Legacy Term 3 IP

Djenaba Williams

What is legacy?


This terms IP is on legacy. Legacies are things that can be meant for people to remember events in history. The legacies that people leave behind to have others remember then or someone else important. Legacies can be depicted through bloggs, articles, and videos. For my IP I will try and define the word Legacy, tell why people leave their legacies behind, and tell a legacy that I can leave behind.


The word legacy does not have just one definition in fact there are a plethora of different ways to define it. There are many opinionated versions of the definitions. One definition is a gift of property, esp. personal property, as money, by will; a bequest. A legacy is not only money and objects it can be much more. Personally when asked to define the word legacy I would say it is something left behind for people to see in the future and learn from. A legacy can be for example a website dedicated to something such the website left for many to see about the 911 victims.


There are other websites dedicated to people such as the people from hurricane Katrina that weren’t found that maybe alive. http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml another website that will live long after people are gone is http://www.bet.com/ . This is a website dedicated to black entertainment.
Other types of legacies can be shown through blogs.

When I die I want everyone to remember me as a funny outgoing person who loved to have fun. I want everyone to know who I was. I don’t want people to really sit back and mourn me I want them to celebrate my life. I guess my main legacy would be people memories of me. A memory is a legacy that no one can take from you. Another type of legacy I would leave behind is movies. Movies that depict certain aspects of my life and certain things I’ve done. Some of my legacies will be pictures of me, videos of me. I would like to make a website to show everything there is to know about me.


In conclusion legacies are shown by bloggs, websites, and articles. The definitions differ. Al legacy overall is a memory or commemoration to someone or something that will be seen long after it took place. A legacy is a lesson being taught and being learned. Here I hope I have shown some of the definitions used for the word legacy, the types of legacies people leave behind for others, and what legacy I would eave behind. Legacies are very cool and I think that people learn a lot from them.

LEGACY

A Legacy is anything handed down from the past, or something inherited, such as something from an ancestor. This can be accomplished by leaving behind something that represents you. For example, music artists leave behind their legacy, as their music continues to be heard around the world even after they are deceased. Another way to leave behind a legacy is with use of the internet. The internet has become a way to express yourself, and tell others your story. So, by using things like blogs and creating your own website, your story is forever held in the World Wide Web.

First, by browsing the internet on a blogging website called blogger.com, I came across a woman's online website http://katydidcrafts.blogspot.com/. On her ongoing blogging page, she describes things that are presently happening in her life. This includes pictures of events and places she has visited. She gives brief descriptions of her days and about books that she has read with her personal opinions and comments about them. The woman, who calls herself Katydid, moved from Boston to Savannah in the south. Reasons for her blogging aren’t specific, but I feel like for this woman, writing about her thoughts and feelings on the internet act as an outlet for her to express herself. This is a huge reason on why people leave online legacies.

Second, while browsing more blogs from people around the world at blogger.com, I came a across an artists page by the name of Mika http://mikaartblog.blogspot.com/. As described on his page, Mika is a “Japanese-Canadian contemporary folk artist” who’s work is displayed around the world. On this website you can find samples of this artist’s current works, that include the title, picture, and brief description of 21 of the artist’s paintings. The artist has this page on the blogger website, to give himself more exposure and share his passion with the world. Hobbies are also a big reason why people use the internet to leave legacies.

Finally, when I am gone, I too would like to leave a legacy. I want people to remember me as a kind, respectful, driven individual who tried her best to be a good person in a world that can bring you down. How will I leave this legacy? By continuing to volunteer, with images, videos, and online blogs of my volunteer projects posted online. By doing this I will inspire those who see my form of media online, to help those in need as well.

In closing the internet has become a huge way to stay connected with people around the world. Not only does it allow you to stay in touch with those familiar to you, but also helps you connect with those you don’t. By leaving your legacy online, either through blogging, images, or video on the internet, a part of you is left for others to see, and maybe even appreciate what you find in your life to be important.

The Meaning Of Legacy

Legacy is anything that is passed down through generations to the next whether it is a story, object, and/ or language. It has been shown in many different ways like photos, sculptures, books, and movies. People are always looking to be different and/or to be the fist to do something and in the rapidly devolving world the internet has shown light on leaving a legacy in a new way.

The reason why I think many people leave their legacies online because they would want people in the world to know who they are and what they went through during there life time. Also I think that people leave their legacies online because it is a simple way to pass on stories to the viewers to portray their lives which would be able to stay online until it is removed. I believe that internet legacies will never be removed and will remain on the internet due to its importance.

One example I found of legacy someone that left online is a blog about things that happen to this person daily http://youssef2k.blogspot.com/.She states that “No word processing, lots of bad spelling and the aim is to share my expertness with my friends, family and loved ones and the combination of all these groups”. The blog was created by the author using an online blogging website called http://www.blogger.com/start. The second example I found of someone that left their legacy online was a website that was created for the victims of September 11. http://www.911digitalarchive.org/stories/. Most likely the author created this website in a remembrance for the victims of Sept 11 and to be a memorial for them and also so that the stories of what happen that day will never be forgotten.

In media seminar we have used the internet to leave our own legacy so that other classmates and other people around the world can view my thoughts and opinions. We used many tools to better our ideas for our blogs. Some of the tools we used was Macromedia Flash, Adobe PhotoShop, Blogger (an internet blogging site), and many others. Some of the things I would like and would want to be able to leave behind are pictures, videos, and stories of my accomplishments and the most important things to me that I have received in my life. It would be good because I would want my family (pertaining to the next generations) to remember me so that they could know who what a type of person I am.

In conclusion I believe that people leave their legacy online because it will be present of a long period of time or there forever. So there fore I know that if I put my legacy online then it will remain available forever and will be available for all my future generations and others around the world to view and talk about. These are the reason why I would like to leave my legacy online. Will you leave yours?

Online Legacy

A legacy is something that was passed down to some one or it is very old. A legacy can be something that some one left behind so that everybody can learn from it. In the dictionary it says that a legacy is an amount of money or property left to someone in a will or something handed down by a predecessor. A legacy can be anything or any one like kids are their parents legacy because they have the traits from their parents. A legacy can be a book or a dead person that you care about and you make their legacy known to every body.
The legacy I want to leave is my work and how creative I was in my work. I wont other people learn from my work when they see it. I want them to know that I wanted to become a computer engineer when I grow up and I want to learn how to play the guitar. I wont them to know that I had to work hard to get were I am today. I want my teachers to remember me for the quality of work I did and how I acted in class.
What I can put online so that everybody can see my legacy is my work from high school. My work form high school can show how I grew as a student and what the quality of my work was. I can also put pictures that I did my self to show how creative I was. Then I can put pictures of me as a baby all the way to when I am a grown up to show how I matured. Then I can write a biography of my self to describe who I am and were I am from.
People leave online legacies’ so every body can see their love one that was lost. Like people who died in the war or a cancer patent that died. There are a lot of Legacy websites that you put tributes and info about a love one. Like www.legacy.com that has thousands of legacies of people who died and there families put there biography online. An example of a online legacy I saw was Beauford H. Clayton and D’Angela Michelle Gilbert.
D’Angela Michella Gilbert legacy was made as a tribute to her when she died. She was born on June 25th 1984 and she died 2006. The online legacy was made with music photos and text with a Moving Tribute. Beauford H. Clayton was another online tribute to him it had music, text , photos, and Moving Tribute. They were all made in Adobe Flash player and were made on 2005.

IP 3: Media and Legacy

Legacy is defined as anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor. With the invention of the internet, people are now allowed to create online legacies. There are many methods and online tools to do this. People can blog, record videos, create online photo albums, or web pages about the legacies they want to leave behind.

People feel the need to leave online legacies because it’s a way for them to be remembered, or something for them to remember in the future. For example, Rachel’s Random Revelment (http://thepinkangelandme.blogspot.com) published in November 2006, was blogged by Thepinkangel. Thepinkangel used Blogger (www.blogger.com) to create her legacy. Blogger.com lets Thepinkangel share her legacy of photography and important events in her life. Another legacy is a photo album by Gardawind (http://www.flickr.com/people/lagodigarda/). Gardawind created this legacy by using flickr (www.flickr.com), an online photo album tool. Garawind’s legacy will be remembered by the people who he impacted with his photos.

In Media Seminar, I’ve blogged online, scanned photos, and recorded videos, which are methods of creating an online legacy. If I were to create a legacy online, I would want to focus on the experiences in my life. I would tell accomplishments such as getting the Honor roll three terms in a row, or being inducted into the National Honors Society. Maybe people will become inspired by accomplishments work harder to reach their goals. I would tell people about my dreams and aspirations, for example, college and my goals beyond. Also, I would tell about lessons I’ve learned so people in the same predicament I was in can learn from my experiences.

When I create a legacy, I want to be remembered by my family, friends, and future generations. I want to be remembered as someone unique, intelligent, and funny. In a way, I want people to laugh at my legacy because it would be filled with jokes and the humorous trials and tribulations of my growing up as a teen. I don’t want my legacy to be prestigious or legendary; I want the people viewing my legacy to be able to relate to me as much as possible; sort of like having a buddy from beyond the grave. I can create this legacy by blogging my personal thoughts and major experiences in my life. I can take pictures of myself or things that are important to me so others can gain a sense of who I really am.

In conclusion, online legacies are used to share a piece of yourself with other people. People viewing your legacy will be able to take something away with them, ideally spreading your legacy to other places. The best thing about online legacies is that the Internet will be around for a very long time, and therefore your legacy can live on for future generations to view.

ME IN THE FUTURE

• What are your goals beyond high school? Describe one (a) social goal (b) professional goal (c) academic goal ?

Social goal: I want to go to college get my degree and than later maybe get married
Professional: I want to be an Doctor or an Social worker
Academic goal: I want to go college and take criminal law or other things.

• 
  According to the FUTURE image you made, how do you picture yourself in ten years?

According to the image i made i see my self as a doctor and helping little kids with probelms they have.

• According to the ANIMATION you made, how have you changed and how have your transformations affected your future goals?

Looking at the animation that i have made i think that i have changed alot Physically and Mentally because the way i used to look than now i don't look like that. This animation has affect my future goals because i have a different thought about what i want to be now than when i was a little.

Social
¢ I see my self living in New York in a apartment with my girlfriend as a room mate

Professional Goal
¢ I see my self interning at Dell.

Academic Goal
¢ I see my sell at college trying to get my masters or my PhD.
I see my self living in a house with my girlfriend driving a Mazda Rx8.My professional Goal is computers engineering.
In my animation I changed physically because no I am bigger and more mature about things. No that I am mature I am going to do mature things like get a education so I can get a job so I can support my self in the long run.

Past, Present, Future Transformation

What are your goals beyond high school? Describe one (a) social goal (b) professional goal (c) academic goal.

(a) My social goal beyond high school is to meet company owners so I can see what the business world is like.

(b) My professional goal beyond high school is start to work some where in the computer field under the employment of a big company.

(c) My academic goal beyond high school is to graduate with honors so I will be able to get in to a good college so that it would be easy for me to find a job.

According to the FUTURE image you made, how do you picture yourself in ten years?

According to the future image I made , I perceive myself in ten years to be a wealthy person and have a nice house living in a nice neighborhood with my family.

According to the ANIMATION you made, how have you changed and how have your transformations affected your future goals?

According to the animation I made, the way how I have changed is physically and maturely. The way that I see how the way I have transformed in my life is for the better in me so that I will be able to complete any task that is put in front of me to the best of my abilities.

a.) Well first of all, I want to be sucessful when I leave highschool. I hope I can go to a college that can give an insight and a start in what i want to do for my life. Professionally, I want a job where it pays good money, and is not an everyday 9 to 5.

b.) Secondly, to answer everyones question on my future image. It is not a waiter, it is a pro chef. If I dont make a NBA team, I want to be a chef. I love to cook with my family, and I know how to make alot of dishes and dinners.

c.)Lastly, in my animation, you can see me growing up really fast. This shows how time flies so fast, without you even noticing it. Time is a factor in everyones life, even if you were just born.

Past, Present, Future Transformation

a.) I have many goals beyond high school. Socially, I want to be well off, but not exactly wealthy. And hopefully, I'll still keep in touch with my friends from high school. Professionally, I want to have a job that I love and pays well. Academically, I want to complete college with a Bachelor's Degree or higher.

b. ) According to my future image, I can picture myself as a doctor in 10 years. Well, maybe in 12 years because becoming a doctor takes a seriously long time. I can't wait to wear that labcoat...

c.) According to the animation I made, I've changed a lot over the years. Over the years, I've gotten older, and my future goals have slighty progressed in maturity. When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a Power Ranger. Stop laughing. When I got a little older, I wanted to be a chef. Later on, I wanted to work with computers, and now I want to be a doctor, if I can get over my squeamishness.