Monday, January 27, 2014

Assignment 2



Write in complete sentences. 

Answer the questions in at least 2-5 sentences in a blogger post in your new multimedia Blogger.

* This assignment is due on Wed. January 29 at 11 p.m.

1. What media is used in my everyday life?

Media that is used in your everyday life includes: computers, TV's, cellphones, telephone's, radio's, etc. We use this almost everyday to help our needs, and to entertain ourselves. They all help in their own way, but the one we probably use the most everyday is our cellphone. Which helps us communicate with each other and organize our everyday life.

2. In what ways have I used multimedia for a class assignment before? 

I have used multimedia for a class assignment when I need to do essays, powerpoint presentations, research and more. Multimedia helps us in many ways and it gives us advantages when doing assignments at school. Your laptop or computer device can help you research, make a presentation for the class, create a document of an essay, and many other things. It is a great way for us to be able to do assignments efficiently and find important information.

3. Explain how the World Wide Web is considered multimedia.

The World Wide Web is considered multimedia because we use it on a computer or cellphone, and we can search for anything all over the world. It can be a video, an image, a pdf file, and even more. It is just incredible all we can find on the World Wide Web.

4. What is the difference between time-based media and static-media? Give examples of each.

Time-based media refers to art that depends on technology. Usually time-based media are video, slide, film, audio or computer based. Static media is literal in the sense that the media it includes does not move. Newspapers, magazines, posters and books are all examples of static media. When advertising, businesses will pay thousands of dollars in order to secure a page of advertisements within a popular magazine.

5. Insert a video (into your blog) that discusses/shows/involves multimedia you are interested in. Now answer the following questions after you insert the video. How is this multimedia? Why does this interest you?




Define the following terms by researching for answers on the World Wide Web. 

6. Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash, is commonly referred to simply as Flash, it is a system for computers that is usually accessed through a web browser, though it is also used for standalone development and as a method of creating compelling user interfaces and menus on some cell phones. Flash also supports streaming video on sites like YouTube. 

7. Programming Languages

It is n artificial language that is used to write instructions that can be translated into machine language and then executed by a computer. English and other natural languages aren't used as programming languages because they can't be easily translated into machine language. A compiled language is a language in which the set of instructions (or code) written by the programmer is converted into machine language by special software called a compiler prior to being executed.

8. Scripting Language (program)

It is a computer language that is used for text manipulation, especially on the World Wide Web.

9. Interactivity

In computers, interactivity is what occurs between a human being or, another live creature, and a computer program. Programs that run without immediate user involvement are not interactive; they're usually called batch or background programs. Games are usually thought of as fostering a great amount of interactivity. 

10. Pixel

The basic unit of the composition of an image on a television screen, computer monitor, or similar display.