PSA story board

My partner and I will creat a story about a rural highschool student that stays after school till six oclock just so that he can use the internet at school. The highshcool student that stays after school will be named Manuel.

Bio of Manuel : Average Latino highschool student that cares about his education, and is a balanced student by partakeing in after school clubs. Although he sometimes gets kicked out of after school clubs for frequently being absent, but his reason is that he needs to use the school internet to work on a report for school. He does have a computer, but he lives in an unservicable area leaving him ostracized from the internet. If Manuel only quick internet access at home maybe he could stay in the clubs he wants.

Bio of Drake: Manuel's friend. Just as excenlent as Manuel in shcool, but he has access to internet however the connection is too slow. ( He is cocasion male)

Bio of Shary: Friend to Drake and Manuel. Just as excelent in school as, and she has fast affordable internet. (Cocasion female)

The Story line:

• Drake is walking in the hall way near the computer lab. Drake sees Manuel after school in the computer lab. Drake enters the computer lab. Drake asks him why he is not at his club metting. Manuel replies he need to work on a paper and he needs the internet.
• Drake ask why cant he do it at home. Manuel replies that he has no internet access.
• Drake says that he feels bad for him and understands his pain.
• Manuel then asks Drake that does he not have internet at his house as well.
• Drake replies that he does but it is dial up and it is really slow and ends up staying up late in the morning to find information that he needs for his paper as well.
• Manuel ask him then why does he not just stay after school. Drake replies that he wish he could but his parents rarely have the time to pick him up after shcool and that today was one of those rares days.
• Manuel says that he lives only a few blocks from home so he can just walk home after he is done with his paper.
• Drake tells Manuel that he wish he lived in walking distance of the school.
• Drake says he has to go because his mom was here to pick him up. Drake exits scene.
• Manuel get a call from Shary and she is asking Manuel what the homework was for MYP Technology.
• Manuel tells her that we needed to find six sources for our project. Shary says that she can get that done in like ten minutes easy.
• Manuel ask her why is it that she lives only a few miles away from her and yet she has fast cheap internet.
• Shary tells Manuel that she has no correct answer for his question. Shary ask why did ask that and ask if he has internet where he lives. Manuel says no. Shary is in shock because they live only a few miles appart ( like two or four)
• Manuel tells Shary that she is lucky to have fast internet. Shary brags in a lampoon way to Manuel. Manuel tells her it is not funny but chukels a bit.
• Shary ask Manuel what time he usually gets home after school. Manuel says like eight. Shary says that she is sorry that he does not have internet access at home sujest that maybe he should ask his parents that if they could move.Manuel says they would never agree to that because they do not see the internet as useful.
• Manuel ask Shary what it is like haveing access to internet and not having any block sites like youtube because the school computers block those cites. Shary says its okay but sometimes its gets boering when sitting down all day looking at a computer screen. Manuel wishes he could experence that feeling, however he looks like he will not be able to for a long time.
• Manuel tells Shary that he has to go and finish his homework that requries the internet. Shary says good bye as well.
• Scene ends with Manuel just typing on the computer then end credits.

PSA PLAN worksheet

PSA PLAN worksheet

1. What issue/ topic did you choose? I choose digital access.

2. Why is this important? This is important because people diserve the right to have access to the internet to be able to have fast access to information.

3. Who do you want to reach? (target audience) I want to reach my class mates in order for them to understand the importance of digital access.

4. What is the behavior your looking to change? I want to change that uneducated behavior about the importance of digital access. Because I feel students in my class do not understand the importance of digital access.

5. Why doesn’t the audience already engage in this behavior? I have no clue as to why the audience does not engage in this behavior.

6. What emotional appeal can you make? I can probably make the appeal of a shocking feeling to my audiecne.

7. Belonging; Power/Control; Fun: Safety; 

8. Put your audience in a situation/scenario where the issue would come up in their lives. Not being able to access information for papers that could be do for them on a friday but can only get information on the weekend.

9. Where are they? (setting) Acuering resources for a paper, or downloading music.

10. Who is there? (characters) Students of idea academy.

11. What’s’ going on around them?  ( ambient sound) They are at a problem where they can not obtain infromation during the school week.

12. What are they saying? (dialogue) I wish I had something that could help me get fast information.

13. Who is message brought to you by? ( Station; organization) The message is more of a internal thinking.

Access Facts 10

1. In Coffeeville Alabam High school students only have computer access at their high school.
2. 60% of rural America use broadband Internet. 10% less than urban America.
3. 28% of americans do not use Internet at all.
4. Pushing America’s digital expansion is a point of emphasis for President Obama, who on Thursday night held a private meeting with Silicon Valley’s elite, including Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, and Carol Bartz, president and chief executive of Yahoo. His administration has given $7.2 billion in stimulus money toward the effort, including the map, which took five years and $200 million to develop and shows a number of discrepancies in the quality and availability of broadband access between rural and urban communities.
5. Broadband Internet speeds in the United States are only about one-fourth as fast as those in South Korea
6. U.S. Internet connections are more expensive than those in South Korea
7. U.S. costs about $45.50 per month on average, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In South Korea, the much-faster hookup costs $17 per month less
8. In the U.S., competition among companies that provide broadband connections is relatively slim. Most people choose between a cable company and a telephone company when they sign up for Internet service.
9. the U.S. government pushes forward with a "broadband plan" that aims to speed up connections, reduce costs and increase access to the Internet, especially in rural areas.
10. There are stark cultural differences between hyper-connected Korea, where more than 94 percent of people have high-speed connections, according to the OECD, and the United States, where only about 65 percent of people are plugged into broadband, according to an FCC survey.


By reading the article on CNN and gathering information I notice that the  percentage of other countries that have internet are more than us. In the article on CNN it basically stated that the U.S invented the internet, so how come the whole country does not have access to the internet. It is actually quite confusing as to why and unclear why our country is so behind in having internet access when out country invented the internet. Although the U.S is pushing to extend its broadband connection amoung rural and urban parts of America it is actually expected that the percent will increase in around five years from now. However if nothing is really done by then, the U.S is facing a serious problem.

Digital Access- full electronic participation in society

I am interested in why not many people can not access the internet at home at all, and yet why others across the world can?

Vocabulary 11

ETIQUETTE
Since Mark was not using good computer etiquette skills, he was fined $200.00 for not following good online behavior skills.
CONDUCT
Sandra always conducts her online chats with a good positive impersion. 

COURTESY
Since Mark is courtesy at the Edinburgh Theater, he respects others by being silent to enjoy the movie.

FLAME
When someone sends you messages over and over again that are harassing, then it is considered a flame.

TROLL
When someone post something deliberately on a blog to start an argument, then they are a Troll.

ANONYMOUS
When someone sends you a message with no name, then it is Anonymous.

EMOTICON
When someone sends you a message like this :), it is called a Emoticon.

OBVIOUS
When it is clear and not difficult to understand, then it is Obvious.

TONEThe way you type a message could effect the tone of your message. SMS SMS is another way for saying Systems Management Server. ETHICAL I took an ethical class last year. UNETHICAL I took an unethical class last year. LEGAL I am always worried if what I am doing is legal or not. BOOLEAN SEARCH When ever I can not find a word in a dictionary, I boolean search to find it. URL My teacher said that the URL stands for Uniform Resources Locator.

Topics for technology etequiesy

Digital Health and Wellness-the elements of physical and psychological well-being related to digital technology use.
I want to know how technology effects a persons well being when used to often.


Digital Law-the legal rights and restrictions governing technology use.
I want to be more awear as to what i can and can not do while using the enternet.

survey questions

1.) What does Investigate mean on the design cycle rubric?

2.)What does Plan mean on the design cycle rubric?

3.) What does Evaluate mean on the design cycle rubric?

4.)What does Create mean on the design cycle rubric?

5.) What does Design mean on the design cycle rubric?

6.)What does Attitudes towards technology mean on the  design cycle rubric?

7.) Do you find this video entertaining?

8.)At what point in the video did you start to get bored?

9.)What do you think this video needs in order for a sixth grader (you) to find this video entertaining and educating?

10.)Do you understand what the design cycle is now?