1st Six Weeks Reflection

I am really enjoying this class so far.  I'm always on track and haven't fallen behind yet.  I've learned a lot so far, for instance I now know how to affectively use pages and how to create a blog and avatar for myself.  I might need to use these things later on in the future when I have to create a blog, and create brochures and presentations.

End of Day Evaluation

I ended up finishing all of my work today including hotlinking my peer's PDFs and my rubric for my PDF.     Today was fairly easy because I just had to follow the directions, and they were pretty clear.

My Evaluation

General- 3
Cover- 4
Table of Contents- 4
Work Log/ Initial Design- 3
Bibliography-  4
Bibliography/ Citations- 4
Professionalism- 3

Peer's Plans

Here is a link of one of my peers.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B6sB9qGaKsLkNGI1ZTcyODctY2VlMi00Zjg5LWEwNTUtYjg5YTNkNmI4YzZi&hl=en&authkey=CNfz-48H
I think his/her plan is good because I like how he/she incorporated the pyramids as bullet points instead of normal circles.

Here is another one of the links of a peer of mine.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B6Fp5J_x8_anNTI4OTg3ZGEtZDIwMi00OTQ4LWIyYmQtNTQ0MjcyOTkwN2U5&hl=en&authkey=CLnK2IcJ 
I think his/her plan is good because it is very colorful and makes the reader want to read the passages.

Here is the last but not least link of one of my peers.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1Xthu1sciMAMzAxMGM0YWItZGQ4ZS00MGY4LThlMWYtYTAxOTcxMmRlMzM1&hl=en&authkey=CLLun-gN
I think his/her plan is very interesting because it has a lot of pictures which makes the plan more exciting.

PDF

Here is think link for my PDF.  https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B7uXHkNu--WMN2U4MGY2ZjMtYTRiMS00MDgzLWJmNzgtMWI4YTRiNDFkZjA2&hl=en&authkey=CPqqr8wO

  

  The process was fairly easy to make a document into a PDF because you just had to simply follow the instructions but the first time I finished I realized that I hadn't done the Bibliography so I had to go back, finish the Bibliography and needed Free images.  Once I finished those I followed the instructions again and posted it here.

Italy Rough Draft

Italy

In my project for Multimedia I will be doing Italy.  I think this project will be kind of hard even tough I have worked with Word before.  It seems like it will be fun though because it is covering a country I want to go to.

What You Need to Know Before We Begin

1- What is plagiarism? Any good reasons to avoid it?
Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else's work, a good reason to avoid it is that you can get in trouble and you aren't doing your own work.2- What citation format are we using for this project?
We are using standard in-text format.3- Create a citation for your 'Works Cited' page of two websites you might use on your project.
Italy. Italian Government Tourist Board. Web. 15 Sept. 2010. <http://www.italiantourism.com/>.
Italy Travel. Italy Travel Guide. Web. 15 Sept. 2010. <http://www.justitaly.org/>.
1- What is stock photography?
Stock photography is a group of pictures used instead of using a photographer.
2- Why can't we just use random images off google?
Because they are copyrighted and we aren't allowed to use them without the owners position.
1- What does it mean for an image to be Public Domain?
They are items are works that currently have no intellectual property rights within the country of your residence.
2- Post a picture you found off a stock photography or public domain site on your blog.

3- Write the citation for this photo.

Dreamstime. PACA and CEPIC. Web. 15 Sept. 2010. <http://www.dreamstime.com/search.php?srh_field=platypus&referrer=140233&x=0&y=0>.

Netiquette

Scenario #1 – A student sends a harassing e-mail to another student. The receiving student
retaliates with a “flaming e-mail.” Is this the appropriate response? If not, what would be?

No it is not appropriate.  The right thing to do would be to tell a parent or teacher and let them deal with it.
Scenario #2 – When hanging out with friends, one of the students makes a call on their cellphone and carries on a conversation while still within the group. Is this ok? Why or why not?

No because it isn't polite.  You should say something like "Hey guys I have to talk to someone, it's urgent" and be polite about it.

Scenario #3 – A student logs on to a free file sharing website and downloads a song they just heard on the radio. Is this ok? Why or why not?

No because he/she should pay for the song because it's stealing if you don't pay for a copyrighted song.

Scenario #4 – A student follows a questionable link to a website and downloads a malicious script which releases a Trojan Horse virus on to the school network. Is the student to blame? Why or why not?

Yes, I thin he is to blame because he knew it was questionable and should have as someone first.

Scenario #5 – An hour before class, a student remembers that a writing assignment is due. The student goes to the library, logs on to a website, and copies/pastes the information. Is this ok? Why or why not?

No because that's plagiarism and should have done the work on his own time and not an hour before class.

Scenario #6 – At home, a student uses a software package to copy movies and games from DVD’s for his or her friends. Is this within fair-use laws? Explain.

No it is not within the laws because he is basically giving away pirated discs which are illegal. 

Scenario #7 – A student logs into the school website to download the syllabus they lost. Are they breaking any rules or laws? Explain.

No they aren't because if the school put the syllabus online they put it up there for the use of the children.

Scenario #8 – Students spend a good amount of time in class creating a web page for a school sponsored fundraiser. However, there website is not usable by certain individuals with disabilities. Was this disrespectful or wrong of them?

Well it wouldn't be disrespectful if they didn't do it on purpose, but if they did then yes it was very disrespectful because they didn't include everyone.

Why do you think netiquette is important? Why are we suing part of our class time for this?

I think it is important because it helps people be more polite with others.  We are suing part of this class to mae sure that we are being polite and using correct manners.

Pages

Today I had to explore the Apple program Pages.  I learned a few things about Pages because I already now how to use it.  It is fairly easy to use because it is so similar to Word but just a mac version.  I learned how to import a picture however, which will be very useful for later experiences with Pages.  Other than that I new most things about Pages.

Blog Rubric

Design Template-  4

Design Tab:  Gadgets-  4

Setting Tab-  4

Protecting Your Identity-  4

Posting-  3

Blog Entries-  3

Commenting-  3

Professionalism-  4