Outside with the ipads

Today's class is being held outside with the iPads near the faculty parking lot. It's refreshing to take a break from sitting in a classroom all day and enjoy the nice weather. We are still able to get a wifi connection and we are currently discussing how this new technology can eliminate snow days. This article
presents an innovative idea that will probably be carried out in the near future.

Technology Policies

I think it is fairly obvious at this stage in high school what is allowed and what is not.  If you are doing something on a computer you would not do if there were a teacher standing behind you, it is probably punishable.  However, kids are old enough to make their own decisions and some will knowingly break the rules.  Suspension seems like a harsh punishment for technology abuse unless the abuse endangers other students or involves drug content.  It is going to be a learning process how to discipline students effectively, but I'm sure it will all work out.

Google creates a self-driving car

Google has proven with this demonstration that they have branched into areas beyond just the search engine.  This could revolutionize the way we know transportation.  If these navigation systems could be perfected. then we could eliminate thousands of traffic accidents a year.  This is one of those inventions that could be seen in every car in the future.  At one point in time GPS was a new thing, but now almost every new car comes with one standard.

What Are We Really Eating?

I recently found this video showing how chicken nuggets were actually made.  This video disgusts me but does not actually surprise me because I am aware that the fast food industry's priorities are money first and health second.  Unfortunately this is not limited to places like McDonalds.  School cafeterias across the country are serving products like this to kids every day.  We need to start thinking of ways to start serving healthier food while still remaining economically efficient.  The sad thing is that personally, although this video almost makes me sick the next time I go to McDonald's I will probably order a McChicken.

30 Day Challenge: Goal #3

Learning is a very broad term that is often associated with what we do in the classroom.  I believe learning is just acquiring new information, no matter what it is about.  Students learn better when they are interested in the subjects, so to improve learning I believe students should have more control over what classes they must take. Incorporating new technology into classrooms can also be constructive in keeping students' attention.  If we are exposed to so much technology in the workplace than we should be better trained to be more effective in the real world.

30 Day Challenge: 1st Diary Entry

Diary: Last night I went to a Wiz Khalifa concert at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell.  The concert was amazing, but ended too soon.  Although it was expensive, it was definitely worth going to see one of my favorite artists perform live.

Osama Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Forces

After ten years of being number one on the FBI's most wanted list, Osama Bin Laden has finally been killed.  Bin Laden is held largely responsible for planning the terrorist attacks of September 11, and he is a leader in the terrorist group Al Queda.  Bin Laden was thought to have been hiding in a primitive cave somewhere in the middle east, but he was actually killed in a large house near a major city.  President Barack Obama addressed the nation shortly after the news of Bin Laden's death was released, and it brings a feeling of triumph to many Americans to know the man responsible for the worst terrorist attack in American history has finally paid for his actions.  I remember being sent home from school the day of the attacks, but I was too young to understand what was really going on.  Personally I am glad that Bin Laden has been killed, because I hate terrorists and I hope this sends a message to them that if they try to harm the U.S. then they will be killed.