S k y T o o H i g h---ep.16--Half way there, Benchmark.

In Itc essentials we are discussing smart phones and their uses for school. I think this is an honorable idea worth thought and discussion but I'm against it personally. The main reason i'm against it is because though children say they will their phones for school work, how many of them actually will?  There are many pluses for its use but there are also many minuses.

In a full class of high school students, a teacher just finished posting an assiment online for student to complete during class time. Even though the assisment was given, and students are online on their phones, how many of them will be doing the work.? It's easy to distract the teenage mind with things like facebook, and viral videos online.

In Itc essentials we are discussing smart phones. I think it's a good idea but personally I believe they shouldn't use the in school because kids wont do the work.

S k y T o o H i g h---ep.15--Copied&The Copycats.

Plagiarism and copyrights are similar in a few ways. For one, the both deal with information from the same places. All of the words and grammar are the same, perfectly in the same font. The only difference is that one is an original work, with protection right, and the other is a copy, illegally created. 

S k y T o o H i g h---ep.14--Muti-Tasking While Muti-Tasking.

I think this shouldn't be a very big concern at Campus High. For one, there isn't really anything that would put a student in great danger at this school if they just so happened to run into something. Most that would happen is they would probably be late for class.

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Save a Copy of this Worksheet. Get Organized! Text Using the Big6   http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/big6/index.html Fill out Big6 #1-5 before you begin to work on your assignment. Fill out Big6 #6 before you turn in your assignment. Name: Sean Lawrence Gmail: babybankstrunks@gmail.com Class Period: 6 Big6 #1: Task Definition What am I supposed to do?: Topic: What information do I need in order to do this? (Consider listing in question form.) What is the problem to be solved? What information is needed in order to solve the problem? What is required in an assignment? What is the order of tasks and the timeline required? 1. Education and games 2. Info on educated games and its effects on the brain 3. to find the advantges and disadvantanges in games for learning 4. using games for learning and 2.advantages-disadvantages 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Big6 #2: Information Seeking Strategies What are the best sources I can use to find this information? What are all possible sources of information? What are the best of all the possibilities? What are alternative methods of acquiring information? 1. internet, google books, and libary 2. internet 3. from reading a book on it 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. When using web sites, how will I know that they are good enough for my project? Save a copy of the Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources. Use this to evaluate your web resources. Is the site is a good resource? Enter the site Name and URL below. Sign up, Bookmark and tag on Delicious.  Add yourself to CHSICT. Add link to your Delicious on your blog. URL to My Delicious: Approved Web Resources List Bookmark 2 Good sites on  your delicious account. Add the tag "Approved".  Provide a link to this page in the delicious notes section. 1. 2. http://www.gamesineducation.org/resources.php 3. http://brockdubbels.efoliomn2.com/ 4. 5. Big6 #3: Location & Access Where will I find these sources? Where are these sources? Where is the information within each source? school library public library personal library Provided by my teachers Provided by my classmates on Delicious Internet other: Who can help me find what I need? I can find the sources myself my classmates my librarian my teacher my parent(s) Big6 #4: Use of Information How will I record the information that I find? What information does the source provide? What specific information is worth applying to the task? take notes using cards take notes on notebook paper take notes using a word processor on a computer (Microsoft Word form) take notes using a data chart or other graphic organizer (data chart set-up guide) illustrate concepts record into a tape recorder or use a video or digital camera take note on Google Documents take notes using Zotero other: How will I give credit to my sources? use the guide given to me by my teacher use the Citation Machine use Zotero use the Quick Guide for citing other resources other: Big6 #5: Synthesis How will I show my results? How does the information from all sources fit together? How is the information best presented? written paper oral presentation multimedia presentation performance or other: How will I give credit to my sources in my final product or performance? include a written bibliography after the performance or presentation, announce which sources I used other: Materials I will need for my presentation or performance (list, separating by commas) How much time do I estimate it will take to find the information and create the product? 2-3 hours 4-5 hours 5-6 hours 7-8 hours 9-10 hours more than 10 hours Timeline for assignment Ideas for project (task definition) completed by: Information searching (note taking) completed by: First draft due: Completed assignment due: Include here any additional information needed to successfully complete the assignment: Big6 #6: Evaluation How will I know if I have done my best? Was the information problem solved? Was the information need met? Was the decision made? Was the situation resolved? Does the product satisfy the requirements as originally defined? What set of criteria can you use to make judgments? Before turning in my assignment, I need to check off all of these items (on the printed Organizer): what I created to finish the assignment is appropriate for what I was supposed do in Big6 #1 the information I found in Big6 #4 matches the information needed in Big6 #1 credit is given to all of my sources, written in the way my teacher requested my work is neat my work is complete and includes heading information (name, date, etc.) I would be proud for anyone to view this work Big6™ copyright 1990, Michael Eisenberg and Robert Berkowitz. Big6™ Assignment Organizer copyright 1995, Barbara A. Jansen. Links and graphics used with permission.

S k y T o o H i g h---ep.14--Big 6.

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S k y T o o H i g h---ep.13--Learning.? Make That To Go.

Dear Administration Of East Orange School District,  

I think that mobile learning is the next step in learning. If we could learn while we are on the go I think we could actually learn more. If people would use all the idle time they had in a day to learn, they would be way more intelligent then they are now. I would recommend mobile learning for the simple fact that people bring their cell phones to school anyway. Making them learning tools would only be better in the student's case.

S k y T o o H i g h---ep.12--The Perfect Tool.?

If I could use any computing device for learning in school it would be an device made by my own hands. It would be enable me to do anything, know everything, and store the knowledge within my brain. It would be an small hand held device that fits in the palm of my hand and is absorbed by my genetic code only. It would create this device to help find solutions to every problem thought to exist.