Our week working with a different social network then most of us are used to was a new experience. We worked with Twitter for a week, and I am not as addicted to it right now as I am to facebook on most days. At first, I really didn't like Twitter at all, but now it isn't as bad since I know more about where to find things and how to talk to others over Twitter.
It is amazing how many different types of social networks there are out there. I didn't realize until Debra pulled it up on the internet that there were so many to choose from. I think its crazy that there are social networks for different hobbies people have. I think it is a cool idea because then everyone is talking about a similar topic that they share interest in but it is something you have to almost be specific in looking for then.
I like how on Twitter that you can follow different groups and papers that you might not normally know what is going on with them. It is interesting to get little blurbs from different papers and groups that have short advice for the day that you wouldn't get on a social network like facebook. I probably would not use Twitter when looking for work or prospective schools though. These are some reasons I like and don't like Twitter.
I think that it is ok to choose one or maybe two social networks to be a part of, but much more then that and it almost gets overwhelming trying to remember to keep up with all of the things. It is getting easier for us though with the creation of mobile versions of the main social networks. People are able to access their accounts from anywhere. Even with this easy accessability I don't think I will ever want to be a part of more than one or two social networks to stay in touch with friends.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Diversity Events
I went to two different diversity events that were recommended through our class. I attended the roads to activism diversity event with Aldo Magazzeni as the speaker. I also attended the NWC diversity event. Both were interesting and a learning experience. I enjoyed both of them because it really makes you think about the different things that were presented.
The first event I went to was called "Traveling Mercies is Afghanistan, Kenya, Haiti, and Mexico. This event included a speaker named Aldo Magazzeni and his slide show of his pictures from the places he has traveled. Aldo was the speaker for this event because he was the man who traveled to these countries to help villages get on their feet with a water system. Aldo has a nonprofit organization called the Traveling Mercies that has set up wells and water systems in many countries. He works with different groups such as the Rotary to help him work to create a way fro him to complete his plan of helping these countries. Aldo had many stories to share with us about his experiences and pictures to go along which made it very interesting what he does.
The other event that I went to was the NWC diversity event. This event was called the event with the name that no one wants to say. This is an event where words people use in racist situations are thrown around the stage. The actors do skits to make these hard things to talk about a little more humerous. Most people got a laugh in at times because the actors were all over the stage. Even though the act was fun to watch and made it interesting this is still a hard subject for a lot of people. This is because most people from small towns haven't been exposed to diversity.
Both of these events were fun to attend because they were interesting and informational. I enjoyed going to both of them because my town had no diversity in it so I have never been exposed to different. I thought it was interesting listening to ALdo talk about how he has helped all these individuals. These were the diversity events I attended.
The first event I went to was called "Traveling Mercies is Afghanistan, Kenya, Haiti, and Mexico. This event included a speaker named Aldo Magazzeni and his slide show of his pictures from the places he has traveled. Aldo was the speaker for this event because he was the man who traveled to these countries to help villages get on their feet with a water system. Aldo has a nonprofit organization called the Traveling Mercies that has set up wells and water systems in many countries. He works with different groups such as the Rotary to help him work to create a way fro him to complete his plan of helping these countries. Aldo had many stories to share with us about his experiences and pictures to go along which made it very interesting what he does.
The other event that I went to was the NWC diversity event. This event was called the event with the name that no one wants to say. This is an event where words people use in racist situations are thrown around the stage. The actors do skits to make these hard things to talk about a little more humerous. Most people got a laugh in at times because the actors were all over the stage. Even though the act was fun to watch and made it interesting this is still a hard subject for a lot of people. This is because most people from small towns haven't been exposed to diversity.
Both of these events were fun to attend because they were interesting and informational. I enjoyed going to both of them because my town had no diversity in it so I have never been exposed to different. I thought it was interesting listening to ALdo talk about how he has helped all these individuals. These were the diversity events I attended.
Monday, October 11, 2010
At my best
I have always hoped to be able to lead a team like just as the great leaders of teams take the role of moving their team through hard times and good times. I have always idolized players that could take control of the game and the tempo and slow it to the pace that they can win from. I think the moment I was at my best was when I achieved this on our volleyball team in high school. I felt like I knew how to handle everything that was thrown at us that night.
We were playing in the third round of regionals on our way to state and there were only two games left stopping us from getting to state. I was a senior in high school and standing on the floor looking out at the sea of maroon and gold. I was ready to play and I was ready to lead our team on to the floor for the biggest game. I felt like it was my role to be there on the team and lead them to a victory because of my age and position on the floor.
I feel like this was when I was my best because it was the hardest game physically and mentally that I had ever played. I helped lead my team through the five games of the night, and we ended up losing by two points in the last game, but I had never left more on the floor than I did that night. I knew in the back of my mind that this was now or never and that everyone in the packed gym was waiting for us to finish the game. It was an intense atmosphere that helped give me the courage to take control of our team. I feel like I played my best the entire game, and that even though I can't change the outcome I have never been more proud to be standing with my teammates.
I feel like this is when I preformed my best during an athletic event because I knew what I had to do to get our team even to this event. I knew how much struggle we had gone through to even get there so there was nothing going to get in our way. I felt like stepping up to help the team made one of my dreams come true just because I never thought it would be possible to have people look up to me instead of me looking up to a leader of any other team.
We were playing in the third round of regionals on our way to state and there were only two games left stopping us from getting to state. I was a senior in high school and standing on the floor looking out at the sea of maroon and gold. I was ready to play and I was ready to lead our team on to the floor for the biggest game. I felt like it was my role to be there on the team and lead them to a victory because of my age and position on the floor.
I feel like this was when I was my best because it was the hardest game physically and mentally that I had ever played. I helped lead my team through the five games of the night, and we ended up losing by two points in the last game, but I had never left more on the floor than I did that night. I knew in the back of my mind that this was now or never and that everyone in the packed gym was waiting for us to finish the game. It was an intense atmosphere that helped give me the courage to take control of our team. I feel like I played my best the entire game, and that even though I can't change the outcome I have never been more proud to be standing with my teammates.
I feel like this is when I preformed my best during an athletic event because I knew what I had to do to get our team even to this event. I knew how much struggle we had gone through to even get there so there was nothing going to get in our way. I felt like stepping up to help the team made one of my dreams come true just because I never thought it would be possible to have people look up to me instead of me looking up to a leader of any other team.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Beloit College Mindset List
While reading the Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2014 I found myself nodding and laughing at certain things that are truthfully just what we have been brought up knowing as kids in our generation. I also found myself disagreeing with some of the things that are supposedly what we believe in and thats all there is to it. I agree with a lot of the statements, disagreed with a few, and felt indifferent about others. I think it is cool how this group of people decided to start this website with facts that are the overall belief by many kids our age going in to college now.
One of my favorite statements said was that "Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail". I like this because it is true most kids don't get on and email their friends on any given day. We use email a lot here to stay in contact with our teachers and fellow classmates, but if you want to get into contact with friends facebook and cell phones have taken over that need. A majority of students have facebook, cell phones, or both to keep in contact with any of their friend almost immediately with the help of IPods and IPhones. Also the only time students use snail mail is usually when their parents or relatives send them something. This is one of the statements I most agreed with in this writing.
Another one of the statements I agreed with was "Colorful lapel ribbons have always been worn to indicate support for a cause". I agree with this because even if people don't know what the color of ribbon means they normally associate it with some kind of cause or at least I do. I have grown up learning many different colors of these ribbons as people I know have been affected by them. I personally love these because it is a way of showing your support without being over the top in some instances. I like the idea of them and I hope that people respect their meanings.
One of the statements I wasn't used to was “Caramel macchiato” and “venti half-caf vanilla latte” have always been street corner lingo". And the only reason I am not used to this one was because like a lot of kids I am from an extremely small town and we didn't have coffee shops to go to unless you went to the city. I was just never brought up knowing what types of coffee there was because there was never any close enough to me to get.
These statements are definately thought by a majority of our generation because this is what our generation was told and learned. We didn't pay attention to what happened leading to some of these events it is just what we learned after them. There are many more of the statements that I agree with and some that I wasn't used too, but these were just a few of my examples.
One of my favorite statements said was that "Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail". I like this because it is true most kids don't get on and email their friends on any given day. We use email a lot here to stay in contact with our teachers and fellow classmates, but if you want to get into contact with friends facebook and cell phones have taken over that need. A majority of students have facebook, cell phones, or both to keep in contact with any of their friend almost immediately with the help of IPods and IPhones. Also the only time students use snail mail is usually when their parents or relatives send them something. This is one of the statements I most agreed with in this writing.
Another one of the statements I agreed with was "Colorful lapel ribbons have always been worn to indicate support for a cause". I agree with this because even if people don't know what the color of ribbon means they normally associate it with some kind of cause or at least I do. I have grown up learning many different colors of these ribbons as people I know have been affected by them. I personally love these because it is a way of showing your support without being over the top in some instances. I like the idea of them and I hope that people respect their meanings.
One of the statements I wasn't used to was “Caramel macchiato” and “venti half-caf vanilla latte” have always been street corner lingo". And the only reason I am not used to this one was because like a lot of kids I am from an extremely small town and we didn't have coffee shops to go to unless you went to the city. I was just never brought up knowing what types of coffee there was because there was never any close enough to me to get.
These statements are definately thought by a majority of our generation because this is what our generation was told and learned. We didn't pay attention to what happened leading to some of these events it is just what we learned after them. There are many more of the statements that I agree with and some that I wasn't used too, but these were just a few of my examples.
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