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My favorite assignment was either the podcast or the slides presentation it was fun to just talk about random things and yourself I did not enjoy the google sheets I wish we spent more time on the podcasts bc they were so fun uhhh not really

An advertising technique used by companies to subtly promote their products through a non-traditional advertising technique, usually through appearances in film, television, or other media. Some examples are, Talladega Nights, Happy Gilmore, ET, Back To the Future.

My favorite voyage was the volcano one, I’ve always loved volcanoes and always have thought volcanoes were fascinating. I found that there is a line of active volcanoes stretching from Alaska all the way to Mexico down the California Coast. Volcanoes are really fascinating when they erupt and lava and other things come out andContinue reading “Google Earth”

Famous street artist Shephard Fairey created the Hope poster during President Obama’s first run for presidential election in 2008. A photographer later came on and claimed that it was his photo used in the poster and wanted credit for it. The photographer was grateful that the photo blew up and what Fairy did with itContinue reading “The Press vs Fairy”

Three ways you can tell if a Website is credible or not: “Author – Information on the internet with a listed author is one indication of a credible site. The fact that the author is willing to stand behind the information presented (and in some cases, include his or her contact information) is a good indicationContinue reading “NON Credible Websites”

Personally, I feel like texting, and calling people can really help you talk to people face to face, it can give you a feel about who the person is and who they are so you can relate to them in person, it gives you more of a sense of what to say when you don’tContinue reading “Are Smartphones killing face to face conversations?”

Cloud computing is really cool and interesting. Its cool that everything is just streamed to you instead of running on a hard drive and all that. Sooner or later everything is going to be on the cloud. Soon people wont need to have consuls and everything to play games, they’ll just need a screen andContinue reading “CLOUD COMPUTING”

The article I liked the most was the article about the “Brazilian Aardvark” I think its a really interesting and really funny. A 17 year old changed a Wiki page about a type of raccoon to make it seem like the raccoon was also referred to as the “Brazilian Aardvark”. It soon caught attention andContinue reading “3 Articles”

After reading three articles about fake news and how it can spread it has become clear that people and the internet have become blind to what is real and what is fake. As time progresses and technology and the internet beginning have more power, fake news can spread faster. All it takes is one unreliableContinue reading “FAKE NEWS!⚠”

Over Christmas Break I did alot of things, I hung out with friends, I had basketball games\practice, and lots of other things. We had a 6 game tournament over break that was held at Juan Diego. Varsity went 2-1 and JV went 3-1. It was a good tournament and we all had alot of fun.Continue reading “My First blog”