Blog post (late)

Welcome to my blog! This week we, at the GECHS, have had an easy week. Watched a movie, had some "chill" time. Well..... Sorta.

New Vocab:

Represent: How you are presenting yourself online.

Persona: Image or personality you portray to others

Avatar: Image/graphic that represents you online

Anonymous: Hidden identity

Inhibit: Being careful/restrained about your actions or impulses

This week we also learned about a nifty little thing called Glogster it's basically an interactive poster. Kind of makes me think  of an "E-Billboard" of sorts. Some positives, it's a simple to use tool, (which all you iPhone users will love) and a huge following, so you followers don't have to worry about awkward looks. As for all you free spirits out there, expand to an all new audience. The wonders of the inter-webs awaits! Unfortunately, the good cannot exist without the bad. ERMAHGERD, If I have to wait for it to load this long on EVERYTHING, I will die. I mean, sure I'm not boasting massive data capabilities on my simple wi-fi setup, but c'mon? I can run Minecraft (copyright Mojang, don't sue me dude) but not Glogster?

We also learned about being real online. In order to be real online you have to BE YOURSELF. Now, don't go home and post all your vital information on Facebook, just don't go home and say you are the president of the world and you're dating models.

We watched a movie about bullying, like I said earlier, it was called Cyberbu//y. (yes, slashes for "L's") Starring Emily Osment, and it was about (not too surprisingly) cyber bullying! But alas, the poor girl was forced into suicide by her best friend. Luckily enough, she couldn't get the cap off, and her friend got off Scott-free.