Part One: Final Research Video Project Planning Reflection For our Final Research Video Project, our team collaborated through a mix of virtual meetings and online tools. We primarily used Google Docs to brainstorm ideas, outline the script, and assign tasks. Communication took place through Zoom meetings. The planning process had both smooth and challenging moments. […]

Part 1: Help Your Teammates to Develop Capstone Ideas During our team meeting this week, we shared and explored a variety of potential capstone project ideas. Several of them stood out to me for their creativity and real-world usefulness. One of the most compelling ideas was the Meeting Analysis Tool, a web application that would

Part One: Support and Comment on Teammates’ Goals  https://botter-csumb.blogspot.com/2025/05/part-one-set-your-educational-goals-my.html?sc=1749019699424#c8321246217464480060 https://tfarner-csumb.blogspot.com/2025/05/week-4.html?sc=1749020074040#c4050242458246607714 https://ralvacsonline.blogspot.com/2025/05/cst-300-week-4-writing-with-purpose.html?sc=1749020273205#c17722884167669449 Part Two: Possible Capstone Ideas  1. Personal Finance Tracker with Data Visualization Inspired by one of the capstone presentations about financial planning apps, I’d like to create a personal finance tracking tool that lets users categorize expenses, set monthly budgets, and view interactive data

Inside the Industry: Web & App Development with Maya Chen, Lead Developer at NexaApps At WillTheOtter.com, we love bringing you insights from top professionals who are shaping the tech landscape. Today, we had the pleasure of chatting with Maya Chen, Lead Developer at NexaApps, about her journey in web and app development, the biggest challenges

Part 1: Set Your Educational Goals My primary educational goal is to graduate from the Computer Science Online program at CSU Monterey Bay with a strong foundation in full-stack software engineering and human-centered design. I aim to master both front-end and back-end development, with a focus on cross-platform tools like React Native and Flutter, and

Part 1: Time Management and Study Strategy ReflectionThis week, I visited AcademicTips.org and concentrated on the subject of “Procrastination”, which I identified in my last journal entry as an area for self-improvement. One major recommendation from the website was splitting large projects into smaller, manageable tasks, also creating deadlines for each task. I have figured

The emphasis of this week’s activities was on strengthening learning techniques, time management skills, learning project management tools, and learning from past capstone projects. From the learning strategy document that has been provided, my strongest strengths included good communication skills, being organized, and adherence to deadlines. My fields of improvement included delegating responsibilities, remaining focused

For the last week or so, I’ve worked on a comprehensive writing assignment for my CST 300 Writing Lab class: an Industry Analysis Paper. For this assignment, I’ve written about a topic that really sparks my interest—Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the changing landscape of app and site building. The objective of the paper is to delve