Recently we have been researching what happens to a persons online identity after they are dead. Many people, including my self, do not consider what will happen to their online identity after they die. An online identity is the imprint you leave on the internet, whether a social network profile, blog, or things like that. The major question is, what will happen to it when I'm gone?
There were many videos and article we watched, such as After you're final status update, and cyber space when you're dead. In this we learned of stories of people who had died, and what had happened to their online identity. One person i read about was Mac Tonnie, of posthuman blues. After he died, his blog was left, unchanged, so others could view it. People also made memorial pages, such as Post-Mac Blues. As you can see, an online identity lives on, and never truly dies. However, many have a problem with it. Some want laws that will decide the fate of someone online identity. Others want an identity to be untouched. There are also the people who wish the fate of an online identity is left to family.
In my opinion, the online identity should be left untouched, or for the family to decide. I do not really care what would happen to my online identity, for one major reason. I'm dead. It would not matter, nor would it affect me. All i ask for, is that people would remember me for how i was
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Google 20% Project
For my 20% project, I'm going to research lacrosse some of the topics I want to address are
- The original game of lacrosse
- Misconceptions
- how it's changed
- Popularity
- What you do in lacrosse
The only roadblock I can foresee is maybe there is not a lot of info about old lacrosse, but there will most likely been enough.
People I can ask?
Lacrosse coaches
History teachers
There is a store near my house that sells native american things. I can ask them to see if they know anything
This is my video
This is my video
Friday, October 12, 2012
Chris Langan
I believe that Chris Langan is very successful. Although he was unable to go to college, and therefore not taking very seriously in the science community, he is still the smartest man in the U.S.A. Also, he has been able to make kim self happy, and succeed more than many other people. Currently, he lives on a farm with his wife, and raises animals. Although some people may say he can do more with his potential, that may not be necessary. I believe success is a matter of opinon, and if he did what he wanted to do, then he IS successful. I think that if you accomplished your goals, no matter what they are, then you are successful.
Fun Fact? Chris' IQ measures between 195 and 210, which is currently the highest in the U.S.A.
Fun Fact? Chris' IQ measures between 195 and 210, which is currently the highest in the U.S.A.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The Kindergarten Debate
Currently we are reading the book "Outliers" in G&T. At a part we are at, we are debating whether it is good or bad to hold your kids back a year when starting kindergarten, based on their age. We read an article named "Delay Kindergarten at Your Child's Peril" alongside our book, so we can see to sides to the argument..
I disagree with the idea in the article about how a child starting kindergarten late can have a negative impact on them. I believe that the "Outliers" is correct in the view it states. Matthew Gladwell says that most children who start school late will have it better, because being the older children in the grade, they will appear to be smarter, and therefore get more attention. This is the same as what happens in sports, when because a child is bigger and stronger, coaches assume they are just better. The name of this is "accumulative advantage". I believe that if you are older, and start when you are older, you will be able to comprehend things easier, which will give you a major jump start.
The article about how children would do worse overall if they start late does makes good points though. One, is the observations that they observed. They say "In a class of 25, the average difference is equivalent to going from 13th place to 11th. This advantage fades by the end of elementary school, though, and disadvantages start to accumulate. In high school, red shirted children are less motivated and perform less well. By adulthood, they are no better off in wages or educational attainment — in fact, their lifetime earnings are reduced by one year." This means that although the older children will start off better, they will fall farther and farther behind as time goes on. They also say this will have an effect on their financial success in life.
All in all, I believe that it would be better if a child starts late, because i think that Matthew Gladwell's idea of accumulative advantage would be in place. This would make their time in school more successful and, in turn, their chances at a more successful future would be higher.
I disagree with the idea in the article about how a child starting kindergarten late can have a negative impact on them. I believe that the "Outliers" is correct in the view it states. Matthew Gladwell says that most children who start school late will have it better, because being the older children in the grade, they will appear to be smarter, and therefore get more attention. This is the same as what happens in sports, when because a child is bigger and stronger, coaches assume they are just better. The name of this is "accumulative advantage". I believe that if you are older, and start when you are older, you will be able to comprehend things easier, which will give you a major jump start.
The article about how children would do worse overall if they start late does makes good points though. One, is the observations that they observed. They say "In a class of 25, the average difference is equivalent to going from 13th place to 11th. This advantage fades by the end of elementary school, though, and disadvantages start to accumulate. In high school, red shirted children are less motivated and perform less well. By adulthood, they are no better off in wages or educational attainment — in fact, their lifetime earnings are reduced by one year." This means that although the older children will start off better, they will fall farther and farther behind as time goes on. They also say this will have an effect on their financial success in life.
All in all, I believe that it would be better if a child starts late, because i think that Matthew Gladwell's idea of accumulative advantage would be in place. This would make their time in school more successful and, in turn, their chances at a more successful future would be higher.
Monday, September 24, 2012
All About Being Gifted Post
Myths of Being Gifted
(from familyeducation.com)
Myth 1: Gifted students don't need any help
Truth 1: Gifted students will need help. Usually gifted students are gifted in one area, and might be bad in another. For example, I'm good at history and language arts, but I'm bad at things like science and math. I usually ask for help in those classes.
(From nagc.com) Myth 2: Academically gifted students are socially awkward nerds that do nothing but do calculus and read Shakespeare for fun
Truth 2: This is not true. Every single person in my gifted class has multiple friends, does sports (or some other extracurricular such as theater or an instrument), and most don't even like school work.
(From nagc.com)
Myth 3: All children are gifted
Truth 3: No, not all children are gifted. While some might argue, there are many kids that don't have talent. Many kids will end up going through there life being mediocre, especially if they never find something that they might be good at.
Ups and Downs of Being Gifted
(From byrdseed.com) There are many ups and downs to being gifted. The first one is that although you will be advanced in a certain area, many gifted students end up lacking in another area. For example, usually do well in history, and find it very interesting, but then when it comes to math I find it hard to concentrate and although i do well, i am not excelled in this area. The second up/down is that although you may be able to process info, many might not be able to handle it because a lot of gifted students also develop emotionally slower than other kids.This means that although you can understand the info , you might not be able to handle it, and you could easily over react/become very upset.For example last year, when learning about the Holocaust, many kids became easily upset, because they could comprehend the basis of the information so well. The third and final up/down is that many children might be too gifted for their age level, and there motor mechanics are too poor for their age. One example is if you are a 7 year old, highly intelligent, but have awful handwriting, he would marked down on grades, because teachers don't like his handwriting.
(from familyeducation.com)
Myth 1: Gifted students don't need any help
Truth 1: Gifted students will need help. Usually gifted students are gifted in one area, and might be bad in another. For example, I'm good at history and language arts, but I'm bad at things like science and math. I usually ask for help in those classes.
(From nagc.com) Myth 2: Academically gifted students are socially awkward nerds that do nothing but do calculus and read Shakespeare for fun
Truth 2: This is not true. Every single person in my gifted class has multiple friends, does sports (or some other extracurricular such as theater or an instrument), and most don't even like school work.
(From nagc.com)
Myth 3: All children are gifted
Truth 3: No, not all children are gifted. While some might argue, there are many kids that don't have talent. Many kids will end up going through there life being mediocre, especially if they never find something that they might be good at.
Ups and Downs of Being Gifted
(From byrdseed.com) There are many ups and downs to being gifted. The first one is that although you will be advanced in a certain area, many gifted students end up lacking in another area. For example, usually do well in history, and find it very interesting, but then when it comes to math I find it hard to concentrate and although i do well, i am not excelled in this area. The second up/down is that although you may be able to process info, many might not be able to handle it because a lot of gifted students also develop emotionally slower than other kids.This means that although you can understand the info , you might not be able to handle it, and you could easily over react/become very upset.For example last year, when learning about the Holocaust, many kids became easily upset, because they could comprehend the basis of the information so well. The third and final up/down is that many children might be too gifted for their age level, and there motor mechanics are too poor for their age. One example is if you are a 7 year old, highly intelligent, but have awful handwriting, he would marked down on grades, because teachers don't like his handwriting.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
First rogate post
Name: James (people call me JJ)
Grade: 9th
Favorite school subjects: History, Lunch, Gym.
Favorite topics: Lacrosse, cross country (distance running), war, movies, video games.
Free time spent: playing video games, watching movies, running, practicing lacrosse, sleeping.
Future job: buisness owner/teacher
Happy: being with friends
Grade: 9th
Favorite school subjects: History, Lunch, Gym.
Favorite topics: Lacrosse, cross country (distance running), war, movies, video games.
Free time spent: playing video games, watching movies, running, practicing lacrosse, sleeping.
Future job: buisness owner/teacher
Happy: being with friends
Monday, June 11, 2012
Rogate Last Post of the Year
My favorite part of ROGATE was my table that I worked at.
My favorite unit was Google 20% project, because it was really fun and we got to have freedom to research.
Blogs can be used more efficiently if we use them more often, and it was mandatory ro post/ comment a certain amount of times per week.
The thing i will miss the most about middle school are my teachers and the cafeteria.
What do we get to do now that we couldn't do before?
I plan on hanging out a lot with my friends that are not going to Northern, and spending time at my beach house.
Signing off for a couple months atleast
-JJ
My favorite unit was Google 20% project, because it was really fun and we got to have freedom to research.
Blogs can be used more efficiently if we use them more often, and it was mandatory ro post/ comment a certain amount of times per week.
The thing i will miss the most about middle school are my teachers and the cafeteria.
What do we get to do now that we couldn't do before?
I plan on hanging out a lot with my friends that are not going to Northern, and spending time at my beach house.
Signing off for a couple months atleast
-JJ
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Kickstarter Project
Kickstarter, what I would spend my $500 on:
The first thing would be the product Laser app tag, and I would pledge $120. This means I would get 4 laser app tags for a discounted price. You can attach them to nerf guns, and use the nerf guns as laser tag guns. It is like a real world video game! The camera on the device transmits the image and aiming reticule onto the screen, and by moving the gun around, the aiming reticule moves too.
The second thing I would donate money to is $240 to the Pebble. If I donate this amount, I get two Pebbles in any color.
This product is a very special watch. This watch can be customized with several different screens, has very useful app (such as timers and pedometers) and can connect wireless to iphone/android. This watch is also very sleek and nice looking. I would love to buy this watch.
The third and final thing i would donate my remaining $160 to is the production of the video game "Zombie Playground". It is going to be a video game, with the setting in a school. You play as children in the school, who are fighting to survive. Because of the amount I am donating, I would get a special pair of shoes for my character in the game, ones that will help me in the dark, as well as every single prize before this too.
Laser app tag:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonatherton/apptag-laser-blaster?ref=live
Pebble:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android?ref=live
Zombie playground:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/massiveblack/zombie-playground-zpg-3d-action-online-battle-rpg?ref=live
The first thing would be the product Laser app tag, and I would pledge $120. This means I would get 4 laser app tags for a discounted price. You can attach them to nerf guns, and use the nerf guns as laser tag guns. It is like a real world video game! The camera on the device transmits the image and aiming reticule onto the screen, and by moving the gun around, the aiming reticule moves too.
The second thing I would donate money to is $240 to the Pebble. If I donate this amount, I get two Pebbles in any color.
This product is a very special watch. This watch can be customized with several different screens, has very useful app (such as timers and pedometers) and can connect wireless to iphone/android. This watch is also very sleek and nice looking. I would love to buy this watch.
The third and final thing i would donate my remaining $160 to is the production of the video game "Zombie Playground". It is going to be a video game, with the setting in a school. You play as children in the school, who are fighting to survive. Because of the amount I am donating, I would get a special pair of shoes for my character in the game, ones that will help me in the dark, as well as every single prize before this too.
Laser app tag:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonatherton/apptag-laser-blaster?ref=live
Pebble:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android?ref=live
Zombie playground:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/massiveblack/zombie-playground-zpg-3d-action-online-battle-rpg?ref=live
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
TripAdvisor is a perfect example of crowdsourcing. It relies on reviews of it's members to give more info about vaction spots, transportation, and trips. It is an example of crowdsourcing because it takes the input of thousands of people to give more info to others. The definition of crowdsourcing is "the act of outsourcing tasks...to an undefined, large group of people (crowd)". This sounds exactly like what TripAdvisor does.
http://www.callcentrehelper.com/ten-examples-of-crowdsourcing-14133.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/davidgracia/crowdsourcing-at-tripadvisor
http://www.callcentrehelper.com/ten-examples-of-crowdsourcing-14133.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/davidgracia/crowdsourcing-at-tripadvisor
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
20% project update
So far in my 20% project, I am still researching my project info, which is about weaponry, tactics, and battles throughout history of war. I am doing my best to find websites with good resources, to make my info reliable.
Monday, February 27, 2012
20% project
I just read the articlehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-von-jan/unstructured-classroom_b_1024404.html?view=print&comm_ref=false. This article is about the 20% project that is taken up by Google employees. It's very interesting, and sounds very fun to do. Since we are going to do this in ROGATE class, I am exited, and can't wait to get started.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Waste Land Documentary
Recently we watched the movie Waste Land. If I would give this movie a rating, I would give it 4 stars ****. Waste Land is a documentary about how an artist, Vik Muniz, traveled to Rio de Janiero, and lived at a landfill called Jardim Gramacho. There, he lived amongst the "Pickers", people who pick recycables out of the trash. Throughout the film, I had the same opinion of the people. I respected them for what they did , and how they chose an honest living over a life of drugs trafficing or prostitution.. However, I also feel bad for them because of the fact hat almost all of them have a depressing backround or current life.
Vik Muniz greatly helped the people of Jardim Gramacho. He gave them hope and a reason to continue what they do.
This film did make me consider how much garbage is produced on a daily basis. It is very disgusting how much we use.
Another area of society that could be highlited in this artistic way is the fast food industry. Many people believe that if you work at something like McDonalds at an older age, you're stupid and poor. But that might not be the case. Also, there are many other groups too.
Vik Muniz greatly helped the people of Jardim Gramacho. He gave them hope and a reason to continue what they do.
This film did make me consider how much garbage is produced on a daily basis. It is very disgusting how much we use.
Another area of society that could be highlited in this artistic way is the fast food industry. Many people believe that if you work at something like McDonalds at an older age, you're stupid and poor. But that might not be the case. Also, there are many other groups too.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Pcture essay comment
I have recently viewed a picture essay at www.boston.com. The picture essay I viewed was about things that happened in the year 2011. I really enjoyed this picture essay. It was interesting because I learned new things, especially things I didn't even realized had happened. I would advise everyone to view a picture essay, and browse the many categories this website has. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/12/the_year_in_pictures_part_iii.html
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Life in a Day Review
This movie was recorded and the setting is July 24th 2010. People all over the world recorded small parts of their day.
The scenes I specifically remember are the scenes wedding scenes, scenes of violence, and a lot of the people that live in poorer parts of the world.
A scene that gave me a positive emotional reaction was the shoe shining boy. I thought it was amazing how he would go out onto the streets and work hard for what he needs. I respect him more than half of the losers here who get every thing handed to them...
A scene that had a negative reaction to me was all of the violence. There was so much death, pain, and violence, all in one day. It's terrible.
Many of the patterns of humanity I saw were normal. People all got up, brushed their teeth, went to the bathroom, and got ready for work. It shows how alkike we all are.
There were many juxtaposition in this movie. This means complete opposites put together. Many times I saw scenes of hunger and depression put next to scenes of rich people with boats.
This movie was amazing, touching and I would definently recomend this to a friend. 5 stars *****
The scenes I specifically remember are the scenes wedding scenes, scenes of violence, and a lot of the people that live in poorer parts of the world.
A scene that gave me a positive emotional reaction was the shoe shining boy. I thought it was amazing how he would go out onto the streets and work hard for what he needs. I respect him more than half of the losers here who get every thing handed to them...
A scene that had a negative reaction to me was all of the violence. There was so much death, pain, and violence, all in one day. It's terrible.
Many of the patterns of humanity I saw were normal. People all got up, brushed their teeth, went to the bathroom, and got ready for work. It shows how alkike we all are.
There were many juxtaposition in this movie. This means complete opposites put together. Many times I saw scenes of hunger and depression put next to scenes of rich people with boats.
This movie was amazing, touching and I would definently recomend this to a friend. 5 stars *****
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Most influentual people of 2011
Recently, we read a list of the most influentual people in 2011. These are 3 people I chose to talk about:
Mark Zuckerberg- The creator of Facebook, he's a very gifted man on a computer. Although Facebook was not entirely his idea, he made it possible. Facebook has connected many people over the past couple years, and for that, we thank him and his co-creators.
Bruno Mars- This man is a famous singer. Also, he is one of a new generation, for he is one who also writes his own music, and can produce music too. Unlike many artist who pre-record their sings and just mouth it or auto tune it. He is an insperation to all of the music community.
Michelle Obama- This woman is the wife of current president Barack Obama. Not only is she the first african-american first lady, like her husband, the first african-american president, but she is also a mom trying to change America. She has started a "Childhood Obesity Task Force", to fight childhood obesity, which is a major problem.
Mark Zuckerberg- The creator of Facebook, he's a very gifted man on a computer. Although Facebook was not entirely his idea, he made it possible. Facebook has connected many people over the past couple years, and for that, we thank him and his co-creators.
Bruno Mars- This man is a famous singer. Also, he is one of a new generation, for he is one who also writes his own music, and can produce music too. Unlike many artist who pre-record their sings and just mouth it or auto tune it. He is an insperation to all of the music community.
Michelle Obama- This woman is the wife of current president Barack Obama. Not only is she the first african-american first lady, like her husband, the first african-american president, but she is also a mom trying to change America. She has started a "Childhood Obesity Task Force", to fight childhood obesity, which is a major problem.
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