Emotional Pictures

In Media class we had to find a picture that gave us a certain emotion. I chose one of a panda eating bamboo. Here is the link if you want to see the picture: http://www.pixcetera.com/news/good-news-photos/50816. It should be the sixth one under good news photos. I chose the panda picture because I felt happy seeing a panda eating and doing nothing else. I might have to choose a different picture to use in a project for later though, because I couldn't get the image off of the website.

Exercise and Homework

ABC News did a story on a new research that says kids learn more when they are moving around instead of just sitting. They showed two pictures of a brain. One was a brain with no exercise and had less energy and the other was of a brain with exercise that had more energy. Now more schools are letting kids sit on big bouncing balls or stand at their desks. I think this is a good idea because kids need to move around or else they will get bored and not want to learn or do anything in school. Our school meets the needs to fidget because we have things to squeeze in classrooms. I think that schools should stretch before class so they will be more awake.

Edmodo

There is a website called edmodo.com which is a website where you can post messages to different messages to people anywhere. It can be used in the classroom to send assignments to students that are home sick from school. It can also be used for students who are all done with their work to talk without making too much noise. It can help the class talk without disturbing people who are trying to work, but they could distract others who type on edmodo instead of doing their work. Edmodo would probably work in big classrooms so the teacher doesn't have to repeat what he or she has said in case other students aren't listening. I could use this when I can't remember an assignment and forgot to write it in my assignment book.