Monday August 31, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours

This was the first day of my Practicum. I began by introducing myself to everyone and getting familiar with the collection background and the equipment I was going to use. Practicum supervisor Lorrie McAllister explained the origins of the collection, and how OSU Knowlton School of Architecture Digital Library became involved. I would be using the scanning station with an Epson 10000XL scanner and Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended to digitize the images. The operating system was Windows Vista. Before scanning I was to clean the images gently using a static free brush and Proline Generix Film Cleaner with a cotton swab to remove blemishes.

The scan settings I was to use were 4000 pixels for the longest side (either portrait or landscape), 8 bit grayscale (Lorrie prefers 8 bit to 16 bit), with no color restoration or descreening filters. The file names were to be "Landmarks_0000" and saved in the local D drive. Before scanning I sorted the images by whether they had titles or not. 45 boards had titles. This first day I was able to scan 23 images.

Tuesday September 1, 2009 - 1:30-5:00 PM
Total time: 3.5 hours, cumulative time 7.5 hours

Today I scanned an additional 24 images. I spent approximately 1.5 hours identifying some more boards by matching them with images that were in the book Architecture: Columbus. Lorrie and I spent some time discussing the old design and how the configuration for the new website design would be handled. The old site was built by the OSU Web Media Collective. The new website is being built by Innovativ Consulting and Innovativ is sub-contracting Wishbone Media Works. The new website is using the Drupal Content Management Platform. Social media tools will also be integrated into the new site. The process would start with contract negotiations, then design mock-ups would be emailed to Lorrie and her team in PDF format. Once agreement had been reached on the design, migration processes will begin.

Wednesday September 2, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 11.5 hours

Today I continued to identify images that are in the book Architecture: Columbus. The process is slow and tedious because the book does not have a comprehensive image index. The book starts with a history of the development of Columbus, Ohio and the surrounding vicinity then follows with sections according to specific areas of the city. Only certain images are captioned with identification. I was able to ID 38 images total so far. I also accompanied Lorrie to a staff meeting where Carol Pitts Diedrichs from the University of Kentucky Libraries was presenting to the OSU Library staff for her bid to be the new Library Director. The presentation was interesting in that it gave me insight into the planning and development of a large research library.

Thursday September 3, 2009 - 1:30-5:00 PM
Total time: 3.5 hours, cumulative time 15 hours

Today I finished scanning the 25 remaining images bringing the total to 73. Approximately 12 of the illustration boards contained either damaged images or images that were more mock-ups than images. They contained text and smaller images and Lorrie felt they had no value for the online collection. I also spent some time touching up the images with Adobe Photoshop CS3 using the clone stamp tool and auto contrast filter because some of them contained various blemishes, scratches, and nicks that could be fixed.

At this point Lorrie asked another student, Warren, to show me how the batch convert the scanned TIFF files to JPEG format using the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom program. The images were imported into the program and exported using the parameters for 2600 pixels for the longest side at 300 dpi. After this process was complete, Lorrie would upload the images to the KSA Digital Library server with Filezilla and the cataloging process could begin.

Friday September 4, 2009 - 1:30-5:00 PM
Total time: 3.5 hours, cumulative time 18.5 hours

Today I continued to identify images in the book. I found an additional 23 images for a total of 68 identified images. I also consulted with the KSA head librarian, Jane McMaster on other sources I might use to identify the remaining few. She suggested books Like Yesterday's Columbus by George E. Condon and Forgotten Columbus by Andrew Henderson. I checked these and found no further information. Lorrie and I discussed the possibility of going to the Ohio Historical Society to search for the image identification key in the near future. She completed uploading the images to the server and cataloging could now begin next Monday.

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Week 2

Tuesday September 8, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 22.5 hours

This day was solely devoted to identification of the remaining images. In order for me to catalog images I need to be logged in. Since I do not have an OSU username and password Lorrie or another OSU student has to log in for me. She was busy with other things today so I continued with the task of identification. All I had to do was check the book at the front desk and I could continue try to find the images in the book. I was able to identify all but 8 of the remaining unidentified images. Images Landmarks_0064, 0065, 0067, 0068, 0069, 0071, 0072, 0073 still need to be identified.

Wednesday September 9, 2009 - 1:30-5:00 PM
Total time: 3.5 hours, cumulative time 26 hours

After a short time trying to identify the remaining images, Lorrie explained how she decided on what metadata schema to use. She chose the Visual Resources Association 4.0 metadata schema because she felt that it offered more specificity and was more versatile for cataloging cultural objects. The schema allows for increased granularity in describing items and also enables a wider range of descriptive features. I also began learning how to use the KSA Digital Library administrative interface (see Images & Screenshots page). I was to use the book Architecture: Columbus, Getty ULAN and AAT, LOC name authorities, local architectural resources, as well as the local controlled vocabularies to research and enter the most accurate information I could find. On this day I was able to partially catalog six items: Landmarks_0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, 0006, and 0007.

Thursday September 10, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 30 hours

Today Lorrie explained a little more about how she came to work with the Web Media Collective at Ohio State. The professional IT staff there did not want to administer a large database, so Lorrie looked for external options. She wanted a system that could accommodate VRA Core, internal controlled vocabularies, classroom tools, and maintain acceptable service. The Web Media Collective could deliver these things and were focused only on digital media and member projects.

After the short discussion I continued to become more familiar with the administrative interface and cataloging the collection and checked my entries for accuracy from the day before. The first set of fields fell under "Basic Information." These fields were: Title, architect/designer, exact date, date comment with period (as in era), culture, location of work, description, work type, style, material, dimensions, area, graphic scale, dimensions comment, url, see also, groups, and about the media. There are four or five other discipline trees to select information from also. I would not use all of these fields, but most of them. On this day I was able to partially catalog numbers 0005, 0008, 0009, 0010, 0011, 0016, 0018, 0021, 0025.

Friday September 11, 2009 - 12:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 5 hours, cumulative time 35 hours

I began this day by looking for resources on Perkins & Will Architects so I could add them to the Architect/designer field. I also worked on image descriptions and adding groups. Groups are linked images based on some organizational or content similarity. I had some trouble on the Midvo Building, Landmarks_0008 image. At first, I was inclined to use the title Midvo Building, but after browsing the book AIA Guide to Columbus by Jeffrey Darbee and Nancy Recchie I discovered that the building is now part of the OCLC headquarters complex. I could not find any information on the internet about Midvo so I asked architecture librarian Jane McMaster if she knew anything about Midvo. She informed me that the company's whole name was Mid-Ohio Volkswagen. I then titled the image "OCLC Building, Dublin, Ohio: Exterior view," and put Midvo in the description field. I referenced the Getty AAT and ULAN sites and LC authorities numerous times to verify the information I was entering. I managed to update previous entries 0001-0012, 0016, 0018, 0021, 0025, and add new entries for 0013, 0014, 0049, 0053, 0060, and, 0061.

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Week 3

Monday September 14, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 39 hours

I began this day by quality checking my previous entries. I had to correct a few by changing the information or adding some new things in the material, description, and work type fields. For example, 0015, an aerial view of the Ohio Historical Center, I chose the work type as exhibition/cultural center, museums, low rise buildings 0-5 stories, research centers, society or foundation buildings, workshop buildings; these all could be used. I continued to reference the Getty ULAN, Library of Congress Name Authorities site, the Avery Index of Architectural Periodicals, and the Society of Architectural Historians biography site for architect names. I was curious as to whether the statue in 0017 was still at St. Vincent Family Center, so I called them but they did not know. I was able to add information for Landmarks_0015, 0017, 0019, 0020, 0026, and 0031.

Tuesday September 15, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 43 hours

I continued cataloging today concentrating on making the descriptions as accurate and detailed as possible, which was a time consuming process. I also learned how to populate an item by entering the accession number into a tool that automatically adds information into an item's fields. I then had to change some information such as interior/exterior/aerial view or materials, as the item is not exactly the same as the one the information came from. I added some architect names today also. For example, Cornelius Jacobs, the architect for Holy Cross Church. I entered information for name, city/location, and birth/death date, clicked submit, and was then able to add him to the record. Lorrie and I agreed on the date of Thursday, September 24 to go to the Ohio Historical Society for research on the Architecture: Columbus collection. On this day I added more to Landmarks_000018, 0022, 0023, 0024, and 0027.

Wednesday September 16, 2009 - 1:30-5:00 PM
Total time: 3.5 hours, cumulative time 46.5 hours

The cataloging continued today with a short check of my previous entries for accuracy. On Landmarks_0028, the Knights of Columbus building, I knew from the book description that it was now the Salesian Boys and Girls Club. This could be categorized as an athletic club but that entry was not in the local controlled vocabulary. I looked in the Getty AAT and found athletic clubs under the hierarchy recreation structures, recreation buildings, clubhouses, athletic clubs and added it into the correct place in the hierarchy in the local controlled vocabulary entry interface. I added the architectural firms Kellam & Foley and Acock & White into the local architects directory first confirming their name, location, and period using the American Architects Directory (1970) and the AIA Guide to Columbus. I also could not pin down the current name of the Landmarks_0030, Ashland Distribution or Ashland Performance Materials, so I added them both in the description. For 0029 and 0033 the description summaries took quite a bit of time. Today I added to Landmarks_0028, 0029, 0030, 0032, and 0033.

Thursday September 17, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 50.5 hours

Cataloging continued today starting with a re-check of the previous entries for missing information. Landmarks_0035 took some time because two structures are in the image and one was the Ohio Statehouse. Its construction has a long hand varied history with many architects which I had to do some research on. I created a new hierarchical object in the local controlled vocabulary for cupolas by first checking the Getty AAT and found cupolas under structural elements, roofs, roof elements, cupolas. Many of today's items had long detailed descriptions which again took some time to write. I added information for Landmarks_0034, 0035, 0036, 0037, and 0045.

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Week 4

Tuesday September 22, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 54.5 hours

The cataloging continued today with the added feature of populating similar items (images of the same object/building). Lorrie informed me that there was another selection for churches available in the work type field I had overlooked; building divisions, rooms and spaces/religious building spaces. I went back to the church images I had already done and added this selection. I was able to populate two sets on this day which made things a bit faster. It still took some time to research today's images for the description fields. I found a good source for the Ohio Judicial Center at http://www.ohiojudicialcenter.gov/history.asp. This site gave a good history that I could use for the description and materials fields. Lorrie and I went over my progress as this was the mid-way point in the project. She felt I was doing fine. I added data to Landmarks_0038, 0039, 0040, 0041, 0042, 0043, 0044, 0045, 0046, and 0056.

Wednesday September 23, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 58.5 hours

Today I managed to find out more for the Columbus City Hall statue of Christopher Columbus. This image took a while because I had to find the creator, the date the statue was dedicated, and the circumstances of the dedication. The statue was dedicated to the city of Columbus by the sister city of Genoa, Italy and sculpture Edoardo Alfieri in 1955. Edoardo Alfieri is not in the Getty ULAN, so I used other sources like the Library of Congress Name Authorities to find the correct spelling and form: Edoardo Alfieri (1913 - 1918). I also looked for George Bellows this way. This was difficult because he was not the famous American painter and lithographer; 1882-1925, but his father; 1829-1913. There is very little online information for the father in either the LOC or ULAN. I managed to find a Flickr page with newspaper clippings and even a death certificate. I used George Bellows Sr. (1829-1913).

Lorrie and I discussed some of the images like the Leveque Lincoln Tower, formerly the American Insurance Union Citadel. Initially, there were 4, 25 foot terra cotta eagles and a huge Colossus embracing two children on the building, but it was removed due to falling debris. We were curious as to what may have happened to them, so I would see if I could find anything while at OHS tomorrow. I also called Holy Cross Church to see if I might be able to come by and see if the symbol in the image I had (Landmarks_0068) was still there. The illustration board was not identified and I found the symbol as a background image on their website. Lorrie released five images for student/faculty and public access today as well. I added information for Landmarks_0047, 0048, 0050, 0051, 0052, and 0056.

Thursday September 24, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 58.5 hours

Today I drove by St. Vincent Family Center, went to Holy Cross Church, and went to the Ohio Historical Society to do research on the Architecture: Columbus Collection, MSS 839. When I drove by St. Vincent I decided not to stop since no one knew of the statue. I did go into Holy Cross Church and confirmed that the symbol was still there.

From there I went to the Ohio Historical Center Archives/Library. I filled out a call slip for MSS 839 and while waiting looked in their OPAC for items related to the Leveque-Lincoln Tower. I managed to find the book Leveque: the 1st complete story of Columbus' greatest skyscraper by Michael A. Perkins. The book has images of construction including the huge Colossus and the terra cotta eagles. I had copies made to show Lorrie. I also was able to identify two more images, Landmarks_0065 and 0072. After a considerable waiting period, I received the first box of three of the Architecture: Columbus collection. I could not find an image key, the collection mainly consisted of cost estimates, project lists, architect submission sheets, agreements, articles of incorporation, correspondence, and minutes of the Columbus Architecture Foundation. I did find some marketing materials from the period that contained the mock-ups that we did not digitize, but these provided no new information.

Friday September 25, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 62.5 hours

I started this day by reporting to Lorrie what I had found and showed her the photocopies of the Colossus and the eagles. I then began to do research for the many residential images. Many of them did not have captions or titles in the book, but were in groups with a long description of the section of town (i.e. German Village) that had many addresses. I used the Franklin Count Auditor property search to enter each address to see if it matched the image. Oddly enough, when I entered 398 West 5th Ave., it was not a match, but on Google Maps it did match. I also found a kml (Google Earth) file that contained all of the buildings in the book AIA Guide to Columbus The entries include address, architect, year, and style. I populated Landmarks_0064, changed the title and view from exterior to interior, and managed to enter data for Landmarks_0038, 0039, 0057, and 0072.

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Week 5

Monday September 28, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 64.5 hours

Today I completed cataloging Landmarks_0058 and 0059. I added the descriptive term coffer to the description for 0058. Coffer is an architectural term for a type of ceiling design. Since 0059 is still not identified I put the entry "The location of this structure is unknown. See source" and put the citation (APA style); "Architecture: Columbus. (1976). Columbus, Ohio: Foundation of the Columbus Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. pg. 186" in the citation field. I also populated 0062 and changed the necessary views and title.

I spent some time trying to find the correct current name for the Everett Middle School image which included a call to a phone number I found on the internet. The person that answered the phone told me the building was still owned by the Columbus Public School system but was currently vacant. I found information that the building was originally the first Columbus North High School built in 1898 and renamed Everett Junior High in 1925 and entered it. I used the title "Everett Junior High School Building, Columbus, Ohio: Exterior view."

I added Elah Terrell into the architects database also. In addition to these, I completed Landmarks_0062, 0063, 0067, and 0069. For 0067, the image in the book had the title "J.M. Kiser residence", but I had doubt whether the Kisers still owned the house since the image was taken some 40+ years ago. I managed to find the address as 81 North Miami Avenue by confirming it using Google Maps and the County Auditor's website and used this for the title with "At one time the residence was occupied or owned by J.M. Kiser" in the description. This completed the cataloging of the identified images. I still had to try to identify the remaining images, do a quality check on the images I had cataloged, and release them for public access.

Tuesday September 29, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 68.5 hours

Today I began the quality assurance process before releasing the images to students/faculty and the public. I entered additional descriptive terms in the work type fields for numerous images that I had overlooked previously like religious building spaces and musical instruments for the huge pipe organs in the church images. I again checked the Franklin County Auditor's website to try and identify the remaining residential structures. Today I checked and released Landmarks_0019, 0023, 0026, 0027, 0031, 0039, 0042, 0043, 0047, 0056, 0057, and 0065.

Wednesday September 30, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 72.5 hours

The releasing of images to the students/faculty and the public continued today. I also added numerous entries for keywords and work type (cross referenced with a controlled vocabulary, AAT) with terms like stained glass and private schools/parochial schools. I released Landmarks_0008, 0014, 0015, 0020, 0021, 0024, 0025, 0035, 0038, 0044, 0046, 0051, 0052, 0054, 0056, 0062, and 0068.

Thursday October 1, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 76.5 hours

Today I continued releasing images. I began the day by adding Romanesque Revival in the style fields for Landmarks_0029, 0050, 0051, and 0052 which I had overlooked. Lorrie was not there for most of the day and I had a question for 0012 St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; whether the keyword a-frame would be appropriate, or if the term is used mostly for houses. I also wondered if a sculpture in a courtyard would be landscape architecture or not (0017, St. Vincent de Paul Orphan Chapel sculpture). Lastly, I wondered if the open space in front of the Upper Arlington Municipal Building (0018) could be labeled as a plaza. I would ask Lorrie when I saw her next. I managed to add citations with page numbers to 37 images (APA format), and I released Landmarks_0002, 0003, 0004, 0009, 0011, 0012, 0013, 0017, 0018, 0032, 0034, 0040, 0053, 0059, 0060, 0070, and 0072. This completed the releasing and quality assurance process.

Friday October 2, 2009 - 1:00-4:00 PM
Total time: 3 hours, cumulative time 79.5 hours

I continued to add citations for the images found in the book. Some of the images were of structures in the book, but the image itself was not in the book. I completed an additional 31 citations for a total of 68. Lorrie suggested using a-frame for a key word and adding outdoor spaces/plazas into the local controlled vocabulary database. Sculptures were not usually associated with landscape architecture, however, so I did not pursue the matter further. I could now begin to create a collection overview page which I would start the following day.

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Week 6

Monday October 5, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 83.5 hours

Today I began the collection overview page in .cfm (Adobe Cold Fusion) format. Lorrie explained that the template for all of the KSA pages was CSS and was stored somewhere else and could not be accessed, so I had to figure out how to align text with page breaks and align the images by changing their floatLeft or floatRight orientations.

I started by selecting the images I would use using as my main criteria the fact that they must either be a prominent, well known structure closely identified with Columbus, Ohio, or those that exhibited some unique architectural feature. I also wanted to provide some diversity, not all churches or office buildings for example. I chose the Ohio Statehouse (Rhodes State Office Tower in background), St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Ohio Departments of State/Ohio Judicial Center, 81 North Miami Avenue, Benjamin Smith House (Columbus Club building), Holy Cross Church, and the Columbus Museum of Art. I managed to complete selection and write the introductory paragraph.

Tuesday October 6, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 87.5 hours

I continued with the Landmarks collection overview page today. I added the images I had selected and added brief descriptions and links to the images. Lorrie proof read my description and I edited it according to her recommendations. Lorrie showed me how to use Filezilla to upload the cfm file to the KSAinfo folder. I also consulted again with Jane McMaster, architecture librarian on the politics involved with who's name to put in the collection overview page. She called the person responsible for donating the collection (name omitted) and informed me they did not want to be identified. She also let me browse some KSA newsletters from the years 2000-2005 to find out when Robert Samuelson retired, since he had been a professor at KSA. I found that he had retired in 2004. Jane also called Judith Kitchen to see if there was anymore information she could glean about the image key and if she could identify any of the remaining 5 images. Judith would check with Jeffrey Darbee and get back with us.

Wednesday October 7, 2009 - 1:00-5:00 PM
Total time: 4 hours, cumulative time 91.5 hours

Today Jane informed me that Jeffrey Darbee had identified one of the images, Landmarks_0069 as Holy Rosary Church. The image was in the book but had no caption. I made a JPEG copy of the TIFf image, re-sized it at 2600 pixels for the longest side at 300 dpi then I proceeded to catalog the image adding the citation (pages 179, 191), and released it. That left four images left to be identified. Today I archived the collection on optical discs. I used two Memorex CDs, put 37 TIFFs on disc 1, and 36 TIFFs on disc 2 since 73 TIFFs was too large for one CD. I then put the discs in archival quality CD sleeves with corrosion intercept CD protection system and put then in the CD box. Afterwards I proceeded to clean up the hard drive space on the local drives that I had used to free up space. I then typed up a promotional piece about the Columbus Landmarks Foundation Collection for Lorrie to send to OSU Today. I left a copy of it on her computer to proof read when she came in again.

Thursday October 8, 2009 - 1:00-4:00 PM
Total time: 3 hours, cumulative time 94.5 hours

Today Lorrie proof read the press release document and I changed it according to her recommendations. I also continued to edit the exhibition_landmarks.cfm collection overview page. I experimented with changing the div tags to see if I could change the alignment of the sections to an acceptable position. In addition, I started to edit a new collections overview page that included the Landmarks collection. Lorrie wanted the collection headers to all match, so I spent some time tweaking them to make them all uniform.

Friday October 9, 2009 - 1:30-4:00 PM
Total time: 3.5 hours, cumulative time 98 hours

Today I worked on the Landmarks collection overview page aligning text and images. I also worked on the online exhibitions page adding the Columbus Landmarks collection to the page with a short introduction and links. I used the image of the eagle on the Leveque-Lincoln Tower. I also found Jeffrey Darbee's (assistant researcher for Architecture: Columbus) email address on the internet and emailed him the unidentified images to see if he could help out.

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Week 7

Monday October 12, 2009 - 1:30-4:00 PM
Total time: 3.5 hours, cumulative time 101.5 hours

I received a reply email from Jeffrey Darbee telling me that he could only identify one of the four images I sent him. It was St. Margaret of Cortona Church, west side view. The other three would have to remain unidentified. It is easy to see why these images were not used for the book; they exhibit no special qualities or unique architectural features. I proceeded to make a JPEG copy from TIFF, resize and change resolution, catalog, and release the image. I continued to edit the online exhibitions page today as well.

Thursday October 15, 2009 - 1:30-4:00 PM
Total time: 3.5 hours, cumulative time 105 hours
On-site hours completed

This is the last day of my onsite Practicum Experience at KSA. I continued to edit the online collections page adding links to the different collections; John P. Schooley Collection, Neighborhood Design Center Collection, and Columbus Landmarks Collection. I also added line breaks and anchors at the bottom of the pages to provide added ease of navigation and usability. I went over the project with Lorrie as a refresher for working in a digital library. We discussed things like knowing who the users are, what technology is already in place, what metadata schema would be appropriate, what the designated community's expectations are, outreach and public relations, funding, and what thing to consider when deciding on starting a digital library, whether to join a collaboration or keep things in house. This added to my understanding of how a digital library in a large university setting works.

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Weeks 8-12

With all of the on-site work complete, I could now concentrate on reflecting back (see Learning Assessment) on what I had learned and experienced during the last 7 weeks. I also had to focus on the medium of documentation I was going to utilize to showcase my Culminating Experience. I chose to make it digital, designed as a website on the advice of my Practicum advisor, Dr. Gracy. I knew I had developed pretty good HTML skills during my past SLIS courses, but I wanted to make extensive use of CSS this time. So I would make a separate CSS document, store it in the root folder and reference all pages to it. This would provide a uniform template for the website. I knew it would take some time to learn this, but I was willing to spend the time to make it nice. I chose the Kent State colors and linked the images in the main banner to Kent State SLIS. It took some time tweaking the positioning of the text and images, just the initial design part took between 15-20 hours over a two week period.

I spent roughly ten hours selecting and editing images and designing the image page for the website. I resized copies of the originals for a total of 19 images. Originally I had originally sized the images at 150 X 200 but changed them to 300 X 400 and added image and table borders to add a nice touch. In addition to this, I managed to explore a floating menu. A floating menu stays fixed in a spot when the page is scrolled. I though this would add to the usability of the site, especially with long pages. I chose to use an anchor link table on the Daily Work Log, and found that the floating menu worked well with this page. I spent roughly 5-7 hours on designing the Practicum Overview page. I had to learn how to wrap images and text using CSS to manipulate the margins. For the Practicum Objectives page I spent 5 hours learning how to create CSS bulleted lists with an image as the bullet, adding the content and tweaking the positioning and font sizes. This whole process also involved learning how to position tags, change font families, and assign classes with CSS. The Links page took little time to make once the design was complete.

Once I had a good form for the template, I could now begin to add content. This process took approximately 20 hours. The Daily Work Log alone took the bulk of that time, 15 hours at least, because I had to reference back to the physical work log I made at the time and document what I did over a 7 week period. The remainder of the time was spent writing the Practicum Report and the Learning Assessment. This took approximately 5 hours with a draft and revision of each page's content. The total time spent on off-site work was approximately 60 plus hours upon completion of the whole website with full content. I am thankful to Kent State University for allotting web server space to students so that websites like this can be used for documenting and sharing the experiences of higher learning.

To continue go to the Practicum Report or Learning Assessment page.

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2009 Jeffrey Zarate. Page last updated November 24, 2009