Blogging Advice

For any blogger it is important to know your research. You should also include your personal opinion about what you are blogging about. To engage your reader, you should use pictures, videos, and links. 

After watching the video, it made me realize that since the internet is more open to kids, it inspires us to learn things adults can't teach us.  Like how that girl learned to play piano, younger kids may be able to play an instrument.  Some students are visual learners, so they can learn by what they see on the screen.  It can start careers younger and make people famous, for example Fred.


P.S. HEY MR. FIELD!! =)

Eminem

According to a website, Marshall Mathers III was born on October 17, 1972.  He grew up being poor and others claim he was abusive at a young age.  His mother was a fifteen year old mother.  His father left when he was six months old and never saw him again. He and his mother moved around a lot until he was 12.  He repeated ninth grade three times because he missed too much school, but he eventually dropped out.  His first rap name was Eminem and Slim Shady was another that was later used.  After Dr. Dre's involvement in his records, Eminem won two Grammy Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards.

His first born child Haileigh was born on December 25, 1995.  In 2002 he made a movie called 8 Mile. 

In 2000 he was charged with assult because he pistol-whipped a man kissing his wife, Kim.  They got divorced in 2001.  In 2006 they remarried but soon got another divorce.  In 2000 Eminem released The Marshall Mathers LP which was the fastest selling album in the rap histoy. 

Conflict Minerals

Today in class we watched a video about Conflict Minerals.  I'm surprised that the world we live in today wouldn't take action in stopping the madness.  I am also shocked that Congo's government isn't taking action either.  I am also surprised that the gang hasn't tried to take over its own or other countries.  I think that the government should shut them down or imprison whoever is in charge.  I also think all who are involved should be imprisoned too.

I am sorry to say that I haven't found out about this until today, but if I just found out, imagine how many people still don't know.  I think it is even worse that they use sexual force, such as rape, to scare their people just for money. 
But this situation some how ties to how we should treat misbehaving children.  We are "rewarding" the people killing millions by giving them our money, when really we shouldn't because of the issue.

Japan's Earthquake and Tsunamis

On March 11, 2011 about 350 people died in an earthquake in Japan.  About another 500 people are missing.  The earthquake was the fifth largest in the world since 1900.  The biggest waves were 6-7 feet tall. 

During the earthquake, 20 people had ceiling fall on them at a graduation.  Four trains were swept away and a ship carrying 100 people.  Fires also are occuring within the cities.  Dams have been broken and flooded many houses.  Some people are spending their nights at their offices because lifts have stopped working.  Around 400 million homes lost power.

The earthquake spiked a 8.9. Some waves reached 6 miles inland. 



web 2.O tools

Here's some great Web 2.O tools!

Glogster-
I have used Glogster this year in English class for the play "Romeo and Juliet", by Shakespeare.  It's great to use instead of a poster on paper because you don't need to worry about messing around with cutting and gluing.  You can also add videos, sound clips, and backgrounds for your poster.  Learn how to use it!

Edmodo-
Our Web 2.0 class uses Edmodo.  It is great for educational purposes because the whole class can find out assignments and share with others.  Here's how you use Edmodo!

Twitter-
Even though many of my classmates, including me, don't like Twitter, it can be helpful in classes.  It is a great way to communicate with others around the world who are interested in what we are doing or what we are learning.  Learn how to use Twitter.

Wordpress-
Wordpress has been very helpful for me in the past.  Many teachers use it to keep track of assignments, which is great if I forget what it was.  It is also great because they can post notes or important information about projects, quizzes, and tests etc.  Wordpress can be helpful for education, learn how to use it!

GoogleDocs-
I have used GoogleDocs for every subject this year.  It is great for projects because you can share with other students without having to get together to do it.  It automatically saves so nothing is lost. It also makes good graphs and charts easily.  You can also email projects to teachers so you don't have to print out anything.  Learn the new way to do assignments!

EasyBib-
Since schools have been so strict about plagiarism, EasyBib is a great way to prevent  it.  Learn how to now!

iPad 2

Apple has made the iPad 2. It is 33% thinner, faster, and 15% lighter.  It has a new smart cover too, which is great for looking at the screen in any way you want.  It has two cameras which is great for video chat.  It has a longer battery, which now lasts 10 hours.  They have 9 times the gaming performance.  When it's iPad cover opens up the iPad wakes up.  When closed the iPad sleeps conserving battery and energy.  You can the screen position and change the volume with a switch. 

Facebook Pro's and Con's

A man, Andrew McDonald, bit off another man's ear and spit them onto the pavement.  They were fighting because of Facebook messages.  But Facebook also contributed to Egypt's revolution. Here are some Pro's and Con's of Facebook.
Pro's of Facebook

• easy communication
• educational purposes

         Facebook could be used for kids who have missed school and they would be able to check homework or class assignments.  It also could be used for communicating with students or teachers about classroom material, for example, projects.  Video's of labs or class discussions could be video taped and shared.  Class notes could be written in notes which students could look at or be tagged in.  Pictures or video comments could be graded or count as homework.

• find old friends and reconnect with them
• promote yourself for businesses

Con's of Facebook

• bullying

          Many teenage suicides are caused by online bullying.

• addictions

        The average time spent on facebook is 7 hours a month.  For teenagers, I personally believe it is a lot more.

• obesity

        While people are on Facebook, most of the time they are sitting down.  If your sitting down you're not exercising. 

• inappropriate or unwanted pictures, videos etc.
• personal information shared with people you may not know