Stereotypes

Stereotypes are one of the few things that keep people apart. While keeping people separated, it also keeps people of the same race together. For many people, stereotypes are offensive, and are a common focus point of people attempting to create humour. Some stereotypes are true, but more often than not they are false. For example, I know no one who lives in an igloo, no one who is a lumberjack wearing plad, and no one who says 'eh' more often than not.

This being said, the world won't fully get along until stereotypes are either suppressed or abolished.

Videogames and kids

I believe they are good for kids to get into, as it changes how they view the world. Whether for the better or worse, that's for the kids to decide. Depending on the game, different things can be learned. For example, in the popular Call of Duty series, we can learn that the Americans are right in every way and all they do can be justified. What a load of crap. However, with games such as Pac-Man, we learn that ghosts are not to be trusted and are evil, and can be eaten if necessary.

Strategy games such as Age of Empires can be beneficial to the people that play it by simulating scenarios that require quick-thinking. This helps develop their mental skills, which is a reason to place games on computers in schools. With all this combined, I believe it is safe to say videogames are a benefit to society and kids.

Hip hop

This genre of 'music' is rapidly spreading through the world of music. It is like a plague. From it, we can see a strong resemblance to rap. Rap was and still is a cause for some of the many negative things we see in the world. No matter where you look on the internet, there are always people who can point out any and all flaws with the genre and the 'musician'. But, there isn't much of a chance to get rid of it when it has millions of crazed fanatics. So it will have to stay where it's at until it dies down.

Why blogging is frowned upon.

Did the sites have any instruction for setting up your blog?

Blogger and WordPress had easy instructions for set-up and creating posts, edublogs was just horrible.

Were directions needed or was the process self-explanatory on each site?

Directions are needed for edublogs, as no ‘New Post’ button is evident.

Can you control who sees your blog on each site?

I could not find a way to control who sees the blog, so no.

Can you control comments on each site?

For Blogger, comment control is possible. However, this is not the same for Wordpress and edublogs.

If you were going to have students setup a blog, which of these sites would

you choose at this point?

I would choose Blogger, personally. It is the easiest to use, and it isn’t a hassle to set-up or view.

Explain why you chose that site over the other two?

Well, it is easy to use, and it isn’t a hassle to set-up or view.

If you were to have students setup a blog on your chosen site, what type of information would you give the student prior to getting started?

I would tell them the website, and get them to go from there.

Overall, did you find setting up a blog easy or was it a frustration and why.

Setting up a blog with Blogger was easy enough, WordPress was mediocre, not too hard, not too easy, and edublogs was just overkill. It was impossible to do much more than just sign up.

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