Misc--Andy,+Lukas

 How do you prepare for exams? What we do to study for the semester exams is we go over the study guides that the teachers give us. We don’t really study that much for it maybe the most for about half an hour. That’s not what you should be doing though. Good study strategies for preparing for an exam may be…. · Take good notes in class · Review your notes · Review the study guide · Stay organized · Make a schedule for study times · Test yourself on the information · Study more than one day · Study right before the test These are some good study tips for you to ace the next test because it prepares you enough for it. It is good to study because it warms up you brain for the test or exam. So next times you have a test make sure you study for it. [|www.studygs.net]

Thanks for these good study tips. I will definitely use these on my semester exams. -Andy

Christmas

St. Nicholas was the son of wealthy parents who raised him to be a devout Christian. He used his inheritance to assist the needy, sick, and suffering. One story tells about a poor man with three daughters. Without something to offer the prospective husbands, his daughters would be sold into slavery. On three occasions a bag of gold appeared in the home of the poor man. The bags of gold supposedly were tossed through an open window and landed in stockings left to dry by the fire. This led to the tradition of hanging up stockings. What are some traditions you do on Christmas? How do you celebrate? [|**//click here!//**]

Do you believe in cell phones? Should kids have cell phones? What do you think? We think that kids should cell phones because kids aren’t always with their parents, so kids wouldn’t have a way to communicate with them. Lets say that a kid has basketball practice every day and one day the practice gets out early and the kid doesn’t have a phone to call their parents to come pick them up. They would be stuck there at school for a long time, but if you have a cell phone then you could call you parents and get them to pick you up early. It would be safer for a kid to have a cell phone because what he/she gets in trouble and they need to call someone to pick them up or call you because you got in trouble and they need you to get them out of it. Cell phones let you communicate with people at any time and almost anywhere. Some people think that cell phones aren't necessary and that they are a luxury. They think that kids don't need to call any one and therefore cell phones aren't necessary. So what do you think? Should kids have cell phones or not?

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The quote below is from the article you linked above. What do you think about it? How could your revise this post to include those ideas? Ms. Darga

Depending on who you ask, cell phone for kids might be considered: I think that this debate or this issue, whatever you wanna call it, has been going around a lot. I believe that we could stop it by just letting it go, and if the teachers cand do anything about we'll be happy, but if not, there's nothing we can do about it. But overall, this is a great post.~Paulina~ ​ I agree very much on this subject because i wrote it yesterday with my partner.
 * a necessity
 * a luxury
 * a fad
 * an invasion

I agree with being able to have a cell phone. At this age most kids have sports and need to get picked up, so if their parents forget or you finish up early you can notify them with a cell phone. The only thing I don't like about them is that some kids use them so much and have such an expensive phone bill and they don't even have to pay the bill. My parents make me pay for everything on my phone. What I am saying is that cell phones can be useful and helpful, but they can also be very expensive. Ryan

I agree with kids having cell phones. The sport example is good one, but there are many other times when kids also could use cell phones. For example, if kids were out with their friends and they were hurt, how would they get any help? They wouldn't have anyone to ask for help if they couldn't call their parents. I don't asking a random stranger would be the best idea. They would need to contact someone they trust. Cell phones can be a luxury, but they can be a big help at times also. That's why I believe kids should be able to have cell phones. Cam

January 4, 2010

own page and when you are editing another page.
 * ALWAYS include the DATE when you are editing**. Do this for both your own work on your

2. **ALWAYS include your NAME when you edit.**

3. **Using a different color is also very helpful** s o that you can see when a new person is adding or changing information.

Go to the end of your work on your wiki page, and type today's date. Please number your responses to the items below and write your responses in complete sentences. It is not necessary to rewrite the questions--simply restate the gist of it as you begin your response. Make sure to choose a unique color for your new edits. Please choose a "readable" color (not yellow!) and do not highlight the text.**
 * Assignment: Complete the activities below and record your answers/thoughts on your Wiki page.

1. Analyze the contents of the wordle made from all of the posts in your category. Remember that this includes all the posts on your topic...not just your own. What are the common ideas that are being discussed and debated? What trends do you see? Cell phones, school, debates, parents, kids, people, and ban.

2. Go to Wordle and make a word cloud of just YOUR posts. To do this, open a new wordle space and then copy and paste all of the text from your posts into the space. Create the word cloud. 3. Compare the two. What is similar? What is different? They both talk about christmas and cell phones a lot. The wordle on debates talks more about debates and school. 4. Right before break, your assignment was to search the internet for blogs about your topic. Include the links to the blogs you found as the response to this question. Be sure to give the title of the blogs as well. Christmas- [] Do you believe in cell phones- []

5. Compare your ideas to the those in the blogs that you found. What is similar? What is different? They are similar because they talk about the same topic, but they have different opions.

6. Begin to brainstorm about the topic of your next post. What research do you need to do? Where will you find the info that you need? We will need to look on the internet for web sites about the topic and research it.