Journal 8

1.) Watch the following clip:

 

Scenario 1:

You are on a train coming home from a day at the beach. The train stops at a station and a group a youths get on the train and start bashing an elderly ethnic man. You notice people getting off the train.

Discuss what you would do in this situation.                 

   Well first of all i will feel so sorry for the man my conscience will tell me to go and help him.

Scenario 2: You get a message from a girl that you are interested asking you to come over her house. When you get there a number of her friends are present and they say they are bored. One of them promotes the idea of going for a walk and causing a riot. At first you tell them “No way”. However, the girl you like states that “she will like you more if you go”.

Discuss what you would do in this situation.

Well in this case noway ill just leave them and go besides what kind of girfriend is that i mean i would never like a girl or my friends if they did such a thing.

Journal 7

1.) Watch the following clip:

 

Describe what is a person’s ‘conscience’. A voice telling you what to do in your head.

2.) Watch the following clip:

Describe how a persons conscience works in making moral decisions. Explain the relationship between religion and conscience? If my religion forbids me  to do some thing then my conscience will warn me not to, i will have like something telling me dont dont do it.

Journal 6

1.) Define the term “Moral Maturity” Someone who is smart enough and knows what hes doing.

2.) Read the following article:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/knife-arrest-cop-pelted/2008/03/24/1206206967590.html

Discuss the reasons why the 25 year old man mentioned in the article would be regarded as having a lack of ‘moral maturity’. Because he was not mature enough doing all these bad things before thinking it . spitting on an officer ! that is something an unmature person will do.

3.) Identify the differences between ‘morality’ and ‘immorality’. morality means a cond of conduct someone follows. immorality is

4.) Watch the following clip and describe the reasons why Governor Spitzer’s actions would be regarded as ‘immoral’.

Journal 5 ( 01/04/2008)

1.) Which countries have banned the Internet? Belarus,Burma,China,Cuba,Eygpt,Iran,North Korea,Saudia Arabia,Syria,Tunisia,Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan,Vietnam.

2.) Describe what the following image is about? (Provide TWO websites to support your findings) China and North Korea banned thes internet not allowing youtube.

3.) Provide evidence of at least FIVE sources (Websites, newspapers, blogs, videos ect) that discuss the reasons why these countries have taken such a drastic approach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship,  http://www.pr-inside.com/youtube-banned-in-china-r488178.htm,  http://iwpr.net/?p=rca&s=f&o=323116&apc_state=henprca,  http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/internet/mena/saudi.htm, http://www.myanmarisp.com/ICTnews/ictnews0005/

4.) Discuss how you would feel if the Australian government banned the Internet. What privileges would you lose? (2 Paragraphs)Nearly everything Because the internet now has been like a kind of communication with people like the phone, people use it for imformation ,for finding jobs etc.

Some Sites of Interest

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10748

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7292130.stm

http://www.itp.net/news/511899-facebook-myspace-to-be-banned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7264000/7264277.stm

http://myamarnews.blogspot.com/2008/03/questionable-referendum-in-burma.html

Individual Task 1 (01/04/2008)

You are required to create a job advertisement which articulates the role and responsibilities of an editor. The job advertisement should address the following minimum criteria:

1.) Role Description
2.) Essential Criteria
3.) Desirable Criteria

Your job advert should be published on your blog.

Remember: Seek and you will find.

 ( My ADVERTISMENT)

 Job available ( Editor)

WORK TYPE-full time

sydney, magazine centre

salary-$ 50,000 experience skills

role description- writing and editing with professional kids magazines, car magazines, sport magazine and news  magazines. 

Need proffesional customer service skills, great personality, atleast 1 year writing and editing skills   communicate and work well with a diffrent range of people. You need expertise in magazines.

Journal 4 ( 31st/03/2008 )

1.) Using the Internet research and find descriptions for the roles of the following newspaper personnel:

 Editor- Someone who edits, someone who finalises something, some one who writes editorials.

 Reporter- A writer, someone who investigates something, reporter is someone who presents the news.

journalist- Someone who writes newspapers and Magazines.

Designer- Someone who creates or planes something.

Project Briefcase 8 ( 31st/03/2008 )

Journal:8

1. How is the research going? Good so far because the parrt im am doing is not that hard , researching historical sites in australia such as , The Harbour bridge, Anzac bridge etc.

2. What do you know about imovie? What other multimedia possibilities have you considered for your presentation? Imovie is vedio editing, the group still hasnt considered any possibilities yet because we are still trying to find a good idea that gets us the mark.

Storyboard DUE Week 10 of Term (Week 3 of project)

- submit your storyboard that outlines your multimedia pitch.

- Must be completed before filming can commence

Geography content

- review your ‘know’ and ‘need to know’ list as a group

-take each heading and sub-heading and research all information that are related to it e.g. What  are the types information that I need to know about climate, relief and drainage etc

- ensure that you have covered all the content required for this task as prescribed in the Entry Document.

-discuss as a group how your content will be presented.Remember that the best multimedia presentation of the Geography content will be selected.Select the types of multimedia presentation that is most appealing.

- plan out your draft story board as per English outcome

- go back to Project Briefcase 4 and learn the art of drawing maps.Also use the geography links in Briefcase 3 to assist you with information.

Group Journal: 7 ( 31st/03/2008 )

1. How will you organise your multimedia sales pitch? List ideas, think about how the entry document was presented. Are you using maps, tables, graphs in word, in powerpoint, in moviemaker, imovie, neooffice or photoshop, google maps. Are you going to narrate your entry???????? We are going to use moviemaker and programs like that to describe our project.

So much to think about!!!!!!!!

Journal 3

1.) Explain the difference between ’secular’ and ‘non-secular’.  Secular are things not regarding religion. Non secular, things regarding religion.

2.) Provide FIVE links to media organisaions who provide media to the public. news.bbc.co.uk , news.yahoo.com , news.ninemsn.com.au , ten.com.au , news.sbs.com.au.3.) Select ONE event current in the news media and provide a summary. usa elections.

Journal 2

1.) Describe the Australian Governments NetAlert program? Net Alert filters bad stuff such as pornography, abuse etc

2.) Discuss the reasons why they have implemented such a program?  To prevent children going on inapropriate sites, sites that provide viruses.