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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Need for Speed

1. Need for Speed most wanted

2.Need for Speed: Most Wanted Vita developed by Criterion, includes extra content


3. Shacknews

4. This need for speed game, is a new installment for the well known games. Unlike the other games that this game was played on, this one is for the Playstation Vita, and Playstation 3. One thing that makes this game different opposed to its handheld counterparts. Is the fact that in this version of the game, there are additional features that were not in the original games. This game released yesterday October 30th 2012.
                      
5.With this, I am excited that this game is coming out! I own a lot of the need for speed games, and this just is amazing to put it lightly. The release of this game affects me, because I’ve played these games since Need for speed:Underground came out back in 2004. Also, now that today is halloween all of the gamers will be either A:Taking children trick-or-treating, B: Handing out candy. The odds that they will be in line, are less than what might have happened. The line, will also be shorter since the game is not as popular as Madden, Legend of Zelda, or Pokemon. So, now knowing this, I will be able to quickly get the game.

6.This event impacts the world, because Need for speed is a very popular game. The fact that it just came out, will cause stores worldwide to sell out and gain a major profit. Also, gamers since the game came out the day before halloween. October 30th, Gamers would know to go ahead and either A: Preorder the game, B: Go get the game, regardless of it being halloween. With them now knowing this, those who are unaware will not be in line waiting for the game, and those who are aware will be able to get the game in half the time it would’ve taken. Therefore, this is how the event impacts the world.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Week before halloween

With the beginning of the week in Introduction to Publication we have done a variety of things.
Starting with a change in schedule.

The change being, we completed yet another section of the infamous Digital Drivers License. Unlike the others, this one was stressing online safety and who a person is online.

 Over all, this week's digital literacy component was alright, though there is the fact that I believe a large portion of the questions were opinionated.

Which confused me greatly, other than that minor problem. I had no difficulties what-so-ever.

 With the videos this section had, I was able to learn things about safety and who I am online.

 Since I my self play MMORPGs, and RPGS.

On there, as a normal safety precaution I never have my avatar share characteristics with myself.
For example, My avatar on DeviantArt is the same as my Google avatar.
The differences between my true appearance will be listed:

Photo belongs to myself. created at: Faceyourmanga

  • I do not have elven features, such as the ears.
  • My hair is not cropped, it is almost waist-length 
  • My eyes are not blue
  • I do not have a tattoo on my face, nor anywhere on my body.
As the week continued on, we had watched a film and discussed more about avatars.

To help us learn about them, we copied down some definitions:

  • Avatar- Image or graphic that represents you online.
  • Persona- Image  or personality that you portray to others.
  • Anonymous- Hidden identity.
  • Inhibited- Being careful or restrained about your actions or impulse.
  • Represent- How you present yourself to others.
Knowing these terms, we viewed multiple photos of people and their avatars.
We listed multiple differences and why we think they changed their appearance, and made themselves look differently online.

We then, took the new knowledge and applied it in our web2.0 tool this week. Which was Glogster!
My glog is below.



On the glog, we were told to give 5 tips to staying real online, and keeping yourself out of trouble.

With Glogster, it is a fabulous tool! I absolutely love it!!!!!
I've used it since seventh grade, and I was shocked at how much it had improved! It is great for projects, and presentations.

There are really no flaws with this program from my point of view, it is super simple and fun to use!

Now, by knowing these things. I now will watch what I say online, because it could really screw my future up. For many reasons, but with knowing this I might still make my avatar look different from my true appearance, for safety reasons.

Overall, My week was wonderful and I enjoyed learning about these things, since they were quite interesting!

Monday, October 22, 2012

current event

1. Call of duty free?

2.Call of duty elite to be free for Black Ops 2.

3.Theguardian

4. The hit video game series, for Xbox and other gaming consoles’ online version is said to become free! Being released last year, this game has become increasingly popular. Now, with it becoming free, as of at least November 13th, instead of charging for this addition asset, it will be free.

5. I consider this very interesting! I personally love the Call of Duty series, and since I have Black ops 2 pre ordered. I can get this for free! I mean, I’m saving a good bit of money, since I would’ve ended up paying the full price for this. This event affects me greatly, due to my love for Black ops. Now, I’m extremely happy.
6.This event impacts the world, by the fact that the Call of Duty game series, is very popular. Thousands of people pre-order the game around the world, and line up outside of stores to purchase the game. Now, that an installment of the game is becoming free, people will download it.
This game would’ve grossed thousands upon thousands. Now, that it has a free installment. Black Ops 2 is sure to gross even more.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Cyberbullying

During the time span of the last couple of weeks, we covered a huge topic in Introduction to Publication, that is Cyberbullying.

With this topic came terms and definitions: Target, Offender, By-stander, Up-stander, escalate, and de-escalate.

  • Target- A target to put it simply, is the victim, or the person being bullied.
  •  Offender- The bully; a person with malicious intent, that wants to cause harm. (Note, that they are evil, evil little trolls....)
  • By-stander- Is self- explanatory, it's a witness who does nothing.
They stand by and watch the victim and the bully.
  • Up-stander- A witness who actually does do something.
They stand UP for the victim.
  • Escalate- Not as in the 'moving stairs' in department stores (that is an escalator), but it means to increase, or intensify.
So, to escalate means to go up.
  • De-escalate- means to go down, or decrease. 

With these terms we came up with ways a target, and up-stander can de-escalate the bullying.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Angry Birds meets Star Wars

1. Angry Birds Meets Star Wars

2. Angry Birds Star Wars Coming Next Month


3. CNN


4. This article tells of a new installment to the major smartphone app Angry birds. This new app is suppost to be on iTunes by next month, and the merchandise should hit the shelves by October 28th. This app will also be the 5th major installment of the app.


5. I honestly don’t care. I have attempted to play the original angry birds on my friends Ipod touch, but I failed. So, this event does not effect me in anyway what so ever.

I do have a smart device, but this game frustrated me that badly..... I absolutely cannot stand the game, therefore it proves my point.

6. This event impacts the world, because even though I dislike the game greatly. I have many friends who love the game. There is also the fact that people all around the world have smart devices, and most likely have purchased an app. There is also the factor that angry birds itself is one of the most purchased apps on iTunes. Therefore, this event impacts the world.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Self-Disclosure and Internet Health

With the month of September coming to an end, and October just beginning. In Introduction to Publication we have covered a variety of topics over the course of the week.  One of them being, the dangers of the internet.

Starting off class at the beginning of the week, we were told to copy down some terms, and define them.

Self-Disclosure, Reciprocate, and Sexting.

  • Self-Disclosure- Sharing one's private, sensitive, and confidential information about themselves, to others.
Things that would be considered self-disclosure are: Your telephone number, address, age, height, general geographic location, Social Security number, (Though, I do hope all who read this are intelligent enough to know better than that.) bank account information, birth date, credit card information, and gender.

 Are only a few things that fall under the topic.
photo of bank, available http://www.freefoto.com/preview/31-52-6/Bank, taken: May 14, 2002
  • Reciprocate- To give in, and return. 

  • Sexting- Sending or receiving  sexually explicit photos or videos by text message, or any other digital device.

With that being said, there are ways to avoid sexting!

In the comic strip below made on the website Makebeliefscomix, you will see a way to avoid sexting.





 In the strip above, Kit the girl who was asked to 'sext' her boyfriend. Instead of giving in to pressure, she used humor to get out of sending him the picture.  So Kit instead, emailed her boyfriend a photo of an alien.

There are other ways to avoid sexting and those are listed below.

  • Humor
  • Act innocent
  • Be creative and sly, (Kit used this technique along with Humor to avoid sexting)
  • Stress discomfort
  • Or you can just change the subject.
Introduction to Publication, another topic was covered.

That being building relationships online.

We had an in-class discussion.

During that discussion, we went over how people act differently online then off, how to build a relationship online, and more about the dangers of the internet.

 Below, you will see yet another comic strip created by myself on Makebeliefscomix.
In this strip, Kit and her boyfriend shaggy are currently in a long-distance relationship and are only able to communicate through digital devices.






 Kit, decided to use email to communicate with Shaggy, and that helped build their relationship.

Other than email, there are multiple ways to build online relationships.

Those are just a few ways to communicate online.

With this new Web2.0 tool that has been used, there are almost nothing negative that I can say about it. Other than the fact that I disliked how you can only use up to four panels at a time, and the low graphic resolution. Which should not surprise me, since the comic strip was made on a free online website.

On the bright side of things, this tool was entertaining. The comical characters were intriguing to me, especially how they showed their emotions.


With the remainder of the week that we had,  we used it going over a new aspect of Digital Driver's License.

The section of the website that we covered, had everything to do with the other things that we completed over the course of the week.

The main aspect of it was Internet Health.

Covering the dangers of sexting, texting while driving, and what can happen on various social networking sites.

It included a story of a young teenage girl, who took her own life because of sending a single nude photo of herself to an ex-boyfriend.

Which was saddening. It made me think about how people around me could be doing that, and the pain that those whose photos are made public endure.

With this information being known to me, I never really thought about sexting or the dangers of it. Now that I know, I will never even think about it if I'm asked to sext someone.
It's illegal, and if the photo is of a minor, and sent by one. It is considered child pornography.

There is also the 'what if' factor. For example: What if, the recipient forwarded the photo to someone else. That could cause a chain reaction, and before it is known an entire town may be aware of what has been done.

In class we ( The students around my seat ) had to come up with a solution to a conversation.

It began with a simple conversation between two teenagers: Jake, and Shaila.

Jake, had asked Shaila to sext him, and the remainder of the conversation we as a group had to come up with it.

Shaila:I don't think that would be a good idea.
Jake: Why not?
Shaila:Because I am smart enough not to do that.
Jake: :( I am breaking up with you.
Shaila: No wait...
Jake: Wait for what?
Shaila: Nothing, you are a jerk!
Jake: Fine then. Lets see what Photoshop can do.
Shaila: No! Know what? I am not some five dollar hoe. Do what you wish!
Jake: Okay, Fine then! :(






The conversation ends. 

That concludes yet another summery of what has been accomplished in Ms.Payseur's Introduction to Publication's third class, and another wonderful week has been finished.