Facts about Facebook

50 Facebook Facts and Figures

1. 1 in every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook
2. 35+ demographic represents more than 30% of the entire user base
3. 71.2 % of all USA internet users are on Facebook
4. In 20 minutes 1,000,000 links are shared on Facebook
5. In 20 minutes 1,484,000 event invites are posted
6. In 20 minutes 1,323,000 photos are tagged
7. In 20 minutes 1,851,000 status updates are entered
8. In 20 minutes 1.972 million friend requests are accepted
9. In 20 minutes 2,716,000 photos are uploaded
10. In 20 minutes 2,716,000 messages are sent
11. In 20 minutes 10.2 million comments are posted
12. In 20 minutes 1,587,000 wall posts are written
13. 750 million photos were uploaded to Facebook over New Year’s weekend
14. 48% of young Americans said they found out about news through Facebook
15. 48% of 18 to 34 year olds check Facebook right when they wake up
16. 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day
17. Average user has 130 friends
18. People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
19. There are over 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages)
20. Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events
21. Average user creates 90 pieces of content each month
22. More than 30 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.
23. More than 70 translations available on the site
24. About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
25. Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
26. Entrepreneurs and developers from more than 190 countries build with Facebook Platform
27. People on Facebook install 20 million applications every day
28. Every month, more than 250 million people engage with Facebook on external websites
29. Since social plugins launched in April 2010, an average of 10,000 new websites integrate with Facebook every day
30. More than 2.5 million websites have integrated with Facebook, including over 80 of comScore’s U.S. Top 100 websites and over half of comScore’s Global Top 100 websites
31. There are more than 250 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices
32. People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
33. There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
34. Al Pacino’s face was on the original Facebook homepage
35. One early Facebook function was a file sharing service
36. The first “Work Networks” as well as the original educational networks  included Apple and Microsoft
37. The meaning of the term poke has never been defined
38. There is an ‘App’ to see what’s on the Facebook cafe menu
39. Mark Zuckerburg (CEO of Facebook) calls himself a “Harvard Graduate” when in fact he didn’t graduate (apparently his reply is that “there isn’t a setting for dropout”)
40. Australian’s spend more time per month on Facebook than any other country at over 7 hours on average
41. A Facebook employee hoodie sold for $4,000 on eBay
42. Facebook was initially bank-rolled by Peter Thiel the co-founder of PayPal for $500,000
43. It is the second biggest website by traffic behind Google (at the moment)
44. Facebook is now valued at approximately $80 billion
45. Facebook makes money through advertising  and virtual products
46. Facebook was almost shut down by a lawsuit by ConnectU who claimed that Zuckerburg stole the idea and Technology for Facebook (the issue was settled out of court)
47. The USA has the largest Facebook user base with 155 million people which represents 23.6% of Facebook’s total users
48. There is over 16,000,000 Facebook fan pages
49. Texas Hold’em Poker is the most popular Facebook page with over 41 million fans
50. More than 650 million active use facebook.

Work Cited:

http://www.jeffbullas.com/2011/04/28/50-fascinating-facebook-facts-and-figures/

10 Facts about Digital Communication

      http://www.m2m.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Wce37cc214c5bd.htm
1. When you send a text message you are using a digital communication sysytem.hen you send a text 
  
       http://www.m2m.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Wce37cc214c5bd.htm
2. A digital communication system generates and receives adigital signal. It can be broken down into a number of building blocks. The various building blocks have particular functions: digital communication system generates and receives adigital signal. It can be broken down into a number 

       http://www.princetonreview.com/Majors.aspx?cip=090702&page=1
3. Digital communications are just what they sound like: communications performed with and by digital technology.


        http://www.princetonreview.com/Majors.aspx?cip=090702&page=1
4. Multimedia developers and managers use digital communications methods to create any variety of entertainment, graphic design, and artistic productions.




        http://www.adobe.com/education/resources/hed/pdfs/dc_for_all_students.pdf
5. The world of communication now includes all kinds of media—audio, video, rich media presentations, interactive websites, DVD, simulations, and virtual meeting environments.

Investigation Day 1

Objective:Today I will research my topic and find 10 facts/behaviors I would like to

educate my peers about to prevent an inappropriate digital footprint in their future.

Reflection

For my project I did Digital Communication. Some good things about this topic is that you can communicate with other peple and be updated. Some bad things are that what you say can be used against you. You can be tracked and there is improper etiquette. These are just some of the things about Digital Communication.

For my project I'm doing DIGITAL COMMUNICATION.!

Finished it.! yesterday (11-22-11)

1.Digital Communication is the __________________of information.  (10 point)

2.Who uses Digital Communication ? Everybody.

3.Southpark cartoon discusses how on Facebook can ruin your life.   (10 point)

4.How do we use Digital Communication?  Texting, calling, social networks.   (10 point)

5.What is the potential for misuse? ________. ______, ____, _____, (10 point)

6.Where is the danger for misuse that impacts you daily? Everywhere where there is use of digital communication. (10pt)

FACEBOOK MANNERS

7.What is the expected time you believe is appropriate to change your FB status? When you consult the other person about it.(10 point)

8.What is your opinion about FB manners?______________________________ (10 point)

9. What are the benefits of Digital Communication? Communicate with friends , check what’s going on around the world, and some are free to use.

(10 point)

10.  What is your opinion? Is this proper use of digital communication? ________ it. (10 point)

Tijerina's Essay

Vita A. Tijerina

Mia Tijerina

ELA

November 2, 2011

Celebrity Behavior: Good gone Bad

            Why are people more interested in celebrities bad behavior than good behavior? It is

interesting that celebrities bad behavior gets more attention than news about politics and news

about what is going on with our country and government.  Celebrities bad behavior is covered

more in news stories than positive behavior because it is more exciting, people make money out

of it, and good behavior is expected.

            First, bad behavior is exciting because people like seeing famous people mess up and

make mistakes. When Lindsay Lohan breaks the law, all the attention is on her, but when she

helps a charity, no one seems to care about it. According to Mania Beyond Entertainment, " A

women claimed Lohan had stolen her clothing from her home while she was away ",even a little

action like this made all the attention go to Lohan (2007). Even though Lohan tried to clear her

name, people still bothered her on her actions.

            Secondly, the people who actually put up the bad behavior in magazines or news stories,

they are the ones who are making money out of it. When famous people make mistakes, and

TMZ puts it up for people to see, they are the ones making money for all the attention it gets. In

2011 TMZ stated, "Drew Barimore  caused a stir with her neighbors last night when her loud

Halloween party forced them to call the cops  and complain." This article made TMZ lots of

money.

            Finally, people tend to expect good behavior from famous people, so that is why

whenever they behave bad, it interest people a lot. Because people tend to expect good behavior

from famous people, whenever they behave bad, everybody wants to know about it. T.I is a very

famous and well-known artist so when "Rapper T.I was arrested in September 2010 during a

traffic stop in Los Angeles and was charged with felony drug possession" (OTRC 2010).

Because he was well--known, this spread rapidly around .

            The reasons that celebrities bad behavior is covered more is because it's exciting, it

makes people money and because good behavior is expected. It is exciting because people like

watching famous people mess up and make mistakes. The people who actually put up the bad

behavior for people to see, they are the ones making money. Because good behavior is expected,

when celebrities misbehave it interests people a lot.

                                                                    Works Cited

   "Lindsay Lohan cleared of Theft Charges." Mania Beyond Entertainment. May 2007. Web. 19     May 2007.                   

      "Drew Barimore-Cops Called Over Loud Halloween Party." TMZ. May 2011. Web. 30 October 2011.

      "Celebrities Who've Been to Jail." OTRC. July 2010. Web. 22 July 2010.

                                                                      

Introduction Paragraph

Vita A. Tijerina

Mia Tijerina

ELA

November 1, 2011

Celebrities Behavior: Good gone Bad

            Why are people more interested in the celebrities bad behavior than good

behavior? It is interesting that celebrities bad behavior tends to get more attention than

news about politics and news about the world. Celebrities bad behavior is covered more in news stories than positive behavior because it is exciting, people make money out of it, and good behavior is expected.

Topic Sentences

Topic Sentence #1
First, bad behavior performed by celebrities is exciting because they are like role models, and if they do something bad then it interest people more about it.

Topic Sentence #2
Next, when celebreties do something wrong, then the people who actually put it up on tv or magazines, they are the ones making money out of it.

Topic Sentence #3
Finally, because good behavior is expected when famous people behave bad it interests many people because it is out of the ordinary.

Thesis Statement

People tend to crave celebrities bad behavior. Whenever they do something good, people just seem to not care, but when they do something bad, then  they have to face paparazzi. The three main things that people actually care about are drama, publicity and gossip.

Evaluate

My rating of myself on a scale of 1-6.

Investigate: I would give myself a 5 because I did find out a lot of things. Those things were very useful, but I know that I could of done it better.


Design:For design I would give myself a 6 because I designed 3 designs. I designed  3 very different designs, and from those 3 I had to use one; I chose the one that I thought was the best for me.


Plan:I would give myself a 5 because I did plan things, but they could of been way better. I did take my time, but I knew that I could push myself harder.


Evaluate:For evaluate I would give myself a 6 because I did go over my product and found many mistakes. When I found those mistakes, I didn't change them instead I just recorded them.

Plan Questions

1. What idea did you choose to demonstrate the design cycle and why did you choose it? I chose to do the Microsoft Power point because it was much easier and faster to do my project on.

2. Does your idea meet all of the requirements? Yes, my power point did meet all of the teachers and all of my requirements.

3. How many slides does your product have? In my product their will 6 slides. Two slides will be the title and the the ending. The other 4 will be the one with the actual information.

4. Explain how you will use your time to get your project finished in 12 days. I tend to always wait until the last minute because I feel pressured and I do my work faster. I will do my project like when there is like 3 or 4 days left; pressuring me helps me do my work faster, and I actually do put time so that it will look nice.

Investigation Questions

1. How can my learning serve my community? My learning can help my community by being able to do more and better efficient things.

2. How can your future projects become better? By looking back on my mistakes and fixing those mistakes.

3. What have you learned about yourself and what you will continue to do or not do and why? I learned that I can do things really good only if I am pressured. When ever I have a long time to do it, I tend to wait until the last minute. One thing that I will keep doing is waiting until the last minute.

4. How do you feel about your final product? I am proud of my final product because I took time to do it right.
 What would you rate yourself on the Rubric scale of 1-6 for each       part of the Assessment Criterion? I would rate myself a 5 because its not perfect, but it is also good.

5. What would you do differently in regards to your planning and execution of your plan? I don't think that there is anything that I would do anything different because I am proud of what I did and I don't think I did any mistakes.

Create

Today I finished my survey, but I haven't tested it. I'm finishing up my power point, all I need it to just add pictures to the slides.  When I finish my power point, I plan to test it on 3 6th graders.  When the 6th graders are done with the survey, I am going to record the scores they get.

Survey for 6th graders

1. What is the design cycle?

2. What is the third stage of the design cycle?

3. What stage do you find the problem?

4. What do you do in evaluate?

5. What are the four stages of the design cycle?

6. What is the second stage of the design cycle?

7. What do you do in the second stage?

8. In what stage do you find the solution?

9. What have you learned from the design cycle?

10. On a scale of  1-5 how good was my power point about the design cycle?

My Progress

So far I have already put all my information on all the slides. All that is just left for me to do is to put the pictures of each step. I will also try to put more information on the slides so that the 6th graders can really understand it.

Plan: Gant Chart

My total project will take 123 minutes, which is 2 hours and 3 minutes.

Design Brief

10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it. Im going to make a Microsoft Power point for the 6th graders. Im making this because the 6th graders need to know exactly what the Design Cycle is.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment? 

• has to be quick and easy
• has to also be neat
• 6th graders have to understand it
• has to be less than than 3 or 2 minutes

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?  My limitation is to have my slide show be 2-3 minutes long.

13. How will you "test" your project? I will test it by giving the 6th graders 3 different surveys/ tests, and see if they pass them.

Investigation Reflection

I would say that I would be at a 5 because I already compared the two choices, I already chose one but, I haven't done the actual project using Microsoft Power point. I compared Google Sites and Microsoft Power point, because I planned to do a slide show for the Design Cycle project. When I compared both of them, it showed me which one was much easier and faster to do. I chose Microsoft Power point, I already know how to use it and what each symbol stands for. All that is left for me to do is to just do the actual slide show using Microsoft Power point.

Design

I ended up choosing Sample 1, because I felt it was it most organized and neat way to do it. The other samples were good but, they were a little disorganized for me. I like to put the title first, then the information, and at the end, the picture. All, three samples were good, but Sample 1 was the one that standed out the most.

Day 3 Brainstorming Designs

SAMPLE 1:
Slide 1:design cycle, picture of design cycle
Slide 2:Investigation, information, picture of investigation
Slide 3:Plan, information, picture of plan
Slide 4:Create, information, picture of create
Slide 5:Evaluate, information, picture of evaluate
Slide 6:DESIGN CYCLE (title), picture of design cycle


SAMPLE 2:
Slide 1:Picture of design cycle, title-design cycle
Slide 2:Investigation, picture of investigation, information
Slide 3:Plan, picture of plan, information
Slide 4:Create, picture of create, information
Slide 5:Evaluate, picture of evaluate, information
Slide 6:DESIGN CYCLE


SAMPLE 3:
Slide 1:DESIGN CYCLE, picture of design cycle
Slide 2:Picture of investigation,investigation, information
Slide 3:Picture of plan, plan, information
Slide 4:Picture of create, create, information
Slide 5:Picture of evaluate, evaluate, information
Slide 6:Picture of design cycle

Day 3 Comparison

Google Sites

Measurements	Score (1-5)
Simplicity	4
Fonts	5
Music	0

        In simplicity,for Google sites I gave it a 4. I gave it a 4 because it wasn't that hard to do, but there were some flaws to it. I thought that it would of taken me longer because I had never used Google Sites before, but it turned out to be much easier as I thought it would be. Overall  for simplicity, it was not that hard of a challenge to do.

    

     In fonts, for Google Sites, I gave it a 5. I gave it a 5 because in Google Sites you can have any type of fonts you want. At first I thought that it would only be one type of font, but it turned out that you have many choices! Having choices for fonts is very important because you do need different sizes for the titles, then the actual texts as well as many other things. Overall for fonts, it was a very fast and easy thing to do for a slide show.

     For music in Google Sites I gave it a 0. I gave it a 0  because in Google Sites, you can have music but I think that it wouldn't be as much as a help as it should be. It can be a very fun thing to do, but it will only distract the people who are listening to your presentation. Overall I gave music a 0 because if you use it will not help you, instead it will backfire on you.

    

  Microsoft Power point           

Measurements	Score (1-5)
Simplicity	5
Fonts	5
Music	0

In simplicity for Microsoft Power point, I gave it a 5. I gave it a 5 because it was real fast and easy to do. At first when I looked at it, it looked complicated, but then when I started doing it it became real easy. Overall for simplicity, it was a real fast and much easier way to do a power point/slide show.

      

    In fonts for Microsoft Power point, I gave it a 5. I gave it a 5 because Microsoft Word also allows you to have different fonts and has many choices of fonts for power points. It is a very good thing that Microsoft Power point has different choices of fonts to enlarge any kind of titles, or other texts. Overall for fonts, it was a real fast,easy and useful way to create a slide show/power point.

     

    In music, I gave it a 0. I gave it a 0 because having music will distract the people you are teaching. Microsoft power point can have music added, but it will just backfire on you. Overall for music, I gave it a 0  because it will not help you, instead it will make the people you are teaching get distracted real easily.

Day 2 Investigation Reflection

So far my idea is to create a slide show. The two tools I want to compare are Microsoft powerpoint and Google sites. I haven't compared the two,but I plan to in the future. I went to Mrs. Hinojosa's blog and clicked on video tools, which took me to Google Sites. I clicked on it and it showed me how to use and create a slide show and how I can insert pictures in and many designs. I took kind of a tutorial and it helped me understand exactly how to use it. And you can use any where you go without saving it in a pen drive. The other link that I clicked to compare was Microsoft power point. In this link, I can create a power point with pictures. The only catch is that if I'm going to work on it, Im going to have to carry it with me on a pen drive. These two are some what a like, but one has more of an advantage of the other.
         I decided to use Microsoft power point because it was much faster and easier to use for this kind of project. Yes, I have to carry it in a pen drive, but I believe its better this way than using it on different computers. Whenever I'm using it, I might forget to exit it out, and someone could get in and erase the data I have. On Google sites, the students could get distracted by the designs the slide has, instead of paying attention to the actual information.

Area of Interaction: Community and Service , Approaches to Learning & Human Ingenuity

Significant Concept: Design Cycle can be used to solve problems

Unit Question: How can my learning help my community? How do I make Sound Choices?

INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) Identify the Problem

1. What is the problem you need to solve? Explain to a 6^th grader what the design cycle is all about by creating a presentation. (3d, PPT, movie, game, Poster)

2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? This cycle applies to the world by helping us plan and create anything from projects (of work,business..etc),to building actual buildings.

3. How will this project serve my community? It will serve my community by helping me do and solve more things around and about my community, and help each other out when we need it.

4. How can my learning help my community? My learning can help my community by being able to do more and better efficient things.

5. How do we live in relation to each other? We live in relation to each other by helping each other out when we need it, and ask each other questions when we don't understand something.

6. How does this help others? This helps others by having things more organized and doing things more faster.

7. What are the requirements for this assignment? The requirements for this assignment is to do something-power point,movie..etc, that will HELP a 6th grader know what the design cycle is. It must be filled with knowledgeable things, and must be helpful.

8. What is the Design Cycle? The Design Cycle is the problem solving method and is used to help people (students) to create and evaluate solutions for problems/challenges.

REFLECT on your learning.

Day 2

9. Spend one day experimenting with DESIGN CYCLE your presentation. List five things your learned about the Design Cycle:

Day 3

Design Brief

10. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it.

Formulate a Design Specification

11. What are the requirements for this assignment?

12. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?

13. How will you "test" your presentation?

REFLECT ON YOUR LEARNING

PLAN:

14. Brainstorm ideas. Use the chart below

IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf found in schoology under “materials”& then files

15. What idea did you choose to demonstrate the design cycle and why did you choose it?

16. Does your idea meet all of the requirements?

17. Use the story board paper below to plan your presentation.  Include how many levels you will have, what will be on each level, how will you include teaching skills to young students, and what will your questions be about.

story board.pdf found in schoology under “materials” & then files.

18. Explain how you will use your time to get your project finished in 12 days:

REFLECT on your learning

EVALUATE:

20. How could you improve your presentation?

21. Does your presentation meet all of the requirements?

22. Share your presentation with at least 2-8^th, 3-9^th, 4-10^th+ friends. What did he/she like about your presentation?

23. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve?

24. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer?

25. How can my learning help my community?

26. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6)

ATTITUDE:

27. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". Explain your answer:

28. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6)