Google 20% Project Day Two

Goals:

Knowing what aspect of journalism attracts me, and how I would have to work to apply it
Knowing what kind of journalism I can minor in
Possibly finding out more details about this career

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACmMweBwUS0
This link was helpful because it gave me a lot of information on what a journalist does, although it was set in Poland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyTIOIt_hes&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Good career advice on becoming a journalist by a journalist

http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Good-Journalist

This was great stuff on the interests which you should have (or develop) if you want to be a journalist

Evidence:

I'm now a lot more sure about being interested in journalism as a career, because I know that I have the interests already built up to become one.

Next class, I really would like to answer what type of journalism I'm interested in, and whether it matters.

Google Day 20% Project Day One

Goals

To find out more about the career of journalism.

To find out more about career options in journalism

To find out more about universities to study journalism

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism_school

This link was super important not just because it gave me an introduction, but also I found out that journalism doesn't exist as a career in Colombia, since in the 90s the High Court ruled that journalism was "not a profession, but a human right". Two universities have minor programs on specific journalisms, such as public opinion.

http://collegemediamatters.com/2012/01/30/best-journalism-schools-at-u-s-colleges-and-universities/

This is a good article because after finding out about the difficulty in studying journalism in Colombia, I figured the best option was to study in the U.S. This is a good site about good universities, and tells in detail why they are good.

http://www.thenewsmanual.net/Manuals%20Volume%201/volume1_02.htm

A good article giving detail about the career on journalism, including things such as different types of journalism, among other things. 

Evidence:

I have read and learned about journalism, and if anyone happened to ask me about my career or my specific interests in it, I could talk about it with some security.

One thing I want to learn next Google Day is how I can use a journalism degree, or how it is like to be a journalist.

Amazon Project

For my Amazon project, I used the online program bitstrips

First page: http://bitstrips.com/user/8138508/read.php?comic_id=W8HR1&sc=1

Second Page: http://bitstrips.com/user/8138508/read.php?comic_id=94HR1&sc=1

Green Computing

1. I don't know anything about the topic, I've never even heard of the topic, I'm assuming it has something to do with ecology or environmental protection though.
2. My questions about the topic are basically this: If it is about the environment, how exactly is the environment helped or used in their computing? If not, what is the origin of the name "Green Computing"?
3. http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/definition/green-computing
http://www.explainingcomputers.com/green.html
http://www.techopedia.com/definition/14753/green-computing
http://green.wikia.com/wiki/Green_Computing
4. Things I learned about the topic

1. The name "green" actually does come from ecology, since green computing is the environmentally responsible use of computers
2. Mostly, their goals are reducing the consumption of energy and other resources, and disposing of e waste in responsible ways
3. The origins of green computing originate in Energy Star, founded by the EPA in 1992 to promote efficient energy consumption
4. It takes about 1.8 tons of chemicals, water, and fossil fuels to produce one single desktop computer
5. Over 1 billion PCs have been sold worldwide
6. It is estimated that by 2020, computers in the UK will amount to two-thirds of its energy consumption

This topic connects with my life because although I don't put so much importance to environmental stuff normally, I do use my laptop a lot, and that entails also charging it.

What actions could I take, I wonder, to reduce energy consumption in terms of buying hardware?

TO-DO- Day 5

1. Students weren't there, however students did not play the game anyways
2. Not really, we're not sure if the game is fun or not, but if it wasn't even appealing then we already had a large fault there.
3.

-What was the biggest problem you encountered? How did you solve it?

Coming up for a theme, I had to think of something really hard to find it. In the end, I decided on a Titanic theme, and naming the game London to New York

-When did you get your biggest "AH HA" idea? What was it?

The inclusion of math as part of the game. I got this idea actually pretty close to the end, when I was designing my prototype. It added a lot more complexity to the ideas.

-Who in your group resisted new ideas the most and why?

I worked by myself.

-What doubts did YOU have about the project and how did you overcome those doubts?

I had doubts about the game not being complex enough. I overcame the doubts first by getting the confidence to know that I could achieve the goal of the game that I wanted. Then, I thought of other ways to make the game less simple, such as the addition of math.

-Who in your group played "devil's advocate" (a person who questions everything, even good ideas) and how did that help the process?

I worked by myself.

-What did you learn about yourself, teamwork, and the design process?

I learned that I like making games, and hope to make more stuff like this in the future. I learned, when building the game with Samy, that its important to have everyone understand what we're doing. As for the design process, I learned that getting people attracted to your game is important, because if nobody is attracted to it, you don't know whether its good or not.

Design Project Day 3

CHOOSE PHASE
1. I think my game has progressed into a board game that would be definitely fun to play for that group, because of the variations that it now has. It fits my descriptions of what it would be fun, I have tried to include those things and succeeded.
2. I want to keep the variability, the differing levels of dificulty, yet the simple game structure
3. There is really nothing that I think I can remove, the game is pretty stripped down already. Possibly the bullseye could be simplified to simply a goal.

IMPLEMENT PHASE

1.

• Get cardboard
• Draw start line
• Make different level pieces
• Make moveable goal
• Find ball

2. Ball, possibly sticky tack
 

Design Project Day 2

1. I am working by myself, so my model is the only one. I have made some improvements since last class, however as for comparing it with other projects, I can't.
2.
3. More colorful bulls-eye, longer playing field