Learing Objectives

After reviewing the textbook, I have come to find that all of the computer applications are very well represented. I have a PC at home, so I am fairly well informed of how my computer and the functions work. As an interior design major, my computer is going to be important to me in certain areas of my profession. Interior design is a very visual occupation. I know that I will be making a great number of presentations in my day to day work life. I look forward to learning how to use Power Point to create professional presentations. I am hoping to learn more about interactive internet research so that I can provide a broad range of resource materials for my design presentations. In today’s world, it is expected that everything you need or want to know is available at the push of a button or mouse. If a client asks me for price comparisons or availability of a certain material, I want to be able to provide it – real time.

Time is the other thing I hope to learn to manage well. The Outlook application is a very valuable calendaring program. It is widely used by professionals in today’s professional community. I think that Outlook has the ability to do so much more than just keep track of your day to day appointments. I would really like to learn how to use Outlook to not only manage my time but also to contact my clients and track specific design jobs. If there are other aspects of Outlook, which may also help me, I would like to learn about them as well. My laptop computer means everything to me (I would be lost without it). I hope that by the end of this course I will have learned many more ways to use it to its full advantage.