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Tuesday, February 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. 

1.) Infographics are very visual. They stand out. 

2.) I should make it more visual over anything so that people not only understand what's on the infographic, but they will remember what is on the infographic. 

3.) Infographics can go viral so you need to make it look professional and out effort into it to make it look good. 

4.) Use only a few colors so that it stands out, but then it doesn't blind you with a million different colors all at once. 

5.) Pick a few colors for a theme and stick with them. Like, for example, in the infographic above they have the colors grey, white, blue, and orange. They used two brighter colors so that it wasn't totally boring, but then they also used some calmer colors to level out the excitement and calmness that is displayed on the page. 

Monday, February 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!

My family all together had a pretty busy weekend, but my weekend was more on the relaxing and non-stressful side.  On Friday, this rarely happens, but I had no homework for the weekend so I got to do whatever. I believe that I just ended up watching Netflix the whole night. It was relaxing to not have homework for a change. On Saturday, my Mom and sister, Stephanie, were pretty busy. My sister had her last basketball game in the morning - I went to that. Then, they went to the Girl Scouts Thinking Day - I stayed home for that. I ended up finding some old videos of my best friends and I so my good friend Anna came over and we watched them. It was so nice out that we ended up going outside and I got to teach her how to play Lacrosse. I have to say first time learners can be pretty fun, but I love to teach others to play the sport. Then, after Anna got off work, I headed down to her house and it was her turn to get dinner (fries, pizza rolls, and chocolate chip cookie dough - it was pretty good.) Then while eating our dinner, we watched The Heat and Tammy. It was a night full of laughs. Finally, on Sunday we went to Snow Creek with my cousin Joseph to go tubing.  We hadn't been there in a while so it was a lot of fun, also considering that we haven't had much snow to go sledding with this year.  I'm just happy that I didn't have to spend all weekend doing homework. 

Friday, February 20, 2015

I think that it's important to learn the basics, like we are now, so that we have some common knowledge that we can use as our base to spread farther into certain subjects after we complete high school that would relate to the profession that we want to go into.  If I could add anything into the curriculum that would be beneficial for what i want to become, an RN (NICU Nurse), I would probably want to add more science and math. Then I would also add some shadowing or "in the field" experiences.  Like maybe shadowing a NICU Nurse, or having a program that would allow me to get out and work in the field to get a feeling for how it would be to be an RN. I want to work with babies in the NICU, but I would be willing to shadow all of the positions an RN can do. Basically, I would just add more of what would help me succeed in what I want to become. I wouldn't change much about the classes that I have and I would probably still work just as hard as I do now.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

My favorite food: Grapes.
Foods I'd like to avoid: Tomatoes.
My favorite things to learn: Math and Science .
My favorite color: Blue.
My best friends are: Anna and Grace Hunter.
My favorite games to play: Super Mario Bros. Wii.
My favorite books: Don't have one.
My favorite movies or TV shows: Supernatural and Criminal Minds.
My favorite holiday: Don't have one.
Things I do well: Play lacrosse (Goalie and Attack).
Things I need to practice more: Lacrosse skills. Always room for improvement.
My favorite place to go: Visit my old teachers.
My favorite family activities: Vacations.
My favorite thing to do outside: Play lacrosse.
My favorite chore: Laundry.
My least favorite chore: Dishes.
What I want to be when I grow up: NICU Nurse (RN).
A place I want to visit: I don't really have any interests in traveling.
My favorite part of the year: I like all parts of the year.
My favorite part of each day: Coming to school.

Tuesday, February 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?

(Definition of perspective: a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.)

From a students perspective the image is stating that the people in China and India work harder towards their studies. They don't slack off and it's almost showing that they are smarter than Americans. It could be an insult to American students who do work really hard in school. From a teacher/adult's perspective, it also may look like the cartoon is saying that China and India people are a lot smarter than us. It may show that we aren't properly educating our youth. This cartoon is just very stereotypical. I think it's showing that Americans are lazy, even though some of us work really hard to accomplish things. Now for others who are really lazy, I have no words for them. They would fit right into this cartoon.

Tuesday, February 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?

I think that the quote means or is asking if I had to do less work could I focus more on the little amount of work and get a better outcome than normal. It could apply to our school work by the teacher giving less homework, but then expecting better quality in the work you do. I could definitely live by the "do less with more focus" quote. If I had less to do, I would be able to spend more time on that one assignment than I would be able to if I had a lot more assignments piled on top. For me it would be less stressful to have just one project that I really have to focus on and put all of my effort into instead of three or four projects going on at the same time with all of them requiring my attention and then that's to the point where it can get very stressful and my work quality will tend to go down. The more I can just focus on one project or assignment, the less stressed out I will be which would improve my focus which would also lead to having better quality for my assignments/ projects. 

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Monday, February 9, 2015

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

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This weekend wasn't much of a thriller for me. I worked through Saturday morning refereeing Futsal games. Then the whole afternoon and evening was spent multitasking, watching movies and doing all of the homework that I could and was up till about 2:00 am and I still didn't get all of it done. Then on Sunday, I actually got to sleep in for once till about 9:00 am. It was pretty nice. Then the rest of the day was also about refereeing soccer. I had to take an online test to re-certify to be able to referee soccer this spring and next fall. Yes, I did pass the test. Then following that I had to go to a soccer referee class from 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm in order to get my badge. Then, the rest of my Sunday was spent doing more homework. It was a weekend full of refereeing and homework. 

Friday, February 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.)

I had already had a lot of knowledge about Glioblastoma because I learned most of it during second semester of last school year.  Something new is that doctors still have no idea of what causes GMB to grow in the first place. I also didn't know that cancer patients were wanting to start "Die With Dignity" which is basically an assisted suicide to save them from suffering any longer and also so that they can be in control of their body before they die. So that they can die with dignity. Some things that I knew about Glioblastoma before was that GMB is a terminal cancer and that even if you are able to get rid of the tumor, it almost always grows back. I also knew that the tumor didn't stay intact and grew outwards weaving in and out of the brain. 

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Tell me all about your 3 day weekend. Share photos!

My three day was amazing. I had a great time in Palm Desert, CA playing in the Sand Storm lacrosse tournament. It provided a great learning experience for my team and it definitely made us better than when we came. We also got some exposure to college coaches. The following week of the three day vacation was also a blast. It was my first time on a plane in about ten years! So flying was a pretty cool experience for me. It was a needed vacation just to escape from the area a little and relieve some stress. I had a blast and can't wait to go back to Sand Storm next year!
Here are some pictures from the trip and a video of me playing lacrosse: 

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

What is a public service announcement (PSA)? What do PSA's do? What makes a good PSA? How can you get someone to take action after watching a PSA? What is you PSA idea? Explain in detail.

A public service announcement is a message in the public interest disseminated by the media without charge, with the objective of raising awareness, changing public attitudes and behaviors towards a social issue. To make a good PSA, make your words straight forward and clear. Use visual appearances that will help grab the readers attention. To get someone to take action after watching the PSA, you need to motivate them to act. You have to show them how simply they can help change the social issue.   For my PSA, I decided to do Cyber bullying which also leads to the horrible topic of suicide.  

Wednesday, February 4, 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.

Friday was a pretty fun night. I haven't got to see my best friends, who literally live down the street from me, since our New Years Eve party. All four of us just hung around in the basement till around 11:30 playing different Wii games and telling new stories.  We basically just caught up on our life dramas.  I did not attend Sweetheart on Saturday. Instead, I worked and refereed Futsal games all evening. The only bright side was that I got to ref with my favorite referee. The rest of the weekend it was wake up and then do homework till the moment I went to bed which is usually around 1:00 am. It was a very busy and stressful weekend, but Friday night was defiantly a good relaxer.  

Monday, February 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 electronic mail.  I use email in my personal life to plan girl scout activities and to keep in touch with my teachers from last year. I am also using it a lot right now to organize a lacrosse program for girls 4th - 8th grade at Blue Valley Middle and Blue River Elementary. With trying to organize and plan the program I am having to email a lot of people all the way from teachers, principals, and even to the head of Athletics for the Blue Valley District. Most people probably use their email for work to communicate with their clients. An email is also not so personal. It's not as personal as texting or calling someone, so it might be more comfortable to do. Emailing is also more professional.