Thursday, December 8, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Web 2.0 implications?
I'm sure all of you know where this image is from... How did we come to accept this image as indicative of something like Myspace? Did you accept this image? Assign it a value?
Do you ever think about the images associated with brands, services, or people? Do you know the origins of the brands you readily recognize?
From the New York Times Sunday Book Review.
The Design of Symbols
By STEVEN HELLER
Published: October 21, 2011
The symbols found in airports, hospitals and government buildings are ubiquitous, but few people know where they had their origins.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Sentence deconstruction and reconstruction!
Great work in class today! I think we were truly looking at the multiple meanings of our writing. Please post your rewritten sentences here as blog comments and not as blog posts. Great work today! Think about what your classmates are trying to say in each of these sentences. How can you restate these sentences in a manner that is more concise? Do you think it's important to rethink your classmates' tone? Why? Why not?
Here is the list of sentences we read in class.
1. Under situations like these, the author does not realize that his or her information is wrong…instead, he or she believes that whatever he or she is writing is factual and true, for whatever the reason.
2.The major consequences are not only does it take away from traditional dating but we never really know who we are talking to online.
3. Age, gender, sexual orientation, birth place, languages spoken, phone numbers, even area which they are living at.
4.There are definitely much more important things we can be doing besides being noisy and looking at peoples’ pages.
5. However times have changed, technology has advanced and the youth of this generation found a new way to bully by using social networks, cellphones or any other electronic device to harm those they do not like in this generation basic bullying has morphed into cyberbullying but who is at blame and what can we do to stop it.
6. With the incredible use of technology our world today have shape into a more of a message saturated world meaning a world being dominated by technology which is changing the way we communicate by sending, receiving and interpreting messages we encounter every day in our lives.
7. Although visual literacy is a good skill to comprehend, focusing on only the visual will have its backfire.
8. Since many children don't tell anyone about the bullying they experience, it is easy to see some of the negative impact that social media has had on our youth especially.
Here is the list of sentences we read in class.
1. Under situations like these, the author does not realize that his or her information is wrong…instead, he or she believes that whatever he or she is writing is factual and true, for whatever the reason.
2.The major consequences are not only does it take away from traditional dating but we never really know who we are talking to online.
3. Age, gender, sexual orientation, birth place, languages spoken, phone numbers, even area which they are living at.
4.There are definitely much more important things we can be doing besides being noisy and looking at peoples’ pages.
5. However times have changed, technology has advanced and the youth of this generation found a new way to bully by using social networks, cellphones or any other electronic device to harm those they do not like in this generation basic bullying has morphed into cyberbullying but who is at blame and what can we do to stop it.
6. With the incredible use of technology our world today have shape into a more of a message saturated world meaning a world being dominated by technology which is changing the way we communicate by sending, receiving and interpreting messages we encounter every day in our lives.
7. Although visual literacy is a good skill to comprehend, focusing on only the visual will have its backfire.
8. Since many children don't tell anyone about the bullying they experience, it is easy to see some of the negative impact that social media has had on our youth especially.
Monday, November 14, 2011
heeeeeeyyyyyy :p
I wanna read some scary sstories or watch scary movies....... any suggestions?????
(no one will probably answer but it's worth the try).... =]
(no one will probably answer but it's worth the try).... =]
Friday, November 11, 2011
Tempted to just post a lot of pictures of actors on this blog just to see if any get comments
It's been quiet lately and I think I think I just might. Unless anyone has a problem with that
Probably just be like
and do it anyway
Monday, November 7, 2011
boooooooooo!!!!!!! *thumbs down* =/
ughhhh im so stressed...... bored..... tiredd..... sleepy..... I've done a million things today and I still have a million and one things to do x__________________x
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
school tomorrow???? anybody?...
do we have to go to school tomorrow or do only the people who have conferences have to go???? anybody know???
Thursday, October 20, 2011
midterm portfolio's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! D:
I am officially done with it, now...... hopefully I did it correctly.... *sigh*
english 101 :)
currently working on my blog.... i hope im doing this thing right... otherwise... idk what im going to do :/
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Dance-Music Remix
Remix:
Original videos that went into the remix:
What the creator pretty much did in this remix was take UGC and completely different songs and merged it into some sort of dance battle. The music was so well synchronized to the dancers' movements in the remix, that I didn't expect there to be originals until the second time around that I watched it. In the remix not only was the message and content contorted, but the audio served to create something original rather than just copying the original videos into one video. The intention of the remix-er was to compare "tecktonik" and "shuffle" dance styles and probably spark an argument. It's a purpose unlike the original creators', who probably made the video to display their moves to the world. The remix-er alone (or not so alone) created something that had a significant higher number of views than the original videos had, meaning it was far more successful than the originals.
What the creator pretty much did in this remix was take UGC and completely different songs and merged it into some sort of dance battle. The music was so well synchronized to the dancers' movements in the remix, that I didn't expect there to be originals until the second time around that I watched it. In the remix not only was the message and content contorted, but the audio served to create something original rather than just copying the original videos into one video. The intention of the remix-er was to compare "tecktonik" and "shuffle" dance styles and probably spark an argument. It's a purpose unlike the original creators', who probably made the video to display their moves to the world. The remix-er alone (or not so alone) created something that had a significant higher number of views than the original videos had, meaning it was far more successful than the originals.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Can we take our old work and put it in our paper?
Like, i like a few lines i wrote in my annotated bibliography can i take that and put it in my paper word for word?
Monday, October 17, 2011
Cyber Bullying - supermac18
This video is by Mac Guttenberg, titled "Cyber Bullying". It shows that the internet has its ups and downs. Ups being able to communicate with others easily, and downs by being able to tease an individual before thousands of people. Through the web, there isn't a great sense of tone and others may interpret a response the wrong way. One wrong idea may slowly devour the mind of the victim, and in this case lead to death. There are many commercials about cyber bullying on television which sends out the same message but the way Mac illustrated it was more compelling. Like, I was a consistent viewer of his channel and I watched him develop more every video. So, to see that he brought up such a subject seemed legit and it showed that he cared. I think Mac's version of cyber bullying should be up there with the rest of the commercials because he has the music that adds the dramatic sense of the video, he is using the latest technology most people would have, and it truly brings out the point of the video.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Privacy!
Part of the process of developing digital literacy is developing an awareness of digital/online privacy. Please the following short Jing video to address issues of privacy. You are not required to make your blog public unless you want to. You are required to share your documents with me via your blog.
If you have any questions, please email me!
How to create hyperlinks!!
If you are unsure how to create hyperlinks in Blogger, please see the following tutorial! (Created with Jing!)
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