Wednesday, March 24, 2010
D.A.R.E.
I really enjoyed working on the second course assignment with my group. Having to communicate all the time through computers and internet, with this being an online course, it is sometimes hard to communicate with other peers. Working through this assignment together in person really strengthens not only our bonds with each other, but also our ideas and points of views as well. Throughout this assignment, my group and I focused on the organization, D.A.R.E. As a kid, I have always noticed people walking around with the black and red D.A.R.E. T-shirt on. I never knew what it was for until we researched on it. Turns out, it is a program taught by police officers, encouraging children to stay drug-free, violence-free, and to resist peer pressure .I learned a lot from reading their website, the “kid's only” website, and articles on it. Having to analyze everything helped me to really look in-dept on what this program was all about and how to think critically about different aspects of this organization.
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I agree with you and enjoyed working on the second project more than the first. I found the second project more interactive and useful for me to have gained this knowledge. My organization was the world wildlife federation. My organization interested me a lot when we were showing its appeal to emotion. It was useful for me to see how not only this organization but many others use emotional appeal through ads to lure people into their cause. This assignment made me more aware of ads and now I analyze them more to see what they are really about and not just what the organization wants you to see emotionally. This was an interesting project to work on and I hope the other students found it just as useful as we did.
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