Movie Poster Mastery Quest

 I chose to do my movie poster comparisons on the movie "HairSpray". The first original movie of "HairSpray" Came out in 1988, while the remake of this movie came out in 2007. I have posted both pictures of the movie posters that were used to advertise these movies. "HairSpray" made in 1988 is on the left while "HairSpray" in 2007 is displayed on the right.

Each poster gives a different impression. The poster from 1988 is kind of boring and plain. It is not colorful and only shows two peoples bottom half that seem to be dancing and wearing sixties clothing. This poster also provides critics opinions of the movie such as "outrageous!" and "the 60's comedy that shows no mercy!" These are to show people that the movie is funny and they are there to try and get people to go see that movie. The impression that the poster from 2007 gives is different, this poster is very colorful and has a lot to look at. It is not plain whats so ever and it also has pictures of the lead characters whom also happen to be very famous actors and actresses of the time. These pictures of the characters are what get the people to go see this movie, rather than the critics comics like on the 1988 version.

The only consistency of the two posters that I could find is the 60's style of clothing.

Like I said before the original was designed for the audience by adding critics comments about the movie being hilarious, which would make people want to go see that movie. It also shows people who are dancing therefore it targets an audience that likes more of a comedy movie. While the remade version in 2007 is very bright and colorful and it gets its audience by showing the big actors that are playing in this movie. Those actors are all very famous during this time period and most are famous for acting in comedy movies. By showing the audience that these big stars are in this film it will target people who enjoy these actors and it will make the movie seem very famous because of the big time stars that are playing in it. It also is targeted at an audience that enjoys comedy.

3D Game Lab Paper

3D Game Lab

What I enjoyed most about 3d game lab was that it actually made class fun and it kept me interested and on task at the same time. I like how everyone has access to all students game profiles, also I like the avatar that we were able to choose. The badges were simple and the instructions of how to receive the badges (what quests to complete) made it simple for me to stay on track with the class. One thing that I think should be changed or updated were instructions of how to complete the quests themselves, not all of the quests were difficult but some were difficult to understand simply because of the way the instructions were worded. The DIY was sometimes really difficult as well to understand. What I liked most about 3D game lab was that I could do it at my own pace and my work was looked at individually, it helped me learn and fix my mistakes and then learn from them.

 I enjoyed the “treasure map” of the class as well, even though that is not on 3D game lab I thought I would throw that into the mix as well, I referred to the treasure map every time I was confused on something (mostly when something was due). I also like how we each used our personal blogs to post our assignments on it was simple and easy to access and it organized all of my assignments for me so that I didn’t have to, kind of like an online folder for my work. Overall 3D game lab is an awesome teaching tool and I really enjoyed using it for this class. I am excited to share my experience with it to my future teachers and pupils and I hope that someday it will catch on and maybe even become a new way of teaching!

Glogster for Both Sides Quest

Negative Pop Culture Quest

It took me awhile to find a section of pop culture which I found was negative towards society. I finally thought of video games and linked them to my little brother and his love for playing video games such as Call of Duty. I think that games such as Call of Duty have a negative impact on American society because they are teaching people to be mean, aggressive, and violent. This has been a question that many parents have found unanswered because nobody really can pin point violence in people to this violent games. 
I was researching this subject and came across a Bostons Hospital Pediatric Health Blog and in this blog a parent has asked "How do these video games impact teen boys?" The doctor whom replies to this question explains that some people who play the violent games, "tend to expect the world to be a meaner place, and they become disconnected and less caring people." I agree with this statement because of the violence that I have seen in my little brother, age 14, and I do believe that it is caused from his obsession of playing Call of Duty. I believe that people get angry while playing these games and their anger can leak into other aspects of their life such as school and their family. 
Another statistic from Youth Development that I found while researching this topic explains that, “The latest brain research shows that violent games activate the anger center of the teenage brain while dampening the brain’s conscience." This can cause people to strengthen their anger center of the brain while the conscience center of the brain is being neglected therefore in real life situations the person because more angry and cannot concentrate correctly and make rational decisions correctly. To support my opinion on anger over coming the self-control part of the brain I found a news article, Does game violence make teens aggressive? from NBC news that has done research of the brain and has photos of the two different brains, one from a teenager whom is not playing a video game and one who is,

I found this Website very helpful and quite persuasive in my opinion that video games are making teenagers more violent by under developing their self-control and attention. I know many people do not think that video games have an affect on kids or even adults because it is not real life and people should be able to distinguish that it is not real life. I think that these people that play so many video games forget that they even have a "real life" and they begin to become violent and un social. I have seen this happen first hand with my brother and I think that it is a negative effect on the American society.

everybody googles quest

Document #1:
1. What search strings did you try? For the first document I tried searching "daughters of American revolution" I also tried searching for the date"February 26 1939"
2. I didnt find anything until I actually read the document more closely and read that whoever wrote the letter was resigning so I searched "resigning from daughters of American revolution" and Elenore Roosevelt came up and it showed the document.
3. Wikipedia was the first link to come up with I searched and it was useful and somewhat credible information about the daughters of American revolution but not necessarily for the document I was trying to find.
4. This document seems credible because I was able to find who wrote it and even the story behind why Elenore Roosevelt wrote this letter.

Document #2 
1. The search strings that I tried for this document were mainly "jail convicts" "background map" "escaped convicts" "road map of jailed in mississippi" I searched for a very long time on this document and I couldnt find anything about it
2. I finally found the document by searching " background map arrested" "april 22 December 1" and it was like the sixth link down the page.
3. This first link that came up was once again Wikipedia about some chick named brownie mary. This didnt have anything to do with my document I searched through the google search suggestions until I finally found the document of 1961 freedom rides map from the American treasures of the library of congress.
4. This document is credible because it is in the American Treasures of the Library of Congress.

Document #3
1. For this document I tried searching police reports in Montgomery and then I also searched J.F. Blake and it came up right away with Rosa Parks being fined for refusing to follow the bus drivers directions.
2. This document was very easy to find. I just searched the main points of the document, date name and Montgomery police report, and it was the very first link that appeared.
3. The very first link that came up was about Rosa Parks police report so I clicked it and the document was right there. It was very easy to find easier than document two because it is probably more well known than document #2
4. This document seems credible because it has the name and date of when the incident happened plus it was so easy to find that it seems credible.

Document #4
1. This document was rather easy to find as well. I searched "role call of the 88th congress house of reps" 
2. I couldn't find the document on the first page of the normal search. So I decided to try and go to google images and there it was! On the second page I found the role call sheet of civil rights act of 1964 that was passed on feb 10 1964 and passed by a vote of 290 to 130.
3. The very first link that came up was nothing that I was looking for, it was a website of congress and house of reps that I had no idea what it was talking about. I had to search through the pages of google to find what I was looking for and I used the google "image" tab to try and find the image which then brought me to the website which happened to be wikipedia!
4. Although some people do not think that Wikipedia is credible I have to disagree, I think that Wikipedia is very useful for certain searches such as historical documents. Wiki showed me not only the image I was looking for but it gave me information about what the document was used for and it also gave me information about the bill that was being passed and the background of that bill.

My Love Mark Quest

It took me awhile to figure out what how to consider something as a "love mark". As we talked about in class a love mark is something that someone uses a product for more than the product it self. They use that certain brand, or that certain coffee shop, or that certain store because it is their life-style, or its connected personally to that person somehow. After doing research on others love marks I found that I have a love mark of my own! I didnt even realize until we had to do this assignment. My love mark is Chevrolet or for short "Chevy". My entire family has owned chevys and I have always grown up around them. My dad has always owned a chevy truck while my mother has always own a chevy car. So when time came around for me to buy my own car of course what I bought was a Chevy! I never really even thought about why I went with Chevrolet until I was assigned this quest though... They are dependable and my whole family owns them and swears by how awesome they are! Anways I think you get the point but here is a picture of my very own Chevy Aveo that I bought a couple years ago... and its my baby! :) 

Chevy means family to us by connecting the safety and reliability of the cars and trucks to the American values that my family holds as well. My family is big about buying American brand products as well so that plays a big role as to why my family loves Chevy so much. I found this link of this AD that kind of fits what im trying to say. :)

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