digital citizenship and creative commons

Digital citizenship is a very important concept that all students should understand. It is very important to know about digital citizenship and how everying on the internet about you wil always be out there and will always represent you. I think it is very important for people to know how to filter was is put on the internet about them. I think i have learned very important skills through this project. I was able to understand how to protect my online identity. I now know how to prepare myself for when i apply to college and jobs and give myself the advantage over other applicants. however, most people in our school don't know how to protect their online identity and don't even know how important it is. People should learn more about digital  citizenship and how everyday, they are adding on to their online profile. The other part of the project was on creative commons. This is a very useful website that people can use to get pictures for projects, presentations, or just for fun and not run into copyright problems. This website is a very good way for people to advertise their work and its free. i think our school should use it more often and introduce it to all students. I think this project was a very fun and creative way to learn and understand the concept of digital citizenship and the creative commons website.

No technology

The article about Waldolf school in California makes me start to wonder if technology helps you learn or if its just all talk. BHS took a big jump to supply the  entire school with ipads and i'm not saying its a bad idea, its just a different way of learning. BHS and Waldorf school are teaching their students in two completely different ways. I don't know if the technological advancement is going to make us learn easier, but i certainly think it is preparing us better for the real world. THe students at the two schools are learning the same things but the way we learn the material is going to make us more prepared for college and the years after. The world around us is developing more and more each day, becoming more and more technologically advanced. So why not use the technology around us and learn how to use it while also learning the basic subjects in school. Schools might as well show kids what is out there to use and teach them how to use the things they will run into when the graduate high school and college. “Engagement is about human contact, the contact with the teacher, the contact with their peers,”. This quote was said by a parent who has three kids in the Waldorf schools. THis quote is somewhat corrects, but i do not completely agree with it. THe students may be engaging with eachother, but they aren't engaging with the outside world.BHS and Waldorf schools both believe in two different things and are teaching their students the same things, just in different ways and i think BHS is more correct. I am glad that we are technologically advanced because i am now prepared for the real world and will be ready to put my skills into starting a career.

Watch what you post

A high school teacher made one bad decision that got her fired. The teacher posted on her facebook profile negative comments about her student. Parents from the town were able to see the post and were not happy about it. The teacher was fired soon after just because of a careless mistake with the internet. People need to be extra careful these days about what they post on the internet. With the social networks we use today, anything you pst can be seen by others. If you post the wrong thing it may get you into big trouble. Always think about what you are saying before you make any status or post anything on the internet.
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/24670937/detail.html

Independent learning

I thought it as very interesting how the students broke off from their regular classes and started teaching themselves. A supervisor will tell them what they need to cover and the group of kids will teach themselves how they want. I actually like this idea because it gives the gives a lot more freedom. They can use the techniques that help them learn best and they don have to listen to a teacher all class. This will help them be more interested in the subjects and do better in school. All the kids that decided to learn in this unique way have become successful outside of school

Today we are skyping with another class from New Jersey...pretty cool!

NHL

Are you excited or what! The Boston Bruins raise the banner on thursday. Finally the hockey season is back, time for the bruins to defend their championship. I can't wait to watch my favorite player, Tyler Seguin tear up the ice for the B's. Wishing a good luck to my home team....GO B'S!!!

absolutely amazing!

amazing hockey goal!

is the internet good or bad?

Many website such as google and Facebook customize web pages to fit you. THey put up links and posts that they think you would like. They look at other links that you have clicked on in the past or posts that you have liked. They use the information they find to put similar posts or links as the first things you see on the web page. This make you see the same information about the same subjects over and over. Now they have made it hard to find information we want or to find new information we don't know about. I personally think that the website should go back to allowing all information to come up for us to see and now just info they think we will like.

Ipads in high schools

Zeeland, Michigan high school gets ipads
To be honest i think burlington is doing a better job using the ipads better than Zeeland high school. Burlington high school is able to track the internet use not matter where you are while Zeeland can only track the internet use while kids are in school. Burlington students will be more protected from seeing inappropriate internet content or running into trouble. Also i think Burlington does a better job of allowing the students to use the ipads to do their homework. Zeeland students have to print out the homework and leave the ipads in school. Many burlington teacher have the students just do the homework on the ipad. We may do somethings better than them but Zeeland AND Burlington are still both ahead of many schools with technology.

WEb 2.0 is such a cool class

Social chatter and college

Colleges now look at social networks to see everything that applicants and students post. Is this a good thing or bad thing for a student today? students need to be extra cautious about what they post and how they post it. A student may say why they like or don't like a college which could help the school find the best fit applicants for there school. This ability may be good an bad for students. Schools may be more interested in a student when they find out what they post and find out more about them. however, a school my also not like what the student posts and not think they are a good fit to their school. Major creeping or a new way to find good applicants?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5cYwx2WuE

amazing punt return! called back by penalty. what a bummer!

WEB 2.0

This class is very fun so far. we made a video about how some classes are outdated while others are very high tech. We made the video t try and show teachers that they should use the technology at hand and not make class boring. i think it is a good video.

sox finaly get a win against the yankees while brady throws 4 intereptions in the loss against the bills

firs post

joe d is now blogging