class+journal

here is my check in notes from class 2-7-11 zoom activity- the picture of the cruise ship best fits because i like to have fun at school. social media- is a form of media that people use to socialize. (ex. facebook, myspace,twitter) role in society- social medias role in society is to make it easier to socialize. effect on the world- the effect on the world is that it is easier than ever to communicate with others. an example of this is when i talk to my friends and make plans while using facebook.

2-8-11 pros and cons of social media pros: 1. fun  2. communication  3. advertising  4. buisness  5. share pictures cons: 1. invasion of privacy  2. rapists  ﻿ 3. hackers  4. cyber bullying  5. computer viruses

social networking discussion: 1. 6, because it makes it easy to communicate with other but i dont use it all the time 2. i think the average high school student spend 70 hours a week on sns.

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//What is your concept of a global leader?// Express in a word (individually), and discuss (discuss=explain) Alternative - create a non-linguistic representation, discuss & share

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">my concept of a global leader is somebody who can help the people the best. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">imagine leadership notes <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 130%;">﻿﻿peace, 1 in 6 people can not read or sign name, plant 30 million trees 1 in 5 people have access to internet, every year 89 people become millionares,

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">**__2-14-11__** __Check In: (answered on your class journal) - **Who would be this years Time Magazine "Person of the Year"**__ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 36px;">This years Time Magazine "Person of the Year" would be barack obama. He deserves to win the award because he is a great president.

__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">passage finder __ "<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">The conflict in Iraq only got bloodier and more entrenched. A vicious skirmish erupted between Israel and Lebanon. A war dragged on in Sudan. A tin-pot dictator in North Korea got the Bomb, and the President of Iran wants to go nuclear too. Meanwhile nobody fixed global warming, and Sony didn't make enough PlayStation3s.

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I chose this part of the passage because it is a recap of what happened in 2006. In this quote a lot of serious global problems are mentioned and then compared to sony not making enough PS3's.

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**Check-In:** Questionnaire: //Have you ever. . .//
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">posted a customer review on a shopping site such as Amazon.com? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">yes when i ordered a video game on amazon and i got the wrong game
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">posted a comment on a news story or blog? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">no, i dont read news stories or blogs too much
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">posted a video to the web? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">yes i have posted many videos to youtube, facebook, and myspace
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">posted photos on the web? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">yes i have posted many pictures to facebook and to myspace

How about your parents? grandparents? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">my parent and grandparents have done some of things on the list but not all How did consumers and citizens get this kind of information in the past? - answer can be opinion <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">consumers and citizens got this kind of info by word of mouth.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">the chaos scenario

In September 2009, T.G.I. Friday’s got loads of attention for the “Woody” social marketing campaign created by their freshly picked agency, Publicis. The campaign had two main ingredients: 1.) An out of work actor cast as the ultimate fan of T.G.I. Friday’s, who 2.) claims to have made a bet with Friday’s: If he can score 500,000 fans to his Facebook page by Sept. 30, Friday’s will give away a free burger to all who have fanned him.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">I chose this part of the passage because it is something I remember seeing on facebook. When I saw this passage I imediatly remembered being on facebook and seeing this ad. I cant remember if I became a fan or not but I remember going to the page and looking at it.


 * <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src=" https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf " width="288" height="192" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F118056310482941211421%2Falbumid%2F5586538589182459681%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage=" http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer "> Tuesday, 3/15 - Capturing a Disasters & Revolution with new technologies**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> **Agenda: Understanding effects of world events through new technologies** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> **//Check-In - Label todays class journal "Investigating World Events"//**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> **DO NOW:** What do you think is meant by the term "Civic Journalism" <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">﻿i think civic journalism is when people that used to in the audiance use the tools they have to inform one another. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> **Activities:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> - Students will investigate recent world events through internet research (Egypt & Tsunami) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> - WHO? people of japan <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">WHAT? 8.9 earthquake followed by a tsunami <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> WHEN? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> WHERE? japan <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> WHY? the earthquake caused the tsunami <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> HOW?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> On your class journal - chart the above and fill in as much information as you can under each.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Summary/Exit Pass

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Create & Answer five (5) academic research questions based on your findings <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> share with class what was the magnitude of the eatehquake? 8.9 which happened first, earthquake or tsunami

Agenda: Visualization of Global Issues through technology Check-In - **In your class journal, answer the following : why are people attracted to visualizations more then text?** **People are attracted to visualizations more then text because it is easier to look at a picture than to read text, and a picture is worth a 1000 words.**
 * Thursday, 3/17 - Capturing topics in a visual story**

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**Wednesday, 3/23** **Agenda** - Using PREZI as a 21st Century digital tool

Check-In - Visit Publishing Possibilities and find the Prezi link

- In class journal, discuss what you found about the tool Prezi and discuss what you think are its benefits. - Utilizing Prezi as a digital tool for publishing

I found out that the tool Prezi is like a slideshow that changes slides when you click it. It can be used for school projects and sharing ideas.

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i think that i am going to do well in every single category.

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4-4 i learned that the tsunami took place on march 11th. [|my glog]

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5-4 the most important parts of the project was the 3 multi media parts. the presentation was also an important part.
 * Check-In** - On your class journal, discuss (4-5 sentences) what you think would be the most important aspects of the project, that would be graded according to the task.

5-5 Check-In - <span style="display: inline !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Why are multiple perspectives important? <span style="display: inline !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">multiple perspectives are important because it is helpful to share ideas so you can come to a better conclusion.

<span style="display: inline !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5-6 <span style="display: inline !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am brainstorm
 * kid
 * son
 * brother
 * punk rocker
 * hip hop
 * trouble
 * jewish
 * family
 * thrill seeker
 * lazy
 * chill
 * funny
 * educated
 * skater
 * creative
 * fun
 * loud
 * confident
 * procrastinator
 * joker
 * travel
 * new york city
 * rosmarins day camp

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5-26 > > a) Name > b) Purposes of that group (why it is in existence) > c) The beliefs of that group > d) The "rules" of the group > e) Is membership voluntary or involuntary?

skater the purpose of the group is to have a fun time skateboarding the beliefs of that group is that we can skate where ever we want the rules of the group is that you have to actually skate and not be just a poser membership is voluntary

punk rocker the purpose of the group is to listen to music the beliefs of the group is that punk rock is the best music the rules of the group is that you listen to punk rock and not mainstream music membership is voluntary

hip hop the purpose of the group is to listen to hip hop the beliefs of this group is that hip hop is good music the rules of the group is to listen to hip hop membership is voluntary