Technology has become an amazing resource for schools to use.
Batesville High School, for example, allows parents to check their students grades online. The kids may not like it, but the parents appreciate knowing what their kids are up to academically.
Also, students have certain Facebook pages that teachers create for their students. These allow kids to post questions to a wall, and get an answer back hopefully within a day or two.
Another resource is a class wiki. Teachers can have their own wiki's for the students to check assignments on or possibly to download documents off the Internet.
My personal favorite "tech tools" are blogs. Blogs to me are the best way to communicate thoughts. On school blogs you can write about anything related to education. This provides a fun way for students to interact online for those parents who don't like Facebook and Myspace.
Topics on thoughts such as books, vacations, and politics will arise. The possibilities are endless. Plus, you can always post comments to other people's blogs to which you have subscribed.
As a student, I love it. I consider it fun and intertaining.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
The Choice
Have you ever been stuck and not known the right choice to make? Is it a choice that could change the rest of your life for better or for worse?
For most people, the answer is no. Most of the decisions we make from day to day do not have an affect on the life we will live 50 years from now.
However, in the book Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, Savannah Curtis was forced to make just such a decision by choosing which man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.
The man she had fallen in love with on trip one summer, John Tyree, was overseas fighting for the United States after the September 11th bombings. Throughout the separation that war brings to couples involved, she decided that she loved another man from her church that she had know since she was young.
Finally she makes her decision. In this book, Sparks allowed me, as the reader, to get close to the actual characters. The book will make you laugh and cry, and cry again.
As for the man she chooses...Well you will just have to find out and read the book for yourself. Be ready for a tear jerking adventure that will leave you dumbfounded.
For most people, the answer is no. Most of the decisions we make from day to day do not have an affect on the life we will live 50 years from now.
However, in the book Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, Savannah Curtis was forced to make just such a decision by choosing which man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.
The man she had fallen in love with on trip one summer, John Tyree, was overseas fighting for the United States after the September 11th bombings. Throughout the separation that war brings to couples involved, she decided that she loved another man from her church that she had know since she was young.
Finally she makes her decision. In this book, Sparks allowed me, as the reader, to get close to the actual characters. The book will make you laugh and cry, and cry again.
As for the man she chooses...Well you will just have to find out and read the book for yourself. Be ready for a tear jerking adventure that will leave you dumbfounded.
Spring Break!
Spring Break. A time to rest, relax, and have fun.
Well, I did all three! My family and I went to Destin, Florida and had a blast. While the weather was not perfect, we still found things to do.
For example, the first day and a half that we were down there, it was sunny. We went to the beach and lied out to soak up some rays! Even though I did not get a wonderful tan, it was still fun.
The next few days when it was cloudy and windy, we walked the beach, bowled at Hurricane Lanes, and shopped.
We also found several scrumptious places to eat! The Mellow Mushroom, The Melting Pot, and The Doughnut Hole are just a few.
Looking back, the best part of my vacation was being with my family and relaxing. It was nice to just sit back and not have to worry about homework, play practice, and work. All four of us enjoyed it a lot.
Next year, I think we will just head a little farther South to Orlando to make sure we catch a lot more sunshine!
Well, I did all three! My family and I went to Destin, Florida and had a blast. While the weather was not perfect, we still found things to do.
For example, the first day and a half that we were down there, it was sunny. We went to the beach and lied out to soak up some rays! Even though I did not get a wonderful tan, it was still fun.
The next few days when it was cloudy and windy, we walked the beach, bowled at Hurricane Lanes, and shopped.
We also found several scrumptious places to eat! The Mellow Mushroom, The Melting Pot, and The Doughnut Hole are just a few.
Looking back, the best part of my vacation was being with my family and relaxing. It was nice to just sit back and not have to worry about homework, play practice, and work. All four of us enjoyed it a lot.
Next year, I think we will just head a little farther South to Orlando to make sure we catch a lot more sunshine!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
And Contestant #1 is...
(excerp from Essay Contest)
The more knowledge Equality 7-2521 acquires, the more changes his personality undergoes, thus changing from a darkened mood, to lightened. In the beginning of the book Equality was conservative to the point of ignorance. For example, "mating and reproduction was a "shameful matter of which [he did] not like to think" (p.41).
Also, Equality had never felt some normal human emotions. He first felt emotion for Liberty 5-3000, and he "[knew] fear and the pain" of loving someone for the first time" (p.39).
Towards the end of the book, Equality had a broadened educated view of the world. He had felt deep emotions such as love, and "[knew] what joy [was] possible to men" (p.83).
Equaltiy also realized his purpose which "[is] to speak. [He was] to give [earth] its goal, its highest meaning to all this glowing space of rock and sky" (p. 93).
The more knowledge Equality 7-2521 acquires, the more changes his personality undergoes, thus changing from a darkened mood, to lightened. In the beginning of the book Equality was conservative to the point of ignorance. For example, "mating and reproduction was a "shameful matter of which [he did] not like to think" (p.41).
Also, Equality had never felt some normal human emotions. He first felt emotion for Liberty 5-3000, and he "[knew] fear and the pain" of loving someone for the first time" (p.39).
Towards the end of the book, Equality had a broadened educated view of the world. He had felt deep emotions such as love, and "[knew] what joy [was] possible to men" (p.83).
Equaltiy also realized his purpose which "[is] to speak. [He was] to give [earth] its goal, its highest meaning to all this glowing space of rock and sky" (p. 93).
Friday, March 13, 2009
The Notebook
Ever known someone who has had Alzheimer's disease? It's a terribly slow and sad way to die. In Nicholas Spark's The Notebook one of the main character has this disease. She doesn't know her family, but even more importantly her husband who has loved her since they first met as teenagers.
Spark's took me on a magical journey into true love, the hardships it endures, and how to overcome them. This young couple experiences more than their fair share of challenges. The author lets you know the characters so well that you will be left teary eyed for one person or the other.
The Notebook, however, is not all sadness. This book, I believe everyone should read. I think it would inspire us all to live lives that show that special person we love them 24/7...even if they don't know who we are anymore.
Are you wondering what happened to the woman with Alzheimer's? If so, I encourage you to pick up the book and see for yourself. I must tell you though that the movie is quite a bit different than the book, so don't let that fool you. Be ready for a story that will change your definition and outlook of true love.
Spark's took me on a magical journey into true love, the hardships it endures, and how to overcome them. This young couple experiences more than their fair share of challenges. The author lets you know the characters so well that you will be left teary eyed for one person or the other.
The Notebook, however, is not all sadness. This book, I believe everyone should read. I think it would inspire us all to live lives that show that special person we love them 24/7...even if they don't know who we are anymore.
Are you wondering what happened to the woman with Alzheimer's? If so, I encourage you to pick up the book and see for yourself. I must tell you though that the movie is quite a bit different than the book, so don't let that fool you. Be ready for a story that will change your definition and outlook of true love.
What is That Song I Hear?
After having read Ayn Rand's Anthem, I was in awe. Her talent for writing jumped off the page at me from the moment a picked the book up. The journey of Equality 7-2521 took me through so many loops and turns, I was almost dizzy. For most of the book however, the main thought in my mind was "Will they get together?"
"Who are they?", you may ask. Well THEY are the two main characters in Anthem,
Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000.
In a world where everything the people do is conroled by a small group of people with a strict code of laws, Equality lives an extremely dangerous life. He goes against everything the mass of people believe, all for the sake and hope of a better life. He seems to know that there is more to life than just work, eating, and sleeping with no smiles and laughs. He lived a life for years where he was basically dead while alive.
Ayn Rand certainly has a talent for pulling a reader in. The way she describes her characters is amazing. You feel like you can understand what each character is going through.
What I learned from this book is to not take for granted the freedoms we have. In this book, these people could only dream of the things that we have now. Whether its electricity, or the oppurtunity to speak our mind. This book taught me to appreciate what I have.
"Who are they?", you may ask. Well THEY are the two main characters in Anthem,
Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000.
In a world where everything the people do is conroled by a small group of people with a strict code of laws, Equality lives an extremely dangerous life. He goes against everything the mass of people believe, all for the sake and hope of a better life. He seems to know that there is more to life than just work, eating, and sleeping with no smiles and laughs. He lived a life for years where he was basically dead while alive.
Ayn Rand certainly has a talent for pulling a reader in. The way she describes her characters is amazing. You feel like you can understand what each character is going through.
What I learned from this book is to not take for granted the freedoms we have. In this book, these people could only dream of the things that we have now. Whether its electricity, or the oppurtunity to speak our mind. This book taught me to appreciate what I have.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
To Perfect My World
"It's a small world after all..."
Haver you ever heard that song? It is true. We all live in a small world. Mine could definatley use some changes for the better.
Starting out, I would change the way people, including myself, treat others. I always try to treat others the way I would like to be treated, but sometimes slip up. I wish that I and others would just stop for two seconds and think about the actions we make, and the outcomes that could appear because of them. We never know how what we say or do will affect someones actions or day.
Also, I would always have a smile on my face. I never know what impact that could have on someone.
The last change I would make would be to always show others that I care, no matter who they are. Everyone needs to know that someone cares about them.
These changes would make my world a better place.
Haver you ever heard that song? It is true. We all live in a small world. Mine could definatley use some changes for the better.
Starting out, I would change the way people, including myself, treat others. I always try to treat others the way I would like to be treated, but sometimes slip up. I wish that I and others would just stop for two seconds and think about the actions we make, and the outcomes that could appear because of them. We never know how what we say or do will affect someones actions or day.
Also, I would always have a smile on my face. I never know what impact that could have on someone.
The last change I would make would be to always show others that I care, no matter who they are. Everyone needs to know that someone cares about them.
These changes would make my world a better place.
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