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.

Technology, Design, and Communication (Term 2 IP)

1) Current communication tools and techniques used to bring attention to issues are photojournalism and blogs/message boards. Photojournalism is using images to create a story, and to use that story to impact others or bring attention to a cause. Blogs/message boards are tools for people who share similar opinions about a certain issue t discuss it, and eventually inspire and influence the emotions and actions of people who read the blog/message board. Borges, a photojournalist, describes his photojournalism by saying "I like to tell the story through people, Through their eyes and faces...I tell the stories of heroes..." (Goulet 1). Burtynsky, another photojournalist, hopes his photojournalism "[allows] the viewer to confront these places and begin a dialogue...to ask what is this author trying to tell me" (Goulet 1). These photojournalists use techniques in the photos they take to cause the reader to ask themselves questions and further influence their thoughts.

2) I think visual forms of communication are more likely to reach and impact viewers worldwide for example, it's easier to emphasize with someone on a picture when you can see what they're going through, as opposed to reading about it. You can read an article about someone suffering, but you won't feel as bad as if you've seen a picture of the same person suffering. Alice Rose George says it best when she says "People see a picture long before they read. It influences how they understand (what they read)" (Goulet 1). An example is how the author of the article, Nancy Goulet, responds to a photo she sees "Is he contemplating? Is he caught in a fantasy? A memory? What have those beseeching eyes seen during his short life to leave such a haunting expression" (Goulet 1.) The photo was obviously very effective in causing Goulet to experience emotions and thoughts.

3) People who are adept with technology and skilled in visual design are free to use their abilities however they please, but they should realize how valuable of an asset they would be to helping a cause , or getting a point across. I wouldn't say they have a responsibility to use their skills to create awareness or peace, but they should acknowledge that their skills could make a huge impact in the world. Those who choose to take on the responsibility of being a photojournalist "have the responsibility to execute a message and make the message much more powerful" (Goulet 1). Photojournalism can be a very rewarding career, for example, Edward Burtynsky, a photojournalist, won the TED prize, and "was awarded a $100,00 purse and granted resources and support for three wishes to better the world" (Goulet 1).

4) My "Make a Statement" project can create awareness or peace or social change because it brings up an important issue: lack of free health care for those who don't who don't already have it. It makes people without health care wonder if they should be receiving free health care. More specifically, US citizens who don't have health care should be really influenced by my statement. After all, why should the live in a free country, and not receive free health care? The purpose of my statement was to "was to compel you to creating awareness of a situation you pass by everyday without notice" (Goulet 1). Referencing the article, my statement had a "strong, clear and consistent voice" (Goulet 1). I conveyed my message clearly and simply. My statement could cause US citizens who don't have free health care, and are eligible for it, to become aware of this problem, and actually try to receive health care.

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.
   
   Today communication tools and techniques such as 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 in quote, "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."
   
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 believe visual form of communication has similar effectiveness as any other forms of communication. Though these different types of communication are similar they all have one intention and that is to raise awareness or convey a message to the public. Throughout all, I do think in a way visual forms of communication are more likely to reach and impact viewers wordwide than other forms of communication. The reason is because visual forms are a way to express one emotion, thoughts, and has a bigger impact on the public than other forms of communication. For example, a poster, a banner, website, etc. are all decorated with visual to catch the public awareness. In texts people will simply ignore it and walk away, but woth visual you can at least draw their eyes toward you. As Nancy Goulet mentioned, "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." What this means is that though the photo is small compare to the paragraph, the photo itself have sum up the whole meaning of the paragraph.
   
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 believe that people who are adept with technology and skilled in visual design has the responsibility to use their skills to create awareness or peace or social change using imagery. The reason is because everyone has a purpose set in mind as to what they want to do before they essentially do it. In the case of imagery, if the person does not have the mind set as to what their message they want to bring out such as awareness or peace or socail change one can not possibly create an image. As in quote from Alice Rose George, "Photography, like words, needs to be sequenced, ordered and placed in context in order to convey the emotional, visual and aesthetic." What this means is that a photograph is much like words that has a powerful message to create understanding and awareness for the public. So that's why I believe people who are adept with technology and skilled in visual design has the responsibilty to use their skills to create awareness or peace or social change.
   
4. How could your "Make a Statement" image (Project 1) "create awareness or peace or social change"?
   
   In my "Make a Statement" project some of the things that I have included are a chart of the number of dropouts by race/ethnicity, an image of a graduating student, and an image demonstrating some of the careers student would want to pursue in. These images raise consciousness by showing the effects of students that today more and more students are dropping out of school. With teh lack of education one will never be able to pursue in the careers they wish to do. As a result, to provide a change to lessen the number of dropouts, I created this collage with the statement, "Stay in School"to show students that if they stay in school and get an education they will be able to pursue in their careers.

Make A Statement

1. Who is your target audience? (global, Americans, neighborhood community, TBA community, etc.)
The target audience that I am trying to attract is neighborhood communities. I’m really trying to attract as much people’s attention as I can.

2. What do you want your audience to do (action) or know?
I want my audience to take as much action as they can take. I want my audience to take action by trying to make a change in the communities.

3. Why is this topic important to you?
This topic that I did is important to me because it is affecting our communities, and our world. Some people think that they can just treat children anyway they feel like treating them. But they can’t because a hurt child doesn’t only hurt the family it’s self but it does hurt people’s community. It’s so important to me because I enjoy working with young children. Seeing hurt children that I enjoy working with is hurtful to see them hurt so badly.

4. Do you think you were successful in getting your point across? Why or why not?
I do think that I was successful in getting my point across.

5. Include the URL of where you got your image from.
http://www.webspawner.com/users/brookebyars/child%20abuse%20pic.jpg

Make A Statement

1) The target audience is affected people that are homeless and people that are not homeless.

2) What I want the audience to do is not that complicated, I just want them to realize that “Homelessness is not a movie it’s real”. What the world needs to do is learn how to give, a dollar even if its pocket change, it would still help the homeless. Or if you don’t trust giving your money to the homeless give it to an organization. Better yet start a can food drive to help feed the homeless. Whatever your option is just get there and stop staring and do something.

3) This is important because Homelessness grows each year. More and more people are living on streets and in public places, where ever they can find a place to live even in the worst places you can think of. People walk on by or just stare at the homeless man or woman as if they are nothing. We must not forget they were just like us living the life and having money in their pockets; it’s poverty that caused the change for the homeless. The world needs to do something now to prevent homelessness for occurring in the future.

4) I think I was successful of getting my point across because you don’t even have to read what I wrote on why Homelessness is important? I think the picture itself speaks for me.

“Make a Statement”.

1. My Targer audience is people in communities who believe in the unfair punishment police show towards people.

2. I want people to know that I personally know about the unnecesary treatment police give out. I also want then to know that this is jsut food for thought I'm not sure if there is anything we can do because some polive abuse their power and make it seem as though we are powerless.

3. This topis intriged me because I have had police hit my cousins when there was no reason. i find it unfair that someone with such power for good finds it necessary to use it for bad. It disapoints me that this is what it has come to brutally beating on people just because they can. it enrages me.

4. I believe i could have done better with my picture because it doesn't show all the emotion I have towards this topic. I think it only shows little of what I feel. I could have done better.

5. http://www.uniform.name/pics/30020_big.jpg - this is for the cop uniform

i cant seem to find the link for the prisoner uniform.

Make my own Statement

Human Rights Issue: Neighborhood Violence
Neighborhood violence is a problem in almost all inner city/ urban areas. The homicide count is well over 70 so far this year... Which speaks for itself. Gang violence in particular is a big issue because it amplifies the volume of violence in communities because of rivalries. This image is targeted to anyone who lives in the city and is a teenager. They're usually victims to things such as gang affiliation and neighborhood violence.
I want people to know that there is almost no reasonable explanation for being in a gang. Some of this country's most notorious gangs reside in California in places such as Compton and LA. Most of these teenagers that join a gang are looking for protection but have no idea what the origin of the gang is and what exactly they're fighting for besides assaulting, or killing someone who's wearing a color not affiliated with their gang.
This topic is important to me because I want the younger generation of gang members to realize that when they do join gangs (such as crips or bloods) they're putting their life in risk even while in the comfort of their own homes, simply because they wear a different flag color. Most of these teens are of the same race and most likely reside within the same area or neighborhood. There is nothing wrong with uniting with the ones you care for and protecting them when they need it, but these gang members are senselessly killing eachother because of what color they rep.
I don't know if I will be very successful in convincing someone in a gang that it's not worth it, but if common sense can't convince someone that a color isn't worth fighting for then I don't know what good this will do. I hope they can at least comprehend the statement I'm trying to make and realize that there are other ways to remain safe without resulting to violence. This image was originally a photo of the Compton Crips, I edited it to be Bloods and Crips in the same photo by changing the color of their flags so it looks like they're together. The reason for this is to show that they are ultimately the same people fighting eachother based on a color solely.

Photo source
(http://images.google.com/images=tbn:T16VKiN8Ev3o9M:http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/crips-45440.jpg)

Make A statement

1. My target audience is pointed to the whole world but mainly our government and the president because instead of our troops being in Iraq fighting over oil they can be doing something benefiting their needs.
2. I want my audience to take action and go help. I want my audience to see how much pain these people are going through and help out.
3. My topic is so important to me because the world promised that this would never happen again in 1945 now 2006 and the epidemic has once again happened
   
4. I believe I was successful in getting my message across the picture is like a comparison of the two how they both are similar and how in both the people being targeted are fleeing from their homes
5. www-lu.hive.no/videreutdanning/holocaust/
   ga0.org/campaign/SC_Darfur/explanation
   

1) Who is your target audience? (global, Americans, neighborhood community, TBA community, etc.)

The Target audience is any who has knows some that's has arrested for what they believed in.

2) What do you want your audience to do (action) or know?

What I want my viewers know about is that in contrast around the world people are being imprisoned for race, religion, and many more.

3) Why is this topic important to you?

This topic is important to me because I want to show people that every day innocent people are being imprisoned for the wrong reasons.

4) Do you think you were successful in getting your point across? Why or why not?

Depending on peoples opinions I think I did get my point across because there are a lot of people and families that go throughout this type of situation every day.

5)Include the URL of where you got your image from.
1) http://www.boiseguardian.com/2005/12/index.html
2) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2131773.stm

Make A Statement

1. I think this photo has everything you need to know about war and how its bad.

2. I truly agree with the artists opinion because i think that war is a horrible way to change our governmemt.

3. The message is clear because you can clearly see how war can destroy many things around it. War is just like a virus. Anything it attacks can be killed instantly.

Make A Statement

The target audience for this picture is mostly boys That are between the ages of 14-21 in the Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury areas. I dont know much about other town in Boston but I know that in these areas there is alot of gun violence going on and I know that its been greatly effecting youth particularly the boys in these neighborhoods.
My reason for creating this image is to let people know that thousands are people are dying due to gun violence. I want my audience to realize that not only are there popele dying but that they can do something about. That they can make a diffrence by not feeding into the sterotypes and to stop killing eachother. And that by stoping the violence they can save alot of people.
The topic of gun violence is extremely important to me becasue it effects me too. I worry that even though my older brother isnt associated with any gang related people that one day he could die due to gun violence. This topic is also important to me because I have a little brother and I'm worried about his safty becasue of the way teen boys today are freely taking eachothers lives.
I think that creating this picture I successfully got my point across. I believe that I accomplished exactly what I wanted to. By puting the words in the grass I made it easy to see the thousands of people that die each year because of gun violence and I think that all of the tombstones will grab the attention of the audience.
I got the picture above from inauspicious.org

making a statement

1) The target audience is every american who opposes the war in iraq.

2) I want the audience to help bring home our safely to there familys and friends.

3) The reason why the topic is so important to me is because a was never a person who agreed that we should have went into iraq so now i think that its time to bring home the troops.

4) I think that I was successful in getting my point across because the picture shows the troops coming off the plane with a calender that symbolizes that we ave been in iraq for to long.

Make A Statement

This manipulated photo is a picture of violence in our communities that leads on to murals scenes and open caskets that shows what’s going on in the world when it comes to murdering other people over nothing important. My target audience is the crowd in the world today "the people around you and the gang bangers that never sleep." The action that I want the target audience to take in or consume is that if you look around yourself you'll see children, which makes children the future and they take in anything that they see in the streets today from language to violence, which means that it's an never cycle in the world today. This topic is important to my because if I look around me my whole is based on the that’s going on in my life because it's a day to day going, but never let it stop me from me being myself in life. Yes, but then again no because I get my point across to people all around but not that much people are going to just avoid the "words are stronger than actions" and that my opinion about this, so far.
Url: C:\Documents and Settings\939599\My Documents\My Classes\Media\Mark_Violence in the Communities copy.jpg

Child Abuse

Who is your target audience? (global, Americans, neighborhood community, TBA community, etc.)
My target audience for this project is the global and the community.

What do you want your audience to do (action) or know?
I want the global to know that these are young childerns life being taking away and there so young that they don't diserve to abused in so many ways that even sometimes they are dying. Also i want the people out there who know's it wrong to abuse a child to aomething to help them.

Why is this topic important to you?
This topic is so important to me because i have little brothers and i would hate it if anyone abused them. infact the picture that is shown above is my little brother so i want to show that i care and that i wouldn't want any ones little brothers to get hurt.

Do you think you were successful in getting your point across? Why or why not?
Yes i think that i had a successful point across because i showed the audience that i care because i have little brothers and also that these are kids that are being abuse and killed, there innocent they wouldn't hurt a fly so why would you hurt them.