Wrapping up PHASE 1!

A) All of the modules were excited for me. As I have never experienced such interesting project. But I have to admit that there could be some the most excited modules for me. I call them my favorite top 3.
So let’s start the countdown.
The third of my list is asking questions to active bloggers.
Because this assignment gave me an amazing feeling of responsibility on analyzing my thoughts and turning them into the right questions.
The second was the Knowledge Tree.
With the help of this module I discovered new characteristics of myself and it was just fun to turn back and look at your life from the point that you stand.
Finally here is the very very first one Acme Persuasion.
I loved this assignment because it had a little bit scientific future-kind of marketing analyses. I have never thought that commercials can be so affective on our buying behaviors.

B) All of the modules had a little flavor of challenge. It’s always difficult to create something to plan and organize to process of creating. Actually it means no sense to do activities that are easy for you. The greater is the challenge. I was learning trying to show the others my opinions, show who I am and I should say that the assignments connected to these whole process and the sense of doing something very right. Just like the way you want to do it also pushes you to this way of difficulties. So when I look back it’s hard for me to pick just one thing from this karma and justify it as the most challenging.

C) First of all I have to say that this project was the most awesome project that I have ever attended. Because in other projects the result was not as exciting as in this one- 3 weeks in the US. However it’s a fact that there are 20 other participants that were disappointed as they could not reach this result. If I was in charge of this project I would have also concentrated on students who weren’t able to get this gift. I know there are some rules it’s impossible to send all of us to the states. But maybe a little difference can be MADE. I would have give an opportunity to those students to spend one week in the DC with the winner students and after a week when the winners continue their traveling and go to Vermont I would have send them back to Baku. With this change maybe the hazard of losing wouldn’t make them so exhausted depressed.




It’s our most famous comedy club. There is a competition KVN (it means the Club of Fun and witted people) among CIS countries. It was and still is one of the greatest achievements of our people. We used to have very popular and strong club-Boys From Baku. They were the winners of the millennium competition and got the name of the best team of the millennium. This team doesn’t exist now. But a few members of the team created a comedy club Planet of The Boys from Baku. They held comedy shows in Baku every year in the style of KVN. So this is a brief scene from one of their shows. It’s my favorite. In this scene the boys are criticizes the musicians and singers who have not real music taste and think that they are the most popular stars. It's the "extempore" version of The Final Countdown-The Queen.
Hope you’ll enjoy it.

ACME Persuasion

This Video was very intriguing to me, because it actually made me stop and think about those innocent children, wishing for a better tomorrow. It persuaded mostly because of the following reasons: Repetition, Warm Fuzzies, Group Dynamics, Either/Or and Timing.

Repetition
The children use "Dear Parents," "Teach us," and "Don't Teach us" to make one actually stop and think about what they are saying.

Warm Fuzzies:
I believe that if just other people said these things, parents would not respond. But the sweetness and innocence of these children persuade one to listen to them.

Group Dynamics
These children repeatedly use the pronoun "us" to emphasize the effect of social intolerance. Using us suggests that if one does it, then they all with be involved.

Either/or
These children basically put up a deal. Either you teach us to be tolerant, or we will end up like this generation, killing other groups of people because of their religion, race or nationality. Or, either you stop all of your violent (whether physical or verbal) attack on others and see us succeed, or watch us copy your actions of being violent.

Timing
The Music at the end and the rapid change of the children does not bore, but interest one to watch it until the end. It affects one emotionally, and watching it, it is hard to be responseless...

I hope You were as persuaded by these children as I was; they are the future, and without teaching them tolerance, we are literally destroying our future.

Our Brains on Media

This is influencing the neocortix part of my brain because my brain does not just process the pictures and music but also the content: it makes me believe that I should not take anything that I have for granted. The movie is all about one guy who wins 20000000 rupees by finding the answers through his lifetime experiences. Because most of them are bad experiences, I learned to appreciate everything that I have got.


This Video is one of my favorites because no matter how bad I feel, this cheers me up :). This definitely manipulated the limbic part of my brain. Sometimes manipulation is not pleasant at all, but because this is positive manipulation, I would recommend everyone to watch this. It's very fun and pleasant. The two guys find the funniest ways to teach teenagers how to be a gangster. Yet actually, this is ironic: They also show us how "gangsters" are not really "gangsters;" they just pretend to be something they are not, just to be "cool."

Need For Speed: Most Wanted

This Video is a quick trailer about my favorite game, Need for Speed. I wonder, do any of you play this game?

My Media Inventory

1. BOOKS- Certainly I read books; it’s one of my hobbies. I enjoy reading Azeribaijani and American literature. I like to read love stories such as Ali and Nino, Romiette and Julio, about teenagers’ lives like The Princess Diaries, All about American Girls and so on. Princess Diaries is known all over the world because it was made into a movie. I’ve just finished Kite Runner; I liked it very much. It’s very powerful and astonishing novel: it teaches us not only history, but makes us appreciate friendship, freedom and life. It was also made into a movie but I think that the events are described better in the book than the movie. There is more imagery in the book and brings the whole novel to life in front of the readers’ eyes. I would now want to start reading Letters to Julia. My sister has just finished it and recommends me to read it. I hope that I will enjoy this book as much as all of the others.

2.NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES- Reading magazines is my favorite occupation. We can follow the latest trends and style news, celebrities’ lifestyles through magazines. I read the “Ok!” journal in Azeri: you can find all sorts of information in this magazine. In addition, I read “Cosmopolitan,” “Glamour,” “Bravo,” “All Stars,” and “Dream.”. I read the latest news about the celebrities and their interviews from “Bravo,” “Dream” and “All Stars” magazines. There are also the posters of the stars and horoscopes inside these magazines.

3.MUSIC-Music is my life! I just cannot imagine my life without music; i listen to it all the time, whether i am doing homework, relaxing, or browsing the internet. I prefer live performances because you not only hear the music live from the artist, but can see the artist actually perform it. It gives the song much more emotion, seeing the artist actually singing it live in front of you. The genres and languages of music that I listen to are basically endless. I listen to rock, hip hop, r&B, piano covers, and of course our own Azerbaijani folk songs. I believe that the genres of songs that one listens to can determine the person itself. You can tell that not only do i like foreign music and culture, but I also value my own culture and background.

4. TELEVISION - Tv is the main part of my life. When I get bored I always find something to watch. We not only watch Azerbaijani channels, but also with the help of cable, can watch TV channels from all over the world. This is another way we benefit from technology. My favorite Tv channels are Mtv, Muz Tv, Bridge Tv, Discovery channel, CNN, Nickelodeon and some Turkish channels. Mtv is my most favorite channel, because I listen to the latest songs and watch interesting Tv shows such as Hills, Room Raiders, Made, My Super Sweet Sixteen. TRL was also my favorite TV show but it unfortunately is no longer airing since 2 months ago. It is to my advantage that I have access to American channels and TV shows which make my learning of the English language much easier.

5. VIDEO GAMES - Whenever i have nothing to do, Video games are always there to entertain me. Need for Speed is my most favorite video game. As everyone knows, Need for Speed is a racing video game. The player's aim is to control the race car and become the first to get to the finish line. The main goal is to just win; thus this game a great game for me. I always want to become first; not second or third, but first. this increases my leadership skills.

Sims is also my favorite game. it’s a role playing game where you choose whatever your character should do. i can do things in sims that i cannot dare to do in real life

6. COMPUTERS -Its impossible to imagine our lives without computers. It is known to everyone that computer can replace almost everything in life except for feelings. Computers have a lot of advantages, one of them is that they replace paper: we not only save paper, but we can do things on the computer that are not possible on paper. We can instantly delete, edit, copy, paste anything we want on the computer, yet it's not possible on paper. Also, using the computer, we can calculate and get more accurate result. By just having a PC, it is like having your own life in a small compact space.



7.INTERNET -Internet teaches us a lot about the world and about ourselves. We can follow the latest news and find whatever we want with just one click. I spend 7-8 hours of my week on the internet; it has become an integral part of my life. As I mentioned before, I actively participate in AzNet. I am an editor in one of the Aznet sites. I think that it is a great advantage for me. Every evening I check my accounts, edit news and place them in the site. My Best Friend lives in abroad so every weekend I talk with her via MSN. Without Internet, there would be less chance of us communicating. Yet, being so beneficial, internet can also cause many problems. Many teens spend most of their time on the internet and part from the real world.

1)Internet
2)Music
3)Books
4)Television
5)Computers
6)Video Games
7)Newspapers/Magazines