Wiki Reflection

Windows Movie Maker in Writing Technology Wiki was interesting because it was the first time for me to actually add to an entry like Wiki. At first it was simple because all I had to do was read over the previous entry that was done last semester and then I made corrections on spelling. The way how I did the spell check is by copying the whole entry from the “Edit” button then I paste it on to Microsoft Word then spell check and there were plenty of spell checks corrected.
Another thing that I did on Windows Movie Maker Wiki is adding the new version information and facts that I encountered during my project. There was not much to add to the Wiki itself about the new version because everything was similar to the others, but just some more additions. The previous entry was kind of plain because it only had one huge screen shot of the program itself at the bottom of the screen, but I changed the screen shot to a current one and I also found a smaller picture which did not take the whole bottom. I actually decided to post the screen shot towards the middle so it attracts the reader to continue reading the following information. After finding the screen shot I found another picture which was the logo of Windows Movie Maker and I added that to the first section of the page. I did not know how to resize the picture or where to exactly place the picture on the page but after viewing other pages I kind of found out how to place it to the right or left.
Another thing that the Windows Movie Maker page did not have was the strengths and weaknesses of the program in writing because the previous entry only had the strengths and weaknesses of the software itself. I left what the previous entry had about the technology and added another section about how it benefits writing. I also added more information to the strengths and weaknesses of the software as a technology and erased the ones that were fixed by Microsoft.
For the category page, it was a little bit more difficult to add or delete anything because the previous entry had the main idea of what video editing was. I was talking with the group about finding more information about the history section because it just listed some video editing software with no history at all. It was a difficult task to find out when video editing was introduced because everywhere I searched for it, more and more software come up rather than the history. At first I added a picture on the side to make the page more attractive then Addison found a better picture by making a collage of the programs which made the Category page look more interesting.
Other than that, I think one of the harder tasks was getting used to the Wiki style of editing pages because it is different from html or other editing sites because it has its own codes.

Mobile Mobs?

The last article we read about mobs and protesters using the phone as a tool was interesting. i was going to say something in class about a recent text message hoax about a walmart gang initiation shooting which got many people scared to even go to walmart. When i was reading the article it made me think about this though which is odd because it just happened then we're reading something about it. But like what we were mentioning class about how the receiver of the text usually does not know what is going on but usually goes to it which made me think about how text is a fast way of getting peoples attention, but it does not specify the news. I guess text messaging could be considered a promoting tool for businesses too.
Well heres a funny clip off subject.

WIKI WEEK

So this week we have been focusing on our wiki projects and i have been working on the video editing software Windows Movie Maker, and i have to update the information in the wiki itself because they are the older version of windows. i find that the Wiki sight is very interesting because i never really knew that we can add text into the web sites itself and i find it very interesting too how we can edit some of the pages. for the main video editing page, we as a group need to make it more interesting because it is just text without any pictures so my group is planning to make it more interesting.

Ihde and the WORLD!!

One of the interesting things from the reading is the relationships of how Ihde decribes of the human to the world and the machines. I like how we discussed in class about the relationship of the cane to a blind man because thinking about it, the cane is the only tool for the blind man to experience the world. Actualy thinking about it, there are many tools out there that we the human use without thinking about how it effects our experience with the world. I think that everything that we use are changing our experience with the world. For me, i think one major object would be cars because when cars were introduced, people did not observe the world since cars go by places at a fast paced and before that, people rode horses or walked which they were more observative.

WEEK B4 SPring BREAK!!

well well well spring break is at the corner and this past week went by really fast especially with all of the presentations on monday. With all the new technologies that i have learn from the presentations, it is a great advantage for the future. I was on youtube and i saw this about the iPod touch and it seems very interesting.

A Machine that has a mind of its own?

Lexia to perplexia is the weirdest program or sight i have ever been to. At first it looked like a normal site of clicking an icon and something else coming up, but as soon you you start getting into the program itself, it does things by itself. The program does not follow a same situation like a power point where you control when a slide or object appears on the slide but the program itself comes up with its own ideas and topics to pop up as if it has its own mind to think for itself because the material or programs in there don't repeat themselves like how humans are and it is always changing. Also the reading before that was interesting too, it was kind of interesting when Hayles comes up with these new vocabs like technotext or like *.fect and it is suppose to mean other meanings as if it is a symbol of another language.

Tech week!!

Well this week, we have been in the computer lab. I have Windows Movie Maker and it is going pretty good so far. i have been taking small clips here and there and slowly combining it into a 5 min film. Hopefully it will work out perfectly planned, but life is not always perfect. I think one of the difficulties would have to be coming up with the script because i plan to narrate some of the time on the film with some important facts and linking it to our subjects in class. There is really nothing much to talk about this week though..