Month: May 2017

• Has the status of your issue changed since the last time you checked it?  Explain your answer.

Yes, the status has changed. My issue went from Opened to Acknowledged. 

• On Edublog #1 you were asked to predict whether or not SeeClickFix would fix the problem you reported.  Did you find that your prediction came true?  Explain your answer.

In my previous edublog I had predicted that SeeClickFix wouldn’t fix my problem due that many issues have greater importance than mine. This prediction came true due that my issue is still Acknowledged. 

• Are you satisfied with the result of the issue you reported?  Explain why, or why not.

I am not as satisfied because the broken sidewalk I reported is very dangerous due to it’s location and condition. I believe they should treat all cases equally due that they’re all concerning issues in our neighborhood. 

• Do you think that SeeClickFix is a useful tool for helping people fix problems in their communities?  Explain your answer.

I believe SeeClickFix is a useful tool to fix problems in our community because some issues can be solved through them. Not all cases can be fixed but fixing some issues can impact our community positively. 

• If you could change or improve SeeClickFix, what would you do?  Explain your answer.

If I could improve SeeClickFix I would attempt to treat all cases the same so all cases could have a chance to be fixed. I don’t find it fair that the most important the location is the more attention those cases get. 

Which class project do you think was best able to help the people who resisted an oppression gain agency:  SeeClickFix or the May Day March?  Explain your answer.

I believe SeeClickFix helped most people who resisted gain agency rather than the May Day March because many issues were solved through SeeClickFIx. 

• Do the results of the SeeClickFix and May Day projects imply that one form of resistance is better than another?  Explain your answer.  

I believe both SeeClickFix and the May Day March were forms of resistance but I believe SeeCLickFIx did prove that it was a better form of resistance due that it solved many cases while the march gave us no agency in return. 

• What did you learn about the status of the issue you reported to SeeClickFix?

I learned that the status of my issue has changed. It went from Open to Acknowledged. 

• Describe the response you got about the issue you reported.  What was the message you received?  Who sent you that message?

After SeeClikckFix got the report, the City of Oakland send a message to me. They said that the issue has been received and is now registered as service request. 

• Describe how the 9th grade students are tracking the progress of the issue we reported using stickies and posters.  What do each posters mean?  

The 9th grade students have been tracking the progress of their issues by logging into their SeeClickFix accounts and checking their issue status. If their status has changed then they move the stickie note with their issue status to the poster it belongs to. 

• Did you change the status of the issue you reported on a poster?  Explain why, or why not.

Yes, I changed the status of my issue on a poster because it went from Open to Acknowledged. 

• Did any patterns emerge on the poster about which issues are resolved, and which are not?  Explain your answer.

There was a lot of change on posters. Many Opened issues were changed to either Acknowledged or Closed. However the majority of the issues changed status to Acknowledged rather than to Closed. 

• Do you think 9th grade students are gaining agency based on their efforts on this project?  Explain your answer.

Yes, I think some 9th graders are gaining agency because many of their issues were fixed. But many of us didn’t due that most issues haven’t been fixed yet. 

 

• In your own words, explain what the words RESISTANCE and AGENCY mean. 

Agency is the ability to gain control over a situation or over one’s life. Resistance is to refuse something or to stop or prevent something from happening. 

• In your own words, explain what the term SOCIAL MOVEMENT means.

Social Movement is when a group of people gather to resist a cause. 

• What does the company called SEECLICKFIX do for people living in Oakland?

The company SeeClickFix attempts to fix issues around our neighborhoods. 

• Do you think SEECLIICK helps people in Oakland to resist oppression and gain agency?  Explain why, or why not.

SeeClickFix attempts to fix all the issues we report but many times it’s not possible. However, this company already helps us resist the oppression when we report an issue with them. Regardless if they fix the issue or not, we seem to resist an oppression but not gain agency because many issue don’t get fixed.

• Explain the story of how you took your picture for the SEECLICKFIX project (Describe what you took a picture of, when you took it, where you were, how, and why).

Due that I always walk from and to home, I constantly see a lot of issues including potholes, graffiti, broken sidewalks, and littering. However, as a young girl until now there was this one sidewalk I would always stumble over. This sidewalk leads to park on 37th Ave. So due that we had to take a picture of any of the above issues I decided to take a picture of that one sidewalk. It looks like a hill due to the broken sidewalk and people face everyday problems because of this sidewalk. 

• What did you do in class to join SEECLICKFIX?  Describe the steps you took.

In order to join SeeClickFix we created an account on seeclickfix.com. 

• What did you do in class to report an issue to SEECLICKFIX?  Describe the steps you took.

First we were asked to take a picture of any problems around our neighborhood. Then we joined SeeClickFix by creating an account. Later we reported the issue, uploaded the picture of the issue and wrote the problem about it. Finally we published the issue so SeeClickFix could see it and do something about it. 

• Do you predict that the City of Oakland will fix the problem you reported?  Explain why, or why not

I predict that the City of Oakland will fix the problem I reported because it’s a dangerous issue due to it’s location and status.