Open hardware/ Crowd sourcing

Open Hardware is a computer hardware that stores information which has been copyrighted and is now available for the public to use freely.

The main requirements for taking part is to:
-Give credit for the project to the owner

The main barrier that is preventing this movement from becoming "the norm" is:
-The Government: Because they may not like the idea of other people gaining a large amount of money, whilst they earn nothing from it. So this may cause the government to prevent Open hardware's from existing.

Definitions of Key Words

Copyright- Refers to the right of copying something. This is usually placed in audios, videos, typed papers and others to secure and prevent other people from copying their work.

Copyfree- Is a policy, idea or standard which determines the freedom you have to change, edit or copy work you possess and others possess.

Creative commons- Is a non-profit organisation which seeks to make communicating and sharing with others much more public, whilst keeping people’s work secure.

Public domain – Refers to a work that is nor protected by copyright

Trademark- It’s a sign, design or logo which helps identify different products or objects. It differenciates some products from others.

Obama and the media

Obama used Social Media to gather enough support to win the elections in 2008 and 2012. He achieved this by being able to understand that the social media is about relationships, therefore, using social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and others to establish a much direct connection with his followers.

Social media is very advantageous over traditional media (tv, radio and print) for spreading a message quickly because opinions are spread through direct interactions, where it is more personal and there is more trust. People are encouraged to vote by their friends, families or people they know.

Memes are ideas or symbols which spread rapidly. They can be very important because they are becoming a dominant cultural event.

Kony 2012 is an example where media has played an important role, since, through the use of only videos, blogs, campaigns and posters, an organisation called Invisible Children was able to get the USA involved in helping those children being kidnapped and some even forced to kill their parents and fight become free from Kony's arms.

Flyer- Media, Propaganda, Research

What operators might I use

Finding Apartheid sites in South Africa: apartheid sites South Africa: bbc.co.uk date: 6


Birth Rates in Ethiopia: birth rates Ethiopia date: 3


Monsoons in India: monsoons in India site: Britannica , date: 6


Football scores in the United Kingdom: intitle: football scores UK site: bbc.co.uk


Weather Patterns in New Zealand: allintitle: weather patterns New Zealand


Cancer Research in U.S Government Sites: host: .gov + U.S + cancer research

Source Reliability

ICT Source Reliability by camilaandinod

Who you get in bed with- human rights, gay rights video

Marc3pax is a man who works for the government and acts to try and deliver a message to the world, which is not entirely true or reliable.

The video relates to the flotilla movement because the purpose of the video was to prove that Hamas, Palestinians and the Flotilla are bad. He is trying to shape an image that flotilla is a discriminating and violent movement.

The video is not objective because even though the man talking in the video is not showing his personal emotions explicitly in the video, we can see that he is actually trying to say that the flotilla group is homophobic, not showing us all sides of the story. The information shown and used cannot be proved to be reliable.

There isn't evidence supporting Marc3pax's findings. We don't know which group he contacted or which college he attended. We can't rely on this man's findings, because he is not giving us actual facts. We don't even know if the mail was real or actually sent. Which sources did he use to get the information from? Were did he find the images and the information regarding the Prime Minister?

Letter to Invisible Children

British School Quito by camilaandinod

T-shirt design review

T-shirt design - Review by caa56

T-Shirt Design Collage

My T-shirt Design

Reflecting on an 'Everyday task'

Eating fruits, as part of my breakfast, forms part of my everyday tasks. Whilst eating this morning, I had lots of different fruits, however, one of them tasted bad. I consider it (eating fruits) to be something beneficial for my health and well-being since fruits provide vitamins and minerals; not bearing in mind the fact that they are also rich in flavour and very refreshing. This morning, I couldn't eat one of the fruits, which was pretty disappointing. I should always check if the fruit is rotten before eating it.  Something I could have done to improve could have been to check if the fruit was rotten, first before eating it. If this situation happened again I  would take into consideration what I previously experienced and check the fruit is rotten before eating it. If I find that it is rotten, I would throw it away and pick another one.

T-Shirt Design Idea

My t-shirt design is going to be an original vector of a girl blowing musical notes to form a cross #pentool #layer #tshirtdesign @bsqict

— Camila Andino (@CamilaIct) March 19, 2013

T-shirt master

Vector and Bitmap Images- Adobe Fireworks

1 What is one of the main differences between bitmaps and vectors when scaling is applied?

2 What are Auto Shapes, and where can you find them?
3 What is the Pen tool used for?

4 What does the Compound Shape tool do?

1 One of the main differences between bitmaps and vectors when scaling is applied is that in bitmap images, pixels become increasingly visible; making the image looks pixelated and could end in loss of image quality. In vectors, there is no loss of image quality.

2 The Auto Shapes are tools that create shapes in preset orientations. The Auto Shapes can, at any time be visually altered. The Auto Shapes are: Arrow, Arrow Line, Beveled Rectangle, Chamfer Rectangle, Connector Line, Doughnut, Shape, Measure Tool, Pie, Rounded Rectangle, Smart Polygon, Spiral and Star. 

3 The pen tool is used for creating paths and selections. It can also be used for creating polygons and curvy shapes.

4 The Compound Shape can create multiple vectors and composite paths. It allows to edit single vector objects such as rectangles or circles to create compound shape, made up of several vectors or forms.

Working with vectors Adobe Firework

My Targets

The grade I have achieved so far in ICT is 6+ The grade I am aiming for is 7 The personal targets I am going to set myself in the Second Quimestre so that I can improve my grade are: -Go over work after finishing. -Make sure I have my work saved on reliable sources so that I don't loose them later on and have to re-do it. -Organise my time efficiently so that I don't leave my homework until last. (And have enough time to complete it efficiently)

Quimestre Google Docs and Cloud Computing User Guide

Cloud Computing

• The CLOUD is a group of services provided to be able to save documents and files via internet. The cloud symbol is used to represent the internet in flowcharts and diagrams.
• Using Cloud computing, you can have access to any file  you have done online because they are saved on a remote storage and not locally.
•  It can be very advantageous because, by having access to it online, you can open files from any computer and you don't need to download special programs to open it up. On the other hand, in Microsoft Office, you can only open documents locally. 
•  Anyone can easily access it from anywhere around the world and you can edit one document with a group of up to 15 people at the same, unlike Microsoft Office were you have to create several copies of one file to edit between a group of people. 
•  However, using Google Docs also has it disadvantages. For instance, if I don't have an internet connection available, there is no way I can use Google Doc, but if I am using Microsoft Office I don't need an internet connection to edit or access my files. 
•  Also, another reason to why it may not be very advantageous is because to be able to use Google Docs you need a Google account and if someone doesn't have one, they wont be able to access the file.
•  In the next 6 months, I plan to use cloud storage when doing group projects it will very useful in helping me communicate with other members of my group and edit one same document at the same time. I may also use it when i want to transfer files from one computer to another, that way I can avoid loosing my flash and therefore my documents.

USER GUIDE GOOGLE DOCS

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Surrealist Project Word Cloud

Path to Heaven: The Review

review

Path to Heaven: The Process

Path

Path to Heaven: Reality