Character building, part 2

The man in this picture is our second character.  Add comments to this post and create a comprehensive and believable background for him while building on the previous comments of your classmates.  Have fun and be creative!

Character building, part 1

Here is our first subject for the assignment as discussed in class.  Add comments to this post to build a cumulative background and personality for this character.  What is she thinking?  Where did she come from?  How might she deal with a stressful situation?  Remember that consistency is the key; build on your classmate’s comments to create a believable character.

Writing Online

Forums, blogs, emails and chats have become almost routine as millions of us cruise the internet on a daily basis. The most writing experience I have online is related to the sports teams I have followed since I was a kid. I frequently check www.49erswebzone.com at least 3-4 times daily to see what’s happening with my Niners. As a member on that website since 2004, I have made over 2,500 posts on their forum. Wow, I just realized that’s a lot of online writing. A blog that I check daily is “Instant 49ers”, written by Matt Maiocco who covers the 49ers for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. This was my first experience of a blog and I really enjoyed how he answered the feedback that readers would give him at the end of his writings.

Writing online is less structured compared to script or even story writing. Visiting forums or blogs, I notice that many people have different writing styles and express ideas much differently. I enjoy online writing because it seems more spontaneous and less prepared, almost like speaking to people face to face.

Born into new media

I feel that it is almost difficult to look back and reflect on how drastically technology is changing because we are a generation that is changing with technology. Our parents would probably have an easier time reflecting on how much it has changed but we were born into new media. I feel that, as a generation, we are adapting everyday without notice to the constantly moving media and technology.  It is not a burden but a helping hand in our everyday lives so it goes unnoticed.

The Times They Are A Changin!

Oh boy do I ever remember how cool it was when my house got AOL and we were able to log on to the Internet. The melodic tones of your modem and house phone line romancing each other so you could gain access to a whole almost empty universe of information. I was a kid when I first gain access to the Internet so I spent most of my time in chat rooms or talking to my friends on AIM. My use for the Internet has changed because I have changed. I have different needs of the Internet now that i’m older, but my primary use of the Internet is still keeping in touch with my friends. Secondly I use the net to get information, learn things, help me with school projects. Thirdly I use the Internet for entertainment purposes such as you-tube or downloading music.

The Internet has had a huge impact on our culture and the way we learn. It is not as important to retain all the details of general topics, because it is a culture that can with ease google a topic and get the information they need. With people using the Internet rather than their brains to retain information, and using tools such as Google to help them recall that information. In should be important for kids in middle school who are now using the Internet as a learning tool, to learn media literacy. They need to be taught the tools to read and filter what they are reading on the Internet and interpret what is cogent and what isn’t.

Ali’s Bloggings

The internet has has extreme ramifications for our society over the past 15 years. I remember when we first got a computer. I was in 2nd grade and it looked like a type writer. In 4th grade, we got a Mac and signed up for CompuServe. Soon after, we signed up for AOL. At the time, I used it to get news, play games and, in middle school, for AIM. At the time, it was purely for pleasure and recreation. But now, some years later, it has become a full-on necessity. If not for the internet, I wouldn’t be able to do my school work, keep up with my friends, read the news on a regular basis, discover new music, or write this blog for everyone to read right now. And with the advent of sites like myspace, facebook and others, people can create personal websites for their friends and family to see and share pictures and video instantly. Also, we are now beginning to use Wifi and Bluetooth to sync different gadgets together with our cars, tvs, computers and even houses. I think that right now we are only scratching the surface and in the coming years we will truly realize the potential of such an endless universe.

Hey, here’s something I bet you didn’t know:

Time and the Internet

The Internet has revolutionized the way we operate. Since it became public and better yet, since it has become more accessible, it seems as if everyone uses the Internet for something. I use the Internet for e-mail, networking, entertainment, and plenty of other things that I can’t think of right now. I don’t even remember the last time I actually got a letter in the snail mail. The PBS documentary was funny yet educational. It has only been about ten years since that documentary was made and yet so much has changed. I’m kinda scared to see what we’ll have in the next decade to come and i’m still waiting for my Hover-board!

Times have changed

The earliest I remember the Internet being important in my life was in middle school and many of my teachers began assigning library projects using the Internet. In terms of communication the Internet has expanded significantly, web cams, emails, aol aim, msn messanger, online dating websites, blogs, chatting, etc. It is now possible to talk to people around the world in seconds. The Internet has definitely became more available since it began, now you can use it at home, on your phone, at school, at the library everywhere. It is no longer used just by computer owners or business people. The use of the internet has also changed, now the Internet is used for more than just emails and web browsing. Shopping online, online banking, online magazines, online news, online television and radio are now all available to the world.

The creation of the Internet has definitely changed how the world works for the better but such issues like privacy and security are now becoming a prominent issue. Im sure in the next ten years the problems we face with the Internet will be resolved and it will be better than ever.

Like most people, I spend more time on the internet than anything else in my life. I don’t even realize how much I use it and how much a part of my life it has become. I use the internet for everything from from socializing to communicating to entertainment to homework and more! I take it for granted that I can easily and instantly find the answer to absolutely any question conceivable with theinternet. The vast amount of information available is amazing.

Honestly, I can imagine life without the internet. It’s amazing to think that generations before me didn’t have it! But watching the PBS documentary reminded me when there was actually a time in my life when I didn’t have the internet. It blows me away to think about how far we’ve come in such a short time. It’s almost scary to think about how quickly things are going to continue to change and it makes me wonder, what’s next??

Changes in the internet

The internet is the “network of networks” that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

The Internet has changed the way U.S. journalists do their work. More than 8 in 10 now say that at least once a week they use the Web to keep up with the news by reading the sites of other news organizations, get background information for stories from the Web or computer databases such as Lexis-Nexis, and search for or receive press releases via e-mail or the Web.