Wednesday, January 21st

Blog Post of the Day:
What is a public service announcement (PSA)? What do PSA's do? What makes a good PSA? How can you get someone to take action after watching a PSA? What is your PSA idea? Explain in detail.

A public service announcement is a presentation that informs citizens of a present issue that they can do something about. A good PSA will use words and images to evoke emotion and promote change. To get people to take action, the PSA must tell them what they can do to help the issue. For my PSA, I am talking about texting and driving, which is a very present issue in our society today. I will show the negative effects it has on families and lives, show statistics, and call people to action by making them want to take the pledge against texting while driving.

Tuesday, January 20th

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your 3 day weekend. Share photos!

I was very busy over the 3 day weekend. My volleyball team and I competed in the MLK Tournament at Bartle Hall. Along with the 3 day tournament, I also had 6 hour musical rehearsals on Saturday and Monday. On Saturday I had musical from 10-2, rushed downtown for my tournament from 2-9, and then I rushed back home for my friend's surprise birthday party. On Sunday we didn't have musical rehearsal, so I just had the volleyball tournament from 2-9 and hung out with friends afterwards. On Monday, I had to miss my entire tournament because musical was at the same time. My team won in our bracket and while I wish I could have been there, I am very proud of them.

Friday, January 16th

Blog Post of the Day:

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your life here at BVHS. What activities or clubs are you involved in? What year are you in school? What is your favorite class and/or teacher so far this year? What are you looking forward to this school year? Include some original photos from your phone if you can.

I am a sophomore at Blue Valley High School, and I am involved in Choraliers and a show choir called Classy Ladies. I am also a cast member in the musical, 42nd Street. Choir is a very demanding activity to be involved in. Along with taking two hours of choir classes every day, we have Classy Ladies rehearsals after school 2-3 days a week. We also have musical rehearsals everyday after school from 3-6, and every Saturday we have musical rehearsals for 6-10 hours because of our upcoming show. For Choraliers, regular concert choir for freshmen and sophomores, we occasionally have early rehearsals and concerts that take several hours. Although choir is such a demanding activity, I enjoy it a lot and it is my favorite class. This year I am looking forward to performing the musical and performing in Spring Show. Spring Show is a special choir concert where everyone performs pop and Broadway numbers instead o traditional choral pieces. This will be an exciting year with everything going on in choir this year.

Who Am I

Wednesday, January 14th

Blog Post of the Day:

Accept others.
Be yourself.
Cherish the people and time you have.
Dare to dream.
Every day is a new day.
Finish what you start.
Give all that you can.
Help those in need.
Inspire others.
Juggle many activities at once.
Keep moving forward.
Learn something new every day.
Manage you time wisely.
Never give up.
Originality is a good thing.
Prioritize major things.
Quitters never win.
Respect everyone.
Stop trying to be exactly like everyone else.
Treat others like you want to be treated.
Use your natural gifts.
Volunteer your time to help others.
Wisdom is very helpful in decision making.
X out all the negativity in your life.
You determine your destiny.
Zillions of people are in this world, don't get hung up on one of them.

Tuesday, January 13th

What are your thoughts on this class so far? Easy? Hard? Informative? Frustrating? What have you learned so far? What do you want to learn? Explain yourself.

So far, Emerging Technology has been a helpful class to me. I know very little about the online tools we use in the everyday classroom, and this class has already taught me the basics. I can apply the information this class teaches me to my other courses such as English Language Arts. I found it very helpful to learn about Google Docs and the Google Chrome browser, and I plan on using both of these tools for the rest of my educational career.

Monday, January 12th

Tell me about your weekend. What did you do? Upload a photo to your Google Drive and then insert the photo (or photos!) to your blog post to show me what all you did.

This weekend I went to the Blue Valley High School basketball game with some friends. The theme for the game was lumberjack so my friends and I wore flannel shirts and work boots. After the game, we all went to Chipotle. On Saturday, I went to Buffalo Wild Wings after musical rehearsal with some choir friends. We accidentally knocked 2 drinks over, so the waiter brought us lids for our cups. It was kind of embarrassing. It was so embarrassing that i decided I needed to take a picture of it. On Sunday I went to youth group at Legacy Christian Church and lead worship songs for the group. Overall, my weekend was very eventful and fun.