December 2007 Archives

Ok so for those of you who don't know what were doing.  We are currently creating our last blogging portfolio YA!!!  As a new freshman this year I had so much to learn about all this computer garbage.  In fact this class was the first time i ever hear of blogging...I mean i knew people did it, but I never realized  what it was.  So heres a collection of everything more recently.

Coverage:

        Everything was in on time...woo hoo go me! ok well there were a couple posted around 12...but hey thats pretty good compared to last time!

Americas Best-What a book

Best Practices-Are you writing right?

All of Best Practices-Just a summary

Are You a Bad News Bear-Don't be grumpy bears are going into hibernation now!

We make the Difference-Everyone plays a part, are you doing yours?

What a day is right-It seems like what a semester

The Process-O ya theres something real particular

Ethics-Are you doing the right thing?

Depth:

      ok so i don't have too many that go way into depth, but heres a few that i got really into.

Best Practices

Theres a Process

Interaction & Timeliness:

           OK so I didn't get a lot of comments but here a couple blogs that i did...I guess, and well I'm hoping as the years go on in my blogging career I learn how to spark up some crazy conversations. These 2 blogs were also were the 2 that I blogged earlier than the rest.

We Make a Difference

Are you a bad news Bear

As for discussion...other than the 2 blogs i posted under Interaction and Timeliness I didn't get any other comments, so i guess i should have called the last section Interaction Timeliness and Discussion.

Xenoblogging:

    Mitch

Wildcard:

heres an off the wall kinda crazy last minute blog entry.

The last one!

ok so normally on a friday at this time...10:54, i would patiently be sitting on the fourth floor of admin in room 402 i think, getting ready for class to begin.  But today, its 10:55 am friday. i'm sitting at my computer, in my pjs, working on stuff, and i must admit...I LOVE IT...christmas is right around the corner, however that also means that so are finals.  I'm stuck here for the next 5 days, with yucky weather, no car, and nothing to do but study and write papers...YUCK...talk about a shitty weekend...oops can i say shitty? well O-well I did...no harm done...its MY BLOG...ok so anyhow...thanks dr. jerz, it was a very interesting semester, I'm proud i guess of how it went...even more proud that it went by so fast! THANK GOD...ok so here it is everyone...BYE!!!

*ok so i totally just ended my blogging experience number 1...and i couldn't feel any better...

maria*

"It hurts the guilty writer; it hurts the victims of the fake; it hurts the newspaper that publishes it; it hurts journalism generally."

Plagarism, the theft of words, is a very unethical way of practicing journalism.  This quote stuck out to me in many ways.  First it points out how it not only hurts the writer that published the 'stolen' work, but it also states how this does not only effect the writer, but it also hurts the ones involved in the 'fake' part of the story.  Plagarism provides a bad name for everyone.  Even if you are just writing a paper for a class where only a teacher is going to see it.  First off it is an illegal act to steal someone elses words, but it is also a good way to get a 0 on the paper.  Its not fair to the actual writer, and it makes you look bad because it makes you look like you aren't good enough to do this work on your own.  Its an easy way out for anyone with 'writers block.'  I do not believe in plagarism at all.  I do agree with the quote in everyway.  I gives you and the publisher a bad name.  Some may wonder how this is such an awful thing, but we have to remember it is stealing, and that its breaking a law.  So just remember the next time you go to write a paper, or article, if you want to 'borrow' facts or some type of information from someone, be sure to give credit to that person to keep yourself out of any type of trouble.  It just makes everything a bit easier.