BLOG ENTRY # 21 - CAS Evaluation

Your campaign is intended to inspire others to change. Identify the group that would be most inspired by your campaign and why.

The group that would be most inspired by my campaign is parents who need someone to jump start their journey into creating better eating habits for their kids and themselves if necessary.

Identify the group that would be least inspired by your campaign and identify what specific changes should be made to capture that audience. People who are not willing to give up their bad foods for good ones and won't admit that they have a problem. They could be shown examples of what happens to people when they don't take good care of themselves and that it could happen to them.

BLOG ENTRY # 20 - Attitudes Evaluation

Which Learner Profile quality was your greatest strength during this project?

Communicators because I was able to help other people with their projects.

Which Learner Profile was your greatest challenge? Thinker because I wasn't able to come up with a creative idea for my topic.

Did you do work to the best ability/ No because my video was not the way I wanted it because I make really good videos but this was not one of them.

BLOG ENTRY # 19- Create Evaluation

Identify at least one problem you encountered. What steps did you take to overcome it ?

I had to start my video over because i lost the footage and I had to try to make it as good as the first one.

Identify at least one new technology skill you learned during this project. Describe how you will use these skills in other classes. I learned how to make a bibliography online.

BLOG ENTRY # 18- Design & Plan Evaluation

Compare your storyboard to your final video. Identify at least one change that was made and explain why.

I didn't talk about diabetes because my video was supposed to be a certain length and adding that on would've made it longer.

Compare your sketch to your final poster. Identify at least one change that was made and explain why.

None because I never made a sketch.

BLOG ENTRY # 17- Investigation Evaluation

What aspect of your issue did you choose to focus on in your campaign and why?

The effects of bad eating and how the parents will be blamed for what goes in their child's mouth because they don't learn how to eat by themselves.

BLOG ENTRY # 16- Product Evaluation

How could you improve your poster design?

I could have made it more creative and had more pictures on it.

How could you improve your video?

I could improve my video by having better lighting, more information, creativity, a better person to speak, and a different topic.

Blog Entry # 5.6- Bibliography

Works Cited

"Childhood Obesity - DASH/HealthyYouth." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 June 2010. .

"Childhood Obesity Statistics." Weight Loss Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 June 2010. .

"Childhood Obesity Statistics and Facts | Statistics of Childhood Obesity." Childhood Obesity Statistics and Facts | Statistics of Childhood Obesity. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 June 2010. .

"Obesity and Overweight: Topics | DNPAO | CDC." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 June 2010. .

"The Obesity Society." The Obesity Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 June 2010. .

MLA formatting by BibMe.org.

Final Poster

BLOG ENTRY -Final Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvKPNhcwL0E&feature=youtube_gdata

Blog Entry #5.9C - PSA Concept

Title of your PSA: Eating Smart

What is the main topic of your PSA? Childhood Obesity- choices in food

Target audience: Young children and their parents

What solution will your PSA promote? Healthy eating habits at a young age

What is your tag line? Is this going to be your child? It all starts right here.

What will we see happening in your PSA? What is the story? (At least one paragraph, if not more! Be extremely detailed!) Their will be clips of statistics of unhealthy people while a kid is deciding to eat good or bad food. Their will be two scenarios of either a good life down the road or a bad one based on how the kid eats when he/she is young.

Blog Entry #5.9B - Evaluation

Name of PSA: Bristol Palin On Abstinence

Target audience: Teens who are becoming sexually active or already are.

Tagline:Pause Before You Play

Message: You should think about your background and be prepared

Sound used:nursery rhymes, a baby crying, cameras flashing, a girl talking,people cheering, and political noise

Visual imagery used: pictures shown variously, a room that is empty and small

Text used: what if I didn't come from a famous family, what if I didn't have other support, what if I didn't have all these opportunities, believe me, it wouldn't be pretty

How did you feel when viewing this PSA? What were your emotions? I didn't have any emotions because I won't go through something like that and feel I should not have to worry about it.

What action do you feel you need to take after viewing this PSA? Nothing , because it's like the more information is given out about not having sex, it seems like people are more willingly to have sex more rather than listen to the messages and positive examples that are being set for them.

What is one specific change that would make this PSA more effective?

Blog Entry #5.9A - Evaluation

Name of PSA: Brain On Drugs

Target audience: People mainly teens who are on or thinking about doing drugs like heroin.

Tagline:This Is Your Brain On Drugs

Message:Don't do drugs because it's not worth losing yourself and the people you are surrounded by like your loved ones and your friends

Sound used: Crashing, smashing, yelling,and breaking

Visual imagery used: Black and white

Text used: Partnership for Drug Free America

How did you feel when viewing this PSA? What were your emotions? I wasn't expecting all the loud noises because it just happened out of nowhere.

What action do you feel you need to take after viewing this PSA? Nothing because I don't feel the need to do drugs nor will I ever.

What is one specific change that would make this PSA more effective? Nothing , I believe the message was pretty clear as to how drugs will mess up your life and you will never be the same again.

Week 3

Blog Entry # 5.5 - Issue Research

1. Are you working alone or in a group? If you are working in a group, who are your group members? I am working alone.

2. What social issues have you been assigned? I have been assigned childhood obesity.

3. In order to develop an effective PSA you must feel a personal connection to the social issue that you are addressing.What does this social issue mean to you? When people are obese, usually its from bad eating habits that start at a an early age or they might inherit it from their parents. If the parents don't teach healthy eating and they are already at an unhealthy weight, the child is likely to end up the same way unless they are motivated to make a better life for themselves and the future of their child.

4. What group(s) is/are affected by your assigned social issue? Obesity affects children of all ages but recently it has been between the ages of 6-11 by 45%. Children who have two obese parents are the ones who are mostly at-risk for becoming obese themselves.

5.What potential negative impact can this issue have?  Children can develop health problems like diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol which  normally adults have. They can also develop self esteem issues and have a poor body image because of their weight.

6. What research (statistics) can you use to support your argument that this is a social issue that needs to be addressed? Childhood obesity has tripled in more than 30 years. 70% of obese youth had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease. They are at greater risk for bone and joint problems, sleep apnea, poor self esteem, and adult problems like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, osteoarthritis, and several types of cancer.      

7. Agency/Organization

    a.Federal Trade Commission

    b. Department of Health and Human Services

    c. Veggie Pals

8. What steps can be taken to address this issue? (List at least three steps that can be taken.)
  1) Parents should be more encouraging towards healthy eating.
  2) Kids should be put in programs that help them stay active.
  3) There should be ads for healthy foods towards children so that they won't see eating food thats good for them as a bad thing .
    

Blog Entry #5.8- Design Brief

I am going to design and make a PSA and a print ad for an issues that I have been assigned. The poster is going to be made with dimensions of 17.5(width) and 11.5(height) for Landscape and 11.5(height) and 17.5(width) for Portrait. The video is going to be 30 or 40 seconds long with good camera work. editing skills, and use of lighting and sound. The campaign must have creativity, a tag line, social benefits, facts, and follow-ups.

Blog Entry # 5.7- Design Task

Working by myself , I will be designing a public service campaign for childhood obesity. I will produce a video and print PSA that incorporates the same theme and tagline. The campaign will attempt to influence the behaviors, choices, and /or actions of a particular target audience.  

Blog Entry #5.4 - Print PSA 3

1. Campaign Title: High School Dropout Prevention 
2. Advertisement Title: Ativa 
3. Web Address:   www.boostup.org
4. What was the target audience of the PSA? Teens who are a t-risk of dropping out of high school
5. What social benefit was promoted by the PSA? To encourage struggling teens to stay in school because it will help them in the future for better opportunities.
6. What was the “tag line” of the PSA? When life is this hard, graduating can be even harder.
7. What organization sponsors this PSA? U.S. Army 
8. Describe what is shown/happens in the PSA. Ativa is a girl in the 10th grade who does math problems for 20 minutes and a term paper for 45 minutes. Then she gets on the bus and does a night shift for 6 hours .
9. Describe what makes this PSA memorable. This actually does happen to people in real life because high school is a job by itself so adding on a job or something else makes it even harder.

Blog Entry #5.3 - TV PSA 2

1. Campaign Title : Online Sexual Exploitation 
2. Advertisement Title : Everyone Knows Your Name 
3. Web Address :  www.cybertipline.com 
4. What was the target audience audience of the PSA ? Teenage girls (13-17) who post personal information and pictures of themselves social websites. 
5. What social benefit was promoted by the PSA ?  Teenage girls are to be aware of the dangers of posting personal info online because once it's posted, you can' get it back.
6. What was the "tagline" of the PSA ? Think Before You Post and Don't Believe The Type 
7.  What organization sponsors this PSA ?  The U.S. Department of Justice, National Center for missing and Exploited Children 
8. Describe what is shown/happens in the PSA ? There is a girl named Sarah who is walking out of school when this boy comes up to her and says " hi Sarah". She smiles because she thinks he's cute and keeps walking. Then there is a man selling hot dogs  in a red shirt tells her that he likes her tattoo and she is confused about how he knows that. Her and her friend are in the mall on the escalator and another boy points at her and tells his friend who she is . now she is even more confused about why they know her name. At the movies the ticket man asks her what color underwear she is wearing and she starts to get uncomfortable.  Then at the beach, a man in a white shirt asks her when she is going to post something new. Sarah turns back around and is probably wondering why he also knows her name. 
9. Describes what makes this PSA memorable ? All the people who know Sarah's name is mimicking what happens when you post something personal online- everyone sees it and will know all your business. 

BLOG Entry # 5.2 TV PSA 1

1. Campaign Title: Teen Dating Violence Prevention
   
2. Advertisement Title: Textual Harassment
   
3. Web Address: www.thatsnotcool.com
   
4. What was the target audience of the PSA?  It's designed for teens who are in a verbally abusive relationship where they are pressured and harassed through texting and cell phones.
   
5. What social benefit was promoted by the PSA? Its showing people that you should be in a healthy, loving  relationship and not one that makes you feel bad about yourself and uncomfortable.
   
6. What was the “tag line” of the PSA? When does caring become controlling ..........
   
7. What organization sponsors this PSA? The Family Violence Prevention Fund ; Office on Violence Against Women
   
8. Describe what is shown/happens in the PSA. There is a guy in a big purple cellphone suit and he constantly texts a girl the whole day asking her a variety of questions and he insults her friends, plus he wants her to send him nude pics when he asks for them. He is being unkind and demanding which probably makes the girl uncomfortable.
   
9. Describe what makes this PSA memorable. Anyone in a relationship like this or anyone who knows someone in a relationship like this is probably familiar with this scenario and the guy in the huge purple cellphone suit is going to stand out when people remember it.

BLOG Entry # 5.1 -Definitions

1. What is a public service announcement (PSA)?   A public service announcement is a ad canvassed to the public about certain issues that are important and spread a message.
   
2. Describe an example of a PSA you have seen before.   On B.E.T., there is an ad for the U.S. 2010 Census which is important because it tells the government what type of resources you need.   
   
   
3. What social benefit is promoted by the PSA you selected in question 2?   The U.S. Census helps people get better jobs, health care or insurance,  money for schools, etc.
   
   
4. Nike's tagline is "Just Do It." In your own words, what is a tag line? A tag line is like a slogan and its a catchy phrase that will encourage and interest people to join in their cause.
   
   
5. Name another famous product or company and its tagline. The House of Dereon by Beyonce Knowles and her mother is a women's clothing line and its tagline is Couture.Kick.Soul.
   
   
6. What social issues do you feel strongly about? We need more money for schools because we have old textbooks from like 10 + years ago and we need new computers. Health care is important because someone might need to go to the hospital and cannot because of financial issues.

BLOG Entry # 4.7 -Final Design

BLOG Entry # 4.6 Week 3

Blog Entry # 4.4 - Design Brief

I am going to design and make a poster for Singapore that will be of interest to people. I must find images and information about my country so that I can canvass it to people who might think about going there. I'm going to use  computer software to make the poster more appealing to others.

Blog Entry # 4.3 - Design Task

I will make a poster for Singapore, promoting their culture and encouraging tourists to go there.

Blog entry # 4.2 - Image Research

 
                                                                                  

Blog Entry # 4.1 Country Research

Name of Country: Singapore

Web Addresses of all sources: http://www.wayangtimes.com/singapores-population-is-now-5-million-people.html
http://www.singaporetravelonline.com/category/singapore-current-affair/singapore-currency/
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/singapore/index.html?inline=nyt-geo
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/singapore/pro-languages.htm
http://www.istana.gov.sg/
http://www.planetrulers.com/singapore.php
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/singapore/singapore_photos_4.html
http://www.medtourismreview.com/singapore_tourists.htm
http://www.seedforum.org/int/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=40&Itemid=108
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/photos/photo_singapore_cty_singapore_cntry.html http://www.singaporeyoutholympicgames.com/
http://flowerpic.blog26.fc2.com/blog-entry-79.html

 





Basic Facts
    
             A. Capital city: Singapore
             B.Population: 4,987,600
            C. Monetary Unit/Currency Singapore dollar (SGD)
            D.Official Languages: English, Chinese(Mandarin), Malay, and Tamil

Current Leader
                Name:  President Sellapan Rama Nathan

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