Monday - What Comes Next?

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My Favorite post from Friday - sounds like Kevin has a simple, easy to follow recipe for happiness ...

"Kevin Kent said...

im looking forward to late nights of anything and hanging with the people that are awesome. going to places that i cant wait to be at."

TGIF - What's Happening?

What are you looking forward to this weekend?

My son is going to visit Hope College today for an overnight visit with the tennis team - so I'm (not) looking forward to driving to Hope on Saturday to pick him up. I'm (not) looking forward to doing my weekend chores (like laundry, wash the bathroom, vacuum, etc.) I am looking forward to playing a little (not too much) of Modern Warfare. I'm am looking forward to getting the agendas ready for next week's classes. And of course I'm always looking forward to being able to stay up late if I want to and sleep in if I want to!

Thursday - Killer Whale

You've probably heard by now about the Sea World trainer who was killed by an orca (if not - check out this article).

So that begs a broader question - should humans keep large and powerful animals in captivity, and then use them as entertainers?

Wednesday - Most Beautiful PSA Ever (?)

Some are calling this "Embrace Life" PSA (public service announcement) about seat belts the most beautiful PSA ever. What do you think? Will it cause you to be more mindful about wearing a seatbelt and encouraging those you ride with to as well?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-8PBx7isoM

Monday/Tuesday - Pep Rally

Wednesday - Place at the Table

After watching the film today, please respond to the following questions:

Do all groups of people fell comfortable at EHS?

What can we do to help people fell comfortable & respected at EHS?
Are you doing your part?

Tuesday - Dry Run

Did you know we are having our MME dry run tomorrow morning? Do you know where you are supposed to go for first hour?

TGIF - 6 Traits

Check out this short article on Yahoo - 6 Personality traits to admire and acquire. The six traits the author lists are: Selflessness, Tolerance, Genuineness, Sensitivity, Integrity, and Humility.

Which of these traits do you think is your strongest? Which is your weakest? Can you think of another great trait to add to this list?

Have an awesome 3 day weekend!

Thursday - Snow Day!

One of the best feelings in the world - snow day! Feels great whether you're 14 or 40. What did you do on your day off?

(I made a few more video lessons for Advanced Web, did 3 loads of laundry, cleaned house a little, shoveled, emailed a bit, played some Modern Warfare, made a pretty good Mexican dinner and (somewhat unsuccessfully) tried to get my son to do some school work! )

Tuesday: E-Voting

So did you vote online for homecoming court yet? (If not, the link is: http://eastern.lansingschools.net/scripts/survey/court_vote/). What do you think about our little experiment in a more direct, and efficient, form of democracy? Do you think it is a good idea and we should use it for more things - or do you think too many students aren't online and won't take any steps to vote at school (like in the library)?

Monday - Super Ads (?)

Did you watch the game last night? Did you catch the commercials? Follow http://www.hulu.com/adzone to see some of the best .. which ad was your favorite and why?

Monday - ADV WEB ONLY!

A few discussion questions to get us warmed up this morning ...

1. Why did god make variables (what is their purpose)?

2. What special character is needed to give birth to a variable?

3. When you set a variable equal to something, do you always have to use quotes? (like, is it ok to type $name = mike .. or do I have to use $name = "mike" .. what about $name = 'mike' )

4. What is the difference between single and double quotes when we use the print (or echo) command?

Fri - Super Bowl ... Super Bore?

Which side do you fall on ... is it the Super Bowl or the Super Bore? What will you be doing on Sunday evening?

Thursday - Web Design / Video

Check out this article about Avatar and the possibilities of "Avatar technologies" becoming real.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/03/avatar.technology.science/index.html

If you could control your own Avatar, what kind of Avatar would you want? What would you do with it?

Thursday - ADV. WEB ONLY

Just about everyone is through Chpt. 1 (or will be by the end of the hour) ... let's take a minute to review a couple of "big ideas." Answer the following questions (start out on your own, and if you are confident, then post - if you are not sure, wait a minute and we will discuss them briefly as a class) ... please do not post incomplete answers - you will be graded based on the quality of your response!

Q1: What are two fundamental things that all PHP pages must have to function correctly (hint - filename and a very important command (in the code))

Q2: PHP is a "server-side" scripting language - what does this mean in simple terms?

Q3: PHP is a "server-side" scripting language - how does this impact the way you tell if your scripts work or not?

Q4: The "print" command in PHP DOES NOT cause whatever is in the quotes to print out on the screen (even though it seems like that is what it does) .. what does it REALLY do? .... (for ex: what does the command Print "Hello, World" do?)

Wednesday - Literature Appreciation

Name a recent a book / article (online or print) that you read that was interesting to you. What was interesting/enjoyable about it?

Tuesday - Interviews

Two weekends ago, we took our son to Alma College for a scholarship interview. One of the questions the professors asked him was, "If you could have one super power, what would it be and why?" So, that's today's topic.

(BTW - he choose mind reading - I don't know why.)

Monday - How Was Your Weekend?

How did your weekend go? What were some of the fun things you did?

(I liked watching Federer win the Australian Open and I also really liked going to see "Crazy Heart" at NCG on Friday night.)