Web 2.0 Redo (For some reason I couldn't find my first post)

Wordle

            Wordle was created by Jonathan Feinberg who defines his Web 2.0 program as, “cloud layout algorithms while working on a social bookmarking application at IBM Research”. Wordle was created in 2008. It is used to creatively express words and thoughts. For example, last year in 8^th grade Literature, we had to write a paragraph on a character from a book. Then we had to put it into Wordle and turn it in. A lot of different people use Wordle. Some people use it for school assignments like I did and some people use it for fun. Since I am not huge in the Web 2.0 tools, I use Wordle for school assignments.  

Works Cited

"A Wordle Summary of Round 1 ezPM Ratings | The City." The City | Is A Grown Man NBA Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://thecity2.com/2011/04/30/a-wordle-summary-of-round-1-ezpm-ratings/>.

"Improving visualisation - Wordle." Improving data visualisation for the public sector. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://www.improving-visualisation.org/vis/id=88>.

Seiden, Dan. "Jonathan Feinberg." Jonathan Feinberg. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://mrfeinberg.com/>.

"Tag cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordle>.

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"Wordle - Contact Wordle's Creator." Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2011. <http://www.wordle.net/contact>.

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Atlanta Ballet!

I was looking at my ballet my subscriptions on my reader, when I came across pictures of a show they are working on that Jonah Hooper had taken. I love looking at their pictures, so I click on the link. After, clicking around and getting ot the page, I noticed that the performance was outside. During the summer, I went to the Royal Dance Academy, where Christian Clack had taught. In our partnering class, he taught us a piece that he was choreographing for a show outside. I looked at the list of pieces and I saw the dance! There were also some pictures on the website and it looked really cool. I would be so much fun to go and see the show!!! Click here to view the website.

The History of Computer

Before reading this article, I had no idea how PC formed. In the 1970s, Ed Roberts started selling computer kits to everyone’s surprise they were a huge hit.  I didn’t know how the different technology programs like Windows or Mac formed. After Ed sold those computers, these big companies formed and built these computers and started to improve on them. They have been improving them ever since. Now we have these computers, one of which I am using right now that are just 40years of improving. They still have the same parts such as the hard drive, the memory, and the mother board, but everything is constantly improving from what was built 40 years ago.

Stretch Task - Reagen Leimbach

I knew that viruses were bad. I knew that they could do things seriously damage your computer. I knew that people created them, but I didn’t know how many different types there were. I didn’t know that viruses road “piggyback” on other programs through emails and downloaded programs. I only knew a worm to be the living organisms that lives in the ground. I had no idea that a worm was a virus that transferred through the security holes. I had heard of a Trojan Horse in Greek history, but had no idea that it was also in technology. I also had no idea about the different reasons for why people create viruses, but I don’t know if I will ever understand people’s reasons for doing anything. This article was very informative and I learned a lot.

Technology has really expanded over 30 years

WOW! I just read an article for Computer Applications that compared a new computer that just came out to a 30 year old computer. Technology has really grown. I don't think they had blogging 30 years ago. Computers were expensive and mainly for storing important documents. Now they are still used to process documents, but are also used for so much more like entertainment, keeping in touch with friends, and seeing and learning about the world right from your home. They have also changed sizes. The newest are easy to transport and all wireless while the old is hooked up to stay. Who know where technology will be in 30 years?

Reagen's To Kill a Mockingbird Response

I was very shocked at the end of the trial. If this happened today, I think Tom Robison would have been innocent. What happened in the trial was innocent man was convicted because he was black.

  All evidence given to the jury showed that Tom Robison was innocent. The Ewell’s testimony was very weak. To begin with, Mr. Ewell never called a doctor who would have documented Mayella’s injuries. This is very suspicious because if your daughter is hurt it makes sense to call a doctor. The jury had to make a decision with no proof that these injuries ever existed. Another weak point in their testimony was that Mayella’s whole right side was beaten and there for had to be beaten by a left-handed person. Tom could not have hit her with his left hand because his left arm is crippled from an accident when he was a boy. However Mr. Ewell is left handed. This shows that he could have easily beaten Mayella out of anger. When it was Mayella’s turn to testify, she was very cautious and contradicted herself. When Atticus asked her if she remembered Tom ever hitting her, she answers, “No, I don’t recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me.”  

            Tom’s testimony was more powerful than the Ewell’s testimony. Tom’s story fit a lot better with what happened that night. During his testimony, Tom made Mayella sound very lonely. This was probably why she had invited him to help her so many times. On the night of the attack, Mayella said she asked Tom to chop a chiffarobe. Tom had chopped that chiffarobe last spring. This shows another lie by Mayella.  Another thing that Tom said was that out of all the children, Mayella was the only one home. Mayella had sent them all to go get ice-cream. She was home alone. This was very unusual because the Ewell’s are extremely poor so they couldn’t afford ice cream and all the other times Tom had been there, there were always a couple of children watching.

            The only thing that changed the verdict from innocent to guilty was the color of Tom’s skin. 70 years after the Civil War, there was still prejudice in Alabama. Black people were routinely mistreated. As Mr. Raymond cautioned Scout and Dill, “Cry about hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they’re people, too.” Atticus tried his best, but in this time period prejudice still ruled the mind. As Atticus said in his closing statement, “This case is as simple as black and white.”