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Reflection
Change. It's interesting how society can make a lot of new things that weren't possible a hundred years ago. The traditional form of expressing you ideas was either through communication or writing. In this case I wrote an essay in the traditional way, about a very controversial topic, the impact that technology has in our lives. But within these years, there are more ways of express your ideas, such us using a new media format, and that is what I did. I took my essay and converted it into a very engaging video, but there were several steps, difficulties and pleasures I found in the processes of both, the essay and the new media format, like the ones you are going to see below. For the process I completed as I was doing my essay, first I made a lot of research and read more than 10 different articles about the impact that social media has in teenagers lives. Then I started brainstorming and making my own position and conclusions based on this controversial topics. Then I pre-wrote the essay, later on I made the draft, then I edited it, after this I revised it and finally I printed it and gave it to Ms. Bachelor. For the process of the new media format, first I brainstormed and decided which media I will use, and I decided to make a video in PowToon. Then I outlined it, then I created and searched images. After this I logged in to PowToon, I created a video following the outline, revised it and then I uploaded it to Youtube. Both, the essay and the new media format required: brainstorm, prewrite, editing and revision. There are also some differences in the processes of both, because the essay required research, a work cited page and also a draft; and the video required the creating or searching of images, login into a new media platform, creating a video with the information I wrote in the essay and then I uploaded it to Youtube. I found some difficulties and also some pleasure while I was doing the essay and the new media format. Some difficulties I faced while I was doing the essay were: the long research I made, from which I made my position, and also it was hard and long to complete the prewrite, because I needed to establish and organize my ideas, based on the research I previously made. A pleasure of writing this essay was that I was able to express my opinion about a very controversial topic, based in a lot of different researches. On the other hand, the difficulties of the new media format, first I didn't know whether I was going to do a website or a video, but finally I made a video in PowToon, because I believe that it's more engaging. Also another struggle was that I take a long time making the images for my video, but the result was awesome. One of the pleasures of these way of sharing information, is that the final video is incredible, amazing, engaging and reliable, and many people will learn form it, as I did while I was making the essay and the new media format. The fact that you can express your ideas in more ways is incredible, because your thoughts will get to a wider audience. That's why I enjoyed these project, because I wasn't the only one who learned about the impact that social media has in our lives, but also now that the link of my video is posted in my webpage many others will learn as well. |
A Perfect Love or a nightmare?
Isabela Hoyos Hoyos
Science- fiction narrative
Book track version
Chelsea left her jet pack at the parking station, and entered home crying "Paige, paige!! My boyfriend just broke up with me, take out the ice cream."
"OMG, don't worry, he was a loser, I always hated him. Wanna see a movie?" asked Paige.
"Yes, let's see a Perfect Love."
"Again??? Ahhhh, we have seen a thousand times that movie, but okay let's see it again."
When Chelsea woke up the next morning, she saw that her apartment was different. A floating apartment, blue walls, a double size bed, a desktop, and a tv for her own. She was searching for Paige, so she shouted her name a couple times but there wasn't answer, until....
"Chelsea!, Chelsea!!!! Hurry up we are going to be late for work." said Mary.
"Who are you?"
"Are you kidding me?"
"Mmmm....."
"I'm Mary your roommate and best friend since high school."
"Ooooohh right and were we need to go?"
"To work at Starbucks, remember that today is Saturday. So stop asking stupid questions and hurry up."
Before they left, Mary feed their robot pet, which was like a dog, but it was cleaner. It name was Sparky and Chelsea was in love with it, she always loved pets. When they arrived to the parking station, Chelsea saw that they have a flying car, she always wanted one, but she hadn't the money to buy one. Once they arrive to Starbucks, Chelsea saw a very handsome guy, then as he got closer to her she realized that he was the protagonist of the movie that she and Paige saw last night. "Is this even possible!????" she thought.
"Hi, can you please give me a grande Mocha," requested Jack.
"Hi, I'm a huge fan, I love how you play Jack's character in the movie called a Perfect Love," murmured Chelsea.
"What are you saying? I'm not an actor, but do you want to go on a date with me?" he asked.
"Yes."
That night Chelsea and jack met at a fancy restaurant, which was located in a floating surface that rotated, and had an incredible view of L.A. The date was good, the food was wonderful and they fell in love. Chelsea felt like she was the luckiest person alive, she was dating a wonderful guy, she lived in a floating apartment, had a flying car, and even though she didn't like the fact that she worked the weekends at Starbucks, she felt awesome. She had everything she imagined, she was living her dream, but she missed her family and friends.
In their second date, Jack invited her to dance, so Chelsea planned a double date, Mary arrived and dated a Jack's friend. When they were dancing, Chelsea and Jack kissed, and the she saw Bianca, the girl that Jack dated in the movie. Chelsea felt really strange when she saw her, she felt like something was wrong, then suddenly a fire started. They have success escaping from the fire, and as the date was ruined, a couple days they dated again. They went to the movie theater, they kissed, and then she saw Bianca, she felt again that something wasn't right, and later an earthquake happened; but once again nothing bad happened to them. When Chelsea arrived home, she didn't know why all these catastrophes were happening then she said to herself: "What is happening?? why each time I date Jack and see Bianca something terrible happens!!! OMG as I'm dating Jack, Bianca and he didn't meet, so I've change the movie. I love Jack, he is the most amazing guy ever, but I need to get back home, so all this catastrophes stop, but how?"
Chelsea needed help to figure out this, so she decided to explain all this situation to her roommate Mary and after 15 minutes:
"I can't believe it."
"I know but trust me, this is harder for me to realize, so are you going to help me?"
"Yeah, but I will miss you a lot when you are gone, let's do something together first."
"I know, I've been here for weeks, and I really liked spending time with you, so why we don't take Sparky for a walk, then let's go shopping and later we figure out a plan."
"Okay," said Mary.
They had an incredible time together and once they arrived home they made a plan. The next day Chelsea will date Jack a last time and then break up with him once Bianca appears and then introduce each other. That night Chelsea couldn't sleep, she was thinking of how much she would miss that place, but then she thought about her family and how worry they could be. The next day they dated, she was trying to keep her distance from him, and she was supposed to break up with him once Bianca appeared, but she didn't. Chelsea arrived home pretty confuse and upset, she didn't understand what was happening. She talked with Mary and then they realized that Bianca appeared each time after Chelsea and Jack kissed, so she needed to date him again but this time she needed to kiss him.
The next morning she called him and said that she would meet him at 10:00 p.m. in the restaurant they first dated. Once again the date was wonderful, the time passed really quickly and then she kissed him and Bianca appeared. She wasn't able to break up with Jack, she decided to stay in that world and continue dating him. She went to the bathroom, she thought that Mary would like to hear the news, so even though most likely Mary turned off her phone because it was really late, she didn't care and wanted to try.
"Ring, ring, ring, ring, hello?"
"Ohhh did I wake you?"
"NOOOOO!"
"Sorry, I knew that you were asleep but I thought you had your cellphone off."
"So why did you called at 1:00 A.M if you knew I was sleep??"
"Why did you have your cell phone on?? Anyways I wanted to tell you that I decided to stay."
"WHAT?? I will love you to stay, but haven't you realize how dangerous this can be?"
"Why?"
"Did you already kissed him in this date?"
"Yes, but nothing bad happened."
"But soon it will, I hate to say this to you, but you need to break up with him now!"
"I guess you are right, so even though I've said this a hundred times, good bye, I will miss you a lot, see you in TV."
"Bye, I will also miss you a lot!"
She searched for Bianca and she was seated at the table next to theirs, so she said to Jack that they needed to break up, because she needed space, he was disappointed and sad. Then he looked to Bianca and started talking to her, the words they were saying to each other were exactly the same as in the movie. Everything was normal again, suddenly Chelsea appeared in her real room, everything was normal. She woke up, thinking all of this was a dream, she had emotions mixed, she was happy that she would see her friends and family but she was sad because she loved Jack a lot, or at least in her dream she did. She went out of her room shouting "Paige, Paige, Paige!!!!" I had the most amazing dream ever, remember the movie we saw last night...... And after 30 minutes she ended telling her the story. Chelsea couldn't stop hugging Paige telling her how much she missed her in her dream; then she called her parents, later she called almost all her family and friends telling them how thankful she is for having them in her life; while Paige was looking her incredulously, she raised one eyebrow, closed the opposite eye and wrinkled her nose. She started realizing that she haven't been single in a while, so she would spend more time with them. After 2 weeks she was at her house eating dinner when someone knocked the door, Chelsea open it and there was Jack.
My dog
If my dog could talk he would say
Come here and let's play
My love for you is not going to end
Even though you're about all day.
I will help you descend
No matter whats the trend
I might not be your favorite guy
But I will never pretend.
I'll always say goodbye
But when you go I will ask why.
You will always live in my heart
And nothing can tear our souls apart
Because we will always keep each other close at heart
Because we will always keep each other close at heart.
If my dog could talk he would say
Come here and let's play
My love for you is not going to end
Even though you're about all day.
I will help you descend
No matter whats the trend
I might not be your favorite guy
But I will never pretend.
I'll always say goodbye
But when you go I will ask why.
You will always live in my heart
And nothing can tear our souls apart
Because we will always keep each other close at heart
Because we will always keep each other close at heart.