A Whole New World

Today in class we had work time 5th period to work on our project. My group and I split up jobs for everyone. Cammy worked on writing the interview, Kayley worked on the flash and I worked on the final revisions of the script. I also helped Julia with her final revisions. I was finally able to leave a message with Studio E, an architecture firm downtown. I think that today was a calming day for our group. With the new chart that Julia made, we were able to clearly see what we had accomplished and what more we have to do.
Part of all the stress we have is due to uncertainty. The uncertainty if we are missing something. The uncertainty if we are doing it incorrectly. The chart made everything a lot easier.
In 4th period we worked off of INFOTRACK. A search engine off of Spencer's DP. It had a lot of substantial information that would have been really hard to find off Google or Wikipedia. I am sure that I will use INFOTRACK for many of my future projects and reports. This is the URL:

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sand07018

Let Me Check My Schedule...

I'm not really sure if we are expected to have websites at this point of the project. I read some other classmates blogs and they don't so I am thinking I am safe. This weekend I am focusing on catching up from when I was out sick. Luckily, I think I did ok with Julia's notes for Spencer's test. That reminds me... I have to get someones notes for the water-usage test on Tuesday. Just thinking aloud. I am working on exeter, and adding cues into our script.

Oops

Oops. I forgot to give the post before a title. Um... we will call it... Article Critique.

The article I read in class was about a bus/train crash in Havana, Cuba. Even though the article was really short I was still able to learn a lot about Cuban culture through it. It speaks briefly about the actual crash and goes more in depth about the mysteriousness of the situation and the allusiveness of the Cuban media. Just by reading this, my mind was immediately filled with everything from story plots to technical questions of the journalistic style. I think that I chose this article partially because of the story, and partially because of how naturally enthralled I was when I read it. Yes, I did just use the word "enthralled", but it is really that good.

the URL for the story is http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/10/07/cuba.train.accident.ap/index.html

Like I said, the most interesting part of this article is amazingly enough, its lack of substantial information and facts. There is also a small bit in the article about a youth communist newspaper. All it says about the newspaper is the name, Juventud Rebelde. However, this little tid bit of info gives you a small taste of how different life is south of the border. It makes you want to hear more. To do research, to ask questions, just so you can understand. I think that, that is what makes a great article.

Feel Honored

I went home sick today. I didn't really get a lot of new websites for Spencer's class. For our water project we started our powerpoint. I think that we got a lot done. One website we used for dehydration was:

http://www.medicinenet.com/dehydration/article.htm

Right now I am really to tired to write more (because it requires sitting up straight).

I Could Really Go For a Tall Glass of Clarification

So this is my official blog for Spencer's class. I think I remember Anne saying that if we blogged for her class it counted for Spencer as well. But I can't be sure. So just in case, I am writing this blog to be sure that on the next blog check, I do much MUCH better. We presented today. I am pretty sure that our technical difficulties were due to the fact that I didn't save our presentation. I could have sworn that I was saving as I went. Either way, I ended up redoing my entire section of the presentation in 5 minutes. It turned out okay, and it's good to know that I still have to ability to whip out great products on a tight clock. One website that helped me with almost all my information for the Independence project was:

www.mbajada-ecuador.se/Info.HTM#history

Wow! I actually remembered that from heart. (It's because I have had to use it so many times.) Well this website has a lot of quality information on Ecuador. The history, the government, culture, geography, everything! Hope it helps!

Mentally Singing Curch Songs

Well we finally finished all of our projects that were due on Friday. That gave me plenty of time to do research for our water project in Anne's class. I found a ton of really good websites on our topic, water in the body. I put together this bibliography to hand in on Monday (today) and instead of rewriting them, I just copied and pasted. All of these websites tell you everything you need to know about water in the body, what it does, what would happen without it, and tips for staying healthy using water.

Gilliam, Marjie. “Water: The Body's Most Important Nutrient” 2000. ………Sissel Online. October 7, 2007.
http://www.sissel-online.com/article/water.php

Mullins, Vanessa. “Water and Your Body” 2002. Essortment; Information and Advice ………You Want to Know. October 7, 2007. ………http://iaia.essortment.com/waterbodyhealt_rive.htm

“The Health Benefits of Water” December 29, 2006. Focus on Living Well With ………HIV/AIDS. October 7, 2007.
………http://focusonlivingwellwithhivaids.blogspot.com/2006/12/health-benefits-of-………water.html

Limon, Connie. “Water: An Essential Component to Healthy Living” February 2007. ………Ezine Articles Online. October 7, 2007. http://ezinearticles.com/?Water:-An-………Essential-Component-to-Healthy-Living&id=467913

No Energy to be Stressed...

Today we had our field trip to Balboa Park. I think that it was good to get out of the classroom, but not today. I know that we could all have used the time to work on our projects. So far, I have a lot done on the projects. I found a good website for the South America Independence Project. It had a lot of information on the history of Ecuador. (Which is my country.) The website is

www.mbajada-ecuador.se/Info.HTM#history

Its a really good website for everything you need to know about Ecuador. So Laura, if you are reading this, check out the website! I just wish there were other websites to help me with my other questions. This one was perfect!

No Time to be Stressed!

It seems like there is so much that needs to be done, and with no teacher to help keep it organized, I feel very very stressed. This whole situation with Spencer being gone really shines a unflattering light on the students. It shows just how unorganized we all are and how nervous we get without supervision. Well I don't know if it is the lack of supervision, but whatever it is, it has made everyone panic. Today I worked on a mish mosh of things. Mostly on the review for the interview with Agent Moffit. I also worked on the geometrical sketchpad project and our group finally got a topic for the water use project.

Chemistry Project #1.5

We still don't really have our topic. It kind of makes things a lot more difficult. Because now, not only do we have to do the project, but we have to pick a topic which takes a lot more time. Oh well. Hopefully we will come to a decision tomorrow.

Okay... I see land! Or is it just driftwood?

Today I do not have any websites to add to my blog. That is because we are finally done with the research part of the project. Which makes me wonder... are we supposed to continue to put URLs on? Because I don't know how that will work. Anyway, today we did a lot of work on other things in class, so we didn't get a lot of work time. However, we did hand in the script and I think Cammy made some headway on the storyboard. Next thing on the list is to get the expert source.

Chemistry Project #1

Oops. I messed up. Well anyway, this is my first post for the water conservation project. It is going to be a short one because my group doesn't even have our topic yet. So basically, the only reason I posted this was to make sure you know that I did do my homework. (As much as I could at least.) I will make sure to get our topic tomorrow morning. I am not entirely sure why we didn't get one. But that is okay, for now, goodnight.

Chemistry Project #1

*sigh*

Tonight's blog is one of both good and bad feelings. Bad feelings that come from falling behind in a project. Good feelings from finally making headway in your race to catch up with your peers. I finally finished the script. That is a HUGE deal because I know that it is a very big part of the project. I also can rest easier because I know that Kayley is more than keeping up her end of the work with the flash. I haven't had a lot of time to help her out so I am excited to see what it looks like finished. I am glad I am done with the script because that means that I can spend all my time focusing on the expert source. However, even though that thought is daunting, it is so much less because I can fully focus on that.
I found a few good websites with information on Navajo tradition. I used them to add a few interesting facts to the end of the script. If you need anything on the Navajo tribe these are really helpful.

. http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-08/2007-08-08-voa64.cfm?CFID=138386041&CFTOKEN=54427142
(okay, I know its huge)

. http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ws200/navtrad.htm

http://www.native-languages.org/rugs.htm

hope they are helpful!