My class

If I had the ability to create the course of my choice it would probably be in movie watching and reviewing. It would be held in the theater with the projector projecting the "lessons". Each period will have a theme, maybe a genre or period of time. I would show movies relating to the subject each week and come back around for a major test at the end.

It would begin by first having a lesson and reviewing the subject. We would then take three days to watch a movie of the subject, carefully analyzing and noting how they relate to the subject. We would then fill out a worksheet to review what we watched. We would then have an informal assessment on Friday and another movie of the subject on Monday.

Finder Device

Finder, conceived by Chu Wang, Yonghua Zhang, Qiujin Kou and Qian Yin is a smartphone-like device to help you find lost items. With the help of RFID tracking (small stickers) you can get step by step directions to find anything. You simply put the stickers on commonly lost items. name it and it can find it from anywhere. It is not currently for sale but would certainly be very useful for people like me.

Biology

For seventh period class I have Ms. Sistarenik. She teaches Biology, Forensics, Genetics, and Biotechnology.She has a Bachelors of Science from Montclair State University and a Masters in Education from Marygrove College. She is currently out on maternity leave and Mrs. Pielech is there in her place.  

I personally enjoy how we usually work and groups and discuss things.  We can use the board to share and explain things. It's more casual and comfortable and that lets me work better. Everyone will start laughing for no reason and I'll just be confused. 

For technology we have a lot. We have a lot of tools we use for labs and projects. We got beaker, test tubes microscopes, etc. I look forward to to learning about different animals and how their grouped. I'd also like to learn about evolution and how creatures live and changed. There's probably some other things but I can't think of any. I'm really enjoy her class and are looking forward to the rest o the year.

Her Website

Life Armour Pod

 

This pod, developed by the Japenese company Pond, Protects the user in case of tsunamis or other disasters. It was created after the large tsunami and earthquake hit Japan last year. The spherical pod made of reinforced plastic can shelter up to four people from outside disasters. The pod itself is four feet in diameter and weighs 175 pounds with urethane foam walls to prevent injury. It floats, is fireproof and can sustain over nine tons of pressure. (the equivalent of two elephants falling from the sky) The inside features GPS, solar panels, storage compartments, batteries, a life jacket, a megaphone and stored food. These can be purchased for around five thousand dollars in a variety of colors. (Getting Barbie Pink)

 

9/11

I have nothing to share on 9/11 since I was too young to remember it. My siblings tell me that when it happened the school was evacuated and they went home early. My mom drove up to the school as fast as she could to get them. Reading about it online and watching it on video you get a feel for what it like but i'll never know  Although now it is simply a day to feel for the lives that were lost.

Veterinarian

Being a vet

Veterinarians care for animals health. Diagnose, research and treat injury, disease and other medical problems. Being a vet is a great job. They make about $82,000 a year, have the title of doctor and get to work with animals. Plus with population increase there's expected to be a big boom in food and health industries, including veterinarians, increasing twice as fast as average

Their are five main types of veterinarians:

• Companion animals- treat pets
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• Equine- treat horses
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• food animal- treat livestock
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• food safety and inspection- check for disease and sanitary conditions for food animals
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• research- research human and animal disease
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Though they do need a lot of schooling. Need four years of undergraduate study, a veterinary degree from a veterinary university, ($50,000/yr) a federal and state liscence and usually have a year of on the job training.

A vet must be a good problem solver to figure out what's wrong with an animal. They must have good communication skills to explain the situation to the owner. they also must be able to make big decisions about treatment. Finally,a vet must be generally compasionate towards both animals and their owners.

There's a lot of math involved in being a vet.

You must:

• figure out drug dosages
• make radiograph and ultrasound calculations
• find weight, BFC specifically
• understand statistics
• do accounting in running a practice
• figure out flow rates in fluid therapy

Computer Organization

I just put it under a name I can remember and put Jake in front of it. That way if I need something I just search it and their it is. If I want to see all my stuff I just search Jake and I see all my stuff. 

Tagging is a way of grouping files, pictures, ect. You just give it a name to help organize them and put your stuff in it. You can tag on Facebook and other social networks. This is hierarchical organizing system. Social Bookmarking is a system in which I can save websites on another website so I can access them later. I simply get the web adress and put it on the site and I have a new bookmark These systems can be found on systems like Diigo and Slashdot.This is nonhierarchical organizing system. These two organizing systems are very inportant because it helps people with a lot of files and sites that they use to be able to access them quickly and easily.