Petition #4

In this blog, I will be sharing a topic that has been very important to me and I hope you may feel the same way as well. Pit bulls have been labeled as vicious and dangerous dogs, leading up to them being euthanized or people being cruel to them. There are many petitions where Pit bull lovers are trying to save these poor animals and to stop the discrimination between them and other dogs. There are other dogs who are being discriminated against like the Pit bulls, which affects me greatly because I have been able to meet a few pit bulls and they are very sweet.

All the stories that led up to this problem are, what I think, wrong and not fully detailed. Pit bulls or any dog/animal for that matter don't grow up to be vicious dogs. I believe that the owners of the dogs in these stories lead up to them becoming violent because of the way they treat them. These dogs are very sweet and should not be judged just from the stories.

If you are like me and want to change this discrimination between Pit bulls and other dogs in this situation, then you should join me in signing some of the petitions listed below and also go out there and find a way to find a solution:

https://www.change.org/p/ban-of-pitbulls-legalize-pitbulls
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/save-zeus 
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/aspca-stop-euthanizing-pit-bulls.html

Construction and/or Creation of Online Content

The reading of, Construction and/or Creation of Online Content by W. Ian O'Byrne, talked about online reading comprehension and online content construction. After explaining what these two are, O'Byrne goes on to explain the difference between the two. Online reading comprehension (ORC) is explained as the act of "producing content or causing the content to exist" as Online content construction is the "building or the assembly of an infrastructure or the creation/construction of the content." O'Byrne says ORC has the elements of "communication" identified as one of the last skills students need and OCC fills in the void O'Byrne sees concerning the creativity, composition, and design skills that students need. Using these skills, students would be able to keep up with online learning and understand how to use these skills when building or creating their own ideas/content on the Internet.

Reading Images: Multimodality, Representation and New Media

At first when reading, Reading Images: Multimodality, Representation and New Media, by Gunther Kress, I was really confused on what the article was. Was this article a lab report or was this an article on the media? In the beginning of the article, Kress starts talking about the cell and nucleus and how they work together. Next, Kress goes into talking about the media. I was really confused on where this reading as going and found myself skimming through it to find if I could find something that would catch my eye. The meaning of this article was very hard to find in my opinion and left me asking questions rather than understanding what the author was trying to say.

Petition #3

The Animal Rescue Site shared a petition asking people to help save whales from getting caught in fishing nets. The swordfish industry sets drift gill nets to catch swordfish off the Coast of California, but swordfish are not the only animals being caught in the nets. A drift net is a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with current or tide. Roughly over one hundred marine animals that are protected are killed because they get caught in the netting unable to escape. Some of the marine life that has been caught in these nets are endangered whales, which threatens their rest of their existence.

Let's help end the killing of endangered whales and other endangered marine life before it is too late! There are other fishing supplies that help catch swordfish and does less damage to the lives of whales and other marine life.

Here is a picture of how marine life can be trapped in a drift net:

Let Us Bring An End To This!

How New Digital Media and the Internet are Fueling an Innovative Surge in Communication, Creativity and Collaboration reflection

I really enjoyed this video because it shows what we can do with technology today to share our thoughts or a story that we want to share with the world. We as creators or writers can share information with one another, giving feedback on a post you or someone else may have published. People can find their own inspiration and find out who they are in their writing or in what they choose to create and share to those around them. I believe using the tools of the Internet in the classroom, can be very insightful because we can learn new information and people can give their thoughts or share their feelings on what you published.

By sharing what you create on the Internet, you and many other people can come together and create a community to talk about different types of information or creations you are interested in. An example can be, in the classrooms when students get together, wether it be online or in person, you can collaborate with one another and help each other study or understand a different point of view on a topic discussed in class. We are in charge of what we share to the public by using the basic tools of the Internet. Teachers and teachers in learning, help their students learn these tools and show the students how to create their ideas with the new technology tools being created or growing today.

My Response to Big Thinkers

I find it interesting that a game was created for children/students to learn about the world and how the world works The game is called Quest Atlantis. I think this game helps others because it helps them improve their thinking process and helps them figure out the problem in the game. I believe this game gives them confidence on their skills and makes them feel like heroes. They are giving the chance to feel like scientists when solving or investigating the conflicts. Students are able to show themselves on the social media and show to the world what they can do. Students and teachers have limited times with one another in the classroom. The teacher can create a separate environment for the students so they can learn more through the resources/information the teacher shares. Sasha Barab created this game to give the students a chance to chose or create their own paths in their education and goals. By playing the game, they can try being something they wanted to be or what they thought they could never be.

About The Haunted Isle.

The Haunted Isle is a great place to get scared or to get an adrenaline rush from all the actors trying to scare you. I have been a volunteer at the Isle for three years now (technically four but I had to miss a year because of school) and I enjoy acting in it. You get to meet and talk with new people who have the same interests as you. The Haunted Isle's cause is not only to scare people for entertainment. The cause of the Isle is to raise money for animals and the trolly museum (because we work near trolly museum grounds and work around the trolly's).

The Haunted Isle takes place on the days of Friday and Saturday. You can buy tickets at the location of the haunted isle (see the links below), we are not selling tickets online anymore. The Isle is recommended for adults and mature children that do not have health issues. Warm clothing and comfortable shoes are recommended as well because we are in the forest and it gets pretty chilly out there in the night.

For more information on The Haunted Isle, please visit the links below:

http://shorelinetrolley.org/special-events/haunted-isle/ 
http://thehauntedislect.weebly.com

Here are some pictures of my friends and I in our costumes: