I was at the US embassy today and missed class. :)
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Growing Up
DID NOT SURPRISE ME:
1.People that get more aggressive behind a computer.
2.People getting into fights through online websites
3.Reliving moments through social networks
4.Girls, especially, want to take pictures that make them look hot but not very hot.
5.Girls that lie about their ages in internet to look older
6.People that are in the internet all day and are addicted to it
7.Parents that stand behind children's backs to stare at computers
8.Judgement leads to bad decisions
9. Criminals disguise as normal guys who want to date girls and end up raping them
10. Children deny to give passwords to their parents
11. Kids being aware of who they know and who they don't, so they aren't lead to a sexual predators
12.There are websites that tell teenagers ways to become thinner
13. Kids who are doing illegal things post pictures of them doing so.
14. Kids don't share what they do with their parents.
15. Parents cannot control when and where their children get online.
DID SURPRISE ME:
1.Parents of an internet model had no idea what was going on because of the irresponsibilty from the parents.
2.A invisible girl in the real world was a super model in the web because it is suprising how people can have double identity.
3.14 year old girls who become famous through naked pictures because it is absurd how they do stupid things for fame
4.Girls who take 'showing' pictures and post them all over internet becuase of the urge to become popular
5.Congress having hearings about predators through internet because it is a real case, a serious thing
6. Multiple dates through internet that result in rapes becuase it is a serious crime.
7. Police convinces parents to have their children's passwords because of the seriousness of the problem
8. Girls get into their social networks only at friends houses to avoid parents because of the fear of being known from the parents.
9. 1 in 7 kids been sexually solicited through internet because it shows only a small percentage and has a huge deal made out of it
10. Most of the cases are mild. Surprising because they make a huge deal out of small things
11. None of the 1 in 7 cases involved children going out and looking for the mystery men
12.Girls get in internet with purposes to become anorexic because it is obtaining a sickness to look pretty
13. Madison Square garden ran out of wheelchairs of all the drunk kids there were in a concert.
14. Generation gap created by the internet because generations are differing immensely.
15. A boy killed himself because of bullying through social networks.
CHANGED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY:
1.Use the social network Myspace
2. One family computer is the only way to keep track of kids usage
3.The main reason of getting in internet is to talk with friends
4. Thinspiration through internet isn't very present in cases nowadays
5. Back then, parents normally found out of things when children showed them in the internet
6. Now, parents allow more children to have computers in their rooms
7. Kids used to have relationships only through the web
8. Now there are anonymous websites where people can write whatever they want to others and not get caught.
9. Nowadays, most of the suicides are caused by cyber-bullying in teenagers; don't relate to life outside of the computer.
10. The computer now has more restrictions over cyber-bullying. Almost all schools teach kids how to avoid bullying in the computer
11. Almost no parents support bad actions from their children building websites
12. There are programs online that have restrictions towards nudity, or bullying
13. Internet now has more positive, clean functions that bring benefits to the world and avoid all the flaws it had in the past.
14. There are new programs that allow parents to have supervision over children's actions
15. Businesses, police companies, schools, and much more have gotten involved technologically allowing these to be more aware of the dangers of the internet.
What topic in the video was most UNLIKE your own experiences online and why?
Some topics that were talked about in this video were new to my experience. I'm normally in the computer for a long time, either doing homework, researching, or in a social network. Sexual predators have never been a concern for me because there has been no cases close to my school. Also, my parents asking for my password as well as police officers has never been brought up. I think some things in this video are being exaggerated because many of my friends haven't experienced any issues.
What advice do you have for parents about kids being online?
I would talk to parents who are specially worried about their children. Parents always know if their son/daughter will have anything to do with problems in the internet. If their child is something to worry about, I would suggest for them to always keep an eye on their activities. They shouldn't really monitor them, but they should be attentive to their usage. The internet can be a useful thing as well as a dangerous place.
What are the biggest benefits of being online, for you, personally?
Being online brings many advantages. I feel closer to my friends far away, and I am capable of communicating with them as if they were beside me. It is a great place to research and know stuff in no time, instead of looking things up in a book. I have also learned a lot from research. The internet has been very helpful in all aspects.
1.People that get more aggressive behind a computer.
2.People getting into fights through online websites
3.Reliving moments through social networks
4.Girls, especially, want to take pictures that make them look hot but not very hot.
5.Girls that lie about their ages in internet to look older
6.People that are in the internet all day and are addicted to it
7.Parents that stand behind children's backs to stare at computers
8.Judgement leads to bad decisions
9. Criminals disguise as normal guys who want to date girls and end up raping them
10. Children deny to give passwords to their parents
11. Kids being aware of who they know and who they don't, so they aren't lead to a sexual predators
12.There are websites that tell teenagers ways to become thinner
13. Kids who are doing illegal things post pictures of them doing so.
14. Kids don't share what they do with their parents.
15. Parents cannot control when and where their children get online.
DID SURPRISE ME:
1.Parents of an internet model had no idea what was going on because of the irresponsibilty from the parents.
2.A invisible girl in the real world was a super model in the web because it is suprising how people can have double identity.
3.14 year old girls who become famous through naked pictures because it is absurd how they do stupid things for fame
4.Girls who take 'showing' pictures and post them all over internet becuase of the urge to become popular
5.Congress having hearings about predators through internet because it is a real case, a serious thing
6. Multiple dates through internet that result in rapes becuase it is a serious crime.
7. Police convinces parents to have their children's passwords because of the seriousness of the problem
8. Girls get into their social networks only at friends houses to avoid parents because of the fear of being known from the parents.
9. 1 in 7 kids been sexually solicited through internet because it shows only a small percentage and has a huge deal made out of it
10. Most of the cases are mild. Surprising because they make a huge deal out of small things
11. None of the 1 in 7 cases involved children going out and looking for the mystery men
12.Girls get in internet with purposes to become anorexic because it is obtaining a sickness to look pretty
13. Madison Square garden ran out of wheelchairs of all the drunk kids there were in a concert.
14. Generation gap created by the internet because generations are differing immensely.
15. A boy killed himself because of bullying through social networks.
CHANGED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY:
1.Use the social network Myspace
2. One family computer is the only way to keep track of kids usage
3.The main reason of getting in internet is to talk with friends
4. Thinspiration through internet isn't very present in cases nowadays
5. Back then, parents normally found out of things when children showed them in the internet
6. Now, parents allow more children to have computers in their rooms
7. Kids used to have relationships only through the web
8. Now there are anonymous websites where people can write whatever they want to others and not get caught.
9. Nowadays, most of the suicides are caused by cyber-bullying in teenagers; don't relate to life outside of the computer.
10. The computer now has more restrictions over cyber-bullying. Almost all schools teach kids how to avoid bullying in the computer
11. Almost no parents support bad actions from their children building websites
12. There are programs online that have restrictions towards nudity, or bullying
13. Internet now has more positive, clean functions that bring benefits to the world and avoid all the flaws it had in the past.
14. There are new programs that allow parents to have supervision over children's actions
15. Businesses, police companies, schools, and much more have gotten involved technologically allowing these to be more aware of the dangers of the internet.
What topic in the video was most UNLIKE your own experiences online and why?
Some topics that were talked about in this video were new to my experience. I'm normally in the computer for a long time, either doing homework, researching, or in a social network. Sexual predators have never been a concern for me because there has been no cases close to my school. Also, my parents asking for my password as well as police officers has never been brought up. I think some things in this video are being exaggerated because many of my friends haven't experienced any issues.
What advice do you have for parents about kids being online?
I would talk to parents who are specially worried about their children. Parents always know if their son/daughter will have anything to do with problems in the internet. If their child is something to worry about, I would suggest for them to always keep an eye on their activities. They shouldn't really monitor them, but they should be attentive to their usage. The internet can be a useful thing as well as a dangerous place.
What are the biggest benefits of being online, for you, personally?
Being online brings many advantages. I feel closer to my friends far away, and I am capable of communicating with them as if they were beside me. It is a great place to research and know stuff in no time, instead of looking things up in a book. I have also learned a lot from research. The internet has been very helpful in all aspects.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
GAFE
*Google Search
1. What is it?
Google search is a search engine created by the company of Google. It was created by two men (Larry Page and Sergey Brin) in 1997 at Stanford University. Nowadays, it is the search engine that is most used in the internet. It works by looking up words that have been searched in public websites (with formats of HTML and PDF mainly). But, besides from word searches, it can also look up weather forecasts, game results, math problems, maps, and currency conversions.
Other advantages that Google has is having the ability to refine the search with ranges of years the articles were written, the certain webpage where to look for, certain words found together in a page, certain words that appear in the title, and even look for a page and don't display any webpage with a certain word! Also, since 2011 anyone can do image searches and voice searches.
2. How does it work?
The search engine works with three basic steps:
1. Crawling and Indexing: Google crawls through each link (if allowed) and sort each page by their content and other factors. The place where they keep track of all these 30 trillion pages is in the index.
2. Algorithms: The use programs and formulas so that, with algorithms, they can understand what you are searching for. After using these hints, they pull out links from the index and rank them with different factors. From there, the results appear at the webpage and in the order they do.
3. Fighting spam: The are constantly fighting spam in order to give out the best information. The detecting of spam is automatic, but sometimes requires manual work. From there on, they notify the website owners and expect them to write back and fix the problems.
3. How do certain websites get to be on page one or at the top of the search?
PageRank, a system created and named after Larry Page, is a system of algorithms that ranks the webpages. It measures the importance of each link relative to the search. It works by results of algorithms regarding to a webgraph where all hyperlinks in the world wide web are at. Each hyperlink to a page gives the page a 'vote'. That means that, for every hyperlink to a page, there are more votes and thus more rank in the page. Also, depending on the rank of the hyperlinks that direct to that page means that the page has a higher rank. PageRank is used by Google Search to place the sites at a certain position in the page of search.
4. What are some "tricks' you can do in search?
The following video gives 18 tricks to refine your search with Google Search. These include searching in one specific webpage, searching for words in a title, searching for a result in certain webpages that end in .gov, .edu, etc.. , search for a result and not display pages with certain words, ranges of years articles are written, and much more! Check this video out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De8dxcNZiDA
5. What is Google scholar and how do you use it?
Google Scholar is a Google Search engine that only searches for scholarly literature. It is helpful for looking for scholar articles around the world.
The features for Google Scholar presented in their website are:
" Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place, Explore related works, citations, authors and publications, Locate the complete document through yout library or on the web, Keep up with recent developments in any area of research, Check who's citing your publications, create a public author profile." - http://www.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html
HOW CAN THIS TOOL BE USED AT CNG?
This tool is already been used a lot at CNG to help teachers and students search for information to help in the learning process. It can also be used to put up projects with all sorts of sources (images, videos, articles, etc..). All these can be found by Google Search Engine. They can also have a refined search and learn about certain materials to be prepared for an exam or a teaching lesson. Finally, they can use Google Scholar to read articles from all over the world about a certain topic. Google, the best search engine in the world will be a great advantage for the CNG community!
1. What is it?
Google search is a search engine created by the company of Google. It was created by two men (Larry Page and Sergey Brin) in 1997 at Stanford University. Nowadays, it is the search engine that is most used in the internet. It works by looking up words that have been searched in public websites (with formats of HTML and PDF mainly). But, besides from word searches, it can also look up weather forecasts, game results, math problems, maps, and currency conversions.
Other advantages that Google has is having the ability to refine the search with ranges of years the articles were written, the certain webpage where to look for, certain words found together in a page, certain words that appear in the title, and even look for a page and don't display any webpage with a certain word! Also, since 2011 anyone can do image searches and voice searches.
2. How does it work?
The search engine works with three basic steps:
1. Crawling and Indexing: Google crawls through each link (if allowed) and sort each page by their content and other factors. The place where they keep track of all these 30 trillion pages is in the index.
2. Algorithms: The use programs and formulas so that, with algorithms, they can understand what you are searching for. After using these hints, they pull out links from the index and rank them with different factors. From there, the results appear at the webpage and in the order they do.
3. Fighting spam: The are constantly fighting spam in order to give out the best information. The detecting of spam is automatic, but sometimes requires manual work. From there on, they notify the website owners and expect them to write back and fix the problems.
3. How do certain websites get to be on page one or at the top of the search?
PageRank, a system created and named after Larry Page, is a system of algorithms that ranks the webpages. It measures the importance of each link relative to the search. It works by results of algorithms regarding to a webgraph where all hyperlinks in the world wide web are at. Each hyperlink to a page gives the page a 'vote'. That means that, for every hyperlink to a page, there are more votes and thus more rank in the page. Also, depending on the rank of the hyperlinks that direct to that page means that the page has a higher rank. PageRank is used by Google Search to place the sites at a certain position in the page of search.
4. What are some "tricks' you can do in search?
The following video gives 18 tricks to refine your search with Google Search. These include searching in one specific webpage, searching for words in a title, searching for a result in certain webpages that end in .gov, .edu, etc.. , search for a result and not display pages with certain words, ranges of years articles are written, and much more! Check this video out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De8dxcNZiDA
5. What is Google scholar and how do you use it?
Google Scholar is a Google Search engine that only searches for scholarly literature. It is helpful for looking for scholar articles around the world.
The features for Google Scholar presented in their website are:
" Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place, Explore related works, citations, authors and publications, Locate the complete document through yout library or on the web, Keep up with recent developments in any area of research, Check who's citing your publications, create a public author profile." - http://www.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html
HOW CAN THIS TOOL BE USED AT CNG?
This tool is already been used a lot at CNG to help teachers and students search for information to help in the learning process. It can also be used to put up projects with all sorts of sources (images, videos, articles, etc..). All these can be found by Google Search Engine. They can also have a refined search and learn about certain materials to be prepared for an exam or a teaching lesson. Finally, they can use Google Scholar to read articles from all over the world about a certain topic. Google, the best search engine in the world will be a great advantage for the CNG community!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Google 20% Day 2
3 goals for today:
1. Research more in depth about undergrad in business and economics
2. Master degrees in film
3. Most reachable goals for film industry
Undergrad in Business and/or Economics:
Undergraduate programs in Economics are presented in the link above. The best programs for economics are mostly ivy leagues; the first ones on the list are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc.. The chances to enter a great university in economics is not as high, but there is a chance for anyone to enroll in the best universities after the first group.
Educate Abroad is a program that helps people with their application processes for Prep Schools, Colleges, Gap Years, and summer programs. This page in Facebook haves many links to college acceptance rates, rejection letters, and more! One link I found useful was the one of college acceptance rates. Columbia had around 7 percent of acceptance rates this year.
Master degree in film Columbia University and Stanford University:
Columbia University: Offers MFA in film, ranked 8th in Hollywood Reporter.
The website of Columbia school of arts talks about the film opportunities at the university. There are many recognized alumni that have been successful due to their development at Columbia, including Kathryn Bigelow. The website was helpful because it allowed me to take a look at Columbia's program as they want me to see it, now I must research based upon other's opinions. The reasons Columbia gives the potential candidates include: Location, (New York City is known as the "capital of America". They argue that by being in the Big Apple will give them connections and higher chances to enter the industry.) high academic achievement and faculty, and distinguished alumni.
**Stanford University: Offers MFA in documentary film and video, ranked 16th in Hollywood Reporter.
**I didn't do further research with Stanford University because it is a very exclusive program (only 8 students take the course and make films the old fashioned way)
Goals for next class:
1. Acceptance requirements for Columbia University MFA
2. Best college fit for me and study economics course descriptions
3. Possible Gap years after graduation.
Goals for next class:
1. Acceptance requirements for Columbia University MFA
2. Best college fit for me and study economics course descriptions
3. Possible Gap years after graduation.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Google 20% Day 1
3 goals for the day:
1. Research which are the best colleges that offer a film production career
2. Research what undergrad career most of the famous directors/actors did
3. Research about undergrad opportunities
In the website above there's a ranking of the best colleges in the world that offer Film. I learned that many of the first are located in California or New York City. I believe that they are located strategically to be close to Hollywood (L.A.) or Broadway. At the bottom of each school there was also a list of recognized directors that went to the school. One I was very interested in and that was in the Top 10 was Columbia University. It is the only Ivy League ranked in the Top 25. The other school that caught my eye was Stanford University. Although it was placed lower than Columbia, it is a great school with a high reputation and recognized alumni.
http://www.collegecrunch.org/fun-stuff/famous-people-the-schools-they-went-to/
The website above helped me realize all the Bachelor degrees (or almost degrees) famous actors and directors studied before either dropping out or getting a master degree. The website said that a major in fine arts is one of the most common studies actors study. Yet, there is still a lot of variety of undergrad studies famous film associates study. The knowledge I mainly acquired was that the undergrad study doesn't matter as much as long as you get a Masters degree in filming.
http://www.collegecrunch.org/fun-stuff/famous-people-the-schools-they-went-to/
The website above helped me realize all the Bachelor degrees (or almost degrees) famous actors and directors studied before either dropping out or getting a master degree. The website said that a major in fine arts is one of the most common studies actors study. Yet, there is still a lot of variety of undergrad studies famous film associates study. The knowledge I mainly acquired was that the undergrad study doesn't matter as much as long as you get a Masters degree in filming.
As I realized that I can do almost anything as an undergrad, I Googled what could be a good work for my personality. This website was a quiz that asked me basic questions about my personality. As a result, I got 'Enterprising Personality' with the job options of: Business, Sales, Marketing, Management, Leadership, Training, Political Science, and Economics. Previously in my life I had considered Business and Economics, because both of my parents studied it and because I find it a very interesting subject.
WHAT I WANT TO LEARN NEXT CLASS:
I want to continue researching about the undergrad opportunities in business and economics.
Start research of Master degrees in Film.
Research what is the most reachable career opportunity in the Film Institution.
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