Pinterest- Affordances and Constraints

The affordances of using Pinterest is that it allows you to have your own pin board, therefore you can pin anything to your own pin board e.g. the image above shows somebody has created a pin board about hair this allows them to pin pictures that they find pretty or that they would like to do to their own or somebody else's hair. You have the ability to pin anything, if you were interested in cooking then you could pin recipes that you could try out. It is also useful as you can go back to them whenever you want instead of spending hours scrolling through Google to find what you are looking for. It also allows users to pin things that they like from other peoples board to their own board, you also have the ability to follow other peoples board which keeps you updated if you like a certain thing that they have pinned.  You can also leave comments so the user can see your opinion.

Constraints of Pinterest are that there is no face to face communication and you could hide behind your personal profile which might not be such a bad thing if you want to keep your identity hidden for various reasons. In my opinion there aren't many constraints of pinterest, even though you can comment many people rarely do and many comments just say "nice" or "what a great idea" it is very rare that you would ever come across an offensive comment. Pinterest is different to other social media sites as it is more focused on your interests, not because you want to communicate with your friends as you cant talk to people on pinterest.

I think the audience is from teenagers and upwards as it would be too hard for someone younger than a teenager as they wouldn't have enough time or have enough interests to have their own pinboard. Pinterest is easy to use and a great way to keep your ideas or interests organised in one place.

Tony Thorne's Slang Theory

In class we have been looking at language and the internet, we were given a sheet which provided us with a lot of information about how language is changing. I decided to do some further research on Tony Thorne and this is what i got...

Tony Thorne is an author, linguist and lexicographer who specialised in slang and jargon. He talks about how language is changing and how we use language in our lives. Thorne’s theory was that more articulate children use internet slang as acronyms and initialisms, this is called code switching. He believes that teenagers are the ones that are responsible for new words and phrases as they use special terminology to exclude outsiders from conversations and so they have their own identity. He also said that prisons and schools create new languages; he said that new words are formed when you adapt and play with existing language.

Transcript

K: right(2) in the middle of the page(1) but more towards the left(1) draw a capital z but(1) on a slant to the left hand side.
E: how big?
K:(2) quite big
L:(4) im done
E: same
K: ok in the top left hand corner draw three lines(2) as if your playing the game when youre filling in missing letters.
L: which way are they going?
K:um, pointing down towards the z
K: then in the left hand side towards the bottom(2) but not directly at the bottom drawfour circles(1)in the shape of a slanted square
E: which way are they slanting?
K: more towards the right
L:(4)done
E: yeah

This is a small snippet from our transcript, i found it really challenging to try and explain to louis and ellie where it would be on the page from their point of view. I could havesaid things in more detail for example i could have said whether the lines were horizontal or verticle. I also noticed that i pause alot which was because i was trying to think of the best way to explain it to them.

Mini Saga

                                                                 Roller coaster




I squeezed my eyes shut.
I screamed until i lost my voice.
UP..UP..
My hands tightly squeezed the bar. White knuckles.
My stomach was in my mouth as butterflies danced inside.
My mother reassured me that everything would be fine.
My eyes opened- it was just a roller coaster.