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Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Digital Media Journal Entry - Blogger, WordPress and LearnerBlogs



WordPress is a great blog site with many options to use as well as a great range of customization options and stat tracking like Blogger. Setting up an account is extremely easy but there is a slight learning curve in setting the blog itself though.

In my opinion, WordPress themes and templets are better looking than its competitors like Blogger and learnerblogs. Blogger however is easier to use by the average user and has a moderate range of customization tools and advance customization tools like CSS.

Blogger is however more well known and is being runned by Google. Therefor, blogs on blogger are easier to look up in Google than blogs from WordPress. It may take some time before Google will be able to add WordPress blogs in their search results.

EduBlogs or LearnerBlogs however looks exactly the same as WordPress with almost the same interface as WordPress from making new posts to WordPress's Upgrade To Pro button but it is more centered  on students and teachers. EduBlogs aims to provides it's services at a certain targeted audience unlike Blogger and WordPress which is targeted to everyone.

Comments can be controlled on each blog site. You can also invite other users to edit on your blog and make posts themselves. This would allow people to easily share info using their own account rather than sharing the stand alone password of the main account to everyone who wants to post on that said blog.

In my opinion, I prefer WordPress than Blogger because of its customization tools and also because the preset themes look better than their Blogger counterparts. Paid themes are available for better looking and more professional looking sites and the UI for editing blogs simply feels more appealing in WordPress. Thinks I don't like about WordPress is that it has a bit more learning curve than Blogger and that Blogger uses your Google Account and connects with other Google services you use from Gmail to the new Google Drive.

If I were to have students of my own and they would like to have their very own blog for the first time, I would recommend blogger for its easier and more simple interface which would allow them to make their blogs quickly. I would however recommend WordPress if they would like a more professional approach. I wouldn't recommend EduBlogs because its simply does not have enough features as the other 2 as well as that the fact that its not that known as a blogging service. Blogger and WordPress are the 2 big ones which people would easily recognize.

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Macbeth

I like Macbeth more than his wife because his wife is the one who tempted him to do the murders. Macbeth was used to be the king's top captain and the king put his trust on him. When he found out that he is soon to be king with his wife by his side, he committed  the murders.
It's because of his wife why his personality changed. His wife kept pushing him and tempting him to commit the crime so his wife can become more powerful very soon.

Monday, 17 October 2011

Song Identity

Awake And Alive lyrics
Songwriters: Cooper, John; Howes, Brian;

I'm at war with the world
And they try to pull me into the dark
I struggle to find my faith
As I'm slipping from your arms

It's getting harder to stay awake
And my strength is fading fast
You breathe into me at last

I'm awake, I'm alive
Now I know what I believe inside
Now it's my time
I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life

(Here, right now)
Right here, right now
Stand my ground and never back down
I know what I believe inside
I'm awake, and I'm alive

I'm at war with the world
'Cause I ain't never gonna sell my soul
I've already made up my mind
No matter what, I can't be bought or sold

When my faith is getting weak
And I feel like giving in
You breathe into me again

I'm awake, I'm alive
Now I know what I believe inside
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/skillet-lyrics/awake-and-alive-lyrics.html]
Now it's my time
I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life

(Here, right now)
Right here, right now
Stand my ground and never back down
I know what I believe inside
I'm awake, and I'm alive

Waking up, waking up
Waking up, waking up
Waking up, waking up
Waking up, waking up in the dark

I can feel you in my sleep
In your arms, I feel you breathe into me
Forever hold this heart that I will give to you
Forever I will live for you

I'm awake, I'm alive
Now I know what I believe inside
Now it's my time
I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life

(Here, right now)
Right here, right now
Stand my ground and never back down
I know what I believe inside
I'm awake, and I'm alive

Waking up, waking up
Waking up, waking up
Waking up, waking up
Waking up, waking up


 I choose this song because this represents identity in a way. The song states that somebody is being controlled or being manipulated. That he is becoming weak and wants to allow himself or herself to give in, but one spark of hope changed everything. He or she would continue to believe himself and resist being manipulated by others and become what they want to become, to become what they believe in. We should not live life as someone being held by someone else because that would simply make us live with his or her identity instead. We should break free of that grasp and live by what we believe in and that creates our own unique identity.

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Hi there!

I must post about something... So I guess I'll just go ahead and post a picture of a nipa hut because I can and this is the internet. :D