Yo, my name is Jeremy Schaefer, I had English 12B last year with Mrs. L and had a good time with her assignments and her course in general. However this year I hope to learn some different things from this class. Hopefully delve into some English literature instead of world literature and check some things out like Macbeth and other amazing writers in this world. I think it would be a whole lot of fun finding out about all this famous writers that I always here so much about.
I have many strengths within English it self, however reading is not one of them. I do hope to improve my reading skills quite a bit, as well as expand my vocabulary more and more; although I feel I already have very adequate vocabulary skills. I also feel I can speak in a very articulate manner with fluidity. I am also very proficient at writing in general, I have a tendency to just keep rambling, my idea's details and whatever else need be said to paint a great picture of what I'm trying to tell.
Anyway overall Mrs. L is a great teacher and I'm sure all of us will gain much knowledge from this course. I am looking forward to this quarter, very much so, another fun filled, info packed quarter with good ol' Mrs. L
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Final.
Digital literacy plays a huge part in our lives and roles as students in this day in age, it is no longer kosher to turn in a hand written paper. I mean everybody has a computer at least in their home. It is honestly crazy to think about how new a computer really is, they have not been around for that long at all, and now it is necessary to have one in the home at least, if not a personal laptop. There is more information, readings and personal aspects to the computer than ever before at this point in time. You can find just about anything that your interested in online right now.
Digital literacy must be incorporated into our future, one way or another, and attending jeffconet has really helped me to understand how to utilize the web and other forms of digital information. It is very important that we pick up these skills now rather than later simply because if we choose to ignore the issue that our world is constantly becoming more and more reliant on the web and digital forms of information, by the time we become an adult we will be in serious trouble, having to learn all the skills that jeffconet has already taught us through online schooling. I am very grateful that I started attending jeffconet academy due to the fact I have many life skills that many adults that are supposedly contributing to our society greatly do not have.
I feel that I can and will contribute to our society in a great way using the skills taught to me by jeffconet. If not in teaching simply in educating myself on all the current news and crazy stuff happening around me. The web is, hands down, the best way to keep yourself current on world news; you can also chat with people from around the world, which to this day still blows my mind. The web has not been around for all the long so I often find myself pondering how much further it will advance in my life time. On that note I am so grateful that I know so much about the web and computers in general right now, due to the fact it will be much easier for me to keep up on the inevitable advances in the near future.
I have mastered many skills from these so called "CAP" documents, the skills that have been taught to me are very important for a successful future. They are simply necessary skills that every child should be taught; the students of jeffconet have simply been taught them in a different manner, a better manner if you ask me. Incorporating the computer and the world wide web into our every day learning has not only taught us what any high school would teach us, it has also taught us how to utilize the web and computers to our advantage; which is a ridiculously over looked skill that everyone should have at this day in age. It is hands down one of the most important skills that I have mastered by coming to this jeffconet program.
In my opinion, keep in mind this is just my opinion, the ability to get on the net, and quickly find important information from documents and blogs is one of the most important skills a student, even adult can learn. Simply because without this skill you would spend a large amount of unnecessary time skimming books and fooling around on the web; whereas if you know how to look and what to look for it is so much faster and easier. With good computer skills you have many more options as an adult, simply because you are aware of the current times and have knowledge of important technology. I feel a very important tool to being successful in the future is knowing that technology and information is going to change greatly in my lifetime, knowing this will give me an edge on keeping up on the information to come. Take a look at your grandparents, or even your parents, they are hardly aware of the capabilities of computers and the web, even cellular phones for that matter. Whereas us, as technology babies know the endless possibilities and the ever changing technology at our finger tips.
I feel that I have come as close as possible at this point in time to mastering digital literacy, it is not a skill that can be obtained over night if you will. It is something that must be worked on and fine tuned over a long period of time, and I do feel that this class and jeffconet in general has gave me a push in the right direction for doing so. The art of speaking, writing and reading well will play a major part in my future as well as everyone else's future, if you can not do these things well, you will be left behind in this world flipping burgers if you will; however if you master these things your future becomes very bright with endless possibilities.
Overall this has been a very educational class. It has taught me many things and I have taken a lot from it, even more than just the assignments. I have learned to use the computer and digital lit to my advantage rather than become frustrated picking through an endless pile of useless information.
Digital literacy must be incorporated into our future, one way or another, and attending jeffconet has really helped me to understand how to utilize the web and other forms of digital information. It is very important that we pick up these skills now rather than later simply because if we choose to ignore the issue that our world is constantly becoming more and more reliant on the web and digital forms of information, by the time we become an adult we will be in serious trouble, having to learn all the skills that jeffconet has already taught us through online schooling. I am very grateful that I started attending jeffconet academy due to the fact I have many life skills that many adults that are supposedly contributing to our society greatly do not have.
I feel that I can and will contribute to our society in a great way using the skills taught to me by jeffconet. If not in teaching simply in educating myself on all the current news and crazy stuff happening around me. The web is, hands down, the best way to keep yourself current on world news; you can also chat with people from around the world, which to this day still blows my mind. The web has not been around for all the long so I often find myself pondering how much further it will advance in my life time. On that note I am so grateful that I know so much about the web and computers in general right now, due to the fact it will be much easier for me to keep up on the inevitable advances in the near future.
I have mastered many skills from these so called "CAP" documents, the skills that have been taught to me are very important for a successful future. They are simply necessary skills that every child should be taught; the students of jeffconet have simply been taught them in a different manner, a better manner if you ask me. Incorporating the computer and the world wide web into our every day learning has not only taught us what any high school would teach us, it has also taught us how to utilize the web and computers to our advantage; which is a ridiculously over looked skill that everyone should have at this day in age. It is hands down one of the most important skills that I have mastered by coming to this jeffconet program.
In my opinion, keep in mind this is just my opinion, the ability to get on the net, and quickly find important information from documents and blogs is one of the most important skills a student, even adult can learn. Simply because without this skill you would spend a large amount of unnecessary time skimming books and fooling around on the web; whereas if you know how to look and what to look for it is so much faster and easier. With good computer skills you have many more options as an adult, simply because you are aware of the current times and have knowledge of important technology. I feel a very important tool to being successful in the future is knowing that technology and information is going to change greatly in my lifetime, knowing this will give me an edge on keeping up on the information to come. Take a look at your grandparents, or even your parents, they are hardly aware of the capabilities of computers and the web, even cellular phones for that matter. Whereas us, as technology babies know the endless possibilities and the ever changing technology at our finger tips.
I feel that I have come as close as possible at this point in time to mastering digital literacy, it is not a skill that can be obtained over night if you will. It is something that must be worked on and fine tuned over a long period of time, and I do feel that this class and jeffconet in general has gave me a push in the right direction for doing so. The art of speaking, writing and reading well will play a major part in my future as well as everyone else's future, if you can not do these things well, you will be left behind in this world flipping burgers if you will; however if you master these things your future becomes very bright with endless possibilities.
Overall this has been a very educational class. It has taught me many things and I have taken a lot from it, even more than just the assignments. I have learned to use the computer and digital lit to my advantage rather than become frustrated picking through an endless pile of useless information.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Artist Critque
The piece of art I choose to critique from the Denver Art Museum was the single most beautiful piece I saw within the entire museum. It was the painting of the Canyon at Yellowstone National Park. To me this work of art was one of the most amazing pieces in the entire museum, simply because of its sheer detail and size. It was one of the largest paintings in the whole place. The detail put into this painting was just mind bottling. The information on the art simply said the man did a rough sketch and jotted down the colors so he could get the scheme right, then he took his notes back to his work place and began creating an amazing work of unique art. This is what art should be, he paid close attention to the detail within the canyon as well as the waterfalls and tree's themselves. To be this precise on such a large scale with something as beautiful as the Yellowstone canyon simply baffles me. I see many works of art these days considered to be "abstract" or "modern" art, however much of these so called modern day works of art do not seem like much of art to me at all. This painting was simply great, old fashion talent as an artist. It was just amazing to see how well this man did capturing the sheer beauty of the place. It is so difficult to actually capture how a place looks, but this man nailed it, to a T. There was amazing depth perception as well as color shading, and the waterfall within it was just exquisite. The painting was so unbelievably large too, it must have taken him weeks if not longer just to get the basic design right, let alone the shading and coloring. It was a perfect painting, I myself could not point out a single flaw within the entire thing, then again I'm not an artist. I can not even imagine what this man felt when he actually completed the painting, was it accomplishment, relief, did he love the painting or feel he could have done just a bit better. I will tell you this right now, if I was made of money, I would have that painting and many other's bye that artist strung throughout my home. Any way, to wrap things up I thought it was an amazing work of true artistic talent and I wish they had more painting like that one throughout the museum.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
State of The Union.
Our newly elected president of the United States, Barack Obama, seems to be very in tune with his public speaking abilities. Whenever he stands up to do a speech, not only does the entire nation listen, they "feel" what he is saying, he relates to every last one of the American people. I'm not exactly sure how he does it, but just about every speech I have seen him make has been so meaningful and impacting on the American people. It seems as if he knows he is being held to high standards and not buckeling under the emense pressure being put upon him.
There are hundreds of thousands of America's that completely oppose Obama himself and what he stands for, yet he still stands with great posture and beliefs. Regardless of the slander and attacks made upon Obama he stands as tall as ever, it seems as if he knows what he needs to do for this country and has every intention of doing it. Now as for what he has said about our generation of individuals, I think he i nailed the point head on. We need to further our education to a higher level than ever imagined, simply so we can create new things and invent creations that truely improve our way of life. I believe there are tons of new inventions and creations that we have not figured out yet that could really improve our way of life and our planet as a whole. We need to stop focusing on what we did wrong and start to take a step to pick things up from where they are and move on, and progress just like we have done for the past thousands of years of our existance.
As for my feelings on the entire subject, I am both extremely excited as well as very frightened as to the outcome of the next decades of our lifes. I have a feeling it could go one of many ways, the best outcome would be that Obama and the American people truely follow through with the many promises and improvements we are trying to make. On the other hand we could just be in too deep to get out with just our own effort. I mean there are tons of outcomes, including the apocolypse, war, despression and many many more. For the sake of myself and my children as well as all the other American people we actually follow through with all the amazing improvements we are trying to make. However I do feel it is very hard to continue having children and growing as a whole when we can barely get bye as one individual, let alone an entire family, supporting children as well as spouses.
There are hundreds of thousands of America's that completely oppose Obama himself and what he stands for, yet he still stands with great posture and beliefs. Regardless of the slander and attacks made upon Obama he stands as tall as ever, it seems as if he knows what he needs to do for this country and has every intention of doing it. Now as for what he has said about our generation of individuals, I think he i nailed the point head on. We need to further our education to a higher level than ever imagined, simply so we can create new things and invent creations that truely improve our way of life. I believe there are tons of new inventions and creations that we have not figured out yet that could really improve our way of life and our planet as a whole. We need to stop focusing on what we did wrong and start to take a step to pick things up from where they are and move on, and progress just like we have done for the past thousands of years of our existance.
As for my feelings on the entire subject, I am both extremely excited as well as very frightened as to the outcome of the next decades of our lifes. I have a feeling it could go one of many ways, the best outcome would be that Obama and the American people truely follow through with the many promises and improvements we are trying to make. On the other hand we could just be in too deep to get out with just our own effort. I mean there are tons of outcomes, including the apocolypse, war, despression and many many more. For the sake of myself and my children as well as all the other American people we actually follow through with all the amazing improvements we are trying to make. However I do feel it is very hard to continue having children and growing as a whole when we can barely get bye as one individual, let alone an entire family, supporting children as well as spouses.
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