What is your overall opinion of this article?  How do you feel about being a guinea pig for this initiative?  What responsibilities does the senior class have to success of mobile devices in education?  Is this a good thing?

I think the article is full of bull. Its not true students can still go on youtube, facebook, and twitter and they do not have a block on it. I understand that the Tablets are suppose to be used for educational proposes but the students are not using them in that way. 

Tell us how you feel about the school Dress Code. What is your opinion on School Uniforms?  Why do you think it is necessary or unnecessary to wear school uniforms?  Do you think that students are reacting properly to mandatory school uniforms? What do you think is the effect of mandatory school uniforms?

What suggestions do you have to improve the Uniform/Dress Code at East Orange Campus High School?

The school dress code is a way to elicit unity in students by making them wear similar clothes. The dress code is a good way to reduce competition in students regarding what clothes they wear. It maybe acceptable for younger kids, but the majority for high school students abhor wearing uniform. They enjoy showing their personality from the clothes they wear. 


School Uniforms may be a good way to control kids but there should be certain days we can wear casual clothes. That day can be a Friday where its the end of the week. Students are reacting properly to mandatory school uniforms. Its difficult to change from wearing your favorite clothes to looking like the other students in the school.


The effects of mandatory school uniforms are students finding ways to get around the school uniform. some positive effects can be less attention on what you wear and more attention on your education. Or maybe not. Ultimately students want to be themselves.

How is a smartphone different than a cell phone, and what makes it so smart?

smartphones you can do many more things than a regular phones you can go on the internet and find different things fast than just a regular phones.

Why is it so important to learn how to learn today and in the future?


Because if you know whats going on today, you can find out whats going to happen to your life in the future.

Question of the Day: Tell us what you think about Steve Jobs’s legacy and what your own guiding principles are. What are your core beliefs? What would you say is your personal credo? How does that credo guide you in life?

What is HTML?

A simple scripting language 

What does HTML stand for?

HyperText Markup Language 

What type of document is HTML?

 A plain text file that contains text and nothing else 

What happens when a browser opens an HTML file?

 The browser will look for HTML codes in the text and use them to change the layout, insert images, or create links to other pages 

What does the acronym WYSIWYG stand for?

What You See Is What You Get 

What do you think is the advantage of using a WYSIWYG editor?

Will let you create pages more or less as you write documents in Word or whatever text editor you're using

Why do you need to know HTML?

There are excellent editors on the market that will take care of the HTML parts. All you need to do is layout the page

What are three benefits of knowing HTML?

You can use tags the editor does not support

You can read the code of other people's pages, and "borrow" the cool effects

You can do the work yourself, when the editor simply refuses to create the effects you want

Describe how you create a HTML document using a simple text editor.

All you need to do is type in the code, then save the document, making sure to put an .html extension or an .htm extension to the file
What is another name for a Tag?
Basically, a computer sees an "A" as simply an "A" - whether it is bold, italic, big or small
Why are tags used?
To tell the browser that an "A" should be bold we need to put a markup in front of the A
What do you use to enclose HTML Tags?
All HTML tags are enclosed in < and >
What is the difference between a start tag and an end tag?
As you can see, the start tag <b> indicates that whatever follows should be written in bold. The corresponding end tag </b> indicates that the browser should stop writing text in bold

Do you have a cellphone? Do you agree that it can distract you from your schoolwork?

Yes, I have a cell phone and no it doesn't distract me from my schoolwork.  It does distract not distract me from my work, it kinda of helps me with my work. It helps when I don't understand a word or something it comes in handly.
 

Tell us how you feel about the use of Mobile Devices like Cellphones and Tablets as educational tools — whether in or out of the classroom.  How could your teachers use them during lessons?  

I think the teachers would use them by putting different lessons on the websites. We can use them to look certain things up on the internet.

Do you think tablet computers will improve education?  Will tablets enhance learning or be more of a distraction?

Yes I think the tablet computer will improve the education in the schools and it will really help the students learn more and find out new things. The Tablet computers are very good to have in school because the tablet computers help the teachers with the students by the tests and classwork. Also it help the teachers keep in contact with the students and if the students need help at home the student can contact the teachers on the tablet and they can help the student with the homework or projects.

Steve's Legacy!

Steve job's legacy was like no other. He and his inventions changed the way we view, access, and use technology. He started off in a garage with one product and now is widely spread throughout the world. His attention to the smallest details enabled him to create based on people's problems.Jobs created to comfort others, the man is indeed a genius. My guiding principles are simple yet effective. A man is not based on what he can do for himself but for what he can do for others.

If you live life to the best of your abilities despite any situation, whether financial or emotional you have to toughen up. Treat others they way you want to be treated. Do not involve yourself in anything that may bring unwanted drama. Be honest in every form possible because more than likely they are going to catch up to you.

I try to follow this credo every single day. Sometimes it's not always easy or fun to do the right thing but in the end the results are positive. This credo prevents me from getting into any unwanted altercations. I think if everyone follow my credo social life would be less dramatic.

Give an example of a time when you did something you thought was really good only to find out it was not what your teacher wanted?  How could this have been avoided?

This could have been avoided if I listen to the teacher when he was talking to me the first time. This has never happen to me before so I don't know what other people should really do.

What do you think are the advantages off cloud computing?  What do you like about the iCloud?  What problems if any do you see with the iCloud?


I think the iCloud is a good idea because now people can get their music anywhere they are at. They also can download music from anywhere and get the music on your ipod, mac computer, and ipad.

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Netiquette is about internet manners. The type of manners needed on the internet is very important, if people follows these rules they will not have any problems on the internet at all. The rules that I'm about to list must be followed to the tee. What that means is that you must follow all these at all times. If you don't follow the rules then there will be problems. The internet is a gift for us to use when we need it. It is not there just for our amusement, it is there is it can help us find people and things that are needed to be found. It is there for us to learn new things about different places. It is not there for us to make fun of people or tell other people things about a person that is not even needed. Your suppose to be friends with people on the internet and treat them the same way you would want to be treated.
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My first rule is that i don't want people being mean to each other, they have to be nice and respect people.
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My second rule is that you have to not use you internet for bad uses. You have to use the internet to help with your work or meeting or the uses that  are really needed.
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My third rule is that you can't not be a predator. You can't not be on the internet looking for little kids to take advantage of. You have to be and act like a mature adult on the internet. You can't be sick prevented and try to rape and/or kill kids or even kidnap children. That is wrong and it will not be accepted.
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My  fourth rule that should be followed on the internet, is that you have to mind your own business on the internet. For example if you are on Facebook or Twitter and you see people are fighting, you should just mind your own business cause that has nothing to do with you. You just leave it alone and not get involved.
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My fifth and final rule is that the internet is there for us people to have fun on it. Its one of the best things that people of created. So don't go and use the internet for the best thing possible. Don't use the internet to  do horrible things to people, use it make new friends and learn new things.
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Should anonymity (not using real name) be protected in electronic interactions and communications? Would this be a good thing for community, responsibility, free expression, political participation, and personal fulfillment? If so, when and why?

Its both its good that people does not know who the people are and they can be killers and or predators and they can find you and try and get you and kill you and or rape you. But its good because people don't know who you are and you can keep your privacy to yourself. 

Do you think it is a harmless prank to mess with another persons account? What would you do if you find a computer was left on and accounts were not logged out?  What would you want someone to do if you left your computer on and accounts open?

Yes, I think it's harmless to mess with other persons account. I think it is just fun to pull a little joke on them. It is our friend and we are just playing a joke on them. It not meant to be hurtful it was meant as a joke so we could get a few laughs.

How did Steve Jobs (Apple) effect the way we learn, communicate and live today?  How does this effect your life?  

He change the way we learn, he change the way everyone in the world learns. He made so we can communicate with people all over the world. It change that we can learn different languages learn different things about different people. This effects my life by his music player he made which is called the Ipod. The Ipod is one of his best ideas. I use his music player to listen to all kind of music.

How does flaming show a lack of respect?  Do you respect people who flame others?  Why?

It shows that they don't care about anyone but themselves, so they bother other people to try and make themselves feel better. I don't respect people who flame others cause the people who flame other people are wrong and they should stop.

Do you think that the passing the HSPA should be a requirement for graduation? Do standardized test measure what you really know?  Why?


No i do not think passing the hspa is requirement to graduation because you may still need your credits to pass or you wont b moving on. Standardize test do not measure what you really know.

Do you think the HSPA test should be given on a computer or over the Internet?  Would most students do better or worse?  Would the results be the same?  Would you prefer to take the test the traditional way or on a computer?  Why?

The HSPA test shouldn't be taken on the computer, there are several ways you can cheat during the test. More students will do better, but i dont think its because of their studying. I would prefer to test the traditional way because thats the way to really test my knowledge.