Screencast

Hey guys I made a made a screencast of making a good presentation.   I can't get it here because something went wrong and I can't upload it anywhere.  I am deleting the file :(  It was fun to make it though :)

This was a cool and fun thing to do, because I have never made a good screencast before.  I'm not saying this one is good, but you guys can tell me if it is.  It was strange that I had to make an account for Jing (the program I downloaded and made this with), but it was worth it.  It's a great program, that renders Snipping Tool totally useless.  It is a little sun at the top of the page that 

you can use to make a screencast, screenshot, view your history, or see your settings.  I think that it will

be very useful in the future of me using computers.

Literature Discussion 3 Analysis and Reflection SUPER FUN :D

Refelection

I think me group and I did a good job on using evidence from the text.  Whenever someone had a claim BAM! someone sles had evidence to support or disprove that claim.  We did get off topic and ramble off about things.  But we got back on topic again eventually.  Camila read ahead but didn't talk ahead, and that was good.  The group was different, to say the least.  Peter was writing down what everyone said most of the time, but when he talked he said very useful things.

Analysis

I remember that on page 66 Tukkita said that Kiwani had seen a Punhana bird.  Punhana bird = death.  So I think that maha will die in 7 days because she saw the bird after Kiwani, and it is said that the first one to see it is the messenger, the second one is the dead one.  Tukkita is the shaman of the village by the way.  Another reason I think Maha is going to die is because I always guess the opposite of what spoilers tell me [>:( Henrique].  But in all seriousness I think Maha will die because the whole story is based on Luka finding out who his Paho is, and him dieing would ruin the story/  Also, it can't be Luka because he's telling us the story now, isn't he?  If he's telling us then he must have not died.  Unless he's a ghost, of course.

Survey

Hello here is my survey :)

Bringing The Boy Home 2nd Discussion

Literature Circle Discussion Reflection

       Today in Lit. Circles we were inclusive.  No one talked more than another by much, we let everyone talk, and we talked ourselves too.  We were very deep in our discussion.  One example is that I said "You want to do what you need to do, which means you do it and if you don't do it you are mad because you want to do the thing you must do" or something along those lines.  Deep, huh?  We did better at being inclusive and deep than we did last time, and that is GOOD!  But we can still get better at keeping on topic...

Bringing the Boy Home Analysis

      On page 20 a voice randomly pops into Tirio's head and says "Hello?  Tirio?  Can you hear me?".  I thought at first 'He's thinking that, not being told'.  Then I realized that on the back it said that the paho sent visions to their sons to pass the 6th Sense Test.  It's Tirio's dad, mayhap?  Yes, it most definitely is.  But then I said ' How does the paho do that?  Is he telepath?'. The world may never know...

Evaluate Tutorials >> New Light Bulbs In Plain English

  Hello, it's Eric and I'm back to posting.  It's a new school year and that means new assignments on the blog.  So here's my first post this year.

  My 1:1 Toolkit teacher asked me to watch a tutorial and evaluate it.  I'm going to tell you what I think was helpful or good about it, and what was not helpful or bad about it.

  One helpful thing about the tutorial was that it listed all the bad things about using a regular light bulb.  It burned more coal, which makes you pay more money, and lets pollution into the atmosphere.  A good thing was that the drawings were great.  The way he used those drawings was also good.  One unhelpful thing was that he re-explained things many times.  Not helpful, but not necessarily horrible either.  He was very specific about everything he said.
  I think that this tutorial was really great!  And I hope you think it is great when you watch it using the following link: New Light Bulbs in Plain English

Tiete Project Reflection

Hello! You have seen the reflection of the Tiete Trip, but the trip had a project with it. I chose to do a Choose Your Own Adventure using a site called inklewriter.  Of course, this reflection is here so I can reflect on the project I must.

1. The best thing about working on my project was the site because it was so cool to try a new site, because it's boring to just use the sites I already know, and I can picture myself using this site a lot.

2. The most challenging thing about working on my project was figuring out what it would be about because I wanted my project to be interesting, but it was hard to find out what would be a cool story. I used the Time Stone idea because I saw a sparkly stone at the farm. I knew it was a normal stone, but in a story, it could be magical. I didn't pick it up, but in the story, if the main character picks up the stone, he goes in different places in time. It was difficult to come up with this.
3. If I had to do the project over again, I would do it with a partner because it was really difficult to come up with ideas, and with a partner, one can help when another is stumped.

4. From doing this project, I learned how hard a project worth half your grade without a partner can be and how to use a great site.

5. One thing I want my teacher to know about my project is that it might not be that great, I tried really hard to do this project. Some things might not be appropriate for school, and I'm sorry for that. I worked so hard on this project.

Tiete Trip Reflection

1. For me, the most memorable part of the Tiete Field Trip was seeing the different parts of the river because it's really cool to see the one part of the river having so much foam, and another having nothing, not even a single bottle.
2. The Tiete Field Trip made me realize that the Tiete is not only dirty, but is also clean.
3. The Tiete Field Trip led me to think about how the Tiete might be 95% clean, people being able to fish, ride boats, and swim. It seems impossible now, with the pollution we have now. But it will happen.
4. Something I plan to learn more about as a result of the Tiete Field Trip are more things about the bandierantes, and ways to help the river.
5. The Tiete Field Trip connected to my future (made making decisions about my future easier/more difficult) because it helps me see what effect humans have on nature, and makes us more environmentally conscious.
6. One thing that could have made this activity more helpful for me is less lectures, and more activities because it's hard for me to just listen, I like to actually do things. Listening and doing nothing makes me restless, and eager to move.
7. If I were responsible for planning this trip for students in the future, one change I would make is putting more activities because it's hard for students to listen and sit still without sudden outbursts.
8. If I were responsible for planning this trip for students in the future, one thing I would definitely keep is the trip to the sugar cane farm because it's cool to go to the place where your sugar and caldo de cana comes from.
9. One thing I would want my parents to know about the Tiete Field Trip is at times it was boring, I've got to admit. But all in all it was a fun trip. It was amazing to see the talent show, the people singing there, and making thier songs. I learned a lot from the trip.
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Thank you for the trip!!!