- Take a hot shower that morning
- Eat
- Get a good night sleep the night before
- Talk to your friends
- Study so you don't have to worry about tests
- Pay attention in classes
Monday, May 9, 2011
Goal 4: Leave It Behind - Stress
We were asked to create a list you can leave your stress behind and not carry it around with you into the classroom.
Goal 3: What do you believe about learning?
Goal number three wants us to make a bullet list of what you believe regarding how you and others learn and to answer the question how would you redesign school and classes to best meet the needs of high school students?
Everyone learns better in different ways like:
Everyone learns better in different ways like:
- Environments
- Comfortable around teachers
- Technology
- How much they slept the night before
- Testing skills
- Oral teachings
- Visual teachings
- How quickly the student can learn
Having teachers who can work well with their students and teach visually and orally to everyone so that all that they can learn the most in that time period.
Goal 2: Re-Evaluate your values
Goal number two is about helping someone look at something by how much effort you put into your project or into an assignment. You should see that progress made, the learning achieved, and the the work put into it.
Today I got back a quiz that I got a B on (85%). Rather than being mad at myself I looked at it that I did really good because I studied hard, payed attention in class , and saw how much math I know and understand now.
Those were the short term goals that we were given. We were also given long term goals to accomplish.
The long tern goal for Goal 2 was in what ways could you help students re-evaluate the way that you look at things and in what ways can we have them look at the with more reflection?
The way we can do that is maybe by teachers staying for extra help so that they understand all of the concepts that they will be tested on. Also maybe pop-quizes could be removed because maybe a student needs extra help but the teacher wasn't available to re-teach what is needed.
Today I got back a quiz that I got a B on (85%). Rather than being mad at myself I looked at it that I did really good because I studied hard, payed attention in class , and saw how much math I know and understand now.
Those were the short term goals that we were given. We were also given long term goals to accomplish.
The long tern goal for Goal 2 was in what ways could you help students re-evaluate the way that you look at things and in what ways can we have them look at the with more reflection?
The way we can do that is maybe by teachers staying for extra help so that they understand all of the concepts that they will be tested on. Also maybe pop-quizes could be removed because maybe a student needs extra help but the teacher wasn't available to re-teach what is needed.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Goal 1: Be a Beam
In class we are doing a challenge where you have to post 30 blogs each time with a goal to do something good. Today I have to help someone that is stressed or having trouble conquering something.
What I did is that one of my friends was dealing with stupid teen drama and I helped her see that everything is fine. It all ended up being a misunderstanding with one of them and got upset because she thought that rumors were being spread about her. She blamed everything on my friend who then got upset. I helped her realize that there is so much stuff going around that is not true and that there is nothing she has to worry about.
What I did is that one of my friends was dealing with stupid teen drama and I helped her see that everything is fine. It all ended up being a misunderstanding with one of them and got upset because she thought that rumors were being spread about her. She blamed everything on my friend who then got upset. I helped her realize that there is so much stuff going around that is not true and that there is nothing she has to worry about.
Osama Bin Laden
On Twitter there are categorizes that are trending and the number one slot belongs to #osama. What a shocker!
I went on and clicked to view all the posts people wrote. I have to say that there are some pretty funny posts. My favorite is from kielbeze who said "They buried Bin Laden at sea? They did that to Megatron at the end of Transformers and we saw how that worked out" I can't stop laughing after reading this. It's a good thing that people can still, after the whole scene that just happened.
I think that there are good and bad reasons for the death. Good being that he is gone! And that we won't have to worry about protecting everyone from his ideas. Its bad because now the people in his army are going to want to attack us even more.
I went on and clicked to view all the posts people wrote. I have to say that there are some pretty funny posts. My favorite is from kielbeze who said "They buried Bin Laden at sea? They did that to Megatron at the end of Transformers and we saw how that worked out" I can't stop laughing after reading this. It's a good thing that people can still, after the whole scene that just happened.
I think that there are good and bad reasons for the death. Good being that he is gone! And that we won't have to worry about protecting everyone from his ideas. Its bad because now the people in his army are going to want to attack us even more.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Should Facebook be Blocked at Schools?
In schools, Facebook and other sites like that are blocked. At Lunch time though you can't go on also. I don't know what I would do in my study and at lunch time. If I dont have any homework to do in study I use my Itouch to play games and go on Facebook. I would feel so empty.
Adults who don't really understand what Facebook is just thinnk of it as a waste of time. It is a fun way to talk to your friends out of school. For adults they can go onto Facebook and maybe see that their friends from college or even high school are using it.
Next year when everyone in BHS will have a way to get on to Facebook, through their Ipads, there will be the thought to block it but I think that the school shpuld start out not blocking it and to see what happens. If many kids are now paying attention and are on Facebook. Then something should be done. School comes before Facebook. It will definitely be a challenge for some people no to go on but that is where the trust should be placed on students. They need to learn what is right and sometimes if they do the wrong thing then they can see how far the limit can be pushed.
Adults who don't really understand what Facebook is just thinnk of it as a waste of time. It is a fun way to talk to your friends out of school. For adults they can go onto Facebook and maybe see that their friends from college or even high school are using it.
Next year when everyone in BHS will have a way to get on to Facebook, through their Ipads, there will be the thought to block it but I think that the school shpuld start out not blocking it and to see what happens. If many kids are now paying attention and are on Facebook. Then something should be done. School comes before Facebook. It will definitely be a challenge for some people no to go on but that is where the trust should be placed on students. They need to learn what is right and sometimes if they do the wrong thing then they can see how far the limit can be pushed.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Ipads
In class we have been able to play around on the Ipads and really have fun. I have found some really fun Apps that are also educational and will helps in the years that we are 1:1. The best one was called My HomeworkNOW & School Alerts and it allows you to have an agenda and a calender of important projects and school work.
I really like all the Apps because people who make them know that kids don't want to use boring Apps. That is why there are no such thing as a boring and not fun educational app or educational game. Epecialy when you get to use the Ipads. Ipads make learning fun!
I really like all the Apps because people who make them know that kids don't want to use boring Apps. That is why there are no such thing as a boring and not fun educational app or educational game. Epecialy when you get to use the Ipads. Ipads make learning fun!
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