About English Class

I liked this class very much. it was not just a regular english class so to speak. we weren't sitting in a classroom gettingbored reading books and doing assignments, we were in a computer lab working on assignments i've never even heard of. which is not a bad thing. the thing i liked most about the class is that i discovered new projects and programs to work with. i mean dreamweaver is a fun and up to date program. the thing i liked least about the class was the weekend homework. it's not really a problem, and i understand that if we could only do stuff in class we would never really finish. but most people like me have a job or even a kid as i do. it's a little harder to have a deadline when your son wont go to sleep and he wont leave the computer alone you know. what will i take away from this class? i never really thought too hard about that. if there was anything that i would be takin away from this class, it would be the experience and the new essays that might come in handy later on in life. i actually really did enjoy the class as well as the teacher(rebecca medley) i dont have many other complaints. if i was asked if i would recommend this class i think i would.

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Synthesis

i don't believe that writing academically is hard it's just more challenging to me than writing creatively. it seems like there is more that has to be done than when you're just freewriting or writing a poem or short story. when writing academic papers, you mostly have to research and produce sources and write in a certain format. while when writing creatively, there are almost no boundaries. i do actually happen to be one of those students who can't seem to write exactly what i'm trying to say while also trying to sound at the college level. i always have to write and rewrite and edit etc. i know exactly what and how i want my paper to be but when i start i can't get it right. i don't know if it's habit forming or if i really just can't write a great paper. when it comes to my multimodal essay, my faults with writing did indeed catch up to me. after so long of trying to find sources and such, i became frustrated and wanted to just write whatever i felt like. thank god i pushed myself to finish right. the most difficult aspect of using sources for me, was when i found an article or paper that i could use but when it came to the sources sometimes i had to find where they came from. like one source was papert and i had to go try to find the exact article this other paper was produced off of. all in all writing is something i love to do but it is a difference and sometimes i think my writing shows my frustrations.

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Claim

i have come up with a couple of claims and im still kind of confused on what it should be but here is my best shot.

Claim: Teachers should use internet in the classroom to supplement book learning because it can enhance a child's intelligence as well as help them learn more efficiently.


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Multimodal Reflection Blog

While writing my Multimodal Essay i had to think about who this essay would appeal to most. after doing all my research and finalizing the first couple of paragraphs, i decided that my audienced would be teachers and parents of elementary students. I think my purpose for writing about improving skills by using the internet, was to help these teachers realize that the internet is not all bad and it can help these kids start learning at an early age. Also to help them see that they could improve these childrens future by introducing them at a young age.

In my Mutimodal Essay, I was most proud of the information I found and the way that i placed them. As i wrote the information, it seemed to come together nicely and fall in place. If i could have improved anything it would be my sources page. I couldn't really find where the information came from even though they did happen to place their names by their statements. It was kind of hard to place the phrasing to the voice. I think that I did in fact put alot of time into my essay seeing that i thought it was due last monday(ha ha rebecca) but that extra week let me gather my findings better and make sure that i was in fact fine with how it ended up.

As for my comments, i think that i indeed made it seem harder than what it really was. When we first started this essay, i thought to myself oh no here we go. but as time went on and i became familiar with the program in itself, i had fun. i thought my title was pretty interesting and actually very informative. while doing my research i also found alot of information that i didn't even know about. It was great. I was actually a little upset because when i tried to research my title, i had a hard time coming up with anything for the first few tries, it was quite frustrating. I don't know if I couldn't figure out good keywords or if i was putting in the wrong information. All in all I think the project was interesting and informative. I don't know if I would voluntarily do another one but it was good while it lasted:)

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Here is my Podcast Interview

http://student.calumet.purdue.edu/~webbj8

Technology Today

Where do i begin? technology is said to be the things that have been created to make our life easier. i would have to agree. no one in the U.S. truly lives like cavemen. we have stoves and ovens and microwaves and computers blah blah blah. if you ask me i think we have all grown too dependant on technology, including myself. i mean dont get me wrong, i dont think i could make it without a couple of technological things. but do you ever see anyone actually use the library to study using books anymore? we go straight to the internet because it is the place where we can find anything we need. i'm not saying that all devices should be destroyed or something but how would life be if we didn't have these great things. take videogames for instance. my little brother is one of those kids who doesn't want to do anything but play games. he wants every new system new game but he was barely passing school. when we threaten to take his videogames away when he does bad, he starts to do better. now i dont know about you but i think that's utterly ridiculous. that could be a huge example of the negative affects on the world.that right there is a sign that we have to learn not to depend on technology.i'm not big on comuters and stuff but everything around me is part of technology. so i guess if you really think about it, we ALL are being affected greatly.

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Cyberculture Today and Its Hold on me

When I was about 13 or 14, I was introduced to the web past the point of doing homewrork or resarch papers. I learned early what an actual chat site was becuase of my older cousins always inside a chatroom. At that point I didnt really know what was going on, but now that I'm older I dont get what is so special about talking to individuals online. I dont do anything on the internet (besides homework), but check my e-mails, check my info on PC Star, or go on myspace or facebook. But even then I just check to see if I have messages and then I get right back off. The computer world is not of much importance to me. I dont think that cyberculture has affected me per say, but I do think it has a strange hold on younger people. For instance, my little sister is on the computer 24/7! Whether she's talking to her friends or changing her page on myspace every other day or whatever. When she comes home from school she's on it until she goes home. I would have to say that that is a negative influence. There shouldn't be anything that a little girl can do from sun up to sundown. I can't say that the internet has let me down or anything because I don't have any expectations. One thing that does really bother me about the internet thoug, is the fact that there is no way to really trace who your kids are talking to. I mean there have been way too many stories about kids getting attacked or abducted because of online "friends". That really scares me. I mean what if it happened to someone you knew or a family member? The internet is not as safe a place as some people think.I wish there was a way to change that.

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Today's Popular Culture

We're supposed to write a new blog explaining how popular culture has shaped our lives. I honestly do believe that culture has affected everyone in about the same way. When dealing with popular culture, I believe it has morphed my way of living. When you look for friends, you look for people who interest you. Do they dress like you? Talk like you? Contain the same interests? Whether it's music or beliefs. When looking back, my friends did dress the part. The world can be blamed for making us the way we are today. My choice of music is indeed due to the damage of popular culture. If the type of music or artists I listen to weren't on tv or fam ous for what they do, I wouldn't give a crap about them or that certain music. I would like to believe otherwise, but you wouldn't know until society changed it around. Considering our generation, popular culture can be blamed for a hand in our time. Society practically shows us what they want to show us. What's cool to wear and what's not, What you should be acting like and so forth and so on. If it wasn't for society don't you think that some of us might be lost?
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