Information Fluency

List 3 strategies for determining how reliable a webpage’s info is:
  • To determine how reliable a sites information is, you must see if there is an author to the page.  Is there an “about us section”?
  • Is the information accurate?
  • You can tell by viewing when the article was posted.  The website may be inaccurate if it has been a while since being updated.

The URL of one publication from the library’s database:

http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=11&sid=fcc0f77a-01ef-43f9-ae4c-a0ff0585038c%40sessionmgr4006&hid=4207&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=117796153&db=aph

Choose Ebsco > then Publications > find a magazine you might be interested in. Hint-use simple search words: sports, health, ski, fashion
Find an article from one of the publications you might like
Today I learned a lot about how to find if a website is a hoax or not.  It was all super useful information since we are living in the technology age.

Take Your Kid to Work Day

Today I got to experience a day in the life of my aunt, Melanie.  Life after high school for her focused on being creative.  That lead her to the beauty industry.  She found a passion in making other people feel beautiful.  For Take Your Kid to Work Day, my aunt had the pleasure of taking me along with her to her job at Mac Cosmetics in Coquitlam Center.

What is your job title?

Mac Cosmetics

What is your job description?

Cosmetics, retail, makeup artist

What are the duties and/or tasks you preform at your job?

Makeup appointments, teach people how to use makeup, sell products and customer service

What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas:

Training?

Yes, I’m a makeup artist.

Education?

I went to Blanche McDonald for makeup artistry.

Skill?

Makeup artistry, customer service and teamwork.

Experience?

15 years’ experience.  You have to be experienced with makeup and customer service.

 

Skills and attributes (personal qualities)?

Hardworking, knowledgeable, artistic, multitasker, personable, works well under pressure

What are some things you like about this job?

I love to make people feel beautiful and confident and to be artistic.   I also love to have no boundaries with makeup.

What are some things you dislike about this job?

I don’t like the retail hours since they’re always different.  I also don’t like working on weekends.

How do you anticipate this job changing in the next five years?

I am looking forward to the company evolving with each year.  With that will come more products! I’m also hoping that we will be given more time for customers.

 

Student reflections:

Give three reasons why you’d like this job:

–Having a job in the beauty industry gives you the opportunity to give others the chance to see their undeniable beauty.

– I absolutely love the art of makeup!

-Getting the opportunity to see the trends in makeup ahead of time.

 

Give three reasons why you’d dislike this job:

-I’m not a very great multitasker.

-There are sometimes picky customers.

-The hours are always different.

Is this job for you? Why or why not?

I don’t necessarily think this job would be the best for me, since I know which path to my career I want to go down.  This involves working in journalism.

 

Explain the value of TOKTW experience in relation to your post secondary plans:

I think that TOKTW was an amazing experience to see what it is like in the world of retail.  I got to see the behind the scenes to what I usually see when I go to the mall.  Although retail doesn’t have to do with my plans after high school, it was nice to take a look at the day in the life of my aunt.  And who knows, maybe my plans will change.

 

 

Illustrated figurative language project- A Mountain Journey

 

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Personification: “The tree, like a strong and lonely woman, called to his weary body to stop.” (p.92)

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Simile: “He saw the snow melt around his wrists and flow into the top of his mittens, searing the flesh off his wrists like flame.”(p.93)

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Metaphor:  “The cold was an old man’s fingers feeling craftily through his clothes” (p.91)

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Simile: “He was beginning to feel like a ghost on an abandoned planet” (p.92)

My Digital Footprint

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http://mashable.com/2013/04/12/social-media-demographic-breakdown/

 

What most people don’t realize when they hit post, is the mark that they’ll leave behind.  When you post something you don’t usually think about how your future employers will be able to see it, do you? It’s your digital footprint that will immediately give people access to your personal information simply by typing your name in the google search bar.  Here is why we need to be aware of this because it can affect a big percentage of our lives.

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How can your digital footprint affect your future opportunities?  There are many ways that this can happen.  For example you go to a party and you are under the influence of say, alcohol.  You take a lot of pictures, but some are posted on social media without your consent.  Even if these pictures are taken down,  there can still be different sources to find them.  Pictures like these are considered “unprofessional” and some employers will not hesitate to fire you.  Another example of your digital footprint affecting your future, is that it’s possible for you to get cyber bullied.  Cyber bullying can really affect your mental health.  It can lead to illnesses like depression.  One picture can lead to years full of torture.
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How can we keep our digital footprint appropriate and safe?  The answer to this question is to be cautious.   Not only do we have to be more aware of the pictures that we post, but we also have to be aware of pictures that are taken of us.  Just because it isn’t posted on our accounts doesn’t mean that people won’t be able to find it.  Tell your friends to ask permission before  posting a picture or a video with you in it.

What’s a piece of advice that I would pass on to other students?  I’d tell them to use the internet for something positive.  We are so lucky to have an amazing platform.  The internet can open us up to amazing oppurnities.  The only way to open us up to these opportunities is by being mature and responsible on the internet.

In conclusion, I hope that the majority of people will not be strongly affected by their digital footprints.  Everyone is so full of potential.  It’s sad to see people’s reputations falling a part because of a click of a button.  I hope that this article can help with educating yourself on something so important.