Monday, October 28

Journal – What is your favorite web tool that we have used in class so far this year? Why is it your favorite web tool? What do you like about it? How can you use it again in the future?


Prezi has definitely been my favorite web tool. I also created a presentation about Prezi, using Prezi, for my English class to explain the reasons why it is such a great web tool. I really like it because it is easy to use and fun to put presentations together! The bubbles and the outlines provide the best view for the audience and the tool itself guides the audiences eyes through the presentation to the specific item being talked about. I wouldn't use any other tool unless I was told to do so. I can use this tool for any and every presentation, to explain any and every topic, and I can adjust it to be used for any and every class. Prezi is the best web tool around and I would recommend it to anyone!

Piktochart- Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Project

Kizoa slideshow: Domestic Violence Slideshow - Slideshow

Monday, October 21

Journal - Tell me about your weekend. I went to a couple parties and rode my horses. The weekend had beautiful weather, unlike on Friday, and so I made sure to ride outside. Although it was chilly, the sun made it perfect to ride. I went out to dinner with my family and I hung out with my friends all weekend. The weekend was really busy but was fun! True and I on Saturday night went mudding out in my jeep. The track was pretty dry though so we didn't get my car too dirty which was a let down. On Sunday I ended up going out to breakfast and then headed off to the Cheifs game. After the game I went out to dinner and then finally got home and went to bed. This weekend was really fun.

Thursday, October 17

Journal - What makes a presentation memorable? What makes a presentation stand out and not boring? How are you going to make your presentation better than anyone else? How will you make it unique? Explain. My presentations is memorable because of the details that I include. The stories behind domestic violence are already very memorable, and for some hard to comprehend. I made my presentation with less words because I would like to personally describe each topic. I am including the statistics and the different causes, effects, and preventions for the global issue. My presentation will be unique because of the pictures that I include and the way that I describe my global issue. (Plus, I'm the only one with my topic...) The web tool that I am using is not that interesting and I feel like if I could've used Prezi I would have made a much better presentation.

Tuesday, October 15

Journal - What did you learn from the Ted Talk yesterday? Did you find it interesting or accurate? Explain. The Ted Talk was nearly spot on. The women speaking was really accurate about how society is today relative to their usage of technology. I know that with me, I love to be texting my friends all the time and keeping up with what everyone is doing. I am not addicted to my phone though; I may use it a lot but if it came down to it I wouldn't freak out if I lost it or it was stolen. I think that too many people, especially girls, concern themselves too much with how many 'likes' or 'follows' they recieve on a particular social networking site. I think it is ridiculous to let others decided whether or not your photos are beautiful or worthy of said 'like'. When I am hanging out with my friends we are often either checking our phones or on our phones, but we also do things together of course. I feel like that picture of her daughter and her friends was a more 'in the moment' picture and I don't think that people are really hanging out like that the entire time they are together. Checking social networking sites for some is really addicting. I know that one of my friends constantly is updating her status, or posting pictures of stuff that she is doing, but none of it is really worth posting! She just feels the need to check her Facebook or her Instagram 24/7, and decides that every time she does she will post something new. The Ted Talks video really opened my eyes to society and their dependency on technology today. Sometimes I wish life was simpler and that people didn't have the chance to use technology.

Monday, October 14

Journal - What do you love about the "digital age" that we currently live in? What do you dislike about it? What are positives ways you use technology in your life? What are some things that come along with technology that you don't like? Explain.

I really like the way that you can keep in touch with those who love you anytime of the day. Calling and texting provides people the chance to continuously talk to one another, (or text) and it makes it very simple. Technology has its advantages and disadvantages, but without it I feel like life in today's society would become very difficult. Communication has been made so easy as to just use the tip of your fingers to send a quick message, thought, etc,. to all your friends. I dislike that after you talk to someone through text for such a long time, it then becomes harder to talk to that person in person, unless you know the person really well. I feel like technology is the new form of the 'hand shake', where people will shoot a stranger a text to get to know them instead of going up and introducing themselves. I use technology to keep in touch with friends, family, etc,. and it helps me keep in touch with those that are far away from me too. I use technology to help guide me to different places, using my GPS, and I also use it to communicate and write papers for school. The internet is an amazing tool for quick answers to a question. Although not always reliable the internet is definitely a convenience. Some things that come along with technology that I dislike would be that people can abuse it very easily. When you are texting someone they can easily lie to you, put you down, or act fake because you cannot see their face or who they are with, they can also take pictures of maybe secret things that you thought would stay within the two of you. Technology serves a great purpose for everyday life, but sometimes that purpose gets mistreated, or misunderstood.

Tuesday, October 8

Journal - Tell me about your Homecoming weekend (whether you went to the activities or not!). Tell me about what you did over the weekend As you know, I have been out of town for a horse show for Medal Finals. All week/weekend I have had to get up and ride very early all day, everyday. I work hard to try and be the best at what I do and that requires many hours of persistent effort. During the show we train, excercise, and participate in schooling classes before the actual division. My horse, Artie, and I did amazing and he was such a good boy. I love riding my horses, but sometimes it gets difficult because of school. Riding takes a lot of dedication and through out the weekend I demonstrated just that.

Wednesday, October 2

Journal- What do you know about info graphics? What are their purposes?

Info graphics show a group of statistics in different forms. Sometimes they can be in survey's or with polls such as; bar graphs, pie charts, etc,. When using info graphics it is easy to present statistics in an easy-to-read manner that is straight forward and looks nice. The format of the info graph usually depends on the type of information that is being represented. The purposes of info graphics are to depict statistical information through an easy-to-read chart or graph. You can make the graph suitable to whatever information needs to be represented and you can also make the colors different and the format. Info graphs are fun and easy to use and can help turn boring statistics into a fun picture.