Group 3

I think that if you look at the relationships between Carr's article and the article named "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" it will affect the way you interpret this essay because you will be looking more at how these two articles are the same then actually disecting each article and finding the meaning behind each of them and actually figure out what the author really wants you to get out of it. Also looking at the relationships between the two articles may sway you to lean one way or the other in your thought process because these two articles are both similar but they both have a little bit of a difference in them.
My group's question almost made me lose interest in both of these articles when I was reading these I did not really get that much out of them because I think I needed a lot more background information on both and that I think would have to catch my interest before I actually start paying attention and getting a lot out of it. So in this case my question made my interpretation of both articles as negative which is never a good sign.
The question of finding the relationships between the two articles if you really think about it should not have a lot of affect on your interpretation of the article but I believe that sometimes that can be the biggest thing when you are critically analyzing these types of articles. Normally I would side with the it should not affect the way you interpret something but I decided for these to look at the other point of view and now both sides are coming clear to me and I now understand both stances .

Technology Vs. Writing

Technology and Writing to me go hand in hand. Technology has involved writing in so many ways throughout the years it has been ridiculous. For example, going from having to type on things such as type writers and actually being able to write on lets say laptops and being able to post on blogs. Technology has also made writing easier throughout the years; back in the day if you were to mess up on a type writer you were either going to have to use white out and white it out or just start completely over no matter how far along you were on it. Where as now a days if you mess up on a computer you can just back space or go throughout your paper and change things as you please. Another way technology has made writing easier is by creating a great little tool called spell check where you just have to come close to spelling a word and normally the computer will be able to guess what word you were trying to spell where as writing on something like the type writer you would have to be sure with all of your spelling and if you did not know how to spell it you better had hoped either your parents knew how to spell it or that you had a dictionary around you otherwise you were more than likely out of luck.
After reading this prompt I realized how much technology and writing does go hand in hand but also how it has made it so much easier for people living today. More examples of this is the fact throughout your paper now with the technology we have you are able to cut and paste anything you want throughout your paper and put it anywhere else in your paper. Also with the technology we have you can save your work in easy to access formats, and save things such as pictures that you may need to incorporate in your paper. The one downfall of our technology today that goes with writing is when you do not save your work and you may have like a computer crash or your power may go out which in that case if you did not save your work you will end up losing all of your work.
Some people have chose not to evolve with their writing for example some people still choose to write their essays on paper or write just about anything on paper. Some people still think it's better to write out everything on paper and there is nothing wrong with this because with this way you still have the option of going back and erasing things but you do not have the option of copying and pasting things from way back when in your essay but you also do not have the risk of losing your work due to your computer messing up.
In the end I am glad with the way technology has affected writing and how it has made writing so much easier and so much more efficient to write. I think that writing is going to keep evolving and keep getting more efficient as the years go on and I am almost positive that they will make it easier to write essays.

Essay Ranks

Top 5: 1, 2, 11, 15, 17

Bottom 5: 4, 5, 7, 9, 16

Writer's Challenge Pool

1. personally challenging to least personally challenging
Top: 4,19,6,8,11
Bottom: 1,3,7,9,18
2. most flexible to least flexible
Top: 1,3,7,9,18
Bottom: 22,10,19,6,20
3. most interesting to least interesting
Top: 1,3,7,9,18
Bottom: 21,4,19,6,8

Assignment 4: Throwing Down the Gauntlet

My challenge for our class for writing a paper would be to write a paper about something that has meaning towards you or something that you have heard that has never made sense to you and something that you know does not have a write answer but can be explained in many ways. I think we should have it where you explain a inspirational quote that has some meaning towards you.

Getting Our Bearings

The judging on Project Runway and Top Chef are the same as the ones in the essay because they are both looking for who went the extra mile who embraced this challenge or this assignment and took the time to find something that not only grabs their attention but they know will grab the majority of the people reading the paper. How these two differ is that in the shows more than not every contestant is going to put their heart and soul into the project or challenge they are given where when your typing an assignment some people may just do what is asked of them and not go that extra mile because they are taught if you follow the directions you will do just fine but in shows like Project Runway they have people always taking risks to separate themselves from the rest of the pack and sometimes they get burned but most of the time they are rewarded where some kids do not want to go the extra mile because they are nervous of being wrong and they may fail. It is assumed by each approach that the contestant or the student will give 100% when writing or taking on a challenge and that they keep an open mind and do not have a horrible attitude going into a challenge. They differ though in the thought process that goes on when writing a paper and when your competing in a challenge. I believe what is overlooked I believe is the abilities people are able to put into a project or challenge some people who are on these shows are better at some things then others and some challenges really bring out a persons attributes where some struggle. This is the same when writing a paper some people have more experience with things and have an easy time with coming up with examples for a paper. The shows like Project Runway and Top Chef focus on the contestants talents and if they are able to perform on a week to week or even sometimes a day to day basis where as a student you have to use your creativeness and even if you have no clue what to write you always are able to think of something and you can use examples from past experiences that you have had.

Goals and Outcomes for Portfolios

For the Portfolios I will be looking for you to notice key terms, and questions you may be asked by your readers. In your writings you should include examples from different sources which may include published texts or The Student Guide to the First-Year Writing Program. You must be able to put in and possibly explain so that your readers may understand your piece is background information, brief summaries and examples. Finally you need and must have correct grammar in your writings. How I would judge these writings is by if they catch my attention right away and if it keeps me interested throughout the whole paper. Also I would be looking for how many different examples they used in their writing and if it seems as if they took time to explain why they used a certain example. I would judge this way is because you do not want to have to read a paper that is dull or does not relate to anything or can grab your attention. Having a little bit of spice in your paper is never bad.

Project Runway Episode 3- Rumble on the Runway

At the beginning of this episode, you find out the contestants are going on a field trip to the beach. When they arrive at the beach, they meet Tim Gunn and a bunch of models they are going to have to design beach ware for. Their challenge is to create a fun and fashionable surf wear look; in doing so they want the models to have the perfect hair style, so Garnier is going to do the hair styles for the models. In this challenge they will be working in teams of 2; Logan, Nicholas, Mitch, Althea, Crystal, Johnny and Shirin will be the team leaders. At the beach they have 20 minutes to think of an idea/decide on the vision they are looking for and to choose their models. When they go to their fabric store (Mood), they are given a $50 budget but only 15 minutes to shop. To make the challenge even more exotic, they decided that each team would have to create a second look that will conspire with the beach look. This type of look is called an Avonguard look. They will have the night to think about an idea and to keep working on their first piece. They will receive a second shopping trip, but for this one they receive a $200 spending limit and 20 minutes to go shopping. The trick to this shopping trip is that only one team member is allowed to go from each team. One of the models from the show, however, decides to take a commercial deal and will not be present for the fitting so they choose a new model named Valarie. Max Azira, Ninah Garcia, and Rachel Bilson were the guest judges for this challenge. The winner of this challenge was Ra'mon, and for the first time in Project Runway history someone from the winning team was eliminated and Mitch happend to be that guy.

Project Runway Episode 2

In this episode of Project Runway, the contestants are supposed to create a look for an actual celebrity: Rebecca Romijn. Their challenge is to make her a sheik look for her for any type of an event. The big deal about this challenge is that shes pregnant; it also has to be form fitting for the stomach. The contestants are given a $100 budget and they have 30 minutes to shop. They receive a total time of 2 days to work on the outfits. A lot of the contestants are just doing a dress but Irina decides to do a dress with a jacket. Mitch decided to go with just a shorts, shirt and jacket type of deal. During the first day of work Tim Gunn goes around and critiques and voices his opinion about what he thinks about the contestants idea, what he believes the judges will think/like/dislike. I think that this part of the show is not fair because it could affect someones plan and vision and ultimately get them eliminated; instead of letting them express their true vision. After the models are wearing their outfits with the fake stomachs the contestants get 2 hours to do their hair and accessories. All of the judges for this competition have been pregnant at one point. The judges liked Louise, Shirin, Althea and Shari's outfits. They disliked Mitch, Malvin and Ra'mon's outfits. The winner of this competition was Shari and Malvin was eliminated. They said that his idea was to complex and not in a good way. Mitch on the other hand barely made it by for a second week in a row.

Top Chef Show

In this episode of Top Chef there was a guest judge. His name is Johnny Juzinni; he was the guest judge for this competition because he is famous for his desserts and sure enough that's what this whole challenge was about. Their first challenge was to make a delicious dessert, most of the chef's on the show however, do not specialize in making desserts so if they did not have a idea up their sleeve they were going to have to improvise. Richard won the first challenge and was rewarded by having his receipe put in the Top Chef cook book. Before the second challenge they went to an improv show, not knowing it was going to be part of their next challenge. Sure enough while they were there they found out they have to cook a meal using the words/food the audience threw out. They had to work in groups of 2; finding out what they were coooking by picking out of a hat back at the place they are staying. Before the challenge they are given the chance to go shopping at a grocery store with a budget they had to stick to. During the challenge, the contestants found out that the judges without telling them took out all of the cooking machienes. To make matters worse they had to wrap up all of their food in 20 minutes and finish cooking it in an hour back at the house. The contestants that were up for elimination were Antonia and Lisa and Jen and Steph. Dale and Richard ended up winning the challenge and won $2,500 of kitchen ware.