferring the canned website builders.  Too much technological freedom is not my forte.

I really like the site (JimDo) I was able to begin building on this week.  I was given enough freedom to personalize my elements, but also enough help in structure and formatting.  My goal is to create a classroom site, as I dream of having one as a future teacher.  The one I have coming along I'm actually quite happy with.  Although I don;t like the domain name I chose, and I'm bummed about that.

I'm hoping the code-writing begins to feel easier.  I don't know if I'll (ever) have access to Dreamweaver outside of this classroom, so I am a little worried about being able to utilize the information I am learning.  And I feel like if I don't use it regularly, I will quickly forget it.

Something that stuck me after class was also the fact that the website will be on the WOU server.  Does that mean I won't be able to access it after graduating?  Because that leads me to believe that the JimDo approach might be more handy for me in the long-run as well.

I guess we shall see.  Who knows, maybe this time next week I will be gushing about how much I love Dreamweaver!  Crazier thing have happened =)