Global communication is the process of sending out information to anywhere in the world. It has promoted globalization through advances in technology, culture, business, and education world-wide in the past ten years. Being able to communicate globally has helped people share technological and medical breakthroughs with other nations. It has allowed groups of people to share their culture and ideas through mediums like the internet and television. It has helped businesses make deals with other companies across the world.
Over the past ten years, the invention of the internet has allowed for faster communication. Information about technology can easily be passed to another person and stored on the internet. For example if a doctor needs to know how to cure a disease he can easily e-mail a colleague in another part of the world for advice. Or he can access a medical database on the internet, in the past it was much more difficult to share medical databases without the internet. Another example is navigation, planes pilots and boats can use radio signals to communicate with people on the ground who have information about dangerous weather.
The internet has also allowed countries and groups of people to share their culture with the world. For example, a country can make their own website and post about their history, their styles, and food, and more so people anywhere in the world can see it. Another method that has gained popularity in the past ten years for sharing culture is the television. People can now view television from other countries via satellite TV and see the culture of those countries through their TV programs. Before, people needed to actually visit a country to understand its culture.
Global communication is especially important for international business. Companies can become business partners with any other company in the world easily via telephone, e-mail, and the internet. Another way business has benefited from the internet is advertisement. Certain websites with a lot of traffic can sell advertisement spots on their web sites and have millions of customers view it. International business in the past was probably largely done over the phone, which was a problem because day time in one country was night time in another county. Now someone can simply send an e-mail and wait for a response.
Education benefits from global communications in a few ways. Students can easily access any information on the internet for learning purposes, and their teacher doesn't even need to be in the same state because they can take classes online. In the past, students needed to go to a library or talk to their teachers directly in their offices. Now a student can simply ask a question with an e-mail or use Google to find information they need to study.
So global communication helps people share technology much faster, people can share their culture much easier, businesses can easily do international trade and advertise to much more people, and students now have a much broader quantity of information than students did ten years ago.
http://wiki.media-culture.org.au/index.php/Global_Communication
Monday, January 31, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Making an outline
Topic: "What is global communication and how has it promoted the globalization witnessed in the past ten years?"
1)Introduction:
- Definition of the global communication.
- How is it important?
"Global communication is the process of transmitting and receiving information on a world-wide scale".
Thesis Statement: It has promoted globalization through advances in technology, culture, business, and education world-wide in the past ten years.
2)Body
Global communication is beneficial to people.
a) Technology.
b) Culture
c) Business.
d) Education
3. Conclusion, connecting to the thematic statement.
Global communication helps people share technology much faster, people can share their culture much easier, businesses can easily do international trade and advertise to much more people, and students now have a much broader quantity of information than students did ten years ago.
1)Introduction:
- Definition of the global communication.
- How is it important?
"Global communication is the process of transmitting and receiving information on a world-wide scale".
Thesis Statement: It has promoted globalization through advances in technology, culture, business, and education world-wide in the past ten years.
2)Body
Global communication is beneficial to people.
a) Technology.
b) Culture
c) Business.
d) Education
3. Conclusion, connecting to the thematic statement.
Global communication helps people share technology much faster, people can share their culture much easier, businesses can easily do international trade and advertise to much more people, and students now have a much broader quantity of information than students did ten years ago.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Writing a Descriptive Essay
* What Will You Describe?
Person
Place
Experience
Object
Memory
Event
* Things to Think About as You Write Your Essay.
Think of a specific event.
The reason for the description, and the specific qualities you wish to focus on.
What was happening?
why was it important?
Who was there?
Sight, sound, smell, touch, taste.
Time of day.
What were the surroundings like?
What was everyone feeling?
* Colorful Word Choice.
Bad example: The sunset was beautiful.
Good example: The distant horizon was like a splash of orange, yellow, pink and blue slowly fading into the night.
* Essay Organization.
The introduction must be interesting and has a thesis statement.
The body must have all the main ideas in order.
The conclusion should be a short summary and sometimes restate the thesis.
* Finally, check your essay again!
Is your description interesting?
Do you describe enough details?
Leaves the reader with a clear idea.
Are there any unnecessary details in your description?
Check over your descriptive essay to make sure there are no grammatical errors, punctuation errors.
For more help, please go to:
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Descriptive-Essay
Person
Place
Experience
Object
Memory
Event
* Things to Think About as You Write Your Essay.
Think of a specific event.
The reason for the description, and the specific qualities you wish to focus on.
What was happening?
why was it important?
Who was there?
Sight, sound, smell, touch, taste.
Time of day.
What were the surroundings like?
What was everyone feeling?
* Colorful Word Choice.
Bad example: The sunset was beautiful.
Good example: The distant horizon was like a splash of orange, yellow, pink and blue slowly fading into the night.
* Essay Organization.
The introduction must be interesting and has a thesis statement.
The body must have all the main ideas in order.
The conclusion should be a short summary and sometimes restate the thesis.
* Finally, check your essay again!
Is your description interesting?
Do you describe enough details?
Leaves the reader with a clear idea.
Are there any unnecessary details in your description?
Check over your descriptive essay to make sure there are no grammatical errors, punctuation errors.
For more help, please go to:
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Descriptive-Essay
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Story in-a-box evaluation of student stories
Top three stories:
1) Luke Walcheski, http://lukewalcheskiengl191spring2011.blogspot.com/
2) Louks, Kyle, http://kyleenglish191.blogspot.com/
3) Stephanie Van Houtan, http://stephvanhoutanen191s11.blogspot.com/
Five Final Criteria
1. 12 Objects are found creatively in the story
2. Story holds interest
3. Story flows well
4. To the point, not too wordy
5. Grammar/Spelling
1) Luke Walcheski, http://lukewalcheskiengl191spring2011.blogspot.com/
2) Louks, Kyle, http://kyleenglish191.blogspot.com/
3) Stephanie Van Houtan, http://stephvanhoutanen191s11.blogspot.com/
Five Final Criteria
1. 12 Objects are found creatively in the story
2. Story holds interest
3. Story flows well
4. To the point, not too wordy
5. Grammar/Spelling
Monday, January 17, 2011
Story in a box - Final Draft
On an unknown island in the middle of the ocean, there was a small village. A village so small, that nobody knew of it aside from the people who lived there. Everyone in this village enjoyed their simple life of fishing and farming. However, many years ago a boy was born here. As this boy grew, his sense for adventure and finding treasure also grew with him. It grew so much, that he eventually became so bored with this small and uneventful village, he had to find some way to leave. So he began to make a canoe from the wood of trees that grew on his island, and when he was finished he left without even saying good bye to anyone. His boat was too small to cross the ocean, so went to other islands and found new villages and new people. And eventually came into contact with people who owned a large ship capable of crossing the ocean. Upon seeing the large boat, he immediately abandoned his small canoe and snuck aboard. He traveled the world on this boat collecting many treasures and seeing many new things. Until he grew too old and tired, he decided it was time to return his small island village.
Thirty years after he left, he found his way back to home. It was almost the same as he left it all those years ago. He had been gone so long that no body recognized him at first glance. But after he showed everyone all the treasures he had found and told them all the stories of his journey, he quickly became the town hero. He brought treasure such as a model of a peaceful looking house with some trees, A dark and slender statue of a woman from Africa, a wooden instrument used for measuring units that did not exist here, a decorative plate, a leather wallet filled with coins from a foreign land, a stamp from china, a jar made of glass, and large drum. The drum was his favorite, he used it to play beats for the people every night. Even the forest and water spirits that helped the town harvest food were impressed with him. Before long he had found a wife and fathered a son, a son who was very proud of him. But eventually the spirits came to think he might have been lying about his own adventures, so they spoke with some wind spirits who witnessed his traveled, and indeed he was lying. Not only was he lying, but all the treasures he had acquired were stolen.
Angered, the spirits returned to the small village. The forest spirit appeared before the village as a large wooden statue of a human head. She informed the village of his dishonest ways and banished him from ever returning. Despite being banished, the water spirit had noticed most of the town still looked to him as a hero, so he cursed all treasures he had brought home. He told them they will catch no fish and no crops will grow if these treasures are not in your village. And upon cursing them he hid them on different nearby islands. He then told them that this is only the fault of your hero, in hopes that they would no longer hope to be like him someday.
His son was very depressed by the actions of his father, in fact everyone began to distrust him just as much. They began to blame their starving him and his father. Deeply saddened how they could all turn on him, the only way he could think of to regain their trust was to go out and retrieve the treasures the spirits had hidden. He went into his mother's kitchen and looked for anything that could useful for his objective, but all he could find was a small table cloth and some flint. He grabbed them and went down to the beach and took a canoe, very similar to the one his father made when he was his age. He rowed to nearby islands and searched everywhere he could see, but he only found trees and water and rivers. No treasures were to be found.
Just as he was about to give up, he came across a large stone statue of a man sitting down with closed eyes and look of discomfort on its face. Confused why such a statue would be out here where men seldom are, he thought maybe this is test. He studied the statue very closely and came to the conclusion that it must be very cold out here all alone. So he gather twigs and wood from fallen trees and lit a fire in front of the statue with the flint he grabbed from his mother's kitchen. As the fire got a little bit bigger, he noticed the eyes of the statue begin to open. They opened but that was all, it still looked very sad. He then decided if it was cold, then it might also be hungry. So he went out into the forest once again and gathered some chestnuts. He roasted them on the fire and placed them next to the statue. The statue raised its head, but this was still not enough for it. He sat down next to the statue and thought very hard what else it might need. He then laughed as it became obvious to him, if it can be cold and hungry, it must also be lonely. So he sat and told it many of the stories his father once told him. Just as he was talking the arms of the statue unfolded and from it fell all the missing treasures. He then thanked the spirits, scooped them up and wrapped them up in his table cloth and ran home as quickly as he could.
Thirty years after he left, he found his way back to home. It was almost the same as he left it all those years ago. He had been gone so long that no body recognized him at first glance. But after he showed everyone all the treasures he had found and told them all the stories of his journey, he quickly became the town hero. He brought treasure such as a model of a peaceful looking house with some trees, A dark and slender statue of a woman from Africa, a wooden instrument used for measuring units that did not exist here, a decorative plate, a leather wallet filled with coins from a foreign land, a stamp from china, a jar made of glass, and large drum. The drum was his favorite, he used it to play beats for the people every night. Even the forest and water spirits that helped the town harvest food were impressed with him. Before long he had found a wife and fathered a son, a son who was very proud of him. But eventually the spirits came to think he might have been lying about his own adventures, so they spoke with some wind spirits who witnessed his traveled, and indeed he was lying. Not only was he lying, but all the treasures he had acquired were stolen.
Angered, the spirits returned to the small village. The forest spirit appeared before the village as a large wooden statue of a human head. She informed the village of his dishonest ways and banished him from ever returning. Despite being banished, the water spirit had noticed most of the town still looked to him as a hero, so he cursed all treasures he had brought home. He told them they will catch no fish and no crops will grow if these treasures are not in your village. And upon cursing them he hid them on different nearby islands. He then told them that this is only the fault of your hero, in hopes that they would no longer hope to be like him someday.
His son was very depressed by the actions of his father, in fact everyone began to distrust him just as much. They began to blame their starving him and his father. Deeply saddened how they could all turn on him, the only way he could think of to regain their trust was to go out and retrieve the treasures the spirits had hidden. He went into his mother's kitchen and looked for anything that could useful for his objective, but all he could find was a small table cloth and some flint. He grabbed them and went down to the beach and took a canoe, very similar to the one his father made when he was his age. He rowed to nearby islands and searched everywhere he could see, but he only found trees and water and rivers. No treasures were to be found.
Just as he was about to give up, he came across a large stone statue of a man sitting down with closed eyes and look of discomfort on its face. Confused why such a statue would be out here where men seldom are, he thought maybe this is test. He studied the statue very closely and came to the conclusion that it must be very cold out here all alone. So he gather twigs and wood from fallen trees and lit a fire in front of the statue with the flint he grabbed from his mother's kitchen. As the fire got a little bit bigger, he noticed the eyes of the statue begin to open. They opened but that was all, it still looked very sad. He then decided if it was cold, then it might also be hungry. So he went out into the forest once again and gathered some chestnuts. He roasted them on the fire and placed them next to the statue. The statue raised its head, but this was still not enough for it. He sat down next to the statue and thought very hard what else it might need. He then laughed as it became obvious to him, if it can be cold and hungry, it must also be lonely. So he sat and told it many of the stories his father once told him. Just as he was talking the arms of the statue unfolded and from it fell all the missing treasures. He then thanked the spirits, scooped them up and wrapped them up in his table cloth and ran home as quickly as he could.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Story in a box, inventory and first draft
Here are twelve items:
1) Stamp is made by China.
2) Native Boat or canoe, make by wood.
3) Ruler
4) Africa statue woman: black color
5) Jar green + yellow, cork.
6) Wooden head's lady, blue eyes.
7) Wooden figure of drumer, scarf, south America.
8) Small plate.
9) Leather wallet, elephen.
10) 3 chestnuts, brown color.
11) A model of a peaceful looking house with some trees
12) Table cloth-a vintage table cloth kept in dark colors.
He is Nick. He is from China.During the second world war, he wanted to move out of China. So he need had permission of people who were working at government. He wrote a letter to government office. After that, the government sent a letter's permission to him with sign and stamp. He need made a boat to move out of China. First things he need a ruler to measure the boat. He was trying to think how to make the boat was safe when he traveled on the ocean. He choose wood to make the boat. When he finished the boat, he wanted to South American to live there. The first, he met a woman who he had a son with. They were happy. They wanted to travel the world and get rich. The found many things such as a model of a peaceful looking house with some trees, a dark and slender statue of a woman from Africa, a wooden instrument used for measuring units that did not exist here, a decorative plate, a leather wallet filled with coins from a foreign land,a jar made of glass, and large drum.
1) Stamp is made by China.
2) Native Boat or canoe, make by wood.
3) Ruler
4) Africa statue woman: black color
5) Jar green + yellow, cork.
6) Wooden head's lady, blue eyes.
7) Wooden figure of drumer, scarf, south America.
8) Small plate.
9) Leather wallet, elephen.
10) 3 chestnuts, brown color.
11) A model of a peaceful looking house with some trees
12) Table cloth-a vintage table cloth kept in dark colors.
He is Nick. He is from China.During the second world war, he wanted to move out of China. So he need had permission of people who were working at government. He wrote a letter to government office. After that, the government sent a letter's permission to him with sign and stamp. He need made a boat to move out of China. First things he need a ruler to measure the boat. He was trying to think how to make the boat was safe when he traveled on the ocean. He choose wood to make the boat. When he finished the boat, he wanted to South American to live there. The first, he met a woman who he had a son with. They were happy. They wanted to travel the world and get rich. The found many things such as a model of a peaceful looking house with some trees, a dark and slender statue of a woman from Africa, a wooden instrument used for measuring units that did not exist here, a decorative plate, a leather wallet filled with coins from a foreign land,a jar made of glass, and large drum.
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