Google SketchUp!

 

While building this house I understood most of what I was doing, and It was really fun to go through all of these steps and have an outcome of a house! This program I think is very creative and cool. Some challenges I faced were the solar panels, they just didn't work but when I finally figured it out I felt very accomplished. I also faced other issues with just trying to understand how to do something. It was a struggle at times, however, I enjoy a bit of a challenge. The tools I used for the first time were pretty much all of them, I have never used a push/pull tool so it was fun to figure them all out. I have used some of these tools in other programs but not many of them. A tool I found very helpful was the delete button, I messed up a few times and was thankful I had this tool. Another tool I found helpful was the rotating tool, at many times I needed to look at a different spot of my house and this tool made it possible. I enjoyed this project, even though at times I wanted to quite of frustration. I worked through this frustration and built a house! 

Digital Drama

* What is the website A Thin Line all about?I think its about teaching children and teens whats right and wrong with serious issues.
* Report your score.74%
* Were you surprised by your score? Why?Yes, because I have been through some of this stuff and know how I feel about it. I thought I did better.
* What do you need to learn more about? If you click on the learn why button below your score you will learn more about the questions you missed.I need to learn more about constant messaging, and sexting.
* How can you improve your digital life to reduce the drama? I can read more about all of these issues, and be more careful about some of these things.
* Place a link to the website A Thin Line in your blog.

Cyberbullying Ruins Lives.

In this case, cyberbullying could have been prevented by the young girl talking to her parents or a trusted adult about it. If she did not fee comfortable with this she could have told her friends and maybe they could have told a adult. Cases like these are so sad.
Do you know anyone who has been a victim of hurtful email messages or postings on a social networking site? I personal do not know anyone that this has happened to, and it hasn't happened to me.
What do you think YOU should do if it happens to you or to someone you know? I think what i should do if it happens to me or someone I know is tell someone. I shouldn't keep it a secret. This way the person I told could help me or that someone and I or we could get through it together,so no one gets hurt.

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Essential Learning Definitions.

   

• Digital Citizenship is the behaviors of technology use. These behaviors are those such as etiquette, communication, education, responsibility, safety, and security. Digital citizenship is a priority of teachers to prepare us for our long life ahead. Teachers have to incorporate all of the Digital Citizenship behaviors in our education. Some creative ways to do this is by teaching us responsibility with using computers and many more. Digital citizenship should be taught in every school. 
• Communication is a external and internal use of understanding and processing information. To communicate you use many skills, such as observing, listening, questioning, evaluating, and analyzing. People use communication all through there lives. Through communication comes collaboration, and cooperation. Communication helps us solve every problem that comes. I believe that communication is one of the most life helping aspect you can learn, if you are a good communicator, then it will help you along the rough times in life.
• Problem solving is a very important skill to learn. Problem solving is a mental process. It is also a part of a bigger problem process, this is the problem finding, and problem shaping. In our future, we will have to solve many problems. So, if we learn this process now, then it will help us in the future drastically. This skill to me is probably the most important to learn before we leave high school and even middle school. Problem solving is a way to success, in our lives we have many problems. If we learn how to quickly and rightfully learn how to solve these problems, then we will be more successful adults and young adults. 
• Creativity is a mental and social way of coming up with new ideas and concepts. Kids have amazing creativity when they are younger. However, as we start to grow up we lose our creativity and imagination. I think if we can learn to keep our creativity and use it more then we will make amazing new inventions in the future. Ways we can do this, is receive a project prompt but get to make it however we want. I believe if we have more say and have to invent something ourselves we will do better in the future. Creativity to me is the process of making something up, you have amazing talent and you use it in your own creative way, instead of being like everyone else and doing what they do.
  

Cyberbullying

What do you think of when you hear the word “Cyberbullying?” I think of bullies on a computer. I think of people getting hurt. I feel that cyberbullying is mean, dangerous, and very hurtful for the victims.
2. How is Cyberbullying like being bullied in-person and how is it different? It is the same because you can say all of the same things. However, it is a way they can bully without getting caught as easily. They can also make the same humiliation, but make it spread faster. It is a mean thing to do and it hurts many people, as well as making them feel helpless and alone.

Dive into freedom

From the first moment we are revealed to the world, we are agreeing to live inside boxes, family rules, school works, work days, what not. Tie up for a better appearance. Walls put up. Held back. The boxes seem to contract more and more. But who or what laid these borders on us? What if we were just unaware and afraid of a completely new world beyond the borders? Jump up and down. Run from one end to the other with caring about nothing. You can do anything and you can be anything open your eyes and look into infinite possibilities. Cast off the fear, sprint toward the tip of the cliff and jump! You will know then the true definition of freedom....

... He is going to jump off the cliff, and swim freely like the baby did in the beginning. Then, it will go to bright colors and have a big ending of colors and the guy talking saying change your life, right now. Then the music will end it greatly. 

This video makes me feel happy, independent, and calm. It makes me feel like I could change my life and have it free and full of surprises. I control my life, no one else. I like this video. 


I didn't like the ending because it was a cliff hanger. Yet, I feel that it was really well made, intriguing and well written. I really liked this video.