September 30, 2014

An Infographic is a certain way to organize information in a clear and colorful way. It leaves a powerful effect behind with all of the colors and the way it's organized in a way to get a persons attention. To make a really good one it need to be colorful and creative, but not cluttered. It needs to be organized and informative, with full of statistics backing up the topic of your infographic. They can be really fun and interesting if they are done right.

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September 29, 2014

My weekend was a lot of fun! I went to the game on Friday with friends, and had a good time. Afterwards i hung out with a few friends, then went home because i had work at 8:30 AM the next morning. So the next morning to went to work till 12, then went to my friends house to all get ready for homecoming! Then it was pictures with my date and friends, then we all went to fortune wok to get dinner. We actually only went to the dance for about 20 minutes then over to the after party. The after party was so much fun, i had an amazing night with my friends. Homecoming this year was one to remember.

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September 24, 2014

One thing i would change and try to make better in this school is the funding for the arts. Of course i believe this because i'm apart of the performing arts program here at Blue Valley. I feel like we don't get as much money as football or basketball team does, for example football just got that new huge stadium. Im not saying i dont appreciate football because i do, i love going to the games and cheering them on. But the musical for example doesn't get that much money, most of the money we use comes from the choir booster club that our parents donate. So if the school could just help us out a little our program could expand and improve tremendously.

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September 23, 2014

My favorite app on my phone is spotify because i love listening to music. I like how there is so much music to choose from, i can pick a song just for my mood. I also love netflix, i have an addiction. If Orange is the New Black wasn't around i would be doing a lot more with my life. Same with Gossip Girl and American Horror Story. Also i love twitter, i love seeing all the stuff going on and being able to communicate with people. Apps are just great. 

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September 22, 2014

I still use emails only for school uses, i can't remember the last time i sent an email just checking up with the person. I feel like email has become outdated because of how easy to get access to a cell phone now. I feel like email will only stay around for business and school purposes.

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September 19, 2014

I actually really enjoy this class, i find it fun and interesting! In my other classes when we do projects involving computers and writing i feel really on top of it! All these new websites you have shown us are very helpful for other projects and just school work in general. My friends in my classes have asked me to help them set up a Google drive or an Evernote and stuff like that because i've gotten pretty good at it! Im excited to see what else this class teaches me.

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September 17, 2014

I enjoy writing because its a way for me to express myself, and tell any story i would like. I like the power writing gives me, i get to decide how things play out. As you can tell i enjoy creative writing! I just love coming up with stories and characters and problems. Informative writing isn't my favorite but i still like it more than i like doing grammar or algebra. I actually some what enjoy learning about a new subject and getting to write all about it. I feel like writing has always been one of my stronger suits, so i like to show off my knowledge when i write. My dad is actually a writer, so i get inspired by him and his blog The Bride Maker. ( http://www.thebridgemaker.com/ ) 

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September 16, 2014

Well something i have to work for everyday is dance, to improve and become a stronger dancer. I have to work really hard at it because i want to be the best i can be. Failing for me is not getting the part i want or having a bad day at dance. But i don't let those keep me down, i just work harder at it. I feel like if i didn't have some failures in my life i wouldn't know how to be so passionate about something that i wont stop until i achieve it. 

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September 12, 2014

Research is important because it gives us more information about the topic we are discussing or presenting. You need to how to research correctly so you have lots of information to back up your topic, without the right amount of research you give your best presentation. I've learned that if you really want to find quality information you have to really look for, Wikipedia cant be trusted. My 8th grade ELA teachers really thought me how to research because we did it 24/7 which sucked but paid off in the end.

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Global Issue Selection Emily Blackwell

Global Issue Selection 

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For my global issue in Emerging Technology I have chosen teen pregnancy. I have begun researching the issue and you can find my research questions here.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NF6icQk1zJ8a0xOs-tPaxqO2si0Fr-4ODdC95vHv6b0/edit?usp=sharing

September 10, 2014 

What happened to kids these days? The main way the communicate is through some device, nobody enjoys the outdoors anymore. They spend all their time tweeting and posting, something called a women crush Wednesday seems to be a very big act of kindness. Also boys don't ask girls on  real dates anymore all they want to do is just sit around and watch Netflix. Times now are a huge disappointment, what happened to chivalry? I'm so glad i wasn't a teen during this time.

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September 9, 2014

The topic i choose was teen pregnancy because i know its an issue for many girls today. That the statistics are going up. What i'm looking forward to finding out many things about this topic like is the community you live in put you at a higher chance of becoming a teen mom, or what race has the highest rate of teen pregnancy. 

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September 10, 2014

This weekend was a fun one just minus the sprained ankle part of it, on Friday afternoon during 6th hour chambers i was dancing to the dance "Ease on down the road" and the first move we did on stage which was the wizard of oz step i went down. It was very painful but i was going to a concert that night so i didn't care. I was going to Buzz Beach Ball with some of my friends so i just wrapped it up and called it good, which was a mistake. But whatever Buzz Beach Ball was amazing seeing all those amazing bands perform live was the coolest thing ever! And Saturday and Sunday wasnt as fun i just worked and did homework. 

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September 3, 2014

I feel like you did this to push us and make us go against the normal boring way we usually do it. I personally had a love/hate relationship with this project, i loved being creative and coming up with special ways to show my information. The reason why i hated it was because it took way longer then my other usual projects. I think this happened mainly because i'm super OCD with this type of project. But overall i had fun using it a different way.

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September 2, 2014

My labor day weekend was alright, my family didn't head out to the lake because we are beach people and lakes gross me out. So i spent my entire weekend with my two best friends; Genevieve and Alli. We really just hung at my house and went to the mall twice to find clothes for this concert Alli and i are going to on this Friday! The reason why we went twice was because we are both so indecisive that it took us two trips to the mall on Sunday and Monday to figure out what we wanted to buy, this is one big issue of being a girl. It was a calm weekend but really fun, we became closer and have a lot of new inside jokes now. It wasn't an eventual Labor Day weekend but it was still memorable.

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