School--Natalie,+Delaney,+Karlee,+Lindsey

Wouldn’t it be cool to have cell phones in school! Hey, our new topic this week is about having cell phones in school. We think that having cell phones would be great to have. There are a lot of blogs about why cell phones should be banned from school, but has anyone blogged about the good reasons cell phones can be used for? Well we have and here are some of the ideas that we have come across: · Students can take pictures of projects done in school and send them to their parents · Students can text absent students assignments they may have missed · Easy to call your parents if you forgot a lunch, assignment, gym clothes, ect. · Can use it as a calculator · Help remember homework for the day · Have calendars to remind you when there are tests, assignments due, after school activity, and the homework you have for the afternoon · For parents to be able to reach their child at any moment if there is an emergency Our opinion is that as long as cell phones are used appropriately they should be aloud in school. We think that instead of banning them completely they should teach us how to use them appropriately in school. We think that it wouldn’t be that bad if we turned them off during class unless you ask permission from the teacher to turn them on. Do you think cell phones should be aloud in school? Do you agree with the ideas that we have come up with? Do you have any other ideas of your own? We want to know your opinion! Natalie, Delaney,  Karlee,  Lindsey   J

Now that I think of it, pretty much the only big reason that cell phones aren't allowed in school is that some students might text other people for answers during a test. So, as I have read in the book series "The Clique" by Lisi Harrison, cell phones are allowed in their school. During assemblies, they have a "cellphone basket" to put their cellphones in. Maybe if we could have cellphones in school, teachers could make us put our phones in a cellphone basket during tests. Oh and by the way you guys have a few spelling mistakes, remember to proofread the post. Otherwise, great post!!! ~Linda =)

Wouldn’t it be cool to wear hats in school!
 * Throughout the year we have had many hat days, but we want to know if we should be allowed to wear hats every day! **
 * We were looking for sources, and we found Wiki Answers. This provided some reasons why hats should not be allowed in school. Some of these reasons are: It is impolite to wear hats indoors, it can block the view of people behind you, people play games with hats, (which can be distracting) hats can increase the number of lice in school, and hats can be used as weapons. **
 * There are tons of reasons why hats should not be allowed in school, but there are also some reasons hats should be allowed in school. Some opinions we found online were that people don’t think the hat policy is fair. One person’s view is that hats are just another article of clothing, or just another way to express your self. She said that the fact that wearing hats promotes gang violence is ridiculous, because gangs can just all wear the same shirt or jean jacket, and I think it would be pretty hard to ban the wearing of shirts. This was said by Annie Denenberg. Our opinion is that, as long as hats are just worn as accessory, we should be allowed to wear them in school. **
 * What do you think about wearing hats in school? Do you agree or disagree about being allowed to wear hats in school? Do you think wearing hats would really lead to violence? We want to know your opinion! **
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I don't think it would go anywhere close to violence. Wearing hats should be allowed in school because lots of kids want to wear them. Kids these days don't really play games with their hats but if they do we should just have the teachers take them away for the hour or something like that. Maybe we should be allowed to only wear certain hats? Great blog! }laura{

Okay, I will admit that the hats promoting violence is a pretty lame excuse. I mean, our hands can create violence, so should we leave them at home, also? Wearing hats in school is probably the least necessary rule at our school. You may consider visiting the Rochester Community School’s board of education or our school principal what the reasons for hats being prohibited really are. Although I see not many reasons for hats being prohibited, I find no reason for wanting them, either. I think that hat's only use is outside. In a building, the only reason for wearing hats that I can come up with is fashion! I hope you don't mind, but I fixed a few grammatical errors. Tori

I agree with Laura, I think we should be allowed to wear them at school. They are another accessory to our outfit. Hats make our outfit a little more cute and pretty. I don't see any problem on wearing hats on school, and sometimes when you want to combine your outfit with something else, you can't use your hat because you're not allowed to. If we could really use hats, it would be perfect to match our outfits. Great wiki girls! ~Paulina~

Hey ladies! Great post idea you guys thought of! My opinions on this post it I think we should and we shouldn't be able to wear hats. We should be able to because hats are just another piece of clothing if they are worn right. I think we shouldn't be able to wear hats because if people start to share their hats with people, it can cause a lot of problems such as lice and other things. I do like the idea of being able to hats every Friday, but I don’t know if I like the idea of having to pay to be able to wear them. Keep writing!!!! ~Lea

You have a good point Lea, but for as for me, I would never wear anybody else’s hat and I would never share my hat with anybody. Also, I agree with you about having to pay money, but it is for a good reason. –Delaney -

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?

School is the largest. Followed by people and gum. The topics of each blog post were also very large in the wordle.

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.
 * [[image:http://www.wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/1503323/Cool_in_School width="160" height="120" link="http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1503323/Cool_in_School"]] ||  ||

3. Compare the two. What is similar? What is different? School is still the biggest. Some of the same words are just as big. There is not as many words. Some subjects are different then how they were on the other wordle. Are names are bigger.

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. [] Fair Cell Phone Use in School [] Cell Phones and Pager Issues [] School Uniforms [] Cell Phones in School: Tool or Toy

5. Compare your ideas to the those in the blogs that you found. What is similar? What is different? These include a lot of the ideas that have been in our past posts. Most of them have the same opionion and idea that we have. They take a different approach on the topic.

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? Are next topic is going to be if cell phones should be aloud in school or not. We need to find out if cell phones would be more of a distraction or if it would help. Other school websites to see what their poicies are on this subject.