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Month: October 2018

My Big Data

My Big Data

I have never actually though of the idea of big data. But after reading these articles it all seems to make sense. Big data is always there, taking notes on what we search and how many times we do so. For example, when I wanted to buy a new car and was looking at multiple car dealer website I saw ads on my facebook for car dealerships soon after. The big data related to me is personal because it is…

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Diary of My Phone

Diary of My Phone

Snapchat is always being used on me. My user is sending images of herself all the time throughout the day. When she gets bored she always checks instagram, once that gets boring too she will check facebook, and then twitter. My favorite time is when she goes places in her car because I get to play music. I have a lot of apps on here but I don’t know if she knows if they exist because she only uses the…

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Quoting Twenge

Quoting Twenge

Jean M. Twenge, a psychologist, has been researching generational differences for 25 years. In her Atlantic article “Have Smartphones Destroyed A Generation?” she focuses on the iGen generation of teens compared to previous generations such as the Millennials. When studying the generational differences she noticed in 2012 that there were drastic differences and shifts in teens behavior. Twenge observes, “Around 2012, I noticed abrupt shifts in teen behaviors and emotional states. The gentle slopes of the line graphs became steep…

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Transfer Skills

Transfer Skills

In my biology lab we have to annotate our prelabs, so I have been using different techniques that we have learned in class for annotation.  Also in my environmental issues class we have to do chapter summaries and using the templates from “They Say, I Say” will be helpful to improve my writing.   

Digital Media Project

Digital Media Project

video link: https://youtu.be/3DTmuawKn94  I used iMovie because I feel like visuals are a good thing to look at during a video presentation. A podcast can sometimes get boring because there isn’t anything to look at.  I didn’t really spend any time learning to use the software. I spent around 30-60 minutes drafting the presentation.  I spent around 30 minutes editing the project. 

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