Tuesday, September 26, 2006

ABC Poem

A billionare can drive
Even faster, got happy invited
Jack, Karen, & Leslie.
Move neighbors out.
Peace, quiet,& rest, sounds terrific.
Unexpected visitors welcome. X your Zebra.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Delicious Questions

Find out what you can about Del.icio.us then answer the following question:
1. How could Del.icio.us be beneficial in a project based learning setting like ours - a setting where students gather, share and compile datafor projects and classroom activities?
a. Delicious can help us to find things that we need for our project, you can go to different websites and find pictures on things we need for our project.
2. Are there any advantages to typing and posting your class assignments to a blog, or would you rather write your work with a pen and keep it in a notebook?Explain your answer in three or more paragraphs.
b. There are a lot of advantages to not using paper.One disadvantage is if you don’t now how to get things on your blog page it can be hard on a person that is not familiar with a computer, and cannot get assignments on their blog page.
I would rather use the computer because I can type fast and I have everything in front of me. You do not have to look for certain utensils because you have them write in front of you with the click of a button..
3. What is skype and how does it stack up against Vonage and Verizon as a telephone service?
c. Skype is a web page were you can call all types of people across the globe .You can do all this for free. Vonage and Verizon is Phone Company that you can use when you are using skype services.
4. You are reading this question from the newmediaenglish wiki.What is a wiki and how might you use a wiki in a project based learning setting?

d. Wiki similar to a blog, you can have your own page or form a group wiki, which is like a classroom online.

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Words

1. bronze- to give the appearance of bronze to
2. Yoruba- a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
3. vermilion- a bright-red, water-insoluble pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide, once obtained from cinnabar, now usually produced by the reaction of mercury and sulfur.
4. chiseled- a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
5. gleaming- A brief beam or flash of light
6. adorn- to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments
7. Placida- Placida, FL Zip code(s): 33946, 33947

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Picture Project "ME"

Picture Project “ME’
Reflections
The picture project “ME” is dark. The people that take pictures need to make sure that the person and the camera is perfectly centered. I think that noone who acts “goofy” should take the pictures because that messes up really good pictures. I also think that the pictures were a little blurry. So far the pictures are really good.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Survey Monkey

Survey Monkey’s purpose is to help anyone to create online surveys fast and easy. By using the program it would allow easy access to a survey and make it easier when gathering results.

Brain Food 8/28/06

Brain Food 8/28/06These questions can often be found in the Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer see Currents section. The following questions appeared in the August 6, 2006 edition of the paper.
Influences What shapes the minds of the class of 2010
1. Quotation to live by: You reep what you sew
2. Books on my night stand right now: Soul Survivor
3. Favorite authors, fiction: Chistopher Myers “ Black Cat”
4. Favorite authors, nonfiction: Still Searching
5. Favorite beach reading: Word Up Magazine
6. A book that influenced how I live my life: Still Searching
7. TV show I'm not ashamed to admit I watch: Arthur
8. TV show I hate to admit I like: Next
9. Movies I love so much I've watched them more than twice: The Parent Trap
10. Web sites that I visit regularly: Yahoo, Stardoll, and Google
11. If you turned your radio on right now, it would be tuned to: 100.3 the beat
12. Magazines I read regularly: Sista 2 Sista
13. Favorite types of music: Hip-Hop and R&B
14. Last concert/performance attended: Mary J. Blige
15. Recording I play when my soul needs a lift: Mary J. Blige and Keyshia Cole
16. A freshman that I admire: My cousin, Katrina Kent
17. Living person I'd most like to join for dinner and conversation: My great-grandmother
18. Deceased person I'd most like to join for dinner and conversation: My grandparents (paternal)
19. Heroes from history: Coretta Scott King
20. If I had the power to order all of the Philadelphia region to read one book it would be: Roots
21. And here's why: It shows that black people have came along way, and its ashame that were taking a few steps back

Fly Squad

Danyel Branch
Thomesha Davis
Kilah Terrell
Oyekanmi Falode