Thursday, October 18, 2012

Weekly review blog

This previous week we learned some new terms like Escalate which means to make something more intense also learned the word Deescalate which means to decrease or make something less intense. Also learned the true meaning of being a bystander and an Upstander. Bystander means you are an eyewitness to something and just let it happen and does nothing about it.A upstander means someone eyewitness something and they do something about it either to help that person or people in that situation. 

This week we used a new tool called wevideo which is a website that lets you make video's about anything you want and add pictures and music onto it. We also used webcam to make our videos. 

One positive thing about using We-video is that it is cool to use and sorta fun because you can add photo's and music.One Negative thing about We-video is that it is a little difficult to use but once you just play around with it you can get the hang of it all.Using webcam is a very good positive because it is fun to use you can add graphics to the background and do neat tricks if you take the time and play around with it.  


Our digital literacy component is  Cyberbullying and how many people face it every single day. Also how most of them do not tell anyone until it gets so bad they want to end there lives. 


Now this is becoming a major problem in the (teenage world) everyone think what they put online is okay or it won't hurt anyone what they do not realize it probably hurts more on the internet than if you do something like that in person because it starts as rumor's and lies. Than continues to grow and  grow. This information bother's me personally because I have stopped some of my friends from going to that certain point over what a old friend has said about them on the internet. 


This makes me realize that the next time I see or know someone that is getting Cyberbullying I will be an Upstander instead of being a bystander like I use to be.If I see anything like that online I will talk to the victim and the bully in a nice way and then to De-escalate the problem. 


Overall this week has been good and I couldn't ask for anything really besides the building finally being finished so we can move there before Christmas break and Thanksgiving break. 


STOP CYBERBULLYING NOW!!!!!!


 

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