Day 9 Blog

Read your classmates' blogs about the Oprah Show clip and the Crime Stoppers presentation. Perhaps comment back to a classmate.

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter found in the brain that is needed for normal functioning of the central nervous system. Speed is a drug that can be prescribed or can be found as a street drug, otherwise known as crystal meth. Its causes arousal in the brain and central nervous system. "Playing video games doubles the amount of dopamine in the brain which is equivalent to a dose of speed". What do you think about that quote? Believe it or not?

Day 8 Blog

I have considered all of your input to our rubric for blogging. You will find a copy of it posted through the ComFun Wiki space. Click on the left sidebar of this blog page, click on the Com Fun 9 Docs page that is holding our word documents from this class. From now on, your blogs will be marked as a 4 - strong, 3 - proficient, 2 - developing, 1 - beginner, 0 non-existent. Thank you for your input.

First, make some comments about the Crime Stoppers presentation you saw in the theatre on Friday. How can you apply some of the information that was presented to your every day life?

Today you are going to watch a 10 minute clip from an Oprah show. The individual speaking brings motivation and spirit to his audience. After watching, comment (keeping in mind the new rubric) on the speaker's main motivating points.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BODHsU3hDo4

Day 7 Blog

Last day you had a chance to comment on criteria that should be considered for blog writing rubric. Please review other classmates' blogs, see if you can find a post that you disagree with and state why. Review the blogs and find one that you feel is well written and comment back on it. Next day you will have an opportunity to review the rubric that will be created using your contributed information.

Day 6 Blog

Today you are required to go back through the Blog archive and read other classmates' blog posts. We are going to be developing a rubric for the different level of bloggers. There will be four categories of bloggers; beginning, developing, proficient, and strong. I want you to find examples of blog entries from either of the two classes that might be good examples of each of these categories. Ask yourself what criteria is making the blog entry fall into a particular category. What do you think should be considered when marking a blog entry? Your input now, will help develop a rubric for this class.

Day 5 Blog

Use the following links about hurricanes to enter your blog today. Comment on at least five new facts you learned about hurricanes, their history and how they are named.

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html

http://school.familyeducation.com/hurricane/natural-disasters/34258.html

Day 4 Blog

View the two videos on hurricanes in Texas (one in 1900, the other in 2008). Compare and contrast some similarities or differences between the two hurricanes. Click here to get to the National Geographic video archive, watch two videos; Hurricane Ike Devastation and The Hurricane Ike of 1900.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/hurricanes/

Day 3 Blog Semester 2

"Kids see more than 250 000 commercials aimed at their appearance by age 17". How do you think this may affect how kids feel about themselves? Do you think it may affect some kids' self-esteem and self-confidence? What do you see as the worst case scenario as to the results of some of these commercials for kids who are affected by them? Let me know how commercials of this nature make you feel.

Day 2 Blog

Watch the video posted on the blog site called Cyberbullying; Broken Friendships. Comment on the importance of safeguarding your own accounts on line, whether they are at school or at home.