Monday, November 19, 2012

Collaboration and feedback video and reflection

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJKrCn1CRYg&feature=youtu.be


Reflection Questions to Post on Your Blog

1.     What ideas from today's session could you CONNECT with? Perhaps think about what you already knew about proof reading and collaboration to respond to this question.

From todays lesson I can defiantly connect with the idea that when you write on a blog, you are writing to a public audience and never only you teacher. So when you receive feedback from the audience you are writing to it really helps you begging to notice what they are looking for in your writing. I could certainly connect with the idea that the Hardest thing is to get feedback from audience, sometimes you want someone to be just as excided as us, but most times they aren’t,

2.     What new learning did you have today about proof reading and collaboration? How did this learning session EXPAND your understanding of communication?

In todays lessons I learned a lot of new things about collaboration, and having some one check and give constructive feedback on my work. From having you partner collaborate with you by checking your work; I got another point of view. This allows you to think differently “What if I tried it this way, how about this way.”

3. In what ways did the proof reading feedback CHALLENGE your ideas in your intro + paragraph 1? What suggestions were made that helped you to see your work in a new way?

After I had my partner watch my video, and give my some feedback I felt like some of the feedback was not what I wanted to hear. The only suggestion that was made, which I though was not so relevant, was that for next time to focus more on the camera, and not so much on the environment surrounding me. I would have like to have heard something more constructive towards what I had said, instead of just “ it was really good.”

4. From your learning experience today, what does it mean to be collaborative? What are the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face collaboration? What are the advantages and disadvantages of technological collaboration (not face-to-face)?

To work together, and communicate to and with your partner. When you are thoughtful and give you comments and options to your partner. You also get different points of views. I didn’t like giving peer review through a computer, because I don’t like filming my self, its awards, and its UN comfortable. Face to face vs. computer (one way communications), has a great difference.  When you speak to some one face to face, you can see there emotion, just like you can see there. You can’t see a computers emotion, so it’s weird and UN normal for you to talk to a computer with emotion.




Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Wanted Glad You Came






The sun goes down
The stars come out
And all that counts
Is here and now
My universe will never be the same
I'm glad you came

You cast a spell on me, spell on me
You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me
And I decided you look well on me, well on me
So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me

Turn the lights out now
Now I'll take you by the hand
Hand you another drink
Drink it if you can
Can you spend a little time,
Time is slipping away,
Away from us so stay,
Stay with me I can make,
Make you glad you came

The sun goes down
The stars come out
And all that counts
Is here and now
My universe will never be the same
I'm glad you came
I'm glad you came

You cast a spell on me, spell on me
You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/glad-you-came-lyrics-the-wanted.html ]
And I decided you look well on me, well on me
So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me

Turn the lights out now
Now I'll take you by the hand
Hand you another drink
Drink it if you can
Can you spend a little time,
Time is slipping away,
Away from us so stay,
Stay with me I can make,
Make you glad you came

The sun goes down
The stars come out
And all that counts
Is here and now
My universe will never be the same
I'm glad you came
I'm glad you came

I'm glad you came
So glad you came
I'm glad you came
I'm glad you came

The sun goes down
The stars come out
And all that counts
Is here and now
My universe will never be the same
I'm glad you came
I'm glad you came




















The first and second paragraph for " the wanted" "Glad you came"


Based on the complete lyric of the song above, I think the main idea of the song The Wanted's “Glad You Came” tells us about a man's excitement in his first date with a girl he has been crushing on. All the lyric lines show how excited he is. The theme of this song is shown through paraphrasing, connotation, and tone.

As explicitly stated in the title, the man is so glad that the girl came. But, what makes him so glad? Is it just the girl's coming? It's the girl's coming, which make him so glad. It's something indicated with her coming which makes him excited. Based on the line 'my universe will never be the same' I guess it indicates that she responds positively to his love or in another word she accepts his love. Yes, his universe will never be the same since from then on he is not be lonely anymore. He has a girlfriend.

In the second verse, the man expresses his admiration to the girl, which is commonly done by who is falling in love and having new romantic relationship. He adores her so much that he feels like under her spell. He is crushing on her so much that when she shows positive response, she feels like the sky fell on him. And finally, knowing that the girl accepts his love, he has gut to ask her go somewhere just both of them.

Meanwhile, if you want to know what the man is doing in their first date, you can see it clearly in the third verse. Just like you and me, in this very first date the man is trying to convince her that her decision to accept his love is not a mistake. It seems to me that this is a kind of promise.


Monday, November 12, 2012

Dust in the wind - Kansas

Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0zSB2WEtwU

Lyrics:

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All they are is dust in the wind

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind 
Oh, ho, ho

Now, don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind 
All we are is dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind



Kansas’s “Dust in the Wind” reveals the whole "circle of life" concept. One day you will die and your body will break down into dust over time that is all that we are. This image is illustrated though the bands structure, connotation, and tone.

In “Dust in the Wind” connotation, (verb) emphasizes about how life ends where it begins. The entire song is a metaphor comparing life to dust. For example ““All we are is dust in the wind” draw a comparison between humanity and particles of dust blowing around. This serves to reinforce the eternal nature of mankind, creating a sense of no shape in the mind of the listener. The metaphor in the song can also reinforce other ideas too, such as the association of people with dust as a way to produce the phrase “ashes to ashes, dust to dust” in the mind of a listener, which is often spoken at a funeral.

In the beginning of the song it shows a great use of imagery. When the band writes, “ all my dreams pass before my eyes a curiosity, dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.” After reading these first two stanzas the image you should begetting is someone dying. When someone dies, you realize all the things you didn’t get to do in your life. Your dreams you wish you could have done, you can no longer do, because you have no returned to a place where you came from, a place where you can no longer live or have a life. You are now dusting in the wind.

In the middle of the song the band states, “all we do, crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see, dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.” Here you can see that the bands use of imagery reflects back to the theme. You go though life, but when you die, all you did crumbles back into the wind as nothing, which is what you started as. This clearly explains how life is there actually is a circle of life.  How everything is all connected. The band tries to explain in their lyrics that you started as just a grain in the dust, as a baby.

Towards the ending of the song, in the last stanza the band uses metaphors to makes the theme of the song more clear. In the lines “ dust in the wind, we are all dust on the wind, dust in the wind, EVERYTHING is dust in the wind” I think that the band is trying to say that, you start off what you end with. That even though you had a great life, when you die you has nothing, you are simply dust.

How many paragraphs? What exactly do we need to explain in each paragraph? Do we relate what we are explaining back to the theme in each paragraph?




Thursday, November 8, 2012

Ludacris Ft. Nicki Minaj - My Chick Is Bad







My bad chick- Nicki Minaj

My chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could
My, my chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could

My, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my chick bad, better, better than yours

Listen, I'm saying my chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could
My chick bad, better than yours
My chick do stuff that I can't even put in words

Her swagger don't stop, her body won't quit
So, fool, pipe down, you ain't talkin' 'bout shit
My chick bad, tell me if you've seen her
She always bring the racket like Venus and Serena

All white top, all white belt
And all white jeans, body looking like milk
No time for games, she's full grown
My chick bad, tell your chick to go home

My chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could
My, my chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could

My, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my chick bad, better, better than yours

Now your girl might be sick but my girl sicker
She rides that dick and she handles her liquor
I knock a bitch out and fight
Comin' out swingin' like Tiger Woods's wife

Yeah, she can get a lil' hasty
Chicks better cover up their chests like pasty's
Couple girlfriends and they all a lil' crazy
Comin' down the street like a parade, Macy's

I fill her up, balloons
Test her and guns get drawn like cartoons
Doh, but I ain't talk about Homer
Chick so bad, the whole crew wanna bone her

My chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could
My, my chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could

My, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my chick bad, better, better than yours

Now will these bitches wanna try and be my bestie?
But I take a left and leave 'em hangin' like a testie
Trash talk to 'em, then I put 'em in a hefty
Running down the court, I'm dunkin' on 'em, Lisa Leslie

It's going down, basement
Friday, the 13th, guess who's playing Jason?
Tuck yourself in, you better hold on to your teddy
It's nightmare on Elm Street and guess who's playing Freddy?

Chef cooking for me, they say my shoe came crazy
The mental asylum looking for me
You a rookie to me, I'm in that wham-bam-purple-lam
Damn, bitch, you been a fan

My chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could
My, my chick bad, my chick hood
My chick do stuff that yo' chick wish she could

My, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my, my chick bad, better, better than yours
My, my chick bad

And when we all alone, I might just tip her
She slides down the pole like a certified stripper
When we all alone, I might tip her
She slides down the pole like a certified stripper

When we all alone, I might just tip her
She slides down the pole like a certified stripper
When we all alone, I might tip her
She slides down the pole like a certified stripper



My bad chick- Nicki Minaj. I can't stand her in all of her songs. She sounds like a squeaky mouse, and her tone is very annoying. I think her lyrics are non-sense. They are really hard to understand, are irrelevant, and have no meaning. Hate to say it but she does have a good flow, if only what she said had some relevance. Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me, just like her lyrics. The first line simply creates a disturbing imagery. Not to mention the fact that her song grammar is horrible. Although this song is not loaded with obscenities there are definite violent and angry undertones. She sounds like a squeaky mouse, and her tone is very annoying.