Past, Present, Future Transformation

1) What are your goals beyond high school? Describe one (a) social goal (b) professional goal (c) academic goal
Beyond high school my social goal is to continue to volunteer helping little kids to become successful in school. In order for me to help little kids successful in school, I have to be successful myself. As a result, my academic and professional goal is to attend a four year college in Boston majoring in computer engineering or mechanical engineering.

2) According to the FUTURE image you made, how do you picture yourself in ten years?
According to the future image I made, I picture myself in ten years to be working in a field with computers with a degree from college.

3) 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, I notice I have change a lot from a playful little kid to a more mature and a professional student. My transformation will affect my future goals because this transformation will input the characteristics I am and my ability to work in my future field.

technology design and communication

How can current communication tools and techniques be used to bring attention to the political, economic and social issues of today? Identify 2 tools and how they are used. Blogs and photographs are just some of the ways of communication used to bring attention to the political, economic and social issues. Blogging is a way to express someone emotion and thoughts to the public. Blogging is a way that public from worldwide can be read daily. Another way of sommunication is photograph. Photographs can replay a message and awareness with more force than written word. . not to disuede away from text but pictures capture the essence of the message. . some evidence , "The design objects itself can work as a statement with impact that gets people to pay attention, to think, to notice, to act, to donate." "Imagery is such an essential part of design; they are hard to seperate. The skill is in the editing. Photographs grow close to their subject matter which does not always make for a subjectively great image that involves the viewer. A good designer is a skilled visual editor" (Goulet 1).a very good point and a very good quote.




2) Do you think visual forms of communication (image based) are more likely to reach and impact viewers worldwide than other forms of communication? Why or why not? , I do believe that visual forms of communication (image based or more) are most likely to reach and contact viewers all over the world better than other forms of communication because most people are to indolent to read especially if what they are reading doesn’t jump out at them or if it is boring. In the article it states, "The article was only a paragraph long accompanied by a small photo showcasing a brilliant orange crumbling carcass of a home. Yet it was powerful" (Goulet 1).




3) Do you think that people who are adept with technology and skilled in visual design have a responsibility to use their skills “to create awareness or peace or social change using imagery”? No, I do think that people who are adept with technology and skilled in visual design have a responsibility to use their I only think they should have the responsibility to use their skills if they begin to tell about something. In that case it is their jobs to finish what they start and do it to the best of their ability.




4) How could your "Make a Statement" image (Project 1) "create awareness or peace or social change"? I think I could have done a way better job with my image. I was trying to warm people about the dirt cops . to be honest and criticize myself if someone were to look at my picture they would know what to think. I think them essage I wanted to tell was deep.

Technology, Design, and Communication (IP 2)

1) How can current communication tools and techniques be used to bring attention to the political, economic and social issues of today? Identify 2 tools and how they are used. Current communication tools and techniques be used to bring attention to the political, economic and sicial issues of today by blogs and photographs are just some of the forms of communication used to bring attention to the political, economic and social issues. Blogging is a way to express one emotion and thoughts to the public. Blogging is a way that public from worldwide can be read daily. Another tool and technique is photograph. Photographs are a way that canb apply a message and awareness more powerful than texts. Not saying that text is bad, but photograph is in a much better way to raise awarness. As evident, "The design objects itself can work as a statement with impact that gets people to pay attention, to think, to notice, to act, to donate." "Imagery is such an integral part of design; they are hard to seperate. The skill is in the editing. Photographs grow close to their subject matter which does not always make for a subjectively great image that involves the viewer. A good designer is a skilled visual editor" (Goulet 1).

2) Do you think visual forms of communication (image based) are more likely to reach and impact viewers worldwide than other forms of communication? Why or why not? Yes, I do think that visual forms of communication (image based) are more likely to reach and impact viewers worldwide than other forms of communication because most people be to lazy to read especially if the font is small. In the article it states, "The article was only a paragraph long accomplained by a small photo showcasing a brilliant orange crumbling carcass of a home. Yet it was powerful" (Goulet 1).

3) Do you think that people who are adept with technology and skilled in visual design have a responsibility to use their skills “to create awareness or peace or social change using imagery”? No, I do think that people who are adept with technology and skilled in visual design have a responsibility to use their skills "to create or peace or social change using imagery" because they may or may not be comfortable showing their skills and they may not have a computer at home or have a library card to show their skills.

4) How could your "Make a Statement" image (Project 1) "create awareness or peace or social change"? My "Make a Statement" image (Project 1) can make awarness by saying Immigrants should or should not work in America. My image can help people realize that they are taking the jobs of people who are born in the United States not be able to get a job.

Technology, Design, and Communication (IP2)

1. How can current communication tools and techniques be used to bring attention to the political, economic and social issues of today? Identify 2 tools and how they are used.
   Current communication tools and techniques can be used show and bring attention of the social, political and economical issues of the world because today there are more than one way of communicating so it can be through photography the internet/blogging, PSA’s etc.. Two communication tools that are used today are like I said before photography and blogging. Now and days we have the internet and most people have access to it in some way or another and a lot of people blog things on the internet to let people be aware of something. Also photography has been around for years and like they say a picture says a thousand words so pictures are a powerful way to bring attention to someone.
2. Do you think visual forms of communication (image based) are more likely to reach and impact viewers worldwide than other forms of communication? Why or why not?
   Yes I do because pictures are powerful especially pictures that have not been manipulated. Sometimes all you can do is look at a picture to tell a story.
3. Do you think that people who are adept with technology and skilled in visual design have a responsibility to use their skills “to create awareness or peace or social change using imagery”?
   Yes I do because they are equipped with those skills so they should use them to promote awareness
4. How could your “Make a statement” image (Project 1) “create awareness or peace or social change”?
   My “Make a Statement” image could create awareness and social change because my image show a comparison between the holocaust and the war in Darfur and how even though the world promised of never again it is happening again

Technology, Design, and Communication

1) How can current communication tools and techniques be used to bring attention to the political, economic and social issues of today? Identify 2 tools and how they are used. Current communication tools and techniques such as images and blogs can help bring attention to political, economic and social issues of today. Blogs are used all of the time due to having access to the internet. They are used to express and inform people about things going on in the world today. Blogs are viewed by numerous amounts of people all over the world, making it easier to get a point across. Images are another great technique to bring attention to something. Some people don't like reading, "People see a picture long before they read"(Goulet 1) so images are a good alternative. They are used for advertising all over the place, such as buses, trains, billboards, ect. In what ever way an issue is brought to peoples attention, "The message becomes knowledge and people carry that knowledge and tell other people."(Goulet 2).

2) Do you think visual forms of communication (image based) are more likely to reach and impact viewers wordwide than other forms of communication? Why or why not? In some ways I do think that visuals are more likely to impact viewers depending on how strong the visual is. If it isn't appealing then it probably won't get as much attention. In my opinion another good form of communication that could also draw a lot of people's attention is music, because it is so universal. Everyone listens to music and you don't necessarily need to buy the music, you can just listen to the radio.

3) Do you think that people who are adapt with technology and skilled in visual design have a responsibility to use their skills "to create awareness or peace or social change using imagery"? Yes and no because not everyone has 24/7 access to technology. But if they do and they feel strongly about an issue then they should use there skills to bring attention to the topic. This all depends if that person feels like visuals are the best way that they can get their point across.

4) How could your "Make a Statement" image (Project 1) "create awareness or peace or social change"? My "Make a Statement" image could create awareness for AIDS/HIV becuase it basically speaks for itself. It could help people come to a realization that people are dying becuase of this disease and not just small amounts of people, millions. Which means that people need to start protecting themselves, before they end up with the disease because it isn't a joke. It could happen to anyone and you could end up one of the numbers in the statistics.

Technology, Design, and Communication (Term 2 IP)

1. How can current communication tools and techniques be used to bring attention to the political, economic and social issues of today? Identify 2 tools and how they are used.
   Current communication tools and techniques can be used to bring attention to the political, economic, and social issues of today. Two communication tools that are used today are blogging/message boards and photo's. In todays we have access to computer and the internet were we can express how me feel about the world and post it on the internet where the whole can see. Photos are used these days to show what is going on in the rest of the world and can create awareness.
2. Do you think visual forms of communication (image based) are more likely to reach and impact viewers wordwide than other forms of communication? Why or why not? I think that visual forms of communication that are image based are most likely to reach and impact viewers worldwide because images can be interpreted in many different ways. As we all know a picture is worth a thousand words meaning that one picture can inspire some you in a different way then a person who is also looking at the same image. Image based forms of communication can reach a more wider audience because the materials needed are easy to get a hold of and they are easy to distribute.
3. Do you think that people who are adapt with technology and skilled in visual design have a responsibility to use their skills "to create awareness or peace or social change using imagery"?
   I think that people who are adept with technology and skilled in visual designs have a responsibility to use their skills “to create awareness or peace social change using imagery” because just like artists who create paintings or musicians who create songs it is their responsibility to spread how they feel about the world through their skills.
4. How could your "Make a Statement" image (Project 1) "create awareness or peace or social change"?
   My make a statement image creates awareness or peace or social change because it directly shows a conflict that is currently happening. It proves to the reader that this is something very serious. Also my image also creates awareness because the information I researched for my image is based on actual facts and its not based on

Technology, Design, and Communication

1) One tool people could use is the internet because lots of people pay attention to and really follow things like its the bible People really are interested in the internet because thats where they can find a lot of information on things they are interested in which makes it the best tool to use when recruiting people to your cause. Another tool that could be used is television, people spend a lot of time wasting away in front of the television.

2) I think images help more because people are always imagining things in their heads. Even when they are reading they are imaginging things in their head so images would be a great way to make an impact on the people who view it.

3) I think people with those skills are just responsible to a degree to create awareness of big issues because they have the skills at their disposal to really make a difference in a community. But it is also the peoples responsibility to look around them and listen to the people who are trying to make them aware of things that are making life on Earth worse than ten years ago or even yesterday.

4) My "Make a Statement" project could create awareness for people who don't think before they beat someone because, maybe they are only seeing it from their own point of view and not the point of view of others that get the same treatment. Maybe they only see it as their way of escaping their own pain and not thinking, that when they are escaping their pain they are inflicting not only physical pain on the abused but also emotional and mental damage no matter how long they are getting abused.