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#WebsitesandRhetoricalDevices

Section A: 

Ethos:

Homepage/ About me: In this section, I will be sure to employ the use of ethos by keeping it true to myself and who I am as a person. I will make sure everything is neat, correct, in terms of grammar and things of that nature, as well as keeping it light hearted but professional at the same time.

Assignment Reflections: When doing the assignment reflections, I plan to maintain ethos throughout it by reviewing the assignments that I have completed and basing my reflections solely off of the new and fresh ideas of the assignments in my head so that no information is missing.

Reading Reflections: When completing the reflections on my readings, I plan to use ethos by re-referencing the ebook as well as the WIT book in order to properly reflect and remember the readings that have been assigned throughout the semester.

Pathos:

Homepage/ About me: In this section, I plan on employing the use of pathos through how I set my website up in terms of fonts, colors, sections, and images. I will make everything clear and concise while keeping it lighthearted in nature.

Assignment Reflections: With this section, I will reflect on everything that I have done that has brought me to where I am in the semester and also as to how much hard work and time each of the assignments really took.

Reading Reflections: For this section, I will employ the use of pathos through discussing some of the readings and as to how they assisted in my completement of the assignments as well as how they helped me throughout the class in general.

Logos:

Homepage/ About me: In this section I will utilize logos by maintaining a specific layout throughout my whole website as well as making sure that all of the information on it is up to date and accurate for the reader to soak in. I will also compare the websites that have been provided for us in order to make sure that I am on the right track to creating a great website.

Assignment Reflections: In this section, logos can be applied through using examples. The examples or evidence can come from the tumblr pdf files as well as other assignment files that had been posted in order to ensure that everything is correct.

Reading Reflections: Similarly to assignment reflections, I will be referencing the ebook as well as the hard copy book in order to ensure that all of the information and examples I have for the readings are accurate and helpful.

Section B: 

Ethos: As a designer, I will employ ethos through the use of correct information and trustworthy sources. Also, as always, correct grammar and punctuation are a must so those will be employed as well to ensure that my website design will follow the rules of ethos.

Pathos: As a designer, pathos will come in handy because I can showcase it through the layout of my website, the colors of the website, and the total content of the website. I plan on keeping the design of my website mostly monochromatic and simple so I think that in the context of pathos, my website will be successful.

Logos: As a designer, I will employ the use of logos by maintaining a neat and simple layout that is easy to navigate. I will only be using things that are correct and helpful and I will also make sure to give credit to my sources.

Officially done with the last tumblr tuesday! 

[aiperez2-blog]

Hello, I really liked when you discussed that grammar is highly important in the ethos section, I strongly agree with you! Also the GIF of YOU and YOU’RE that you putted was hilarious! the perfect one for your text. I think you have very good points of view that will get you to a good use of ethos, pathos and logos for your website. Keep it up, we are almost done!!

[aiperez2-blog]

Last but NOT Least! Week #15

How will I employ these as a writer? 

The most important things to have in mind when it comes to ethos, are accuracy and credible information. 

In the section of about me, my information needs to be precise and honest. For example, I can’t over exaggerate things putting that I was a secret agent of the CIA. I need to provide credible information such as my education, my real birth place and things that make the reader believe what he/she is reading. To provide enough information lets the reader know that the person writing it is actually me.

In the section of reflection assignments, ethos will take place when I can demonstrate that I am the author of the assignment I am describing and ensuring that the assignment made are correct and accurate.

In the reading reflection section, for it to have ethos I will put the name of the book and briefly describe it to give the audience an idea of the theme of the book and also for them to look for it by their own. 

Pathos is known as the emotional appeal. 

In the section of about me, I can narrate experiences, events of my life that had contributed to who I am and what I want to be. For example, when I put my desired major, I can put event and things that influenced me to end up with that decision.

In reflection assignment area, I will describe detailed the emotions I went through when doing each of the assignments. The things I learned and the issues I faced that made me struggle. For instance, if I make the audience to feel my experience they way I did, they will get more involved in the website.

I think the reading reflection section is the hardest section to put pathos in it. I will try to put pathos in it by describing the knowledge the reading gave me and how did it change my way of see things relating to the readings. 

Logos is the logic of the information, the facts with proof.

For the section of about me I will need to be specific and provide proof. I can put real pictures of me or of anything that I am talking about in the section. That will be an excellent proof for the reader. 

In the assignment reflection section I can put the actual work that I did or the instruction of it just to enhance and highlight the importance and the difficulty level of the assignment. For me to show the assignment will be a prove that I indeed did it and finished it. 

For the reading reflection section I can apply logos in it by maybe providing facts of the book reader like the author’s information, how successful was the book, and how this helped me to become a better reader. 

How will I employ these as a designer?

I think its depending on each person the way a website looks nice but is important to keep in mind the organization of it.

I will apply ethos on each of my sections by having a good presentation, no grammar errors, and formal vocabulary. This three things will add credibility to the website and will give confidence to the audience that the website is a good site. 

To use pathos as a designer is not a complicated thing. For example if I put a sad event in my about me section, there are negative colors, pictures, videos, that can add emotions to the text on the website. I need to select the adequate background, pictures and colors depending of what I am going to be talking about. 

For logos, the basic thing is organization. The first part of your website is the most important because is the one that decided if the audience keeps scrolling on the website or decides to close it. The homepage needs to be clear, simple but you need to be careful that it won't be boring and flat. Also I need to put my citations and make sure that the resources of them are reliable and not a webpage that no one knows. 

Finally we are done with this post and with tumblr!! 

[briannaamber17-blog]

On the Road to Creating a Website

So creating a website is the last and final assignment of the semester and I couldn’t be happier. After making my website I will finally be stress free!

In my website I must follow all the guidelines and must make sure I use the five principles of design such as:

Contrast: Design such as font style and size are different from one another.

Consistency: Making sure design is consistent and similar.

Balance: When images and text have equal weight, such as spreading out the content.

Grouping: Keeping sets of like items on the same page and not scattered.

Alignment: Lining up elements on the page either vertically of horizontally.  

- The first website http://trendlines.ca/

1) The balance of this website was not good at all. On the left side there was a graph showing the USA Gasoline components and on the right side there was only 3 bullet points of information, creating no balance at all.   

2)  The contrast of this site is not very good because there is so many different colors, sizes, and styles of font. It is difficult to read the graph since their is so many different colors going on.

3) The use of consistency is not good either because the design is not consistent. In the graph they used many different colors for the font and on the right hand side they used black making it very distracting.

4) The alignment is not in proper format because the textbox’s that are on the graph are not aligned properly. Some are diagonal, and they are all different sizes and colors. As for the grouping, the results of the chart is on the right hand side when it should probably be right under that way you know those are the results.

5) Based on my analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, the effectiveness of the site was very helpful because there was so much color that it took away from the chart. Everything was scattered everywhere and had no consistency at all. Looking at this website now I know what NOT to do.

- The website http://www.aaronxmarquez.com/

1. The balance of this site was a lot better because the images and text had equal weight. The text was on the left side and the picture was on the right but it transparent that way you could focus on the text more than the image.

2) How is contrast employed on the site? The contrast of Aarons website was very organized. The style, size, and color of font was all the same. He also highlighted the key points in yellow to show you that, that information is important. He also put a black background so it wouldn’t take away from the text.

3) The sites use of consistency was on point because the design was consistent, he used only white and yellow for the font which is very simple and not to much for the audience.

4) Everything in this website was aligned and not scattered all over the place, which made it look organized.

5) Based on my analysis of the site in terms of the principles of design, the effectiveness of this site was very helpful because it showed me how my website should look. Aarons website was very organized, it didn’t have to much, it was just simple and straight to the point. I also liked this website because it looked fancy and it also incorporated movement when you would scroll to the next page. This gave me a better understanding on what my website should look like.

Now that I have a better understanding now its time to outline my own website and how I want mine to look!

1. To ensure that my website is balanced I will make sure that my images and text share equal weight for instance if I put an image I will imply that I put a fair amount of text, not too much and not too little.

2. On my website I will also ensure that I use contrast such as incorporating the same style, color, and size of font that way it can look organized and simple.

 3. I will employ consistency by making sure that my design is consistent and not a different layout on each page. For example, on Aarons website he had the same layout for all his different pages.

4. Using alignment and grouping can make my website more effective because that’s what makes it look organized. For instance, in the first website I saw everything was not aligned and the information was not grouped well o it made everything look like a mess aka “capirotada”.

 5. The colors I plan to use for my website is mostly black and white because I think that’s what makes it look organized. I feel like color takes away from the text  and objective.

 6. I can ensure that my website is going to be well- designed because I am going to go over the website guidelines and go in depth to make sure I understand the directions. I am also one who loves to ask questions therefore if I have any I will make sure I ask that way I am on the right track. In addition, the website creator WIX, gives you many options of designs that you can chose from so I think that will also be very helpful.   

Now that I have analyzed what a good website looks like I can now use that as an example to help me create my own!

[aiperez2-blog]

Hello! I agreed mostly in all of your critiques for the two websites, the first one need a lot of improvement!! I also think that I will be using black and white for my website because I would not know how to balance a lot of colors with out the website to look messy! Good luck creating your website!!

[aiperez2-blog]

Week #14, Design Principles Applied

For this tumblr we needed to analyze two websites and their use of the five principles of design. 

First website:

And the second website....

IMPLICATIONS FOR MY OWN DESIGN

1. The way I will ensure that my website is well balanced I think is that I will always be looking for the same type of pictures. For instance, if I put a black and white picture, I will try for all my other pictures to be also black and white or neutral colors. I will be focusing my attention on the size of each image and the distance they have between them and the information for the website to not look over charged of pictures and text. 2. To add contrast to my website I will try to make striking titles of different sizes towards the text of information. With out letting the text be boring and flat. Also I will try to add a little contrast to the colors used for the website to not be that simple and plane.  3. I will employ consistency in all the texts of information, for the website to be formal and easy to read. I will do it of the same style and probably of the same tone. Also I want for my pictures to be alike, of the same style.  4. The use of alignment and grouping will make my website look nicer and organized. For instance, if I placed some things vertically and other horizontally, I think the website loses formality and may look messy. That is why alignment is important. Grouping will also affect my website because I need to separate each topic for the information to not be all mixed, that way the viewer will not get lost. 5. I think overall I will use neutral colors, because neutral colors are formal, I personally don’t like to use a lot of extravagant colors because it can easily look disorganized. 6. Another way I can ensure my website is well designed will be by having a second opinion of different people. Also looking for good websites in the internet to see what I am doing good and what I may be missing. 

[janais-holland-blog]

#PlanofAction

After brainstorming/ banging all of out heads against a wall, my teammates and I came up with a plan of action!

Now that everything has officially written and planned out between our group, hopefully there is nothing but smooth sailing toward that documentary!

[aiperez2-blog]

Hello!! I think you did a great job on planning our schedules. I can feel the same way as you do for the things that you are most concerned about. But I know we will do an excellent job individually as well as in group. We just need to work hard and research a lot! Yay!! We will all be helping us each other for us to get a good grade for this assignment! :) 

[aiperez2-blog]

Week #13, Plan of Action

For this tumblr, I need to organize better my schedule and plan what we are going to do by myself and as a team member. 

I did a calendar to know what specific dates we will commit to the project. (Questions a and b)

Question C

Question D

Question E

Question F

Now I am more organized and I know exactly the dates that I need to be completing thins and how much time I have for the due date. So nervous!

[bacevedo3-blog]

Week 12 Diversity in Psychology

Part 1:

A. Topic: Diversity in Psychology.

B. Purpose: To encourage people to become informed and to join any psychology organization to help change the views in psychology.

Audience: People who are interested in pursuing psychology as a career, they can rage from high schoolers and up to professionals already in their respected fields of psychology. But also the audience can include anyone that may need psychological help.

Solution: To get students who are studying psychology to get more involved in their filed and also encourage others to get educated on what psychology can do to help people.

Part 2: Solution

The solution for the issue is to get the audience informed about the field of psychology. In order to make the field of psychology more diverse we need to encourage psychology students to get more involved in their field. They can go to conferences, and join clubs that is mainly focused on psychology. By getting psychology students involved in their field it helps build a community that can become diverse as it grows. 

As the field of psychology becomes diverse so does their patients. In other for people that are in need of psychological help to have trust in psychologists they need to feel comfortable. By increasing the diversity of the patients there is an open door that can help increase diversity in the field of psychology. There needs to be more diverse people in the field of psychology that are from different races, religions, sexualities and genders. 

Many organizations that can help provide information and support are:

American Psychological Association

International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

National Register of Health Service Psychologists 

Society for Health Psychology

Many conferences are held every year by these organizations and many more that can be very helpful for students that are in the psychology field.

[aiperez2-blog]

Great job!! You have very good points for our solution, we all agreed in the fact that we need to make students and professionals more involved in the subject of diversity in psychology. Also I liked what you mentioned of the patients, that psychology field needs more diversity in order for patients to feel comfortable. We just need to research more about the organizations and conferences!! Keep it up!

[aiperez2-blog]

Week #12 Diversity in Psychology

PART 1. 

Topic: Diversity in Psychology

Purpose: To change views in psychology, people to attend psychology conferences to become informed and to join psychology organizations.

Audience: People interested in the psychology field, they can be most likely high school students and up and ending between 35 - 40 years of age where people already have their careers; BUT also audience may include people needing psychological help and for that there is no standard age. 

Solution: Students intended to study psychology to get encouraged and involved more in the field. 

PART 2. Audience

Ethos:

According to Dr. Pechak, she said that diversity improves in all matters, that the issue is not only in gender but on culture, religion, race/ethnicity, etc. There are some stereotypes on the field of psychology because there are more women than men and that really affects diversity in general.

“The gender gap in the psychology workforce has widened. More females and fewer males have been entering the psychology workforce. This gender gap was even wider for racial/ethnic minority groups.” (American Psychological Association) “Attempts to attract minority groups into psychology began in the early 1970s and continues until now” (NAPPP) “Minority health professionals are more likely to serve in minority and medically underserved communities and may have special insights about the social and behavioral aspects of health within minority populations” (THP)

The video above talks briefly about the importance diversity has in psychology field and how it benefits people. 

Pathos: 

Another issue presented in the lack of diversity in the psychology field is that there are few professor from different ethnicities teaching psychology. 

“Minority faculty serve as role models for young minority students.” (THP)

“Minorities may not have training in the language to best communicate why they should be admitted into psychology graduate school” (THP)

“Work settings within the psychology field, particularly in university settings, may have an unfriendly culture/environment for minorities” (APA)

Minority groups are affected in many ways because of the lack of diversity in psychologists such as: 

"Most minority groups are less likely than whites to use services, and they receive poorer quality mental health care, despite having similar community rates of mental disorders." (Psyc today) 

Logos: 

National registeer organization says that each year students continue to major in psychology in large numbers despite the commonly relayed opinion that, “you can’t get a job with a psychology bachelor’s degree.” In a survey of 225 undergraduate students, 80% of juniors and seniors reported that they heard this statement from their parents, friends, or professors (Ware, 2001)

Minorities groups are increasing by the time but is increasing very slow, that can slow the amount of patients of different ethnicities to seek for support of a psychologist with the same race and background culture. 

“The percentage of clinical psychologists who belong to a racial or ethnic minority group rose modestly from the 1970s to 2010 but remains under 10%” (Norcross & Karpiak)

The American Psychological organization illustrated with the chart above that 

“The active psychology workforce was primarily White: in 2013, Whites accounted for 83.6 percent of active psychologists. Racial/ethnic minority groups, including Asian (4.3 percent), Black/African American (5.3 percent), Hispanic (5.0 percent) and other racial/ethnic groups (1.7 percent), accounted for approximately 16.4 percent of active psychologists.”

Since stereotypes are being set, men are no longer looking for psychology careers:

“In 2013, for every male active psychologist, there were 2.1 female active psychologists in the workforce”. (APA)

SOLUTION:

If diversity increases in the psychology field, people in need of a psychologists will be more interested in looking for one because they will know there will be one psychologist with similar ideals as him/her. By increasing patients, there will be more jobs for psychologist of different races, religions, cultures, genders, etc. 

There are many organization that can provide relevant information and support such as: 

American Psychological Association

Society for Health Psychology

National Register of Health Service Psychologists

[aiperez2-blog]

WWC

[aiperez2-blog]

Week #11 Reflecting in our Research Skills

My research was of diversity of women in medicine. So for this assignment I needed to analyze what I learned, what I can do with the things I learned, and how this will affect my future in general. So I am going to start with what I learned… 

WHAT?

This literature review helped me to see the diversity of women in the medical field but also to know what barriers we face and what opportunities I have to pursue my desired major. I also learned that the number of women in medicine since the 1960′s is just increasing and increasing, so that mean women are increasing in medicine with no decreasing period since 56 years ago!! Creating the literature review was not an easy task, but I enjoyed it because it consisted of a lot of research on topic that I will need to have knowledge of as I advance in my career. I also learned based on the research done, the importance of having reliable sources and a primary source because both can give you different perspectives. Researching at the academic level can be complicated when you have a specific topic, but I know I can find the adequate articles if I make first a broader search and then apply it to my specific topic.

Then I needed to write about why is that important the things I learned with this assignment…

SO WHAT?

All what I learned is important for this course because to know how to manage different type of sources and how to address well a proper answer for a question will lead me to success on any assignment. As a future college grad I will face many more assignment like the one I just did, so it would be easier for me because I already know the process of the research, how much time does it approximately takes, and the problems that may present to me while doing the assignment. As a future professional, I learned what it takes to study medicine as a women. I also learned because of my interview with Dr. Pechak, that studying the doctoral degree will give me more opportunities no matter if you are female or male and that I should with no doubt pursuit to that degree. Based on my research done, I know that me as a woman have now a lot of opportunities to pursuit my desired career and that in the actuality, we are almost half of the total of students graduating in medicine and working as doctors.

Last but not least, I needed to address how I can put this knowledge in use in my life in general.

NOW WHAT?

Now I have fair knowledge of diversity in the medical field regarding genre, the barriers that I may face during my studies and my career in the future, and the impact I can make in the medical field. I know there are places where is still present, if it happens to me, I know I will fight for equality in a proper manner and when it’s appropriate to do it. Now I know all the support I have and different organizations I can go to ensure that my career in the medical field is just as any other men or women student. In my current situation, I will simply keep studying and give the best of me in my career’s path. Hoping for one day, diversity of women in the medical field to be 50/50 with diversity of men in medicine and in any other career.

[josephineroque-blog]

Week 11: Reflecting on our research skills

1.WHAT:

I have learned so much there past two months. My semester topic is Diversity in Social work. Diversity including ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, and skills needed to be successful. I have learned that Social Work is a growing field and its courses in college are constantly changing because of diversity itself!! By doing my Literature Review I was able to look more into diversity and what were their methods used to train future social workers.  Conducting my primary research was pretty nerve wrecking but I survived!! Professor Eva Moya was such a sweetheart and she made me super exited for the future. Researching at the academic level so far has been a great challenge for me, but I am leaning so much every week and it makes me very proud of myself.

2. SO WHAT:

All that I am learning in this course is very important because research must be done almost everywhere! Maybe different research, shorter research or longer research but it is still similar to the genre analysis and  literature review. For example, I had to write a research paper for my politics class on the current election. I was able to learn abut the individuals running for certain position and I learned the importance of research. I learned what these people what to do , what they are passionate about and I  even learned who they are as a family member. It made me really exited to vote. I will be working in a professional environment in a few years, and what better way to advocate for diversity and changes when I am able to prove my ideas through research.

3. NOW WHAT:

Now its time to make changes. I now have knowledge of the importance of diverse social workers, yet Hispanics aren’t even half of the employees in the social work industry!! I am sure I am not the only one who thinks this way and I can look into it and raise awareness of the importance of the health of all of our minorities. I can even volunteer and further my research when I turn 21 ( because you have to be 21 to volunteer with social workers), by volunteering I can even notice other issues and research about it to make a difference.

[aiperez2-blog]

Hello! I am glad you enjoyed your interview and that Professor Eva Moya inspired you and made you exited for your future!! I really liked your conclusion on thinking to volunteer once you have 21 years of age, good luck!! I am sure that you will have the necessary knowledge of your career thanks to this assignment and don’t forget to keep researching your career. Hopefully you inspire more Hispanics to go as social workers.

[itzelrp]

Graphic Image and Conclusion

#Week10

If you don’t understand how to start, develop or create a graphic image and a conclusion, then this post is just right for you! Since it will not just help me understand better but all my peers as well.

So lets get into it shall we…

First, I went ahead and look into blackboard week 6 for the guidelines

Once I located then I click on the link and read the through them until I found what I was looking for… Graphic image requirements!

And then the conclusion…

And then, in the RWS book page 230 I also found some guidelines that can be very helpful

Now that we all know what to include in our graphic image and conclusion I want to include some videos that will show us how to create a graph and how to succeed conclusion

So yeah, this is pretty much what we all need to know about the graphic image and conclusion. Good luck!

[aiperez2-blog]

Hello! I really liked your post because it is detailed enough for the viewer to easily understand step by step on how to do a graphic and make a conclusion. The video that you posted is very useful and anyone that does not know how to create a graphic on excel can be guided by it. Thank you for your help!!

[aiperez2-blog]

Week #10 Methods and Interview Materials

For week #10 we were divided in four different groups to address each of the topics. I was assigned to group #3 of Methods and Interview Materials. 

The methods section can be a little confusing when writing your essay. Is important to know the instructions to get the best grade in your assignment. You can find the guidelines for Methods in the RWS handbook located in the section of “useful weblinks” o the left side of BB. 

Once you click on it. You need to go to your first option of the list.

When you already log in to your hand book, go to page 226. In the section titled “Writing About Your Primary Research”, is where you will find the guidelines for methods. 

Hoping for me to follow the guidelines exactly as listed. 

For the Interview Material, the guidelines are located also in the RWS handbook and in BB!!

Since you already know how to access the RWS handbook, let continue with it. Go to page 224 where it shows a section like the one below. 

These two pages in the RWS handbook show you a preview of how your work should look for preparation to the interview. In BB you can download these documents in Week #9 section.

There you have your three documents you need to have for the email to the interviewer. Remember to send the email in labor hours!! From 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. 

Also, for the Interview Material don’t forget to include your utensils such as equipment for recording, paper and pen to write and a computer to follow the progress of your interview.

There are external material to use to prepare for the Interview! like tutorials to make an interview. Just search in youtube “How to make an interview”. Videos like the following will guide you to a better and more professional interview.

I hope this will be useful to you!! Good luck!

[natalieberryblr-blog]

Documenting your interview preparation

I began this long process by writing my email to my professional in the topic. I knew Dr. Schoen would be extremely valuable to my essay and would provide an insight into diversity in the medical field. 

Then, I saved the interview release to my dropbox.

And I continued on to saving the interview confirmation to my dropbox.

Afterwards, I reviewed my questions and quotes that I would ask my interviewee. I knew I had to perfect these questions to gain the information I needed for my essay. 

Finally I obtained all of the supplies I needed for the interview. 

Time to relax!!!!!!

[aiperez2-blog]

Hello natalie! I saw that our topics are relatively the same. I hope you find what you need with the person that you contacted!! Your post is pretty well organized  based on the guidelines of BB. Good luck with that interview!!

[aiperez2-blog]

My interview preparation

I think I am ready for this assignment, first I started by sending the email to Dr. Pechak... I chose her because my topic is more centered in women, and from the three of my option of interviewers there were two women but one did not have email. So I first will give a try to Dr. Pechak!

Then, I downloaded the Interview Release Form to my computer and then to my dropbox. 

Done! Then this are my interview questions

I am almost done! Then I need to download the interview confirmation

and finally these are my material for the interview... 

Honestly I feel a little nervous... but oh well here is my interview checklist completed!!

All done and ready for my interview, hoping for it to be a really nice experience full of new lessons and different ideas!

[itzelrp]

Research/Interview Questions

#Week 8

After I finished my interview questions I realized that I need to do a little more research on my topic. So the questions and the research itself would make more sense and the scholars that I chose to interview could give me appropriate answers that eventually will be part of my paper, so my research in diversity of women in engineering will be complete, and done thoughtfully giving valuable information.

[aiperez2-blog]

Hello! I think your questions are pretty well structured. I think your interviewers will have a lot of things to say about your topic so you chose the perfect questions for them. Good luck!

[aiperez2-blog]

Interview Question Week 8

After finishing my questions I noticed that I had a hard time selecting them. The topic can have several point of view depending on the person ideals. I will continue with my research to have more facts that can make more questions for my interviewer. That way I have more interesting questions to do for my interviewers to think further more the subject.