Caitriona


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"I created my wikispaces using my compass odyssey log in ,but for the password I had to make one up because nasd isn't long enough!!"

May 11,2010 "Explain the benefits of using worldregions wikispace for home and in school assignments and what challenges you may face."

The benefits of using worldregions wikispace for home and in school assignments is that for kids who don't copy down their homework like their suppose to, can go on here and see what tonights homework is and they can't make excuses that they lost their piece of paper or forgot it at home because it's online.Another benefit is that usually when you do written homework the other kids can't see it to give you complements or to help correct you on a mistake.A challenge you might face is that your computer might crash or the internet won't launch.Another challenge you might face is that if you have other siblings they might need to get on the computer for homework too and you only have one computer.These are the benefits and challenges you might face with worldregions wikispace for home and in school assignments.

We will face the challenges together as they come. You seem to be missing tonigh'st assignment on the Acceptable Use Policy that is posted on the Home page. Ms Flood

__I really liked that you put the question at the top! I was going to put that to but I decided not to. "Kylie"__

​Good job! I really like what you wrote and how you talked about your siblings haha! Keep it up! =] *~Ashtin~*

I liked your reasons for the benifits and challenges "Chris"

Hey:) i like the part wen u said that it would benefit the people who dont copy down there homework "Erica"

I totally understand that our siblings may be a problem. My sister is also on the computer 24-7. Crystal

**//Very well done you did a very nice job explaining Gabby :)//**

I understand that the policy is trying to protect us in every way possible.I know that we as a class will "try" to follow it. The policy basically is saying that they don't want any harassment or any form of abuse on their site.If you are seriously that dumb to not follow the policy there will be serious consequences from the site and even more serious with Ms.Flood! I do think they are fair because they help keep you safe.So everyone should follow the rules because they are there for one reason,to keep you safe and that's just what they'll do!
 * May 12, 2010**

~Caitriona~

I definatley agre, they will be way more serious with mrs.Flood. "Chris"

**May 13, 2010 ~Caitriona~** __Cultural infuences that are present in East Norriton are;__ __American values shared by different cultures__
 * the different languages
 * the different styles
 * the different types of food
 * the different styles of clothing
 * the different races
 * the different types of music and dance
 * religon
 * music
 * food
 * lanuage
 * clothes
 * and style

> Caitriona, I agree with your list because I have noticed that too. Too bad I didn't think of all the stuff you did. > ~Andrew Vasquez~ >

> > > Yeah Caitriona, seeing what your reflection says I probabley should have put more. > "Chris" >

> > No offense Caitriona but I do not think that race is a cultural influence. This is my reasoning: Although we have people of each race in East Norriton, we can not all change our race because someone else has a different one. Influencing someone would mean to make an impact on the way that they are. For example, if I told you that I wanted to be a teacher, and you told me that teachers are mean, and I say I'll think about it, that would be an example of you influencing one of my decisions because what you have said affected what I thought. A cultural influence is a trait brought from another culture that we now have decided to use because we like it. That is my understanding of a cultural influence. However, I think that race would be a good example of a culture trait because one culture may have a different race than the other. But, I think that your other answers were very good and I can see that you put a lot of effort into this part of the assignment. (We'll have to see what Mrs. Flood has to say.) Good job :) > Crystal > >

> > > May 19,2010 > > I did my reflection out of the newspaper, the newspaper that I used was __The Wall Street Journal.__ The title of the article I read was __Detroit Shrinks Itself, Historic Homes and All.__ This is my summary: > > > //DETROIT- Wrecking crews are preparing to tear down a landmark 5,000-square-foot house int eh posh neighborhood of Palmer Woods in the coming weeks, a sign that Detroit is finally getting serious about razing thousands of vacant and abandoned structures across the city.// > That is the first paragraph of the article that I read. This article is manly about how Detroit is going to knock down houses that are not of any use; as in abandoned houses or houses that belonged to someone that was involed with something to do with the government. This article relates to our **//Unit One People, Many Cultures//** because it has to do with changing population. Here is an example of what it said in the article: > > --//Mayor Dave Bing has pledged to knock down 10,000 structures in his first term as part of a nascent plan to "right-size" Detroit,// **//__or reconfigure the city to reflect its shrinking population.__//**-- > > It is talking about how Detroit is changing(getting smaller) and how there is to many house for how many people there is. That is an example of a changing population. > **~__Caitriona__~**

> > **__May 24,2010__** > > **"__Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand."__-Chinese Proverb** > **//-What does it mean? How does it relate to our class and our assignments? Provide details!//** > > I think it means that this certain person learns and understands things better if they do it hands on or if you involve them. Also, that they can't learn if you just tell them because they will forget or if you just show them it's a 50/50 chance that they MIGHT remember. This Chinese Proverb relates to our class and our assignments because first of all for our class we used to get told what was for homework(example) and a lot of kids forgot. Then we were show what homework(example) we had to do on the white board or the smart board and mainly only the kids who copyed it down remembered and the kids who didn't copy it down mainly forgot homework,so it was like the 50/50 thing I said earlier. Finally now we sort of are involved in the homework(example) because it's on the computer and we all understand it. That is what **__I__** think that Chinese Proverb means and how it relates to our class and our asingnments!! > ~Caitriona~ > >

I agree on how you said that the people who don't copy things down have a 50/50 chance because it's their own fault if they don't copy it down.Any way people still don't do their homework but they copied it down,and they wonder why the teachers are mad at them.Good job."Ricky"

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> The next verse I think that should be in the song is; > > We shall share together, > We shall share together, > We shall share together some day. > ~Caitriona~
 * __May 26,2010__**

Caitriona, I really like your verse. But, if there's one thing I'd like to know, it would be why? Why would it be a good verse? That's what I would like to know. But, other than that, your verse is great! ~Andrew Vasquez~

Umm....this is for what Andrew said; The reason why I wrote that verse was because I believe that we should all share so that the world can be a more united and trustworthy place. This would go good with the song because the song is basically about how we think the world should be and how the people should act or how we **want** and would **like** the world to be and how the people act. (P.S. Thanks Andrew for asking that question! I should have put what I just wrote on last nights homework!THANKS BUDDY!!!)
 * __May 17, 2010__**

~Caitriona~


 * __June 2, 2010__**

//~write a reflection on how you think field day went in comparision to past field days~//

To be honest I really don't remember last year. So I'll say the parts of this year that were really fun and parts that stunk! Well first of all I really,really,really,really, hated playing kickball for 2 HOURS!!!!! I sort of like kickball(I rather matball) ,but definatly NOT for 2 hours. Another thing about the kickball thing is that we had three different teams and had to rotate. I rather just put the three classes together and then evenly divde them up into two teams. I REALLY like the part were we got to eat outside. I also like how we were allowed to go up to the baseball field and play around. I love that we got iceys/popsicle thingys. The second half was a blast!!!! I really like the relay race because after that I got to race Jason and then Ethan(I beat both of them=])! I like that big colorful tarp thingy! It was really fun to go under it and all!!! I thought that the other relay race was fun because we got to sort of look like fools by dressing in a floaty!!! The 50-meter dash wasn't really fun. The only reason was because we never got to finish it, and that is because we got out there late(it was probably because we were talking)!!! The thing were you hit the softball and bounce ball things was fun! I thought so because in my group(erica,ashtin,ME)when I went up to hit the softball the first time I swung at the ball I swung to hard and completely missed it and spun around in a complete circle!!! Then the second time I went a little to low and hit the cone!!! I then had to put the cone up and on my third try(third time's a charm) I actually hit the ball!!!! Us three were dieing from laughter by then,so I really liked that station!! I think that the football one was OK, but I think it should have been that game were you have two teams and each team has two buckets of water(a bucket at the front of the line and a bucket at the end). Each team has a sponge and the person in front of the bucket filled with water puts the sponge in and puts the sponge over their head then the next person goes under, then the next person goes over ect. ect. till the last person in line gets the sponge and squeezes it into the bucket with no water. Then they run up to the other side were the bucket of water is and they become first. Then you keep on repeating. Does this sound fimiliar to any of you??!!?? I really wasn't into the whole obstacle course thing. Mainly because I found that it was SUPER boring!!!! I would TOTALLY rather be doing a water balloon toss(that is what most kids look foward to on field day)!!!! I really missed it this year!!!! For the tire race OH MY GOSH it looks easy, but boy is it hard!!! The tire is heavy and doesn't really go as fast as you when your running! Also, it's even harder to do it when you have someone(erica):] screaming at you to go faster!!! The last thing I think was the long jump. I liked that because I run track and I used to do long jump for about 2 or 3 years. So it was fun doing it again!!!

~Caitriona~

I remember that sponge game!!!! I liked all the detail.
== ~Christine~ ==
 * __June 7, 2010__**

__Position__ __People__
 * Secretary of State -- Hillary Clinton
 * Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner
 * Secretary of Defense -- Robert Gates
 * Attorney General -- Eric Holder
 * Secretary of the Interior --- Ken L. Salazar
 * Secretary of Agriculture --- Tom J. Vilsack
 * Secretary of Commerce --- Gary Locke
 * Secretary of Labor - Hilda L. Solis
 * Secretary of Health and Human Services -- Kathleen Sebelius
 * Secretary of Housing and Urban Development --- Shaun Donovan
 * Secretary of Transportation - Ray H. LaHood
 * Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
 * Secretary of Education --- Arne Duncan
 * Secretary of Veterans Affairs -- Eric Shinseki
 * Secretary of Homeland Security -- Janet Napolitano
 * President - Barack Obama
 * Vice President -- Joe Biden

~Caitriona~


 * __June 8, 2010__**

Q 1) "//What were the pros and cons of using this site?"// A 1) The pros and cons of using this site is,**Pro:** We get to interact in a different way then normal.**Pro:** We get to be involved in the technology of todays society.**Pro:** We get to learn in a fun way.**Pro:** We get to learn in a comfortable environment(our house).**Con:** Sometimes your computer is slow.**Con:** Other people in your family have to use the computer.**Con:** Computer crashes. Q 2) "//What was beneficial?"// A 2) The thing that was beneficial was that we got expand our minds in the world of technology. Q 3) //"What aspects did you enjoy?"// A 3) The aspects I enjoyed were that we got to leave comments on peoples page,we got to go on the computer,and we got to try new things! Q 4) "//Where could improvements be made?"// A 4) The places where improvements could be made are the following; 1. We could to do more research like what we did for the Obama thing. 2. We could do more powerpoints like when we did our favorite holiday. Q 5) "//Would you like to continue using wikispaces in future classes?"// A 5) Yes and no, the reason is that it really depends on the class we use wikispaces in. Q 6) "//Explain how using wikispaces helped you to grow academically."// Using wikispaces helped me grow academically because before wikispaces I wasn't to good with computer technology,but now I feel that I have had an improvement in that area. I do feel that wikispaces helped to build relationships with my peers. I feel this because a lot of the kids in the class that are sort of shy or a little bit anti-social really get to communicate with the other kids in our class. Also, a certain person ( don't want to say any names) used a lot of humor in their writing which you really probably wouldn't have know if we didn't get to use wikispaces. I don't know if anyone else started to actually look at that persons work,but I looked at all the time to see what new joke they were going to use that night. So I guess that helped build a relationship.

Q 7) "//Do you feel that wikispaces helped to build relationships with your peers? Why or why not?"// A 7) Yes, I do feel that wikispaces helped to build relationships with my peers. I feel this because a lot of the kids in the class that are sort of shy or a little bit anti-social really get to communicate with the other kids in our class. Also, a certain person ( don't want to say any names) used a lot of humor in their writing which you really probably wouldn't have know if we didn't get to use wikispaces. I don't know if anyone else started to actually look at that persons work,but I looked at all the time to see what new joke they were going to use that night. So I guess that helped build a relationship. Q 8) "//Do you feel that using wikispaces helped to boost// //your self-esteem? If so how?"// A 8) Yes, I do feel that wikispaces helped to boost my self-esteem. I feel this because when peole leave nice comments like "**Nice Job**" or "**Great work**" you feel really special!!! Q 9) "//As my student, how do you think that I can grow as an educator?"// A 9) As your student, I think that you can grow as an educator by changing the centers a little. What I mean by this is instead of always having to read a book at each center we could have a few centers that have educational games like bingo,but with our words for that week instaed of numbers. Q 10) "//How can I improve my use of wikispaces?"// A 10) You can improve your use of wikispaces by, really just switching up the variety of homework assignments, I guess!!!
 * ~Caitriona~**

I agree that a con would be a computer being slow because I have to use my dad's computer and it's REALLY, REALLY, REALLY slow. Sometimes I get so annoyed that I'll leave the computer alone for a few hours and then try again later to get my work finished. *~Ashtin~*