Class Refelction

Class Reflection

  The class was awesome. The truth is that I never waited the kind of class I had. When, I took the class was only for the credits and because my adviser told me to take it for the transfer. However, I really liked the class was so entertained and I learned a lot of things about the where I live. The class was not just read and boring stuff. I know that was a lot of assignments, but the truth is that I liked that because made me learned new things and I really enjoyed did it the homework.  I would take the class again because everything in the class I enjoyed. I saw how  pop culture is surround us and I learned more about the pop culture in U.S.A.  

     

3 pop culture websites

The 3 pop culture websites are:
http://www.popmatters.com/
www.npr.org/sections/pop-culture/
http://www.elle.com/Pop-Culture

Basically the 3 are the same is about thing that are surround us. In the popmatters is showing all the movies are coming the books new singer and so on.. in the other 2 is the same showing music, video, pop-stars etc..  

Best "Bumper sticker"

Best Bumper Sticker

          My best bumper sticker can be " Master Knowledge in music"  It was for unit 4 and i think that i liked more this bumper sticker because i learned a lot in music unit. 

Favorite Song

Fad

My fad was the Street Fighter the game. It was really famous like in the late 80s. It was a movies, video games, toys and so on...

Summary of 1 text.

                            Globalization vs. Americanization

             

 I read Globalization vs. Americanization" and I love the topic, it was very interesting the author opinion. Andrew Lam is an editor New America Media and a commentator for NPR's All things Considered. In the article " Globalization vs Americanization", by Andrew Lam. Americanization. He said the culture influences each other and the culture has different point of view. he argued that we are now seeing an Americanization of the world like eating at McDonald's, listing to Madonna, and shopping at mega malls. It means globalization by the U.S. had affected many people in the world. He stated his opinion that globalization is not the same as Americanization.  When he was child, he thought nationality and allegiance were very important. Lam used to live in Vietnam, and he was raised during the Vietnam War. Later, the war ended, his family and him moved to America and learned something new.  He thought his duty was to protect of Vietnam and sacred rice fields and rivers. However, After the Vietnam War, he could get a chance of changing his mind by fleeing overseas to live America. He became a journalist and writer. He can travel between East Asia and America, so he could have various experiences. The author examined that many countries like China and France that  are no longer fantasies, but they look the same because of Americanization was spread over those countries. For example, in those countries we can see many signs of McDonald all over the places. In addition, he talked about the technology of communication which is now very easy for people around the world to contact each other. The author learned instead to hear others and respect differences and understanding each other country’s culture. He saw the world with its many dimensions simultaneously.


By Kenia Valle

New Visual Project

For my new visual project i couldn't embed so i put the link.


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Pop Culture in my Culture "Presentation"

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Google Talk "Web 2.0"

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Textbook Project

                                                          
                                                               Textbook Project

      

            With the textbook project i learned that globalization and Americanization is not the same. i saw that most people confused  one to the other and is not the same. Americanization is spread all over the world and i see that liked Mcdonalds is all over the world. With my classmates i learned about the crocs how started and that is a trend now. With the malls i learned that the americans cannot lived without one and i am the same. Finally, with the Swoosh, i did not understand so well, but i saw that is kind like sound how we made different connections.
    

        

Refelction Letter For Unit 4

                         

                                     Reflection for Unit 4

                1)Well unit 4 was unique for me. I think that the unit 4 is the unit that i liked most. It have a lot of difficult assignments and readings, but was one of my favorite because this unit in particular made think hard and learned different interesting things. This unit was not just do thinks, but was to think more i think so this is why this unit is my favorite unit so far. I did different assignments, all different one was a little difficult, but the one that was more difficult for me was the song presentation. However was the one that i liked more, I learned with the presentation different songs, the meaning of the songs and i learned too that the videos show one thing and the song other thing. The same happened with the assignment of Lady Gaga, i saw a video that i really learned that she just sell the imagine because the lyrics of the song said one thing and the video show other thing like how the videos have race, adds, gender etc.. involved. With this 2 particular assignments "Lady Gaga and the Song presentation"  i learned that we need to analyzed the content of the video and listen the lyrics not just see it. I need to have my one particular critique.

     I read a article called "Same Old Song" with this article i learned how the music that was years ago famous  born again. The same music like the rap that shock the parents is shocking the parents of young people again like Eminen is doing songs about drugs, ganster etc.. is music that in the 60s exist, but is making shock the parents again. We saw a video and read a lot of articles about the rap and well a learned a lot because i did not imagine that the Rap have this kind of history. I learned that the Rap began from the African people the slaves who travel to U.S.A. The Rap and Hip Hop, began in the big cities like New York that began in the south side the poor one in the Bronx. The began to show in the subway the graffiti and so on. I learned too that MTV was the pioneer of the Rap and just show black people after big trying i learned that Micheal Jackson his firts show in the t.v was in MTV. 

         I saw too in the internet the top 40 in that moment, almost i knew all the singers were a famous the mainstream the people how have "money" to make famous. In the contrary, i learned other thing for saw the NPR web i saw that good musicians with good music that were not famous show in a different way. It was the kind of music that is not mainstream. Finally, i learned the different genres that the music have. i learned that it have the typical genre that all people listen "mainstream" and the genres that shock the people or is not so famous. 

              2) Well, all this unit was an aha moment because when i read the Rap resources i understand why almost all the rap singers were black. I understand too, why the famous singer are famous because is a mainstream music. 

        3)  A bumper sticker about my knowledge for unit 4 " Master Knowledge in music" 

      4)  I think that i learned too much things about music but one thing that i learned more was the Rap and now i can make a debate with  people who said something wrong about it.

What I learned from the rap resources. " Music Unit"

                                                           Rap and Hip Hop

        I learned a lot reading and seeing the links about Rap and Hip Hop.  First at all, I did not imagine that the rap have that kind of history. With the all links i read an saw i learned that the rap began from the slaves from Africa. I learned too that the rap was from the hip hop and began in New York. However, i want to explained with more details the sources that was more interesting for me. The one called "To The Academic" is an article, this was very interesting how the teacher want to involved with their students about the hip hop and how he want that the other teachers do the same. He explained that the hip hop is not only gangster and so on, but better if he show in a better way with he intellectual way. In "The History of the Rap" is talking about how star it said that in the 50s started with the rock and roll  and later star the rap that was for slaves from Africa that they came like slaves later from jamaican people make their mix and made the hip hop . One sentences said that the rap is the recinting of the rhymes to the best of music. it is a form of expression that find deep. It said too that the rap is just violence and the lyrics just contained sex and drugs, like the beginner Ghetto. The story of Rap 2 is really long, but i learned that the Rap was popular in the poor side of New York the Bronx it was popular with the Djs in the parties the Rap made really fast famous because was cheap to do it and offered unlimited challenges. There were no real rules, except to be original. One could make up a rap about an X man or about the Dj that was in the party. It said too, that the rap do not change it still famous for the same old reasons. It talk about the hip hop too, it was the culture from which the rap emerged, graffiti, break dance,dj emeceeing, lifestyle with its own language. It said that in the early days of the hip hop were the break dance for challenger each other. The griots was the black radio in the 70s and the hip hop and rap were played together cultural and musical preserver. It said too that the Martin Luther King, said in the black radio something that was good the hip hop. Finally, in the "History of Rap 3" was a video the old famous beginners of the rap were together at the beginning they explained the history of the bronx the south side of New York, was burn and began to be really cheap the all black people started to live in that side. The mix of the African began to do the rap. The graffiti started to show in the train or subways from the south side and began made famous. 

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I really love this picture how the trains looked in the 70s in New York.I liked more that now just adds.

My Graffiti Name

Free Widgets

Star Presentation " Movies Unit"

Star presentation "Movies unit"

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Song Presentation "Where is The Love"

Where is the love

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My speech about song presentation

1) Where is the Love 2) Introduccioin 3) Basic Facts 1- Where is the Love by Black eyed peas 2- The genre of the song is hip hop 3- The song show it in 2003 4- The writes of the song were the intregrates of the group 4) Content 1-The song is about what is going on in the world, what happened to the love In the world. Is a reflection song. 2- Basically the song is asking but is wrong with the world why is so many hate, wars, avarice, intolerance, terrorism andracism 5) Issues 1- The war is the big plot, but the song has a lot of issues like violence, racism and intolerance between the people. 2- The love is the big cultural value in the song is to learned to avoid the violence. 6) Language 1- first the song is love war reflection 2- The singers is directly speaking wuth the audience 3- The group is speaking like questiong and angry to the same time 4- The song is like narrative telling that the love is losing 5- The song talk about the war the discrimitation a different cultural references 6- The song have a lot of slangs more at the begginig of the song like Let your soul gravitate to the love y”ally”all and abbreviations 7- The song doesn”t speak formal 8- The song is a lot with slangs abbrevations they speak really fast but tying to make consencia 9- The video is showing 2 of the singers singing in a truck to the people like saying listened we need love. The rest of the group is running with a special mark a question mark. Is really interesting the video and the same time is like danceable and like kind for young people.

Genre The Jazz "In music"

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The 80s

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Movie Poster "Story"

Reflection About Unit 2

1 In this unit I did a lot of assignments that i learned too much. I read “Introduction to Students” in my book that was very interesting the thinks i learned that the pop culture is divided by 2 the popular and the culture and is made by 4. I saw that is very truth we are surround by the culture too much. I did one assignment that was compare my own culture and the American culture and i always think that i don’t do anything American, but when i finished i was so surprised that i saw that i do more American things that i think. I looked in a website too. I looked in a pop culture studies that wasn’t so interesting for me just the article i read was so interesting because the article involved my culture and was good to know. I watched a youtube videos that was good too. I listened a NPR radio and the report i listened was really good was about a stereotypes that have the Latinos and Asians. I did a presentations about a star and i learned about my favorite star and i learned about other star that i didn’t know before the project and i really like to know about American starts. I saw the grammys that was relation with the stars and i saw the American culture more close. Finally, we did in group a presentation about the 80s what was famous in that years like music, show, movies and one big event in that years. I learned a lot, the years i talked, but i learned about other years too liked the 60s, 70s and 90s in my opinion the years i liked more was the 70s because everything, the way my classmates gave the presentation and what was famous in that years. 2 I don’t remember to had a Aha moment in this unit, but can be the all unit because was so confused how the pop culture was made, while the unit was running i saw everything with more clarity. 3 One bumper sticker can be “Pop culture is so surround by celebrities”. 4 I learned that pop culture is so mix and while the years is running we are changing, but the culture don’t change to much just is like in circle we are doing thinks that years ago like in the 60s or 80s they did we need to adapted and is not so difficult. I will use the thinks i learned to tried to adapt more to this culture because now that i know more i suffer less with the culture.

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Reflection about unit 1

    

      The first unit is called “Culture and Cultural Identity” I saw a lot of interesting things and I do a lot of assignments. In addition, I learned a lot of culture, racism etc… However, I want to explain more about my feelings and what I learned in this unit;

1)   I learned a lot of new words that was in the readings, but the most I remember is culture shock I think I remember this because I suffer when I came to U.S.A. Mainstream, high, folk, ethnocentrism this words are the most I like, but are several more.  I did a several assignments like “Introduction to Culture” that is about the main idea of culture here I learned the 4 characteristics of culture; I do the iceberg that is 3 main parts; formal, informal and technical with this a learned and I understand why sometimes just I cannot explained the culture and my own one too, I do the things and that is.   One of the assignments that I enjoyed more because was funny and entreating was the ‘Culture Shock Resources’ here we look at 5 different links the one I love more was ‘American are notstupid’. To say why, is simple just because what the people said and make me think that maybe I am the same because some question I did not.   I read a history in the book that was not so bad, but not too much god at all. Finally, the last assignment was to look in a web about race I learned and it was interesting but the truth was, that was a little boring and I don’t learn when is like that. I like more the visual way to learn.

2)   Aha moment was when I saw the iceberg. I was like oh wow, now I understand a lot of things. Why sometimes the Americas do things differently.

3)   I AM AN ETHICAL RELATIVISM PERSON “AND”.   

4)     I learned to do not discriminated the people for color or judge. The same way for how they look or how they do different things. It will be very useful all the things a learned because I will apply in my day-life.