Blog 2

Photography

 To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place. I've found it has little to do with the things you se and everything to do with the way you see them

-Elliot Erwitt

 

Why do I love photography?

I love it because it allows me to express my creative side that I don't normally get to use. Being able to see lines, curves, and angles in something ordinary and taking a photo that makes the ordinary look extraordinary is rewarding.

What got me started?
I got into photography as it has always been an interest to me. Love the impact a good photo has on an individual. What really inspired me was some photography accounts on Instagram. I started looking up videos and information about photography. I taught myself how it works and also how to Photoshop pictures.

These are some of my pictures :



To the Left was the before picture. To the Right is the after. I added light  edited her skin, and blurred the background.










 

To the left is the original. To the right I changed the color of her dress, added light, edited skin, and cropped the picture.



On this picture I made the person levitate.

 

 

This is why I love photography because you can so many things with it. I normally love taking portraits of people, but I also like taking pictures of landscapes, plants, and many different things. I hope my  photography improves and hope it will take somewhere in life with it. It's a great hobby and I think everybody should try it. 

 



 

Assignment 8

1. Go to http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/new-fantasyland/ and look around it a little bit. Now go to http://www.byteland.org/angeloflife. Now why do you think the .com website is more exciting than the .org website? 
I think the .com is more exciting because the .org is more for organizations. .com is used more for kids. it includes more fun things than what .org pages do. I think the .org is made to inform you and not to entertain its very basic compared to the Disney website.
 
2. Why do you think the Disney website has more hyperlinks, advertisements, and other distracting options to click on?
I think it has a lot of , advertisements, and other distracting options to click on because a lot of people know that the website is visited by many people. Since it's very popular, people want to be advertised. Companies are willing to pay a lot of money to be advertised with  popular websites.



3. If you had to construct/create your own webpage from the beginning, what would you want it to be about and why?
I would want it to be about music. I really love music and it means a lot to me. I think there are many musicians out there surfing the web and would be interested at looking at a webpage about music.




4. How many programmers do you think would have to work with you to make your website possible? Would it seem impossible to construct/create a webpage by yourself? Why? 
If I wanted a really cool and attractive webpage I would need a lot of programmers. Each would do a different job and make the webpage successful. I think if I wanted to do a cheap webpage I could do it by myself. However it would not be successful.



5. What would you want to name your website? Type that name into the web-address bar, is it taken already?
www.musicisme.com


yes

6. Explain why webpages with flash videos, images, and color take longer to load than pages with only text?
They take longer to load because all the features need more time to load. Videos need a lot of internet connection to play properly.

Justin Bieber's Journey

Busking to be able to get money in the on the street in Stratford, Canada

Justin Bieber's journey.

Today he is one of the world's biggest star's, selling out stadiums, winning awards, and inspiring many people.



Busking at the Avon Theater



He started putting videos on Youtube. With the user name: Kidrauhl. Little did he know that this would change his whole life.

On the left side Scooter Braun finds him on Youtube and becomes his manager. Later Justin gets signed by Island Def Jam (on the right shows L.A Reid)




Justin Bieber blog's:
one
two

Youtube video: this is a very well known video from all his belieber's <3

 

here shows a song Justin might like!

           
 The picture on the bottom is at Justin Bieber's concert. I was able to go with my friend:)

 

Assignment 7

1. What problems does the article mention that children run into when they use search engines?
A problem that children run into is using search engines. they ask  questions directly. they have trouble finding things. It mentions that children often have trouble find the correct thing on search engines.

2. What suggestions have been offered for how search engines can improve their product to lessen children’s problems searching?
They are making the search of results more for kids. Instead of searching the specific word or sentence. The alternative would be to show any type of image or video in which they would just click on. Then that would lead them to what they want to search

3. Do you search using keywords or questions? How does the  article characterize these two types of searching?

Most of the time I do search using keywords but other times I just type what I feel will specify the results. The article specifies these two types of searching by explaining the differences between them.  Its says that to find the information you want, it is necessary to type the right keywords.

4. Have you tried using images or videos to search? How does the article characterize this type of searching?
I have tried using videos and images to search before. But I don’t do this so often because sometimes it does take longer to find what I am looking for.  When I research, I just use keywords  to find information on my topic through Google. If I need to find an image, that's when I use Google images.

5. What advice would you give to Internet search engine developers (like Google or Bing) for how they should improve their product? Do you think any of the improvements mentioned in the article are particularly promising? Why?
I would give the developers of search engines is to not always put Wikipedia on top, to put more reliable sources first. An idea mentioned in the article that I liked was the using images to search for things. I think its a lot more user friendly and easier, therefore attracting more users.

Questions about the polls

1. Do you think the results are 100% accurate? Why or why not?

I think the results are not 100% accurate because not everyone answered them. However, the people that did answer them I can kind of guess which person was the one that answered the question.

 

2.How much of an impact do you think the wording of the questions has on the answers you received?

I think the way I worded the question did not affect the answer because my question really straight forward with simple, easy answers. They were not hard questions that could.ve impacted the answer.

3.Did you get the results you expected from your online polls? Why?

I did get the results I expected. I made questions and answers that I knew people would actually choose from those. I also knew from knowing the boys that they would choose a specific answer that I knew they would choose.

4. If you wanted to do an online poll with the students of Technologico de Montorrey asking them how much time and effort they spent doing homework this year, what are the steps you would take to complete that online poll?
            To complete an online poll for students at Tec de Monterrey, I would first open my blogger then click on Principles of Technology. Then click on Google docs where they will create a form by clicking tools. Once the new form is ready,  I would choose a type of poll. Then I would create it, put a tiitle on it, questions, and answers.After creating the poll, you link your poll by highlighting the text then by clicking link. Finally your poll is ready to be answered.

5. Do you think online polling could help the administration of Tech de Montorrey find out more about their students? Or do you think that the results would not be accurate? Why or why not? I think the online polling could help because they get to know more about the students. They can know what their like and dislikes are

6.How do you think the results of your polls would be different if you asked your classmates the questions in person?
               I think I could be more detailed on my questions. We could've discussed more about the answers.

7.In what ways do you think online polling using Google Spreadsheets can be improved? Or was it easier to create an online poll than you originally thought? Explain.

          I think it can improve by not making so many different pages like going back and forth to get to each page. this will make it faster and more simple.

polls - Melissa

multiple choice

Check boxes

Scale

Choose from a list

Assignment 5

1. In your own words describe how the workplace culture at Google encourages innovation and unique creations for the company? How does working at Google and the environment there affect its workers?
It encourages innovation because they offer many services that make employees happy at work so that way they work well and are looking forward to do excellent things and to keep their work at Google. Google makes their life's more easy making work and enjoyable experience. The things they have at Google helps them be more creative and less tired because of the way Google decorates their place.

2. How does employee freedom, like the 20% of free time Google encourages its employees to spend on any project they want, deliver better business?
It encourages them because they get time to relax, get free food and accomplish other needs that no other job offers, and that gives them time to get stress off their minds for a while and be active workers when its time to get back to the office. At the time of creating projects, Google lets them spend their time but then later they have already accumulated ideas to succeed in their jobs. When they get their time of it helps their mind get it's energy back. Therefore the mind works better and they get better ideas.

3. What are the requirements to work for Google? And what is different about the way they hire employees at Google?
Google looks for smart people who can get things done. Not only do they hire people who are smart but people who are creative because that is what Google is about. They need leadership and role-related knowledge. The company is less concerned about grades and transcripts and more interested on how they think.

4. How many search queries does Google handle a day?
In 2012 the average searches per day was about 5,134,000,000.


5. In your own words discuss how Google's constantly refined search algorithm changed the way we all access and even think about information.
It makes it much easier because they immediately give you some options about what your typing. Also, helps it to become more curious about other things related or even random things. sometime you look up something and you look at the options and their is one that interest you so it makes you want to learn more about different subjects. It also saves up time because you don't have to type everything.


6. Take a look at the following story about Google's top secret data center. Now why would Google want to keep its server room as a secret?
Because it has countless information that needs to be secure from anything. Only critical employees are needed because they can hack the system and there would be many problems throughout the web, for that reason is very private. If someone could enter the server room they might steal their ideas. they keep it a secret so that no one get ideas and to make sure that Google won't shut down.


7. What are the benefits of working as a Google employee?
There are many services and is a friendly environment. Its all amazing, from getting free food, to free doctors visit and much more. You have free time that you could spend it in the library or in other places and the offices are different making working for Google a joyful experience.



8. Name at least 5 different positions at Google (ex: software engineer, Google tester, interaction designer) and describe what they do?

-Software engineer: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs.
-Product manager: investigates, selects, and develops products for an organization, performing the activities of product management.
-Business analyst: analyzes the organization and design of businesses, government departments, and non-profit organizations, they also assess business models and their integration with technology.
-Interaction designer: they study devices with which a user can interact, in particular computer users.
-Test at Google: Tests anything related to Google, from products to webpages.



9. Talk about at least 3 projects that Google is currently working on. What do they want to accomplish? How long will they take to complete?

-Driverless car program- To drive safer but still no word on when will this be available.
-Google Glass- Lets you read your tweets, and a lot of other things without having to pull out your phone. It is expected to release a consumer version of Glass next year.
-Android@Home- Aims to connect your entire house to the internet like something out of a sci-fi movie. No date or known time to get this done.
Other projects:
-Elevator to space
-Android-powered smart watch


10. Look at the following story about why recent college graduates should not work for Google. Why does the writer argue recent graduates should not work at Google?

He thinks is no longer a start-up because he thinks is better for working in a small company. If they worked for a small company they have more responsibilities than just following a crowd of people. Is better to do and accomplish someone's little idea or project and make it happen.



11. How is Google the same or different than other search engines, like Yahoo or Bing?

There are many similarities between search engines like Google and Bing however it is somewhat different. Google is different because they are the leader in the Search space and in addition a very mature and sophisticated search engine. Bing is infancy and has yet to develop some of the rich indexing capabilities that exist with Google. Bing does not support the Canonical tag and does not offer Canonical URL management in their Webmaster Center.

Review Exam 1

Review Exam 1

The difference between analog and digital: The main difference between analogy and digital signals is that an analogue signal is continuous and a digital signal is discrete. Analog technologies record waveforms as they are, while digital technologies convert analog signals into numbers. Digital communication systems offer much more efficiency, better performance, and much greater flexibility than analog.

Random Access Memory (RAM) - access memory is a form of computer data storage.

Read-Only Memory (ROM) -  computer memory on which data has been prerecorded.

World Wide Web – an information system on the Internet that allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another

Data (computer) –  large quantities of standard information used for reference

Program - A software application or software program is the most commonly found software on the computer

Hypertext – A simple method of organizing and accessing text and other data through the use of hyperlinks

Hardware – The machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system.

 Software – The programs and other operating information used by a computer.

Title (resource) –

Creator (resource) –

Subject (resource) -
Publisher (resource) -
Contributor (webpage) –
Format (resource) -

MP3 – Means of compressing a sound sequence into a very small file, to enable digital storage and transmission.

 Cyberbully - Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology
Database - 
 
Desktop - background image of a display screen on which windows icons and other graphical items appear.
  
E-mail - messages distributed by electronic devices by an account.

Home page - the main page of a website

Keyword -  word or concept of great significance.

 Password - words or numbers to get in an account

Paste - To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.

Search Engines - computer software used to search data 

 URL Address - Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator (URL) it is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

 
User name - name used to access a webpage and view people.
 

File format – a way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.

Hacker - someone who gets in someone else account

Keyboard - it is used for typing in the computer

Retrieve (document) - the ability to search for documents by keywords and ither attributes such as date and author.

Assignment 4

Assignment 4

1. Discuss what the main idea of the video is?
The main idea is to see how much the world has changed throughout history. Technology affects positively and negatively the people. It makes you think if you are past oriented or future oriented. For example, people cant manage waiting anymore and kids now have a different mentality.

 2. Do you see yourself as past oriented or future oriented? Why?
I see myself as a future oriented person because I look more into my future. I love to think how technology will be in the future. how things will be different. will they be better or worse, easier of harder, more organized.

 3. Do you agree or disagree with the speaker in the video? Explain why?
I agree because he talks about how our technology is affecting kids now a days. He also says how we have improved and how we will keep improving. We will keep improving because with the new technology we learn new things everyday.

 4. Do you agree with the speaker's view that young adults' minds are being "digitally rewired"? Explain your answer.
I do because young adults are addicted to technology, they want to be updated with the world. Also, people have begun to be more lazy than ever and they just want to do nothing. They prefer to drop school than to be listening to a teacher.

 5. Why does the narrator in the video argue that young people dislike a single-function device such as a wristwatch? 
The narrator argues because we want more. The wristwatch doesn't do anything special at all. We want things like phones that can multitask.

1. Why did Sir Tim Berner's Lee decide to make the World Wide Web free when he created it at CERN?
Because he noticed that more users would wanted because it was free. Many people don't want to pay for things, and now it is a daily thing. The World War Web is something everyone wants and needs and he figured that out.

 2. What are the benefits of having "web addresses," an idea that Sir Tim Berner's Lee created?
We can look up many things nonstop! Whenever we want to look information we can with just a click, and if we want to look more we can. It is more easier than finding info in a book.

3. How does the World Wide Web allow people from all over the world to communicate?
Because it is a big network linked to many webpages. The links connect all over the world which allow people to communicate through world wide web pages. Social media allows people to also communicate.

4. Why is it important to link information? What are the benefits of having instant access to information?
Because if we link information we have better access and we know more specific details. The benefits, are many, we can find answers in seconds. Also, it can help us when we need the answer instantly and there is no time to wait.

assignment 3

information processing cycle

Assignment 2

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Assignment 2

Questions 1,2,9, and 10 should be answered in 3-5 sentences. 

1. What are the pros and cons of using Google Drive to complete a project like the one you just did for your Technology Presentation.

 Pros: It is easy to handle because it is similar to a PowerPoint. It saves your work by itself. There are many options to edit. It is an easy way to share your work with others plus it's free.

Cons: It doesn't do spellcheck automatically like Microsoft. there aren't many layouts you can pick from. There aren't many variety kinds of fonts, sizes or colors.

 2. What did you learn about your technology that you didn't know before? Explain.

We learn who made YouTube and its first video which is still viewable. We learned about the history and its transformation. It was a long process but very interesting. Now it is one of the most visited webpages.


 3. Create a test question using the information you researched from your project. You must come up with a question and at least 4 responses or answers to choose from. 

Question?: What company bought YouTube?
A. Bing
B. Google
C. Facebook
D. No one, YouTube is still on its own

4. What does URL stand for?
 Uniform (or universal) resource locator

5. What is the URL for Mr. Fierro's Blogger?
http://principlestechnology.blogspot.com/

6. What is your URL for your Blogger created for Principles of Technology class?
http://mmelissalugo.blogspot.com/

7. Using the notes from the Parts of a Computer System, identify and define the four parts of a complete computer system.

1. hardware- Any part of the computer you can touch. A computer's hardware consists of interconnected electronic devices that you can use to control the computer's operation, input, and output.
2. software- A set of instructions that makes the computer perform tasks. In other words , software tells the computer what to do.
3. user- People are the computer operators.
4. data- Consist of individual facts or pieces of information that by themselves may not make much sense to a person. A computer's primary job is to process these tiny pieces of data in various ways, converting them into useful information.

 8. Name 3 input devices and 3 output devices.

Input: Mouse, Keyboard, Microphone

Output: Monitor, Speakers, Printer.

9. Write about the most interesting software you have ever used on a computer. Explain why it was your favorite or what you liked about the software you have chosen to write about.

My favorite software is Microsoft Windows because it is easy to use and has many programs that are helpful for school. I like how you can use many things on the software. Its pretty and also very colorful but not that much like the new version.

10. Why do you think important technology corporations like Apple, Microsoft, and Sony create new versions of their product often? Think about why every few months to a year a new iPad or iPhone is released... Explain.

Because they want people to buy the new products and keep up with new technology. People also tell them what should the product have and they keep making them better and better. They also make them to beat their competition and be the best corporation.


11. For question 11 you will research on the World Wide Web. What are the units of measure for a computer memory storage? Fill in this table with your answers. Must fill in unit abbreviation, and approximate value.

UNIT	Abbreviation	Approximate Value (bytes)
Kilobyte	KB	1,000
Megabyte	MB	1,000,000
Gigabyte	GB	1,000,000,000
Terabyte	TB	1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion)

 

Assignment 1

Assignment 1

 1.  Create an acrostic poem using your first name. So what you are going to do is use each letter in your name to create an adjective that describes you or use each letter to write something you like to do.

Mysterious

Educated

Laughable

Imaginative

Silly

Short

Athletic

 2. What technologies do you use in your everyday life? Describe how and why you use the technologies you do.
I mainly use my cellphone and computer in my everyday life. I use my cellphone for almost everything. I use it to communicate, take pictures, do homework, and research. I used my computer for school. it is where I do my assignments for school.

3. The System Unit is a case that holds the computer's critical components.


4. A(n)Workstation is a specialized, single-user computer that typically has more power than a standard PC.

5. A(n) network server is usually a powerful personal computer that functions as the primary computer in a network.

6.  Supercomputers are the most powerful computers made.


7. What does "PC" stand for? 

            Personal Computer

 8. Research how computers play a crucial part in nearly every government agency. Pick an agency and discuss how that agency uses computers and why computers make their jobs easier. Some examples of government agencies that use technology frequently are the U.S. Census Bureau, IRS, Military, and Police.

       Computers play a crucial part in nearly every government agency. They help the FBI fight crime. it help them find their location and collect their information. It lets them do their research to investigate their case.