Michelle Loves You: Weekly Review Blog Post 9/21/2012

Knowing what your words sound like to you in your head is good. Knowing what your words sound like out loud is better. When you create a blog make sure you read it out loud just to make sure it sounds accurate, and that it makes since. It would also help if you had ANOTHER person read your article. That is what we did this week in Mrs. Payseurs class. My partner was Maddy. I had to read her blog post, while in the meantime, she read mine.

You really want to watch out for those Phishers. Phishing is making phony, bogus websites that could be exact replicas of legitimate websites and mass-spamming them out using self-made software programs to get you to enter your personal information. Once submitted, your personal information is then sent to, say, my email address or my cgi box. People are often confused about which websites are phishing websites. You should be cautious when it comes to giving out your information to websites.

I have been mentioning cyberbullying a lot and just bullying in general. Cyberbullying is wrong, you should think before you post something mean on your Facebook page or before you message someone a nasty message. Think about yourself, do you think you would like someone to send you a mean nasty message, or write a mean post on Facebook about you for EVERYONE to see. Your words determine someone elses feelings. It is important for you to consider someones feelings. Lots of kids turn to suicide for this kind of thing. You shouldn't have a reason to bully someone period. To be a better person, smile at someone, say hi. This will go a long way by how someone feels about you.

It is very respectful whenever you get someones consent when you are posting a picture of you and your friends. Let's say it's you, your friend Brittney, and Alisa. You all took a group picture signifying your friendship. If Brittney doesn't like how she looks in that picture, you should really take it down, or crop her out. When you post a picture with someone else in it, you have to ask their permission. If not, that is classified as cyberbullying. You also need to remember to post appropriate pictures on Facebook or if you have one, Myspace. The pictures you post can be the ticket to your future, or the burden to your future. Here are some examples that show what a picture can do to your reputation.

We also did The Digital Drivers License. It showed that a young adult committed suicide because of someone bullying them. We learned about different ways to tell someone that they are doing something wrong without bullying them. For example, if your boyfriend or girlfriend was texting you constantly and you wanted them to stop, you don't say mean things like, "you are so annoying, texting me like that!" It is wrong, so don't do it.

Here are some definitions that we went over in class:

Reputation: The general impression of a person made by others or the public.

Persist: To continue and endure.

Context: Different factors that surround a piece of data that help determine it's meaning.

Tag: To add descriptions, labels, or a name to a photo or video.

We had also learned about a young woman, she was 25 years old. She had taken a picture at a party and the caption underneath that stated, "Drunken Pirate". The college professors at the college she attended realized that they didn't want a person out in the school world like that teaching. They suspending her of her degrees after she had already paid for them. I feel that was wrong because they didn't know the contents in the cup.

A web 2.0 tool is a new picture editing site we learned about. I used the site to edit the photos below. I think it is a negative web 2.0 tool. It gives bullies a free ride to out you to the public, and make you look bad by just adding something stupid to the picture. I see nothing positive about this site at all. People should just respect peoples privacy. Here is the link to the website.
Editing Site Here
Mean Cat Nice Cat