Photos, Images & Giving Credit: Topic 4

1. Can you  claim an image is yours, despite having permission from the creator of the item?
-- No, because the image is still not yours. You shouldn't be parading around an image and saying it's yours when you didn't actually make it. As an artist, I especially know how irritating it is when someone says a drawing is there's or doesn't even bother to cite it. Don't be a jerk, cite your images or else face a watermark or copyright infringement.

2. How long does a copyright last for?

-- Copyright lasts for quite a long time, nearly 100 years in some cases. There is no real limitations to it and a lifetime may go by before it is lifted on a book or idea.

3. A Creative Commons license allows someone to take the image and manipulate, modify, or change it as long as the original image is cited.

4.

a.

Armando Rivera. Little Princess//La Princesita 8. April 12, 2012. Flickr. Yahoo. Web. October 26th 2015. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/armandoh2o/6932805860/in/photostream/>.

Because in my story the main character is a princess and escaping from a forced marriage, this image reflects how she ran away feeling exhilarated and smug about the whole ordeal.

b.

Pink Sherbet Photography. Girl Holding Book Looking out Window. October 24th, 2009. Flickr. Yahoo. Web. October 26th 2015. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/4046234527/>
My character at one point looks longingly out a window, wishing she could run away from her forced marriage, and so this fits her perfectly.

5.

 

Horses. Jupiterimages Corporation, 2006 . Image.

Discovery Education. Web. 26 October 2015. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>.

At one point Lia and her friend Pauline ride on a horse and have to hurry out of town, so this represents when they escape the palace.

Blogroll and Commenting: Topic 3

1. How can blogging be used to enhance learning in your high school classes?

I personally think blogs can be used to track student's progress like for projects or other things. It's a good way for people to interact as well and aid each other with certain things like homework.

2. Tell us about two of the characters in the book that you are reading for your book trailer. What do they look like?  What kind of personality characteristics do they have?  Do they have any problems?  Would you be friends with them if they went to your high school?  

Two characters in my book that I'm reading in my book are Princess Lia Jezelia and her mother. Lia has long black hair and dark eyes, typically wearing fancy and noble clothing. She's very sharp tongued but also is careful about doing the right thing. Her main issue is that she has to marry a boy from another kingdom that she hasn't even met, but she wants instead to chose her own life. Her mother is tall and orderly, wearing her hair back and having sharp facial features. She does what she believes is best for the kingdom and doesn't take emotions into account, like how she urges her daughter to marry the unknown prince. Other than her daughter getting married, she doesn't really have any problems. I would probably be friends with Lia but not with her mother. Her mom seems too strict and I wouldn't enjoy being with someone who does things out of tradition and refuses to change.

3.What about the setting of the book.  Where does it take place: in the country, the city, a high school? What is the time frame: in the present, the past, the future?  Describe one scene in the book so that we can get a feel for the setting and time.

This book takes place in a medieval setting in a fictional kingdom called Morrighan. Despite it being an old setting, this time frame is in the present and chronicles a young girl escaping from a forced marriage. One of the scenes that shows this setting is right in the beginning when she completes a sort of wedding ritual and is left with her mother in a room of the Morrighan castle. Lia notes the carriages passing by underneath and talks with her mother about her duties as a First Daughter of their household.

Avatars: Topic 2

Avatars are a way for people to create icons or images in their likeness. Most are usually used on sites like forums or social media websites, like Tumblr or Twitter, to identify oneself.

1. Because I had some free time, I used multiple sites in the creation of these images. I'll list them below and reveal the image underneath each link. It'll make things look clearer and you'll be able to visit the sites on your own in case you'd like to create your own little avatar.

2. These avatars didn't take too particularly long, since most of them were just basic. I took some artistic liberties with a couple because there were sometimes a lot less or more options than I originally assumed. Creativity is an important trait, after all.

Digital Citizenship: Topic 1

Welcome again. This post will be about Digital Citizenship and things related to it.

The first thing I'll address is "Blogging Guidelines". Looking over the rules mentioned, the ones I would have the most trouble with would be Rule 3 and Rule 4. I occasionally will jump headfirst into things and not realize what I might be stirring up. It also leads into the next rule, since I'll need to be cautious regarding how I phrase certain things and making sure I don't offend anyone.

1. Digital Citizenship are the things defining responsible and appropriate use of the internet, meant to protect the individual.

2. The rights and responsibility of a digital citizen are numerous. They are all essentially acting responsibly and doing what you can not to tarnish your image.  For example, one would be being careful of what you post online, in case it may offend or trigger someone.

3. After searching my name, I honestly can't find anything aside from a Facebook post about a book I had been reading. It's pretty clean and hopefully it'll remain that way.