9-30-14

What is an infographic? If you don't know, go look it up. Read about it and then in your own words tell me what an infographic is. What do infographics do? How do they work? What makes a really good infographic?

An inphographic is a graph that is a visual image to represent data and information. An infographic can be used to show someone a literal comparison of  data. Really good infographs are made by having similarly close data ranges and easy to compare. 

http://www.moviecitizens.com/star-wars-revenues-told-through-an-infograph/

9-29-14

Tell me about your Homecoming weekend! If you didn't participate in the Homecoming festivities, what did you do? Share pics!

For home coming I went with about 14 girls and 5 other guys to eat at Blue Hills Country Club. My date was Grace Marqouardt in the picture below. We also went to the dance and had a great time!

9-24-14

Imagine Mr. Bacon has asked you to suggest one way of improving Blue Valley High School to make it a better place for students. Think about the changes that are needed at your school. Pick one change you feel would really make a difference and explain what it is and why you'd make the change.

I would make the change that every student is allowed to use their phones for learning or buy us educational iPad's. If the school can't afford iPad's then we should be allowed to use our phones. 

9-23-14

What are your favorite apps on your phone or tablet? Why?

 My favorite app on my phone is Clash of Clans because its a fun game and i'm good at it.  

9-22-14

What is email? When do you use email in your own personal life? List reasons and ways that people use email. What do you know about "email etiquette"?

Email is a way to talk to other people over the internet semi-safely without having to go through the hassle of mailing handwritten mail and sending it. I use email mainly to talk to old teachers and distant relatives that don't know how to work anything other than email and certain Facebook games. 

I think that email is almost dying with all of the possibilities of calling and texting nowadays.  

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-email-arrow-concept-image13597144

9-19-14

Blog Post of the Day:
Now that you've been in Emerging Technology for several weeks... what do you think? Do you think the web tools (Drive, Evernote, Bubbl, etc.) are helpful to you? Do you think they will be helpful throughout high school or even college? Explain.

I think that all of the tools that we've used so far this school year are helpful in one way or another. I think they would be more helpful if they all had apps that we could use on our phones. Becuase we all use our phones a lot.

http://www.travelwireasia.com/2012/11/whos-blogging-about-korea-a-blogger-round-up/

9-17-14

Do you enjoy writing? When do you enjoy it? What kind of writing do you enjoy? Why do you think the ability to write is so important no matter what kind of writing it is? Give an example that you enjoyed writing or hated writing. Why?

I don't like writing because it cramps up my hand and lead smears all over the place. If I could type over writing, I would. Plus typing is a lot easier than cramping your hand and having messy handwriting and a dirty hand.

http://writetodone.com/4-ways-to-hack-into-your-mind-and-become-infinitely-more-creative/

9-16-14

Reflect on this quote. Give an example of a time in your life that this might have been the case.

In this quote Ben Franklin is saying that if you don't prepare then you cant succeed to the most. This has happened to me before when I didn't study for a test and didn't get what I wanted but it was all my fault because I was probably presented with multiple chances to avoid that. This also happens a lot in daily life. Some examples would be if some random person had a job and had to work the next day, they would have to prepare for the next day by setting an alarm more than likely. Another example could be of a student who is running late for school but only because they woke up late. That is why this quote from Ben Franklin is absolutely true and relevant.

9-15-14

What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend  I went paint balling for the first time and got shot twice. I also beat my sister in fantasy football by only 10 points! Although I did a lot this weekend I was pretty tired all the time for some reason so therefore i slept on Sunday for like 12 straight hours. I enjoyed my sleep because I got so much of it, but i'm still very tired. On Sunday morning while i was sleeping my mom got Kripsy Kreme Pumpkin Spice donuts and they sounded bad over the phone yet they're all gone today. Lets just say i ate like 10 donuts and she had 2 dozen.


http://www.glogster.com/riceking777/paintballing/g-6mjj6rsf11js1l3icavnsa0

http://www.scottsevener.com/pumpkin/breakfast/krispy-kreme-pumpkin-spice-doughnuts-grocery-store-edition/

9-12-14

Blog Post of the Day:
What is the importance of research? Why do you need to know how to research? What have you learned in high school about researching topics and finding quality resources? Have you had a helpful teacher that has taught you to research? Explain.

Research is important because without learning to research in an efficient manner, it would be very difficult to learn new things and set up a study guide for yourself in college. Research also allows us to search the web for info on the past and things that we don't know about. I've been tought very well how to research from a couple teachers.

9-10-14

Post of the Day:

If i were in my 70's i would probably not worry about youngsters because i know that i would die soon so i'd probably just lay around and drink Arnold Palmer's. 

9-9-14

For my Global issue in Emerging Technology I have chosen Human Cloning. I have begun researching the issue and you can find my research questions here.

9-8-14

What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend i stayed at a friends house and we just hung out and went swimming. 

9-5-14

Watching TV                                          A+
Eating Food                                           A+
Sleeping                                                 A+           Extra Credit: A+
Playing on my Phone                              A+
Throwing Stuff                                       A+

Any sport other than football and basketball F-

Texting and Driving

9-3-14

Yesterday I asked your to "think differently" and push yourself to be uncommon with your PSA project using Google Slides. Why do you think I asked you to do that? What is the point? Why not just use bullets and headers? Explain.

I think that you asked us to do that so that we would be able to learn more and teach it in a different way that previously shown.

9-2-14

Tell me all about your Labor Day weekend. What did you do? Include photos!

This labor day weekend I mainly hung out with friends and went swimming a lot. I also watched a couple of games which wasn't too bad.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRu47lLrlI77PSKceIEvigbhkJ1Ys3JARGrJskaXaURQnzNdVZ-:st.houzz.com/simgs/8b514d8800296db9_4-2828/eclectic-swimming-pools-and-spas.jpg