Lisa's Blog

For this final smackdown I decided to choose two websites that sell concert tickets and compare them. The first website I chose is Ticketmaster. This is my good website because it clearly meets the requirements of a reliable and trustworthy site. The website features links to popular and upcoming events and categories for different events. Ticketmaster also features very striking pictures of the artists they sell tickets for. I am able to easily search for my preferred type of ticket, and also, I can customize the location for my personal area. Overall, this website meets all the requirements of being a good website. The bad website I chose is called "Bubbas Got Tickets". This site does not meet the requirements of a usable site. This is evident in the first look at the website. It does feature some pictures of a reel, however they are not specific to the tickets the website is selling. Instead, it shows a basketball for basketball tickets, or a picture of the word "Th

In this week’s blog, the topic to be discussed is story telling with web 2.0 tools. These tools are very fun and useful in many different ways. These story telling tools include sites like Toondoo, Pixton and Piclit. In my future career as a health care professional, I may not use these tools often but they can become useful for educating patients on different topics. These story telling tools can potentially bridge a gap in health literacy and can give patients an effective way to understand various health concerns. These are my two ToonDoos I also utilized the site Pixton to create another type of story telling tool  Lastly I utilized PicLit to create a different but still effective and useful type of story telling tool I found these tools to be very useful and creative. Do you think there are additional ways to utilize these platforms? If so, what are they?