Research Sources: CPCOM

I have decided to evaluate CPCOM located on the Tempe campus next to the bookstore. I had decided to evaluate CPCOM because I find it interesting and I would like to know why we have a building like this. This building is important to the students of ASU where not only does this building offer aid with computer need but also gives security to the students through their e-mail. The topic I wanted to propose is that it is not only a computer lab but also an advancement to the learning environment to students. I will evaluate the effectiveness of the Building and what it offers ie the tech studio and the learning of the students.  I have acquired the sources Display Computers by Lisa Min-Yi Chen Smith Doctor of Philosophy at Texas A&M. I also have acquired Learning styles: individualizing computer based learning environments by Anne Groat and Tim Musson of Napier University. Dr. Smith's dissertation is 279 pages while the other is about 10 pages.  Dr. Smith's dissertation deals with the uses of a computer while the other paper deals with the learning styles with a computer her statement of,"Display Computers are for everyone. No one will be left behind. If you can “see” a Display Computer, you can access it" (Smith 2). I find these sources interesting because they are critical to my topic that the CPCOM building is important  to the students of ASU because we are learning while advancing as a generation in the digital age. We use our computers for everything we like to check our facebook every hour so not only do we use computers to be social but also we use the computers to learn. There are programs that are installed on the computer that we use to learn like learning studios.

To summarize, I have decided to evaluate CPCOM proposing the topic of the building is an advancement of learning and computer human interface. I wanted to do this topic because I plan on having my major in Computer Information Systems .This building is also a security center that gives students protection in defense against computer threats. I have used the sources  Display Computers by Lisa Min-Yi Chen Smith and Learning styles: individualizing computer based learning environments by Anne Groat and Tim Musson. Both of these are scholoary and I have also used the ASU website as another source. These  sources will help me in my proposal in saying that the CPCOM building is an advancement in the learning environment. In Dr. Smith's dissertation of Display Computers, she states,"Display Computers are for everyone. No one will be left behind. If you can “see” a Display Computer, you can access it" (Smith 2).
That statement holds true to the Building of CPCOM.

Evaluation: Toddlers and Tiaras

When we see beauty pageants we think of the Miss. America pageant or the Miss Universe Pageants. We do not think of televising child beauty pageants. This is what T.L.C.'S Toddlers and Tiaras are. The pageants range from the southern region like Georgia and      North Carolina to Pennsylvania. I have seen commercials for it and have seen bits and pieces of it on the channel T.L.C owns. I am in disbelief that people find that interesting. My mom likes it and so does my younger sister so my dad told me to analyze it. What I will most focus on is the plot or lack thereof. 

There is really no plot to this show. The most there is the children are trying to achieve the title of Grand Supreme. There are even pageants that are requirements of "Glitz".  The regulations encourage tanning and the use of "clippers", a form of dentures. The pageants range from 0-7 years and they have their own divisions for the age brackets. The parents are encouraging their children to tan at the age of 7. This is slightly horrifying to some. The idea of tanning and the use of false teeth on a 5 year old are inane. The children do not like the tanning and they are rather fussy when it comes to the tanning the parents are hiring people to spray tan their child. The parents also “want their kids to be in pageants". Clearly one can tell that the parents are strongly encouraging their child to participate in some cases. They show the child’s room with all their crowns and ribbons from their previous pageants. Most of the children on the show have done previous pageants before. The children say they like to do the pageants because they want to win the crowns. However they are complaining each time they get ready for their pageants like the hair and makeup.

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The company airs the children misbehaving and throwing tantrums. The parents are justifying their actions and making excuses. The parents are teaching their children to be divas. The children are disrespectful to their parents and are sometimes get physical. While the children are preforming their parents are doing their routine behind the judges. How people find this entertaining is beyond me but there is a spin off Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, a fan favorite who proclaims her southern heritage many times.  

This is supposed to be reality TV. There is not really a plot to this show, just showing children being difficult to their parents. They are also trying to win a crown and the title of Grand Supreme and cry when they get something less that that title .However it has have made enough popularity to make a spin off series. We see children turn in to divas and spray tanned 7 year old's. There is no sportsmanship, just children being divas.  What is even more mind blowing, is that there are 2 year olds who beat out older age brackets like 14 and 16 year olds because they have won the title of Grand Supreme.