Monday, January 13, 2014

Emerging technology, part 1.

The article I read was about a man named Theodore Berger and his memory implnats. Berger has stuidied the memory portion of the brain for quite sometime and found that when you have memory loss it is because the nuerons stop working, so he thinks he has figured out a way to copy the signal and to make memories more long term. This may help with Alzhiemer's in the future. Although none have been testeed on humans the test that were conducted on rats and monkey brains were a sucess.

Yes, there were indeed technologies that were new and exciting back in 2012 that are now just everyday products or uses.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Second adult interview

  1. Details of Interview: Bill Lajiness
  2. What is their job title? Welder fabricator. 
  3. What are some of their responsibilities? He makes sure everything gets done how it should. And he is a crew leader.
  4. What type of education was needed to obtain this job? High school diploma.
  5. Was their any "on-the-job training" in addition to formal education? He said he learns as he goes along. Also, he said every job is different in its own way.
  6. What are the hours worked and number of days worked? 8-10/day. 5-6 days/week.
  7. Do they work overtime?  If so how are they compensated for overtime? Yes, it  is time and a half pay.
  8. Dress code: what is typical for the average worker?  Do higher management dress differently? Wear uniform distributed by company. All cotton so it does not burn easily. Yes, it does differ from higher management. Higher management wears jeans, but everyone has to wear safety goggles.
  9. What are some things they like about their job? He likes that there is something different to do everyday. Also, he said he like the people and the atmosphere he works in. He also likes the challenge his job presents.
  10. What things do they dislike about their job? Something he dislikes are some of the attitudes of the people. He also said he dislikes the last minute planning the company does. He doesn't like the people that don't listen to what needs to be done.
  11. What is the average starting pay for this type of job? 12-13/hour.
  12. Do they get benefits?  If so, what kind of benefits? Yes, 401K after a year employed. Health care after 90 days you can apply for it. 

First adult interview

  1. Details of Interview: Laura Lajiness
  2. What is their job title? Bridal Consultant.
  3. What are some of their responsibilities? Helping the bride pick out the wedding dress, as well as the brides maids dresses. Also, she answers the phones and deals with customers in costumer service.
  4. What type of education was needed to obtain this job? High school diploma.
  5. Was their any "on-the-job training" in addition to formal education? ye, there is on-the-job training. this includes, watching training videos, role playing, and shadowing other consultants.
  6. What are the hours worked and number of days worked? She works 20 hours/week, Mon-Fri.
  7. Do they work overtime?  If so how are they compensated for overtime? No.
  8. Dress code: what is typical for the average worker?  Do higher management dress differently? Dress code includes the choice between black pants or  black skirt, black or neutral colored top, and black shoes. No, there is no difference between consultants and higher management.
  9. What are some things they like about their job? She likes working with people to pick out there dresses for there special day. Also, she likes the hours compared to some of the other jobs she's had. She also likes the fun atmosphere she works in.
  10. What things do they dislike about their job? She said she would like there to be more hours. 
  11. What is the average starting pay for this type of job? $8.65/hour.
  12. Do they get benefits?  If so, what kind of benefits? Not for part-time.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Bucket List Reflection

For this project we had to create a bucket list. It had to contain ten things I wanted to see, do, or accomplish in my lifetime. Although there were many steps I had to take to complete this project, I followed them, and I am proud. The first step was to figure out ten things to put on my list, three of which had to be places out of the country. After getting the ten things I had to find four interesting facts about them and record the URL's from the Website in which I found them. Next I had to find 2-4 pictures that related to my topic and I also had to record the URL's for them. Meanwhile, I had to create and record a script I put together, each topic having one paragraph. After gathering all of the pictures, URL's, and recordings I could finally put together my movie. In the program Movie Maker I had to add all of the thirty pictures I found and I had to put the corresponding recordings with them. After putting it all together and making it sound like a movie I had to add the credits tot he end, which are the URL's. There are three URL pages: resources, music, and pictures. Then I went to the Website Soundzabound and found a recoding to play during the creditd, put it in, and my movie was finnished.
I liked a lot about the project. I liked the fact that we could express ourselves and choose what we wanted to have on out list. I also enjoyed watching all of my hard work come together to form my movie.
The only thing I honestly found hard about this project was the length of the movie. The movie was supposed to be 3-5 minutes long, but mine ended up being 8 minutes long.
I could use a digital story for other projects such as, book projects. I am glad I have learned how to do all of this. I will definitely use these skills in the future.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Wordle story.

I woke up with a huge crash, BANG! I looked around frantically, but I could see nothing. I tried so hard to see, but only darkness. I spoke, “Who’s there?” No answer, I got out of bed. I flipped the light switch on and was horrified to see what was no more. Half of my house was completely obliterated. There was nothing there but a little green creature with one big eyeball. IT’S AN ALIEN! It was coming closer….and closer… and closer…and then it was right in front in of my face and it……. FARTED! It smelled so bad I need a gas mask to survive it. My Cow died and the alien ran out of the room. I ran after him and was chasing him with forks. My goal was to stab his eyeball out and keep it as a souvenir, because they were pretty and I loved to collect eyeballs. I pushed the alien down the stairs and tried to wrestle him so I could get a hold of his eyeball. The alien fought back but I took a big spoon and I scooped out his pretty, juicy eyeball and sealed them safely in my eye collecting jar. The alien freak out he was so mad that I took his eyeballs but I don’t know why, I think he was pretty attractive that way. I mean, I would date him. I think the alien knew that I think he was cute that way because he started flirting with me. So I was like, “Nuh uh. I am not that easy.” So then I slapped the disgusting vermin with my purse and he died. I went back up into my room and fell asleep, only to wake up from my horrible nightmare. Wordle: Untitled

Monday, October 28, 2013

Reflection over first lady project

I have learned so much about Michelle Obama and the Obama family after doing this project. I did not know most of the information i discovered and was happy to do so. It makes me happy to think of what a great first lady this country is privileged to have. She is trying to make this country better one step at a time and all we need to do is let her take the wheel.