Archive for January, 2009

With new administration comes new web site at Whitehouse.gov

As President-elect Barack Obama began his inaugural address at noon on Tuesday, his aides were busy switching over Whitehouse.gov. ( A webmaster’s work is never done.)

Until 11:59 am EST, the Web site featured a photograph of former president George W. Bush leaving the White House for the last time. The relaunched site’s most prominent feature is an oversize photo of the new president next to the slogan: “Change has come to America.”

Obama's new site

Obama's site updates

Because the presidential Web site launched under Bill Clinton’s tenure, this is only the second time that Whitehouse.gov has changed hands. The Clinton-Bush handover was not without problems: The site on January 20, 2001, briefly sported the line “Insert Something Meaningful Here,” and suffered from some broken links and 404 errors. (Someone forgot to upload files)

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Adobe Dreamweaver Review

Click the link below to complete the online review. If you get less than an 80% I suggest you retake it.

Adobe Dreamweaver Review

Microsoft Excel Review

Click the link below to take your online review.  If you get less than an 80% I suggest you take it again.

Microsoft Excel Review

See your web site

To view your uploaded web site remember to type in 2learncomputing.com/x where x is the number that you were assigned.  Make sure all links are working and all your pictures are visible.  Not doing so will cause you to lose points.

Friday Review Links

You will have a quiz on Tuesday/Wednesday next week.  Take a look at the study guides below for your class.  You can do the study guides as many times as you want, you will see your score and the questions you got wrong with the correct answers.  Make sure you know all the answers for a good score on the quiz next week.

Adobe Dreamweaver study guide

Microsoft Excel study guide

Have a great 3 day weekend!

Your Birthday in History Web Sites

Use the links below to find out what happened on your birthday throughout history. Find at least 6 interesting events to add to your timeline.

On This Day from the New York Times
This Day in History at InfoPlease.com
This Day in History at the History Channel