Inversiones Extranjeras en México

Inversiones Extranjeras on Prezi

Imagery/Symbolism Prezi

Imagery/Symbolism on Prezi

United Kingdom Interwar

United Kingdom Interwar on Prezi

Reflecting on Prezi

rezi is a new program that we have recently discovered thanks to Mr. Picketts. It is very useful and I have really liked it. It has many benefits over PowerPoint, but it also has some cons. For example, the motions and the way in which you can slide easily and with lots of fun. It is really not that complicated, it is as if it were your own little world. You can zoom in and out your images like if you were falling or flying, you can make things twist and turn, even

move in the direction you want to.

I really did not find many things as difficult and it was pretty easy-flowing. What I found easy was basically everything, since the beginning they show you a small tutorial that basically tells you everything about Prezi. Once you follow the tutorial, it becomes the easiest program ever. If I had to decide between Prezi and PowerPoint, I would choose Prezi. It is such a cool program full of new things yet to discover by yourself.

PREZI presentation

Dream big, but keep it real. on Prezi

Public Service Announcement

PSA stands for Public Service Announcement, which means a type of advertisement in which the objective is not a product, but to raise interest into a certain issue in society that affect us as humans. Most times these annoucements talk about health and safety, but they can also refer to human values and moral. These annoucements can be found in the radio, television, print, etc.

I would like to work with people who I know will work hard and put effort into the project, instead of lazy people who will leave the whole project till the end. Therefore, my first person I would like to work with would be Jorge. He is a very determined person and I know we could work together well. For the previous commercial project, I helped him film his video. He also mentioned me he would choose me as one of his options, but we'll se how it goes. Another option would be Rodrigo/Sebastian, because when they want to work they work really hard and fast. My last option would be to work with Raul, because he is very motivated into the filming art. Working with friends is always better.

• Safe sex
• Drinking
• Smoking
• Drugs
• Obesity
• Bulimia/Anorexia

If I were assigned to create a PSA about drinking, I would approach this theme first talking about what alcohol is and what its causes are. Next I could talk/demonstrate about situations in which we have alcohol infront of us, and how we could manage our nerves not to drink. Drinking becomes a serious problem because when people are under the influence of alcohol because they cannot control themselves and may do stuff that you could regret about later on, such as driving or embarrasing yourself. If I were assigned smoking, it would be a little harder. Millions of people today smoke, and thousands die because of lung cancer. Smoking causes many physical dissabilities such as lack of physical condition, cancer, and other diseases. For the PSA I would film people smoking and then showing how they start to lose important things such as family or values as they keep on smoking. When smoking, we not only affect people surrounding us, but also the air we breath and therefore the whole atmosphere. For a final option, if I were given drugs as a topic, I would approach it in a darker way. Drugs are something way different than alcohol and cigarettes, and cause a way bigger damage. Under the influence of drugs, who knows where you could be. You could be in the space or underwater, and who knows what your body would be doing in real life. Drugs kill your brain, and whenever you consume drugs your body asks for more. A way in which I could approach this PSA would be by demonstrating someone consuming drugs, and later on under the influence of it. During the time period when this person is under the influence of the drug, I would show some changed in that person and how he or she would become slower in life and lose their loved ones. Not only could you go to jail, but also die.

Commercials

The Super Bowl took place last Sunday, and thousands of commercials throughout the world were released. One of my favorite ones was the Chevy Camaro 2011 Miss Evelyn commercial. Even though it lasts for over a minute, it grabs your attention so it seems as if it were less time. Its graphics are also pretty cool. Another commercial I also enjoyed watching was the Suzuki 2011 Kizashi vs. Wicked Weather commercial. I liked this one because it made me laugh and it was really fun to watch. I had never imagined snowmen throwing snowballs. Sealy Posturepedic 2011 After Glow commercial is another one I also liked because it was really funny. I mean, it may not be fully appropriate for small children who were watching the Super Bowl but it's got a point in it. Most of the commercials I saw were pretty good, but the point of a commercial, for me, is for the viewer to enjoy it.

I don't think I could improve way better one of these commercials because they all have their own style. Still, there are some that could have a little lift in some parts. The commercial I will choose for this paragraph will be the Snickers Logging commercial. What I would improve would be the age or sex of the old lady getting hit by the giant log because I bet many people (knowing women) got offended by it. Maybe she could have eaten a Snicker right before getting hit and avoid the giant log. :D

Our first project for the 2nd Semester was to make a commercial, and I decided to make a Pringles Commercial. Everyone had the option to choose their own product to promote. Today in class we saw every video of each classmates, and I concluded many things. For example, you can easily see who put more effort into their commercials than other people. One of the videos I most liked was Jorge's because you can see he put a lot of effort into it. The clips are well put together and the music fits the video very good. The clip in which Jorge speaks is perfect because the volume has been raised for the public to be able to listen to his dialogues.

Commercials mentioned:

Chevy Camaro

Suzuki

Sealy Posturepedic

Snickers

Jorge's Commercial

My Pringles Commercial

Commercial Adds

This commercials that we have just seen are pretty strong and have different subjects. It differs from how funny it might be to not know a language, to how tragical our new perception of beauty is. I liked this commercials because they are not attacking other products, but rather helping us to realize what is going on with our thoughts these days. From the commercials linked on Moodle I chose the Dove - True Colors commercial. I really liked it because it makes people realize about our perspective of the word beautiful, and how beautiful many things can be. Today many people think beautiful just means being pretty on the outside, but not on the inside. This commercial makes people realize that beautiful also means in the inside, and how we can all be beautiful. With this thought in mind, I think the world could be a better place.



Yesterday we heard about our new project, to make a commercial. It sounds quite fun because it's something we haven't done before. Some challenges I am expecting are the editing of the videos and the taking of them. I am still not quite sure of what my commercial would be about, but I would like to film it outside Puerto Vallarta. Right now I will start to think of what my commercial could be about. Maybe that will be my biggest challenge.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHOaJSXr9HI&feature=related
I think this anti-smoking video is really strong. Addicts are really hooked into smoking, and have a really difficult time quitting. Still, it will be even more difficult to continue smoking and then confront diseases.

One Day on Earth

My video has different themes. I started brain storming and my first thought for a theme was a day in my life. It would be really interesting but still many people would not understand it. Therefore I decided to make a day on earth, from morning to night. This new theme involves a day having fun, without stopping throughout also the night. I really enjoyed this theme because it not only describes me, but may also describe thousands of other people. At the beginning of the video I put morning images, and as the video went by I ended it with night life.

This video was a very interesting project to create. Having plenty of days to take photos and video clips, we all took advantage of those days and used them to the maximum level. One example of this would be me, this last weekend I went to Guadalajara to take video clips. Also, I went to Puerto Vallarta's down town and took lots of pictures, which are amazing. Now that I had the pictures and clips, making them into a video wasn't that hard. I used Windows Live Movie Maker, which I didn't like much. I thought I had the Windows Movie Maker, which I already had experience with. With Windows Live Movie Maker, I started at zero. They took the feature I most wanted to use, the speed of video clips. Still, I could manage out without that feature. Connecting all the pictures and video clips into one single video was not that hard. I also put different transitions to make it look better instead of just skipping from one picture to another. What was more of an osbtacle for me was to learn how to use Windows Live Movie Maker, which I think I already have under control. This video was a really awesome project we did, and I would also see myself doing another one in the future.

One Day on Earth

This trailer was just amazing and shocking. I really liked this project because they are not only to promote a company or make money, it is to make Earth a better place for us and our children. These projects are always amazing because it also makes people think twice about life and to realize all the damage we are actually making, not only to planet Earth, but also to us. I think the message, not that hidden, in these two videos are for us to appreciate what life really means and for us to take care of it.
All the clips and images have a certain meaning, it depends on us if we actually want to figure it out or not. For example, little kids having fun somewhere in India where poverty has always been really high. If we think about it, it doesn't matter where we are or what we are passing through, it is actually our choice to suffer for something. When someone who is closely related to us passes away, it will obviously affect us. Still, we have to think about it and to learn not to suffer about someone leaving, but to think that they will be in a better place. What makes these clips and images so powerful is our own mind and how we react to different point of views. In life we have to accept other people's opinions and not get mad about them. That is how people could actually live in peace.

How much fuel do I use?

Every year I use a total of 1,888.56 L of fuel to come to school an back to my house. That is a lot because imagine, every time your fuel is over and you have to go to the gas station, you normally fill 40 L of fuel. Still, it uses around 1 thousand liters less than my dream car, which is a big amout of fuel and money. That would also have a good saving system, using less fuel. The image above is my dream car, a Lamborghini Murcielago. Even though is uses a lot of fuel and I am aware or environmental problems, that car is just amazing. Maybe I should also look for cool cars that use less fuel, but later on.

2005 Mercedes-Benz ML500 - 1888.56 L

Lamborghini Murcielago - 2723.28 L

Honda Civic Hybrid - 615.61 L

Toyota Corolla - 939.06 L

Google Earth Tours

Since last week we have been working with Google Earth, and today we saw other people's tours. The first tour I saw was Jorge's and it was pretty awesome. Something I liked a lot was that he visited famous places like the Taj Majal and the Colleseum. What I didn't like was that many places were still pretty pixelized so you could not distinguish much, other than that it was cool. The next tour I saw was Ximena's, which wasn't that good because she wasn't able to open her original file. What I was able to see was all pixelized so I didn't get to enjoy her real tour. The last tour I saw was Debora's, and it was amazing because she really put effort into it and the places she visited were really beautiful, like for a REAL vacation I would love to go to. What I didn't like is that she stayed in one place too long so it took time, but it was still amazing. My tour was also cool from my point of view because I visited cool places like the Eiffel Tour and the Roman Colleseum, and also places I miss like Mexico City. What I just realized is that the pixelized parts is because of the slow internet connection we have at school. Something I would change is the places I would go to, to be able to visit different places.

Joy

What I have just done is remodel my Blogger Profile. As you can see, it is now more colorful and nice. It has this psychedelic background that really matches my likes. For example, you can see that they are like techno/eletronic lights, which are just awesome. Another thing I also like about my new Blog is that its got this invisible text box so you can still see the background while reading. Still, as time will go by we will have to post more and more posts (no really, post posts :P). Let's just say we will have to let this be handled by time. Remodeling this blog was pretty easy because I just deleted what I didn't need like the fish tank. Even though it was cool, it was just a waste of space and something not useful. For example, in life you will also have to deal to similar things. Not get rid of your fish but of the non important people or items in your life. Something I also just did was eat a chocolate chip cookie.

Something I would just love to do for me is to get a life. Not in the way that I don't have one and I'm emo, no. I just want to grow up and get rid of all my current problems. Still, for that I have to wait some couple years. So, for the meanwhile I will have to make it happen and never give up on life. Even though we all have to go through emotional changes, we have to learn that giving up something is giving up on someone. The future is not that far away from today, and every day is a new day. Lately I've been thinking of what I would like to be when I growed up. When I was small I thought of things like chef, but the only thing I used to cook right was cereal and sandwiches. Later on I wanted to be an architect because if my abilities in math, but architecture is not all about math either. So now, some of my options are surgeon, marine biologist, or architect. Those are three very good options for my life, since I love animals, cereal, I'm good in math, and new experiences are always good. I would also like to learn many other things about everything, which sounds pretty complicated but yeah.

Something that makes me special is my psychological ability. My mom doesn't appreciate it much but it doesn't matter. I help many friends in difficult situations they go through. That is a good aspect of mine because whenever YOU need help I might help you. Something I don't like about that is that all my good advices I give are not useful with me. I have gone almost most problems my "clients" have had and I still haven't managed to get over them. Still, I live an acceptable life and even though I might whine about it, I'm happy I even have a life. Not the same life I was talking about in the last parragraph because in the other one I meant getting a life that will make me a better citizen in the future and in this paragraph I mean as having a soul that allows me to move and think. Lalalala have you ever heard of the song: "Cities of the Future - Infected Mushroom"? If not do it, if yes, AMAZING!

Typing Master Improvement Graphs

These two graphs show how much I've improved since the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the year, I typed around small 30s and as the time passed on I learned to write faster, around 40-50 words per minute. I could really use a little more improvement because typing faster is something we all should master. Typing faster helps us to write our homework or our Facebook comment way faster. I think next year we should concentrate more in other projects like Macromedia Flash instead of wasting a lot of time doing Typing Master and Excel Sheets to show how much we have improved. Still, working with Typing Master is something that has and still could help us more.

Map Scores Graphs

This graph DOES show the difference from time because it has different points from different seasons. It shows the increase and decrease from time on time of your scores and how you have improved. As you score higher, the line increases. As you score lower, your line decreases.

This Language Graph shows the difference from time because each bar shows each score of the Map test. With each bar you can see how you improved during your tests and also how you may have decreased. It is a good graph to show scores over time because as time passes on a new bar passes on.

The Mathematics Map Score is a pretty good graph to show improvement as time passes on. With each test you did, a new cone would appear. The score you get on your test will be how tall the cone will be. The taller, the higher your score is. It is a good graph to show scores over time because you can see how much you have improved during time and how you have done before.

Oil Spill

In April the Twentieth, a catastrophic event happened. An oil drill from the BP Company by the Guld of Mexico suffered an explision, which caused 5 thousand barrels of oil to spill PER DAY. this oil spill is affecting thousands of organisms, both in the water and on the land. Hundreds of animals have been dying because of all the toxins they have to support every day. Imagine having to wake up one day and all your habitat is full of toxins you can´t take anymore. Many animals have to take this everyday, and most of all because of this oil spill. All of this oil has spread over 1800 squared miles and is going for more. This spill has been reaching the biggest oil spill in history. And people may ask themselves who is the responsible for all of this disaster, well the responsible ones for this immense disaster is the BP (British Petroleum) Company. This company is obligated to pay a fee of 7.5 million dollars. Still, that amount of money won´t affect much this company because we humans still keep on using petroleum as our only fuel.

There are thousands of habitats and species being affected, and this is just another inustice in the world. They are obviously not responisble for this disaster and it is something really unfair because they had nothing to do with it. Now, they have to suffer consequnces that they never asked for. The BP Company has thought of several ideas, yet they haven´t acted much. An example would be when they thought of blocking the leak, but still before even doing it they thought that idea would eventually fail. Many people ask themselves what BP will do, and they still have no answer. BP has said they will pay a 7.5 million fee, as said before. Still, BP Company has been demanded by many states close to the Gulf of Mexico, including Louisiana. Because of the size of the oil spill, which is larger than many countries and cities, including Puerto Vallarta, it will take a massive amount of time to clean all of the oil. This spill has already affected the Earth because petroleum is something that living organisms cannot tolerate. Sadly, this leak is still releasing oil as all of us keep on writing and thinking, thinking what will happen next. It may take months, maybe even a year or moe than a year, to stop this leak and clean the ocean. As that time passes on, animal species may even become extinct. This act has been a great one in the human race history, and maybe when it is over with the leaders of many countries will think before acting. For example, the BP Company had stopped the maintenance and as the water pressure got higher, the more chances of the tubes were to break. There have been more thoughts about petroleum, though. For instance, the use of solar energy or gas that comes from cane. Maybe this event will help us in the future, but for a better tomorrow we have to act today.

Bird Image

Links to pages that helped me write this post:

http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/04/26/oil-spill-gulf-of-mexico/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/louisiana-oil-spill-2010_n_558287.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/us/29spill.html

Oil Spill

Map Tests

Well, during the last week and the beginning of this week we have been doing our Map Testing. I am actually proud of my math scores, only my math. I over passed my goal by 7 points! I was supposed to score over 260 and I scored 267 *w*. What motivated me the most to score higher in these tests wasn't the free spirit day. Actually, I don't think that motivated anyone but the teachers. I think something that would have motivated even more a whole class would be that the class that overpassed their scores the most would get a pizza party or something fun.. Still there's nothing fun about school except your friends, is there? Doing the Map Tests is something kind of weird. In primary they made it sound as the biggest deal ever, that you had to eat your breakfast super healthy so you had more energy. Well, non of that is really true. These tests are just so you can see how leveled you are in some classes, and if you are more advanced than others. These tests can tell your future teachers if you are actually able to enter a certain class or not. When I say that doing the Map Tests is weird I mean that it's something that you don't normally do and is kind of a pain. Still, doing these tests help you to see if you are doing good in some classes or not. The Map webpage is the NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association). There you can see the goals of doing these tests.

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Earth Problems Presentations

Today in class we saw each other's presentations. I found them pretty interesting, how we all think the same but different at the same time. It is awesome that we all think that the Earth is really being affected and that we should make a change, still not everybody sees that we Humans are the real problem here. I think that we humans are the ones affecting the Earth the most because we are the ones who want more power. When we humans want more power we a re willing to do anything to get it, and once we have it many people will want that power too. Now that I saw the presentations of other people, I think I could add some more information. Still, most of the presentations I saw today have the written summaries on the slides, and I find that kind of annoying. Instead of PRESENTING (which is what a Power Point is for...) they READ and "entertain" you. In the other hand, I have photos and pictures to show my points while I describe them. I find that kind of a better characteristic in Power Points because it entertains the people more and doesn't let them fall asleep. If I did my own presentation again, I would write the citations at the end, which is something I totally forgot. I don't think it is THAT important right now, but in the future it may be a sign of plagiarism (which I am completely innocent of). Still, hope y'all enjoyed my presentation.