Pandora/Last Fm

Today we explored two music programs that I have never heard of before pandora and last Fm. I am really into music so this assignment really excited me. I learned the basic way how to use both of them today. I found both websites to be very confusing. I did not know if I was adding music or if I was not adding music. I felt like pandora really only had music that were from very popular bands. Last FM seemed to have everyting. I listen to some different kind of muic that you can not always find but I found it on last FM. The only thing I can think of that is simular to these music stations is limewire. I like the two I was introduced to today better. They give you simuliar bands that they think you would like after you search your artist. They keep everything in the same catagory so it will grab your attention. I found it easy to find the songs and the artist you liked on the these websites. I really just did not know how to add songs to a playlist or anything like that. It always takes me a while to get use to a new website but I am a pretty quick leaner. I really am excited to learn about both sites. Like I said earlier I am really big into music so learning about different sites that gets me closer to it excites me. It was hard for me to tell you which one I liked better. Are class is very short and it is hard for you to tell anything in that little time you really need to go home and play around in the sites a little more before you decide. From what I could tell last FM is going to be a better choice I have so far found all the music I love and have found so much more that I enjoy. I plan to continue using these sites and learning so much more about them and music.

The Writing Center

I took my paper into the writing center to recieve help on my paper. I really have never written a descriptive essay. I really ha no idea what I was doing what so ever. I had to watch my you tube video several times just so I could describe what was going on. I had my paper typed up and ready to get help on it I really believed that my paper was not good. I got into my tutoring session five minutes late because the weather was bad there was a lot of traffic and like always I can never find parking at school. Then I had to fill out the green sheet of paper in order to know what I needed help with. I pretty much only had twenty minutes in my session. My tutor said she was very familiar with the assignment because she had tutored some of my classmates already. She asked me if I had any specific questions on the assignment. I really had no idea what an MLA format was I have never heard of that. She took me through the process step by step. She helped me create mine and so I had it for my paper and I did not have to worry about it any longer. She also read my conclusion and told me that it was really good and that shocked me. She just helped me with my mispellings and things like that. She read the last paragraph because she said that is the last thing my teacher will read and it needs to be really good. She said that it was what she thought she was looking for and I used a lot of descriptive words. I wish that I had made it to my tutoring session on time so I could recieve more help on my paper. Next time I will leave my house earlier so I can make it there. I wish she would of helped me a little more she really did not give me a lot of feed back.

Commenting on Blogs

Today we went to the writing center and had to read peoples blogs and write comment about them. I liked reading other peoples blogs. Some people were very intersting. I like to here other peoples opinions compared to what I thought about that topic. It really did amaze me how people are really so differnt. I really did not see to many blogs that were the same and everyone views everything differntly. I also liked telling people what I thought about what they said. I also found myself correcting them or giving them helpful hints to try and improve them. I tried to stop doing that and just say postive things because that is what were suppose to be doing. I did not like the fact the other people could be reading my blog. I was nervous to here what they had to say about my blogs. It really made me unconfortable I think those are my opinions and I did not really want everyone reading my blogs. Blogs are your opioions and what you believe in the certain topic you are talking about. I really do not like blogging for that reason because I want my thoughts to stay to myself.

Timeline

Today class we got with a partner and made a timeline. This was a timeline that was supposed to help us with our descriptive that was going to be due soon. I liked working with a partner they helped you have a new outlook on your video that I would of never thought of. The begining of the time line was the first part of your vlog. The Last part of the time line was the last part of your vlog. The Middle few parts was everything else that happened in the vlog. The time line was simple facts and descriptive words that would be able to help us expand onto the topics in our paper. This helped me because I got the basic topics down that I wanted to talk about in my paper. I really just had to take what I have aleady written and just really expand about it. It really helped me start my paper. I always have a really hard time starting my paper but for some reason this little activity really helped me start writing my paper. It really helped me be really open minded about my vlog. Talking about it out loud and getting a partners feed back really helped me write it as well. I really like more then one opinion then just one person. I think it is important that you get more feed back then just one person. I like to here from more then one person so I have all different kinds of opinins. I also feel like Igot to know my partner a little better. He was someone I really never got to know in class, I found out that he was very interesting and he was really funny. I like to get to know new people. I am a very shy person but can open up. I really think this activity was very helpful for my paper

Ten Random Facts about Myself

The title of my vlog that I chose today was called Ten Random Things About Myself. The authors username is Jadee801. She is a british teenager that tells us random facts about herself. She starts of showing pictures of herself from when she was a baby until the presnt. She starts talking about her ear piercing and how she loves them. She had to take one out because it started to grow out funny but she is getting it repierced. She then she started talking about when she went to an alkalin trio concert. She waited several hours after the concert and she got to meet them. She also showed a picture of her and the bang on the screen. She hold up a guitar and tells us that she is trying to learn how to play it. She also says that she is failing miserably but she is going to keep trying. She then she tells us about her field trip to the museum. She holds up some napkins and says that this was her suviner that she picked up from the museum. She says that noboby sould get into arguement with her. She tells us that she does not ike arguing but if someone starts one with her she will always finish it. She holds up a CD case by Jeff Buckley which is one of her favoite artist. She tells everyone to go and check him out but after we finish watching her video. Then she says that she feels like she is talking to herself and then she finds it kind of weird. She loves to draw and nothing inpaticular she likes to draw everything. She holds up five or six different pictures that she drew. She then she talks about how her baby cousin was born on that day. She showes a picture of the baby but it was so little you could hardly see him. Then her last fact was just talking about her dad. She told us that he was an ear piercer and was the one who pierced her tragus.

You Tube Video

Today we had to go home and watch the you tube about the founder of you Tube. The video was very lenghty. I got bored of watching the video it was nearly an hour long. My eyes gt very heavy and I nearly fell asleep sevral times while watching the video. The man was very monatone and he never really showed expression. I did learn about a lot different things about the internet that I did not know about. There are over 200,000 three minute videos on you tube videos. One of the biggest video was Gary immatating the song by Ozone. They say this video was viewed over six million times. They show how many videos have been uploaded in the certain catagory you searched for. The man shared many different stories about his life and how they related to certain things on you tube. They talk about how many different ways you can connect with people on the web. He also talks about the You Tube videos that he has made and how many views he has had on them. Dig.com is a music generated based website. On you tube when you search somthing they come up with related videos that they believe you would be interested in watching. One of Mike welsch's video was number one video in super bowl sunday. The way you tube got so big was going through other websites for example myspace and facebook. He teaches a class that teaches kids how to use you tube. The people between the age 18-24 are the people who watch the most you tube videos. There are all different kind of videos that are uploaded on you tube daily. Home videos are mostly uploaded on you tube. They are alot of videos of people who are immataing music videos. I did learn alot of things that I did not know about and probally would of never known if I did not watch the video. The video did have alot of good information. I just wish the man was more interesting.