PLN 20-2

I was looking for a new PLN that I havnt already read and added my comment to. I found one in Web-blogged that was very "eye opening" as I said it in my comment. This is how i responded to Mr. Richardson's post called “Clueless in America”

Mr. Richardson,
I was shocked after reading how many students drop out of school. “An American kid drops out of school every 6 seconds”, that is what I read on your post and that really concerned me. For me school is mandatory and I can never imagine dropping out. First of all if I did drop out I would be bored to tears and secondly I would probably lose all my friends because no one wants to be friends with a drop out kid. Most good jobs won’t take you if you don’t have a high school diploma. I understand that it is the kid’s choice to stay in school but if they want a job they should probably finish high school even if they don’t have that good of grades. Education is key in life now a days and you wont get very far with out. This post really opened my eyes to how privileged I am to having parents that won’t let me drop out and also I don’t want to become any statistic on the drop outs in America.
Berek

PLN 19-2

I found a interesting post on the "Just be at the Thinking Stick" blog and it talked about using google to find out the answers of the questions on the TV show "Are you smarter than a 5th Grader. I liked it enough to tell Jeff Utech what I thought about his idea. This is what I wrote.

Jeff

This is an interesting post. I am familiar with that show and watching people try to answer 5th grade questions is intreeging. I have never thought about using technoligy to answer those questions and I might try it next time I turn to that show. Some of the questions are actually hard and I think the people on the show wishes they had technoligy there so they could win the million dollors. On another note this idea of using the computer to find answers shows how much we have grown technoligy wise. I think that people should not take the computer for granted becuase many people in the world dont have one. Using it a lot, like for this " Are you smarter than a 5th grader" idea , is good becuase then you become more familiar with technoligy. Soon enough things like textbooks and real books will be gone becuase computers will take over. So for the people that do watch this show they should try this idea, maybe not for the reason of finding answers, but for the reason of using the computer more.

Berek

PLN 18-2

Mr. Utech

This post really stuck out to me. I think that technology is a great thing and that if we use it well it can do great things. Also we can’t completely depend on it for all our needs. This 7 days when we don’t use any TV’s, computers, cell phones, or even Ipod's is a great way for people to see what it would be like if we didn’t have any technology. Also it would save a lot of electricity and that is a huge topic now a day's because of global warming. I have participated in a day like this when everyone around the world turned of their lights for 1 hour. It was equivalent to taking 48,000 cars off the road for 1 year. This is a major thing and if we as a nation or world we to do it more than just once a year we could slow down global warming and green house gases. Also not having lights is even more to add to the week of no technology. I think that people should try this event out and see how it affects them, for the better, or the worse.

PLN 16-2

Mr.Fisch
Pangea day sounds interesting and also it seems like even though countries are at war it unites us all together for a day. I really enjoy the idea of Pangea Day because it makes countries forget about past battles and arguments and it lets them appreciate each other and show it through film. On another note showing this day through film is a huge sign of how technology is spreading and spreading fast. Knowing that all of these countries have the technology to edit and form a film is astounding. Maybe the next Pangea day will be podcasted for everyone to see. I hope that Pangea Day continues and keeps united the world. If Pangea Day keeps being celebrated the world will realize how similar everyone is and how great it feels to get along.

PLN 14-2

Mr.Fisch
I understand how this quote would stand out to you. You know, as well as I do, that textbooks are going to be a thing of the past. Technology has already grown to the point where schools, such as mine, have laptops in their classrooms. Using textbooks as "cover" is a great idea, they are thick, hard, and if they get ripped and ruined it doesn’t matter because their time is up and technology is taking there place. Computers can do everything a textbook can do except cover your head during a tornado. Also textbooks don’t change daily even if new idea or theories are made. Computers blow away textbooks on many levels and one day, textbooks will just be used as tornado protection.

PLN 13-2

This shows a lot about the technical the world, and how it is evolving. If a question is asked and no one has an answer there is no worry because to find it all you need to do in this case is grab your phone and search for the answer. On a broader basis, the internet is becoming more and more popular. Teachers and students alike need to be able to use the internet and be internet savvy. By doing this it opens up many doors on the learning level and personal level.
Most teachers disagree with having phones in class because they always assume they are texting. Some students, whether teachers like it or not, are interested in learning and will use their resources (such as phones) for good and not evil. My teacher insists on letting her older students, who do have Iphones let them use them during class since they don’t have laptops. This is great how technology is becoming more of a necessity than a thing that you can use if you want. Hopefully Steve keeps doing this and influences his other students to follow in his footsteps and join the tech age. Also he should continue using his Iphone for educational use and teach others how to do this as well. One day schools might relay on computers and gadgets such as Iphones. Great job Steve

PLN 12-2

I just read an article called Uncle sentenced in nephew's death in the Daily Sentinel. It was a short artcile and it talked about how An uncle killed his nephew and not he is going to jail. The uncles name was Jesus Hernandez de Jesus, 33, of Clifton and he murdered his nephew Ricardo Navarrete-Prudencio, of Acapulco, Mexico.
This relates to me beucase I have an uncle and I could never see him wanting or trying to kill me for any reason. I dont understand, even if Ricardo did do something outrageous, how someone could kill a family member. I would never do this and niether should anyone else. Killing in general is a horrible act and killing your own family member it taking it to the next level.
This relates to the world becuase these types of things happen everyday and murder happens every day also. If everyone would just be kind to eachother, know matter if you like the person or not just show respect to one another and maybe the murder rates will decrase as the years go on. Theres this thing called a "chain reaction" and it happens by one person doing something nice to another one. Then the person goes on and does something nice to someone else, this goes on and on and makes people feel good about themselves. This action, even though it is small and also opptional, could help towards the deacrease of murder around the world.