Digital Literacy Journal
I started my school as a sixth grader in the United States. I wasn't very profound to the techologies that were provided in the middle school. My teacher taught me step by step to use the computer for the class assignments and research. In my Math and English class, we'd get 30 minutes to use learning websites, such as "Coolmath" and "Rosetta Stone." When I was in 7th grade, I had a computer class where I was taught to use PowerPoint Presentation. It didn't help me much because of my low comprehension skill. Five social media sites I've used/ still using are Instagram, Facebook, Google Hangout, Viber and Snapchat. These sites are for communication, such as voice messaging, texting, video chatting, posting pictures and commenting. I use them mostly to text my friends and relatives. I used facebook for a few years and then deleted my account because I found it irrelevant and distractive. I was having a trouble concentrating on my education. I was a middle school student and facebook seemed like a competition, which I was a part of for a short time. The three sites that I was unaware of are QQ, Wechat and Ozone. These sites were originated in China and they are pretty popular with millions of users. These sites are for messaging and calling. Ozone is kind of similar to Weebly but has more features, such as it allows you to share pictures and listen to the music. |
Pop Culture Journal
Magazine can be entertertaining with all the celebrities gossips and political jokes, but the same time, it generates the greater insecurities in people, especially women. In one way, celebrity magazines have extremely negative influence in our society. The way they protrait women body figure lowers self-esteem of women in our society. They emphasize slim body, fair and glowing skin and shiny hair etc. It's an illusion. The work of photography, the lighting and the makeup are just spectacular that these make any women look beautiful. Although it is for selling purposes, it's also a disappointment when a certain product don't work out as it had promised in the magazines or commercials. The advantages of the magazines are, 1. It's great for advertisement. 2. It's helpful for sharing or learning information, such as how to treat certain flu, how to self decor your house or how to cook and many more.. To compare all these magazines covers, there are many similarities. one of them is the size and design of the words; the most important words, such as title and headings are colored and in large font. On all of them, there are bodily figures, showing their makeups, fashion styles. The differences are the purpose, the picture and the title. Each magazine serves different purpose in regard to sell its product. |