MySpace and facebook wow where do I start. Today in class we just went into the lab to explore both MySpace and facebook. I have accounts on both pages I was going to delete my MySpace account, but kept it because of this class. MySpace and facebook and pretty much the same exact thing people use them to keep track of long lost friends. You can meet new people play games do anything that your little heart desires. I use mine to stay in touch with a lot of friends that I made while I was in the Marine Corps and while I was in Iraq. So many people these days hate both web pages and I think it’s only because they haven’t actually tried them out. I chat with friends on both upload pics, which reminds me that you can use it as space so you don’t clog up your hard drive with tons of pictures. We were able to add the writing center on both pages and add people from our class if we wanted to. With where both pages are headed who knows what the future brings for myspace and facebook there’s really an endless amount of things that you can do with the pages. I personally prefer facebook though I must admit it is way better I think than myspace, but with myspace you can decorate your profile more.
I really cant think of anything more to write about it’s a lil hard to make a blog of 400 words. Lets see… u can poke, add, chat, email, upload, comment, message, like, ah!!!! Theres to many things to do with it. I think everyone should have a facebook, and all of the old farts pissed about it should just shut up because its not going anywhere yall just need to face facts.
Friday, November 6, 2009
health
Today we discussed: YouTube Videos “Killing Us Softly 3”; “Dove Evolution”; and “Dove Onslaught” Articles “Brazilian Obesity: The Big Girl from Ipanema” and “Health and Fitness: Snip, Suction, Stretch and Truss”.
The big girl from Ipanema wasn’t about one girl but mostly about Brazil as a whole. The whole world needs to face the fact that there is a weight problem. We need to start to watch the things that we eat. When u go to brazil it’s not all skinny girls in bikinis its more like fat girls and fried chicken. It talked about facts and statistics about becoming a fat nation.
The other article was about more health and fitness, and how people these days are no longer workout to get better bodies. They are just way too busy to get fit the right way. So they get plastic surgery done to make they look however they want to look. When you look at it you’re not really getting fit.
The video killing us softly 3 is talking about things that are killing us, and how advertising convinces us to get these deadly things. I think its funny how people always fall for advertising. The other video was about dove evolution. Is about how they take just a normal girl with no make up on and turn her into a pretty girl with using a computer, and turning her into something that someone would want to be. The last one is called dove onslaught showing a little girl, then showing fast pictures of all these models, girls working at the gym and some getting a boob job or liposuction. Then at the end it says “talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does”. Meaning if you don’t try to steer your daughter away from certain things she’s going to do this.
All in all today was a good day. It makes you take a look at all of the things going on in the world today. People are doing so much to their bodies and not worrying about the consequences. I guess that they will have to learn the hard way. I am for one against all this lypo and plastic surgery. If you want to get into shape work out eat healthy and do the right things don’t drink and smoke so often be smart
The big girl from Ipanema wasn’t about one girl but mostly about Brazil as a whole. The whole world needs to face the fact that there is a weight problem. We need to start to watch the things that we eat. When u go to brazil it’s not all skinny girls in bikinis its more like fat girls and fried chicken. It talked about facts and statistics about becoming a fat nation.
The other article was about more health and fitness, and how people these days are no longer workout to get better bodies. They are just way too busy to get fit the right way. So they get plastic surgery done to make they look however they want to look. When you look at it you’re not really getting fit.
The video killing us softly 3 is talking about things that are killing us, and how advertising convinces us to get these deadly things. I think its funny how people always fall for advertising. The other video was about dove evolution. Is about how they take just a normal girl with no make up on and turn her into a pretty girl with using a computer, and turning her into something that someone would want to be. The last one is called dove onslaught showing a little girl, then showing fast pictures of all these models, girls working at the gym and some getting a boob job or liposuction. Then at the end it says “talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does”. Meaning if you don’t try to steer your daughter away from certain things she’s going to do this.
All in all today was a good day. It makes you take a look at all of the things going on in the world today. People are doing so much to their bodies and not worrying about the consequences. I guess that they will have to learn the hard way. I am for one against all this lypo and plastic surgery. If you want to get into shape work out eat healthy and do the right things don’t drink and smoke so often be smart
facebook wars blog 17
Today in class team one read and discussed the four articles. Colleges scan Facebook during admissions, Jury Out on Facebook’s Impact on Grades”; “Facebook Sparks Suspicion”; “Does Facebook Replace Face Time or enhance it. All of the articles were very interesting. Doing some of the things that these articles talk about could possibly start huge arguments.
The first article was about colleges scanning facebook pages during admissions. I really can say whether I am for this or against this. There are things that I think should be kept for only friends to see, but then again if u put it on facebook obviously you are proud of it and want the world to see it. When people see things on pages that are bad whether you want to admit it or not it will affect the way that people think about u. so students should be real careful about the things they post. Another option is to make it under a fake name so nosey people at college can’t see it!!!
The next article was saying whether or not facebook affects grades. I for one am getting sick and tired of these people that don’t like something trying to ruin it for everyone else. It really pisses me off. I think that it is the students self control not facebook! Come on people need to start taking responsibility for themselves, and stop blaming everything in life on the internet or whatever is popular at the time. It’s not students its old people who have a problem with new technology that is affecting peoples grades.
The next article was also about facebook. It was about jealous people getting mad about pictures and things that might be posted online. There were a few cases where fights started within relationships because of partners in securities. People need to start getting smart about the thinks they post. I don’t know if u have realized it yet but every old person in the United States has a problem with facebook. If your girlfriend of forever gets pissed and leaves your ass it’s no one’s fault but your own.
The last I hate facebook article of the day was about if facebook replaces face time, meaning that people do not spend a lot of time together anymore because any thing they have to say that just say it online. In a lot of ways that is true.
The first article was about colleges scanning facebook pages during admissions. I really can say whether I am for this or against this. There are things that I think should be kept for only friends to see, but then again if u put it on facebook obviously you are proud of it and want the world to see it. When people see things on pages that are bad whether you want to admit it or not it will affect the way that people think about u. so students should be real careful about the things they post. Another option is to make it under a fake name so nosey people at college can’t see it!!!
The next article was saying whether or not facebook affects grades. I for one am getting sick and tired of these people that don’t like something trying to ruin it for everyone else. It really pisses me off. I think that it is the students self control not facebook! Come on people need to start taking responsibility for themselves, and stop blaming everything in life on the internet or whatever is popular at the time. It’s not students its old people who have a problem with new technology that is affecting peoples grades.
The next article was also about facebook. It was about jealous people getting mad about pictures and things that might be posted online. There were a few cases where fights started within relationships because of partners in securities. People need to start getting smart about the thinks they post. I don’t know if u have realized it yet but every old person in the United States has a problem with facebook. If your girlfriend of forever gets pissed and leaves your ass it’s no one’s fault but your own.
The last I hate facebook article of the day was about if facebook replaces face time, meaning that people do not spend a lot of time together anymore because any thing they have to say that just say it online. In a lot of ways that is true.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
pandora or last fm
Today was a good day in class: we got to do my favorite thing, which is surf the world wide web. Our assignment was to look at Pandora and last fm. Ill tell yall now that I use Pandora a lot so ill try not to just automatically dislike the other site.
Who ever decided to come up with an idea like Pandora was a real smart person. For those of u that have no clue what Pandora or last fm is let me explain: its sort of like an online radio station, except for the fact that you can choose the music that you want to hear. All you do is go to either of the two web sites you have to register for an account. You don’t really have to get an account if you don’t want to, but its free and it makes things a lot easier if you do. You type either the name of the band or song in the search bar, and it creates a radio station for you with that music and anything similar to it for you.
Last fm was pretty much the same thing, you type what you want to hear and it creates a station for you. Now I said that I wasn’t going to automatically pick Pandora over last fm, but I have to. Both of the sites of things that I didn’t like though. I don’t really like the fact that you can’t skip to many songs, I mean why would someone try and force you to listen to something that you don’t want to hear? Also you cant skip more than seven songs an hour, and if u pass a song on accident you cant go back. When you type in a certain song to hear ya it creates the station but the specific song that you wanted to hear doesn’t come on for like an hour. Last fm I think was a pointless website. It doesn’t have as much music as Pandora does by far, and it has all of the same problems as Pandora. There is a lot of good things about the sites though, and I love to listen to them
Who ever decided to come up with an idea like Pandora was a real smart person. For those of u that have no clue what Pandora or last fm is let me explain: its sort of like an online radio station, except for the fact that you can choose the music that you want to hear. All you do is go to either of the two web sites you have to register for an account. You don’t really have to get an account if you don’t want to, but its free and it makes things a lot easier if you do. You type either the name of the band or song in the search bar, and it creates a radio station for you with that music and anything similar to it for you.
Last fm was pretty much the same thing, you type what you want to hear and it creates a station for you. Now I said that I wasn’t going to automatically pick Pandora over last fm, but I have to. Both of the sites of things that I didn’t like though. I don’t really like the fact that you can’t skip to many songs, I mean why would someone try and force you to listen to something that you don’t want to hear? Also you cant skip more than seven songs an hour, and if u pass a song on accident you cant go back. When you type in a certain song to hear ya it creates the station but the specific song that you wanted to hear doesn’t come on for like an hour. Last fm I think was a pointless website. It doesn’t have as much music as Pandora does by far, and it has all of the same problems as Pandora. There is a lot of good things about the sites though, and I love to listen to them
writing center
Today was a good day. I had my second writing center experience it went well. It was a little different this time, instead of me reading the paper out loud this time the tutor did. I kind of like it when the student has to read the paper out loud because you can catch a lot of the mistakes that you might of made. Never the less it’s a good experience. When Mrs. Crawford first told us that san Antonio college requires all students writing a paper has to get there paper looked at in the writing center I was a little mad. I thought that it was stupid and a waste of time. Turns out I was wrong. The writing center is a really good thing. It helps out so much, ill never write a paper again without going there. Back to my paper, the tutor did a good job helping me on this assignment I pretty much nailed it she just had to help me with a few little things, and of course I had to add details. I was really happy when I got the tutor that I got assigned because she really knew the assignment and what Mrs. Crawford looks for. The girl mad my day when she said that my writing paper was excellent. I think next time I will defiantly get an appt in advance. The only the bad about the san Antonio college writing center is that it is always booked up, you have to get an appt like two weeks in advance. Our next writing assignment is coming up Mrs. Crawford hasn’t really told us what it about but I already have my appt ready to go. I would also like to say that I wish they would get more writing counselors so that maybe we could get an appt easier. They have plenty of computers in there and it’s the only computer lab on the whole campus that you are allowed to have food and drinks in, so it’s a real relaxed place to go and work on papers. I would recommend everyone go there even if you’re the best writer ever
commenting
Well today we went to the writing center the task was to read our classmates blogs up to this point. After looking over the entire classes’ blogs I decided just to comment on two blogs from my group. I decide to do Jesse and Stevens’s blogs.
The first one was jesses, he wrote about to of the four articles that we discussed in class. The first one was reading, writing, Iphoning. The second was e campus news. My comment was: I like your opinion. I think it is crazy where technology is at in the world today. I would rather have a laptop. Personally I don’t even like iphones; I’m more of a blackberry man myself. I also don’t see how a college can require the students to have an iphone, I’m pretty sure they already have a cell phone so why would they need to have another one. It’s just a waste of money that college students already don’t have. I also like hoe you touched on the article talking about the red, yellow, and green light. It kind of gives the students an idea where the stand and if they need to buckle down.
The second one was Stevens, he wrote about Brazilian obesity, and colleges scan facebook during admissions, I wrote: Way to go on your blogs. You were descriptive enough to where I knew exactly what you were talking about in the obesity section. I think it’s really sad when people get that way. When it comes to colleges getting to look at your facebook I think that is a big invasion of privacy. Its not right to let some stranger that you don’t even know yet go thru your stuff. I think that it isn’t there business what you do in your off time as long as you do well in school. I think it’s just another way that the college tries to use to boss you around.
I think it is a good idea to comment on other people’s blogs, it’s a great way to get insight on what the classmates think about what we do in class. I didn’t mind having my blogs commented on it’s a great way in kind of interact with our peers.
The first one was jesses, he wrote about to of the four articles that we discussed in class. The first one was reading, writing, Iphoning. The second was e campus news. My comment was: I like your opinion. I think it is crazy where technology is at in the world today. I would rather have a laptop. Personally I don’t even like iphones; I’m more of a blackberry man myself. I also don’t see how a college can require the students to have an iphone, I’m pretty sure they already have a cell phone so why would they need to have another one. It’s just a waste of money that college students already don’t have. I also like hoe you touched on the article talking about the red, yellow, and green light. It kind of gives the students an idea where the stand and if they need to buckle down.
The second one was Stevens, he wrote about Brazilian obesity, and colleges scan facebook during admissions, I wrote: Way to go on your blogs. You were descriptive enough to where I knew exactly what you were talking about in the obesity section. I think it’s really sad when people get that way. When it comes to colleges getting to look at your facebook I think that is a big invasion of privacy. Its not right to let some stranger that you don’t even know yet go thru your stuff. I think that it isn’t there business what you do in your off time as long as you do well in school. I think it’s just another way that the college tries to use to boss you around.
I think it is a good idea to comment on other people’s blogs, it’s a great way to get insight on what the classmates think about what we do in class. I didn’t mind having my blogs commented on it’s a great way in kind of interact with our peers.
timeline
Everyday I go to my English class and I actually can say that I learned something new not many people can say that. Today we got into groups and started to work on our vlog essay assignment. I paired up with Jesse. Our assignment for that day was to create a time line of what happened in our video blog. For those of you who might not know what that means it’s easy all you do is make a time line, and in the beginning you write what happened in the first minute of the video. At the end of the time line you write what happens at the end of the video. For the middle parts all you have to do is and what happened in sequence what happens for the rest of your video. For some people this is real easy, for the other students who loved short videos it’s probably hard. My video was the perfect length so it was pretty easy.
I like the time line idea it really helps the writer get a good plan going of what he wants to write about, and where he wants everything to go. It really makes writing the paper o much easier. When I sat down to write my descriptive essay on my you tube vlog I know where everything is going to go no questions asked.
When it comes to starting to write my essays it’s like I freeze up, I’m not sure why I do that I just do. This new timeline way is the perfect way to write something so ill have no excuses on why I can’t start to write the best paper I can possibly write. I’m not to sure if the timeline method is only for video essays or not but I can promise you that I’m going to use it for every paper from here on out no matter if it’s a descriptive essay or a research paper.
Like I said before this is a great method the only thing that could probably help me more is to add more details. It is always good when writing a paper to have a lot of details so the reader gets a sense of being there with you.
I like the time line idea it really helps the writer get a good plan going of what he wants to write about, and where he wants everything to go. It really makes writing the paper o much easier. When I sat down to write my descriptive essay on my you tube vlog I know where everything is going to go no questions asked.
When it comes to starting to write my essays it’s like I freeze up, I’m not sure why I do that I just do. This new timeline way is the perfect way to write something so ill have no excuses on why I can’t start to write the best paper I can possibly write. I’m not to sure if the timeline method is only for video essays or not but I can promise you that I’m going to use it for every paper from here on out no matter if it’s a descriptive essay or a research paper.
Like I said before this is a great method the only thing that could probably help me more is to add more details. It is always good when writing a paper to have a lot of details so the reader gets a sense of being there with you.
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