...Guide Your Reflection Paper Note: It is not required that you answer every one of these questions in your paper. The questions are intended as a guide to help you think about the types of things to discuss in your reflection paper. 1. What was the purpose/importance of the restoration work with which we assisted? a. What areas/habitats did we restore? i. Are these habitats threatened? ii. Are they important ecologically? iii. Are they important culturally? b. What native plants did we plant? i. Are the species we planted endangered? ii. Are they important ecologically? iii. Are they important culturally? iv. Why were these plants chosen, as opposed to other native plants? 2. What did we actually, physically DO in the restoration process? a. What were the steps of the restoration process? b. What was the purpose/importance of each of the steps? 3. What is your opinion, or feeling, about the work that we did (this is the ‘reflection’ portion of the reflection paper). a. What did you find most and least enjoyable about the service learning events? b. Did the service learning improve your experience in the biology/botany class in any way? c. Overall, did you find service learning to be a valuable or important experience? d. Would you recommend to a friend to participate in the UHWO biology service learning? To assist you in remembering the restoration process, the plants we planted, and the habitats we restored, you are free to refer to my blog posts following...
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...and exchange information. For instance, it provides a new way to communicate and share photos and videos. Also, it provides a new platform which is called web based diary, also known as blog (abbreviated from of weblogs) that contains online personal journals with reflections, comments from visitors and hyperlinks provided by the writer (Herring et al.). Eve Edelson describes it in simple words as “just” browser interface to web site publishing, however, blogs are used by different societies for different purposes and now has become a part of daily life for many bloggers. Matthew Mehan refers to “the blogsphere world as colorful and varied as the animal world. There is an evolutionary struggle for supremacy amongst bloggers” (qtd. in Mehan). A blog is ranked by the number of hits it receives from visitors and the number of outbound links it has. Also Mehan clarifies that there are levels of bloggers from novice those who have just entered the blogging world and up to a level of pounding fathers. Many bloggers use blogs as just a hobby but some blogging can also translate into business. There are some bloggers who blog almost every day to attract advertisers or even product endorsement offers. There are different visitor statistic analyzing sites that offer tools to assist those who use blogs as business tools. For instance, “Site Meter offers a free, basic hit count and link log in exchange for posting a logo-link to their website. It also sells one of the thousands of “site...
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...order concerns, like grammar (added “am” before “from” in the first sentence) and transitions (first sentence of second paragraph links the two, creating flow that was previously absent). After that, I focused on these, more important higher order concerns: audience, pathos and genre conventions. Previously, the reference to the audience for my blog was vague and practically missing. By adding the fact that “one of the primary uses of this blog is for my English 1020 class at Wayne State University,” I was able to hone in on my prospective audience: my professor and fellow classmates. Next, I added in more details about myself to help the reader feel better connected to me. By stating where I lived through my life and what country I identity myself as being from, as well as one of my biggest goals in life, I am allowing future readers to know me and my writing, not just the latter. Finally, I attempted to improve my use of genre conventions. About Me pages typically include a reason why the writer started a blog, so I included that. Also, I tried to be more interactive with my readers by asking them to provide feedback to my blogs, another characteristic of the genre. In terms of the Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs), I feel I have made significant progress in writing, reading, research and reflecting (some more than others) so for this semester. I am excited to see how much further I can improve in these categories, as they are essential not only for English and other...
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...Nurse Educator Nurse Educator Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 209-213 Copyright ! 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Wikis and Blogs Tools for Online Interaction Jane S. Grassley, PhD, RN Robin Bartoletti, MS Online education requires nursing faculty to learn teaching strategies that encourage students’ interaction with the course content, their peers, the faculty, and the technology. The Web 2.0 technologies of wikis and blogs can help faculty direct online learning activities that encourage peer support, collaboration, and dialogue. The authors discuss these tools and how they were used to engage students in a nursing research course. ince the mid-1990s, increasing numbers of people have come to rely on the Internet as a convenient source of information and education. In nursing, the growing need for convenient and nontraditional learning strategies fostered a proliferation of Web-based nursing education programs. Since teaching online requires faculty to use strategies that differ from those used in face-to-face classrooms, nurse researchers have investigated characteristics of online education environments that facilitate students’ engagement with learning.1-3 Thurmond concluded,3(p237) ‘‘Good teaching practices are deeply rooted in the concept of interaction.’’ MancusoMurphy4(p257) identified interaction among faculty and students as ‘‘the core element of an effective online environment.’’ Researchers determined that peer support, collaboration, and...
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...Critiquing Internet Sources The internet is filled with information. Podcasts, videos, and blogs are the most used forms of information on the internet. Three factors that need to be used when evaluating internet sources for use in research are authority, can the speaker be authenticated, and is he qualified to speak on the subject, accuracy, can the information be found in other credible sources, and currency is the information current or when was the last revision to the page? The topic is Elder Abuse, a blog, video, and podcast, have been evaluated pertaining to the subject to show the credibility and reliability of the sources. A blog is a website containing a writer’s or group of writers’ own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other websites (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015). The blog Elder Care and Technology is written by a group of writers’ in the Walton Law Firm. The blog explains in detail the impact of modern technology on Elder Abuse. The law firm based in San Diego, California specializes in court cases representing abused elders and their families. The Law firm can be authenticated and has been successful in prosecuting and retaining damages against nursing homes and personal care homes for years (Walton Law Firm, 2014). The blog does show some bias against people and organizations accused of elder abuse. The information in the blog is accurate and valid, because there are links to the law firm site that confirm the blog’s...
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...is how this relates to a concept I’ve learned from the Dorothy Bland article called the Rashomon Effect. This is a concept where people have different interpretations of the same event, but in this case, visual images. So perhaps I could look at something that gives me positive vibes, while another could potentially see it as negative. As for the genres and purposes of these images is that they do their own part of spreading an important message or issue (i.e. Black Lives Matter). But as far as visual images go, they have the freedom to represent themselves in their own unique ways stemming from messages that can be displayed in a positive, clever, or humorous way to being set in a serious, dark, or morbid manner. Starting from my first blog, the reason why I chose the “You’re welcome” meme because at first glance I found it haunting. You can see that this Baltimore neighborhood has been set ablaze and ransacked, and one of the rioters telling the kid to be thankful because if hadn’t helped pillage the neighborhood, the little kid wouldn’t be living in a just and fair society, while holding a stolen flat screen still in the box. The only innocent part of this image that stood out to me was the child listening to the thug’s words of “wisdom.” What I found haunting in his words were that it is true that most people choose to partake in the riot as an opportunity not to achieve justice, but as way to destroy and steal things as they wish. That is what stood out to me when I chose...
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...M1 The internet today has grew massively there are new and much modernised technologies and ways to communicate. Communicating are making personal interaction fast, efficient and for some people a bit intimidating this is because the internet can be a dangerous place and people can forge people and impersonate them, peoples social media page has a lot of information on about that person so therefore people can have the necessarily information and can make other things up. The new technologies and communication methods are quickly becoming the ‘normal’ in today’s world. The concept referring to the changing trend in the use of web technology and web design is that they have to lead to the development of information sharing and collaboration capabilities. Web 2.0 is now referred to in new ways in which software developers and users use the web. It makes use of the web technologies that were always present but not technically or practically feasible in the web 1.0. there are more and modern technologies such as Ajax, wikis, folksonomy, web feeds, podcasts, semantic web, mashups, social networking, instant messaging, text messaging and blogging these are often referred as a web 2.0 technologies. The web 2.0 doesn’t represent a new version of the World Wide Web. Some social media and modern technologies we know or may use: Instant messaging (IM) Is a computer based method of communication in which a user can type and view messages sent to one or multiple people and can also view...
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...THE “BLOG” EXPERIENCE: WHEN FREEDOM BECOMES INVASION INTRODUCTION Francois Voltaire, one of France’s most famous philosophers became well-known for this often quoted phrase: “I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.” The phrase summarizes the spirit of the freedom of speech – one of the inventions of the 18th century Enlightenment, a time when discussions among the upper class were construed as constituting the public sphere. Although they belonged to the sophisticated members of society, their conversations highlighted social equality and everyone was given the chance to speak and be demanded to listen. With free and frank conversations, people became acquainted with points of view that were not familiar; they discovered strengths and weaknesses in their personal arguments, and subsequently became moderate in the expression of their views taking into consideration the arguments of others. With this small light ignited in the intellectual realm, the idealism of free communication of thoughts and opinions spread and became one of the trademarks of democratic societies. During the next century, John Stuart Mill affirmed that societies progress when people freely express themselves because errors and misconceptions are exposed, and alternatives were proposed. These sentiments became the backbone of the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948...
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...que asistieran de 40 a 60 invitados a cada evento. La contestación a su pregunta fue la implementación de la tecnología Web 2.0. El plan de la compañía consistía en lo siguiente: • “Blogging”- El CEO de la compañía matriz de Stormhoek, Orbital Wines, en colaboración con Hugh Macleod, un muy conocido “blogger”, escribieron docenas de “blogs” sobre el evento, solicitándole a voluntarios que sirvieran de organizadores del evento. Entre las personas incluyeron a otros “bloggers” y a entusiastas de vino. • “Wiki”- Usando tecnología “wiki” le proveyeron a cada voluntario la información del contacto y localización. La tecnología “wiki” era principalmente usada para relaciones de gestión de clientes. Esta incluía caricaturas y otro tipo de promoción. • “Podcasts”- Usaron Web de contenido RSS para enviarle noticias y análisis de vinos a los correos electrónicos de los participantes. • Enlaces de Video y Fotos - El “blog” corporativo apoyaba enlaces de video. “Bloggers” podían “cut” and “paste” enlaces incorporados a los videos de YouTube directamente en una entrada. La compañía también posteaba videos en YouTube. • Shopping - El sitio de “blog” actuó como un portal de Stormhoek e incluía soporte para la...
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...Environmental Trends, Opportunities, and Threats The People creating industry continues to draw interest from all types of individuals, professionals, and corporations and is constantly evolving. Podcasting which was once associated primarily with just IPODs is providing a flexible avenue to communicate through audio content. User generated content and blogging continue to connect individuals and groups while providing an avenue to feel needed and part of something. People are using these avenues to create business, drive revenue, gain information, and advertise products and services, and present views on a variety of topics. Environment trends: Individuals and Corporations are starting to depend on the blogging industry, podcasting industry, and user generated content industry as a way to convey their message, connect with other individuals for feedback and instruction, or simply to market their brand and products. The sub industries of People Creating provide an environment to do just that. The podcasting industry provides record labels, musicians, media outlets, news outlets, and radio shows an avenue for consumers to listen to their product in a both flexible and economic environment. The way customers listen to radio programs, news reports, and even political debates offer a completely new way to enjoy technology. The user today can simply access a podcast through an internet or PC device and listen to their favorite content without even turning on a radio. The...
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...stuff and trusts Barton’s decision making. Next, the question “What are we doing in the area of Web 2.0?” was mentioned in the leadership team meeting. Bernie Ruben, Director of the Technical Service Group at IVK, forward an email attachment to Barton a few days earlier. Barton said that he received the email but he hasn’t had the time to review the report. He would discuss about it in the next meeting. The second situation in the case study was about the report from the email attachment that Barton received. The report was about social media and briefly mentions about blogs, YouTube, Facebook, and social networking. Barton found in the bottom section of the report a list of people within IVK who were participating in “Web 2.0 Revolution.” Some things on the list were links to blogs. Barton clicked on one link and it was about one guy’s experiences working in the customer support center at IVK. The author of blog mentioned about an...
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...The Use of Social Networking Technologies in Business Environments: Through The Usage of Blogs in Marketing The business world has been transformed by the usage of new technologies in more ways than one. With the usage of the social media sites such as twitter, blogs, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube just to name a few it has taken the marketing schematic of business to all new heightened levels. Anyone from anywhere that have an Internet or Wi-Fi connection get in on the latest social media that is being put out there in real time. This has taken the business world into entirely different forms and levels to being about to market ones good and or service. A company is now able to market their brand to a massive amount of individuals that are always connected to the Web. A company “must use the internet to effectively communicate their own message” to their customers and potential customers (Denove and Power IV, 2006, p.217). Now with the several different forms of social media that is out there they can target each specific demographic by what they are blogging, posting, and tweeting about at any given time. Blogging allows a company to stay connected with there audiences, to communicate and allow the users to stay creative with the company, allowing the organizations to know their personal opinions of the goods and services. Blogging allows for information to be filtered on interests alone. Hence being a continuing ongoing open line of communication...
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...COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SCENERIOS 2 ABSTRACT Communication within an organization plays a vital role in business functions. Using poor communication or the wrong type of communication channel can have major negative impacts. Good communication skills and the knowledge to identify when to use a particular communication channel is vital in sending and receiving business information. The communication channel scenarios assigned demonstrate the challenges that occur when there is error in communication. The first scenario highlights the risks of not choosing the right communication channel when dealing with important business matters. The scenario also shows what can occur when important conversations take place via e-mail rather than one on one, and how the evidence of the conversations can cause future damage. The second scenario shows how the internet has changed communication and created new challenges for organizations. Both scenarios demonstrate that it is essential to understand the different channels of communication. COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SCENERIOS 3 Communication Channel Scenario 1 In the case incident between...
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...Swarovski Presencia y ges1ón de marca Swarovski es una marca de joyería de lujo que nació en Austria el año 1895 por Daniel Swartz. Aunque es una marca de más de un siglo no es hasta el año 1945 cuando se expande internacionalmente. Al terminar la segunda guerra mundial, la joyería y bisutería se consideran arte y su demanda incrementa muchísimo en EEUU, junto con Europa. Hoy en día, Swarovski está presente en más de 120 países con puntos de venta exclusivos de productos de la marca y es considerada la marca líder mundial en joyería de lujo. El esNlo de la marca va muy ligada al vanguardismo, pero se posiciona como una marca de lujo, calidad, exclusividad, creaNvidad e innovación. Su imagen es muy sólida en todos los países y su gesNón es implacable, a través de la sede y sus estudios en Suiza. El esNlo de Swarovski ha sido siempre plasmado tanto en sus campañas de comunicación como en sus eventos Redes sociales Swarovski está presente en seis redes sociales: Facebook, TwiSer, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest e Instagram. Facebook es la red con más seguidores: 3.315.738. Aún así, sus actualizaciones no son siempre diarias, y a veces son cada dos o tres días. En Facebook, la marca presta especial énfasis en mostrar sus nuevas colecciones,...
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...Danielle Spieler Kristen Hughes ENG 105 October 23, 2012 Women in the Media According to Dove Research, The Real Truth about Beauty, only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful (“Surprising Self Esteem Statistics”). Women in the media are shown as having a body type that is unrealistic and impractical. Although mass media has many negative effects on today’s women, including low self-esteem, an increase in eating disorders and an inaccurate definition of beauty, advertisements and thin models can also serve as role-model and as inspiration. From dolls to Victoria’s Secret models, women are exposed to all types of media images that portray “the thin ideal” from a very early age. Media pressure to be thin can cause individuals to have negative thoughts about their appearance. According to psychologist Tiffanie Domil, “Body image is the way people perceive themselves, and the way they believe others perceive them” (“The Influence of Media Images”). Therefore body image is all about what we see about ourselves, and our opinions of our bodies, even though they opinions may not be exactly true. For example, one woman might think she is overweight when in reality she is perfectly healthy. There have been multiple studies done to connect media to women’s low self-esteem. One example of the effects of media is in Fiji in 1995, when televisions were introduced. Statistics show that after 38 months of being exposed to media, females started to be more conscious...
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