Wednesday, January 28

Blog Post of the Day:

Finish this sentence "10 years from now I will be...." (explain)

10 years from now I will be in a college. I will be in college in 10 years because I am going to hopefully become a pharmacist. I want to become a pharmacist because they get paid a lot, and I have always enjoyed going to the hospital with my dad and be a little pharmacist for the night.

Tuesday, January 27

Blog Post of the Day:
Yesterday I had you choose a global issue and you wrote about it on your blog. Today on your blog I want you to tell me about two different perspectives of your global issue. Are there people for an against your issue? Do people disagree on your issue? Is it a topic that can cause controversy? Look at the issue for two different perspectives. Tell me about those perspectives.

With the topic of nuclear war there is not really two different sides unless the time comes to decide whether or not a country is going to use them, but for this post, I am going to assume the time has come to decide. One perspective on not using these weapons has a fairly good argument because they could say that these weapons do so much damage and they could easily kill innocent people. On the other hand someone who is for these weapons could say something like "It is the only way to stop these countries." Personally, I disagree with using these kinds of weapons because of the fact that if they were used then tons of innocent people would die. This topic would probably cause some controversy because if the time would come, people would be either be fighting to keep innocent people alive, or to stop a country from doing horrible things, and those are very important topics to debate. 

Global Issue of nuclear war

Once you have selected an issue, create a new blog post and answer the following questions:

Without doing any research, what background do you currently have on this issue?
What do you want to know about this issue?
Why did you choose this issue? Had it effected your life? Is it something you are passionate about? Explain.

1. So far I know about how harmful nuclear war can be, and also that a lot more countries are developing or have not already developed this kind of technology and are ready to go for war.

2. I want to end up knowing what countries have these nuclear weapons, and what countries are currently developing this technology. Also I would like to know what it would take for these countries to use these weapons.

3. I chose this issue because it will become more of an issue with more countries gaining this technology, and this could become more and more of an issue depending on the countries' policies with said weapons.

Monday, January 26

Blog Post of the Day:
Last week I asked your to "think differently" and push yourself to be uncommon with your PSA project using Google Slides. Why do you think I asked you to do that? What is the point? Why not just use bullets and headers? Explain.

I believe that you told us to "think differently" and create a different type of project in Google Slides because you wanted to see what we could do with the program. Because like you said this morning, that anyone can create a presentation with bullet points and you wanted to see who could create a Google Slides that could be more like a video with animations and transitions opposed to just a normal presentation.

PSA

Friday, January 23

Oh boy, where do I start. First of all kids these days are way to busy texting or tweeting on their phones, and they probably don't even know how to talk. The other day when I was on a walk around the park, I saw some pretty surprising things including a couple texting each other and they were sitting right next to each other! And I saw something very sad, no kids playing on the playground they were probably all inside playing on their little fruit devices. That is another thing that mad about the kids and some adults these days, they are all spending too much money on the next new thing and they don't even consider thinking about how the device they already have is good enough. I will never understand this generation.

Wednesday, January 21

Blog Post of the Day:
What is a public service announcement (PSA)? What do PSA's do? What makes a good PSA? How can you get someone to take action after watching a PSA? What is you PSA idea? Explain in detail.

A PSA otherwise known as a public service announcement is a short video that informs the viewer about the subject and makes them want to help the issue that the PSA is about. For example if the PSA is about smoking, then after someone watches the PSA, then they would want to either quit smoking or help a loved one quit. Some things that make a good PSA include lots of pictures so the viewer wont get bored, no bullet points so the reader isn't just reading facts and getting bored that way, and finally you want it to make the viewer think about the subject enough to make the viewer want to make a change. My PSA is about smoking and I hope when I am done with it, that people will want to make a difference in either what they do, or what a friend does. 

Tuesday, January 20

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your 3 day weekend. Share photos!

The three day weekend was an outstanding yet busy weekend for me. It was outstanding just because it was three days long, and that means I get an extra day to sleep in and relax. This weekend was also busy for me because on Monday, my family and I went to a car dealership and got my sister a used car, and also I went to my cousins house. Sunday was also a very busy day because I went to church from 10:30 to noon, baseball practice at 4:00, and finally a basketball game at 6:30. The basketball game was really fun because I got to play against some of my friends that go to this school and because I also got six points. Saturday wasn't nearly as busy as the other two days, but I might have been better than them because that was the only day I could relax.

Friday, January 16

Blog Post of the Day:

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your life here at BVHS. What activities or clubs are you involved in? What year are you in school? What is your favorite class and/or teacher so far this year? What are you looking forward to this school year? Include some original photos from your phone if you can.


Hi, I am Justin Clough and I am really enjoying my Freshman year so far here at Blue Valley High. So far I am not in any extracurricular activities, but in the spring I will be playing baseball for the school. So far this year my favorite class is P.E. because it is the only time of the day where I feel like I get a real, good break during the day. But my favorite teacher from last semester is Mr. Snell because he is a really funny guy.

Who am I?

Wednesday, January 14

Always care for people
Before you say, think
Can you do better?
Don't do anything you don't want to do
Express yourself
Forgive others
Go and help others
Have a good day
It will be okay
Just do what makes you happy
Kindness can make anyone's day better
Love your neighbors
More you try, the better the result
Nobody can tell you that you are not good enough
Of course baseball is the best sport
People will bring you down, but don't let that stop you
Quiz? Do your best
Remember yo do your best
Stay strong
Too many people are mean, don't be like them
U are awesome
Voices in your head tend to tell you what the right choice is
Winners are always people who try
Xylophones are evil
You are awesome
Zoning out in class is never the best thing to do

Tuesday, January 13

Blog Post of the Day:
What are your thoughts on this class so far? Easy? Hard? Informative? Frustrating? What have you learned so far? What do you want to learn? Explain yourself

In all of the time I have been in this class, I would say that it is pretty easy so far. I have also learned some things since I have been in this class, and some of things include; a little bit of HTML, how to set up a blog, and finally how I can use Google Drive a little bit easier. In this class, I hope that I can learn some more tricks with Microsoft Word, Power Point, etc. Also I would hope to learn some more HTML.

Monday, January 12

Tell me about your weekend. What did you do? Upload a photo to your Google Drive and then insert the photo (or photos!) to your blog post to show me what all you did.

My weekend was very busy. On Saturday, I had two hours of baseball practice with my team, and after that I had just a few minutes to rest until I went to go and visit my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins. My cousins had tons of fun and loved having me and my sister over. On Sunday, my dad woke me up really early to go to church and right after that I had to go over to my old middle school for a basketball game. My team played some other kids from this school and we all screwed around. And after the game, I had another hour of baseball practice and when I got home I slept until the next day. So I guess you could say that I had a pretty busy weekend.

Friday, January 9

If I could make my own report card, some of my imaginary classes would include:

• Waking up every morning:   A
• Eating breakfast before noon:   A
• Play with my dog for 30 minutes a day:   A
• Get at least an hour of exercise a day:   A
• Take a nap sometime during the day:   A+ 

Thursday, January 8

Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

I think that this was a very good newspaper article about how teenagers need to step up and do something productive and worth while opposed to just sitting around and doing nothing. I agree with this completely because I also believe that teenagers shouldn't just stay at home and do nothing all day, but they should go and contribute to the world. Maybe they don't need to do everything that the article said they should do, but they could do some little things such as getting a job, or helping out another neighbor.