Keep Your Eye on the Prize!

The TED video we watched in class today was a very inspirational video. While watching it I found it hard to make notes because I was so drawn into what Brain Stevenson was saying. He was very good at getting his point across. He told a powerful story, a story that inspired him to never drink alcohol, and 52 years later, he still hadn't. He told this story to get the point across, and that point was your identity matters, its what can change the world. He then also says some scary thoughts, that our identity is at risk. He says they are at risk because of not caring, and that we can strenghten our identities by paying attetnion to suffering, instead of ignoring it. He says we must be brave, because this way of finding a identity is a hard path to go on, but the most rewarding. You can not give up when your tired, and when your tired, you can actually change in a way you never thought you could. Keep you eye on the prize, that is the key of this speech, as long as you can do that, you will do very well in this world. Keep your eye on the prize!

Mitt Romney Style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTCRwi71_ns

Who Won The Debate?

Governor Mitt Romney won the debate. Romney had some great moments during the debate and it seemed to outshine President Barack Obama. Even though Romney was assertive with answering his questions, that seemed to prove that he will go the distance to get what he wants in the election and when he becomes President. People said that many people didn't show up to the debate, including Barack Obama. The debate was totally, hands down in Romney's favor, but I wouldn't count Obama out yet!

New Rules

In the article, New Rules by Thomas Friedham, he expressed how far behind America is going in the world with technology. He expressed how America keeps on using the old sayings such as "work hard and play by the rules, and you will succeed." Those use to work in the older days, but now we need to change our ways of thinking. This article brought many ethos to the paper, Bil Clinton, Barack Obama, Alun Toffler, and Van Tun-Quinlvan. The logos of the article was brilliant to. He expressed again of how the unemployment rate is really low, and that Shanghi in 2010, beat the rest of the world in everything academics. He also played on the emotions with using many quotes, one saying that illeratcy is changing. This article opened up my mind to what the world is becoming.

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The video I choose was Barack Obama's Promises Kept, I chose this video because it really stood out to me than the other videos. This video was about Barack given his nomination speech back in 2008. I found this very interesting because throughout the video it showed everything that he promised that he had accomplished. The music in the video fit the video ever so perfectly, uplifting in the right spots, it was great. The style of the video was really great to, it was very fluid and it seemed to just flow ever so smoothly, it felt like I wasn't watching a campaign video, but a movie in theaters, which I thought was great rhetoric because everybody gets burnt out on politics, so they incorporated into a movie feeling to get rid of the politics feeling, but at the same time, also giving people politics. This video was by far the best one that I saw, and I really liked it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lA2fCs-_fyo

Visual Analysis Questions

• 1) What visual elements grab your attention first?
  
  

  The visual elements that grabbed my attention first, was Barack Obama standing behind 

  the stage, looking like any normal person who is getting ready for a speech, it stood out to me because its a very good rhetoric strategy, because it showed that he is exactly as us, also the music was non, existent, any sounds to be particular, which added dramatic effect. 

  
  
  2) What other details reinforce that impression? How? 
  
  

  Other details that reinforce this statement, was how he wanted to grab every ones attention, and it did so, he started the video by saying, i will accept your nomination for presidency, which surely grabbed peoples attention, also the music was quite uplifting, which was a great contrast.

  
  3.) What is more important? Less important? 
  
  

  What's very important in this video, was all the things Obama had planned in 2008 that he would do as president, and throughout the video it showed everything that he did, what was less important was probably nothing about the video, it was really well made, that it focused on what he did, and how they incorporated into a speech that he did years ago. 

  
  4.) What about color and style? What impact do they have on your impressions? 
  
  

   The color of the video was bright and uplifting, they really chose great colors to be used throughout the video, the style of the video was very fluid and I really enjoyed it. 

  
  5.) How does the image direct the viewer’s eyes and reinforce what is important? 
  
  

   It did so in a very unique way, they incorporated his speech he did from years ago into a video, showing pictures of all that he has done, which I thought was a great reinforcer. 

  
  6.) What text is included? How does the text relate to the image? 
  
  

  The text included fit the video very perfectly, reinforcing everything you should and wanted to see.

  
  7.) What argument is being made?  
  
  

  The argument being made was to make you want to choose Obama, which the video did so well. They showed everything that he promised and did into one video.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age Précis

In the article Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age by Trip Gabriel explains how easy it is plagiarism is now days. The author supports this by explaining the accessibility of copy and pasting on the computers and Internet. The authors purpose is to explain why people plagiarize and he uses this in order to inform students that plagiarism is bad. I feel that the purpose of the article was to help inform students on how to make sure you don't own the source, you need to give the right credit.