PLN: Week 3- Post 6

I read a recent article titled "Teens Killed in Early Morning Crash" written by Kirk Mitchell. This article came from the Dever Post blog. This article was written in reguards to 2 teenagers who were killed early this morning in a auto accident when their Subaru station wagon drifted into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into another car.

This article relates to me personally and to all other teens my age because we are or will soon be learning how to drive and in one very short year we will recieve our drivers license. This article really made me realize how important it is to be aware of your surroundings while you are driving. Because this accident is still under investigation there is no obvious reason for why the Subaru drifted into oncoming traffic; however it still shows us that safety is very iportant when you are on he road.

This article also relates to the world around us because this sort of thing happens a lot, but everytime it does there is always someone saying, "Oh that's never going to happen to me." But next thing you know it does so I think that this article is just a reminder that safety is very important on the road.

PLN: Week 3- Post 5

I read a recent post written by Karl Fisch titled "Speaking from the Soul." This post talks about how it is important for there to be a strong and honest relationship between students and teachers. And that it is important for teachers to look for ways to meet the needs of their students.

In this article I found importance in the fact that teachers need to find ways to meet the needs of their students. This is important to me as a student because if my teacher is not trying to meet my needs then how am I able to learn and apply myself as best as I can?

This post relates to me and all students in many ways such as the point I previously brought up. It is very important for teachers to work hard to make sure their students fully understand everything they are learning and can process information correctly. For me as a student I need my teachers to meet my needs so I know that I can learn and understand everything fully. This relates to me in every class and not only in school, but also in sports. It is important that my coaches meet the needs of my and my team so we can perform to the best of our ability. it is also my job as a student and athlete to apply myself and work hard.

This post also relates to the world around us in that this situation can apply to anything from business and work, to simply life at home. It is important that the leaders are willing to tend to the needs of the people "below them" if you will. And it is important for everyone to put in the extra work to succeed.

PLN: Week 2- Post 4

I read a recent post titled "Online Safety - Videos that get 'em" written by Jeff Utecht. This post is regarding Internet safety in and out of the classroom.

In this article things of importance that I picked out were things such as the fact that in classes we need to talk about Internet safety and it is important that teachers take responsibility for the online safety of their students. Utecht says,

"Having a classroom discussion about how to be safe on the Internet is a good thing and if you can engage students in the conversation without sounding like a mother breathing down their neck, I think you’ll get more bang for your buck."

This quote really jumped out at me because I know from experience that when
these kinds of discussion take place in our classes its boring and not many people listen so I agree with him when he says that these discussion need to engage the students.

This relates to me as a student because I feel it necessary to have these discussions and it is important that we these discussions seem interesting to us. I have been present for many discussions, such as the one he is talking about in this post, at my old school.

This relates to many people in the world today, many of them being students. It is important that our world is up to date on the web today and now that technology is being used so often it is important that people know how to use it safely.

PLN: Week 2- Post 3

I read a recent article titled "Could it Happen Here?" written by Dave Warlick. This article deals with the issue of whether or not we should have a conference discussing the future of our schools.

In Shanghai there was a conference dealing with this subject and Warlick quotes,

"So here’s the question that just occurred to me. Could something like this happen in the United States?" And the answer I think is very critical. Yes I think something like this could and should happen in the United.

As a student my self I think this article relates to me and my classmates specifically. The future of our education may rest on a conference such as this and I feel that it is very important for us to look at this and ask ourselves what we expect for our education. In my opinion when I look into the future and I see schools, I picture them with computers instead of text books, and in the future I highly doubt that there would be a bell and class periods like there are today. With so many of these ideas in my mind and the minds of students around me I think it is absolutely necessary for a conference like this to take place in the United States.

Now you may ask, well how does this relate to the world around us? The answer is simple. Our schools control the minds of students by what they teach us and I think it is crucial for leaders in our world to discuss certain issues such as curriculum and other like things that will take place in our schools of the future.

PLN: Week 1- Post 2

For my second post I read a recent article written by Karl Fisch in his The Fischbowl subscription. This post dealed with the big question of what matters?

As I read the title and the first couple sentences of this post i was thinking to myself that this sounds a lot like what we have been talking about in our english class. The I realized that everything he is talking about is what we have been discussing in our class. What matter in our lives and in the world that we can connect to stories and blogs that we have read?

These blogs that are talked about are our very own and in them we read what matters in our lives and the world around us. As you can see from this post, education matters to me and this class as this blog states.

How does this matter to the world? These blogs on what matters to us are important for other people to view so they can see what matters to the freshman english class at Arapahoe High school. It is important for others to view how we have been working and connecting what we learn to the world around us.

PLN: Week 1- Post 1

I read a recent article written by David Warlick in the 2 cents Worth subscription. This post is regaurding cyber-bullying and how it is still an issue, but now its not only children who are doing the bullying.

I looked at that post and I realzed something. It is a lot easilier to cyber bully than we think. I have heard countless times that cyber-bullying is a major issue and because I havent been involved in it I don't tend to think about it, but maybe it is something that we need to start thinking about more now. Technology has taken over in our world today and now it is much easier to say things, over the computer or maybe even texting on a cellphone, that you wouldn't say to someones face.

Now we ask ourselves, why is it easier to say things over technology than to someones face? The reason that was brought up in this post is people feel more comfortable over the web or other forms of technology because there is a physical distance between the two. People feel more comfortable saying harsh things when there is distance between them because they arent afraid of the consiquences.

How does this matter in the world? Now that technology is booming more and more adults are beginning to use technology for various forms of communication; therefore the right of cyber-bullying in the adult ages has increased. Now we ask ourselves, with this technology how are we going to be able to lessen the rate of cyber-bullying among adults and children? The answer I am not yet sure of.