Distracted: The Erosion of Attention...

May 16, 2011

Homework

French: Map of Asia
English: Dumbest generation responses
Drama: Dances
Music: Mini test on Friday #78 last two bars. Term test June 6 (perfect, my birthday...); Pick any one of these songs: 91,97,98,99, 104,106 (FULL SONG).


Toronto Band members, hand in your permission forms!
Have a great night! :)

Reason #5 - Comment Before May 23

Grand Theft Auto IV, etc.
The stats tell the story here. First week's sales: $500 million. The sales of GTA dwarf movie premieres, CD sales, or, Bauerlein notes, book sales. All that video use, Bauerlein says, has hurt in the classroom, too. Thousands of Massachusetts public school graduates are ending up in remedial reading and writing classes in college, according to a Globe story.

Reason #6 - Comment Before May 23

They don't store the information


"For digital immigrants, people who are 40 years old who spent their college time in the library acquiring information, the Internet is really a miraculous source of knowledge,'' Bauerlein says. "Digital natives, however, go to the Internet not to store knowledge in their minds, but to retrieve material and pass it along. The Internet is just a delivery system.''

Reason #7 - Comment Before May 23

Because their teachers don't tell them so


Or because their parents don't check their bedrooms at midnight to halt the instant messaging..."Kids are drowning in teen stuff delivered 24/7 by the tools, and adult realities can't penetrate," Bauerlein says. Another factor: "It's the era of child-centered classrooms and self-esteem grading.''

Reason #8 - Comment Before May 23

Because they're young


Do you remember how stupid you were when you were a teen-ager? Or all that you didn't know -- and thought you did? And the skills you gained by holding back on foolish comments? Oh, the now-old guy in this picture? He once wrote: "I was so much older then/I'm younger than that now.''

May 15, 2011

Audio project

Mr.Oickle, does the audio project have to be around 30 seconds ?

In total, 30 seconds long. : )

Dance - vedran ,raj ,seb, jeremy and tom

we're going to present tomorrow for mrs. spanglett. so be prepared

California Gurls Group-Dance

Claire, Rachel, Hilary, Vivian, Madison, Sophie and Lydia,

We will be presenting our dance to Mrs. Spanglett sometime on Monday or Tuesday so have your costumes ready, please!!! The next Day 1 will be no good once again because the Toronto Band members of our group will be absent. Thank you!!!

~Sierra

P.S. I will be bringing my iPod for music but could some other people bring theres in case. Thanks again!!! See everyone tomorrow :)

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