November/December Review

My favorite project in November was the Photostory project. Our idea was "Where's Blu?" It was hilarious because we had Blu hidden in some spot in every picture we took. This project definitely required creativity. We had the choice of any topic, and Blu came up with this one. Our creativity helped us find many random places around the school to hide Blu.

I learned how important creativity is from this project. Creativity is what would give us an A or not. I'm most proud of how funny our project ended up being. Blu is very difficult to find in some of the pictures I'm happy to say, so the project for me is an overall success.

October Review

My favorite project in October was by far the Spanish budget project. It gave me freedom to choose three countries that I've wanted to visit and haven't been able to. This project relates to research fluency because you had to use discretion and good research techniques. All of the information we used was off of the internet.

Through this project I learned how to discern between good websites and ones that aren't useful. I'm most proud of how my project turned out. I remember stressing because I didn't know if I would have enough time to finish my work, but I got it all done. I'm very happy with my work because I spent all week on this project.

August/September Review

My favorite project from August/September was the Parthenon on Google Sketch-up. The project made me feel smart because I never thought that I'd be able to create the Parthenon. It helped having Atomic Learning tell me what to do step-by-step. This project relates to technology operations and concepts because if you didn't follow the directions on the computer then you couldn't complete the project.

I learned from this project that Atomic Learning can tell you how to do almost anything on the computer, and how Google Sketch-up works. I am most proud of how it turned out. It looked exactly how it was supposed to look. Overall the project was very enjoyable and Google Sketch-up became an important technological learning tool.

Definition of ELs

Creativity- Creativity is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts.

Communication- Communication is the act of conveying information.

Research Fluency- Research fluency is how well you research whatever topic you're searching for and knowing the search rules.

Critical Thinking- Critical thinking is really contemplating your searches and whatever you work on in computers.

Decision Making- Critically thinking about your searches and work in technology.

Digital Citizenship- Digital citizenship is working ethically with computers.

Technology Operations and Concepts- This means that you know how things work on the computer and you know how to use them.

My Glog

Happy People

I learned that happiness directly correlates to success and health. I've always thought if you're happy, success will come. Scientists actually found that if you're happy, success is more likely to come in life. Also if you're successful, happiness will come too. Happiness also positively affects health. If you're happier, your blood pressure and resting heart rate are generally less and cardiovascular activity stays normal. This is how happiness benefits our lives.

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