Publishing the REAL THING :)

Hey girls,
I just made the two first entries on the real blog (without publishing them of course) and you can check on them in the edit section of the blog. The embedding of the prezi works just fine! You can click on "preview" and see what it will look like on the blog!

1st Progress Report

( I ) Timeline
   1.) How did our idea evolve?  (Christin)

• DIY
• enviornmental sust.
• Old to Gold

   2.) What to create? (Katharina)

• webpage: complicated -> rather focus on content
• blog: more editors possible, for free, lots of bloggers throughout the world

   3.) Getting started (Ann-Julika)

• Steps we took till now
• articles we will write

(II) General (Ina)

   4.) Webtools we used (- for negative, + for positive)

• Blogger ( -problems creating a blog, - setting everyone as editors was hard, - no notification, + communication and commenting is easy)
• Prezi (-new options make usage harder than it used to be, +interesting way of presenting, + great step by step display)
• Google Docs (- no commenting possible -> always feels like messing with other people´s work, -no notification if things get changed/ no highlighting of changed words/ sentences)
• Facebook  (+share our blog/ advertise)
• Google Sccholar (+academic texts, + keyword search)

( III ) Advertisment (Maxie)

   5.) Show our blog, encourage course to follow it!

Small contribution on dying cloths

This is what I do if I want to have some fresh stuff in my closet :)

I dye my old cloths instead of always buy new things.
These were light grey and brownish/beige before.

Research Questions

1. In what way can old things be reused creatively to support the environmental sustainability?

2. How can our blog help to create a wider awareness for constructive and creative recycling?

Studded Waistcoat Prezi

So this is what I did now. Any Suggestions for changes?

http://prezi.com/1ztjl_hfjvxo/edit/?auth_key=uqmri3b&follow=hr-dobtwzkqv

Questions on the book review article

What is the title of the article? Who is the author? Where and when did the article appear?

‘The Endangered Scholarly Book Review’ by Lynn Worsham  

1^st April 2012 on THE CHRONICLE of higher education (chronicle.com)

What are the author’s credentials?

Lynn Worsham is a professor of English at Idaho State University and editor of JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics.

What is the nature of the article?

It is a comment regretting the decrease of book reviews getting published in a scholarly way

What is the theme of the article?

The article is about what is important for a scholarly book review

Why did the author write it?

In order to encourage editors to continue publishing scholarly book reviews and to encourage doctoral students to write reviews and instruct them on how to do it right

What does the author claim?

She claims that editors take out review sections because they’re much more time consuming than articles and that they say readers aren’t interested in reviews anymore. However, she claims that this is not a valid point and that reviews, done properly, are still a viable and important contribution to intellectual life.

How does she support this?

It serves an important function to help busy scholars to make informed decisions about what to read and how to use your time wisely.

What is the overall appeal of the article (or lack thereof)? Give reasons.

The article makes people want to save reviews because the author makes them seem appealing not only for readers but also for writers.

Do you agree or disagree with what the writer suggests? Why?

We agree because book reviews are a great honor to an author of books and are very important in a world with so many publications that you cannot read everything.

What options does the article suggest? Explain.

Aside from the "traditional" book review,  another possibility of writing a review in form of an essay is named and has to be distinguished. This way two or more books are dealt with in one essay. In order to achieve this the author does not create one little review after the other, but analyses how the topics of the book are represented.

Do you know of any other writings on this theme? Do they coincide with what you think or what the author thinks?

Does the article provide any new insights for you or a larger reading audience?

The article does not really state anything new in our opinion. Nevertheless, it lists important facts about the structure and making of book reviews in an organised, logical way.

Give your overall evaluation and recap your main reasons for this. 

Would you recommend this article, and if so, to whom?
We would definitely recommend this article because of several reasons: Firstly, it takes the author's point of view as well as the reader's interest into account. On top of that, it includes advices on different genres. Secondly, it is easy to work with because of many lists.
Therefore, it is worth to be recommended to everyone who wants to create a book review in an effective organised and fast way. That means that it is interesting for students as well as pupils.

Prezi bow

Sooo.. I tried to make my own prezi and- as you can see- kinda failed. Well I guess I ll work on that. You all can look at it ( and hopefully edit the prezi). It often zooms in too far when I dont want it to... :/
http://prezi.com/knist-qbifhd/edit/?auth_key=xsvcacc&follow=7pxeuns67yuf

Outline_„People Throw Things Away- Everyday!

Outline „People Throw Things Away- Everyday!

Intro:

·         Society of waste->

·         Things aren’t produced to last

·         people throw away things that are fine

1.       Is trash really trash?

o   Statistics on how much is thrown away

o   It´s easier to throw something away than selling, recycling or reusing it

o   Some people live off other people´s trash so…

o   Most things that are thrown away are still useable, food is still edible

2.       What do the industries do?

o   Many products are not produced to last

o   New technology makes it harder to fix things by yourself/ is more sensible

o   Fashion makes people want new clothes, even when their wardrobe is fine

o   Advertisement makes us buy products we did not really want

o   Cheap products (especially clothes and food) make us wasteful and too lazy to think twice

3.       What can we do?

o   Sell our old things (ebay article to come) or give to charity

o   Recycle

o   Check food and not just date of expiring, inform about how long food is edible, plan meals

o   Reuse things( in a creative way)

o   Ask ourselves: Do I really need/want this?

Conclusion:

·         People are wasteful and

·         People are lead to a wasteful behavior by industries and the market

·         We can not change the market but we can change our behavior and our way of thinking.

Outline - household & everyday life

Avoid senselessly throwing away things
in the household & everyday life!

• ·         Don't throw things away - they can often still be used in one way or another!
• ·         Don't waste money - in Germany people throw away food worth 300€ every year!
• ·         Don't throw food away - in the U.S. people throw away 25% of the food they buy! Make something new with the rests, eat them later or on the next day!
• ·         Don't immediately throw 'broken' things away - first try to repair them or think about   what else they could be useful for!
• ·         Don't throw clothes away - create something new!
• ·         Recycling !

>> MAKE OLD TO GOLD! <<

Outline - Flea market(s)

Hello ladies,
I made a small outline for my flea market article. I hope you like it. If you have something to add or ideas just let me know :-)


- Introduction:  Concept / products that are sold (basically EVERYTHING YOU NEED)
- Some might be bored of several things, but you could find them perfect for something you want to do/decorate/etc.
- PRO: cheaper than new products, often in good condition (if in bad condition: even better price)
- Focus on our city: Hamburg (Nachtflohmarkt, Schanzenflohmarkt…) -> a lot of  possibilities.
- Other cities (Germany? Berlin Mauerpark, etc.)

--> Flea market is more than just selling and buying things. It's about giving diverse artifacts a new meaning, sharing with people and also spending less money.

--> Possible question for readers to interact: What about your city? Have you been to a flee market and do you like it?

P.D. I will include some pictures too.

Introduction Article

This is the link where you can work on the article:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p5lPQ19JEJJXjUu1WJKI2i3PE-YTyrnemEQkWugiugM/edit

But first, you need to tell me your E-Mail-addresses so that I can permit you to work on the document.

Our goal once again(just as a reminder): Creating a blog which helps people to create unusual things to emphasize individuality by using simple methods which are agreeable with environmental sustainability

And now a first try on the Introduction Article:

Every day, people throw things away.

Dear Self-Makers,

Old to Gold is a project blog designed to encourage YOU to THINK before you throw your “TRASH” away. Ask yourselves: “Is this REALLY rubbish?” Maybe you can REUSE it! Many things have MORE potential in them than their original purpose. People tend to regard broken stuff as trash and put it STRAIGHT into the bin instead of having a CLOSER look to find out if a part of it can be used for example as arts and craft materials.

Our blog does not only INFORM you about how much is WASTED, it also gives you examples what you can DO with OLD things so that they seem GOLDEN again. We hope that you can gather some NEW ideas and will gladly support you in your CREATING.

By doing this, you will be able to emphasise your INDIVIDUALITY: You will present yourselves clad in new accessoires which nobody else can copy.

Your OLD “trash” will sparkle in GOLD!

Now YOU try!

Yours,

the Creative Minds

 

Outline of my report on ebay

-          Don’t throw away your old stuff, sell it!

-          You make money with it and produce less waste

-          Buy used things and interact in the recycling circle

Buy and sell used things like clothes, household appliances, technical devices and tools, furniture, games, books, movies and cds

-          Low prices

-          You always have the opportunity to resell if you don’t like it

-          Safe system (PayPal and Ebay secure the trading)

-          Very easy

-          Very large range of all kinds of products to choose from, even internationally

-          You can type in key words (e.g. red blouse m silk) or just browse around

--> Personal experience

PDF: Recycling Project for Schools

Hey guys,
I found this project teachers can do with their students about recycling. It has a few interesting facts in it that you might need. Also, as some of us will be teachers later, we could actually outline a similar project for our classes. We would have to resale arch for current facts them because it will be a few years till we can do it. However, the idea seems quite interesting and it looks like it ll teach the kids a lot.
Here is the website:
http://need.org/needpdf/AllAboutTrash.pdf

Ttyl

Ina

Prezi(prepa)ration!

Hi ladies!
This is just an example and proposal of how we could design or present the steps of our DIY projects. Prezi is not that easy, but after working with it 2-3 times we will get used to it and dominate it! There are several designs we could use, this is just one of them... Just that we get an idea of how the step-by-step instruction could look like.
See you : )

 To see the Prezi click here: Sparkling unicorn

What to do next?

Ideas for projects:
- Ebay (Christin)
- Christmas (and other) cards
- tips for saving energy
- jeans jacket (Christin)
- frame for earrings (Maxie)
- hair (Katharina)
- throw away (Katharina)
- Kleiderkreisel
- flee market