My name is Stephanie Tripp. I am 17 and currently attend Lake Shore High School and Macomb Community College. I am a part of the Early College of Macomb program, which allows me to take college courses while in high school. After my 3rd year next year, I will have successfully obtained my art associate degree. I want to get into the IT field. More specifically, I want to become a Digital Media Specialist. A Digital Media Specialist uses design skills and technology to produce content used in video games, websites, as well as audio content, special effects, and animation. This career pathway ties in with technology because after all, it is Information Technology. New, advanced technology is approaching faster every day. Social media is used everywhere, and with this career I will be using it 24/7.

Technology Courses

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The Road So Far...

Technology Classes
Course	Description	Software	Work Samples
Career & Tech Foundation	This class focuses on developing skills needed for the working world. We researched careers that interested us and practiced job interview skills. Projects included creating a resume and cover letter and building a personal portfolio website.	Microsoft Office Word 2007 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Interdisciplinary Studies	This class teaches students to use technology that they can apply to their other course subjects, like biology and geometry. We learned how to conduct scientific research online and how to write and format a research paper. We also completed 3D modelling projects and basic programming exercises.	Microsoft Office Word 2007 Microsoft Office Excel 2007 SketchUp Geometer's Sketchpad
Intro to Web Design	This is our current class, where we learn the basics of coding and web design while building our own website using HTML. We learned the essentials of website layout, creating graphics, and making multimedia pieces. We then applied these skills to a website that we enter in the MCWT Web Design contest.	Microsoft Office Word 2007 Notepad++ Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 Filezilla

Conclusion

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The journey to create this website has been long and sometimes stressful, but it was also so much fun. Before this class, we barely knew how to build a Weebly page. Who knew we would ever be able to code our own website, including creating graphics and content? From the basics of HTML coding, to using Photoshop to make a banner and navigation buttons, we've learned so much in just a few short weeks. The hardest part was probably perfecting our images. We spent countless hours editing our banner especially. It was sometimes frustrating, but seeing our finished, polished website made it all worth it. We're so thankful to MCWT for giving us this opportunity.

The theme of power forced us to look at the world in a different way. We discovered that a lot of superpowers you see in comic books actually exist in the real world, in one way or another. It's really cool to think that hypnotherapists, like Ruth Linh, scientists, and even animals are superheroes in their own right. It makes you wonder if we all have some kind of power hidden within ourselves. Maybe this website will help you discover yours!

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