My final project is progressing slower than I expected. I just recently obtained the Dreamweaver program and have yet to use it. I have been looking at youtube videos about how to use dreamweaver and how to draw anime and that part is progressing well. I have drawn several drawings but did not put it on photoshop yet to enhance it. The frustration comes when the drawing dont turn out the way I would like it to be. I attempted more times then I could count but as a result I only have s few drawing that I could use.
Another frustrating part is that, I lost my photoshop program and now have no way to edit the pictures. I will have to outline the drawings eventually so that when I get photoshop back because in order for photoshop to capture teh whole image and edit it without complications I have to darken all the edges of the pictures. I still have yet to devlop the blueprint for the webpage, which I plan to do when I have free time. So far this project takes much more time and effort than my previous project. it takes constant thinking a creativity to develop new picures.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Which do you have, which was you thought?
I believe that I grew up possesing half the qualities if not less than these kids. Technology was still at its birth and was not widely used by schools, business, or the work place. Though we did posses the skills that vhs and google gave up, it cannot be compared to these kids.
which quiality dont you posses that these new generation posses?
one quality that these people posses during their era compared to my youth is the influence of advance technology. As a child technology was very limited to families with low income. Also, there was not a big demand for these technology so we was neveer required or suggest to purchase. I belive that the reason we purchased a computer was to make typing eaier and quicker to produce but that was mainly the whole purpose of the old technology. I also did not view the world as a augemented reality because relaity was the only exposure i i experienced. The techno was limited to only cd players and very poor social networks. As for the clasroom setting, there was no influence at all with tech because the school was low on budgets, but they did upgrade only when I reach my teenage years, which by then made me depend less on technology.
do u wish to have these skills?
In some ways i do wish I had these qualities, but in other ways i don't. The idea of being technology literate would bring my mind at ease when I deal with computers, but by having these skills My social skills could possibly hinder. I've experienced the effects of isolation from physical contact with people and enter into the realm of cyber networking. After about a few hours, my mouth muscles did not respond to what I wanted it to do. Another experience was social networking with new people. This social networking brngs forth a feeling of ease, but when a person become a participant of reality, when met with the same person, they posses a sense of disconnect. So I am glad that I did not fully grew up with the qualities these kids did, and instead I am glad I grew up in an age of hybridizing and exposure to both the side of the spectrum.
I believe that I grew up possesing half the qualities if not less than these kids. Technology was still at its birth and was not widely used by schools, business, or the work place. Though we did posses the skills that vhs and google gave up, it cannot be compared to these kids.
which quiality dont you posses that these new generation posses?
one quality that these people posses during their era compared to my youth is the influence of advance technology. As a child technology was very limited to families with low income. Also, there was not a big demand for these technology so we was neveer required or suggest to purchase. I belive that the reason we purchased a computer was to make typing eaier and quicker to produce but that was mainly the whole purpose of the old technology. I also did not view the world as a augemented reality because relaity was the only exposure i i experienced. The techno was limited to only cd players and very poor social networks. As for the clasroom setting, there was no influence at all with tech because the school was low on budgets, but they did upgrade only when I reach my teenage years, which by then made me depend less on technology.
do u wish to have these skills?
In some ways i do wish I had these qualities, but in other ways i don't. The idea of being technology literate would bring my mind at ease when I deal with computers, but by having these skills My social skills could possibly hinder. I've experienced the effects of isolation from physical contact with people and enter into the realm of cyber networking. After about a few hours, my mouth muscles did not respond to what I wanted it to do. Another experience was social networking with new people. This social networking brngs forth a feeling of ease, but when a person become a participant of reality, when met with the same person, they posses a sense of disconnect. So I am glad that I did not fully grew up with the qualities these kids did, and instead I am glad I grew up in an age of hybridizing and exposure to both the side of the spectrum.
DIY definition
DIY is an act of creating anything of self value through the hands. Its true value is understood through the emotion of relaxation and desire, and only through these emotions can true DIY entities exist. For without the proper emotions, true DIY cannot exist because DIY and emotions are interconnected. Societal duties is one conflict that strongly interferes with the flow of DIY/emotion bond, limiting the time and joy required for DIY projects. It is said that through societal duties or other duties, there is no fully DIY experiences, and only self duty, a duty to accomplish DIY can bring that emotion and experience.
DIY's role in todays digital culture is evolving quickly, but gains little acknowledgement, though it the act is commited. Through innovation, DIY has transform itself into an adaptive component of self and capital use, generating wealth, peace and popularity for the composer. DIY contributes to many aspect in society or contribute nothing to society at all, from protests to money to self satisfaction.
In the form of crativism, DIY products can greatly enhance the ideals of a particular movement.
DIY's role in tradition is to maintain it old, or either alter and abandon tradition for each generation and each individual. DIY craft can also be digital or mass produce throughthe hands for capital and for fame. In the homes and musuems it can be used for visible display and for human interactions. For the composer, DIY craft is used for self reflection and self satisfaction, even if the outside world never lay eyes upon it.
Question of true DIY araises as these roles appear in society. Questions such as: is capital a contribution to DIY crafts or is craft for displacement and display true DIY because it doesn't contain the human interaction aspect? or is digital works DIY bacuase the traditional techniques are takened away from the process? Does mass production rid an original piece of its DIY aspects?
At the end of discussion, there are many support for each of these arguements, and its solution is only accepted through self explaination and self exceptance because every individual posseses their own belief of what DIY should be or is. Such as the WWII gen and the GEN X groups. Gen X believe that DIY can contain aspects of modernit and innovation, while the wwii group belief that DIY is solely base on tradition. I personally belive that DIY culture is an every day component of life,. The emotion of achieving something with the hands is present daily and thus so does DIY. The creation of anything through the hands with a desire to finish has the potential to become DIY.
http://prezi.com/of1rdojmw_a0/diy-def/
DIY's role in todays digital culture is evolving quickly, but gains little acknowledgement, though it the act is commited. Through innovation, DIY has transform itself into an adaptive component of self and capital use, generating wealth, peace and popularity for the composer. DIY contributes to many aspect in society or contribute nothing to society at all, from protests to money to self satisfaction.
In the form of crativism, DIY products can greatly enhance the ideals of a particular movement.
DIY's role in tradition is to maintain it old, or either alter and abandon tradition for each generation and each individual. DIY craft can also be digital or mass produce throughthe hands for capital and for fame. In the homes and musuems it can be used for visible display and for human interactions. For the composer, DIY craft is used for self reflection and self satisfaction, even if the outside world never lay eyes upon it.
Question of true DIY araises as these roles appear in society. Questions such as: is capital a contribution to DIY crafts or is craft for displacement and display true DIY because it doesn't contain the human interaction aspect? or is digital works DIY bacuase the traditional techniques are takened away from the process? Does mass production rid an original piece of its DIY aspects?
At the end of discussion, there are many support for each of these arguements, and its solution is only accepted through self explaination and self exceptance because every individual posseses their own belief of what DIY should be or is. Such as the WWII gen and the GEN X groups. Gen X believe that DIY can contain aspects of modernit and innovation, while the wwii group belief that DIY is solely base on tradition. I personally belive that DIY culture is an every day component of life,. The emotion of achieving something with the hands is present daily and thus so does DIY. The creation of anything through the hands with a desire to finish has the potential to become DIY.
http://prezi.com/of1rdojmw_a0/diy-def/
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
DIY in the classroom
The pedagogy text discusses learning through and in humans. The concept of learning through the net is different from learning through actually meeting and reality contact. They also discuss the idea that literacy is obtained and enchance through the attaining of various information from various sources. They also emphasize that literacy is strongly enhanced when one take part in conversating with others who do not share their values. The inclusion of digital tech and the knowledge and practices in th wreal world come together can hgih benefit literacy. They discuss how MIT is helping aide this process by having open online courses for those who cannot attain college or whatever reason. The hybrid system is a mixture of cyber and reality
Should some courses be kept out of media lesson style?.
haven't this been done already?
DIY focuses on the use of technology and media in the classrooms and for the teachers. They state that students are not doing as well as they should be because they fell that school is outside of their normal outside of school life. Another reason for this media use is to allow a teacher student connections. By getting to know each ohter the teacher can be better prep for the students and nunderstand their interests. Anohter way for media is for students to find themselves and to express themselves through the media use, making games writing stories, etc. Some problems are addressed in the text, the lack of accessibility, gender roles: boys learn better through game development. Also, ladies have a higher chance of being bullied online and harrass. Ladies voice are devalued in male groups.
Have this not been tried on a smaller level?
What needs to be done inorder for the media to fully take effect for the schools and for the children?
I personally have experience this on a smaller scale, using laptops to take notes in class and used to learn mini computer topics. I suppose that the second one doesn't count because a computer course requires computer. Besides taking notes and learning how to type using jumpstart, I have not been exposed explicitly to media within teh classroom. I felt that from taking note with my lab top, it saves alot of time and stress on the physical body. But, in a way I sense that by taking notes using the laptop has hindered my understanding of the topic beeing lectured. I dont neccesarily believe that using computers and media in classrooms is bad, it's just that by using computers too much takes away some form of non-computer skills. Though I do feel as if the hybrid system works. If the two can be evenly distributed(time wise) then there will be a gain of skills, but if one is put ahead of the others then some skills will be lost.
I have been typing on my laptop for years now and have been minimally writing with my hands, and from this i felt as if my pension had gotten worst. I cannot criticize the idea of using media because I have nto been exposed to the medium in an educational way, but I believe it is a good strategy and method to prepare the students for future projects and the future in general. Media and technology is advancing at a rapid pasce and by presenting media to the students as early as possible, they can be introduce and learn how to adapt to the cyber world, but also presenting the traditional at the same time.
Should some courses be kept out of media lesson style?.
haven't this been done already?
DIY focuses on the use of technology and media in the classrooms and for the teachers. They state that students are not doing as well as they should be because they fell that school is outside of their normal outside of school life. Another reason for this media use is to allow a teacher student connections. By getting to know each ohter the teacher can be better prep for the students and nunderstand their interests. Anohter way for media is for students to find themselves and to express themselves through the media use, making games writing stories, etc. Some problems are addressed in the text, the lack of accessibility, gender roles: boys learn better through game development. Also, ladies have a higher chance of being bullied online and harrass. Ladies voice are devalued in male groups.
Have this not been tried on a smaller level?
What needs to be done inorder for the media to fully take effect for the schools and for the children?
I personally have experience this on a smaller scale, using laptops to take notes in class and used to learn mini computer topics. I suppose that the second one doesn't count because a computer course requires computer. Besides taking notes and learning how to type using jumpstart, I have not been exposed explicitly to media within teh classroom. I felt that from taking note with my lab top, it saves alot of time and stress on the physical body. But, in a way I sense that by taking notes using the laptop has hindered my understanding of the topic beeing lectured. I dont neccesarily believe that using computers and media in classrooms is bad, it's just that by using computers too much takes away some form of non-computer skills. Though I do feel as if the hybrid system works. If the two can be evenly distributed(time wise) then there will be a gain of skills, but if one is put ahead of the others then some skills will be lost.
I have been typing on my laptop for years now and have been minimally writing with my hands, and from this i felt as if my pension had gotten worst. I cannot criticize the idea of using media because I have nto been exposed to the medium in an educational way, but I believe it is a good strategy and method to prepare the students for future projects and the future in general. Media and technology is advancing at a rapid pasce and by presenting media to the students as early as possible, they can be introduce and learn how to adapt to the cyber world, but also presenting the traditional at the same time.
Monday, April 9, 2012
EDUPUNK
Brooks introducing edupunk Jim Groom and the idea of edupunk. Edupunk is described as opposed to capitalist co-optation of the labor of educatorsand progressive educational technologists. Groom express his emotin to the influence of capital on technology and how capital is underminng the progression of technology. Capital is transforming technology as a form of control and transforming technology to a form of control and not nessarsary to prgress. Apart from the topic, the reason its call edupunk is because he belive that punk wants to escape mainstream and thus escaping capital. Brook also presents Normans idea of edupunk as not technology, but the idea of DIY and handson project or actions. Lastly, edupunk is apart from capital and in the hands of teachers and local early progressive ideals, of interests adn hands on materials and learning.
DIY U discusses the issue of education dropouts and education failures. It breifly but explicitly discusses the education status in the U.S. DIY university is base around free educcation, began with MIT and their attempt to post every class online for free for those who cannot afford to go to college or a good university. Dispite the goodwill of this action, he believe that this take away the tradition and experience that college suppose to bring to the students. He also stated that only profit seeking university will take education seriously, while non-profit university lack the enthusiasm to teach tot he fullest. DIY YOU IS A GUIDE TO A BETTER LIFE, EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY. Steps; get to no yourself, seek carreer in your interest field, no guilt in changing major during mid year, get experience in your major (volunteer participate, etc.), Expand your social network.
I feel as if edupunk is going towards the idea of technnology as not DIY adn that it is causing people to hindered in the DIY experiences and forcing them to lose the opportunity to learn DIY. They stated that DIY isn't technology rahter it is the dismantling of a CD player. Moving to the idea of handson and not digital. They believe that technology is a form of capital, therefore, it is manipulated by ccapital in a form of control. Edupunk is a form of DIY and a stepping away from the mainstream and abandoning the goal of capital and bringing forth the experiences of DIY.
Going back to the concept of whether or not digital experience is a part of DIY experience, is it not part of DIY? all the concepts are there isn't it?
Will free education produce better turnout?
Should multi major university be be taken out and single major university be expanded?
DIY U discusses the issue of education dropouts and education failures. It breifly but explicitly discusses the education status in the U.S. DIY university is base around free educcation, began with MIT and their attempt to post every class online for free for those who cannot afford to go to college or a good university. Dispite the goodwill of this action, he believe that this take away the tradition and experience that college suppose to bring to the students. He also stated that only profit seeking university will take education seriously, while non-profit university lack the enthusiasm to teach tot he fullest. DIY YOU IS A GUIDE TO A BETTER LIFE, EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY. Steps; get to no yourself, seek carreer in your interest field, no guilt in changing major during mid year, get experience in your major (volunteer participate, etc.), Expand your social network.
I feel as if edupunk is going towards the idea of technnology as not DIY adn that it is causing people to hindered in the DIY experiences and forcing them to lose the opportunity to learn DIY. They stated that DIY isn't technology rahter it is the dismantling of a CD player. Moving to the idea of handson and not digital. They believe that technology is a form of capital, therefore, it is manipulated by ccapital in a form of control. Edupunk is a form of DIY and a stepping away from the mainstream and abandoning the goal of capital and bringing forth the experiences of DIY.
Going back to the concept of whether or not digital experience is a part of DIY experience, is it not part of DIY? all the concepts are there isn't it?
Will free education produce better turnout?
Should multi major university be be taken out and single major university be expanded?
Thursday, April 5, 2012
new london group
The new london group is a group founed in 1996. This group believes that with the progression of civilization and diversity, the world of language and communication should be view more broadly. They seek to create this new literacy and impliment it to the classroom setting.
The text focuses on the understanding of literacy and literacy teaching and learning to included negotiating and multiplicity of discourses. The two aspect that they draw from is that, media is growingand it highly influences literacy and to expand the idea of teaching for diversity. They also call for a change in their social, personal and public life. The postfordism era forces the work place to learn and be thought due to the need of mass production and profiteiring. The brought new changes to literacy, sucah as the electronic mailing, but this change doesn't strive or wasn't intentional for the purpose of diversity.
The text believe that students need to develop worklife communications skills to be able to engage with others and to negotiate. Teachers are helpful for this reason because they don't aim to teach students to be compliant workers. This task is diffecult to achieve because of the public viewing of children and the public influences. Children are influence by this media and these accomodities that it influence their literacy, makking it hard to incorporate different discourses. Though this does help with the discourse of personal life.
They brought on the idea of design and how proper designs of teachign can hellp aid ddifferent discourses. The idea emphasizes meaning-making and not something governed by static rules. Design is the idea of meaning making, and the making new of old. The text touches on ten different design types.
don't bad teachers ruin the whole concept? elimination of bad teachers to allow this idea to have a chance of succeeding?
The text focuses on the understanding of literacy and literacy teaching and learning to included negotiating and multiplicity of discourses. The two aspect that they draw from is that, media is growingand it highly influences literacy and to expand the idea of teaching for diversity. They also call for a change in their social, personal and public life. The postfordism era forces the work place to learn and be thought due to the need of mass production and profiteiring. The brought new changes to literacy, sucah as the electronic mailing, but this change doesn't strive or wasn't intentional for the purpose of diversity.
The text believe that students need to develop worklife communications skills to be able to engage with others and to negotiate. Teachers are helpful for this reason because they don't aim to teach students to be compliant workers. This task is diffecult to achieve because of the public viewing of children and the public influences. Children are influence by this media and these accomodities that it influence their literacy, makking it hard to incorporate different discourses. Though this does help with the discourse of personal life.
They brought on the idea of design and how proper designs of teachign can hellp aid ddifferent discourses. The idea emphasizes meaning-making and not something governed by static rules. Design is the idea of meaning making, and the making new of old. The text touches on ten different design types.
don't bad teachers ruin the whole concept? elimination of bad teachers to allow this idea to have a chance of succeeding?
Monday, April 2, 2012
ito and lessing
Ito's text is about amatuer media production and its importance for future media production. Ito also introduces the three key components of amateur media productioin: participation, innovation and reputation. Ameteur is influential on the social network side of the spectrum, and he uses coulton to demonstrate this spread from amateur to pro. For innovation, he uses the idea of lip singing and syncing. It demonstrate the aspects of culture but transform it into a genre of its own. Numa Numa gave birth to the innovation of the lip sync and it became a hit. Lastly he presents teh concept of reputation through anime subbing. These subbers earn their reputations through the work they do, the speed the quality of how they do it give them their reputation.
How far can innovation get?
Lessig discusses the idea of piracy on youtube. The dancing baby's parents got sued for using prince music for their video, which they put on youtube, but the cause was ruled in favor of them and no rights was violated. He then presents the idea of permission and legal aspects with ono. The process is time consuming and costful. Next he addresses how remixes is then became also piracy and is taking to court.
Copyright laws is needed, and piracy is a serious crime, why should it be taken lightly?
Could piracy ever be prevented?
How far can innovation get?
Lessig discusses the idea of piracy on youtube. The dancing baby's parents got sued for using prince music for their video, which they put on youtube, but the cause was ruled in favor of them and no rights was violated. He then presents the idea of permission and legal aspects with ono. The process is time consuming and costful. Next he addresses how remixes is then became also piracy and is taking to court.
Copyright laws is needed, and piracy is a serious crime, why should it be taken lightly?
Could piracy ever be prevented?
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