Sexting

Teens Engage in Sexting
http://www.cbs3springfield.com/news/local/18876179.html

This article talks about how teens today are sending each other messages that are flirty, having sex by phone, or telling someone to meet them to have sex. Sixteen year old children are talking about how there is nothing wrong with this picture. Having text "set" is there own business. They text so there parents don't hear what they are talking about. In the end this article says parents need to sit down and talk to their children.

When I become a parent I could limit the use of technology. I think children are getting phones to soon. I want the kind of relationship with my children where they can talk to me about anything. I think raising my children in a good Christian home will help with anything society sets out for me.

As a teacher I can help parents when I see something wrong with their child. Any change with a students behavior needs to reported to a parents.

I don't think children know how bad sexting is. I think they think it is fun and gives them something to do. They need to know something bad can happen with sexting. Its gross and needs to stop. I don't know of anyone my age that did this gross thing. This is the first time I have ever been aware of something this bad.
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PBS

Raven World
http://vvi.onstreammedia.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-saf&template=play220ram.html&query=%2A&squery=%2BClipID%3A4+%2BVideoAsset%3Apbssaf1106&inputField=%20&entire=No&ccstart=1689100&ccend=2565966&videoID=pbssaf1106

Do you think educational videos like this could be effective learning tools? Explain your answer.
I do think educational videos could be an effective learning tool. I don't believe this should be the only way a student should learn a concept. I think the teacher should teach and then play the video so the students can understand what is being taught. For example: A child would better understand what a rain forest is if they see a video walking them through one.

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Stress, Anger, and Hostility

1. Do you feel that you are 'low hostile' or 'high hostile'?
low hostile. I do not get stressed easily and I never let people get to me.

2. What do you feel are 'aggressors' in your life? At school?
I feel the only aggressors in my life is people that mess with my family. When I take my nephews to the park I get so mad when a little kid hits them. It hurts me when someone hurts anyone in my family's feelings. I have a very close family and we are all very protective of each other. The only people that can be mean to my family is family members. I just take school one step at a time. The only thing with school that is a aggressor is when professors give to much work at the end of the school year. THEY ALL DO IT.

3. Out of the three patients the doctors are researching, which one do you think is "high hostile" and "angry"?
The man. His blood pressure went high and didn't do well on the questionnaire.

4. What do these findings suggest to you about your own lifestyle?
I know with watching the movies how stress and aggression can affect you well being. I think in life I am on the right track because I don't let things get to me. When I was little I let everything get to me and I was never happy. Happiness is good for your body.

5. What are the negative medical effects the research team discovered happens from a 'high hostile' and 'angry' person?
Negative medical effects discovered are dealing with the heart and stomach. Heart attack and death are possible. When someone get hostile or angry they are at risk of high blood pressure, heard disease, and clogged arteries.

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Track Star

I don't really understand what to do with track star. I think it is just a site to keep up with your website that you would like your children to use. I think I could just find websites by google if I needed to use websites. I like using the Internet for further learning for children. I don't agree with putting a child on a site for them to learn a concept.

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RubicStar

I love this site. This is a great way to generate a scale for grading. Using a rubric will allow the students the opportunity to know what is expected for all the assignments. The only thing I find wrong with using a rubric is how to determine the difference between giving a 1,2,3, or 4. When making the different rubrics for the different types of assignments the wording was confusing. The difference between a 3 and 4 was the word "well". How does a teacher take off points for such small word?
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Test Maker

I wouldn't use this site to generate my test. I think there is better software that a teacher can use besides this site. I really wouldn't use this site for anything. I think it would take a longer time to generate test using this site. I am not sure if you could use this site for anything but making a test and letting the student take the test right then. I did not enjoy this site as much as the others.

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Children's Story

There once was a fish named Lion. He lived in the ocean blue. Lion was a tropical fish who wasn’t afraid of anything. During spring break Lion’s parents took him to Dollywood.
When arriving at Dollywood, Lion and his parents decided to go watch a music show. The show was very exciting and popular. Lion really needed to go to the restroom. So he left without his parents knowing. At the end of the show, Lion was missing and his mom and dad were worried.
Meanwhile Lion saw everyone leaving and followed the crowd. He began to get worried when he couldn’t find his parents outside of the show. Lion began to cry. Lion was taught not to talk to strangers. So, he didn’t.
“Strangers” kept coming up to Lion to see if they could help him. Lion would run in the other direction. Finally lion saw a kid that looked his age that he could talk to. He decided that his parents would not be mad if he talked to someone that looked his age.
“Hello,” said Lion. “My name is Lion and I am lost. Can you help me?” “Hello. My name is Fish. I am a monkey. I can help you find your parents,” said Fish. “Let’s go look on the roller coaster,” said Lion, “they love the roller coaster.”
Lion and Fish went off to the roller coaster. They had to wait in line for hours. When they got to the top they didn’t see mom and they didn’t see dad. “Let’s ride down and check the pool. It’s really hot. So maybe they needed to cool off,” said Lion.
Lion and Fish went off to the wave pool. They swam from one end of the pool to the other. No mom. No dad. Fish began to get very sad again. He lost all hope of finding his parents. “I am hungry,” said Fish, “let’s go get something to eat.”
Lion and Fish went off to get something to eat at the food court. They looked in every line for mom and dad. They weren’t there so Lion and Fish grabbed a bit to eat. They ate steak, shrimp, chicken, and potatoes. They didn’t stop there. They decide they wanted something sweet. So they ate ice cream, cake, and fruit. “I am getting tired. Mom and Dad said they were going to buy me a toy today, so maybe they went to the toy store,” said Lion.
Lion and Fish went off to the toy store. The toy store was huge. The biggest store the boys had ever been in. It was 4 stories high. Fish took the first and second story and Lion took the third and fourth story. No mom and No dad. “OK. I give up. Maybe I should just live in Dollywood the rest off my life,” said Lion. A big shadow came over the boys. They looked up and it was Dolly Parton. “Why are you boys here without your parents? Where are they?” said Dolly. Fish began to cry. She realized he was lost. “I will help you find your parents,” said Dolly.
Dolly knew exactly where his parents were. They were waiting for him at the show where he ran away. Lion was so excited to see his parents. He ran to give them a big huge and never let go. Lion told his mom he learned to never leave his parents again and strangers can help him find his parents. “Mommy and Daddy, I love you and will never leave you again. I was so scared,” said Lion. “So were we. We love you so much and don’t ever want to lose you. Don’t do that again. Ok?” said Mom. “Ok,” said Lion. The END!!!

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