How to Poster Week 1

This week I began making a how to poster on how to fold a paper airplane. The challenge with this project is figuring out a way to show someone how to do this without using words. I began my process with researching styles of how to posters as well as symbols and styles I wanted to consider using in my poster.

Once I had an idea of the style I was going to go for, I folded a couple paper airplanes myself to look at the best way I could describe the process to people. Between the two experiments that I did, I found a 7 step process that I think will be enough to to teach someone to fold a paper airplane.

Once my research and experiments were complete, I began my sketches. I settled on two ideas: the propeller because I thought it was a clever use of a plane and the blueprint to show the paper airplane as if it was being created by an engineer.

After creating my paper sketches, I made my two ideas digital. The blueprint sketch is for sure my favorite. It looks far more professional and I think it shows a much clearer process. There isn’t as much going on, so the steps are more obvious and easy to follow. In the upcoming weeks, I plan to proceed with this idea.

Week 12 Reflection

This week I learned a lot about using Google analytics. A couple of weeks ago I remember talking about all the things analytics could do, such as be able to see what the user does on the site, but I didn’t really understand how. Being able to compare keywords and pages with click rates, bounce rates, time spent on pages, and so on was incredibly useful. It helped me see why Google analytics is such a powerful tool and how I could improve my site.

Another thing I learned about is different ways to get backlinks to a site. I haven’t really wanted to put my effort into that since I don’t want to keep my site running for much longer, but it was helpful to learn about those type of methods. I feel very wary of many methods of backlinking though because many of them feel dishonest. I think the best way is to start a blog or some type of thing with shareable content so that you can share it with people and other people will want to share it too. Also with blogs, you can make blogging friends to start making a reputation.

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