Weekly Blog

This week has been the best so far at GECHS. We finally got to move into our building today! I think next week will be phenomenal too because it's spirit week. To show my spirit I will dress up everyday with my best friend Maddie. Everyone should be proud of our building and school as a whole.

                          November 3,2010  Link Smile

Do you know who has your information? Internet users today are unaware of what information is being found out about them. Companies can track your recent searches and what you've viewed in the past. They to this to put ads on pages your most likely to visit on a daily basis. Another term for this is tracking, our latest curriculum.

                         January 7,2009 Link Following

Companies track peoples searches to get to know them. They want to make sure your results are personalized to you. Results varie between people because of the different things they search. I think this is bad because you might not get the results your want.

                         September 27,2007 Link Google


Our most recent web 2.0 tool was Mixbook. Mixbook is an interactive book that you view or order from online. This was not my favorite tool because I'm more accustomed to Microsoft PowerPoint. Our assignment was to make a book about data selection. I embedded mine below along with definitions to help you understand it.

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Our digital literacy component was learning about the benefits and risks of a personalized browsers. I prefer to have all the results so up, not what Google thinks I would like.  Everyone has their own opinion, feel free to voice it in a comment!                                           Benefits                     

                                                                         

- Saves time

        - Better Shopping

        - Easier searches

- Efficiency

                                         
                                                            Risks
                                                         - Can block needed/wanted things
                                                         - Create stereotypes
                                                         - Privacy issues
                                                         - Pop up ads or viruses

                                   March 12,2004 Link Impossible is an opinion

This concludes my week in introduction to publications. I hope everyone has a fantastic rest of the week. Remember to show respect to our new building. I'm sad I didn't get to see it today, but I'll be able to in the morning! Can't wait!

                                  October 6,2011 Link Bye bye

2 Weeks Combined

These past weeks have been quite eventful for me and my classmates. Our new digital literacy component is cyber-bulling. We learned six new terms that have a huge impact on cyber bullying. I believe I fully understood this weeks curriculum.

                                                    3/30/10 Link At least I'm not a bully

Many people don't know about the new bullying method.Cyber bullying is whats going on, teenage girls are usually the ones mainly effected. Its easy to criticize over the internet rather than face to face. I believe you should be mature and confront the person you have an issue with. Just don't retaliate it makes it a lot worse.

                                          1/29/12 Link Cyberbullying

Up-stander: The witness that defends.
Bystander: The witness that does nothing.
Offender: Person with malicious intentions (bully).
Escalate: The situation becomes more intense.
De-escalate: Deterioration of the situation.

I have created a chart showing ways the target and the up-stander can decrease the situation.

Our web 2.0 tool was to make a Wevideo. The topic was supposed to be on cyber-bullying and how to deteriorate it. In my personal video I decided to use the signs. It is embedded below.

We can end the acts of cyberbullying. All we have to do is be an upstander. Many kids skip school because of bullies. Some even commit suicide because they cant take it anymore. I belive we can get this situation under control with a little effort.

                                                    10/13/06 Link "Rough days"

One of my favorite quotes:
" I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same"
- Rachel Joy Scott


Even though I'm in 9th grade I still anticipate Halloween. Who doesn't love to get free candy? We now only have fourteen days left! I really enjoy going to Halloween parties too. I can't belive we are so far into the school year, it seems like we just started.

                                                    9/29/10 Link "Pumpkin Carving"

What the 7th week held

This new blog will inform you on many important things you need to know. We learned about relationships online. Also how once you send something such as text or email it is permanent. You may not realize but all of those minute pieces of information are saved somewhere. It cant be truly erased, so think before you send.

Oops. May 21st 2007, Link

One of the main topics was not to sext. Sexting is a new term meaning sending a partially or fully naked picture through text or email. This has ruined many young girls life's. They dont understand what impact this can have on them.Sexting and online relationships are our digital literacy component for the week

There is a website you can use to make comic strips. This was our web 2.0 tool for the week. Our topics were supposed to be on sexting and online relationships. My comics give an example of both.I listed what the comics say because it is difficult to read on the comics.


The text turned out tiny:
 Gossiping girl- OMG! did you see what that girl over there sent to her boyfriend?
Girl- I should have never sent it, my life's ruined!
Later that day....
Adviser Granny- I may be old but I can still tell you've done something your not proud of.
Girl- Yeah I sexted. He said if I loved him I would do it.
Adviser Granny- If he really loved you, he wouldn't have made you done it.
Girl- Now I know I should only prove true love through marriage!

 Frog- Hey, whats wrong?!?
Bunny- I'm really lonely and need a boyfriend.
Bunny(Thinking)- I could try a dating website and be flirty! Then I wont be lonely!
Bunny(Looking for guys)- Woahhh... That lion is fineee!
Lion- You wanna go on a date?
Bunny- Yeahh babyyy!

I'm so happy it Fall. It seems like the weather is just perfect at this time of year! The leaves also look gorgeous when they change color. A bad thing is cleaning up the leaves. Around my house it seems like we have to rake every day! Fall is still one of my favorite seasons.

Fall time, October 18th, 2008, Link

Already week 6

To start the week off we started something new. We started to check each other blog posts by leaving a note. It really helps so you can be positive that you'll get a good grade. Ms. Payseur also put up a poll so we could vote if we liked the new method. I had to put neither because my partner was absent, but otherwise I would say it definitely helped.

Date: October 4th, 2007

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Our digital literacy component for the week was called ASPECT. Each of the letters have a very crucial meaning.  It shows that just because the information online is useful it doesn't mean it's accurate.

                     A-(Authority) Who wrote it?
                     S-(Sources) Where did it come from?
                     P-(Purpose) Whats the purpose?
                     E-(Evenness) Information was well rounded?
                     C-(Coverage) Was everything you needed to know covered?
                     T-(Timeliness) Up to date information?


Web 2.00 for week six was Mind Meister. It is where you can make a mind map. You could compare to a spider web. This tool is actually new. Mrs. Payseur just tried it for the first time with us. Now I completely understand how to use it. I really like it because its a unique way to give information.


Create your own mind maps at MindMeister


Did you know some websites are fake? They just want your passwords to all your accounts, even banking! A way to tell websites are fake is by checking the URL. If the login page looks funny don't put in any of your important information in it. We were given a lists of fake websites to look at that seemed real. There were some that were obvious they were phishing. Now I know to take  precautions online when I'm searching for a website. Make sure you know what you're doing with passwords online too.
Fake website to look at: GenPets

 Date: June 30th, 2010

                                                                                    

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Our school should be very excited. This morning we learned our construction on our building is done! We have a place we can finally call our home high school. I have especially been anticipating to get into our building.

                                                           Date: January 1st, 2007
                                                                        
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Intro to Pub

commons/copyrights on Prezi

                      
Its been difficult in a environment that's not like regular high school. I know with strenuous effort i can accomplish it in just 5 years. Its such a short time until we move into Lena Sue Beam, yet it seems like centuries from now! Plan B mode is opposite of what I  expected to be having class in.

In our class Introduction To Publications we recently were taught about copyrights. That's what my Prezi is mainly about. Prezi is a more advanced Power Point in a way.Its a little bit more complicated then Power Point, but I like it alot.

We have been learning about copyright,fair use and creative commons. I had no clue you could steal someone elses creative work! I'm really glad Ms.Paysuer reviewed that subject so I know what I'm doing. Fair use is where you can use part of someones work, but still give them credit. Creative Commons is a organization that allows people to post stuff that can be used for their use. I cant wait to learn more in Introduction to Publications!