ePublication

Today in ePublication we needed to conduct research on ePublication. Basically, ePublication means books, magazines etc. on the internet and are interactive. Different audiences require different types of ePublication, for example relaxing music while you read your ebook is for people who need to unwind and a tutorial video with some text about ho.w to fix a computer are for tech newbies who need help with their computers or interactive children's books are for babies and small children.

Communication in middle school is slowly progressing. We go onto use Moodle to check our homework and we go onto chat to ask people questions about the homework.

The again some people are forgetful and don't check. Then they forget to do their homework. But if we build the moodle onto the school website, the people are bound to come up with it sooner or later if they like reading on the internet.

Multitasking Review

I would say, on a rate of 1 to 10, my multitasking effectiveness would be a 5. When I'm doing an assignment on the internet and i go and check my mail, I still would have been able to finish the project, but it depends whether I'm interested in it or not. If it's boring then I tend to wander off, but if it's fun than I would finish it in a few minutes. I would wander off to YouTube when the project is boring and listen to songs when I suddenly realize that I have to finish the project, but usually I finish it right away.

My distraction levels (like I said before) would be a 5 out of 10. If the project is boring I tend to search up stuff on Google, check my email or go on YouTube. But eventually I would finish it so my distraction levels are pretty much in the middle.

Strategies that I often use to prevent me from multitasking is to mentally tell myself to STOP MULTITASKING AND FINISH YOUR WORK and that usually helps a lot. But when that fails, I just close all my windows and try to concentrate and if that doesn't work, then I mentally tell myself to stop and so on.

My parents think that I spend to much time on the computer, and I only usually stop when they say so. Even when I'm doing my homework, my parents say that I take a long time to finish (probably because I multitask). Usually my parents put this lock on the computer (when a period of time where you don't shake the mouse, the login screen appears and I don't know the password) to stop me from going on again when I get off.

iPod Touch Apps

I am mostly interested in apps that entertain me. Like the 'Fun Box'. It's like a little box that has hundreds of buttons which make different sounds, like a 'BINGO!' and a 'HA HA HA!' button. Since I don't have an iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad, I haven't played it before but I presume that it is very good. I would like to have it because it's fun to listen to monkey sounds and 'BOOOO's after school.

Second is 'Pocket God'. You get a bunch of little villagers which you can name and you basically try in as many ways as possible to kill them. Like I said, I don't have an iPod Touch, but a friend of mine highly recommends it to me and I've played it ONCE before. You can flick the little people into the volcano, turn them into zombies, feed them to sharks, get their limbs pulled off by monkeys and a lot more! I would like this app because it's funny when you see your little villagers burn up and die and regenerate them to burn them again.

My last is 'Facts!!!'. It's basically a book of useless facts like, 'Red Wood bark has fire resistance' or ' the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable'. I've seen pictures of it and I would have wanted to buy it. If I had an iPod Touch i would've gotten this because it's fun to look at useless and dumb facts and say them to your friends to make them think your smart and I learn something new.

Doodle Community

My idea for an app is something called doodle community. You can raise a little village of little doodle circles, help them hunt for food, build little communities and help them thrive.

Or you can clog their arteries with too much fatty foods, give them sticks of dynamite as candles, squish them with your finger and generally ruin everything for them. You can even sacrifice your fellow tribes members. Any way you decide to treat your village, I think it's going to be fun! I think it should have been $1.99. This app is mostly for people under the age of 20. I think that it's not very useful in our daily lives but is just for entertainment purposes.