11. An Information Graphic

10. Digital Story Outline

Digital Storytelling Outline

In this assignment we required to brainstorm for translating our sociological concepts into a digital story. The first stories about children’s and divorce .Unfortunately, millions of children in the world have to face divorce of their parents. Some of the children overcome the challenge without any problems, while for majority this issue remains critical for the rest of their lives. In such cases divorce impacts their behavior form the very childhood and the e signs of the impact are very likely to be indicated though reduction of educational success.

During and after divorce children need a lot of support and these should come from both parents if possible. If not so, it is likely that children might not be able to overcome the challenge without any additional problems such as interruption of education.

It often happens so that divorce negatively impacts quality life of children because the level of the family income reduces, and a single-parent family might not be able to provide the child with everything he or she wants or needs .In such situations life of children becomes even more challenging and during childhood or in the period of adolescents there are few individuals who are able not to focus on such difficulties. Thus, the complex situation in their family is added by lack of money and lack of entertainment. As a consequence, children start developing negative an attitudes to many activities, including going to school. More often they tend to stay at home; they do not have any desire to wake up early to leave their rooms (The Effects of Divorce on Children and Education).

       The second story related to children's education. Education is one of the most important spheres of life of every person. This aspect is influenced by many factors which, unfortunately, impact it not only in a positive way, but in a negative as well. Since family and education are two the most important spheres of life of every child, there is a connection between them and some problems in family life inevitably influence academic achievements. This effect is especially severe when children have to face divorce of their parents. Of course, some of them might overcome it without any significant problems, while others demonstrate significant difficulties in terms of behavior and education. The plan for these stories it possible novel it by creating animation and slideshow. I will make interview with parents. In my opinion, the parents are the best simple to provide me the correct information which I want to know. Finally, I will challenge myself to shows my concepts by perfect animation and slideshow.

9. Video Slideshow with Voiceover

8. Video Slideshow

7. Screen Structure Images

Screen Structure Images

In this assignment, we were required to collect images that are related to our conceptual focus.  My focus is education and technology. Educational technology is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.

So see my Slide-Share PowerPoint Presentation by click the link below.

http://www.slideshare.net/Nadiah_2015/multimedia-nadiah-7-15584371

6. Video Clip re Key Concept

The History of Technology in Education

This video describes how technology has changed from the past to present. The educational process was previously limited to three points, the first: the student learner, and the second: the teacher, and the third, the subject. Once technology entered the education, it became the fourth underlying teaching-learning process, and had a clear impact in increased support and awareness for students. The introduction of technology in education with the presence of tools such as audio conferencing, and makes it possible now to connect with teachers and learners who are geographically distant.  It shows how primitive previously means of education were, the impact of technology in education and the huge changes that have taken place with the help technology, which provides easy and convenient access to education as we more through a time of the technological resolution.

5. Defining and Visualizing Concepts

                                                Defining and Visualizing Concepts

1. List two concepts highly relevant to your sociological focus. Briefly state why you would like to learn more about them and especially why you would like to build multimedia around them.

Two concepts that are highly relevant to my sociological focus are education and teaching in media.  I would like to learn more about these concepts and build multimedia around them because both education and teaching are the basis of the progress of people and nations 

renaissance, and they are the most important elements of education.

2. Provide a brief description relative to how each concept has been defined and measured 

(i.e., operationalized) in the academic literature (books and/or journal articles). In so doing, consult at least two references per concept (be sure to provide citations for references (follow 

citation style of American Sociological Review).

For education ,the article" Conductive Education" by Ratiffe, Katherine T, Sanekane, Cindy. Discusses the importance of education, learning disabilities and the importance of developing learning environments for students and help them achieve their goals.

For teaching, the article" Techno Teaching" by Anonymous. Discusses the role of teaching in education and that most of the teachers are trying to develop teaching plans by embedding 

technology.

3. For each concept, briefly describe how you might approach it via multimedia representation.

 Education via distance education.

Teaching through videos.  

4. Relative to A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods, determine the following for each of your concepts:

a. Would “structure” or “process” visualization work best?

I think the visualization structure will work best in education and teaching, because the media has become a necessity in training and education.

b. Which of the six broad types might be most applicable?

Either via the concept of metaphor or vision, because the use of educational technology in the process of teaching and learning makes education more effective and impact among students.

c. Within that broad type, which particular visualization device might be most appropriate?

The best way to focus on images and learning map because it best suited for learning and teaching

d. Run each concept through Wordnik, Visuwords, Lexipedia, and Ngram Viewer. Did you discover anything noteworthy?

*Wordnik:

Education: A program of instruction of a specified kind or level.

Teach: To give instruction, especially as an occupation.

*Visuwords:

Education: knowledge by learning and instruction.

Teach: A person whose occupation is teaching.

*Lexipedia:

Education: The knowledge acquired in school, which person's mind and character.

Teach: impart skills or knowledge to.

*Ngram Viewer:

Education:

    

            Teach:

What I found in the Wordnik, Visuwords, and  Lexipedia definitions are very similar but in the Wordnik view the definitions was clear and easier. As for Ngram viewer is different in display compared to others because it shows via the graph.

4. Illustrating Concepts

 Illustrating Concepts

The Better for me is the second video in the presentation and explanation of ideas through animation, and I am international student I found animation as in the second video is easier to understand the general ideas of the lecture. The difference between the two videos is that: the first video is depth explanation of the ideas and fills in the information because it is an academic lecture. The second video is just showing the most important key points of what has been explained in the lecture

3. Exploring Online Sociology Site

Exploring Online Sociology Site

Sociology Improve http://thesocietypages.org/improv/

This site shows the evolution of sociology and autonomy due to the complexity of social life branching into multiple fields, each of which includes an aspect of social life.

This site shows the close link between sociology and other sciences by allocating each week to talking about the relationship of sociology to other sciences, such as politics, culture, technology, economics, academics and other sciences by conducting interviews with authors and well-known sociologists.

This podcast is an informal discussion about what is happening in the world and has a archive that retains all topics that have been discussed from March 2010 to today's date.

Finally, this site confirms that the reason sociology could not truly be understood without philosophical framework is due to social phenomena and the link between its data and facts of history and society, and that any social philosophy away from reality becomes a kind of abstract thinking, which is difficult.

2. My Online Life

My Online Life

I am a digital immigrant according to Prensky in his articles classification because I learned to use the internet from native users. I did not grow up online. I do not remember that I used the Internet, before I was 6 or 7 years old with its means, but with the beginning of my university life began my use of the internet. The Internet for me became a friend and assistant. I cannot pass on the hour without checking my email on my Laptop, mobile, or doing research in Google for a quick answer to any personal question that I have. The Internet has a significant impact on making the world into a small village; it is always easy to contact my family and my friends. It helps me in my studies using the search function to find answers to what is difficult to understand and to find a more simplified explanation than the professor or books approach. The Internet has also become a recreational way for me to spend free time in watching movies, listening to music, and also reading the news. The Internet is a big part of my life, and I cannot imagine my life without it.

To what extent are your observations and experiences consistent with those made in the article and the two documentaries?

 Technology and the Internet have made our life very easy. The internet allows us to connect different people in different ways, all over the world. Also, by our lap top, and cell phone, we can get all the information from where ever we are. It has made to obtain information on any topic in our school or university experience much easier. Through, the internet we can get the direction, play games, buy movie ticket before go to the cinema, book flight, reservation hotel, buy books, clothes, electronics……..etc., we cannot deny that although the Internet if has positive aspects it also has negative aspects. Number of parents disturbing spend their children long of hours front of a computer screen without spend their free time with them. Another negative aspect is that using the internet for too long can hurt ones sight. So parents must be determining the number of hours their children's use of internet, to reduce the damage of negative aspects on their children's. Finally one of the downsides, is people loss the actual of face to face communication with others, such as when the family or friends meeting each of them using his or her smart phone or own laptop. They do not care about what is happening around there.

1. Who Am I ?

Mosaic

1. A current photo of myself.
2. A photo of myself as small child.
3. A photo relevant to the city where my grew up.
4. A photo of the most important influence in my personal development.
5. The best image symbolizing my personality.
6. A photo relevant to the likelihood that others will be surprised when they find out that I have son.
7. A photo relevant to what I most passionate about.
8. A photo relevant to what I want to be when I grow up.
9. A photo illustrating that if I were not a human being, the animal i would prefer to be.

Word Cloud

( 20 word description who am I )