Friday, December 20, 2013

Blender

  • Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games












I liked Blender because it was really interesting and fun. Adding in a monkey and adding hats, colors and shapes to him was very fun. We are going to be making games later with this program and I am excited.





Monday, December 16, 2013

ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps)

Good

  • Guaranteed job out of college
  • Learn more skills than you would in any other job
  • Financial assistance for college
  • Fighting for your country
Bad and Ugly
  • Very big commitment
  • You have to serve for 5-7 years
  • Training mentally and physically
I would definitely consider enrolling in the ROTC. It seems like a great idea and also a free ride to college, but with the price of hard and enduring work.





Monday, December 9, 2013

DGBL

Digital Game Based Learning(DGBL)
  • Type of learning that involves video based games
  • To learn mathematics and also language, you can use video games or visual media to learn things you would learn sitting in a classroom with teachers.
  • A popular game known as Sims is an example.
  • This game shows you the way to live life and how the economy works.

Good:
  • Most kids love video games, but do not like learning or studying
  • If you convert video games with studying/learning kids will learn and also have fun
Bad:
  • Kids will become to attached to video games.
  • Also kids could also lie about their video game and say it is educational but really it is not



Monday, December 2, 2013

In the movie the Matrix, Morpheus asked Neo(Thomas A. Anderson) to choose between a red or blue pill. Neo chose the red pill. Which sends him into the Matrix and shows him the truth. I would also chose the red pill because i want to know the truth about my life.




Peer to Peer Learning
  • Peer learning is an educational practice in which students interact with other students to attain educational goals.
  • It can be compared to the practices that go by the name cooperative learning.
  • Whether it takes place in a formal or informal learning context, peer learning manifests aspects of self-organization that are mostly absent from pedagogical models of teaching and learning.
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Types
  • Non-organizational
  • Private/Sector Companies
  • Non Profit Organizations and Projects
  • Educational Institutions

























Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Everybody in the world is talking about. Everyone and their grandma use Google. Google mail known as Gmail is all over the world. No more AOL, no more Yahoo, its all about Gmail. Even the most popular phone in the world, the iPhone, has Google all over it. Instead of the apple maps that comes with the phone, Google maps is the most used GPS app on the phone. YouTube is used all over the world on iPhones and also desktops, which in fact is owned by Google. Google is going to take over the world. Blogger, Gmail, Youtube, Maps, Iphones and everything. Google will be running the world very soon.












Monday, November 4, 2013

My senior year is going by very fast. I am doing pretty well in my classes, except Pre Calculus. Hopefully my grades will get me into the colleges that I am applying to. I will probably major in Business. The schools i'm applying to are Bridgewater State University, Salem State State University, Framingham State University, Assumption College, Westfield State University, Umass Dartmouth, and Umass Lowell. My number one is Bridgewater State.





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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

A renaissance man is a person who knows what they want to be in life. A true example of a gentleman. I could be a renaissance man because i know what i want to be in my college life. I would like to major in the art of business in college. Right now i am taking accounting and pre calculus. I really like math and i wouldn't mind becoming a full time accountant after i graduate college. A renaissance man is a great example of someone a young boy wants to grow up to be, i hope that i cant accomplish that goal of every young mans dream, and become a true gentleman.