Analazing a Photo

In photography, there are three major variables to make a the reader feel a certain way. Those are camera angle, lighting and proximity. Camera angle is from what position the photographer took the picture, wether it's from above, below, eye level, slanted or not squared. Lighting is where the light is coming from or if there is insufficient or sufficient light in the picture. Proximity is the distance from where the picture is taken from, like If it was extreme close up, long, medium, etc. The other variables in photography might be props, Wardrobe, background, body language, eye contact, etc.



I think what the photographer is trying to make the viewer feel about this picture is that she is a nice young lady, but she is also not in any financial problems. The camera angle of this picture is from eye level. The photographer might have took this picture in that angle because he/she might want to make the viewer look at her as if she's very happy with her life. The lighting is sufficient because you can clearly see everything. I think there are various places from where the light is coming from but the major one is from above. The proximity of this is medium, where you can only see the face and the torso to give off the vibe that she's just like us and that she's friendly. The props that they used for this particular photograph is jewelry. I think they used this because they wanted her to look rich. Her body language tells me that she is nice. She had her arms clasped and rested in a furniture to make her look
like she's ready to listen to us. The color of her clothes is a nice sky blue. That makes her look even more friendlier.

In conclusion to that, I think this is very effective in making me feel a certain way. It certainly made me feel that she's nice and very happy about how her life is. She didn't have any financial problems. It also made me feel like she's someone I can count on. Like when I need someone to talk to she's going to be there for me.

The Force: Volkswagen Commercial

2012 Passat Volkswagen



I choose this commercial because when I first watched the video it made me laugh and I remebered when my friends would do "the force" to me.

This advertisement is about the new 2012 Passat Volkswagen. As you can see from the video above, it's about a boy who plays as Darth Vader. Almost all things are resistant to "the force". However the 2012 Passat can be influenced, or so the boy thought. The dad was actually the one who used the remote to make it seem like the boy had actaully used "the force".

The persuasion techniques they used here are:

• Humor- because of how the kid was pretending to be Darth Vader
• Family- there was a mom and a dad. The mom even made sandwich for the boy.
• Fun- because everyone was having fun, especialy the kid.
• Nature- the 2012 Passat was outside in the driveway, and you can see all the trees around it.

I think the most dominant persuasion techinique they used for this commercial is humor. The whole time I was watching this commercial I was slightly laughing about how the kid was trying so hard to use "the force" and when he finnaly did, he just looked so happy.

In conclusion to that, I think the maker(s) of this commercial have done a great job, but it didn't really made me think a certain way about the product they were adversting. It was just a fun commercial to watch and everytime I hear about the 2012 Passat I would automatically remember Darth Vader and Star Wars.

Techniques of Persuasion

Persuasion

 It is an act where you try to make someone think a certain way. It could be as simple as trying to make someone give you money, like what we did in my ELO class, or getting a person to stop smoking.

These are the most commonly used techniques for persuasion.

• Humor- funny or crazy stuff that makes the viewers smile or laugh.
• Macho- powerful, bold, daring, big muscles- usually males. Can cary weapons or be in tough and dangerous situations.
• Friends- a group or people that are having fun and doing things together.
• Family- mom, dad, children, aunt, uncle, cousins or a family.
• Fun- people are doing fun things and they're smiling, laughling and having a good time.
• Nature- trees, sky, flowers, ocean, volcanoes, etc. The event is hapening outside.
• Sexy- focuses on physical images of a person, usually females. They might wear revealing clothes, or atcting flirty.
• Cartoon- animated, often funny and used for unrealistic ideas.
• Celebrity- athlete, singer, actor, actress etc. Someone who people recognizes very easily.
• Wealth- jewelry, big houses and other very expensive items.

"Helping Others"

Laptop/Computer

Title: Macbook

By: coolabanana

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coolabanana/2071484773/

Most of the people that I know, knows what a laptop/computer is. So I thought it would make sense for me to choose this topic for our class theme "Helping Others".

For those of you who doesn't know what a laptop/computer is (even though your probably using one right now).

A computer is, "a machine which can take instructions, and perform computations based on those instructions".(McGuigan 2011) Its an electronic device that manipulates information, or "data". It has the ability to store, retrieve, and process data. You can use a computer to type documents, send email, and browse the internet. You can also use it to handle spreadsheets, accounting, database management, presentations, games, and much more.

A computer/laptop helps us in many different ways. It helps us get in touch with our relatives half way around the world. A few days ago I got to webcam chat with my cousin who finally had their twins a few weeks ago. I saw they're cute little faces and also got to see how my cousin look like after not seeing them for about half a year.

It also helps us gather information about things that we would like to know. Like now, I needed to do some research on why a computer/laptop is so important and how it helps people. So I'm using a computer to gather some information and to give me an idea.

It helps students send their homework to their teachers. I've actually had to do this a couple of times already, where I needed to do my homework and after type it up in my computer/laptop and send it to my teachers. Like what Mr. Hainstock made us do last week, where we had to find the answers on some of the questions he posted on his blog and send it to his email.

Another way a computer/laptop helps us is by letting us read the news online. You can read the news online without having to subscribe to a newspaper. It's also probably faster to read online than the newspaper, it can be as soon as it happens or maybe even live. Not only that, in some countries the press is regulated and not allowed to publish many things especially truths about/against the government, but there are many online news portal/ personal blogs that reveal unpublished truth, so internet allows us to access them.

It also entertains us. I think this is a major part of how a computer/laptop helps us. It makes us feel less bored by just simply playing some games, listening to music, or just plain old watch videos, go on social networking sites like facebook, twitter etc. This is probably what I do 85% of the time I'm using the computer.

In conclusion to that, I think that one of the biggest things that helps us is the computer/laptop. It  communicates us with friends; relatives; families, gather information, helps us with our education, entertains us and keeps us "in" on what the latest is. Without the computer/laptop, I think it would make our lives harder because if we needed to find out an information about something, we would have to go to the library and checkout a ton of books and look through each and every one of them to find out what we're looking for. We would also be unable to communicate with each other at a fast pace like, talking in person, instead we would have to write letters that can take from a week to a month until the person gets it.


Sources:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-computer.htm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/process
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/retrieve
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/store
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coolabanana/2071484773/

Citations:

LaMcGuigan, Brendan. "What is a Computer?." 15/9/11. wiseGEEK, Online Posting to wiseGEEK. Web. 20 Nov. 2011. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-computer.htm.

Re: Are Single-Sex Classrooms better for kids?

Parents and educators have debated single-sex education for years, and the number of schools offering single gender classes has grown. But some researchers argue there is no evidence that boys and girls learn differently — and that gender separation can perpetuate sexist stereotypes.

 In my opinion single-sex classrooms aren't that bad. Sure, kids need to develop their communication skills with the opposite sex but not everyone learns the same way. Being in a single-sex classroom gives the girls more opportunities to sometimes speak out their opinions instead of getting "drowned" by the boys by yelling out their answers. It also gives the boys the chance to focus more on their studies instead of checking out girls and what not.

But being in a single-sex classroom also has its down side. They might learn all the stereotypes people will be talking about; like how girls are supposed to play with barbies and guys should be playing with cars. But if they're in coed classrooms they will learn how to work together and will help them once they grow up and becomes independent.

Overall both of these types of classrooms have their Pros and Cons, it's just  a matter of opinion on whether what kind of classroom you'd like to be in, and what classroom works for you best.

Creatve Commons

Hello! In our class in ELO we are currently studying about creative commons. Creative Commons means "some rights reserved". It offers the owner's ability to use their works for commercial purposes, or not; to make derivative works, or not; To share alike, or not. It is, in short, a way of fine-tuning your copyright.

Here are some examples of creative commons licenses. My theme that I decided on was "Love".

Attribution License    

Title: Love

By: Photo Javi

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/javyer/3799781709/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Attribution-NoDerivs License   

Title: Love is in your hands

By: WolfSul

Fount at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfsoul/2076655775/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License          

Title: Love

By: Barkaw

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/barkaway/293805065/sizes/m/in/photostream/

Attribution-NonCommercial License    

Title: Love Date

By: Henry8.0

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/henry8/177832706/

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License     

Title: Love Hurts

By: *triple star*

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gibbernoise/2495707403/

Attribution-ShareAlike License          

Title: Endless love
By: Millzero Photography

Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/millzero/2408535634/sizes/s/in/photostream/

Kinds of Blogs

Hello! Today I was looking through a bunch of blogs and found 3 different kinds of blogs.

The 1st one I would like to show you are 2 kind different blogs that was made to entertain.

The blogs are:

• http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/celebrity/

I think these blogs are made to entertain because it created different kinds of emotions while I was reading through it. The one thing that really sticked out to my mind while scanning throught these websites is the one about Beyonce being pregnant. I remember feeling really shocked when I found out that Beyonce was pregnant. Therefore I think that these blogs are supposed to entertain the readers.

The 2nd kind of blogs I would like to show you are the ones where they are made to inform us.

The blogs are:

• http://weblog.greenpeace.org/
• http://www.engadget.com/

These two blogs are made to inform. I think that these blogs are made to inform because they were telling information without trying to tell what their opinion is. Like for the weblog.greenpeace website they told the reader about the nuclear reaction like how they would say it in the news.

Finnaly the very last kind of blog I would like to share with you is the kind of blog where it is made to persuade the reader.

The blogs are:

• http://www.michaelmoore.com/blogger/mmflint/
• http://gizmodo.com/

I think that these two blogs are definitly blogs made to persuade. An example is that the website michaelmoore was definitely giving his own prespective of things and was persuading us to think like him. Like the one where he "encourages" everyone he know to never travel to Georgia, and also to never do business in Georgia. Now if that doesn't say persuading someone then I guess I don't know what persuading means.

Thank you for reading my blog! If you don't agree with my review for those blogs, please feel free to leave a comment.