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 infographic is images and charts that give data. Infographics can turn a big topic or confusing topic into something that is understandable. A good infographic makes topics interesting and easy to understand. They work by using charts and graphs to represent data. 

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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.

Blue valley needs to change parking to make it better somehow. It seems like everyday there is someone that hits a car  in the parking lot because the parking lot is so small. You can barely get out of a parking spot when the parking lot it full. Traffic is always terrible when you are trying to get out of the school.

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9/23/14

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

My favorite apps on my phone are twitter and MLB at bat. These are my favorite apps because on twitter, I can see tweets of my friends and other people, and on MLB at bat I can check the royals score and read articles on the royals.

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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 for people to contact other people and businesses to contact customers. I use email to look at things or coupons businesses send me. I never use it to contact anyone I know. People use email to contact people by sending them messages, pictures, links, and other things. Businesses can also contact people through it. I know nothing about email etiquette.

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9/19/14

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 drive is awesome and i love how easy it is to access your documents, power points, or any thing in your drive is. As a school, we should definitely use this more often. I think evernote and Bubbl are alright. I would rather write an outline on paper than on bubbl and evernote is somewhat helpful, but it sometimes didn't work for me and didn't highlight everything i highlighted when i went back to look at the articles the next day. I will use google drive a lot because of this class, but I probably won't use evernote or Bubbl.

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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?

Generally i don't like writing. It is one of the more difficult things to do in the school. I enjoy it more when I'm getting class time to finish my writing and i don't enjoy it when I have to write at home. I enjoy writing research papers more than writing a story because i have trouble being creative when coming up with stories.Writing is important because it helps people express their thoughts and ideas. I enjoyed writing in freshman ELA.

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9/16/14

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

I agree with this quote because if you aren't preparing for something, you wont be ready for it when it comes. Last Friday I had an AP physics test and if i didn't prepare for it, i would've failed it. Instead, I studied on my own the days before the test and i got a good grade on it. This is just one of very many examples and proves that preparing sets you up for success. 

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9/15/14

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

This weekend I played in the football game against west and we won. The next morning i had to get up early to take the ACT. I think i did well on it, but I'm not sure. On Sunday I watched football all day. My dad got NFL Sunday Ticket so now we can watch every single game on TV. It was very fun watching every single game. 

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9/12/14

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 you always earn new things when you do. You need to know how to research so you can find what you are looking for quicker and easier. I've learned to use data bases and to research something you are interested in so it is more enjoyable for you to research. Ms. Edwards helped me realize that it is helpful to search about different things that have to do with your topic and not just search the same words every time.

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9/10/14

Kids these days cant do anything without their phone. Its like they think their phone is attached to them. They need to put down their phones and play outside once in a while. Don't they know that playing catch is a heck of a lot more fun than staring at your phone?
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9/9/14

Tell me about the global issue you selected. What do you already know about the issue? What are you looking forward to learning about it? Explain.


I chose to research the terrorist organization ISIS. They are one of the richest and powerful terrorist organizations in history. They have taken over parts of land in Syria and in other parts of the middle east. They kill people who don't have the same radical beliefs as them and many people from many countries are apart of this group. This makes them a threat all over the world. I'm excited about learning more about what they have already done ad what they are planning on doing.

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9/8/14

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

This weekend I played in the football game against SMNW. We won 29-0 and it was our first game of the season so it was very exciting. On Saturday, i went to watch the JV football game against SMNW. They killed northwest and shut them out. Yesterday i went to the Chiefs game with my friend Brady. The chiefs looked terrible and it might be a rough season for them.

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9/5/14

Sleeping: A
Checking MLB standings: A
Listening to music: A
Drinking water: A
Being Patient: D
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PSA

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


You asked us to do this so everyone would have a different PSA and would have a unique one. The point is to think outside of the box and not have a normal PSA. Its always good to try something new or try something a different way. If you never try to make what you are doing different and better, then you wont get better at what you are doing. You also shouldn't take the easy way out and just do something the way everyone else does it.Image via

9/2/14

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

This weekend i went to the lake with my family and the other family we own our lake house with. It is the last weekend that we are going to the lake this summer which made it kind of sad. Our wave runner just got fixed and so now it goes faster than it did before. It got up it 68 MPH this weekend. We also tubed with our friends that live next to us. It was a fun weekend.

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