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Blog Post Today: 3/21 Spring Break

Over spring break, my immediate family and extended family on my mom's side all went on a trip to a small resort near Branson Missouri.

On the second day there, my mom and her twin sister took the older kids to a town in Arkansas called Eureka Springs. We spent the day walking from shop to shop and meeting some of the locals.

Later that day, we took a shorter trip to the Haunted Crescent Hotel. I took my Polaroid camera with me so we were able to take some really cool photos. the one one the left was excessively fun to take because I had to figure out how to use the timer function on the spot, and I ended up running back and forth, posing, about 3 times before that was taken. We all had a good laugh. The other is a photo of the outside of the hotel.

 Lastly, this is a picture of one of the most haunted rooms in the entire hotel. We didn't get a chance to take the tour, so I don't know the exact story on it. We plan to come back and stay in one of the rooms to see if we experience anything!

3/6/17 Photo Editing Reflection

Name:	Pros:	Cons:
Fotor	-Wide range of free effects and tools -easy to find everything -constantly updating and improving	-In beta; you have to join the trial at the time of this assignment
PiZap	-Easy and straight-forward Filters and tools -easy to download the pictures once finished	-No rotate adjust tool
befunky	-Rotate adjust tool provided -Easy and relatively simple	-No filters that I liked -quality was on the low side

Pipza

Fotor

                                                 
                                                      

Befunky

Blog Post 3/3/2017: Current Event #3

Name: Litany Green
Date: 3/3/2017
Name of article: US ATM fraud surges despite EMV
Source of article: Source
Introduction:
Analytic software firm FICO found that EMV chips are not as effective on preventing fraud as we all originally thought. The EMV chip that is in most cards belonging to Mastercard, Visa, and Europay, are not showing signs that they are any better at fraud protection than the original design of cards. Number of physical cards compromised last year rose 70%. The only thing postivive that came from the EMV chips is that the compromised cards are being discovered and fixed faster than before. The chip is not necessarily safer than the cards without in the conventional sense, but the time it takes to recover from fraud was cut by a third because of the chip. An interesting fact that I found in the article was that "Compromises of ATMs and merchant devices in the US rose 30 percent, following a six-fold (546 per cent) increase from 2014 to 2015." It relates to emerging technologies because it is a good example of how new technologies do not always work the way they are intended. It takes time and testing to make new technology be effective.

3/02/17 Infographic Peer Feedback

Provide me with a quick overview of the student Infographics you viewed for this assignment.  In your reflection to me, provide the student name & 1-2 things you liked/learned by looking at their infographic. Finally, did you enjoy this project?

Alli C - Her infographic was over feminism and how it applied to social, economical and political equality of the sexes. I learned that I forgot to add my works sited directly on the infographic, I have them linked in my notes. I liked that she picked a topic that she is passionate about.
Haleema S - He topic was comparing detectives and agents. She picked a creative topic that I didn't already know something about, and that made hers one of the more interesting. He layout was lacking in some places, but it was overall easily followed.
Lauren S - Her topics was comparing the gender divide on several topics. She picked a topic that was really good to show statistics on which was a good move, I also enjoyed her layout and color scheme.
Lexi B - Her topic was Kleinfield Bridal store. She was able to provide a lot of information on her topic, and visually it was easy to follow along with.
Jordan F - His infographic was comparing Pepsi and Coke. He had quite a few good graphics, although, his color scheme and layout lacked in comparison to the others that I looked at.


Overall, I liked this project because we were given some guidelines, but we really were able to make the project out own. The teacher didn't ask to approve our topics, which made it more fun for me personally because I needed more time to commit to a topic. The aspect of this assignment that I enjoyed the most was that it was self-paced, and was very personalized. If we were given a topic to work off of, I don't think that this assignment would have been as effective as it was. I am happy that I have acquired this skill to take with me to other classes and future assignments.