I am currently taking this year English II and the teacher that is running the course is Ms. Wallach. Ms. Wallach has an interesting personality which is outgoing and knows exactly how to grab the class's attention. When this class first started, I was hoping to read some interesting books that I haven't read before. At first, it was kind of boring and dull at first considering the type of books we read about which were racism. The next topic we are on now is about feminism which is equality among all the sexes. Which I like because I think I support this issue and everything about it. So far, Ms. Wallach has the ability to talk about things and discuss important topics that are needed to be brought up about. All in all, my experience with her has been truly something special. My teacher's grading policy is quite different in comparison to other teachers. We do things like speaking orally together as a group in a circle, which are called Socratic seminars. Her seminars usually involve books or stories that we have read as a class. Those who participate and volunteer to ask a question earns more points to their grade. Also, we have things like weekly vocabulary where she makes us complete packets and then have a test on the Friday of that week. I like the projects that we do in that class such as, the farm project, which is based on the book 'Of Mice and Men', that we did where we were put into groups and had to design our own farm and create our own budget. I found it fun to design out own farms whether it is crops or animals. She usually chooses projects that have to do some relation to the books that we read during class. We also did another project recently that we read about based on a story that was called 'A Rose For Emily' where we filmed a video. Therefore, this is Ms. Wallach's grading policy. Technology is also used in the class. For the video project that we did, we used cameras as our technology tools and computers to edit the video. We filmed the video productively with smooth transitions within the video which made the presentation more appealing. So far, Ms. Wallach's class has been fun considering the projects she chose for us to do as a grade. She has the ability to capture your attention and make the class more engaging by using technology to do it. Technology was important to make our project which made it even better. Overall, English class so far this year has been fun and I am looking forward to learning more.
Welcome to my blog where you will find many interesting things on here. I have many likes such as, things like food such as, pizza, spaghetti, or even my mom's cooking. I also like going on social media sites or using the internet in general. Things that I dislike are bugs or anything that crawls. I am very close with my family and as well as my friends. I always like hanging out with my close friends either after-school or during the weekend. My favorite subjects that I look forward to learning include U.S. History I, Algebra II, and of course Web 2.0. ;) Hopefully by the end of the school year I can find a job that will satisfy me. In the future, I plan to attend college and finish school overall as one of my goals.
In this article it mainly talks about the importance of the copyright law. Things that you create can be copyrighted so that no one can steal or copy off of your ideas. However, you should not copy off of other people's works because if you do, you must cite it and basically use it according to the fair use regulations.
Musician, Eduardo Miranda, met over eleven years ago a patient with locked in syndrome and was inspired to invent a new way for those who were paralyzed to create their own music. He calls his new invention as the brain computer music interface (BCMI) where they are able to make their own music by using their own eyes. The system is able to tell where you are directing your eyes by connecting electrodes in the back of the head. You are also able to select snippets of music that represent as flashing icons on the screen. At the same time, a musician plays the selected music that the patient chooses. Miranda even says that they are able to amplify and analyze very faint electrical signals. For instance, if you were to have two icons flashing on the screen, where one was flashing 10 hertz and the other at 15 hertz, if you were to look at the 15 hertz, they are able to pick up on it. He even mentioned that they are able to detect up to eight different frequencies. His latest composition is for a string quartet where there is an interaction between eight people all having different jobs. Four are generating music, while others are playing the music as its being generated. By using the BCMI, musicians have to be highly skilled at reading the score since it is a computer monitor instead of using a regular music sheet. It had a profound impact on Miranda, as a musician, that he was able to give them a voice to use. What these paralyzed patients really missed was the interaction with other people and not with other machines, which was why the machine was created.
