Blog #11

“An anthropological introduction to youtube” by Mike Wesch was the youtube video our class had to watch. As I started watching it I found it interesting how everything was put into a power point. I didn’t think it was to boring more of an awakening how youtube got started. It’s amazing how it took a short period of time which was 6 months for the website to be so huge and with only three males starting it by just a little video camera. Everyday people just like you and me post up videos and everyone who has access to youtube can watch anything and anyone they can. It is funny how you see other people imitating others and it’s not that there trying to make fun of them there making those people more famous by getting others to listen to their music. This allows us to connect ourselves in ways we never done before and express who we are threw global communications on the webcam. It is interesting how you can connect and talk to other people across the globe and threw other countries and actually talk to them rather than paying a huge amount of money by using a phone. Every time someone blogs about a video it scores a point for that particular video and makes the rankings go higher for the ranking system. There is commercials that take millions to make while people rather use youtube without a cost and still manage to get the top video watched. The videos go through so many different types of websites that it actually makes the video and that normal person become a somewhat of a star. Mike Wesch thinks of media as mediate human relationships. Everything has changed throughout time on how we talk to each other. Before there would be a little type writer thing to send out messages to soldiers that were fighting during wars and there were also messenger boys that would give orders. I find all of this as a way our intelligence has changed and the way we think and come up with new and better ways of thinking.

blog #15

I didn’t go to class on October 9th but I still did the assignment. I went to the writing center for the tutoring session. What happened during the session was first to me it didn’t go very well as I thought it would. My tutor was late so that took some time out of my session. When we got started I was having trouble on how to get started even though I had all the information that I needed. I didn’t know how to find my thesis plus I always have trouble on that part whenever I’m doing my essays. My tutor did help me however by finding the thesis so that was helpful. Before finding the thesis I explained the assignment and what needed to be done. I even showed the vlog that I picked out that way my tutor can get an idea of who my essay was going to be about and based on. He told me that after watching the vlog not even half way threw that I don’t really have anything to work with and suggested I should pick another one out. I didn’t want to change it so I stuck with the one I had because there was no point in changing it if the essay was due two days later. After I decided that we began typing in what should be put into the paper. Basically it was an outline I thought it would have come out as something different or more. That was one of the parts of my session I didn’t like plus half of how everything went. However what did help me out a little was the outline but it only had somewhat of what needed to be put into my essay the rest wasn’t even part of what I had to do. What I wish would’ve been different is the draft and outline. Next time I want to make sure I have all the information I need before I walk out of the writing center. I take some responsibility even though I had my rough draft and ideas it still wasn’t enough. Maybe next time everything will go better for my next essay.

Blog #16

Pandora and LastFM were music sites I never seen or heard of before. Pandora was probably the one I liked the most from both of the sites. The only part I did not really like doing was the part was we had to register before creating a playlist. I have heard and used other sites such as dogpile and myplaylist to create a music list. Pandora allows you to see the different types of genres of music and you can even create your own station which is pretty awesome to me. LastFM was really slow and I think other students and I were having trouble on finding what we wanted to find. For instance it was slow and every time I would put a name of a certain song I wanted to hear it would lead me to another type of band that was almost like the one I wanted to hear first. There were some similarities between Pandora and LastFM. They are both music websites, they both wanted you to register before going onto their websites which was pretty weird to me because like I said I don’t really like signing up for websites if I know I am just going to use the once or twice. The other similarities were that both of them had all types of music they had everything that anyone could listen to. There are other similarities but I can not really think of them so that is my fault. Along with the common things there are differences. One of them that I noticed right away was that LastFm was slower than Pandora. Like I said earlier I was having trouble with it so that wasn’t cool. I did not really get enough information on LastFM so I can’t really say anything about it. Except for the fact it did not get me to where I wanted to get. Every time I would click for a song all it would say was error or something else. I wouldn’t recommend LastFM but I would be sure to use Pandora and recommend it better than the other one. I know I would use Pandora more than once or twice instead of using other sites that I have been using.

Blog #13

What we did in class on October 2nd was we had to create a timeline for our descriptive essay which is the one were we had to write about the vlog that we had chosen. The timeline has about five parts to it sometimes six depending how long you want your paper to me it is better if it is a six paragraph paper just for the fact that it is longer. The beginning that explains what the introduction is going to be about including the thesis statement. The second part of the timeline will talk about the first paragraph which concludes the first part of the vlog. In the middle line will be about what was going on during middle of the vlog. Then the fourth line will discuss the third paragraph. Last the fifth paragraph also known as the conclusion. The timeline can include feelings like what the person or what I was feeling during the time of watching the vlog, emotions could be what was the emotional feeling the vlogger felt or what looked like they felt, sound (noises that you can hear in the background), background for example the person can be talking and while they are talking you just notice a big picture frame behind them. The background is also who the vlogger is basically what you do is describe what they look and sound like. This helped me plan my essay in many ways because first of all I didn’t really know how to get started on this essay even people that worked at the writing center couldn’t understand the assignment. The timeline helped me put everything in order and what needed to be filled out in those areas. I never thought it would have been so helpful but it did really get me what I needed to for me essay because I can not really break everything down even if I wanted to I just have trouble doing it. I think it would have helped me if we had more examples of what had to be done such as getting the story and breaking it down into parts. Other than that I did get some answers to my questions.

Blog #14

When we were first told to comment on each others blog I was thinking to myself oh no I don’t really like when others read what I wrote only my instructor because I get afraid of what they might think. When I started to read other students blogs I started to get comfortable with everyone reading mine because all of us have different thoughts, ideas, and opinions that each of us have. I felt that my blogs would be to boring or get to a point that no one would want to read or comment on them. Then there was one part were I thought it was funny because I’m not the only one who hasn’t completed their blogs and there were some that I could find similarities to my blogs because I feel that everyone wants feedback on what they are writing about because to some of us we think that what we write isn’t good enough. I also feel that commenting on each others blogs helped each of us out one way or the other. There were blogs that I had done where I had asked for opinions or suggestions on some of the assignments. I know I need the help on what I am doing.

Blog #12

Our class was assigned to choose a vlog to write about for our descriptive essay. At first I didn’t know what a vlog was till our instructor explained it. To me it is just like blogging except the vlogger talks about themselves through a webcam instead of typing it all down which is probably an easier way to talk about you. The vlog I have chosen to write about is about this 19 year old, Caucasian blonde, hair blue eyed male named Tyler Oakley. I picked this one out because to me it was interesting, not to boring, and pretty funny. However there is a point during the video where he does not know what to talk about so he just starts talking about random things such as buying glasses that make him feel like Kanye West. Then there is the part where Tyler lists his movie collection movies like Mean Girls, Sister Hood of the Traveling pants, and Legally Blonde. In the beginning he talks about how he got started on doing his first vlog. He likes being called the “other Tyler” since there is another famous man named Tyler Oakley who happens to be one of the inspirations on why he got started on vlogging. Another inspiration to him is D cool W just because of watching his vlog seemed real interesting to him. Tyler also talks about his background for example where he works and lives. He lives with his grandparents and works at starbucks from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. I think that is ridiculous if someone works at that time because I myself am not a morning person and wouldn’t be able to do that. This vlog is a four minute and about thirty seconds long. If anyone wants to watch this vlog the link to it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iu8M6IYQyE. Personally I think it is weird to do a vlog because your giving out information about who you are threw millions of people you don’t even know. Then again that is just my opinion. Dome people like to blog and some people like to vlog but I think vlogging is the new blogging.

Blog #7

On September 16th I believe I was absent that day Even though I was I did the assignment that our class was required to do which was creating a thesis and a draft plan for our email etiquette essay. What I found difficult was at first I had no idea what a thesis really was. I heard of it but never really used it in any assignments, so I was kind of lost. A thesis statement is the ending sentence of the first paragraph or introduction of the essay that gives what your paper is going to be mainly about. It was good I had my book it really helped out a lot. The part that I also found difficult was at the time I couldn’t really stay focus on the main topic. I kept writing the same thing over and over. I really have trouble elaborating and making the essay seem longer without repeating anything that I have already said. I think I am getting a hang of it though such as putting more detail into one little sentence. Other than having trouble with all of that my draft kind of went ok. What I did first before I started my draft was I got another piece of paper and started writing down ideas that would pop up in my head it is easier for me to do it that way. After that I typed out my first draft it didn’t work out that good so I had rewritten it on a piece of paper. Will just say it went better than the draft. What I thought went well was the middle of my essay. Everything that I had put into my idea paper started to blend in with everything else. It was a good idea that I had did that and the thesis had also helped out, because whenever I was about to get off topic I would go back and look at my thesis so it helped me stay on topic.

Guidelines for email etiquette essay

Our class was given a sheet of paper that gives out guidelines and ways that our email etiquette essay should be and what it must have on it. The essay that we have to write about will be a fake email complaining about a bad grade. The email format should be MLA double spaced. There are things in the paper that we should not say such as this email is about, I believe, and I will tell you it’s like who wants to read that it’s not going to make much sense. When you’re typing out your essay it is best to not write like if your texting to someone even though to some of us it is much easier. Using the appropriate language that the instructor will understand is very helpful. The email should be two to three develop paragraphs but three is better but I like doing four just to let you know. The paragraphs should also have a thesis statement to help the reader understand what he/she understands what they are reading about. For the ending paragraph it’s not good to say things like in conclusion or finally because the paper won’t sound good. The last thing is revision that paper shouldn’t have any type of typos, complete sentences, avoiding slang and sentence fragments, checking punctuation, and just making sure to stay on topic. Each group was supposed to create a thesis and a draft plan for the essay. Since I missed class I wasn’t able to do the required assignment and for that I take full responsibility. Even though I was not in class I did create a thesis for my draft and a plan for it. I didn’t get to go to the computer room so I can’t really write about the experience I’m sorry Mrs. Crawford I will try to do better.

Internet Dating

My group team number two have discussed about internet dating. Each of us talked about different articles of the same subject. The article that I had chose to do was about the “Dating Detectives” and it goes a little something like this. Match-making in India is set in a traditional way like many other countries and cultures. Everyone who wants love has someone chosen for them. Someone that will fit that certain person’s expectation and whom is more like them. However a man names Sharma from India came from a middle class area so he began dating someone online. He met this girl on a matrimonial site. The girl was basically everything he wanted. They’ve been chatting online for some time and have met each other on and off. He was not to sure though if she was the true person she proclaims herself as. Sharma decided to go to a Globe Group which is a detective agency. They helped him find out more about the woman whom he been chatting to. It turns out that she was meeting another man in hotels. Sharma confronted her and said that it was over. From then on he would go to the detective agency before meeting or chatting with anyone else. The detective business has been increasingly growing over the past year. The government has proposed a Private detective Agency’s Bill. It regulates the industry but also sets minimum qualifications and training standards. Personally what I think is that in a way this is good because it is true you don’t really know who you’re talking to and it would be helpful to find out who that person really is. Then again everyone’s lives are confidential so it is better just to be straightforward say who they really are instead of lying.

Chapters five and six

Group one had presented about chapters five and six. The fifth chapter was discussing about examples of paragraphs at glance. An example paragraph has three basic parts which are a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence or sentences. The topic sentence is the first sentence of the paragraph. An example would be good health is built each day by making healthy lifestyle choices. That sentence is one of the major details of the story. Another word for major details would be supporting details. These details consist of one or more examples. The examples are used of specific facts and details that make the examples clear and interesting. The third basic part of the example paragraph is the concluding sentence. This sentence emphasizes the point of the paragraph. The fifth chapter also talks about prewriting before you write. There are techniques that you can use that can make a good paper. Brainstorming and free writing are probably the best things to do. When you brainstorm you think about what you’re going to write before you write it and free writing is just writing any ides that pop in your head. After revising and editing the first draft you can make your final draft. Chapter six is about narration. The narration has the same three parts as the paragraphs at glance. The narration gives more detail about whom and what is behind the scenes such as the actors, actions, and the outcome. Reading critically is a search for the characteristics of effective writing. Before turning in your paper it is best to get a professionals idea and get advice on how better the paper can be. Criticism may sound bad but it is better to tell the truth than getting a bad grade or having one of the worst papers ever.