How technology has changed education

Education as we know has always been traditional. We wake up, get ready for school, eat a nice breakfast and be on our way to school rather a school bus or metro. We take traditional classes and learn things the way people have been learning as far as history will allow. There is a new attraction to learning and it has much to do with the use of Social Networking and technology all together.

There is a school who allows the class to take breaks in class. They are not normal breaks. They are text breaks, where the students take five minutes out of there day to stimulate their mind, or at least its supposed to stimulate the student. The article talks about the downs of how technology has implemented its ways into all young  people's mind. They stop us from learning the things we need in life, like communication skills and other life skills.

"The downside of such immersion in technological devices, he said, is that they’re not having conversations, looking people in the eye, or noticing verbal cues. “These are important ‘technologies,’ so to speak, that have evolved over centuries and are tremendously powerful."

 The other article I read talked about the use of technology for at risk students. They use a program called Project K-Nect. These student do not normally do homework out a book. They use smart phones to do all or most of their work. They download apps and work on work:Algebra I. Other people use these apps and they communicate with other schools by sending S.O.S's. These are alerts for other schools that need help. People respond within minutes. The program works in some aspects because they enroll in AP classes.

“The majority of the students we started with in 2007-2008 school year went on to take an AP Calculus course or are currently enrolled in AP Statistics.”

In my opinion I believe in working hard and with that your goal should not be any harder than you did while working, Technology should be kept separate and education should be a different aspect because technology could be a huge distraction. 

What is Art? How can it be defined?

Is this Art?

A song rapped by Chris Brown. A painting drawn by Van Gough. A dance recital of young girls who have practice ballet since they trained. Me writing a poem can be called art.

I think art is anything different or things that are out of the ordinary. I think art helps people live daily. Some people just cannot live without music and that is a form of art. Art moves people and picks emotions out of certain people.

I dont really think art has a real definition because it comes in so many forms. Art has existed even before people were even on earth. From the size of the sun, The solar system, the tree in the tale between Adam & Eve. It has been here and it will never disappera even when its destroyed.

Solutions For your F'ddictions. T'ddicitons for you tweetin birds!

In class Mr. Morean gave us questions about the discussion we had in class.

According to this article, the solutions that wouldn’t work would be to track my time on these social networks. I feel like I can handle myself enough to not have to check my time on all the sites I get on, including youtube. I don’t think it’s ethical to track myself because it seems if I’m a child and I need help to track my time. The other solution that wouldn’t be able to work for me is to use the site productively. If I had an account for a company I worked for in twitter I would definitely be productive. Bu if this is my personal account, I feel like I should be able to whatever I want.

Other solutions that I can give are the one mentioned in the article. You have to prioritize your goals or work. That should come first and you can do whatever you want to do after the work is complete. The article gave great solutions but my solution would be to not use any of the distractions and focus on whatever needs the most attention to benefit you and your future. If a person is really struggling with social networking, they should seek counseling or in general, accounts should be deleted from further distractions.

I use social network sites when I get bored. Every now and then I will get on while I’m doing my homework just to see what’s going on or because I lose focus on what I’m doing. I spent over three hours on one homework assignment because of facebook. (I was deeply upset) I don’t think I’m addicted to the sites because I have other things to do but it can cause all types of problems.  When doing important things I often just listen to music to keep focus.

No facebook (tear) :^(

So Mr. Morean gave a challenge to stay off facebook for a WHOLE week. I wasnt in class when he gave the assignment but it sure didnt take long for it come pass me. The challenge that was given did not seem hard to me. Then when I was going about my day, it really started to hit me.

During the week I didnt log into facebook because I wanted to win the challenge but that didnt last for long. I received numerous emails from facebook and it was very tempting but I still kept away. I started thinking about putting things as my status on facebook but then the challenge always came back to haunt me.

I couldnt help it anymore, I logged on just to see what everyone else was up to. I didnt message anybody or post a new status. Even being on the website made it worse. I just couldnt wait, so friday is when I started writing a status. I wanted to win the challenege but facebook, even social media has grown on us as a "norm" of life.

No facebook You must out your d*%# mind

So Mr. Morean gave a challenge to stay off facebook for a WHOLE week. I wasnt in class when he gave the assignment but it sure didnt take long for it come pass me. The challenge that was given did not seem hard to me. Then when I was going about my day, it really started to hit me.

During the week I didnt log into facebook because I wanted to win the challenge but that didnt last for long. I received numerous emails from facebook and it was very tempting but I still kept away. I started thinking about putting things as my status on facebook but then the challenge always came back to haunt me.

I couldnt help it anymore, I logged on just to see what everyone else was up to. I didnt message anybody or post a new status. Even being on the website made it worse. I just couldnt wait, so friday is when I started writing a status. I wanted to win the challenege but facebook, even social media has grown on us as a "norm" of life.