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.

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.

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.

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.

• Social networking such as, Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace.
• Cellular devices such as, texting on phones, face time on iPhones, and calling.
• There are video chats such as, Oovoo, Skype, and Tinychat.
• Dating websites like: Eharmony, and ChristainMingle.
• There are also other cites that contain chat-rooms, and private messaging like: Meebo, YouTube, and even Google+

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.

A.S.P.E.C.T

This week in Intro to  Publication, have began to explore new aspects of the internet. One of them being an incredibly useful tool: A.S.P.E.C.T

A.S.P.E.C.T- Is an acronym, in this case each letter tells about how you should examine a website, before using and trusting their information.

• The "A" stands for: Authority.

Somethings to keep in mind about authority are: Who wrote and published, do they have experience, do you recognize the name,  what information can you find about the publisher.

Another good idea, would be searching for any sponsoring agency, viewing the URL code at the top of the page would also be the intelligent thing to do.

Those are some key things to keep in mind of when searching for a reliable source.

• The "S" stands for: Sources.

Documentation, evidence to support statements, citations, footnotes, bibliography.

Are things to consider when searching for reliable information.

• The "P" stands for: Purpose.

Perspective, entertain, sell, and a mission statement.

Are things to look.

• The "E" stands for: Evenness.

Is the website presented objectively, is the information biased?

Those two things above, are key to great information.

• The "C" stands for: Coverage.

Is it new, comprehensive, or relevant?

If the website you are viewing is not comprehensive, or relevant. You might not be viewing, a reliable source.

• The "T" stands for:Timeliness.

Publish date, current information, and the reputation.

If you would like more in-depth information, view the presentation below.

Create your own mind maps at MindMeister

MindMeister, is a valuable source that can be used for many things.

The websites tool: mind maps, will allow you to create a visual that can show relationships, connections, and explain things that are apart of a specific topic.

In my opinion, it is quite simple. If you are a first time user for it, you may want to follow the tutorial present on the site it's self.

Other than that, there is nothing negative that I could say about this specific tool.

Being on the subject, there is another online tool that we used over the course of the week.

That being, the infamous Digital Driver's License.

Unlike the previous time that this component was used, we did not venture farther into cyber bullying and online etiquette. During this time of using it, we learned about Digital Media, and posting information online.

By that, we learned about how anyone with some form of internet access can post irrelevant information. Regardless of it being posted via webpage, blog, by social networking, or a online encyclopedia of some kind.

People can, and will post things that are not true as scams.

A famous person who had edited many pages on the source Wikipedia, that were untrue.

Is none other than Willy on Wheels. He is a classic case of what can be done by anyone on the internet. (Also, I am aware that I posted the link that will take you to the wiki-page, but I believe if there is a website that is aware of what "Willy" has done, it will be the website in which he had vandalized.)

Image of person spray-painting a wall, available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/allchrome/5423888378/sizes/z/in/photostream/, image taken: February 21, 1979.

Other things covered under the section of Digital Driver's License, that we covered were: Were how to find out if a websites information is relevant or not.

In the mind map I posted above covers what you need to scan the website for.

With knowing this, I may have in the future absent mindlessly come across a scam website.

While on it, I may have fallen for a scam, but with my new found information I can be sure that I will not fall for one again, if I scan through the websites skeptically. 

With that being said, this week in Introduction to Publication has been amazing, and informational!

Facebook Cheap?

1. Facebook cheap?

2.Facebook plunges 9% on $15 price call

3. CNN

4. This article is about, how Facebook stocks have gone up and down. It also is about how much more expensive a stock share is, compared to Facebook competitor. Also about how it may continue to fall.

5. I honestly do not care about Facebook’s stock issues. For one, I am fourteen years old, and really should not be investing.  Another thing, even if I could invest. I wouldn’t because it’s a waste of time. The only thing that would affect me, would be if for some reason they decide to completely shut down Facebook because of this.

6.This event impacts the world because stocks are pretty much universal, as far as I know. With stocks, and the popularity of Facebook. People think that it would be a great, and wonderful idea to invest in it, but now with the price going down. People are going to start to rethink their choice on Facebook, the stocks would proably plummet even more. Then, the entire cite may shut down. It’s unlikely that, that will happen though.

Weekly Review

Over the course of September's third week, we have done many things in Intro to Publication.

With the start of the week, we began with procedures for peer editing. Consisted of the following: stopping half-way through, to check our grammar and spelling for mistakes, reading it aloud to check for anything that may sound awkward, and fixing those mistakes.

 We had also started an assignment that is called Digital Driver's License: The website itself tells you about how online citizen's should act.

It means that it is testing us on what we have learned, through our notes and Animotos.

Digital Driver's License covers things similar to: cyber bulling, spamming, hacking, and just plain trolling. 

So, it really just helps you become a better person online, and there is really not anything negative about this digital component.

Stems, grammar,  quiz, and a test. Were just a few of the things that we've recently gone about doing.

With Stems, we have been slowly going over all of them and we will test on them next week.

This week though, the words have become more complex. One of them for example is: Pseudo.

With grammar, came our sentences. Which we had a test on the 19th.

Now, with the quiz  they were nothing more than little ones found on the Internet about phishing.

If you don't know what phishing is here you go: Phishing is when people, spammers, send you misleading e-mails, and try to steal your personal account information from them.

So, people who Phish are the telemarketers of the internet. They e-mail you once, then you never hear from them again in a lot of cases.

You have to be really cautious and observant, when receiving an e-mail from someone you don't know.

By checking the page URL, grammar, and graphics.

You can find out whether or not it is a phish.

This photo is a screen shot of a phishing attempt on Flickr, available at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/quox/412343985/, photo was posted: March 6th 2007.

Lastly, the test took up the entire period one day. It was all about our grammar sentences and punctuation.

It was quite difficult. I will not lie, but since our teacher Ms. Payseur is kind. She is said: 'That we will do corrections.'

The corrections consisted of us writing down the question, the correct answer, and why we think that, that is the correct answer.

There was another thing that we did as a class, and it was us learning about our online and public reputation.

Reputation: A general view of what others see you as, and how they see you. This includes the public.

With that, we had to create and edit two photos. One that would give someone a bad reputation, and the other a good reputation.

Photo of an L cosplayer on a magazine cover. available on Photobucket, photo created 9/21/12
Image editing software used was both Photobucket, and Magmypic.

The photo above shows how someone, could give another a positive reputation using photos.

Because, if someone saw that you were published in a positive magazine, they would probably chose you over a person with lesser merits.

Photo of an L cosplayer,  photo available on Photobucket, created 9/20/12. Image editing software used was Photobucket.

 

In this photo, the photo above shows how someone, could be giving another a negative reputation.

By first looking at the photo, you would see the words: 'Death Note'. Which to a person who knows nothing about the one in the photo. One could assume, that he is suicidal, or that he is creating a hit list of some kind.

Which could either land him in therapy or jail.

Original photo of L cosplayer, available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14139311@N07/3408228186, photo posted: March 21, 2009.

Another thing regarding the photo's that we had learned about was Persist.

Persist: To continue on, or endure.

Persistence, has to do with these photos. 

For a reason like: If it were somehow to become a internet meme, and it were bad. People all over the world would be able to see it, and it turns out that negative things stay popular longer.

Then, there is context.

Context: Different factors that surround information that help determine it's meaning.

For example, let's take the unedited photo above.

If you didn't know what was going on, or who the person is. You would most likely assume that it is something illegal, or what he had been doing was something that could become illegal.

Lastly, there is tag.

Tag: Labels; words that are key to what describes a photo or video.

For another example, you would want to take the second edited photo above; the negative one.

With that the caption reads: 'Death note, picking off the human population one at a time.'

that is the caption of the photo.

With the photo editing tools in general. I'm actually quite satisfied with them; I mean, I edit photos on a regular basis.

Photoshop, GIMP, and Photobucket. Are the things that I normally use and now that I have a whole list of free ones. I'm just ecstatic, but then there are the trolls that may use these things to use exact their revenge on people.

So, they would use their new found skills, to give someone a negative online reputation.

With that being said, this will really help me out, outside of school; Since I make book covers  for my books on Wattpad, and with the digital literacy component, I now can think twice before responding to a flame review.