Tuesday, March 31, 2015

C4K SUMMARY for February

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1. C4K#1
This post is from Cassidy P. from Mr. Boylen's class. In this post she did a report on Jennifer Lawrence (also known as JLaw). Lawrence is an actress who stars in the infamous movie called Hunger Games. She is 24 years old and she has a birthday in August. Her Zodiac sign is a Leo. She is involved in many charities such as World Food Programme, Feed America, The Thirst Project. Cassidy believes that she is a great role model.

My Comment:
 "I enjoyed reading your post about Jennifer Lawrence. I learned so much about her while reading your post. I remember her from the movie Hunger Games, but I did not know that she played in 19 major movies so far! I love the story of how she was discovered. If I was JLaw, I would think it is weird for a random person to ask for my picture and my mom's phone number. How do you feel about that? Do you have an interest in acting? If so, I believe she will be a good role model for you because she acts very well. Thank you for the information about her. I love to hear about young and successful adults."

2. C4K #2
This post is from Michael E. from Mr. Boylen's class. This post was a very short post about foods that Americans eat. He posted pictures of breakfast foods like cereal, lunch meals like burgers and sandwiches, and desserts like chocolate cake! This post help me realize the type of things that Americans eat.

My Comment:
" Hi Michael! The food on this post look very good, especially the chocolate cake! I think that American love dessert because we will eat it at anytime of the day! LOL. But I have a question, what was the purpose of this post? Was this post meant for foreign students to read?"

3. C4K #3
This post is by Sierra S. from Mrs. Lombard’s English class in Oklahoma. Sierra writes about a book called Counting By Sevens by Holly Goldberg Sloan. It is about a girl named Williow Chance. Chance is in the 7th grade and she becomes friends with a Vietnamese girl name Mai. After Williow and Mai go out for ice cream, Williow finds out that her parents died in a car accident and Mai’s family takes her in. Overall this story is about overcoming obstacles like hurt, depression, anxiety and love. Based on Sierra’s book review, this is a good read and has a great message.

"Hi Sierra! My name is Tyeshay B. from the University of South Alabama's EDM 310 class. I enjoyed reading your post. It was very interesting to read and well written. Based on your book review, I would recommend this book for anybody. The world need books like this because there is so much hurt and depression in the world and people can benefit from a story like Willow's story. Thank you so much for sharing!"
P.S. watch your spelling... it is VIETNAMESE not Vitnamese. :-) 


4. C4K #4
            This post is from Alivia C from Mrs. Lombard’s Class in Oklahoma. In this post she writes a very short overview about the sitcom called Pretty Little Liars. In this episode, five girls get put into jail for the murder of their friend named Mona. In the process of going to jail, they are kidnapped by their stalker named “A” and placed in a doll house. Alivia believes that the hidden character named "A" is the boyfriend of Aria named Andrew.

"Hi Alivia! My name is Tyeshay B from the University of South Alabama's EDM 310 Class. I enjoyed reading your post about the PRETTY LITTLE LIARS sitcom. I have seen the first season of the show and it is interest but tedious. I feel like they keep the character name A hidden so that people can keep watching. I feel that they should give viewers more reasons to watch the show. But anyway, "A" could be Andrew. Who knows, he could be working for the police and he could be only dating Aria in order to find out her secrets."

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

C4T SUMMARY

My assigned teacher's name is J.F. Hadley. He is a middle school teacher that teaches history.

1. C4T #1
On September 13, 2014, Hadley posted about doing a activity inspired by his book Unleashing Student Superpowers. He asked his students to identitfy something that they think would be a challenge for them in school. Then he had them to image student superpowers that will help them deal with those challenges and write them down on three post-it notes and place them on a bulletin board. This activity taught him a lot about his students (who they were and what they wanted).


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My Comment : "Hey Mr. Hadley! My name is Tyeshay (Ty-e-shay) Biggs from EDM 310. I enjoyed reading this post. I think that your activity was a great idea. I will make note of it because I will use it with my future students. I think that it is a great "ice breaker" activity. That way I will learn about my students and they can learn about each other. Thank you for sharing!"








2. C4T #2
On September 6, 2014, Hadley posted about doing a activity called the "Identity Project" . He instructed his students find a place in the classroom and sit quietly for four minutes (without pens, paper, notepads, or anything else that would distract their minds.). During their quiet time, the students were thinking of ideas for their projects. They were excited!

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My Comment: "Hey Mr. Hadley! I like this activity that you posted about. It shows students why taking their time to think is important. It teaches them how to think (such as finding a quiet place to concentrate) and being patient. Good study habits can come from this activity (because studying requires thinking). This  activity can also show students the importance of focusing on themselves is important. Having quiet time to yourself is a great way of getting to know who are and what kinds of ideas you have. I love it!"

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Sunday, March 22, 2015

PROJECT 15 (Search Engine)

1. Wolfram Alpha
is a computational knowledge engine developed by wolfram research. It is an online service that answers factual questions directly by computing the answer rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer as other search engines.

2. Bing (formerly known as Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is a search engine created from Microsoft and it is available in 40 languages. This search engine can be used for any material or queries and it provides a list of websites and documents that contain the information one is inquiring about.

3. Dogpile is a search engine that contains its results from Google, Yahoo, and Yandex. It is available in English only. It began operation in November 1995. It provides anything from web, images, and videos that relate to your search. It is a search engine that operate similar to Bing.

4. Yandex is one of the largest internet companies in Europe that operates Russia’s most popular search engine and it’s most visited website. It is ranked as the 4th largest search engine worldwide. The website is a global search engine that operates similar to Bing and Google. It is very easy to use and it is very appealing (colors and design).

5. Gigablast is a search engine started in 2000 by Matt Wells. It is a small and independent search engine based in New Mexico. It is very simple and basic. It does not offer as much information as Google. It lacks images and videos, but it does provide website for inquired material.

6. Blekko is a virus free search engine lauched November 2010. It is different from Google and it was designed to be better. This search engine is used for New and the latest gossip!

7. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that emphasizes the privacy of users. Unlike some search engines, It does not track its user. It operates similar to google, offering search results in images, videos, recipes, and more. It emphasizes getting its results from the BEST sources instead of most sources available.

8. Faroo is a search engine similar to DuckDuckGo, but it does not offer as much for search results. It will give you websites and news. There are not any relatable images or videos.

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