...I was learning about Texts, Objects, Annotations, and Metadata

I found the article on "What's the Point of a College Education" very intriging because of the fact that I am currently in university and because I agree with a lot that this article is saying.
Part 1:

Point form list of annotations I added:

• 2nd paragraph: I thought of myself already disagreeing
• 4th praragraph: my thinking had changed by this point. I at this point agreed with what Janet D. Stemwedel, the author, was saying
• 5th paragraph: "Because everyone's doing it". I thought this was a very strong question to ask. This is very true in the world. People do things because everyone else is doing it. Also, most high end jobs require you to have a university/college degree to be considered for the job even if the degree you got doesnt neccesarily have much to do with the job
• 6th paragraph: I never thought about how much the world changed, and how someone who got a degree in computer science in the 50's would've learnt a lot of different things from someone who just graduated in computer science. 
• 7th paragraph: I did not understand what a start-up was. I later found out that people can join a start-ups company where they will learn how to build softwear
• 8th paragraph: I disagree with this statement because I believe that anyone with a comput science degree will have little trouble finding a job. The demand in the computing world is so high because new updates and programs are made every day. 
• 13th paragraph: I did not know the back story on King Theodoric and I liked how Stemwedel opened up the topic and told people to go look it up if they're interrested.
• 20th paragraph: I took this paragraph in meaning that it all depends on how the individual uses their mind. 
• 21st paragraph: A college/university education gives individuals facts. It fills your brain up with facts that they can use in the future to help them in certain sittuations. For example, job interviews or even a friendly argument between friends. 

This article put me throught a thought process of agreeing and disagreeing. In the end it turns out that Stemwedel has pulled me onto her side by presenting a very reasonable argument about college and university. By creating the sence of everyone being indivuduals by using their mind it made me think about what my university experience is about. I think that university is a place for teacher to present students with a topic and for them to see where the student takes it. The more outgoing (but on topic) the student can be the more they've used their mind to think like an individual. University/college shouldn't be a place where everyone has the same opinion because having different opinions means we are thinking for ourselves and therefore will be more indapendent and successful in the world outside of school. I believe Stemwedel was trying to get this point across in her article when she said, "...a really good college education prepares you for life" (Semwedel, par. 23). This proves that the student isn't just working for the present, but they are working for the future.


Terms:

Start-ups - learning how to build softwear up to a level where a person will have enough knowledge to go work for a big time coorperation.
King Theodoic - a man on science who worked on translating the works of Aristotle into Latin. Later suffered a horrific death.

Metadata:
Things I noticed on the physical article was that it is simple. It is black and white so no one can interperate anything but the words on the page. All of the key points are bolded and at the beginning of paragraphs or even paragraphs on their own. Also, the paragraphs are short and easy to read making this article idea for people who don't like concentrating for a long time.

Part 2:
The digital objects I chose were a projector for a physical object, a digital text of "Harry Potter and the Sourcerer's Stone", a digital image of Machu Picchu, and a video of a boy named Mike Tompkins singing an accapela version of "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry. I chose the projector because the criteria was to find something that was in the room. There want much in the room except for computers and the girl beside me had chosen a key board so I decided to do the projector that was hanging on the ceiling. I chose "Harry Potter and the Sourcerer's Stone" because that is one of my favorite books. I chose the picture of Machu Picchu because I think that is one of the most mysterious beautiful places on earth and I would some day like to visit it. I chose The video of Mike Tonpkins because the first time I head this song I fell in love with it! It is amazing and so well done that I would like to share it with as many people as possible.

Digital projector:

The creator of this object was Niepce de St.Victor. He used a light sensative solution and 2 sheets of glass to create the first projector. This was used to convert smaller images to a larger form on a bigger screen. 

Harry Potter Book:

Picture of Machu Picchu:

Video of Mike Tompkins:

Mike Tompkins acapella