Today's Work 9-30-10

Today I did my re- did my itinerary since it had been deleted when the servers were messed with. I also started on my brochure and I think I'm making good progress. I should have it done by next class.

Some example brochures I liked

I liked this brochure because I found the Design to be very interesting. It had a big hole in the middle. It would be neat if i could do that with my brochure, but I have no idea how to do that.

   I liked this brochure because it is visually attracting.  I think that is very important for a brochure to be colorful and decorated because that way it gets peoples attentions. I will try to do that with my brochure.

Today's Work 9-28-10

Today I mostly just studied for a quiz i thought I was going to take, but it turns out we didn't have to take a quiz.... so my time was wasted....

Todays Work 9-24-10

Today I finished doing the document with the first assignment in it, so now all I need to do is to finish up my brochure, which I'll start next class. I'll have Tuesday and Thursday to finish it up, so I should be fine. Today I also Posted how I thought I did on the first assignment due, and I also posted on my blog other projects which I liked.

How I think I did on the first part of the Brazil Project

General- 4

Cover-4

Table Of Contents-4

Work Log Initial Design-4

Bibliography-4

Bibliography Citations-3?

Professionalism- 4?

Other projects I like

tacotalk3.blogspot.com- I like this project because the work log is very neat.

dailydoseofhampton.blogspot.com- I like this project because it has a lot of pictures

schooledbypaulyd.blogspot.com- I like this blog because it seems to be very organized and the posts are in- depth.

My First PDF Document

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B7R_VcXXb1AcNmM0M2U0YWQtYjM1OS00YjJlLWIwN2UtYTk3ZmVjZTI2NWNh&hl=en&authkey=CIHt-_YH


I didn't really like today. I had finished the first assignment due, so I had to turn it into a PDF document and post the link into my blog. It took a long time, and I had to keep reading the instructions. After maybe 15 minutes I managed to turn it into a PDF document, and the link is posted above. So today I learned how to turn a document into a PDF document. I guess the next step would be to work on my brochure in a later class.

9-16-10, Multimedia

Today was pretty simple. I finally finished doing all of the rough drafts of how I will make my project, so now I'm ready to just start making the brochure now. I'll do that next class, so far I think I'm doing fine of time.

Today's Work

Today I worked on my plan for the Brazil Project. It took a while, put i got the whole outline for the brochure done. Now I just need to do an outline for the itinerary, which should be simple. I also used photobooth today, which is an application. It was actually pretty interesting. Its all macs have going for them... Well today we pretty easy, it just took time for me to finish the outline for the brochure, but now that i have it finished its just a matter of getting it into a Pages format.

My initial thoughts on the the Country Project

I don't think I'm going to like doing this project, but thats mostly because I am not very good with Macs or Pages. The country I'm doing is Brazil, and I think it's a good country to do because a lot of people go there for vacations.

Plagiarism and Stock Photography Questions

Plagiarism:
1- What is plagiarism? Any good reasons to avoid it?
Plagiarism is defined as passing off someone else's ideas or work as your own.   (no pun intended)
It is a good idea to avoid it because it could get you kicked out of college or get you fired. 


2- What citation format are we using for this project?
The citation format is Endnote, Footnote, and In- Text Citation


3- Create a citation for your 'Works Cited' page of two websites you might use on your project.


"Brazil." Infoplease.com. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. <http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107357.html#axzz0z8JhFT6p>.


"Brazilian Culture." Brazil-travel-guide.com. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. <http://www.brazil-travel-guide.com/Brazil-Culture.html>.




Stock Photography:
1- What is stock photography?
Stock Photography is a supply of photos  collected to use instead of hiring a photographer.


2- Why can't we just use random images off google?
If you take a copyrighted image off of a google, then the company that owns it could contact their lawyers and sue you.




Public Domain:
1- What does it mean for an image to be Public Domain?
It means it has no intellectual property rights within your country of your residence.


2- Post a picture you found off a stock photography or public domain site on your blog.

3- Write the citation for this photo.

"Free- Stock Photos." Freestockimages.net. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. <http://www.freestockimages.net/gallery/>.

Brazil Vacation Project

For a project in multimedia, I'm supposed to pick a country. The country I chose to do a project over is Brazil, more specifically, The Amazon. I will create a page to promote cultural understanding. I will also talk about what it would be like to take a vacation there. The sort of format I would use is a brochure. The brochure will be designed to show what a 2 week vacation in The Amazon might look like.

Netiquette

Scenario #1 – A student sends a harassing e-mail to another student. The receiving student
retaliates with a “flaming e-mail.” Is this the appropriate response? If not, what would be?
That is not the appropriate response. An appropriate response would be block his emails and possibly notify a teacher about what he is doing.


Scenario #2 – When hanging out with friends, one of the students makes a call on their cellphone and carries on a conversation while still within the group. Is this ok? Why or why not?
It is not ok. If he is with his friends then he should be talking to his friends and not to somebody on the phone. It would be rude to ignore them if your hanging out with them.


Scenario #3 – A student logs on to a free file sharing website and downloads a song they just heard on the radio. Is this ok? Why or why not?
It is ok as long the music they are downloading is going onto their computer, and not a school or library computer. If the music is free, then I don't think it would be illegal to be downloading the music.


Scenario #4 – A student follows a questionable link to a website and downloads a malicious script which releases a Trojan Horse virus on to the school network. Is the student to blame? Why or why not?
The student is to blame because he shouldn't be following any questionable links. There is nobody else to blame for it. It is common sense that you can get viruses on your computer for certain websites, so the student should have been more careful.


Scenario #5 – An hour before class, a student remembers that a writing assignment is due. The student goes to the library, logs on to a website, and copies/pastes the information. Is this ok? Why or why not?
It is not ok. That is called plagiarism and it is illegal. The student should be doing his own work.


Scenario #6 – At home, a student uses a software package to copy movies and games from DVD’s for his or her friends. Is this within fair-use laws? Explain.
It is not within fair-use of the laws. It is illegal to be burning DvDs or Video Games onto to disc. The student should get arrested.


Scenario #7 – A student logs into the school website to download the syllabus they lost. Are they breaking any rules or laws? Explain.
They are not breaking any rules or laws because they are not trying to download something like a video game or song, it is just something to help him with school and it allowed.


Scenario #8 – Students spend a good amount of time in class creating a web page for a school sponsored fundraiser. However, there website is not usable by certain individuals with disabilities. Was this disrespectful or wrong of them?
This is disrespectful of the student because that is being biased to people with disabilties. If they make a website, it should be accessible either by everybody, or by nobody, not just by certain people who don't have disabilities.


Scenario #9-Why do you think netiquette is important? Why are we using part of our class time for this? 
Netiquette is important because if you are good at it it can help keep you out of trouble, and it is "polite". If you don't have netiquette, somebody could get offended. We are using part of our class time to learn about it so that we can be more "professional" while posting things on blogs or using the internet.

Using the program called Pages

As I've said in an earlier post, I hate Macs. After using the program "Pages", I am convinced I will always hate them. "Pages" seems to be some sorry imitation of Microsoft Word that doesn't work and isn't practical. It had some similar features as Word did, it lets you change font and use bold text and change the layout of the page, but I think Microsoft Word is much easier  and better then Pages. I did find an interesting feature on Pages though. It was called a "Template Chooser". It has a bunch of pre-set page layouts that lets you easily make things like Newsletters, Brochures, Flyers, Posters, Cards & Invitations, Business Cards, and Certificates. This feature was interesting at first, but then I realized its not worth it if doesn't work as smoothly as Microsoft Word. I guess the program is decent, and if your trying to type up a paper, you could use this program

Blog- Self Evaluation

Design Template- 4

     Design Tab: Gadgets- 4

Setting Tab- 4

     Protecting Your Identity- 4

Posting- 4?

     Blog Entries- 3

Commenting- 4?

     Professionalism- 4