Blog Prompt 11/10

I like keeping a blog for this course because it is simple to do homework, just find a computer and write a paragraph or two and the teacher will see it. It feels creative to make your own blog, but not creative enough to me for some reason. Keeping a blog will become useful later because I may decide to keep my own teaching blog that students can check out and see useful resources I find on the internet or get to know class expectations. I might not post to my blog after this class though, I am horribly behind on writing in my own diary as it is. Hmmm. I do not really know if I will, sometimes I become fascinated by something I normally would not consider and work on it for a long time.

This blog is an example of appropriation because I sample and mix things like graphs from surveys and Bob's watercolor videos (see earlier posts) Collective Intelligence exists in all of the blog projects because we can check out each others' blogs, a good concrete example of that is the fact that a fellow classmate is following my blog and another university student talks with me about the updates I make.

Blog Prompt 11/8

In taking the learning style test I learned several things about myself. One of them includes that I tend to resort to routine procedures when solving a problem. I would draw a map when giving someone difficult directions because it includes the familiar act of drawing. What I found surprising was that I had zero preference for audio learning. I've taken a similar test before and my results showed that I was a visual and a reading/writing learner. This test confirmed I had a preference for reading/writing. According to the test I should write down what I am studying and read material a couple of times to memorize it; which works out well since I already use those techniques. This test is fairly accurate, but I felt the questions should have been worded so that routine would not influence the answer.

I guess my Picasso portrait is a bit too serious for the assignment, but the drawing just looked empty without some realism. Besides, Picasso didn't use digital media for his paintings...

Blog Prompt 11/5

Questions about Twitter
The limit of 140 character does not bother me, but using textspeak is a bit aggravating. It is sometimes so hard to decipher that I end up staring at the screen a long time, trying to piece together what is being said. I did not change anything based on the length, but I did change what I would say after knowing that all of my peers could see my messages.
I do not think that texting and twittering will have any impact on the way I write. I cannot think of any ways it could possibly effect how I write things, recreational or otherwise.

Twitter Prompt "Poem"

"Poem" Made from a Twitter activity:

Do not sing at the table, it is bad luck.
Do not cross your eyes or they will get stuck like that. 

Do not talk to strangers.

Do not sit too close to the TV or your eyes will cross.

Do treat others how you would want to be treated.

Blogging Prompt 10/29

Reading literacy is higher with women compared to men. But literacy in males has grown 11% between 2002 to 2008. These statistics were from this site: Link is here. I think it is a good thing that literacy is being emphasized in schools. Reading was seldom taught in one of my grade schools, though sentence structure and spelling often was. It is harder to teach and grade reading than grammar. I think that it does need to be taught, especially to boys. Boys do have a higher chance of developing learning disabilities and other problems sometimes brought about prenatally.

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Web Page Evaluation Project

This article: Feline Reactions to Bearded Men was created by a group of indiviuals teaching at several universities, or at least appear to be with no mention of their subjects. Many of the studies were inconclusive and I found a university site claiming that this article is a spoof Link to the article here. There is no email address for viewers to contact any of the authors. I think this is an article likely to be a false trail for researchers. Even the statements about the research sound very silly: "The test subjects were female cats, all between the ages of four and six. 214 cats participated in the study. Three cats died during the study, due to causes unrelated to the bearded men. Fifteen cats gave birth while viewing the photographs." There are no peer reviews listed. The language used does not even seem professional compared to the usual language in psychology articles or other such kinds of research.


There was an unfinished study done in November 2001 not even researched by the same individuals with a manipulated photograph as the illustration. Improbable Research is a site that does not prove the information given is true, it is just a website for humor and way to get people to think.