Tuesday, September 30th

Blog Post of the Day:
What is an infographic? If you don't know, go look it up. Read about it and then in your own words tell me what an infographic is. What do infographics do? How do they work? What makes a really good infographic?

An infographic is a interesting way to show your audience about a topic, using pictures, graphs and charts. Infographics work by catching the readers eye and they also use graphs to show statistics. What makes a good infographic is good information and a good format.



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Monday, September 29th

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about your Homecoming weekend! If you didn't participate in the Homecoming festivities, what did you do? Share pics!

On Friday night I went to the football game and watched us win. I did not participate in homecoming. I did go to an after party though and it was pretty fun. On Sunday I went to the wake board park and watched football all day.

Wednesday, September 24th

Blog Post of the Day:
Imagine Mr. Bacon has asked you to suggest one way of improving Blue Valley High School to make it a better place for students. Think about the changes that are needed at your school. Pick one change you feel would really make a difference and explain what it is and why you'd make the change.

I think our school should invest in it's appearance. As it is right now it looks old and out of date.  I believe instead of buying new computers ever year we should spend that money making our school look nicer and I also believe we really need new tile out in the hallways, it looks old and like it needs to be replaced.



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Tuesday, September 23rd

Blog Post of the Day:
What are your favorite apps on your phone or tablet? Why?

(If you don't have a smart phone or tablet, what are you favorite website you visit regularly.)

My favorite apps on my phone are twitter, instagram, snapchat, and messaging.  This is because I like to stay in touch with people I know and it's fun to look at what they are doing during their day.

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Monday, September 22nd

Blog Post of the Day:
What is email? When do you use email in your own personal life? List reasons and ways that people use email. What do you know about "email etiquette"?

Email is electronic mail.  I do not use email ever in my life except for school and twitter notifications. People use email because it is like texting for old people and I don't know what email etiquette is.



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Friday, September 19th

Blog Post of the Day:
Now that you've been in Emerging Technology for several weeks... what do you think? Do you think the web tools (Drive, Evernote, Bubbl, etc.) are helpful to you? Do you think they will be helpful throughout high school or even college? Explain.

This class is one of the most fun classes I am taking this semester.  It has come in handy this semester already because in social studies we had to learn how to use Google Drive but i already knew how to use it.  I believe learning how to use these computers and programs are important becasue they will be what we are using in the future at work.

Monday, September 15th

Blog Post of the Day:
What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend on Friday I went to the football game and hung out with people after. On Saturday I stayed home and just hung out. On Sunday I helped my dad clean the boat and work on it.

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Wednesday, September 17th

Blog Post of the Day:
Do you enjoy writing? When do you enjoy it? What kind of writing do you enjoy? Why do you think the ability to write is so important no matter what kind of writing it is? Give an example that you enjoyed writing or hated writing. Why?

I do not enjoy writing. This is because I don't like how long it takes when I could say it out loud. I don't really like any type of writing but if I had to choose one kind it would have to be narrative. I do think the ability to write is important because to get into college and to be successful in life, you have to know how to write. I enjoyed writing a paper about myself because I didn't have to do any research and I knew everything about myself.



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Tuesday, September 16th

Blog Post of the Day:

Reflect on this quote. Give an example of a time in your life that this might have been the case.

Once upon a time I had a test and I decided not to study or anything, and when I got the test I didn't know anything about it and I failed it. This was last week.  I probably should have studied and I wouldn't have failed my test.

Friday, September 12th

Blog Post of the Day:
What is the importance of research? Why do you need to know how to research? What have you learned in high school about researching topics and finding quality resources? Have you had a helpful teacher that has taught you to research? Explain.

Research is important because if you don't research then you will not have information and if you don't have information then you can't make a presentation. You need to know how to research because if you don't you will fail in high school and in college. I have learned not to trust Wikipedia in high school. Yes I have had a helpful teacher Mrs. McWilliams. Also Matt Boushka told me not to use it.

Global Issue Selection

Global Issue selection- Alec Barkley

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For my global issue in Emerging Technology I have chosen U.S. Border Security. I have begun researching the issue and you can find my research questions here.

Wednesday, September 10th

Blog Post of the Day:


If I was 70 or 80 right now I would probably say something like this. Back in my day we had to work until my fingers fell off, literally off, we had to sew them back on.  Now you hooligans complain if you have to get up for the remote. Also these kids these days move way to fast their always doing their sms texting and on the video "games". When I was little we played with rocks and dirt.

Tuesday, September 9th

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about the global issue you selected. What do you already know about the issue? What are you looking forward to learning about it? Explain.

I picked the problem Border Security. The border security issue is when illegal immigrants cross over our border to the U.S. and this is a problem because it causes problems with deportation, jobs, and taxes. I'm looking forward on learning how we can solve this problem, because this will help the U.S. and it will also help us as tax payers.



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Monday, September 8th

Blog Post of the Day:
What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend I went to the BVHS football game which was american theme. I worked an 8 hour shift at the batting cages and then worked on the golf cart my family just got. I'm pretty happy we got a new golf cart because down at the lake it will be really handy with hauling stuff to the dock.

Friday, September 5th

Report Card:

• Catching fish
• Hanging with friends
• Talking in class
• Makin mean snapchats
• Crackin jokes

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Wednesday, September 3rd

Blog Post of the Day:

Yesterday I asked your to "think differently" and push yourself to be uncommon with your PSA project using Google Slides. Why do you think I asked you to do that? What is the point? Why not just use bullets and headers? Explain.

I believe you told us to be creative because regular power points and bullets would not get peoples attention, and they would just think it's just another problem we can't solve. I also believe you told us this because you believe we can be creative.



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Tuesday, September 2nd

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your Labor Day weekend. What did you do? Include photos!

This weekend I started out going to the BVHS soccer game where I saw my classmates William (Richard) Watkins and Jay Karner <3. the Blue valley tigers lost 3-0, but the tigers won the competition to see who could raise the most money for ALS.  Saturday morning my family and I went to the lake, and it rained the two days we were there. We stayed until Sunday night and that night I had to do all the homework I got because I missed Friday at school. 

Friday, August 29

Blog Post of the Day:

Read this small newspaper clipping and then write a blog post about it. What are your thoughts? How does it make you feel? Do you agree? Disagree? Explain yourself.

I agree completely with this post. Mostly because I believe people should go on with their whole life feeling sorry for themselves I think they need to grow a backbone and standup for themselves. I also believe they should get offended when one person says something.



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