Over the past few days, Sharon and I have taken our original proposal and expanded on it. In doing so, we added tentative dates for each goal that we have. These dates are tentative because we know when we would like to have things done, but since we are working with such a broad group of people, and since our project relies heavily on the response of people to what we are doing, we thought it would be most appropriate to keep our dates tentative, and not too, too specific. We know what we want to do and we have a reasonable way of getting things done. Here is our plan:
GROUP
Jennifer Salane and Sharon Reese
WHAT
Public Relations Event/Fundraiser/Campaign: Will take place throughout the month of October
· Mission Statement (Why?): To collect books for a local school’s library, Providence Christian Academy, by hosting a fundraiser-type drop-in.
HOW:
Pizza Party/Small gathering to raise money and/or collect books: Tentatively, Nov.2 at 1:30 p.m. in the Daniel Auditorium
· T-shirts (Sharon)
· Advertisements (Jennifer)
- Flyers
Hung around campus
- A common-cause group creation (link to Providence Christian Academy)
www.Facebook.com
www.myspace.com (?)
· Publications (Jennifer)
- The Tiger
· Word of mouth (Sharon and Jennifer)
- At the beginning of our classes
- At meetings for organizations and clubs on campus
- Informing and then encouraging our friends to spread the word to their friends, classmates, and organizations
· E-mail (Sharon)
- Clemson University listserv
Notes:
-Everything will be designed by both Jennifer and Sharon, but each partner will handle their designated entities in order to divide responsibility and task fairly.
- We plan to further discuss these ways of reaching our target audience with Professor Holmevik over the next week to get his feedback.
- Each of these means of communication things are currently going into effect and will continue to be publicized until the end of October.
WHERE:
Collection will be held throughout the Clemson community
- Throughout October and on November 2
The party will be held in the Daniel Auditorium
- November 2 at 1:30 p.m.
PRODUCTION:
Portfolio: Compiled throughout our project in October and in the weeks following the fundraiser event during November
- Two, one for each partner
Paper: Compiled throughout duration of semester, produced in the weeks following the fundraiser event in November
- Two, one produced by each partner
Thursday, September 27, 2007
My Signature Font
How do I choose?
I think the best font to describe myself is actually a combination of many. If I am writing a carefree, loosely - formatted document, such as something personal to keep on my laptop and not submit to a teacher, I like to use Calibri (Body). Calibri (Body) is a very simple text. It sort of resembles Arial, but it’s a little bit smaller and more compressed look in height. I like the way it is presented when laid out on a Microsoft document because it looks neat and clean, much like my handwriting. I recently used it on a power point presentation, too, and it looked very good from a distance and up close. I discovered Calibri (Body) when I got Microsoft Windows Vista on my computer a few months ago. It is the default font for Microsoft Word on Vista, so once I realized that I was stuck with it for each document I typed, at least until I changed it, it quickly grew on me. Now I actually choose to use it on certain pieces.
For more formal documents, such as a resume or an essay for a class, I like to use either Times New Roman or Arial. These represent me well because they sophisticated looking, clean cut, organized well, and easily legible, which is how I like my work to be, whether handwritten or typed. Both of these fonts are very standard, which is most suitable to my taste because like my avatar in Second Life is designed, the fonts use parallel with the way I live my life- simplistically- so naturally the things I design are going to reflect that trait. I do like change, though, so even though I keep things simple, I still alternate between fonts from to time, most often within the range of the ones i've mentioned in this piece.
In general, the font that I use in every document I produce on the computer reflects either a.) The type of document that I am producing, or b.) The mood I’m in as a result of what it is that I’m producing. If I’m doing something fun, like a power point presentation for a set of younger children, I might choose to use Comic Sans because it’s appropriate for the audience.
I hate to choose just one font that describes me best. I would say that my font depends most heavily on the type of audience that I’m addressing with my document. But, overall, when I can use Calibri (Body), I will use Calibri (Body) over any other font in the selection. My feelings and emotions when producing a document are usually reflected in the type of font I use. Although I might not be able to post, print, or hand in a document using that original reflection of my feelings, I always start out typing a document in what font I like and then I will change it to Times New Roman, or something else more appropriate.
I think the best font to describe myself is actually a combination of many. If I am writing a carefree, loosely - formatted document, such as something personal to keep on my laptop and not submit to a teacher, I like to use Calibri (Body). Calibri (Body) is a very simple text. It sort of resembles Arial, but it’s a little bit smaller and more compressed look in height. I like the way it is presented when laid out on a Microsoft document because it looks neat and clean, much like my handwriting. I recently used it on a power point presentation, too, and it looked very good from a distance and up close. I discovered Calibri (Body) when I got Microsoft Windows Vista on my computer a few months ago. It is the default font for Microsoft Word on Vista, so once I realized that I was stuck with it for each document I typed, at least until I changed it, it quickly grew on me. Now I actually choose to use it on certain pieces.
For more formal documents, such as a resume or an essay for a class, I like to use either Times New Roman or Arial. These represent me well because they sophisticated looking, clean cut, organized well, and easily legible, which is how I like my work to be, whether handwritten or typed. Both of these fonts are very standard, which is most suitable to my taste because like my avatar in Second Life is designed, the fonts use parallel with the way I live my life- simplistically- so naturally the things I design are going to reflect that trait. I do like change, though, so even though I keep things simple, I still alternate between fonts from to time, most often within the range of the ones i've mentioned in this piece.
In general, the font that I use in every document I produce on the computer reflects either a.) The type of document that I am producing, or b.) The mood I’m in as a result of what it is that I’m producing. If I’m doing something fun, like a power point presentation for a set of younger children, I might choose to use Comic Sans because it’s appropriate for the audience.
I hate to choose just one font that describes me best. I would say that my font depends most heavily on the type of audience that I’m addressing with my document. But, overall, when I can use Calibri (Body), I will use Calibri (Body) over any other font in the selection. My feelings and emotions when producing a document are usually reflected in the type of font I use. Although I might not be able to post, print, or hand in a document using that original reflection of my feelings, I always start out typing a document in what font I like and then I will change it to Times New Roman, or something else more appropriate.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
That First George Reading...
I read the wrong George reading for today, so I will leave my post for what is actually the second George reading up today and post the other George reading response for Thursday...
Sorry :)
Sorry :)
First George Reading...
I thought the first reading by Dianna George and Diane Shoos was very interesting, particularly because the death penalty has been an interest of mine for a long time. I enjoy reading and learning about it. This reading was particularly insightful because much of what I’m interested in doing after college has to do with visual communications, specifically what they sight in the article; the media. I understand much of what the author’s say throughout the text, and I found it interesting how they divided visual representations into two different types, but there is one question that is stated early on in the article that I think would make an interesting topic for discussion in class.
This question, which according to the authors is, “A question at the heart of visual communication,” presents the reader with the contemplation of the relationship between certain images. The authors use execution images and the larger debate at hand, in a political sense. Furthermore, the authors state that, “that same images that work as witness for some will serve the purposes of outright voyeurism for others.” My question for discussion is, “How to we differentiate between these different images?” and “Is there ever going to be a way reach a general consensus about what an image represents, visually, to a person?” Different images are always going to mean different things to different people. Very generally, a picture of someone being executed is going to be accepted and unaccepted by the public, much like no matter what a journalist puts in a newspaper, there will always be someone who disagrees with what is written.
This question, which according to the authors is, “A question at the heart of visual communication,” presents the reader with the contemplation of the relationship between certain images. The authors use execution images and the larger debate at hand, in a political sense. Furthermore, the authors state that, “that same images that work as witness for some will serve the purposes of outright voyeurism for others.” My question for discussion is, “How to we differentiate between these different images?” and “Is there ever going to be a way reach a general consensus about what an image represents, visually, to a person?” Different images are always going to mean different things to different people. Very generally, a picture of someone being executed is going to be accepted and unaccepted by the public, much like no matter what a journalist puts in a newspaper, there will always be someone who disagrees with what is written.
Reaction to First "Official" Second Life Experience
This past Thursday, when our class visited Second Life as a group, I was really impressed with the way things went. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the experience, as I’ve not really gotten the hang of Second Life yet. It took me a while to get my avatar situated. I went through getting kicked out of Second Life a few times, losing my avatar a million times, and then battling getting her wardrobe situated. Now that my avatar is ready to interact, and I think I’ve completed the Orientation Island requirements, I feel a little more adjusted to the program.
I think once we interacted with the Dean on Thursday, it really hit me out real Second Life is. As funny as it is to imagine that the Dean is sitting in his office, playing on Second Life, it’s surreal to know that something done through a computer can be computed into something so “real life”. The way in which we were able to talk to the Dean and with each other was neat because we were essentially talking instantaneously to each other, as if we were sending an instant message to one another. The progressions that Clemson has made on its construction in the Second Life world are amazing because it is merely an exact replica of how certain locations on campus actually look.
I feel more connected with my avatar simply through the control that I have over here. It’s obvious that I feel connected with her because I made her look like me- very girl next door, plain and simple- but I like the way that every move that I make on the keyboard controls what she does. I can make her do anything from run, fly, or even dance, and the dance moves that she does are based on what I choose for her to do. It was hard to “develop a relationship” with my avatar for the first few days of Second Life trial because I was having so many problems understanding how to create and update her. Once I got settled last Wednesday and Thursday, and our class interacted as a group, I felt a little better about my understanding of my avatar. It’s as if I’m walking in her shoes in another world.
I think once we interacted with the Dean on Thursday, it really hit me out real Second Life is. As funny as it is to imagine that the Dean is sitting in his office, playing on Second Life, it’s surreal to know that something done through a computer can be computed into something so “real life”. The way in which we were able to talk to the Dean and with each other was neat because we were essentially talking instantaneously to each other, as if we were sending an instant message to one another. The progressions that Clemson has made on its construction in the Second Life world are amazing because it is merely an exact replica of how certain locations on campus actually look.
I feel more connected with my avatar simply through the control that I have over here. It’s obvious that I feel connected with her because I made her look like me- very girl next door, plain and simple- but I like the way that every move that I make on the keyboard controls what she does. I can make her do anything from run, fly, or even dance, and the dance moves that she does are based on what I choose for her to do. It was hard to “develop a relationship” with my avatar for the first few days of Second Life trial because I was having so many problems understanding how to create and update her. Once I got settled last Wednesday and Thursday, and our class interacted as a group, I felt a little better about my understanding of my avatar. It’s as if I’m walking in her shoes in another world.
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