January 29, 2014

Tell me about the global issue you selected yesterday. Briefly restate your paragraph from yesterday.

The topic that I chose is Alcohol abuse. The reason why I chose this is because I am interested to know more negative effects of drinking. I also chose it because in High school, there are a few people making stupid decisions and don’t understand how much damage they could be doing to themselves. I have a little background information. I know that alcohol can destroy your liver. I also know that too much alcohol intake can lead you into serious health issues. If you have had a lot to drink, you can make stupid decisions that you could regret in the future.  I hope to learn why and how it causes you to be in this state.  I want to learn the long-term effects of drinking at a young age.  I also hope to learn more facts about this topic in general. 

January 27, 2014

If you could pick one issue in the world to fix or change what would it be and why?

If i could fix one issue in the world and fix it , I would definitely find a cure for cancer. This is a huge thing that has affected many people in my life! I think that when I get older I want to research and find cures however it would be great if I could just fix it right now!!!! This is an awful illness and affects so many people daily! It would be amazing to find a cure!

January 24, 2014

January 22, 2014

What is a Public Service Announcement? If you don't know what it is, Google it. In your own words, now tell me what it is? What are they used for? Can you recall an example of a PSA you've seen before?

A public service announcement is an advertisement that a radio or television station airs for a specific cause or for charity. A public service announcement is not paid advertising. A broadcaster can donate time for the PSA to be announced. Once when I was listening to the radio, I heard them say to make sure and donate to the Salvation Army Bell ringers. This is definitely an example of a PSA. Now when i listen to the radio and watch television, I am going to keep my eyes out for PSA's.

January 21, 2014

Tell me about your three day weekend. How was it? What did you do? Elaborate

My three day weekend was great. On friday, it was my friend Mollie's birthday. Since school ended early, we put a blindfold on her and took her to skyzone. After, we went to her house and it that was my Friday. On Saturday, I had cheer. I also caught up on some sleep. That night, I went out to dinner with my competitive cheer team (Platinum). The next day I had cheer practice. After practice, me and my platinum friends got together to watch a cheer competition that was live on the computer. Then the next day (Sunday) I had cheer practice again ha ha. I also had practice for the sophomore class dance. The dance is really coming together and I am getting excited about it. Even though I had a ton of cheer practice, this weekend was still relaxing. 

January 15, 2014

January 15, 2014

What have you learned about Google Drive and Google Presentation so far? What do you like about it? What problems have you run in to? Is it better than PowerPoint?

I have learned a lot about Google Drive and Google Presentation so far. I actually love using Google drive and I look forward to using it to save all of my work. I learned that it is a very convenient way to store your information. I love how in Google Presentation, you don't even have to worry about saving your work. It just saves automatically. Last night when I was making my "Who am I" power point, my pictures wouldn't save on my computer from my email. So, I just saved them to Google drive and it worked fine after that. Google Presentation is extremely convenient and I will definitely choose this over regular Power point. You don't have to worry about sending it to your email. Google Drive is the home for all of my files and will now be for a long time. I have not had any problems in Google Drive and Google Presentation.

Monday, January 13

Tell me if you agree with this statement and then explain why or why not. "Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted I should be able to use it."

I do not agree with this statement for many reasons. When you post something on the internet, the work belongs to you. If someone took my photograph that I worked hard for and said that it was theirs, I would not be very happy. I believe that if you need to get a picture off of the internet that does not belong to you then you should site the image to give them the credit. Some people work very hard for their photographs and it would not be right of you to take it and say that it is your image. So, overall images on the internet are not free game because they belong to someone else. 

Friday January, 10

What do you want to learn in the class this semester? What information do you want to walk away with that you didn't know before? Elaborate!

I wanted to take this class for numerous reasons. Last year I decided to take Computer Applications.I loved it because it improved my knowledge of the software and I now can work really fast because of the shortcuts that I learned. This also decreased my study time when I have to work on a computer. I took this class because I wanted to become even more familiar with computers. I have never been the "technology queen" of the family. That one definitely goes to my sister and when I am confused about something I go to her for help. I think I will get lots out of this class and maybe never have to ask my sister help on my assignments. I also took this class because I am very familiar with Macs however not as much DELL. I have a computer exactly like this in my office so I think this class will definitely improve my skills. I just want to walk away with more knowledge with computers overall.