Presentations

1. Motivation:
Political motives:They wanted to own great powers, sea powers, and explorations.
Economy motives: They wanted spicy and good food, so they built land routes. Some wanted to build gold, silver, and valueable stones.
Religion motives: There was only one religion in Europe, Christianity. They wanted to expand their beliefs around the world.
Knowledge motives: The European had the knowledge that the world is bigger than they thought, so they started to explore.
Myths:He started out his route to find the fountain of youth, but instead he found Florida.
People started out their route looking for seven cities of gold in Mexico City.
Score:9
I really like that your group has very organize and detailed power point. It is very pretty. Also, I really like that your group was well prepared with many information that I never heard about before. Very good job!
2. Navigation 1:
Christopher Columbus:He was not the first to explore America, but he had big role in finding Europe.
Sandglass:They used it for determine time.
Pole Star: It is an object that shows the way, basically like a compass.
The log line: They used it to determine their ship speed.
Compas: It was require to learn to use this in order to sail.
Celestial navigation: they use sun, moon, and stars to find their direction.
Quadrant:They used the angle to measure the distance.
Score:9
I like that your group's power point was simple and easy to catch up. I also like how your group explained every devices very well. It was pretty cool listening to new ideas that have not heard before. Great job!
3. Navigation 2:
Pilot was very important to the boat, but they only had good knowledge in certain areas. The chart was called the portolan, which was made of goat or sheep skin. People believed there was marmaid that distract the boats.They only know Atlantic Ocean, Africa, and Europe.
Score:8
I think your group did well, but it seems like your group was not well-prepared enough with the information. However, I still enjoyed the presentation learning about those technics they used back then. I was especially interested in the myth of marmaid, it was quite different from other topics that were mentioned in the presentation. Very well done!
4. Ships
Santa Maria was the tallest of all Columbus's ships. Ships are empty for caring goods for trades. Ship could be small for travel purposes. No engines on the ships, they use winds to motive. Towering is for people to watch far in front of the ship.
Score:8
I learned a lot from very last section of how different ships function in different way. However, the parts before were not so clear. I did not get much information from it. Maybe it was the volume of the speech, or a more detailed power point will be useful. Very well done!

Speech topics

1. Reporter: I like to speak a lot, and it is actually a pretty challenge job, because as a reporter, they must conquer their fear being seen by all the people to where the news will be broadcast to. I will introduce what are some helpful tips for being a reporter.
2. Radio DJ: Like I said, I like to talk, that is what DJs normally do, they talk to people. It is not such a big challenge like a reporter for conquering the fear of being up stage. However, there is that challenge that DJs have to update their information around the world all the time, and know exactly what to say when people call in. I will be introducing how to throw random topics on a show.
4. Singer: I like to sing very much. I really wish that my voice can touch many people. I will be introducing some helpful tips on how to sing well up on the stage.
5. Director of a show: I don't actually know why, but I am really into these media fields. Directing a show will be very cool. Directors are most likely the biggest star before all the other casts that are on the show. They control everything in the show, which is quite interesting for me. I will be introducing how should a director behave and what do we need in order to be successful.
6. Newsreader: I think it will be a very cool job. It is more challenge than a reporter, because reporters are basically jus reading off facts, however, a newsreader must not only read off facts in correct pronunciation, but also with extraordinary facial expression.I will be introducing how a studio look like.
7. Stage performer: I like to act. Actress is not a challenge enough job, but stage act is absolutely different. Filming a normal movie, you can refilm it again and again until you think it is great. However, for a stage performance, whatever you did wrong, you just have to go with it. I will be introducing how stage plays work.
8. Chinese talk show: There are not many people around the world still know how to perform a Chinese talk show. It will awesome if I use my ability to show others about Chinese talk show, and actually perform one. It will be great for the Chinese culture to last longer in a special way. I will be introducing what is a Chinese talk show.
9. Chinese instrument performer: I think I have this extraordinary skill than any other people. I know how to play an ancient Chinese instrument called the seven bamboo sticks. Not many people know about this instrument, even if they are Chinese. I will be introducing how to use a seven bamboo stick.
10. Voice for movies, video, or series: I want to be the voice of famous actors or actress in other languages. It is not just cool, but it is also fun. They have to portray these people's voice using their voice and sounded like what the original actor or actress wanted to do. I will be introducing some tips for portraying different voices.

Shannon Weaver

It was very difficult for me to describe a picture when I and my partner are not on the same page. It is especially harder for me if I have to communicate with my partner using English with the lack of vocabulary I have for different shapes. Decoding is also a hard part to this activity. All the figures that were put out there, they looked so easy if we just trace it of the screen, and I am sure that it will be done in just a minute. However, when we depend on another person's description, we get confuse, and we try everything to just understand what exactly they are talking about. I do not think I will have much problems when it was describe in Chinese, since all Chinese characters describe things so exactly, and it is my first language. English vocabulary is probably the most difficult conflict I have to deal with in this activity.

Great praises and justice

Chia-Yi is a town that is located in the middle of Taiwan. In all the Chinese characters, they have many different meanings with just one character. Chia-Yi is made up of two Chinese characters, which are Chia and Yi. Chia stands for good, praise, and beautify. Yi is one of five Confucianism that many Asian peoe believe in, which are Rain,Yi, Li, Zh, and Shin. Each stands for a polite behavior for people, which are truth, justice, polite, wisdom, trust. Yi stands out the most in these five perspective because justice is how the world become peaceful as the way it is. The background story of the started with this brave worrior, coincidently named Chia-Yi. However, it was not why the name Chia-Yi formed. Chia-Yi is a great place to farm even nowadays. Back then, people get their lands by the law " who gets here first then who gets the land". It was a benefit to all people who held powers greatly, however, weak people don't always get what they want. In fact, some of them do not even get any just because stronger people steal their lands with power. Chia-Yi is a strong person, he is strong in power, also wealthy. He stood up with justice, and he fought for these poor people. He bought lands back to who they belongs to, and he declare the money trading system for owning lands. He was remember greatly for what he had done to the majority people back then, so he was given Chia-Chung, which meant reward. Because he had done something so greatly impressive, people wanted to praise him and remember his, eventually, they named the town after him. Not only because his name was Chia-Yi, but also because he stood up with Yi, and was rewarded with Chia-Chung and great praise.

Myth Skits

The first skit we saw was very interesting, and it got much of my attention. I think the group developed and shaped the character pretty well. I especially like the fighting scenes they had in the skit. The two characters fought very realistic, and it adds up a great element of the story. However, I do not quite get what the story is about, because the narrator kind of mumbled, so I think they could have done it better for the narrator to speak up just a little bit. I mainly focused on the acting part of the scenes than what the story was trying to tell. I think they did the acting part very well.

The second skit we saw was done by my group. I like the story plot and the skit we developed.It was very shocking for everyone that we thought the bear was dead, but she was actually cursed to be a bear. We really put hard work into portray different type of personalities. I think we did quite well. However, we should have memorize the skit better, because we missed out some part of our skit, or else the skit will probably be better done.

The third skit we saw was very detailed in different information. I enjoy learning about information that was added into the skit. I really enjoy the acting, because the character got the audience attention by interacting with the audience. I think it was a pretty successful skit when the audience attention was caught by the actor. Overall, I like the skit very much.

If you will just listen carefully.......

I believe communication is a really important part of human society. I do not know what will happen if there is no communication between people, but what I do know is that good communication fix problems between people. In addition, it helps a group to cooperate better.
In order to have a good communication with each other, listening will play the most important part of it.

If we somehow tuned out in the middle of a conversation, we will not get to know each other. It is especially worse when we are angry toward someone, if we just keep tuning out and not having a good conversation, the good friendship between the two will never become better. Misunderstandings are normally the biggest problem that causes people to have a fight with others. In my opinion, the best way to clear off misunderstood that caused the fight is to listen. When we will just listening carefully, we will no assume what others are saying. Then, we will not misunderstood other people's thoughts, eventually, the great communication keeps the strong relationships.

We can have a good communication skill when we practice them. First tip is that you should always think what you are going to say in your mind first, then say it out after thinking about it. Second tip is that don't speak when you are angry, because you will not have a clear idea of what you are saying at the moment. Simply tell people, "It's not the right time to talk."I think they will understand. Third tip is that you should never say something rude to a person or hiding some secrets behind them, because this will cause the relationship the break down when there is no trust in the relationship. Most importantly, listen carefully during the conversation, it will always bring good effect to the conversation.