Where Phones in Class are Ok

This article is talking about whether or not teachers should allow their students to use their cell phones in class. To me there are two sides to choose from both good and bad. In one part of the article the author says that the more you get after the student the more they would rebel and use them. It is a distraction but then what if someone in class has an emergency and their phones are off then what will happen then. I think they should be allowed but be on silent and the students should have a contact that will automatically show emergency when the light goes off then show it to the teacher so they would be able to take it. If they were allowed maybe it will be better because it’s not going to help if they keep taking them away if they are going to get them back by the end of the day. At the same time they need to set rules and boundaries. It isn’t going to help if they don’t allow them because the student can always hide it. Having phones does have its bad factors to it. It is a distraction for the ones who do want to learn. Someone can be texting next to them and they are going to look and see what than person is doing instead of listening to an important part of a lecture. Then the ones who are using the phones it is their fault if they fail the class because they chose to text instead of paying attention. Cell phones are probably never going to go away it is just a invention you can’t get rid of just like the car it is always going to be there and they will keep getting better and more upgraded than today and students are just going to keep using them.

Should Schools Be Wired to the Internet

I don’t know if schools should be wired to the internet. Then again everything we look and research for we can always look it up on the computer. I think everyone should know about computers and get more involved with them because it would be something positive to do for our schools. Some of us are very fortunate to have computers so it is good for everyone to take advantage of them while they can. I think it is also going to help the economy because it’s going to be for a good cause that the schools will be using them and at the same time more companies can get money out of it. I also think that it is better to learn everything you can about the internet and computers at a young age especially for the younger kids who are still in elementary school so they would not have to take that many computer classes as they get older. It is better to know now than later. If the younger kids would have to take a computer class when they get older at least they would pass the class from learning what they did. I feel bad though for the poor countries who don’t even know what a computer is but then again we can’t just force them to start using computers some people prefer to use pen and pencil. Other updated schools such as the ones in Japan use more technology than what we do and in my opinion I think there smarter and it would be good if we use what they do that way we can know more except for the fact that they have school everyday for ten hours then that would suck. Al Gore is right everyone should be born with a mouse attached to their hand with the computer already in front of them.

Reading,Writing,Iphoning

This article discusses about how students from Abilene Christian University will be getting iphones or ipod touches. There not the only school that will be using technical devices other schools across the country will be receiving something. They think that students will benefit there learning from this and that it will help out for class discussions, lectures, and attendance. There are rules though for these devices. Such as if the student were to choose an iPhone they will have to pay a monthly bill which sounds dumb to me because if the school is giving you something they want you to use why should the student have to pay for it. The other rule was if the student were to end their school year before the end of the term they would have to pay a charge for it. To me this new idea has good and bad reasons why they should and should not be used. The good reasons would be that it can educate students and help them out whenever they are stuck on problem or need help finding something and it will probably take a little weight off the teacher’s shoulders. The bad reasons would be because it is a distraction. There is already rules made to not have phones on during class and how would the teacher know whether the student is on it when they are not suppose to be there is not a big button for them to turn off their students phones. It is if we know that our phones go off automatically we want to look at them same thing for an instant message on a computer we want to look at it right away because that is the way our brains function. The ipods and iphone are both a good and a bad way for students to learn.

txtn the gr8 db8

This article was about a debate from David Crystal who supposely thinks how texting has changed the language of our generation. He thinks that txtn is the reason for the cause of dyslexia, poor spelling and makes people lazy. In my opinion people who have dyslexia are born with it can't get it from texting if that is the way they came out. It is just something that people started doing. I think it is good that we text because it is writing everyday just talking about our thoughts to someone else it's letting us express how we feel and getting everything out. When we spell were using abbreviations but that doesn't mean we don't know how to spell some of us are the best writers and just happen to like texting. It doesn't make everyone lazy either that is just the way our generation likes to communicate. I think the more we text the better we get at writing. I don't think this changes our literacy skills there is people who are illiterate and the only way they know how to write is by texting. That is probably why it's called the gr8 db8 because it goes both ways.

Assignments,groups,and class discussion

Today’s subject really helped me get right back on track because I don’t want to lie but I was kind of lost. I think it’s better now that we have a syllabus so we can know what is going to be going on and what will be doing through out the semester. Now I know what the blog is suppose to look like when we send it out. I think that the discussion really helped all of us. The group that I’m in I first of all I feel it is good that were working in groups I think we learn from and can help each other out. I would’ve felt uncomfortable if we were working as individuals. I also like that when were going to talk in front of the class we don’t have to go up alone because if we did I would be so nervous. I like my group and everyone that is in it I feel like we can accomplish at what were trying to get at. The assignments are not that hard as I thought they would be its just writing a lot that gets to me but its English and hopefully it will help out in the long run. I also like what were going to be doing because it’s not a boring class were actually doing stuff that interests us well in my opinion. The only thing that I don’t like is the blogging I just feel like sometimes it’s too much words but hey whatever helps me pass the class I’ll be willing to do it. The rest of the work that were going to do like the articles I like that because it talks about what’s going on and what’s happening know and all the issues that we still have to deal with today.

fake email

Hey friend you remember that assignment that we were working on for reading class. Well it turns out I got a 65 can you believe that I mean you were right there when I was doing my work. I put so much effort into it I still can’t believe it. I’m not mad at the teacher just mad at myself. I could’ve done better and put more time into my work. Now just this one grade can affect my entire average. I think it’s because I’m not use to doing homework I mean you remember high school we hardly did any kind of homework. Maybe because I wasn’t concentrating but I don’t really think it wasn’t so much that or maybe it was because I was in such a rush to getting it done I didn’t even think about it. This is probably one of the lowest grades I have ever gotten I’m so used to getting good grades I didn’t even get at least a 70 and I was only 5 points away to making it. I think it’s best if I study alone no offence to you but it’s just to see if it’s really that and I also need to see if I will focus more with nothing around and I need to do something good that will help me clear out my head so I won’t be thinking about everything at once. If that doesn’t work then maybe I need to get some kind of tutoring so I think I’m just going to try out both things and see what is best for me. Just wish we would have been given more time then again its college you have to expect the unexpected. Every day we always get some kind of assignment but I’m going to try hard to not fail and prove that one grade isn’t going to bring me down.

Writing Process

A writing process is a neat step by step process that people use when their doing a paper. Most of the techniques I still use from what I learned in high school. In my opinion though I think the longer the paper the better the grade or even if someone uses these steps. Before I even start to write my paper the first thing I do is look at my topic sentence and I start to brainstorm of what I’ going to write about. After I’m done brainstorming I start to write just what I can think of on paper but I like putting ideas and making little notes on the side and it doesn’t matter if I write on that same paper because I’m just prewriting this means thinking and writing before you actual write the real paper. When I put all my ideas together also known as drafting my ideas starts to form the first paragraph. When ever I write a paper I like to put 8-10 sentences and at least a quote or two in each paragraph. The third step is revising which is adding or taking out whatever doesn’t look right. It’s best to do this and I think it’s one of the main steps to a good paper. After that the editing which is looking over everything and making sure that the grammar and usage is all right and checking over each sentence. It’s good to have everything right so the readers can understand you and your story. It’s also good to stay on topic and not get off subject. The last step is reflection. After the writing is done you want to know what others think and where you ha0ve to make improvements on so it’s just the readers input on what needs to be worked on.