twitter?????

1. Twitter is Everywhere!

A common misconception is that social media is “an American fad” that holds no weight in the international community. Actually, the complete opposite is true. Sixty percent of Twitter web traffic comes from outside the United States. Countries like Japan, Spain, the UK and even Taiwan are large contributors to Twitter web traffic. Twitter has become the newest way to cross international borders and create the proverbial “global village” online.



2. “How does using Twitter help you with your business??”

It helps us find new prospective clients
They then start reading our blog or subscribe to our e-mail newsletter
They trust us thanks to finding value in the content we give them
They become paying clients
They continue to trust us and find value in the content we give them, and so share it with other prospective clients

Chris Jordan - pictures some shocking stats

1. He talks about huge social issues; plastic cups, paper cups, smoking, plastic cancer, etc. however, the difference is that gather those enormous statistics together and translate them into a more universal visual language. Photo.
- He wants people to feel these huge probelms more deeply.
" if we can feel these issues, if we can feel these things more deeply, then they will matter to us"

2. I should put more meaning to my pictures.

3. Do people really feel more deeply when they look at those pictures? or is it just another Art that no one cares about. (because I did not actually feel strongly about those things when I looked at his photo)
-(why do they have to put in Art gallery, hard to go)

4. 'IDea'
I really like his idea about using photo to help people to feel more deeply about social issues. it is more effective then just using numbers.

Stacey Kramer : The best gift I ever survived

I would love to share this before I even start talking about it.

- who can imagine that the gift she was talking about was a brain tumor.
- when she first descibed it, it sound so wonderful and incredible that I thought I want to have that gift. But not anymore.
- It is really surprising to see how she thinks about her brain tumor. she thinks that it's a gift. I do understand what is she talking about but it is still shocking to me bacuase it was not what I expected. I was expecting some fancy stuff.

- From this, I learn that I should change my attitude. She thinks tumor as a gift but look at me. I barely appreciate my healthy body.

-one question : waht causes a brain tumor?

- gift : "the next time you are faced with something that's unexpected, unwanted and uncertain, consider, that it just may be a gift".

A Whole New Mind(Final - Pg.197-231)

1. What surprised me ?
- I was amazed by Jane McGonigal's idea of "Gaming can make a better world". To me, it did sound quite reasonable. Also, the story of the kingdom of Lydia was interesting ; the history of who invented games and why.
- The fact that attending religious services cut people's risk of death from heart disease, suicide, and some cancers was surprising too.
- I am super surprised by the fact that we did finish this book. It seemed impossible to do, but we did it! :):):)


2. What did you already know??
-we do need a meaning in our lives. "people have enough to live, but nothing to live for"(209).


3. New Words

levity - lightness of mind, character, or behavior

fuss - an excessive display of anxious attention or activity

mirth - amusement or laughter

fleetingness - vanishing quickly

unrelenting - maintaining speed, effort, vigor, intensity, rate of advance

deluge - a great flood of water

laureate - a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award

reverence - a feeling or attitude of deep respect

beatific - blessing

crave - to long for ; desire eagerly

hedonic - pertaining to pleasure

ineluctably - inescapable


4. What changes will you make ?
- I want to live a meaningful life~


5. questions?
- how to live happy? how to live a meaningful life?,,, it is such a wide topic and there are numerous things that we can do to make us happy and meaningful. However, the most important thing is that we just have to believe that we are happy and living a meaningful life. That is all we have to do.


6. others?
-when I read this chapter, it reminded me of Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. I still remember one of my favorite quote from that book.
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning" (??).
I think this quotation fits well with this chapter.


7. Word of the day
-Believe

if you believe that you are happy, then you are happy~

A Whole New Mind(Chapter 8, 177~197)

1. What surprised me ?
-I was surprised by the fact that the United States military actually made a game called "America's Army" to attract peoples. It was Wardynski, who came out with this incredible idea. If the military sold the game at a price comparable to other video games, the Army would have earned about $600 million in first year. Also, the fact that more than 40 percent of game players are women shocked me. I thought girls do not play games.

2. What did you already know??
-I knew that laughing is good for our health, and I also knew that playing game is good for us !!! however, my father does not believe it. I was right !! haha~

3. New Words

benevolent - characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings

self-anointed : to rub or sprinkle on

guru -(Hinduism) a preceptor giving personal religious instruction

insubordination- not submitting to authority

insolvency- bankruptcy

zany- clownish

imbue- to impregnate or inspire

frivolousness- characterized by lack of seriousness or sense

cadet - a student in training for service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army

gauzy- transparently thin and light

recruiter - drafted member of the armed forces

semisophisticated - somewhat sophisticated.

hobble - to walk lamely

resurgence- rising or tending to rise again

lampooned- to mock or ridicule

rampant- violent in action or spirit; furious


4. What changes will you make ?
- I will visit GoArmy.com and download America's Army game. U.S. military released it for free. :) Lets all download it!! and I will also try to laugh a lot.

5. questions?
- why gaming requires a Y chromosome?

-Does it mean that women are better at playing games?

-do you play video games??

6. others?
-I love this idea "If you can have a smoking room in a company, why not have a laughing room?". It is a great question and companies should set up a laughing room.

7. Word of the day
- enjoy

why do we need laughing room or laughing club, if we could enjoy our life and laugh all the time? Lets just enjoy it.

A Whole New Mind[Portfolio - Empathy](169~176)

1. What surprised me ?
- Doctors taking acting classes to understand and deepen their Empathy was quite interesting

2. What did you already know??
-I remember reading a book about reading other peoplès body-language. The book was about the importance of reading other peoplès body-language

3. New Words

array - to place in proper or desired order

caveat - a warning or caution

validity - the state or quality of being valid

regimen - a regulated course, as of diet, exercise, or manner of living

bona fide - made, done, presented in good faith

inquiry - a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge

fibbing - a small lie

dubious - doubtful

duplicitous - deceitfulness in speech or conduct

perplexing - to cause to be puzzled; confuse mentally

ancillary - subordinate

4. What changes will you make ?
- When I grow up, I want to take an acting class. I also want to do more volunteering.

5. questions?
- not this time...haha

6. others?
-Volunteering at Langley Memorial Hospital was really good experience for me.

7. Word of the day
-Time
There are many things that I want to do, but I feel that there aren't enough time. Taking an acting class and volunteering requires a lot of time. I want more time!!! so I can do everything before I die.

A Whole New Mind (Chapter 7, 152~168)

1. What surprised me ?
- I was surprised by the fact that how empathy can save one person's life. One doctor listened to her patient and saved him, while the other doctor did not. This shows me that doctors do need an empathy.

2. What did you already know??
-I knew that there are some people, who studies other people's face(face reading skills). It is really cool and I also want to learn it. I want to look at other people's face and read their feelings; thoughts.

3. New Words

squirm - to feel or display discomfort

inclination - a tendency toward a certain condition, action, etc

innate - existing in one from birth

intuit - to know by intuition

bipedal - a two-footed animal

snide - derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner

scaffolding - an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging

dissembling - to give a false or misleading appearance to

tad - a small child / a very small amount

lugubrious - gloomy, sad

langushed - to be or become weak

obscurity - the condition of being unknown

intrigued - to achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity

tribespeople - the members of a community

autism - characterized by impaired communication

malfunction - failure to function properly

aphasia - the loss of a previously held ability to speak ot understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.

compromise - the result of such a settlement

microcosm - a little world; a world in miniature

therapeutic - of or pertaining to the treating or curing of disease

accredit - attribute to

intonation - the pattern ot melody of pitch changes in connected speech

untenable - incapable of being defended, as an argument

rejoice - to be glad

attunement - to bring into accord, harmony

4. What changes will you make ?
-I will pay more attention to others' facial expressions, because I like to tease other people yet I do not know when to stop. I am sure that their facial expression will tell me when to stop it. :)

5. questions?
- The dark side of empathy?.... what if we use Empathy for bad things??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs2duteijt0

7. Word of the day
- attention

because... it might sounds weird but to me Empathy is like paying more attention. If we want to stand in others' shoes, and to see with their eyes, we have to pay attention to them. If we want to read their facial expressions, then we have to pay attention to their face. That is why, my word of the day is "attention".

A Whole New Mind [ Portfolio - Symphony ](145~151)

1. What has surprised you ?
-The fact that, listening to symphonies is an excellent way to develop my powers of Symphony surprised me.

2. What did you already know??
-I knew that we sometimes have to try new things to be creative.

3. New Words

stymied - a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage

array - to place in porper order

enliven - to make active

aerial - produced by the air

prominent - outstanding, seen easily, particularly noticeable

4. What changes will you make ?
-I will try to examine "what's between, beyond, and around it"(150).

5. questions?
- where is the proof?.....

6. others?
-It took me 3 minutes to find a negative space... I couldn't see it.

-I am doing poetry in my english class. I want to read "Metaphors We Live By" by George Lakoff and Mark Johson.

7. Word of the day
-"challenge"

A Whole New Mind( Chapter 6, 125-141 )

1.what surprised me?
-I was surprised by his drawing. I thought it was his kid's drawing, when I looked at the drawing without reading a book; however, it was his drawing of himself.
-I was also surprised by his improvement in five days. I bet his instructor was quite expensive.

2.what did you already know?
-I had an idea that the world is requiring a person, who can think and work across boundaries.

3.Brand new words

opt - to make a choice

forte - a strong point

hieroglyphic - pictographic script of the ancient Egyptians

hyphenate - to join by hyphen?

elude - to avoid or escape

androgynous - being both male and female; hermaphroditic?

linguist - a person who is skilled in several languages

choreographer - a person who creates dance compositions

marshal - a military officer og the highest rank

dyslexic - any of various reading disorder

deluge - flood

4. what changes are you going to make?
-I will try to combine two existing ideas because the "most powerful ideas come from simply combining two existing ideas nobody else ever thought to unite"(133) like pencil and eraser.

5.Further questions?
- What is negative space? I do not understand it.
- Who makes the real money? the inventors or the one, who uses the inventors?

A Whole New Mind [ Portfolio - Story ](117~124)

1.what surprised me?

-I was surprised to know that there are many story-telling festivals in the world. I want to visit it someday.

3.Brand new words

replica - facsimile

mere - being nothing more

highbrow - a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.

4. what changes are you going to make?

- I should record other people's story. There are so many things that we could learn from other peoples' life experiences.

5.Further questions?

-Is watching a movie or drama also helpful way to sharpen our story aptitude?

A Whole New Mind (chapter 5, 98~113)

1.what surprised me?
-It was surprising that a young boy can find a information as quickly and easily as the head librarian at Cambridge University.

2.what did you already know?
- I knew that informations are ubiquitous and we can get it easily and quickly.
- I also knew that using story is better than just memorizing.

3.Brand new words

retrieve - recover

peril: exposure to injury

adrift - feeling alone without a direction or an aim in life

flounder - to struggle to know what to say or how to continue with something

abyss - a very deep wide space or hole that seems to have no bottom

lurk - to hide or wait secretly

imbue - to fill something / with strong feelings

factoid - an insignificant or trivial fact

felicitous - well-suited for the occasion

encapsulate - to place in or as if in a capsule

elusive - hard to express or define

irascible - easily provoked to anger; very irritable

glimpse - glance



4. what changes are you going to make?
- ......not sure.... I will try to use stories when I have to memorize something.


5.Further questions?
- "When facts become so widely available and instantly accessible, each one bocomes less valuable"(101). It is true, and we can not stop it. what should we do to make us more valuable?
-Is it good for us that facts become so widely available and instantly accessible?


6.what connection in real life?
-when I do my homework, I rarely read the textbook. Instead, I search on the internent. It is much faster and easier.

A Whole New Mind[ Portfolio - Design ](89-97).

1.what surprised me?
- I went to some of the Web-sites in the book and surprised to see the designs that they made. It was fabulous and I even wanted to buy it. :)

2.what did you already know?
- I knew that it is good to carry a small notebook and when do see or think of a great design, make a note of it.


3.Brand new words

-flawed : having imperfections

-impresario : a person who organizes or manages public entertainments

-fetishize : unquestioning respect

-versatile : having or capable of many uses


4. what changes are you going to make?
- I am not a note-taker, so i will carry a cell phone and take photos of good and bad design.

5.Further questions?
- "choose things because they delight you, not because they impress others. And never let things be more important than your family, friends and your own spirit"(97). However, when we start to think of design and fashion, people tend to buy things to impress others.


6.what connection in real life?
- what about famous brand? Do we need it because it delight us or because it impresses others?...

A Whole New Mind (p.61~86)

1.what surprised me?
-It was surprising to know how the design also can change humans' mind. In the hostipal, improving the design of medical settings helps patients get better faster, and improving a school's physical environment could increase test scores by as much as 11 percent.
-It was also surprising that the sum total of design schools in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore thirty-five years ago was zero.
-The typical Philadelphia public high school has a daily attendance rate of 63 percent, at CHAD it's 95 percent. wow.


2.what did you already know?
- I knew that BMW is not just a car, it is "moving works of art that express the driver's love of quality"(79). I want to buy it~!:) but it is too expensive...:(


3.Brand new words

-crucial: involving an extremely important decision or result

-whimsical: erratic; unpredictable

-rebut: to refuse by evidence; to oppose

-*ubiquitous

-ample: plentiful; enough; abundant

-light-heartedness: carefree; cheerful

-sobriety: seriousness; quiet; gravity

-*atrophy

-deviant: not normal

-lament: to feel or express sorrow or regret for

-banality: devoid of freshness or originalit

-aqueduct: a bridgelike structure that carries a water

-deputy: a person appointed or authorized to act as a substitute for another or others.

-imperative: absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable

-gargantuan: gigantic

4. what changes are you going to make?
- I want to change to other school. my school looks like a prison.. haha...
- I also think that we need more design curriculums.

5.Further questions?
- who designed D.W.Poppy, and R.E.Mountain?? they both look like a prison.


6.what connection in real life?
-Now I understood the importance of the design and the reason that I do not want to go to school. It is because of the design,,,,,, or is it???

7.Quotations from the book that I liked...
-"Design is the only thing that differentiates one product from another in the marketplace"(78).
-Giving the world something it didn't know it was missing(81).

A Whole New Mind (p.48~61)

1.what surprised me?
- I was surprised by the fact that we might entre new age.
-I was surprised that IQ(L-Directed Thinking) only takes 4 to 10 percent portion of career success.

2.what did you already know?
- I kind of knew that we might entre new age, but I was not sure.

3.Brand new words
-lucrative : profitable
-periphery : the external boundary of any surface or area
-credential : evidence of authority, status, rights
-ingenuity : the quality of being cleverly inventive
-dexterity : skill in using the hands
-cognitive : the process of thought
-abstract : thought of apart from concrete realities
-indisputable : uncontestable


4. what changes are you going to make?
- before I choose my job, I will always ask myself these two questions; ' can someone overseas do it cheaper?' 'can a computer do it faster?'

5.Further questions?
- how fast is it going to change?

6.what connection in real life?
-School is requiring too much L-Directed Thinking(math, physics, etc). Schools also should change thier curriculums.

A Whole New Mind p.36~47

1.what surprised me?
-They are working for a large software company, but none of these six people earns more than $14,000 a year.
-They have much lower income. A chip designer earns about $7,000/month in the United States, but $1,000/month in India. Also an accountant in the United States can earn $5,000 a month, an accountant in the Philippines brings in about $300 a month.

2.what did you already know?
-Software companies are hiring a lot of people from India.
-Many companies(jobs) are shifting to low-cost countries.

3.Brand new words
-embodiment : to provide with a body; actualization
-bejeezus : ?Used as an intensive
-aerospace : the atmosphere and the space beyond
-battalion : Army
-overhyped :To promote or publicize to excess
-upheaval : strong or violent change
-tentativeness : Not fully worked out; Uncertain; hesitant
-fatigue : Physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion

4. what changes are you going to make?
- I have to make myself unique and special, but I am sure how do do it yet(next chapter).

5.Further questions?
- Is it possible for me to get a job ? what if I can't? what if the machines take over the world? :(

6.what connection in real life?
-I sometimes played chess against the computer and I never won. It is ironic that we made a computer, but now a computer became better,faster and stronger than humans. So we have to destroy them!!~~ haha~

A Whole New Mind (Part two-Abundance,Asia, and Automation )p28~36

1.what surprised me?
-It surprised me that the United states has more cars than licensed drivers. However, I do not have a car.
-I was surprised by the fact that the receptacles of the united states' waste cost more than all of the goods consumed by nearly half of the world's nations.
-There are too many options. The writer went to Staples, and there was 7,500 different school and office supplies.

2.what did you already know?
-I knew that my parents wanted me to became a knowledge worker.
-I knew that a lot of developed nations are producing left-brained knowledge workers.

3.Brand new words
prestige - reputation, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
acquire - to gain, get.
phenomenon - a fact,occurrence, or circumstance observed.
aristocratic - having the manners, values, or qualities associated with the aristocracy.
swank - stylish, elegant
boutique - one that sells fashionable clothes.
emporium - a large retail store
unfathomable - not capable of being measured, Immeasurable, Difficult or impossible to understand
aspiration - strong desire, longing, or aim.
transcendence - going beyond ordinary limits.
Luminosity - bright, shining.

4.what changes are you going to make?
-I am not going to make a huge change. I will stick to L-Directed Thinking.

5.Further questions?
-How do we test or rank R-Directed thinking?

6.what connection in real life?
-I almost have everything that I need except a car. I should be thankful.

A Whole New Mind (part one-The Conceptual Age)

1. What surprised me?
-when you turn your head to the left, the right side of your brain largely guided that maneuver.
-we are exercising our left hemisphere even when we are reading a book.(eyes more left to right)

2. what did you already know?
-Left hemisphere controls the right side and right hemisphere controls the left side of the body.
-A lot of people are right-handed.

3. Brand New Words?
-contralateral
-simultaneous
-decipher
-syntax
-miffed
-incongruity
-loathing
-crucial
-bewilderment
-oblige

4. What changes are you going to make?
-I am going to try to use my right and left side equally.

5. Further more questions?
-The writer said that "even the most powerful computers in the world can't recognize a face." However, what if they can?

6.what connection in real life?
-I watched "Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight" on the TED.com. It was quite amazing that how the story was connected to her real life experiences.
I understood the importance of my brain and I am going to keep it safely.

T.T

tutor ha nun jong...