September 22nd, 2014

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 basically the electronic way to send letters. It is quicker and more efficient. I use my email to sign up for thing and i check it everyday for mail that I get from people but I don't send very many emails. I just receive them. People use email to communicate though it is slowly going away because people can now text each other. I know pretty much nothing about "email etiquette". I didn't even know there was "email etiquette".imagevia

September 19th, 2014

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.

Emerging Technology is a good class and the tools we are using is helpful. Google drive can definitely come in handy in college. Its great being able to save all my documents in one spot and being able to access them anywhere. Even Evernote can come in handy when I need to research things later in high school or college.


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September 17th, 2014

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 do not like writing. I never enjoy writing. Writing is important though, I guess. Writing is just an important skill in order to do school work. I hate writing every time I have to write an essay for any class because essays are a waste of time. It's called English class, not writing class, so maybe we should just read things and take tests over them. That is much better.  

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September 16th, 2014

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

We get told this stuff after every rehearsal for marching band. Our drum majors tell us to prepare to for tomorrow and whatever we do that night or over weekend needs to be to prepare us for our next rehearsal. It is true though, that if we do not prepare correctly, we will not succeed. We will fail if we not prepare. Like if we don't study for a test, we will fail the test. 

September 15th, 2014

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

This weekend I went to the BV game on Friday. On Saturday morning I watched football. Saturday night we went out to the plaza for dinner for my dad's birthday. On Sunday I watched football. 

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September 12th, 2014

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 for a lot of  projects in school you have to do research on a topic in order to know more about. Research helps you know more about a topic. You need to know how to research because if you don't know how to research, you would just be lost trying to figure out things about your topic. I have learned that looking on databases and other credible sites for research is good. We can't use Wikipedia because it is apparently untrustworthy because people can change it when ever they want. I guess pretty much all my teachers have had to teach us how to research because we have had a research project in almost every class.  

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Global Issue Selection

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For my global issue in Emerging Technology I have chosen the Ebola Virus. I have begun researching the issue and you can find my research questions here.