Immersion!

As you prepare for your internship immersion, please answer the following questions:

1. What are you most excited about in regards to your immersion experience? Why do you feel this way?
I am really excited to benefit the organization I am interning for by making a video for promotional reasons. I feel this way because the video we are making is going to help make more profit for the organization.

2. What are you most concerned about (what causes the most stress) regarding immersion? Why do you feel this way?
I am most stressed about not being able to find a high enough quality camera to do the filming. I feel this way because if we don't get a good enough camera our whole project isn't going to go as well as planned.

Please answer each in as much depth as you can--I am so very interested in learning about how you'll be doing out in the "real world"!

How Progressive was the Progressive Era?

How progressive was the Progressive Era in American history?
Here is a good website with alottttt of information

http://home.netcom.com/~wandaron/prog.html#suffrage

Things to consider (choose some, not all!):

* Constitutional Amendments?

* Workers & Working Conditions?

* Imperialism?

* Civil Liberties?

* Conservation?

* Democracy?

* Freedom?

Outstanding Blogz

What blogs are out there with outstanding examples of:

1. Economic advice to Barack Obama?
http://chandlermhood.blogspot.com/
I picked Chandlers blog because he had very specific statistics that made the blog clear and straight to the point. He also used many quotes that related to his advice. "America's unemployment rate has rose from 7.2% to 7.6%, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistic's, January 2009 Employment Situation Summary."

2. Literary Analysis?
http://sydneyhumanities.blogspot.com/
The main symbol used through out the novel is the reference to the green light. The green light represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future. Gatsby reaches towards his goal with a guiding light. Gatsby's quest for daisy is similar to the American Dream, the ideal situation. "I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon," the green light.

This is a paragraph from Sydney's blog. She is very specific and detailed when witting about the literary devices. She uses quotes from the book to show exact examp0les of literary devices.

3. Historical Writing?
http://dianabarlow10.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-01-30T11%3A32%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=7
I used Diana's blog from historical writing. The blog that I thought was very good was the "Kennedy and Obama's Connection" blog. She uses a lot of information that is very detailed and she doesn't ramble off to different subjects. She compares Kennedy and Obama's inauguration speech, "John F. Kennedy’s inauguration speech is relevant in modern society because it was abundant with hope, motivation, and change, which continue to inspire even today's generations."

4. Anything else that makes blogs great?
I think what makes a blog GREAT is the effort that the blogger puts into their blog. You can tell who trys and doesn't try. The ones that have images are so much more interesting than the bland ones that are just full of text. Also blogs that have evidence make it a lot more interesting to read because your hearing it straight from the source to make it factual.

Happy Birthday Charles Darwin!

What responsibility do we have for the understanding of science?
I don't necessarily think that we have a responsibility for the understanding of science, but we have individuals willing to take on the task of understanding science to discover new and useful things.

What role should scientific inquiry and scientific knowledge play in our own society?
I think that scientific inquiry and scientific knowledge play a role of never ending discovers such as curing disease like cancer. People who have this knowledge could help out a lot in our society to develop new and useful things.

How should science influence our decisions, laws, and culture?
I think science should influence our decisions, laws, and culture because there will never be an end to science. Scientists discover endless things daily which contribute to our society.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/opinion/12judson.html?_r=2

New If you were Obama's economics advisor...

I am being given time to speak now by Mr. President Obama. I will be covering the issue that our economy is facing at this very moment. Millions of jobs and homes are being lost everyday; families are loosing everything they have. In order to stop this huge mess, Mr. Obama we are going to have to come together as Americans and as a family. Energy efficient homes, schools and businesses need to be built; this will help us save money for other things that are needed. "Our children still study in schools that put them at a disadvantage”, says Mr. Obama, so now our teachers need to be trained to give our children the education they deserve. We look back on the Gilded age and see the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer. “The period was glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.” Says Mark Twain.

Now we need to create jobs, and fix the small things that will put us back up on our feet. We dont want to face anything near the Great Depression and we can see the way we struggled as Americans in that period of time. We look back at the wars our country has faced and we realize that is not what we want to see any longer. We will not now or never hope to see those days again. By making our economy stronger, and more efficient in more than one way, we can pull ourselves out of this mess.

Mark Twain

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/gilded_age/index.cfm

If you were Obama's economics advisor...

I am being given time to speak now by Mr. President Obama. I will be covering the issue that are economy is facing at this very moment. Millions of jobs and homes are being lost everyday; families are loosing everything they have. In order to stop this huge mess, Mr. Obama we are going to have to come together as Americans and as a family. Energy efficient homes, schools and businesses need to be built; this will help us save money for other things that are needed. "Our children still study in schools that put them at a disadvantage”, says Mr. Obama, so now our teachers need to be trained to give our children the education they deserve. Now we need to create jobs, and fix the small things that will put us back up on our feet. We dont want to face anything near the Great Depression and we can see the way we struggled as Americans in that period of time. We look back at the wars our country has faced and we realize that is not what we want to see any longer. We will not now or never hope to see those days again. By making our economy stronger, and more efficient in more than one way, we can pull ourselves out of this mess.



Mark Twain
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/gilded_age/index.cfm

Part 2:

Interview time: Feb 10th,1:30 pm

Location: Dove Apparel

Technology: camera for voice recording

What makes a great interview?

Thoughtful Questions: The first thing you need to have when interviewing someone is questions. If you want to have a very good interview you need to create thoughtful questions, by leaving the person your interviewing thinking about the question. Also asking questions that would lead to another question.
"You were a model before you became a photographer. Do you feel you are able to express yourself more as a photographer than a model?"

Background information: When you start an interview its good to have background information about the person your interviewing because you will know other questions to ask if you come across " the awkward silence" in the interview, with Nigel Barker and David Radadi there are three paragraphs describing a little bit about Nigel's biography.

"I notice you at the shows and realized that as soon as the first model walks out until the last model ends the show, your eyes light up like a light bulb and you give your undivided attention and really focus on each model. What are you thinking?"

Good sense of humor: When your going to interview someone you need to have a good sense of humor, that way the person your interviewing can feel comfortable and open with you.

David: "Is there nything that you have never revealed and would like to share with the readers?"

Nigel: " (with a smile) I have been waiting for Slash Magazine"

David: " You have great sense of humor. Thank you for your time."


Interview with Nigel Barker and David Radadi: http://www.lasplash.com/publish/cat_index_Style_and_Fashion/Fall_2008_Fashion_Week_Q_A_Nigel_Barker.php