Month: February 2019

my slides

I think my partner and I didn’t honour the partner agreement completely because both our time management skills were poor in this assignment but we worked well together in other places like helping each other when we needed to. I think we were posing important questions which made us get a better final product while also paying attention to each others ideas and thoughts. We were a cooperative team and I think I brought about some good team debates foe ideas in this collaboration. My partner was very  helpful and reliable but I think In the future we have the have both our collaborative tasks on both our laptops and have better time management while doing it.

video 

I think we should have worked harder on the emotional significance of the final stop motion video as we wanted comfort but all the multiple colours and the speed of the video gave a more happy tone to the audience. We want to convey the comfort that comes from something you cherish like in this instance, hoodies. The tone is caring with showing someone you care for them that you give them something that is precious to you. There is music as we want to create a happy and comforting mood for our video, which will be light energetic music which has a fast beat. We made that decision because we wanted to have more coordination between the stop motion and the background music. Three words that describe my stop motion are colour, mood, special. Colour shows what your feeling like black shows emptiness. Mood shows the tones changing and how it progresses. Special because the hoodies are precious to the writer and they give it to someone who’s even more special than the hoodies.

Can materialistic things show your true feelings? Because showing your feelings is hard and I want to understand can people look deeper and see that even a colour and tone or speed can show feelings.

 

podcast review

A few quotes that I found interesting in the podcast-

“95% of American teens have access to a smartphone now”- Veronica

“This is not wasting time online; this is internet as an agent of massive change.”- Veronica

The episode started with a number of kids making statements about their use of electronics. From there it went into the pre- intro bumper where the host gave a quick preview of how internet is used a lot in this generation and how she was going to talk about how to balance internet time. Then she moved onto a standard introduction where she introduces herself and the company she works for .Futhermore, she talks about how this topic is relevant to everyone in today’s society by saying its changing relationships between parents and children and also making a barrier between them. Then she brings in a professional in the field for an interview and another 17 year old who used used social media to be an activist. She talks about how social media and internet can bring so much change and awareness to others but also rebels. That was where the story came in of a high school shooting and how the internet affected it. She then talks about a nine year old who abuses her freedom to use the internet to show off. The host is trying to the positive and negative sides to make the story complex and interesting. Then she talks about statistics and advice to other adults to give a solution to issues happening regarding children and the internet. After a solid debate and many details and stats she has a standard conclusion and outro.

I would choose the challenge after listening to this podcast-

Delete your favorite app for five days
I think I have to start controlling my screen time and take a break from all social media or other apps I use constantly and see how it effects my daily life and relationships.

Is social media or the internet vicious enough to break bonds?

Can the internet start a revolution?