InfoGraphic

2/24/2015

Use the internet to find an infographic about infographics. Place it in to your blog post. Read it and then give me the top 5 things you learned from it that will help you make a better infographic.

More likely to be read if it has good information with good graphical support.

It should educate and inform in a fun way.

Infographics are visually appealing and can draw in a better audience.

Include a diversity of sources and statistics

Make it easy to understand.

2/23/2015

Tell me about your weekend. Give me a story, something funny that happened, an experiencing you had, the way you felt, etc. Include photos!

I felt sick over the weekend so it was uneventful.  I slept quite a bit of the weekend, but one good thing happened.  On Saturday night, I went out to eat orange chicken, my favorite food.  Overall, my weekend was nothing special because I was sick.  My soccer tournament was canceled which I was disappointed about because I had been looking forward to it for quite awhile.  Felt a little better by Sunday, but still spent the day at home.  Overall, the weekend was boring but provided some needed relief from school.

2/20/2015

The perfect curriculum is one that meets the needs of an individual.  I think that for a couple years, the basics need to be taught, but once you are through with the basics, the curriculum needs to conform to what you want to accomplish in life.  The titles of the courses would be similar to arts, engineering, or other titles associated with specific jobs or functions.  What you studied would pertain to what you want to do with your life.  If you want to be an accountant, you would study a lot of math.  Class time would be more like CAPS where you get real world experience in different situations.  The classes would be quite different than they are now in the sense that what you takes or enroll in will be more meaningful to you.

2/19/2015

My favorite food: Orange chicken
Foods I'd like to avoid: Lima beans
My favorite things to learn: physics
My favorite color: blue
My best friends are: Carson, Ryan, and Aden
My favorite games to play: strategy games
My favorite books: Any book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
My favorite movies or TV shows: Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Prison Break
My favorite holiday: Christmas
Things I do well: game and sports
Things I need to practice more: exercise
My favorite place to go: panda express
My favorite family activities: board games or card games
My favorite thing to do outside: soccer, basketball, golf
My favorite chore: make my dog's kong
My least favorite chore: vacuum the house
What I want to be when I grow up: Engineer
A place I want to visit: Greece
My favorite part of the year: Winter
My favorite part of each day: The end of the school day

2/17/2015

Tell me what you believe this cartoon is trying to say. Do you agree or disagree with this idea? Try and look at this from two different perspectives. What is your perspective? What would be an adult/teacher's perspective?

The American kid looks like he cares less about school, whereas the Chinese and Indian students are studying really hard.  I agree that most Americans get outworked by other nationalities in school, but I don't believe this means Americans don't care about school or learning, they just care less.  I think that if you only study from books, you won't be able to learn as much without experience.  A teacher's ideal student would be the two students who are studying and working hard in school.  They are model students and the American student would be frowned upon by a teacher.  I think that as long as you excel in learning, it shouldn't matter how you go about the learning.

2/10/2015

Think about the quote above. What does this mean to you? How could this apply to your life? How could this apply to your school work?  I would love to give you less work in class if it meant you were going to focus harder on the work. Do you think you would get more out of it? Would that work for you? Why or why not?

Doing less with more focus means that I would be able to concentrate more on what is important to me.  For example, school work could become more concentrated towards the area of study I am interested in.  For me specifically, engineering focuses on math and science.  I would be able to focus more on these topics than other topics that aren't as important to me.  It is the simple idea of quality over quantity.  If I focus more on soccer outside of school, i will have the potential to become a better soccer player.  Everything that you devote more focus to has more potential to become greater.  Rather than having retakes for tests, if you focus more on that test, you will do better and there will be no reason to have retakes.  I think if I devoted more time and effort to the things that I do, then they will in turn be better than they would have been, had I neglected them.  Giving something my full attention will always be better than devoting less time to something.  Just because there are less assignments though, I don't think I will feel any more motivated to do more work or work harder.  It would be nice to have less work, but I wouldn't put any more effort than what is needed.  Would this improve my work?  Probably not.  

2/9/2015

Tell me all about your weekend! I sure hope you have photos to share.

Over the weekend, a fire started in one of my neighbor's houses.  I used to babysit for their three children, but was relieved when I heard nobody was injured.  The entire house did not burn down, but they did have to take out a section of wall.  The fire started in their fireplace because the previous owner had installed insulation behind the fireplace which should not have been there.  I was watching the scene outside my bedroom window and was shocked to see how many firetrucks and police cars had arrived.  Multiple police cars were blocking off the street and at least six firetrucks passed through at various times.

2/6/2015

Tell me about some interesting things you have learned about your global issue so far. What have you learned that you didn't know before? Include a couple images from the internet if possible. (Make sure to cite images that are not your own.)

Traditionally there is no law that conveys rights upon animals, yet people still advocate for animal rights.  The exploitation of animals has been carried out for centuries, yet beginning in the nineteenth century, people began to protect animals.  Research involving animals has had numerous positive benefits to mankind.  So why do people want to stop animal experimentation if it is beneficial to the human race?

2/5/2015

You haven't had a chance to tell me about your Sweetheart weekend yet - tell me about it now! Include photos if you have them. Even if you just laid around on the couch and watched Netflix, tell me all about it.

Although I did not attend sweetheart, I visited my grandmother at her nursing home on Saturday and went to Church with her.  It was the first time I have gone to Church in a long time.  I used to attend Church every Sunday with my family, but recently I have only been going to the "big" masses such as Christmas and Easter.  I watched the super bowl on Sunday with friends, but was disappointed by the ending of the game.  Overall I thought it was an exciting game with good commercials, but the ending was awful.  This year I did not make any bets on who would win because I did not care about the teams in the super bowl this year.

2/2/2015

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"? EXPLAIN.

Email is a form of communication.  I use email to contact people in a more formal way than a text.  While applying to colleges this year and writing scholarships, many of these were sent directly to the school in an email.  Email can be used for many different types of communication, but is prevalent in the business world.  Depending on the type of email you are writing, formal or informal, the style and setup of each email will vary.  Email is used to send messages, files, and pictures to people with ease.  Email makes communication easier and more accessible because it is free.