Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Discussion notes
The internet is the perfect resource for people to connect and ask questions. Even though they may be countries apart they are able to communicate. It provides help 24/7. We have been in a school environment that has always had rules and been so directed that it hurts us. We don't know how to be creative or go out on our own and learn something on our own time. One can't always be pursuing the future and living in the future or past, becuase what happens to the present moments. That is why we have the effect of time going by fast. Students and adults need to be more like young children in the sense that they don't have egos so they are constantly asking questions. More people asking questions is what this world needs. As the video said, "Every effort to change the world starts with people asking questions."
#1. How can these concepts enhance your learning as you arrive at a moment when grades no longer matter?
Applying these concepts is exactly what needs to be done to get anything more than a grade in this class. Knowledge, skills, experience, ect. is so much more important than a grade. I think I have been living in the future and worrying about college so much that I am hardly living in the short moments I have left in high school. The last thing I want is to regret my senior year and feel as though it was wasted. And it would be beneficial to everyone if we all asked more questions as mentioned in the notes. So I want to devote more attention and participation to my classes at this time when grades no longer matter.
#2 How can these concepts enhance your ability to master content for the AP exam and other hurdles you have yet to leap?
If I apply concepts such as asking more questions, living in the present, and choosing my own path of learning, I will be very prepared for the AP test and increase my chances of passing. If I don't understand a concept in a book I'm reading I should feel ask my peers or Dr. Preston what they think. Working with my peers will provide me with several opinions and perspectives that I probably would have never been introduced to.
#3 How can you use these concepts to collaborate with and inspire others, to improve the information exchange and overall value of your learning network?
If the whole class applied these concepts, we would all benefit. Asking more questions and having them answered by other students would us to collaborate and inspire each other. We would also be gaining knowledge that can help us pass the AP exam. Our class has been applying the internet and incorporating that in the curriculum which is bringing the class closer and again, allowing us to further collaborate.The internet is the key tool in information exchange and everyone has each other blogs they can view and gain knowledge from.
#1. How can these concepts enhance your learning as you arrive at a moment when grades no longer matter?
Applying these concepts is exactly what needs to be done to get anything more than a grade in this class. Knowledge, skills, experience, ect. is so much more important than a grade. I think I have been living in the future and worrying about college so much that I am hardly living in the short moments I have left in high school. The last thing I want is to regret my senior year and feel as though it was wasted. And it would be beneficial to everyone if we all asked more questions as mentioned in the notes. So I want to devote more attention and participation to my classes at this time when grades no longer matter.
#2 How can these concepts enhance your ability to master content for the AP exam and other hurdles you have yet to leap?
If I apply concepts such as asking more questions, living in the present, and choosing my own path of learning, I will be very prepared for the AP test and increase my chances of passing. If I don't understand a concept in a book I'm reading I should feel ask my peers or Dr. Preston what they think. Working with my peers will provide me with several opinions and perspectives that I probably would have never been introduced to.
#3 How can you use these concepts to collaborate with and inspire others, to improve the information exchange and overall value of your learning network?
If the whole class applied these concepts, we would all benefit. Asking more questions and having them answered by other students would us to collaborate and inspire each other. We would also be gaining knowledge that can help us pass the AP exam. Our class has been applying the internet and incorporating that in the curriculum which is bringing the class closer and again, allowing us to further collaborate.The internet is the key tool in information exchange and everyone has each other blogs they can view and gain knowledge from.
Video/article notes
Video
"Every effort to change the world starts with people asking questions."
Table of Free Voices held in Bebelplatz, Berlin on september 9, 2006.
Themes- reinventing economics, consious recognition, politics of evidence, a perceiving eye, understanding power, the human footprint, the new global frontier, innovation acceleration.
-goal of this event is to magnify the voices of those who are not usually heard.
-sharing wisdom is combined with modern technology to provide new oppurtunities.
-gather many opinions of people all across the world.
Article
-lack of opportunities for unstructured, imaginitive, plan can keep children from growing into happy and well adjusted adults.
-an ex-marine and engineering student shot 46 people at the university of Texas tower.
-This was due to not playing when he was a child because he grew up in a difficult family situation.
-parents shouldn't take away "free play" and replace it with structured activities such as music lessons or sports.
-kids who played with blocks scored higher on language tests than those who didn't.
-free play is ket because it challenges developing brain more than the following pre determined rules.
-animals and children do not play when they are undernourished or in stressful situations.
-develops social skills.
-alleviates stress
-kids become less anxious after playing with toys or their peers, rather than listen to the teacher tell a story.
"Every effort to change the world starts with people asking questions."
Table of Free Voices held in Bebelplatz, Berlin on september 9, 2006.
Themes- reinventing economics, consious recognition, politics of evidence, a perceiving eye, understanding power, the human footprint, the new global frontier, innovation acceleration.
-goal of this event is to magnify the voices of those who are not usually heard.
-sharing wisdom is combined with modern technology to provide new oppurtunities.
-gather many opinions of people all across the world.
Article
-lack of opportunities for unstructured, imaginitive, plan can keep children from growing into happy and well adjusted adults.
-an ex-marine and engineering student shot 46 people at the university of Texas tower.
-This was due to not playing when he was a child because he grew up in a difficult family situation.
-parents shouldn't take away "free play" and replace it with structured activities such as music lessons or sports.
-kids who played with blocks scored higher on language tests than those who didn't.
-free play is ket because it challenges developing brain more than the following pre determined rules.
-animals and children do not play when they are undernourished or in stressful situations.
-develops social skills.
-alleviates stress
-kids become less anxious after playing with toys or their peers, rather than listen to the teacher tell a story.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Poetry Remix
[structure] - S
[theme] - T
[important words] - I
[literary techniques] - L
[literal vs. figurative language] - L
[prosody] - Putting
[tone] - Them
[grammar and meaning] - Grandmas
[dramatic situation] - Down
[theme] - T
[important words] - I
[literary techniques] - L
[literal vs. figurative language] - L
[prosody] - Putting
[tone] - Them
[grammar and meaning] - Grandmas
[dramatic situation] - Down
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Literature Analysis
Catcher in the Rye
1. Holden Caulfield is the protagonist and the narrator in the novel. He is struggling at school and failing his classes. After flunking Holden, his teacher tries to give him advice on life and his future but Holden rudely interrupts him and leaves. Holden struggles to connect with his peers and finds his hall mate Ackley extremely annoying. He is also jealous of his roomate Stradlater, who took Holden's crush Jane out on a date. When Stradlater returns from his date, Holden questions him so much that the two of them get in a fight. Holden abandons school and goes back to New York without alerting his family. While in New York, he gets a prostitute sent to his room and is initially interested in having sex with the woman. Just as she is coming on to him, Holden decides not to go through with it and sends her away after paying her. Holden then gets in a fight with the man who sent the woman to his room.
2. The main theme in the novel is alienation. Holden constantly is alienated from society and fails to connect with his peers. There are several textual examples that display his alienation from the world around him. He doesn't like or get along with any of his peers from school. He fights his roomate and hates Ackley. He also doesn't know how to act around the prostitute and fails to carry out his initial plan of having sex with her. Also when his teacher is giving him valuable advice, Holden is uninterested and leaves.
3. The tone in the novel is casual mostly but when Holden is in a conflict or deep thought it becomes more serious. When he realizes he is about to get beat up for ditching the prostitute, he becomes frantic and the tone is serious. But in certain social situations and descriptions, a very relaxed tone is presented.
4. Symbolism is a very relevant literary technique in Cather in the Rye. Holden's red hunting hat is used as symbolism while he is reading. It represents his separation and alienation to society. Characterization is another literary element in the novel. The author describes Holden and places him in social situations that allows the reader to obtain a deep understanding of how odd and irrelevant he is to society.
1. Holden Caulfield is the protagonist and the narrator in the novel. He is struggling at school and failing his classes. After flunking Holden, his teacher tries to give him advice on life and his future but Holden rudely interrupts him and leaves. Holden struggles to connect with his peers and finds his hall mate Ackley extremely annoying. He is also jealous of his roomate Stradlater, who took Holden's crush Jane out on a date. When Stradlater returns from his date, Holden questions him so much that the two of them get in a fight. Holden abandons school and goes back to New York without alerting his family. While in New York, he gets a prostitute sent to his room and is initially interested in having sex with the woman. Just as she is coming on to him, Holden decides not to go through with it and sends her away after paying her. Holden then gets in a fight with the man who sent the woman to his room.
2. The main theme in the novel is alienation. Holden constantly is alienated from society and fails to connect with his peers. There are several textual examples that display his alienation from the world around him. He doesn't like or get along with any of his peers from school. He fights his roomate and hates Ackley. He also doesn't know how to act around the prostitute and fails to carry out his initial plan of having sex with her. Also when his teacher is giving him valuable advice, Holden is uninterested and leaves.
3. The tone in the novel is casual mostly but when Holden is in a conflict or deep thought it becomes more serious. When he realizes he is about to get beat up for ditching the prostitute, he becomes frantic and the tone is serious. But in certain social situations and descriptions, a very relaxed tone is presented.
4. Symbolism is a very relevant literary technique in Cather in the Rye. Holden's red hunting hat is used as symbolism while he is reading. It represents his separation and alienation to society. Characterization is another literary element in the novel. The author describes Holden and places him in social situations that allows the reader to obtain a deep understanding of how odd and irrelevant he is to society.
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