Globalization outline

Global communication is the international access to a wealth of information, world culture, and people of different origins by the use of spoken language,  reading, and writing. The use of global communication dramatically increased since personal computers had became mainstream, and the use of the internet has proven reliable, secure, and fast.

Globalization has been promoted by the increased use of global communication in the last ten years by the advancements in technology. When the public can use technology to increase awareness of foreign cultures, it could then spark their interest to travel to other countries. These technologies, even ten years ago, were unaffordable to many people but as the technology has improved it has at the same time become affordable to the masses.

Pros

·         The ability to work with people from other countries for business and monetary gain.

·         Family can keep in contact even when overseas

·         Research, scientific discoveries, and pooled resources are abundant

·         Allows cultures to travel (letters, emails, information about other cultures).  

·         Cheap (VOIP is free, no travel costs, internet is a fairly cheap commodity)

Cons

·         Security can be compromised over the internet

·         Reduced interpersonal and relational skills

·         The necessity of proper language use has severely decreased

~Use of telecommunications via phone, internet, and VOIP ie phone conferences with video.

Conclusion

Technology, globalization, and global communication are all intertwined in our contemporary society. Globalization in today’s society uses internet, telephones, and mail services to communicate internationally. The price of technology has steadily decreased and the opportunities it provides have become tremendous to the business and personal worlds. They allow increased information, business clientele, and culture mixing. Although global communications has become an asset to the world, it can have negative effects such as reduced interpersonal skills, the use of proper language, and the security of your family and finances can be in jeopardy.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7601794_definition-global-communication.html accessed -1-25-11

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated =  Summary             Bibliography = List of sources  

• In depth
• Defects or special features
• Audience
• Purpose, summary, and relevance
• Summaries or statements in alphabetical order.
• APA or MLA depending on professor preference
• Let the reader know why the sources were picked.
• Helps to let the reader know the thought processes and ideology behind the research
• Helps to make the reader make sense of the research.

Sources accessed on 1/18/11

http://www.iupui.edu/~uwc/pdf/Annotated%20Bibliography,%20Preparing%20an.pdf  1/18/11

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/annotated.html  1/18/11

My top 3.

http://kyleenglish191.blogspot.com/ Kyle Louks

http://lukewalcheskiengl191spring2011.blogspot.com/ Luke Walcheski

http://beibeiwei0420.blogspot.com/ Beibei Wei

Story in a box revised

            When you look at a box from the outside you cannot tell what is inside of that box. Inside of a box can tell a man’s whole life story and you could miss the whole story if you never looked inside that box. The same is true for this box, and now I am going to take you on a journey of John’s life using just these passed down treasures that are in this box.

            A newborn cries in the distance somewhere in the southern part of the United States, long before cars, hospitals, and essentially any modern day technologies. This was the way John’s life started out. He was born in a modest household which was beautiful and handcrafted to the specifics of John’s father Mark. Mark was a hardworking man who supported his family through thick and thin and he really loved his newborn son John. John was wrapped up in the nicest flowery blanket in the town once he was born and he was always feed the best of the best for food, chestnuts and water. Chestnuts and water given to a baby was a sign of respect and riches in their community. They even kept it in a clear glass jar to keep it from spoiling and to show off to the rest of the community that they were richer than the rest. They may have been slightly arrogant but their worldviews and ideas shortly came to an end when flooding in the town threatened to take their lives.

            The once rich family had to sell all of their belongings to a local Native American tribe for a single handmade canoe that was big enough to fit the whole family in. Once they bought the canoe they headed out down the river to find dryer grounds and a safer place for a family to flourish and be happy. Mark was a local potter but he loved to make nontraditional statues. He loved African artwork.. He would make his statues to look like African artwork and sell it to the locals to help make extra money to support his family. He started making these pieces of art on the canoe because he knew there was money to be made off of this work after he was introduced to an African drummer and was shown many images and pieces of art from Africa. He based many of his statues off other peoples work but because of his attention to detail he was able to sell his work and start his family off rich in their new plot of land.

            John the newborn baby, was quickly growing up. He was a hunter but he loved to fish down by the river. He would bag many fish in one afternoon out, so many but they were so small. That lead to a talk with Mark and John. Mark wanted his son to bring fresh fish be he needed to know that big fish are better to eat and the small ones need to grow to become big fish for later in the year. Mark gave John a ruler and a homemade clay plate and told him that you can only bring them back here if they are as big or bigger than the plate or as long or longer than the ruler. John listened and started bringing home large amounts of huge fish which the modest family could not consume in one day. John was forced to go down to the market with his father’s leather African wallet to sell these fresh fish so they would not go bad.

            Little John did not know how the market worked but he knew when something was worth money. When John was at the market a man came up to him and claimed he had a genuine jade totem pole that he would love to trade for the fresh fish John had on him. John knew that jade was expensive and took the trade. John proudly returned home to his father to tell him the good news. Mark was upset that his son could not tell the difference between real jade and fake jade. The totem was completely worthless, except to the Native American family that it was stolen from a few days earlier. The natives were irate about losing this heirloom. They went to John’s house and demanded that it be returned. Since Mark thought it was worthless, he threw the totem away. The native then sought blood for the disrespect towards the tribe. They took Mark and John back to the tribe and performed the ceremonial beheading of thieves and shrunk both of their heads to show they are fierce warriors. That is the story of John and how his life ended because of a small mistake, and it was all learned from the items in that brown box.

The story in the box.

The story of my  great great grandfather’s friend John can be told by the items in that little brown box. When he was born they did not have the luxury of current medical technology and he was born in small colonial looking house in what is now the southern part of the United States.  The family he grew up in was predominantly poor and had to use a flowery looking homemade tablecloth to wrap the baby up to keep it warm during the frigid nights. That was the best they could do for the newborn baby.   The family used a traditional baby meal of chestnuts and water to make a milky type of formula to feed the newborn baby and kept it in a small pottery jar with a cork on top to keep it moist and safe from disease. This all went well for the family until severe flooding threatened to take away everything from the family.

                The family chose to sell off all of their belongings in order to buy a canoe made of bark from the local Native Americans. They bought this canoe so they could take the river downstream to dryer grounds to provide a stable place to build a family. The father of the family, Mark, was a potter by profession but he also made statues to help support the family in times of need.  He had seen pictures of Africa and African folk art and even met an authentic African drummer when he came to their old village. He decided to base some of his statues off that drummer and the images he had seen of that beautiful artwork.  He knew the people near what is now Mexico would buy this artwork at top dollar and he would be able to finally comfortably support his family.

                While his father was working, the new baby born boy named John was growing older and becoming self sufficient.  John learned how to fish on the river at a very early age and was a very good fisherman but had a problem with bringing home small fish that could barely support one meal. To solve this problem Mark gave his son John a ruler and a clay plate that he had made at work. He told little John that he needed to have a fish as long as the ruler or as big as the plate for him to take the fish home.  John listened to his father and was soon bringing home so many fish that they had to take them to the market to sell the fish so they did not go bad.  Since John caught the fish, John had to sell the fish. He took his Father’s genuine African leather wallet with him down to the market so he had a place to keep any gold or coins that he would get for his freshly caught fish.

                John had never gone down to the market by himself before and did not know the value of things that people would sell or trade for different items. Since he was naïve and young, a man came up and offered to trade his jade totem from china for his fish. John knew that jade was expensive and gladly took the trade. When John took the totem home to proudly show his father, his father became very angry at John. “That totem is worthless you fool!”, John’s father screamed.  The totem turned out not to be jade and was in fact, worthless to the family, but it was very precious to the Native family it was stolen from. The Native family sought revenge on Mark’s family and beheaded little Johnny for theft, as was tradition in their small tribe. They then shrunk the head and kept it as a token of victory.

                The box and all of its contents came from  southern United States and tells a sad story of a family trying to make it in a hard world and how a harmless mistake can end the life of a young man. This box has been near and dear to my family every since that fateful day and every item in the box has become priceless heirlooms.

Story in a box, inventory

The contents of the box are as follows:
1. Flowery cloth
   The cloth had purple and gray flowers on it. It appeared to be fleece with a mesh back.

 2. Bark canoe
   Handmade out of bark and soft wood. It had white and gray feathers in it.  The wood appeared to be softwood.

3. House
  The house appeared to be colonial. It was two stories tall and had a large cobblestone lawn with a horse in the yard. It had a brick half wall on the exterior of the lawn.

4. An African wallet
The wallet was made of leather and had designs on it. The designs were of a monkey, elephant and it was red and brown in color.

5.a traditional clay jar
It was green blue and brown. It was typical shape and had a clear bottom.

6.a wooden head with no hair,
A very detailed piece with no hair. It was hand carved and hand painted.  Its a creepy piece of artwork.

7. an african style wooden statue,
It was very detailed. It was a tall statue black in color and it was wearing traditional dress. The statue appears to be of someone who had a rich family.

8.a ruler
Standard issue ruler. It had some green sharpie on it. It had numbers 1-12 on the ruler.

9.a small clay plate
It was a traditional native style dish. It was red black and had the round dish shape of a dish.

10. a chinese jade totem pole
It is greenish/blue in color and has a traditional design on top. It was possibly used as a stamp.

 11.statue of a guy beating a drum
This statue seems more modern. It had a traditonal looking drum with more contemporary clothing. It was multi colored and made of wood.

12.a few chestnuts.
They are round and brown. They appear old. They do not look edible anymore.