What technology gadget do you think every high school student should have? Why? 11/30/09
I think that every high school should have a laptop. The reason why I think that the school should have a laptop is , because the students may some type of resource. And they can save their projects and homework on their too.

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition or food?11/23/09
I'm not thankful for nothing this thanks giving.The reason why I say this is because I'm not sure if I'm even spending thanks giving with my family this year. And my favorite food is mac and cheese.

Do you think that your parents should be responsible for your behavior in school? Do you think it is right that they can be fined and even jailed for your behavior?11/2/09
No I don't think that parents should be responsible for their child's behavior. The reason that I think that they shouldn't be responsible is because parents are not around their children 24/7. Therefore they should not be responsible.

Write a well developed essay of 50 to 100 words that paraphrases the article on your Blog. 11/19/09
(Write in complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.)
  If the airport was to use the Wii fit board to detect terrorist a boarding the plane as a balance test, do you think it would work. My answer is I think it would work,  but then again i don't think that it would work. Reason being is because, what if  someone wasn't trying to bring explosives on the plane. And they just have some type of nervous tension disorder or something.or they could just be afraid of authority figures. That's the reason why I say that its not a good thing. 
  Secondly, it could actually catch terrorist in their tracks as well. It can tell if their nervous. Because sometimes people get nervous if they know that their doing something wrong. Or they can out beat you and try to learn how to overcome that know as we speak. So basically I really don't know that would help or not.

 

If you were the Principal, what would you do with students that are constantly late to School? Class?11/18/09
If I were the principal of the school I would try to look into the situation. Because you never know what people go through and why they are late. Or I would look into there grades to see if there fooling around or not.

"I think the world would be a better place if students learned more ______ in school." Write a word or phrase and explain why you chose it.M.I.U 11/17/09
Manners in school.In the classroom, in the halls, in the lunchroom, in the principal's office - this workshop helps students learn manners that are especially relevant in a school setting and how to adapt them to meet the special circumstances that occur during a school day

What are three advantages to using iGoogle? What is the reason for using tabs in iGoogle?11/16/09
There are three advantages of of using igoogle.ou can have all the work you do in class put onto the internet. You can also coy document and input information that you would like to input your own information into the document.

Please write an evaluation of your performance in this class so far. What have you done well? What do you need to improve upon? What will you do to make these improvements? 11/13/09
My performance in this class so far is good. I believe that I did well. Noe lets see how next cycle gonna be.

What part do you think effort should play in your grade? Do you think you tried the your best this marking period? M.I.U 11/10/09
I think that effort play a some what part of my grade. I don't think that I did my best. But I did good enough for my grade.

Do you think you will get the grade you deserve in this class? What will you do to improve your grade?11/12/09
Yes I think that I will get the grade that I deserve. Because I feel as though I did what I had to do. And If i didn't finish my work.

What is one thing that you learned in this class the first semester that you think will help you in the future? Explain your answer.11/09/09
I learned how to make a big six work sheet. I really don't that it would help me in the future. But I never know maybe it will. Someday I may need it for college.

Taidra Black
Cell Phones In Education
How can I use my cell phone with education?
Students can take pictures of class projects to e-mail or show to parents. Ordinarily, parents do not see projects that are completed in groups in school.
Using mobile podcasts in their classrooms.
Mobile podcasting (recording audio from your cell phone) is great on field trips
How would this help students?
Students use their personal cellphones to make podcasts
Take field notes
Organize their schedules and homework.
How can taking pictures with your cell phone help improve students education?
Multimedia slide show that holds images
Documents
Videos and allows people to navigate pages

References
Education Week: Students Turn Their Cellphones On for Classroom Lessons. (n.d.). . Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/07/16cellphone.h28.html&destination=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/07/16cellphone.h28.html&levelId=2100
Fair Cell Phone Use in Schools: Pros and Cons of Cell Phones in School | Suite101.com. (n.d.). . Retrieved November 2, 2009, from http://teachingtechnology.suite101.com/article.cfm/fair_cell_phone_use_in_schools
Instructify » Blog Archive » How to use your cell phone for education: Mobile podcasting. (n.d.). . Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://instructify.com/2008/07/07/how-to-use-your-cell-phone-for-education-mobile-podcasting/
oli2009 - Cell Phones in Learning. (n.d.). . Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://oli2009.wikispaces.com/Cell+Phones+in+Learning
Students and Cell Phones: Controversy in the Classroom - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com. (n.d.). . Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/4903/students_and_cell_phones_controversy.html