Monday, June 17, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Open Hardware
1. Open Hardware is idea in which everybody can work on freely without any expense. The only requirement is that you acknowledge the creator or inventor.
2. The are minimum requirements apart from acknowledging the creator of the idea.
3. There are barrier in my opinion for the movement to become mainstream because people usually need competition or work for their money.
2. The are minimum requirements apart from acknowledging the creator of the idea.
3. There are barrier in my opinion for the movement to become mainstream because people usually need competition or work for their money.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Definitions of states of belonging
Copyright: A exclusive legal right given to a originator or creator of something.
Copy free: A free software license that works on a copyrighted work
Trademark: A symbol or words that are legally registered by another user that is representing the company or product.
Creative Commons: A non profit organisation that works to expand the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally.
Public Domain: Something that is available to the public because its not subject of copyright or any state of belonging.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
What operators might you use to answer the following questions?
1. host:gov apartheid + south africa
2. host:gov birth rates + ethiopia
3. host:gov Monsoons + India
4. uk+football scores
5. host:gov Weather + New Zealand
6. host:gov Cancer Research + U.S
Monday, April 22, 2013
Israel Palestinian Sources Investigation
1. Marc3pax or "Marc" is an actor by the real
name of Omer Gershon working for Tel Aviv which is involved in the
marketing of a Palestinian web site.
2. The video relates to the flotilla movement because in the
video Gershon claims that the organizers of the latest flotilla of ships
rejected his offer to mobilize a network of gay activists in support
of their cause.
3. The video is not objective because it wants to promote a
statement without giving enough facts or evidence. Also the man speaking might
have gotten an influence on how he should approach the statement.
4.There is no evidence to support "Marc" statements of homophobia in the flotilla movement even though there are participants who are gay.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Kony 2012
This video is trying to sell the message of what Kony did in Uganda so that people donate and contribute to the community.Apart from this it is trying to sell the message that the US are good people and that they care about them and that they are the heroes and only people trying to help them.
The video uses production elements like sound effects in the moments of tension. It uses dramatic music but pleasant to keep you hooked. The camera angles are very simple allowing you to focus on who is talking and his emotions. It does use movement tricks like showing a camera zooming out to show an infinite amount of boys recruited by Kony. The edition is very sleek everything looks too clean and happy. Also part of the edition are the special effects that are used in the transitions to keep you in the flow of the movie. It also uses interactive graphics from time to time to explain things better.
For the propaganda of the video there are various techniques used. First it is about something that everyone must be in favour off or everyone can relate too. Then it uses a informal language so that more people understand the video and share it. In conjunction with the language they produced a compelling story that takes you on a journey like in a movie or short film and the production quality is on par with the Hollywood. After this they brought icons of our culture like famous actors and actresses to gain the support of a specific group of persons.
The video uses statistical facts about the world and its relation with the problems in Uganda. This facts are supported because the majority of the people know that those figures are about right but they are just left as statements and are not explained into more detail. The purpose the figures is to impress you and further hook you onto the video.
The propaganda in the video connects with the propaganda techniques we have learned. Fore example the video use the lesser of two evils because it is asking us donate money to help this cause but it doesn't show us other causes around the world that might be worse and need this money more. I think that scape goating is another technique used because the video blames and claims that all the problems in Uganda are because of Kony but it never says or talks about the other problems in Uganda like poor services, poor education and low development or maybe how these might have created Kony in the first place. Finally the most used technique is omission because the movie happens all the time in the US and focusses more on the boy than on the actual people in Uganda which it barely touches upon. In this way it tries to bandwagon us because it shows all the poeple who are part of the campaign and are young and shows facts about the donations.
The video uses production elements like sound effects in the moments of tension. It uses dramatic music but pleasant to keep you hooked. The camera angles are very simple allowing you to focus on who is talking and his emotions. It does use movement tricks like showing a camera zooming out to show an infinite amount of boys recruited by Kony. The edition is very sleek everything looks too clean and happy. Also part of the edition are the special effects that are used in the transitions to keep you in the flow of the movie. It also uses interactive graphics from time to time to explain things better.
For the propaganda of the video there are various techniques used. First it is about something that everyone must be in favour off or everyone can relate too. Then it uses a informal language so that more people understand the video and share it. In conjunction with the language they produced a compelling story that takes you on a journey like in a movie or short film and the production quality is on par with the Hollywood. After this they brought icons of our culture like famous actors and actresses to gain the support of a specific group of persons.
The video uses statistical facts about the world and its relation with the problems in Uganda. This facts are supported because the majority of the people know that those figures are about right but they are just left as statements and are not explained into more detail. The purpose the figures is to impress you and further hook you onto the video.
The propaganda in the video connects with the propaganda techniques we have learned. Fore example the video use the lesser of two evils because it is asking us donate money to help this cause but it doesn't show us other causes around the world that might be worse and need this money more. I think that scape goating is another technique used because the video blames and claims that all the problems in Uganda are because of Kony but it never says or talks about the other problems in Uganda like poor services, poor education and low development or maybe how these might have created Kony in the first place. Finally the most used technique is omission because the movie happens all the time in the US and focusses more on the boy than on the actual people in Uganda which it barely touches upon. In this way it tries to bandwagon us because it shows all the poeple who are part of the campaign and are young and shows facts about the donations.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Reflection on something that i do every day
There has been about 3 years in a row that i have played a video game during the day. It will continue this way forever, i hope. I usually during week days play video games only after i have returned from school. I prefer to play in my computer during the weekdays and play the larger bigger games like Zelda for the weekends although there are some exceptions.
When i play video games i feel relaxed and i am pulled away from stresses of school. They always cheer me up when needed. They are the greatest source of entertainment. Playing video games is great in my opinion and it can help many persons but also it can be very distractive and reduce the quality of other things you should put more time into. To improve this i am going to try to play video games only after i have done my homework for example.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Bitmap and Vector questions
1. The differences between vectors and bitmaps are: bitmaps have individual pixels while vectors have individual objects. Bitmaps have larger size in your storage while vectors less. When bitmaps are re sized they lose quality while vectors don't. Bitmaps look real while vectors don't.
2. Auto shape is a predefined shape, like a circle or a square, that you can change the size and color or effects.
3. The pen tool is used to make Vector paths. You can basically do everything that the other path making tools make.
4. The compound shape tool allows you to punch or combine various objects. You can also use it to create more complicated vector images.
2. Auto shape is a predefined shape, like a circle or a square, that you can change the size and color or effects.
3. The pen tool is used to make Vector paths. You can basically do everything that the other path making tools make.
4. The compound shape tool allows you to punch or combine various objects. You can also use it to create more complicated vector images.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Targets in ICT
My targets in ICT is too get organized when making the projects. Especially managing my time to have enough time to be satisfied completely by it. To make sure I understand what we have to do and how to do it. Something that can help me improve could be planing my work before doing it.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Google Docs and Cloud
1. The cloud is a service in the Internet where you can save your documents on it and stay on the Internet instead of a hard drive.
2. The difference between the cloud and local documents is that you can access your documents on the cloud anywhere as long as there is an Internet connection, in the other hand local documents can only be access in the same computer it was saved.
3. Using Google docs you can store your documents on the Internet so they cant get lost also you can share your documents with other people. The disadvantages of Google docs are that you cannot access your documents if you don't have a Internet connection and if your not careful your documents could be stolen or ruined by others.
4. I plan to use cloud storage by not using my memory stick and only relying on the clouds.
2. The difference between the cloud and local documents is that you can access your documents on the cloud anywhere as long as there is an Internet connection, in the other hand local documents can only be access in the same computer it was saved.
3. Using Google docs you can store your documents on the Internet so they cant get lost also you can share your documents with other people. The disadvantages of Google docs are that you cannot access your documents if you don't have a Internet connection and if your not careful your documents could be stolen or ruined by others.
4. I plan to use cloud storage by not using my memory stick and only relying on the clouds.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
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