Hi, welcome to my blog. So you're probably like, ugh another boring blog, if you think that just move on and get a life. I'm just here to post things about me. The very beginning of my blog is boring but feel free to read it. :D Well have a wonderful day and God Bless you!
The "Google chairman Eric Schmidt has declared Android the winner in its mobile war with Apple" (Li).
This quote speaks for itself in many ways then one. But is the debate against with better phones or better processor? There is statistics that side with the Google chairman that Android is receiving more demand in the world. (Gartner) A big difference that Android does not make money off of their hardware, unlike the popular Apple products. Apple sales earphones, apps, iTunes, and the famous "i" something. Schmidt compares Android to a fine piece of pie, stating that Android will have a perfect piece of pie and they are okay with that. Apple may seem like they have it all together, but in reality they don't. The new question for Google is "Google + going to over come Facebook?", but that discussion is up for a later date.
This is going to impact the world by seeing if Google's Android customers are going to side with them or Apple. The world is changing just like technology and more than likely somebody is going to come up with something that is going to change our worlds more, and nobody cares if Google won or Apple one.
This post is more than likely biased because in my previous blog post I have talked about not liking Apple, so yeah. I am hopefully getting the new Droid Razr Maxx HD for Christmas and I can not wait!! I do have to say I like that Apple has a nice camera, but that is why I have a Kodak for. Either way whoever powers overall, nobody or at least me don't really care. As long as it does what we, the people, want.
Do you want your hands on a new Wii product? Wii U is a portable Wii! The Wii U has a cool interface, apps, and oh did I say portable yet? Even though it is portable the box might seem a little big. That is because their is a new curvier base station. The new Wii U can sync up to your balance boards and remotes. It also includes a brand new HDMI Port. All you have to do now is plug up is your sensor bar and mainly important PLAY.
Date: Nov. 19, 2012 Available here: Nintendo Wii U with Base
I am overflowing with excitement! I have one of the second oldest Wii's. I love my Wii and have not found any glitches. This new product makes me want to buy it. The new Wii U has such a unique name and tablet-like game board. A similar product of Wii is the U draw, which I might add I have. Wii products can get a little pricey but they are a great investment..
I feel that Nintendo made the right decision to make this. There are other Wii lovers other than myself. My whole family has at least one console. I just seen the first commercial, so they are fairly new in the gamer world. If there are more Wii lovers then the Wii U will be sold out everywhere! People are going to wait for Nintendo's next new, family friendly item in stores next Christmas.
As you all know we finally got into our building last week and I do say it is awesome! I love the new and clean learning environment. This week has flown by so quickly that I forgot today was Friday!
Speaking of my new school, in Intro to Pub. we discussed as a class about scams and phishing. In one of my previous blogs I talked a little bit about phishing. Phishing is not what you do at the pier or at the beach. Below is the vocabulary we learned this week and it will tell you what phishing is with a couple more vocab.
Accumulated Vocabulary:
Scam: An attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing money or private information.
Identity Theft: A type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity.
Vulnerable: In a position that makes it easier for you to be harmed or attacked.
Phishing: When you send phony emails, pop-up messages, social media messages, texts, calls, or links to fake websites in order to hook you into giving out your personal and financial information.
Now that you know what phishing, scamming, identity theft, and vulnerable means:
Think-About-This...
Do you know someone who has been scammed? What happened?
What is the purpose of a scam? What tricks do people use to carry out a scam?
Can people get scammed on the internet? How?
We mainly focused on Identity Theft because it is a growing problem in the world. Do you think you could guess things that identity thieves look for? Were you
thinking around the lines of your name that is on your birth certificate, your
addresses, bank account, license, etc. If any of your personal information is stolen
then you could possibly go to jail or even worse lose all your money in your
account. Thieves are looking for people who have good credit score and if they are "clean". Clean in that context would be if they have clean social security numbers. It can take years to gather lost money back and to clear your history. If your history is not cleared you may not be able to buy houses or cars. With this mishap you have to have a lot of time, patience and money! We talked a small fraction on scamming and what it is. In an earlier blog post of mine I talked about scamming more in depth. Although here is some new information and helpful rules to follow...
Five rules/ways to follow to protect yourself from online scams:
Avoid opening the message or email in the first place.
Don’t click on any links or download any attachments; they might contain viruses or spyware. Viruses can s l o w you down.
Don’t reply!!!
Mark as “junk mail” or “spam” for your provider or report it to your social network site.
If you are concerned about an account you have with a company. Make sure verify the company’s contact information elsewhere online first, contact them person.
iPad Mini and the new updated iPad original broke the record of 1.5 million to the new record of 3 million. Apples fortune spiked up about a whole one percent! The CEO of Apple said that the iPad minis were "practically sold out"(Cook). The company is trying their hardest to keep up with growing demand of Apple products. The iPad mini sales start out at $329.00. They call the iPad mini a cousin of the original iPad. Although Apple has many competitors they are still striving hard to make them the top tablet salesperson.
Apple is a large company that has items all over the World. Consumers of the world literally bought millions of dollars worth of items. Without the consumers Apple would never work. The consumers went passed Apples records from this March. An Asian supplier that works for Apple told Brian White "it would be a while before Apple could deliver all the iPad mini tablets that customers want"(Goldman).
Apple does not affect me that much. Although they do add more of a choice to the tablet world. I was not one of the many people that bought the new iPad mini. I do not have $329.00 lying around my house and if I did then I probably not buy an iPad. Sorry if I offend any Apple lovers.
This week has literally flown by! Time is a tickin'! WE finally are in our building! Today when we toured it, it was so surreal. The room in our building are magnificent and colorful. Enough of that news.. This week in class we learned some new information. Some of the info we learned I never thought about, so here it is.
**In order to understand what I am talking about you need to know the following terms in accumulated vocabulary. Accumulated Vocabulary:
Track: When companies collect information about you based on your online behavior.
Target: When companies tailor content about you based on the information they have tracked.
Demographic: Common categories of the population such as age, gender, location(s), race and much more.
Cookie: Data files that are stored on your computer when you visit certain sites, which are often used by companies to identify repeated customers and personalize visitors experience. To avoid this delete history often and this will speed up your loading.
Here is some questions you can think and answer for yourself. I have listed a couple answers.
What do you think are companies goals in tracking your information? (Money and get their name out)
What do you think of target and tracking? (Good and Bad)
Do you think it is okay for companies to collect information about you? (Good- narrows searches Bad- invasion of privacy)
This weeks NEW web 2.0 tools are No Red Ink and Mixbook. First No Red Ink is about grammar and has nothing to do with tracking and targeting. No Red Ink as I have said is to help me understand grammar. Well not just grammar more like trying to figure out where to put words, when to put a certain words and other things. Mixbook on the other hand is completely about tracking and targeting. I did a Mixbook on Tips for limiting data collection. Have a look at my Mixbook it might help you in a way.
This week in class we have discussed over a lot things dealing with tracking and targeting. I hope that when you finish reading my blog you will either tell someone about what you learned or even try it yourself. Such as trying to get rid of cookies (and not the ones you eat.. :D) on your laptop or desktop.
On a higher note hope everyone has a great weekend with hot chocolate and warm cozy blankets. Blog you later!!
Microsoft Surface is the newest Google Tablet with the program of Windows 8 installed. Windows 8 uses the method of blocks or tabs to navigate through the desktop. This new design has been very secretive over the course of three years. The Microsoft Surface tablet is touchscreen and can attach to a portable neon colored keyboard.
This is super cool! I just seen the commercial advertising yesterday. I feel that can draw an eye to all the goods of Microsoft products and the public eye away from Apple. This does effect me because I could if I wanted to ask for one for Christmas, but I don’t want one. I am not a fan of the new Windows 8 setup.
The Consumers of the World may jump for joy! The new Microsoft product might be in the hands of many people. People are very excited to see this new setup on Windows 8 products. Microsoft might be able to top tablet sales. Everybody uses Microsoft for their computers and now this may be the must have product of the month.
Weekly Blog:
This week has been crazy, I guess it is one of those weeks. The school week flew by. I completely forgot about weekly blog. This week in Introduction to Publication we learned about how to be real online. As you read my blog I want you to think about these questions.
What does it mean to be real or fake online?
Is it easier to be "fake" online or "real"?
How do you explain the differences in peoples online avatars and what they look like in person?
Our digital literacy on being real online. In class we looked at avatars and the real person back to back. We compared and contrasted the similarity and differences of their avatars. Some were men and their avatars were women and one was an Asian lady with the exact looking avatar. I guess that a portion of people that play online like to have there avatars look just like them. On the other hand the rest like to be different, it might be from insecurities but I will never know. Do you know how to be real online?
AccumulatedVocabulary:
Represent: How you present yourself to others.
Persona: An image or personality you show to others.
Avatar: Graphic image to represent yourself online.
Anonymous: Hidden identity; relaxed information.
Inhibitated: Careful or restrained in actions or impulses.
There is risks of using or creating an online presence that is very different than online and there is benefits. People can lose friends because they think they are fakes or many other reasons. Video gamers can have benefits, they are suppose to be fake. The games can let you get rid of unwanted emotions. It is always to be very safe online whether it a game or not. People that feel as if they are not the prettiest color in the crayon box so they create a smoking hot or sexy avatar to feel accepted to the world. Some people might want to expand their friendships, so that is their motive.
This weeks NEW 2.0 web tool is Glogster. Glogster is an online poster pretty much. It has many things to do to make an awesome poster. It has many features that are useful. I did a Glogster on How to be real online. On my Glogster I put some advice for people who want to REAL online. I hope my advice is useful, enjoy. I added a YouTube video from an online gamer who also talked about being real online, so watch it!!
Also, my other web 2.0 tool was DDL again. It was about digital security, online communication, online journalism, and online etiquette. DDL had some cool features added in this week, such as the phishing game. Phishing, what is that? Digital security is about phishing, phishers, and scams. Phishers are people who try to get money out of you. They are sneaky! DDL had me to see what I thought was true or fake emails of phishing. I think that I failed! The phishers make it seem as if it really is your bank or your other financial businesses. They put the logo and everything. But you can tell if you have a phisher if you look for key things such as if they ask for your to verify your account. There is a lot more but that is the only one I could find. Online Communication is IMing, texting, blogging, and bookmarking. It also talked about when to write a formal writing or an informal writing. Informal writing would be using lol, l8r, haha, wrud, and you get the idea.
That is all for this week, but next week will be busy (I bet). Next week we are suppose to get into our building! It is about time! We have been in school for 9 weeks and we aren't in our building, what the heck!!!! Well, I'll be happy when it happens, too many let downs so far! Clubs are today.. <3 Photography!
Blog ya later.. :D
There is a company that is trying to help the woman of the world. First Warning System is trying to create a wondrous bra that can detect early stages of breast cancer. Inside of the bra there is an impulse that can catch different temperatures in breast tissue. The sports bra can predict 90% the presence of breast cancer. You have to wear the bra for 12 hours to get a good reading. Your results are sent to doctors that can analyze data. A negative side to this invention is detecting a cancer through temperature.
As a woman I feel that it is sometimes hard to stay healthy. Women should take action in staying healthy. Breast cancer has affected many women in the world. The fight against breast cancer awareness is growing with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. This bra can save lives if it truly works! This bra is sporty, comfortable, and high tech. Although doctors feel the new savvy bra is not yet ready for women to trust it.
I hope that the bra will help myself and other in the technology world. This is a great invention and I feel that this could help find a cure for breast cancer. This month is also breast cancer awareness month.
Date: January Mission for the cure Found from Zazzle
Found here:
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I want my life back from social networks
What is your online life?
Accumulated Vocabulary:
Target: The victim of the bullying
Bystander: An eye witness who does nothing
Upstanders: The eye witness that does something; defend or help
Offender: The bully; the person doing it; the person with malicious intent
Escalate: The tension becoming more intense
De- Escalate: The tension begins to settle or decrease
Last week and this week we talked about cyber bullying. Anybody can be bullied or be the bully. Girls are the meanest, and I can say that because I am a girl myself. Girls take it to a whole newer level! Also, I watched tons of videos on cyber bullying. It is extremely sad to watch what the family has to go through. It seems that all I hear about are suicides, whether it was from cyber bullying or not, it still can damper someone's mood. I feel so sorry for the families of the people who committed suicide! Many victims that are bullied become angry, depressed, and upset. A whirlwind of emotions within themselves and towards others. "Words do hurt." Our DDL was on cyber-bullying, so it continued on our conversation that was happening in class.
Here is a T- Chart that I made that can help you figure out what you are. When you figure out your category then you can decide what to do that fits your situation.
For our weekly web 2.0 tool, we used wevideo.com. It is a nifty tool for you to make videos, photo slides almost anything! You name it and I bet they can do it. It is complex at first, but if you play around with it the easier it gets. At first I was super galvanized by this new tool. It has all the bells and whistles you need to make a really admirable video. My video I had to make was like a mini Public service announcement on any type of cyber-bullying. Here is my Wevideo... Enjoy!
You can watch more of the videos made by my fellow classmates on Forsook and our YouTube channel. Our Facebook page is Gaston Early College High School! By the way, theirs is better!
*** If you are being bullied right now, you are not alone! You can do something to end it, but the answer to your prayers is not to escalate the situation! You NEED to tell an adult that you know can help. If they don't help then you can talk directly to the local police! It is a crime to bully, so your bully can be charged if you wish. I know you have emotions you can't control, so go to a counselor, it can help. Don't kill yourself.***
VS.
On a rather higher note, this week has been pretty busy! Wow, I have things planned already for next week and I'm not there yet!! I have two projects I have to do, well that's not too bad. Last weekend, I went and seen the movie Frankenweenie. It was so not as good as Hotel Transylvania. This weekend I am going to go camping with one of my best friends! WHOOP WHOOP! I hope everyone has a *fantabulous weekend! Blog you later.. : )
*Fantabulous is my word! It is fantastic and fabulous all in one!
Movie Photos: Frankweenie= Found: Disney Halloween Movie Date: Oct. 5th, 2012 Hotel Transylvania= Found: A movie
Everybody is still over whelmed with joy from Apples latest release, the iPhone 5. Well, now apple lovers have a new craze. Apple has released the fifth generation of the iPod touch. There was many rumors of the new iPod, but it is now available in stores. The new iPod has many of the same features as the also newly released iPhone 5. Such as: Longer, thinner, 40 hrs. of battery life, and much more! The features are more powerful then the previous iPod touch. People are saying that this is a substitute for the iPhone.
You think to yourself, how does this affect me? I'll answer that! The world is the consumer for this new apple product. There is many people in the world that wish or do have the new iPod. If you are a retailer then you are guaranteed a job. I know I always say that, but it is true. Also, the way the technology world is, people buy new Apple products like they buy their groceries.
This really does not affect me. I do not have an Apple product. I had one of the first iPod's, so this is a big change to what I used to have. Now I use my laptop for my music and everything. I have no need or money for an Apple product. Although the Apple brand has many intriguing things to offer, it does not affect me directly.
The beginning of this week was October the first! I can not believe it is already October. September flew by. Not to mention we have been in school for a while. This school year is going by so quick. I can't blink! I might miss something important! The fall colors are coming out! Maybe we should venture out to the mountains! Enjoy the scenery while we have it.. :D
Autumn Landscapes
Date: Oct. 15th, 2011 Found here:
I have decided to continue my blog from last week. Let me refresh you all on what we learned or just catch you up on what you missed. Last week I did my digital drivers license on Sexting and Texting while driving. Have you noticed they both are things that can affect your life through something digital. Both ways, someone can end up dead. Although I did the wrong DDL last week, I did last weeks, this week. I think for no confusion I will continue....
It is sad to say that but it it true. I have learned more information. Accumulated Vocabulary:
Reciprocate: To give and return
Self Disclosure: Sharing private information, sensitive information, or confidential.
Sexting: Sending/Receiving sexually explicit photos or videos through text or other digital devices.
This week we also made a comix! This was our Web 2.0 tool this week. It was super cool! We had to made two comics on how to avoid sexting and the humiliation with it. Another one with ways to build a healthy relationship online. I didn't realize how many ways to have a relationship online.
Okay, enough of the sexting, texting drama. Here is last weeks DDL:
It was about your digital life. Are you addicted to your social networks. A common Tweeter, or a fanatic poster? What do you do online? Do you have any of these profiles? I do! I have at the most 5. Some I don't even get on! I make profiles because I am curious to try and figure it out. Twitter is a great example. Having all of the hash tags everywhere.
This is the trailer for the movie The Social Network. It really goes well with this lesson! They started the trend of social networks.
I hope you enjoyed this weeks blog. If you want to check out my photography blog, In a snapshot. I am still learning how to take photos and blog! So bare with me, I'm a newbie!! Welp, Blog you later!
The weekend goes by quickly. I feel that I need a weekend for my weekend. Speaking of the weekend, I seen a picture that was so true. It said something about how far away Monday was from Friday, but yet Friday was so close to Monday. You see why I agreed to it. Now the week has started and I am prepared for anything that come this way.
This picture describes me so much! A weekend from my weekend.
Right off the bat, in class we learned about the A.S.P.E.C.T. rules to follow when you decide if the website is legitimate. To break down the ASPECT rule, each letter of the word stands for something. I need to use this as a website evaluation. To see is this website real and does it have the information I need. I hope this will help you all as it helped me. I would have been fooled from the start. As a class we checked out some websites. We had to look the website over and decide, Is this real or fake? Here is a link to see if you can decide.
Here is the ASPECT rule:
A: Authority- Who wrote it?
S: Sources- Where did they get their information from? Does it pertain to the article?
P: Purpose- Why did they write this? Are they Biased?
E: Evenness- Information is well rounded, all kinds of info.
C: Coverage- Everything you need to know!
T: Timeless- Was this article made or updated in your time period, better yet this year and so on.
Need more help on the APSECT rule? Here is a google document it breaks it all down.
Is is a small chart I made. Hopefully you can read it.
Our digital literacy for this week is a website called Iris. The website broke down what to look for in a false website. Things to remember when you looking on a new website: Is it biased?; Is the time published current?; Irreverent?; etc. I didn't ever think of looking at the URL. The URL can give you hints if it is admissible. Facts also, need to be site correctly. The facts are typically on the same subjects of the article.
A quote really stood out to me while I was on Iris, "Quality is not a beauty contest." It means that the website doesn't have to be all glamorous for it to be real.Normally if the website is all glitzy, then it is probably has a virus or may slow down your computer. I learned that the hard way.
The web 2.0 tool for the week was mindmeister. The tool is used to make simple all the way to complex concept maps. The tutorial was a little bit helpful. At first I was awed by the new tool. I began working with the new tool Tuesday this week. At first I did have to get use to the new tool. It was a hard but as I continued using mind meister it was getting easier.
Bare with me on this one. Later this week one of my assignments was to do another activity on Digital Drivers License. I did the wrong one, so when they do the one I did this week I have to do the one they did this week. Oh, I had a bad blonde moment. That is why this is kind of off topic. So the week lesson I did was on sexting. Some people have done it and others haven't. I fall in the category of never done that. I think I would feel dirty and unclean. You might think that I am too good, but that is your opinion and I don't care what you think because I know what is true. But the girl in the Digital Drivers License girl did care, who did sext, and later killed herself. The photo she took was forwarded to all the students of her high school. She did graduate but after eight months after the picture was scattered throughout the school, she hung herself in her own house, with a letter that read, " I love you mom. " So my advice you [my readers] that if you do not want everyone and their brothers and sisters seeing private things, don't do it. Simple as that. That girl, she didn't have anyone to talk to without that picture being brought up, not just in school. It saddens me to see that people think that the only way out is to die. If you have a problem you can talk to counselors, that is what they are there for.
This the same video, see if it speaks to you...
Another topic in Digital Drivers License is texting and driving.Do you text and drive? That has been a huge issue that is still continuing to grow. You may be addicted and not even know it. I can not drive, but I have been in a car with someone driving. I was so scared, I am very aware of the outcomes of texting and driving. My brother, my dad, and one of my uncles are all firefighters! They have seen many accidents. Lately the cause of many wrecks and deaths are texting and driving. It does not matter how important the text is wait till you are stopped. Watch the following videos for awareness for texting and driving. Thats all for this week, so blog you later!!!
"Debby Chan, a human rights activist based in Hong Kong, has led the battle to improve conditions for employees of China's giant contract manufactures."
This Debby Chan, the woman who is going to try her best to change Apple. Sept. 25, 2012 Found in the article.
Debby is trying her best to improve the conditions for workers in the factories where the popular iPhones are made. Although she is set on helping, she is also set on getting answers for the workers. In Chan's office she has many posters and work from her previous and future battles. "There's another of an iPhone with graphic on the screen, a worker carrying the Apple logo on his back with blood flowing from his mouth, under the words "No more iSlave.", says new.cnet.com. The article goes on to tell of more acts of propaganda's.
These Apple workers play dead to get their point across. May 9th, 2011 Found here.
This affects the workers greatly. These workers have to make one of the most technological phones, in terrible conditions. Apple can afford better quality for their workers. The workers are not getting paid enough for their labor. Apple factories have suicide nets all the way around the building. Does this not hint off that the conditions are not nice and dandy as they seem?
This really affects the world and the consumers of the phones. Do you love your iPhone? Did you know the workers' blood, sweat and tears made your phone. Does that make you feel good? Unless you are a heartless person, you now have a guilty feeling in your stomach. Think about it.
This is not the first time that Apple has not heard the advocate groups before. Many petitions have already been held before. (Additional information found from: CNN.)
In Introduction to Publication we conquered a lot. At the beginning of the week we acquired new partners. In one of my earlier weekly blogs I told you about our partners and the reason why we have them. We were told that we would probably switch about every two weeks.We then peer edited our new partners. It really has helped me with my new profound love of weekly blogging.
Description: Heart in sand at beach. Found: Date: November 2nd, 2007
Sometime this week we are supposed to vote on our Animotos. I really liked two peoples! I won't tell who... although everyone's was very good. I can't wait till we do vote. We haven't voted yet, I don't know why.
Description: Vote with a check. Found: Date: March 19th, 2010
For a weekly habit we do a new stems list. On each list there is twenty-five. We have a quiz every two weeks on the words. I like making flashcards because it is really easy to carry around everywhere. I tend to study the stems more. That is a positive side for once. It really helps me keep my grade steady.
Description: This weeks stems list. Date: N/A Found:
This week we took a grammar test. In previous blogs I told you how we do daily grammar sentence correcting. We have to know every little detail that goes on in a sentence. You probably can tell I don't like it. I know it will help in the future but right now, it is very aggravating. I feel it has a negative drag to it.
Date: March 7th, 2012 Found: Description: Grammar comic.
In class we did learn about this online "Digital Driver's License". I really do not know what it is about. I can tell you it is not a driving game. I was hoping it was that! I dare-say that it is about digital citizenship. The first lesson we did was about cyber bulling and how it does hurt people. It played two YouTube videos of girls my age that got bullied. That was really sad to watch.
Description: No bully's allowed. Date: May 17th, 2008 Found:
Weekly Accumulated Vocabulary:
Reputation: The general impression of a person held by others and the public.
Persist: To continue and endure.
Context: Different factors that surround a piece of information that helped determine meanings.
Tag: To add description, label, or name to a photo/video. Another word for {caption}.
In class talked about each of these words. Online anything can be private today and public tomorrow. I did a mini project in class one day. I had to go onto flickr cc, find a photo that I could edit. When I did find one I had to edit it. One positive, negative and the orginal. Here are my pictures.
This is the original photo. It is so cute with the kittens.
Negative, when I did this one I thought of hate. Typically people don't burn photos for no reason.
Postive, I feel that when I edited this photo it did not put a bad reputation for this person.
So this week has gone by surprisingly fast. We have been loaded down with work, Welcome to High School!! Oh well, at the end it will pay off. The week has also been very busy other than homework. Another week of quizzes and test. That's about it this week, so Blog you later.
Description: Sun setting after a long day. Date: Feb. 18th, 2007 Found:
Within a day after the reports Samsung Denied it through twitter. The newly released Galaxy S III is the new big gun in the town. Apple is head for head in this battle. The phone is a huge rival for Apple. Even though it has not been released yet to the public, there will be more of the Galaxy Smartphones. Some of the leaked feature for the S4 will be a 5 in. screen and a full inch more than the new Iphone 5. The Galaxy will have teeming powerful hardware and software.Not included the definite use of 4G networks. Since the Galaxy S III is powered by Google Android operating system is have actually been selling out the growing Apple phones. Many people believe this is the best phones.
As a consumer you can feel very overwhelmed at the variety. You can choose newly released phones, old phones, regular phones, and much more. I can not wait to upgrade my phone so I can be more connected than ever. The more I research phones the more I narrow my choices. I am really leaning toward the Galaxy S III. My aunt has this phone and I love it!! Great visibility, big screen, apps and more.
Although this can also affect the world. US is not the only place they sell cell phones. Sometimes I forget that. The companies that produce the Galaxy phone are making more money. This also, might be making more jobs to keep up with the fast growing demand. This will help a lot of other countries depending where the companies are located.
This week we have learned a lot throughout the week. The week has went by fairly slow. To start the week off, we did grammar sentences. YAY! Well I know that it will help in the future for many things. It could be for an essay paper, etc. I think I used great grammar in one of my papers this week. Read this. It is about September 11th, 2001. I wrote this paper in honor of the men and women who lost their lives that day. My heart is still out there for their family. I hope you do or will like it. I wrote it all on things I knew about 9/11 through stories.
This week we have learned a lot throughout the week. The week has gone by fairly slow. To start the week off, we did grammar sentences. Our teacher showed us how to do a diagram for the grammar sentences. I personally have never used this before. It is all very new to me. I know that it will help in the future for many things. It could be for an essay paper, etc. I think I used great grammar in one of my papers this week. (The one hyperlinked above) She told us that the diagram can help us break down the sentence. Grammar is a pain sometimes to deal with. I don’t care too much for grammar. It will help me in the future and all this frustrating work is going to pay off.
Later in the week we learned about Key Online Ethics. Here is some of my new vocabulary from that!
1) Privacy: Respecting privacy of others.
2) Self-Expression and Identity: Present yourself in an honest and genuine way online.
3) Connected Culture: Treat others in a kind and respectful manner. Meaning do NOT cyber bully.
4) Respecting Creative Work: Giving credit to others or asking their permission to use their work.
5) Ethics: A set of principles and morals that govern people’s behavior.
6) Online Ethics: A set of principles and morals that govern people’s behavior online.
7) Digital Citizenship: Safe, responsible and ethical approach to functioning in the digital world. (Ex. email)
Knowing this terminology is fantastic. Now I can really understand everything. Our online world is a connected culture. People express themselves just like in an offline world called reality.
Also, I used animoto for the first time. If you don't know what that is, thats ok. It is a music video maker. Animoto is awesome. I showed my parents my video I had to make for this class, they didn't believe me that it was my work. On our animoto we had to base it around the new vocabulary given to you above. I used flickr cc to find pictures to put on the video. It had great pictures. It was fun to use these new profound internet sources. Enjoy my first ever made Animoto!
The same day we got to use Google drive for a question sheet in class. I did it with my group. It was pretty cool!! It was called Judging Jeff's Profile. I was group number three.
This picture describes reputation you can get if you are not careful. Just like Jeff and his pals in the activity we did.
This week has been crazy! I found out yesterday, that we will not be able to Spartanize our school. Oh well, that really sucks. I seen some photos of our new school. Lookin' good! :D Let's keep praying that it will be done so soon!!! Our school also posted some photos of Freshman Camp, oh good memories..... Thats all for this blog. Blog you later!
