2/13/17 Sweetheart Weekend

My sweetheart weekend went very well. I was not able to go to the game at Southwest. However, I got to start off my day dancing. I was at my studio from 9:15-3:00 in rehearsals for my dances. After dance I went and got ready for the Sweetheart dance. Once I was ready, my group met at the Prairie Fire Museum to take pictures. Once pictures were finished we went to Izumi's for dinner. Unfortunately it was very busy and we didn't get seated till 7:51 (our reservations were at 7). We had fun there and then we went to the dance. Then we went to our friend's after party and had a blast. Then on the Sunday after Sweetheart, I had more dancing to do. My Sweetheart weekend was so much fun! I can't wait till the next one! 

2/5/2016 - ET Course Reflection & Personal Report Card

Part 1

In Emerging Technologies I have all of my assignments turned in. I have been receiving "5s" on all of my daily blog posts so far. I also did receive a 10/10 on my current event assignment from 1/26/17. I feel like I am doing very well in this class. I have been able to understand technology a whole lot better this year. I think I'm doing great on learning new things about technology this year. For me, Emerging Technologies is  a fairly easy class for me. I have been able to keep up with the workload and get my stuff done efficiently. I have learned about social bookmarking this year, applying technology to my life such as: blogs, canva, working with partners virtually, and etc., and learning about new technology coming out everyday that helps us expand with technology in the future. 

Part 2

I had fun making this project. I got to express what I love and do based on a report card grading. I get to show people a little bit of what my life looks like outside of school, and what I do with my free time. I also loved using Canva. It is a very fun site to use and organize my project on. It has so many fun templates I can use. I can even use Canva for other school projects and personal use later on down the road. 

Personal Report Card

2/10/2016 - Current Event

I had a lot of fun with this current events project. I found this awesome website that showed me the top 10 emerging technologies from 2016. A lot of these new emerging technologies is stuff I have never heard of before, and they are quite fascinating. They all promote good ideas and lifestyle for future generations to come. I am in awe at some of these things out now. I would have thought these would have been made later in the future, but I guess now is the future of technology.

Source Link

Current Event

2/9 - Kids These Days

I honestly don't understand kids these days. There is so much that they do that I never did when I was their age. They have all these "cool" and "high tech" technology. If you ask me, it's a bunch of bogus. I understand that the phones are cool and easy to talk to people far away, and they make it easier to reach out to people, but it seems everyone has forgotten their conversation skills. When I was a teenager, I was force to actually talk to people in person! I will admit that all the technology out now is really cool and innovating, but we are so engrossed in it we forget how to have real relationships with people. Hopefully that can change pretty soon.
Yours truly,
80-year-old Sydney

2/6 "Collaborating Remotely" Reflection

It wasn't incredibly hard to work with a partner without talking to them. With technology these days we can communicate easily with others so we can work on projects like this one. I could imagine conducting business this way on a regular basis in the near future. A lot of people do it in the business world now, so I can still see this type of work in the future. I learned how to work together as a team, collaborate on what you both want, and respecting what your partner wants to do. Overall I had a lot of fun working on this project!

Partner Presentation 

2/2/2017 Pictures

PCDF Dance Camp

This was the fourth year I went to Pacific Coast Dance Fest. This is a picture of my new friends at dance camp. We were playing capture the flag/ dodge ball. Everyone gets into it at dance camp.

 Louisburg Cider Mill

I went to the Louisburg Cider Mill in October this year. That is the infamous Louisburg apple cider doughnut. They are really good.

 Disney World

I got to dance in Disney in late October. We were able to perform at Downtown Disney. This is me and some of my friends in Magic Kingdom the day after we performed. 

 Revolution Dance Competition

This was the first time competing this solo last year at Revolution Dance Competition. It was to the song "Circus" by Britney Spears. I had a lot of fun competing this solo.

1/30 Ted Talk Reflection:

 I somewhat agree with the Ted Talk. I think technology is a great innovation of our day. However, Sherry Turkle made some excellent points as to why technology is breaking our relationships with people. She made points such as: people talking to each other less, losing conversation skills, growing in companionship with technology, and feeling alone. after listening to this Ted Talk I plan on changing how I use technology, and try to grow in my conversation skills. I think the digital age will have a huge impact on people in the future. Technology is growing today, and it's going to grow even more in the future. If we can work on being more connected to people now, we can certainly prevent technology from taking over our relationships with people.

 Connected, but alone?
Connected, but alone questions answered