Better Jobs in School, Education Wise.

      The question is, how can schools do a better job keeping students engaged and excited about their education? I think there is one, and one reason only in keeping students excited and engaged in school, and that is technology. Technology is what students are based on these days and what keeps them occupied. I  have noticed that if students are just sitting in class then they are fairly bored, but if the teacher says ok, now we are going to library to work on this class assignment on the computer, then students i think become much more interested and pumped up, and that does show more motivation for students to do there work. I feel as though technology is the reason for getting kids more interested as technology is used in every day lives, and if that is the case then schools should be teaching students about education purposes on the computer. Teaching students technology will get them ready for there future as technology will become much more needed and more advanced.  
        Next year every student in bhs will receive a ipad tablet. By receiving this tablet i think students will be much more interested and interactive and in return see much less slacking. I think this tablet will be a great idea for students as eventually most education should and will be based off of the ipad as it will be more convenient to students as we love to type and use the computer. I think most schools see a lot of bad conduct out of students due to the fact that they just sit there and listen to a teacher talk all day, and take notes so kids gain energy due to relaxation and board um, and therefore if giving the privilege to do more things on the ipad then students loose there energy and become more awake and therefore will allow them to do there work. I think also typing notes on the ipad will be huge, as it will be more fun to take the notes, therefore students will take more notes instead of putting a couple of words down. Taking more notes will allow students to do better on test and quizzes and get better grades, as they will pay attention more. I think the ipads are going to be huge, as bhs is the first school in Massachusetts to get the ipad tablet.
         I think by giving the students ipads that it will improve grades and conducts in schools. I believe that if we are using technology that every student loves then grades will improve dramatically. I believe this because  students will pay attention more because education and technology are combined. I feel students will take more notes and distractions will be less, due to the fact that they are typing there notes from the class lesson. If students take more notes then grades will improve on test and quizzes and that it will make our school systems look better. I also feel that conduct grades will also improve as students wont feel the need to interrupt the classes and to get up and wander the halls as much. I think this because if they are distracted by the ipad and the learning on the ipad then they wont feel the need to get up. I think the ipad is a good new start to education and i think students will fall in love with it as we need a change in our education, as we have had the same education system for a while now, so get out the old and bring in the new!

ipads next year

The question is should students be able to download anything they want next year or should the school control it? Now personally i think that if we give students the privilege to download anything then they should be responsible and download educational apps and games, not apps inappropriate. I think we should be able to download anything we want because if we are in class and we need a app a teacher recommends then we wont be able to download it. I think that the teachers should trust us to use the ipads for only educational purposes and let us use them and not control or see what we do on the ipad, i think that students should respect the fact we have the ipads and use that privilege right, and not mess it up so they loose that privilege.

Homework debates

In the state of new jersey parents are complaining that students are getting homework on the weekend. They are planning to abolish it completely. They say that they work hard enough during the week that they should get a break on the weekend for the child health, rest and Well-being. They say homework over the weekend leaves to less family time and it makes students get more tired therefore loose interest more quicker. They say homework makes students not exercise therefore leading to obesity. if they teachers didn't give so much homework then there would be more time for after school activities. If we support this problem then it will lead to less health issues in students.

Wheres summer?

A lot of people have been complaining this spring hasn't been the best, its been a little cooler than normal and its been above average on the rain. The nights have also been very cool, and even the days in some cases last week we only reached 53 for a high when the normal high is 63. So the question is, where is summer? Well there has been a big block in the jet stream forcing the warm air to stay south and keeping the some what cool weather in new England or north. Now if normal high is 63 and we have been reaching 70 recently, then what am i talking about, right? Well last year we already have had a number of 80 plus days and even a 90 degree day and those were the signs that summer is on its way. But so far this year we have had one 80 degree day the rest have been in the lower to upper 60s to around 70. The other issue is that north to northeast wind. That effects the immediate coast and the cape and the islands, what happens is the northeast wind comes off of that cold oceanic water, which by the way is only 43 degrees, so any wind coming off of those waters are going to make the coast significantly cooler. So you could have it be 70 here in Burlington but on cape Ann or lets say Beverly it would only be 55 to 60 degrees so about a 20 to 25 degree difference which is pretty cool. There has also been this stalled ocean storm for that past 4 days stalled in the middle of the Atlantic but since its stalled and just sitting in the middle of the ocean, and since it is a massive storm it has been throwing  a lot of clouds and in some cases showers, and in another case on Saturday when we had those severe thunderstorms, which some included hail. Once that stall in the jet stream gives way we should start to see summer arrive. No one knows when that will happen, but until then be patient, summer will be here soon!

Vertex

 

What an incredible and devastated sight on the tornadoes in the mid sections of the country stretching from the gulf to the Canadian border, in fact it has been the biggest outbreak since 1974 with double the death toll already for the whole year for the number of deaths that people usually die from a tornado. Usually tornadoes last on the ground for about 20 to 30 minutes but these super cells have been so big that these tornadoes have been on the ground causing destruction for more than 2 hours, the cells or tornadoes don't weaken until they get farthest away from the gulf. Some of these storms have been so severe they caused a vertex tornado which is two tornados in one or two tornados side by side each other creating a 2 mile radius which is a huge tornado, most likely characterized as an ef-5 tornado. You see the gulf has a lot of moisture and any little rain shower that runs into the gulf moisture is going to ignite and fire up a huge outbreak of tornadoes. We already know that though scientist say and that is true, that is normal for the typical tornado alley, and that is the question why have these tornadoes been the biggest out break since 1974 with more than 300 people dead? Scientist still don't know and they are still doing a lot of research what they do know is that it has been a huge outbreak and what they still don't know is why. They have one clue of what it could be and that is global warming. That does make sense with dew point temperatures running to 70 degrees which is oppressive and the strong jet stream, plus the gulf moisture it is the perfect ingredients to cause severe weather. The gulf moisture has played a major role in weather the past 6 to 8 months first with the bad winter we had which by the way we topped off with 81 inches of snow for the whole winter which is double what we normally get and that is because of the Greenland block which forced the jet stream to dip to the gulf then the storm would gain moisture travel up the eastern seaboard and slam us with snow. Now the Greenland block has given way, so that is not causing it. Now scientist think with the stalled front on top of the Midwest and the gulf moisture that would definitely cause this severe outbreak. What happens is you get these stalled very weak frontal systems that bring light showers but what happens is when the front is stalled the showers never go away the front is always producing showers so the showers would run into the gulf moisture, then comes the dew points or the humid air, then the jet stream and there is the answer to the severe weather, but that is not the 100 percent answer scientist say they need to find the exact cause and find out if these severe outbreaks will last into the summer. If that is the case, scientists say we need to figure out a way we can prepare people or evacuate people so death tolls cannot be as high.

App for that!!!

The app that I would think would be my favorite Is the app called flip it. I would choose this app because this app is very conveinent for the iPad. This app contains as many pages as you would like, and it can include anything you would like, whether it's facebook or twitter. I like this particular app due to the fact that you don't have to go on the Internet and search for facebook and twitter you can simply go on the app and all your information is there without the hassle of searching. You can flip threw the pages and all your preferences are right there. If you ever choose to get the iPad I would highly advise you to choose the flip it app!

Digital Footprints

Students are taught that digital footprints are just trails for bullies and sexual predators.  Scare tactics for digital footprints have a effect on student behavior, and the schools don't teach the students on the bad things that can happen involved with footprints. Such as an approach to Internet safety for the more targeted students online. The goods in computers are that, the computer can be used for a lot of good educational purposes, whether its talking to there friends about the school work. Students who see the computer as a good way of learning is unlikely, and if we try it, it is very risky, and is hard to see how students will handle it. It is also likely that if we let students try it, they say it is an encouragement to Digital Footprints and that would let them effect there true emotions on the Digital Footprints. I think that only a few percent use digital footprints as a bad source and that the teachers should trust us students more to be able to use computers in school and give us a chance to show that we are more mature than they think.