Saturday, July 24, 2010

Blog Assignment 8

Keep the Eagle Soaring
Fundraising Carnival for the University of Southern Mississippi
I. Introduction
A. Southern Miss has been around for one hundred years. We would like to assist the University of Southern Mississippi by holding a carnival to increase funding for the different organizations at the University of Southern Mississippi.
B. Thesis: Some of the things that will allow us to achieve our goals are through communication, activities, and participants.
II. The first thing we will need to achieve our goal is to have different types of communication.
A. One way we will communicate to the community around Hattiesburg is by posting flyers.
B. Another way we will communicate will be by emailing many undergraduates and graduates at the University of Southern Mississippi.
C. The third way we will communicate is by sending letters to people in the community to get them to support our event.
III. Another way to make our event very successful will be by allowing different organizations from the University of Southern Mississippi.
A. It will be a splendid idea to have different organizations help with the events.
B. It will show that the University of Southern Mississippi is here for the community as well as.
IV. Once the communication and participants of the event has been set, we will finally need to discuss the activities that will take place at the event.
A. One activity that will take place will be the bottle toss.
B. A second activity that will take place will be the cake walk.
C. A third activity that will take place will be balloon popping.
D. The fourth activity that will take place will be face painting.
E. The final activity that will take place will be a tour of the University of Southern Mississippi.
V. Hosting an event to increase the funding for the University of Southern Mississippi will bring much excitement for the community of Hattiesburg and surrounding areas.
A. In conclusion, the carnival fundraising event will bring forward a brighter future for the University of Southern Mississippi.
B. We will achieve this goal through communication, organization, and several activities.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Blog Assignment 7

Blog Assignment 7
Oil spill- www.bp.com/oilspillcleaning
Gulf Coast Oil has taken an effect on a lot of people. There are many people volunteering to help with this project.
Timely event: the people that are helping with this job are cleaning beaches to rid them of the oil. The oil spill has caused many people to lose their jobs in the sea. A lot of companies depend on the animals in the water such as fishes, clams, oyster, crabs and other animals to maintain a business. The BP organization has steeped in to offer the people affected by the oil spill some assistance. a representative for the BP organization the help will be continued as long as it was needed. The BP organization million of dollar already and is continually providing help on a daily basis until everything get back to normal.
Situation: the situation I think has a huge impact on everyone. Some people take vacations all around the world. The beaches are the most populated areas. The oil spill did not only affect the people but it also affected the animals as well. They had set up bird rehabilitations to help the damaged birds. Some of the animals that were killed due to the oil spill are large mass of fishes, turtles, birds, and dolphins. According to the BP website, the sea animals are suffering the most because around this time of year is when they reproduce. The main problem is this happens at the bottom sea level where the oil spill is located at. The people are devastated and do not know which way to turn. They depend on the different locations to make a living. The amount of time it is going to take is uncertain.
Audience: Being in the United States or anywhere for that matter we all experience problems. I think that things will eventually get better. The audience for this assignment is everyone in general. No one is perfect but when people work together we accomplish many things. We have encountered many things with the oil spill. I was not familiar with the amount of damage that was caused by the oil spill until I had to discuss this in this editorial because I felt that is of timely and important facts. I cannot say that I truly understand because I am not there. If there was one important lesson I have learned through life and that is blaming is not going to make the situation any better but helping is the only solution.
Intention: This is an important matter. I can say that it is kind of sad to I am just now learning so much about the situation. My overall intentions are to let people we already know what has happened. A important thing to wonder is what can we do help improve the situation.
As I expressed throughout the editorial, the oil spill has taken a toll on a lot of people. It is easy to point blame, but now we all need to help. We all still have things to be thankful for because some of survived through this. We face challenges every day if we quit then we given up on ourselves. We take pride in living in the United States so now it is time to demonstrate that pride for the whole world to see. We need to state strong and united as one. The important thing is working together now to prevent this from happening in the near future.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Blog Assignment 6

The group project itself is coming along good I think. At first I thought it was going to be hard because we are going to be working together through skype. The overall experience was okay. I am use to working with people face to face. It turned out better than I thought. It is actually easy to communicate with my group members. We are able to schedule times that are convenient for everyone. We meet as a group one night out of a week more if needed. However, my group member and I email back and forth throughout the week. We e-mail each other on the progress of each individual task that is complete to ensure that the group agrees on the assignment. We exchanged phone number so that if anything changes we can still contact each other. The group came up with names for the four of us. My particular part is the party planner. Once my group member decided on the actually event it seemed easier because we just had to think of the other things that would make it come together. I think that the carnival idea would make people want to get involve more because it is outside event and a fundraiser that is University of Southern Mississippi. This is a university that has been around for a hundred year most of the stores located in Hattiesburg has the logo in their window of a bald eagle. The carnival could be a way to just unite the Eagle fans.
As the party planner I would be responsible for thinking of games and other activities that will take place at this carnival. I will also be working with the other team members that need to be fulfilled. I am currently making a list of the activities and in the process of working on flyers for the event. Since this is an event to potentially raise money for the University of Southern Mississippi, I will also think of prices and things of that nature. After I have created some flyer and decide upon a reasonable price for the entrance into the carnival. Before the next deadline which is Tuesday I hope to finish my list of activities or funding raising ideas to raise money. I would also like to make flyers to be disturbed among people throughout the Hattiesburg area. Then I will try to get a head start on what needs to be done for the next week. I think the group will benefit from this because will have a week to make revisions on the complete project before the due date. I do not have any complaints about my group members. I feel that we work efficient as a time. We manage to keep things in tack with time and we communicate with any issue we are confronted with.
If there is one thing that I could recommend it would be for my instructor or discussion leader to look at the project created by my group to see what improves needs to be made. The overall skype experience was challenging and convenient. This class was the first time I used skype to communicate with students to work on a project.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Blog Assignment 5

Blog Assignment 5
Master List of Types of Qualifications for Legal Assistants
• Assisting lawyers
• Fact checking and investigation
• Research case law
• Writing case summaries
• Preparation and organization of case research, notes and legal documents
• Drafting Legal Documents like Mortgages, Contracts and Instruments of Trust
• Fast Checking and Investigation
• Manage Financial Records
• Coordinate Law Office Activities
• Investigating Case Facts and Information
• Detailed telephone Messages
• Ability to take dictation or fast long hand
he list of qualification were provided by these websites
Http://jobview.monster.com/legalsecretary-LegalAssistant -Litigation.Job-US88707629ASPX
1 job opening
• Legal Secretary/ Legal Assistant (Litigation)
o Offered in Fort Lee, NJ 07024

Http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/jobs- in MS
2 Job openings
• Paralegal/Legal Assistant- Training Available
o Offered in Modesto, CA and Montgomery, AL
• Paralegal/Legal Assistant Needed Training Available: Court Careers (CC)
o Clerical /Administrative
 Offered in Jackson, MS
• Mail clerks Needed: Court Careers (CC)
o Clerical/Administrative; Legal
 Offered in Jackson, MS
Paralegal/ Legal Assistant – Training Available in Montgomery, AL
I would like to apply for this because even though I have taken the classes needed for this particular job training is still available. Paralegal studies require a good amount of research and knowledge about case law with training it makes things easier. The instructors within this field said that things become easier with the more practice an individual has. The other reason I would apply for this job is simply because of the location. It keeps me closer to my family for right now. I could learn more by going through training. It seems like a place where I would be able grow and expand for some years. Then maybe later I will be able to work for a more complex firm or corporation if I choose to do so.
The other thing I can appreciate about this job is that the pay depends on your abilities. There is room for a person to start a certain level and increase over time. When I fill out the resume, I am going to list all of my schooling history up to now. I will also be sure to mention all the groups and organization I have been in throughout my college history. I think it would also be very important for me to mention my grade point average from my previous college and other accomplishments that I made along the way regarding my studies.
My major is Paralegal Studies. I am currently a senior. I have taken 15 hours of paralegal class. These classes are Civil Litigation, Legal Research, Legal Drafting, Title Searching and Equity. The civil litigation class it was provides individuals with procedure that are carried out as a paralegal. As for the Legal Research, it was an introduction to the research itself. We learn the seven steps to begin to do the research a topic. For the legal research class we used a research method that would be carried out in seven steps. These steps are very important to finding case law that is either good or bad. The legal drafting class introduces you into producing documents such as notice of motion, motion to dismiss, answer, complaint, and briefs. The title searching class requires that you go to the courthouse and research the title to someone property. This would tell the people about the property they purchased if there was any easement, leans or unpaid taxes. This class also requires students to do Hud 1 and a Good Faith Estimate. The equity class contained two part family law, wills, and estate law. The first was family law in which we learned the twelve fault grounds for divorce, the five most common and under what circumstance was considered in the eyes of the law. We learned the five things that a married couple must decide upon in order to get a divorce. We learned about the twelve Albright factors that play a major role in deciding which parent gets to keep the child. As for the second part of equity, we learned the different. As for the second part of equity we learned the different types of wills. This class also provides students with an overall scope on who gets what after the person is no longer living and did not leave a will for the family with their belongs. For this particular class we had to create a divorce settlement and will. My overall view with classes in paralegal studies has been informal. The teachers are very helpful in supplying us the material to help us complete the assignments. If you need additional help, they are available and willing to help student one on one.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Blog Assignment 4

Blog Assignment 4
Citi Trends-www.cititrends.com
This is a website to a store that is located within twenty-four states. The store sells a variety of different things such as shoes, clothes, purses, and more. This website however does not have any of these items like a normal store website should. It basically talks about the stores history. The links on this particular page are About Us, Store Locator, Opportunities, Real Estate Stores, and Inventor Realtor. These links are all beneficial but more from someone who is looking to maybe purchase the store rather than shop there.
Strengths
This store is a good store with name brand items. The website is very much needed so it can show case to the rest of the world what this store has to offer. The website does however provide a way for their customer to locate the store and to contact a sale representative. I have learned from this class that it is very important to have a photo on the website to encourage people to look at the website itself. This website has a photo that is very eye catching but the shopping on this particular website is not available. My overall opinion on this particular website is that it can be made more productive with some changes. It can be fixed by taking a simple approach and just organize the items on a web page so your customer do not have to come into the store but can shop online as well. It is important for them to know the great prices are not only for when they come into the store but online to.
Weaknesses
This site does not show as a regular store website would. This problem can easily be fixed by creating a website where customers can shop as I mentioned above. When the item are added to the website you want to make sure organized them into different categories by the items in the store such as clothes, shoes, purses books, and ect. Then you would need to create a different link to each category for men, women, kids, and juniors. Sometime it can be very helpful to put the pricing on the left side of the website page so that the customer can shop accordingly to price. Most of the popular website also has it where you can shop accordingly to what type of brand you are looking for. Since this store sells a variety of different brands it would make it easier for customers and could contribute to more customers. As a customer myself I can appreciate how many store has a special link for sale items. The store has a lot of great discounted items ,but the fact that they do not have a web page it takes away some of the store profit because many people today like to shop from home. It is easier and faster and it saves them more money. A website is a way that stores can get more profit and this would receive a healthier reward. There are many people with limited abilities that cannot travel website are their only hope to shopping most of the time. Online website sometimes offer things at a better discounted price than store normally would that is another reason people prefer to look online.
The store has the potential to create things that the customers desire. So if there website presented the store itself and what it has to offer I feel certain to say the amount of sells will increase tremendously. If the website is fixed like all the other department stores where people could shop then everyone would be happy even the store owners. I take pride in shopping at this store for a variety of reasons I am sure that other teens and adult would as well. This store is relatively cheaper than most department stores but has the same high quality name brand items which include shoes, clothes, and purses.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Virginia College
http:www.vc.edu/bachelor-degrees/private-sector-accounting.com
It tells what prepares the paralegal for in job employment such as attorney office, courthouse, corporation, insurance companies, government agencies and ect. It also gives in detail the classes that are offer for this particular degree. The website also gives the statistics for the outlook for paralegal as well. It also demonstrated to me what this website was designed to be for which entry in the work place or advancement in this field. It also tells the amount of hours one has to have to graduate with a degree in this particular field. This college also offers the Paralegal Studies Degree on line. Virginia College website provides us with a detail description of what the student should learn after completing this degree. Some of the things to accomplish for soon to be paralegal is draft advanced legal documents, coordinate a successful job search, create a job search portfolio, employ critical thinking, employing skills in general education and conducting legal research, and prepare legal documents based on the same for a variety of legal fields integrating common, and legal specialty.
Mississippi College for Women
http: www.mvw.edu/paralegal/
This website was my least favorite of two simple because of the layout. The first open page of this website talked about the history of the college more to me than what this program had to offer. I would have thought the first page would have been more persuading people to join their college. The website did not have any students huddling in a group making conversation. The web page to me was plain.
Overall purpose
1. The purpose of this is to encourage college student or future students to major in Paralegal Studies.
2. This is a rewarding major and I just hope to increase the number of students. This major also provides the student with a lot of the same task that are going to be required for the practice of law.
3. I think when student hear about what this major has to offer the number will increase dramatically. The disagree is also good in preparing student for law school as well.
4. The outcome of my desired reader provides me with uncertainty because this program at the University of Southern Miss. does not have that many students , however; the number has increased with in my last semester and it is growing in the number of student it has.
Reader Profile
1. The primary readers for this assignment could be any individual who wants to study some aspects of law. It could be anyone regardless if the person is a college student or not.
2. It could just be someone who is looking for a major and have not yet came to a decision of what they wanted to take. They would need to look at the requirements for the class that should have taken. They need to see how many classes he/she needs to graduate. Along with this major students are required to have a minor.
3. It does not have to be a current student it could also be future classmates.
4. Anybody that likes working with or around law would appreciate working in this field as well. We all know law is very interesting and it is always changing.
5. The detailed information within the web page is self-explanatory all of the requirements for this is particular website should be enough information to educate my readers about the major.
6. My reader should always be aware of my specialties as well. For any reason they may have any concerns or questions. They should feel free to contact me.
7. My website will be for all the readers. It is also going to have a number of contacts for the disable students.
8. It will also be accessible to anyone with a mental disability as well. If for some reason if someone does not understand there will be someone online to answer their questions.

Situation Analysis
1. The people that will be reading this website are probably going to be future students or current students. It would needs to be thought out clearly. It will describe all the details for this particular major.
Usability Objective
• How many hours do I need for this degree?
• How many classes does the university offer toward this degree?
• What class do I have left to take?
• Can I substitute some of my classes for credits toward this degree?
• Are we required to have a minor?
• How many hours are we required to have to receive a minor?
• If I major in paralegal studies what would be a good minor?
2. Sequential reading from beginning to end
3. The reader will follow my instructions step by step
1 . My readers’ attitude toward this specific website is positive. I think it should be not only an informal but also a website that demonstrates that this particular minor is created for everyone.
2. My readers’ attitude toward me would be appreciative because I have provided them with all the information necessary for them to succeed in this program.
Stake holders
1. The people that would be considered a steak holder is the one with financial ties to this particular department.
2. If this program does not succeed in being successful for the University, it could mean a loss of money for this program and dominations and funding offered to this major.
Constraints
This is for the future college students therefore; it will be on college level standards. It is also very important for me to take into account that some people may have disabilities. Therefore, different accommodations’ will be provided. Not everyone might be on the same level it important to make sure he/she understands.
I have learned that I would like to have a website that is not a summary of the history about a college. I would just like to tell the student a little about what the college has to offer. Then I would focus on the Paralegal Studies major for the remainder of the homepage that represents that particular major.

Blog Assignment 3

Virginia College
http:www.vc.edu/bachelor-degrees/private-sector-accounting.com
It tells what prepares the paralegal for in job employment such as attorney office, courthouse, corporation, insurance companies, government agencies and ect. It also gives in detail the classes that are offer for this particular degree. The website also gives the statistics for the outlook for paralegal as well. It also demonstrated to me what this website was designed to be for which entry in the work place or advancement in this field. It also tells the amount of hours one has to have to graduate with a degree in this particular field. This college also offers the Paralegal Studies Degree on line. Virginia College website provides us with a detail description of what the student should learn after completing this degree. Some of the things to accomplish for soon to be paralegal is draft advanced legal documents, coordinate a successful job search, create a job search portfolio, employ critical thinking, employing skills in general education and conducting legal research, and prepare legal documents based on the same for a variety of legal fields integrating common, and legal specialty.
Mississippi College for Women
http: www.mvw.edu/paralegal/
This website was my least favorite of two simple because of the layout. The first open page of this website talked about the history of the college more to me than what this program had to offer. I would have thought the first page would have been more persuading people to join their college. The website did not have any students huddling in a group making conversation. The web page to me was plain.
Overall purpose
1. The purpose of this is to encourage college student or future students to major in Paralegal Studies.
2. This is a rewarding major and I just hope to increase the number of students. This major also provides the student with a lot of the same task that are going to be required for the practice of law.
3. I think when student hear about what this major has to offer the number will increase dramatically. The disagree is also good in preparing student for law school as well.
4. The outcome of my desired reader provides me with uncertainty because this program at the University of Southern Miss. does not have that many students , however; the number has increased with in my last semester and it is growing in the number of student it has.
Reader Profile
1. The primary readers for this assignment could be any individual who wants to study some aspects of law. It could be anyone regardless if the person is a college student or not.
2. It could just be someone who is looking for a major and have not yet came to a decision of what they wanted to take. They would need to look at the requirements for the class that should have taken. They need to see how many classes he/she needs to graduate. Along with this major students are required to have a minor.
3. It does not have to be a current student it could also be future classmates.
4. Anybody that likes working with or around law would appreciate working in this field as well. We all know law is very interesting and it is always changing.
5. The detailed information within the web page is self-explanatory all of the requirements for this is particular website should be enough information to educate my readers about the major.
6. My reader should always be aware of my specialties as well. For any reason they may have any concerns or questions. They should feel free to contact me.
7. My website will be for all the readers. It is also going to have a number of contacts for the disable students.
8. It will also be accessible to anyone with a mental disability as well. If for some reason if someone does not understand there will be someone online to answer their questions.

Situation Analysis
1. The people that will be reading this website are probably going to be future students or current students. It would needs to be thought out clearly. It will describe all the details for this particular major.
Usability Objective
• How many hours do I need for this degree?
• How many classes does the university offer toward this degree?
• What class do I have left to take?
• Can I substitute some of my classes for credits toward this degree?
• Are we required to have a minor?
• How many hours are we required to have to receive a minor?
• If I major in paralegal studies what would be a good minor?
2. Sequential reading from beginning to end
3. The reader will follow my instructions step by step
1 . My readers’ attitude toward this specific website is positive. I think it should be not only an informal but also a website that demonstrates that this particular minor is created for everyone.
2. My readers’ attitude toward me would be appreciative because I have provided them with all the information necessary for them to succeed in this program.
Stake holders
1. The people that would be considered a steak holder is the one with financial ties to this particular department.
2. If this program does not succeed in being successful for the University, it could mean a loss of money for this program and dominations and funding offered to this major.
Constraints
This is for the future college students therefore; it will be on college level standards. It is also very important for me to take into account that some people may have disabilities. Therefore, different accommodations’ will be provided. Not everyone might be on the same level it important to make sure he/she understands.
I have learned that I would like to have a website that is not a summary of the history about a college. I would just like to tell the student a little about what the college has to offer. Then I would focus on the Paralegal Studies major for the remainder of the homepage that represents that particular major.