Friday, December 11, 2015

Sports

Middle/High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Sports are awesome and beneficial in many ways, or are they? That is a debate amongst many parents, former athletes and ordinary people. Some individuals see the value in school and team sports and others do not. What are your opinions on sports? Good or bad opinions, views and thoughts are welcomed. Remember we are bringing about conversation, thought and new perspectives. What do they teach us? How do they help us develop? Is what we learn in an organized sport, valued? Can we take and utilize the information and experiences we learned through team sports and apply it to life?
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Dignity & Respect


Middle/High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


What can we do as peers, friends, family members, acquaintances and members of society to change somebody's day for the better? It does not have to be something big, expensive and elaborate, but if you would like, go for it! Share those ideas. I was thinking more on the lines of something small, something simple, but yet could and does have a big impact on somebody's day or week. What is it we can do to be?
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Adolescents

Middle/High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.



Explain to me why you think (or know) adolescents act out, speak harshly to other students and disrespect adults? What can we (adults and fellow peers) do about this? How can students change their behaviors? Why should they? Do or can their actions affect them in the near and distant future?
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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Pinterest

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Pinterest is my newest social media interest. I'm not on much, because my family, career and the real world is more important to me. However I do value education and I continually strive to make learning more desirable for you. Pinterest is a great visual resource for all topics and walks of life for any subject! What are your thoughts on it? Give me your personal thoughts on Pinterest in education, Pinterest for your own personal use and Pinterest in the workforce. Check it out if you like at Pinterest. You can watch a short tutorial video too, just google it.
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Twitter

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Twitter is a neat social media site that uses hashtags, short text and graphics to communicate just about anything. It truly does have a great educational purpose. In fact, it was first intended for that reason. Give me your personal thoughts on Twitter in education, Twitter for your own personal use and Twitter in the workforce. Check it out if you like at Twitter. You can watch a short tutorial video too, just google it.
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Flipboard

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Flipboard is a very cool digital magazine that can be customized to the user. Its a great place to learn, collaborate and customize titles, topics and magazine articles that you are interested in. Check it out, it truly is pretty cool. I know this takes up some of your time, but its useful. Here is the link: Flipboard. You can watch a short tutorial video too, just google it.
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An Influencial Teacher

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


What characteristics, traits, qualities do you admire in a teacher? What turns you off? Do not respond based on a class topic, but more so on what constitutes a good teacher in your eyes. Remember you are in school to learn and its our job to do so. Your education is so very important to you and us. Yes, us, I do care about you guys and I would not be a teacher if I did not. Nor would I drive 45 minutes to work everyday if I didn't care. I would like to use your responses to help myself become a better teacher for you! Have a great school year. :-)
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YouTube

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


YouTube is one of the largest if not the largest website in the world. It offers so much to its users. What are your thoughts on using it in the classroom? Do you like my short clips related to the class material? Do these short educational clips make good bellringers? Please respond with your thoughts, opinions and recommendations.
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Your Legacy

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind? Why or Why not? Be sincere with this. You have the opportunity to share something deep and special.
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Monday, October 5, 2015

Look Up!


High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


This is very similar to the "Autocorrect Humanity" video, but this one deals with missing opportunities in life, because we are so lost in in our mobile devices. Watch this video and respond, remember the criteria asked of you. I know cell phones are an amazing thing that can do just about anything with. We can learn, grow, become familiar and comfortable with computers, but we are missing some key things to life. We are loosing some key values to being a social human being. Please be serious and think about the message in this video. What are your thoughts? Please be thoughtful, critical and detailed in your post. Like stated in the last blog, these blog topics are to enlighten you and your fellow students. The link to the video is, "Look Up." You can find it on YouTube by doing a search.
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AutoCorrect Humanity?

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Mobile computer technology is everywhere! Its an integrated part of life now in all settings. What are your thoughts on this video and its message? Please be thoughtful, critical and detailed in your post. These blog topics are to enlighten you and your fellow students. The link to the video is, "Autocorrect Humanity." You can find it on YouTube by doing a search.
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Bullying

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Bullying... Its something we see in school, sometimes in the job force and outside around our neighborhoods. In my opinion, its pointless, disrespect, shows a lack of character, immature and can be very devastating to the victim. It can leave a scar or wound that could take a very long time to heal. Please share with your fellow classmates your views on bullying. This includes your thoughts, opinions, advice, words of wisdom, how to help, what to do if you see it, how to respectfully defend a victim, etc... Please this is serious. If you have time on your own, watch the video, "Cyberbully." It used to be on YouTube, its an impactful movie. I would also like for you to critique the video called, "To This Day Project". I linked it for you here through YouTube.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Decision-Making

Decision-Making

High/Middle School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Decision-Making is an everyday, lifelong process and skill that you learn and should become proficient in... Porficient in decision-making? Yes, proficient in healthy decision-making! How does this happen? Through education, through your parents or guardians, through those you look up to, through life's experiences. The Decision-making process is a skill learned and developed over a lifetime. All-in-all there is roughly a six step process you should go through before making a decision on anything. What are these steps?
  1. Identify the Situation
  2. List the Options
  3. Weight the Outcomes
  4. Evaluate the Values associated with the Outcomes
  5. Act on the Decision
  6. Evaluate your Decision for next time
* Google the Decision-Making Model / Skill / Process for more in depth information.
Please write me a reflective response with the above criteria on how this skills is a very important cognitive process in your life, your friends life and those around you. How does a lack of DM affect others? How does it affect society? Could a lack of a thoughtful decision-making process lead to unintentional injury or death? Do our actions have recourse or consequence? Do our actions have rewards? You get the point!
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ASAPScience/Thought

ASAP Science/Thought

High School Students


FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Watch one of my subscribed YouTube channels, "ASAPScience & ASAPthought." Reflect upon what you learned in the video. Be sure to give the name of the video in your post and make sure the video is school appropriate! In addition, how do educational channels like this favor a website like YouTube where there is a lot of nonsense videos? How could you defend YouTube to stay unblocked if the principal where to question on visiting the site?
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Augmented Reality

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Augmented Reality (AR) is a near fact of the the future. In fact, it is already apart of our lives. It's just not mainstream. What are your thoughts on it in your life, an educational setting, at a work force, in society or in your home? Look up and review the professional opinions on AR. Don't forget to think about the pros and the cons. How does it make you feel? Where do you see this in the world? Be thoughtful, reflective and serious. This is your future!

Microsoft's HoloLens - https://youtu.be/Qm2gnnyyvEg
Watch a few other short videos on AR.
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Your Message

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would it be? Why?
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Take Away

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


What is something no one can take away from you? Think about this. Write something of value. Something that is meaningful, powerful, intellectual, etc...
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Activity & Youth

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Today's youth do not seem to be as active as they used to be with the invention and heavy use of iPods, iPads, Smartphones, video game systems and other portable electronics. How can we as athletes and young people improve our muscular endurance/stamina to become more physically fit? Explain your response with detail.
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Lateral Thoughts

High School Students

FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


Do you remember when we did lateral thoughts in middle school? What purpose do you see in riddles & problems like this? How do they help your brain?
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Web Technologies & BWD - Web 3.0

Web Technologies & Basic Web Design Class


FYI:
  1. Every student in the class must post.
  2. Posts must be (5) five or more complete sentences. 
  3. You must give a (reflective, thoughtful, opinionated, enlightening) response to one other students post in the forum.


What is web 2.0? What is web 3.0? How are they similar? How are they different? How has the creation of web 3.0 impacted society? What has it allowed us to do? Do a little research on these topics. How does web 3.0 serve a purpose for us in class, outside of this class and maybe in the future.

Links of Interest

Web 2.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

Web 3.0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web#Web_3.0
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-30.htm

Hop on YouTube and watch a video or two on this new interaction with the web!
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Friday, February 6, 2015

What motivates you?

High School Students...

Motivation is a big part of life, not just for you in school, but with everything. It's a trait that can help define who you are and what you accomplish. I would like to know your thoughts on what motivates you to learn in an educational setting? What gives you the drive to do a good job in a school, on a test, on a project. You may apply this to things outside of school too. There is a direct correlation between achievement and motivation whether it be in or outside of school. What can we do as educators to help motivate you?




FYI:

  1. I am asking each of you to think carefully about the above question.
  2. Please answer with sincerity and thoughtfulness. I as your educator, am working hard to make learning fun, stimulating and enjoyable for you.
  3. I encourage you to not only post to my question, but please reblog to at least two others responses. Maybe words of encouragement or discovery.
  4. Question #3 is not a requirement, but I highly recommended you respond, as the results could benefit you and your fellow classmates.
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Middle School - What motivates you?

Middle School Students...

Motivation is a big part of life, not just for you in school, but with everything. It a trait that can help define who you are and what you accomplish. I would like to know your thoughts on what motivates you to learn in an educational setting? What gives you the drive to do a good job in a school, on a test, on a project. You may apply this to things outside of school too. There is a direct correlation between achievement and motivation whether it be in or outside of school. What can we do as educators to help motivate you?




FYI:

  1. I am asking each of you to think carefully about the above question.
  2. Please answer with sincerity and thoughtfulness. I as your educator, am working hard to make learning fun, stimulating and enjoyable for you.
  3. I encourage you to not only post to my question, but please reblog to at least two others responses. Maybe words of encouragement or discovery.
  4. Question #3 is not a requirement, but I highly recommended you respond, as the results could benefit you and your fellow classmates.
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Middle School - Social Media in Education

Middle School Students...

Social Media is a big part of life, not just for you, but for adults too. I would like to know your thoughts on using social media in education? For example, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter, Google +, Instagram, Snapchat, Vine, Tumblr, text messaging and even Facebook! How can teachers utilize social media in education both inside and outside of school? Do you think this is a good idea?




FYI:

  1. I am asking each of you to think carefully about the above question.
  2. Please answer with sincerity and thoughtfulness. I as your educator, am working hard to create a curriculum that is encouraging to my students to promote learning in an interesting way.
  3. I encourage you to not only post to my question, but please post to others responses.
  4. Question #3 is not a requirement, but I highly recommended you respond, as the results could benefit you and your fellow classmates.

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Monday, January 19, 2015

What Motivates You to Learn?

High School Students  

Motivation is a big part of life, not just for you in school, but with everything. I would like to know your thoughts are on what motivates you to learn in school? What helps to give you that drive to do a good job in a class, during a unit, during a lesson or for that day?




FYI:

  1. I am asking each of you to think carefully about the above question.
  2. Please answer with sincerity and thoughtfulness. I as your educator, am working hard to make learning fun, stimulating and enjoyable for you.
  3. I encourage you to not only post to my question, but please reblog to at least two others responses. Maybe words of encouragement or discovery.
  4. Question #3 is not a requirement, but I highly recommended you respond, as the results could benefit you and your fellow classmates.
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