Friday, March 30, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
A Poem Worth Loving...
WIND ON A HILL
by Alan Alexander Milne
No one can tell me,
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes.
It's flying from somewhere
As fast as it can,
I couldn't keep up with it,
Not if I ran.
But if I stopped holding
The string of my kite,
It would blow with the wind
For a day and a night.
And then when I found it,
Wherever it blew,
I should know that the wind
Had been going there too.
So then I could tell them
Where the wind goes...
But where the wind comes from
Nobody knows.
I really like this poem. Always have. This was the first poem that I was told to memorize. It was for my 1st grade poem recital. I was the only kid in the class who memorized the whole poem, and was a single act. (Not that I'm bragging or anything! #swag) Whenever I think of the word "poetry" this one always comes to mind. And it kind of had a little lesson it it too... You can learn things from the end.
by Alan Alexander Milne
No one can tell me,
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes.
It's flying from somewhere
As fast as it can,
I couldn't keep up with it,
Not if I ran.
But if I stopped holding
The string of my kite,
It would blow with the wind
For a day and a night.
And then when I found it,
Wherever it blew,
I should know that the wind
Had been going there too.
So then I could tell them
Where the wind goes...
But where the wind comes from
Nobody knows.
I really like this poem. Always have. This was the first poem that I was told to memorize. It was for my 1st grade poem recital. I was the only kid in the class who memorized the whole poem, and was a single act. (Not that I'm bragging or anything! #swag) Whenever I think of the word "poetry" this one always comes to mind. And it kind of had a little lesson it it too... You can learn things from the end.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Abstract
How does music affect the mind and/or thought processes?
We've always known that music affects people. It can either jazz someone up, or swing someone to sleep. Music has been apart of our society for centuries. But what does music specifically do to our brains? What does it precisely do to the way we think?
If music helps me sit and study, and focus on my work, but doesn't help the student next to me, what is it doing for them? How does music affect THEIR brains, and treat mine differently? If we can hone in on what makes music flow, we can ultimately use it to our advantage.
In order to get information, I plan on seeking information from not only the Internet, but some real life experts on the topic such as: a band teacher, a rock band member, a music store owner, and a music fanatic. Combining my online efforts, and the ideas of my real life examples, I hope to prove what music can do for the brain, and how we can tap into that scale, and use it to our own advantage.
We've always known that music affects people. It can either jazz someone up, or swing someone to sleep. Music has been apart of our society for centuries. But what does music specifically do to our brains? What does it precisely do to the way we think?
If music helps me sit and study, and focus on my work, but doesn't help the student next to me, what is it doing for them? How does music affect THEIR brains, and treat mine differently? If we can hone in on what makes music flow, we can ultimately use it to our advantage.
In order to get information, I plan on seeking information from not only the Internet, but some real life experts on the topic such as: a band teacher, a rock band member, a music store owner, and a music fanatic. Combining my online efforts, and the ideas of my real life examples, I hope to prove what music can do for the brain, and how we can tap into that scale, and use it to our own advantage.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
"Tools That Change the Way We Think."
The Internet, and technology in general have really changed how people learn and think today. When my parents were in school, and they wanted to find out more information on a topic, they didn't have Google at their fingertips. They had to go and find some sort of reading material on the subject, and look it up "the long way." Now, when I have a question about something, one of two thoughts come to my head: Either, "I'm going to Google this when I get the chance," or, "I'm going to ChaCha this on my phone, because I'm to lazy to get online and look for myself." We have so much information that is, "just a click away." But now I'm learning of new walls that I need to overcome... such things as algorithims and filter bubbles, and this kind of stops my love for the Internet, or at least makes me question it. When I think of people talking about the Internet, I think of the phrase "broadening our minds to all the information that's out there." That's all that people would talk about when the Internet first came to be. And now all to come and find out that we don't have ALL of the information... just what our math equation supplies us with. I enjoyed a quote from Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin said in the article: "Right now you go into your computer and type a phrase, but you can imagine that it could be easier in the future, that you can have just devices you talk into, or you can have computers that pay attention to what's going on around them and suggest useful information." But is all this advancement in Google's effiency taking away some of the potential that the Internet has?
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
To Facebook, Or Not to Facebook?
My initial response to Facebook, was "HOLY COW THIS IS AWESOME!" It was my freshmen year when I was finally able to make a Facebook, and all my friends already had one and had been talking about how awesome it was. I was so excited to be able to communicate to my friends yet another, way.
The benefits to Facebook, I think, are the social networking perks. I've have had study groups over Facebook, and I've been able to keep up with friends and family that either live too far away, or I don't get to see very often. I really like that all my friends are "just a click away." But recently in class, I've been thinking about all the neagitive things that come with Facebook. The fact that I can't completly control my personal privacy settings is really starting to hit me... I used to think that, oh who cares? Only people that I add can see all of my personal information... But now I'm hearing that that's not the case. It kind of freaks me out that any random stranger can type in "Jessica Catron" and find out all of my infomation. I'm just glad I don't have a smart phone with GPS capabilities.
The article, "Why Facebook Is After Your Kids," really opened my eyes to the big deal of Internet Safety and kids. I knew that people under the age of 13 had Facebooks. I mean, my cousin made a Facebook for her 10 month old baby... So I knew that they were out there. But I didn't know that the numbers of just how many kids had Facebooks at such a young age, was so drastic. The fact that ANYONE out there in the world can look up these children and find out anything they want to about them, is a very scary thought.
The benefits to Facebook, I think, are the social networking perks. I've have had study groups over Facebook, and I've been able to keep up with friends and family that either live too far away, or I don't get to see very often. I really like that all my friends are "just a click away." But recently in class, I've been thinking about all the neagitive things that come with Facebook. The fact that I can't completly control my personal privacy settings is really starting to hit me... I used to think that, oh who cares? Only people that I add can see all of my personal information... But now I'm hearing that that's not the case. It kind of freaks me out that any random stranger can type in "Jessica Catron" and find out all of my infomation. I'm just glad I don't have a smart phone with GPS capabilities.
The article, "Why Facebook Is After Your Kids," really opened my eyes to the big deal of Internet Safety and kids. I knew that people under the age of 13 had Facebooks. I mean, my cousin made a Facebook for her 10 month old baby... So I knew that they were out there. But I didn't know that the numbers of just how many kids had Facebooks at such a young age, was so drastic. The fact that ANYONE out there in the world can look up these children and find out anything they want to about them, is a very scary thought.
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