Journal Entry 4

How do you feel the media portrays social justice issues?

I feel that the media portrays social justice issues as issues that are the most relevant and important topics that they concentrate on, as they are talking to and informing the people that are affected and therefore get more views or ratings.

Has it been difficult to find articles on social justice issues why/why not?

Not really, because as I stated in the first question, the media portrays social justice issues as issues that are the most relevant and important topics that they concentrate on, as they are talking to and informing the people that are affected, which would make it very easy to find these sort of issues in the local newspaper or even the internet.

Do you think that the media operates from a moral framework? Give evidence by using your research.

Yes, I do think that the media works from a right or wrong framework, as I have found during my research that they have taken a side, which in this case was the ’right’ and ‘fair’ side, and that they have claimed throughout their articles that they think that the “death penalty is the cruelist form of punishment yet”, “the death penalty should be abolished throughout the world”, and more………

JOURNAL ENTRY 3

1. Open and read the “How to write a critique” document in the resources menu.

Describe what a critique is.

A critique involves identifying the critical things about an article and resisting the temptation to describe rather than analyse. A critique is also made of four parts.

2. Outline the FOUR stages in a critique.

The four stages for a critique are such as,

·         An introduction

·         A summary of the article

·         Your analysis or critical commentary on the original text

·         Your evaluation or conclusion

 

3. Can a critique be positive? Discuss.

 

Yes, a critique can be positive, because the whole point of a critique is for the reader to analyse and discuss the accuracy of the piece of work, which doesn’t necassarily have to a bad analysation due to the fact that the information in the work could be accurate and very correct.

 

4. Critique the accuracy of the following articles:

The Beijing Olympics:

 

This article was very inaccurate, due to the information that they gave, like ‘that at the beijing olympics they are digging huge holes, and coveirng them with leaves, so that when the americans come they will fall in the holes’.

So from that, as I have said before, this article is very inaccurate.

 

2-year-old donkey basketball:

 

This article is inaccurate, again, due to the information that they put forward, such as, “a legendary donkey basketball legend has assurred that he would keep the donkey in ‘tip top’ condition as he would keep in the stable where the other donkeys are so he gets use to the smell, and more…”.

So from that, as I have said before, this article is very inaccurate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal Entry 1

a.     describe how optical fibre may be used in medical applications

 

Optical fibre is contained in medical instrument called an ‘endoscope’, which is a flexible tube. Optical fibres can come in use of medical applications because it can be passed through the mouth into the digestive system to provide doctors with images that can be magnified up to four times the original size.

 

b.     Identify the traditional medical techniques that optical fibres might replace.

 

Optical fibres could replace healthcare monitoring for patients that need continuous medical assistance, due to the fact that these optical fibres are able to measure vital physiological parameters such as respiratory movements, cardiac activity, pulse movement, and the temperature of the body without any harm to the patient. Laser surgery is also a new technique that has been invented through the breakthrough of the invention of optical fibres, which allows surgeons to operate deep inside the brain and ear. The laser beam vaporizes unwanted tissues and has the added advantage of being bloodless. 

 

c.      Evaluate the benefits of fibre optic technology to medicine 

 

Fibre optic technology has advanced all medicine, so that there is use of minimally invasive surgery, which has made procedures less painful and has improved recovery times, by being able to get a better and more accurate diagnosis of the medicine to improve it.

JOURNAL ENTRY 1

I was absent on Thursday’s 24/7/08 lesson, so I am reflecting on Tuesday’s 30/7/08 lesson.

1. Describe TWO things that you have learnt during this lesson.

1. One thing that I have learn’t during this lesson is that most issues in the world today can be classified as both a “social Justice Issue” and a “moral Issue”.
2. Another thing that I have learn’t during this lesson is the difference between a social justice issue and a moral issue.

2. Identify TWO areas you want to concentrate on during this project that you think need a greater improvement from the last project.

1. One area would probably be to communicate and cooperate more and better with my group members.
2. Another area would be to be a little more orginised with work, and particulary with the group folder.

3. Discuss TWO ways in which your group could resolve any disputes during this process.

1. One way is that everyone in the group is to listen to the rest of the group member’s opinions and ideas.
2. Another way is to decide that there would be no group leader, so that everyone in the group has to work together in order to successfully complete the project with out any problems.
   

JOURNAL ENTRY 2

Find TWO current media topics which you consider to be social justice or moral issues.

1.     Australia’s position on the death penalty:

1. Describe one media account of this issue.

One media account is “Officially, Australia has a long-standing principled opposition to capital punishment. The death penalty has been abolished in Australia.”, but “Australia’s position now seems to be that Australians should not be executed but other people can be.”

2. Where did you get this media account from?

I found this media account from an internet source.

3. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?

It is hard to decide whether this media account is correct or reliable, based on the fact that this source is based on the writer’s opinion.

4. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?

Another source, in which you are able to find out more information about this issue could be the television, specifically the news.

     2. Terrorism:

1. Describe one media account of this issue.

One media account is “The atrocities of 9/11 and Bali understandably inspired fear in the minds of many Australians and so the desire to escape from an atmosphere of fear into a climate of greater security is a natural reaction. Besides, as terrorism often violates the most basic of human rights, the right to life, there is a duty for the state to respond.”

2. Where did you get this media account from?

I found this media account from an internet source.

3. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?

It is hard to decide whether this media account is correct or reliable, based on the fact that this source is based on the writer’s opinion.

4. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?

Another source, in which you are able to find out more information about this issue could be the television, specifically the news. Another media piece in which more information could be found are in the newspapers.

 

 

 

 

Journal Entry 6

1. How well did your group work?

I think my group worked pretty good throughout the whole project as a whole, the project was handed in and completed on time, and the individual assessment was also completed excellently and handed in on time.

2. Would you work with the sanme group of students again? Why?

Yes, I would work with the same group again, because of the reasons that I have stated in the above question.

3. How much effort did you put into this project?  What could you have done better?

I think that I put a lot of time and effort into this project, and I think that I was working to the best of my ability.

4. Do you think your final wikispace was your best work? Why? 

Yes, I do think that is was my best work, because of the fact that I had placed a lot of time and effort into this project.

5. What did you think of the project when you received it? Why?

At first I thought that this project was going to be the hardest project so far, and that it was going to take more then 5 weeks to complete, because as soon as I looked at the amount of words that had to be written I thought it was to hard, but that wasn’t the case.

6. What do you think of the project now you have completed it? Why?

I think that the project was pretty boring, only because the whole project was based around just finding information on artworks, There weren’t any interactive andn fun activities, etc…

 

Journal Entry 5

1. Has your image of Jesus changed during the project? How or Why not?

Yes my image of Jesus has changed during this project, because of the different activities that include looking at a range of images of Jesus. These activities have showed me that Jesus is portrayed as so many things, which makes me visualize a different image of Jesus.

2. What do you feel is the best way to portray an image of Jesus and why?

I think the best way to portray an image of Jesus is to follow what Jesus was like in the Bible, mainly because the bible is the only thing that describes what Jesus was like, so to create an image of Jesus you would most likely follow what he was like in the bible.

3. What have you enjoyed about the project so far and what would you do differently?

The part of the project that I have enjoyed so far is that most of the activities now are mostly group based, and the part of the project so far that I would want to do differently is to give the students more then 2 days to complete individual assessments.
 

Journal Entry 4

1) What form of medium (music, art or literature ) allows you to best connect with Jesus and Why

The medium form of art, I think, is the best way to connect with jesus, because through drawing or painting Jesus, you can include your real emotional thoughts towards Jesus, you are also able to  create what you think Jesus looks like with an artistic view. Finally you are also able to portray a message of your through the image, that can be shared with the whole world, and Jesus.

2) Why has Jesus been portrayed in so many different ways throughout history?

Because more and more people start to think more about what they think of Jesus, instead of just listening to what one person thought of and listening and following that one thought. So this enabled different opinions to be heard and more eventually it enabled people to portray Jesus as they think of him.

3) How is Jesus portrayed at Parramatta Marist?

Jesus at parramatta marist is portrayed as being the one spirit and soul that can help us with our troubles and worries towards anything, including schoolwork, sport, etc………

4) What artistic time period do you think best represents your image of Jesus and why?

I think that the early christian church time period best represents my image of Jesus, mainly because this was when people created the first images of Jesus and throughout the years people still stuck with the same concept towards how Jesus looks, so thats why I think this period represents the best image of Jesus.

5) Identify one image of Jesus that appeals to you. What do you like about the representation?

 This image of Jesus really appeals to me because of how the artist represented Jesus as the loving and caring man that he is, also the colours and difference of shades really make it more appealing and realistic.

6) What factors currently shape your image of Jesus and why.

Factors that currently shape my image of Jesus are:

• school: becuase I go to a Catholic school and just looking around at all the different images of Jesus gives me a clearer image in my head of what Jesus looks like.
• Church: for the same reason above.
• Cartoons: Watching cartoons that include little parts including their representation of Jesus also helps me in creating my own image of Jesus.

Journal Entry 4

Investigate how jocelyn bell burnell discovered pulsars in 1967. Write a short account of this event.

Jocelyn Bell Burner attended Cambridge university, and during her first 2 years there she was assisting in the construction of an 81.5-megahertz radio telescope that was to be used to track quasars (A distant energy source which gives off huge amounts of radiation, including radio waves and X-rays). The telescope went into operation in 1967, and It was Jocelyn Bell’s job to operate the telescope and to analyze over 120 meters of chart paper produced by the telescope every four days. After many weeks of analysis, Bell noticed some unusual markings on the chart paper. These markings were made by a radio source too fast and regular to be a quasar, instead she had detected the first evidence of a pulsar.

Journal Entry 3

1. What do you think the pheonix will find?

I think the pheonix won’t really find anything that hasn’t already been discovered by other space probes that have landed on the surface of Mars.

    2. Do you think as a planet we should be researching other planets? why?/why not?

I think we should, so if something in our galaxy that will cause total destruction, such as the sun blowing up, it will most likely to effect our planet earth, but if we were able to research other planets, we could be able to decide whether or not other planets are able to sustain human life, so that we are able to move to that planet and prevent being blown up along with the sun.