LAST BLOG OF THE YEAR

The favorite part of ROGATE class this year was Google 20%.  My favorite unit in ROGATE was Google 20% because it really got me out of my comfort zone.  It helped me learned new ideas that I have never heard of before.  Also, not only was it fun to do Google 20%, it was fun to watch the other presentations because there was such a variety.  I think blogs can be used more effectively if we just blog every week about what were doing.  Then, at the end of the year we can create a summary for the whole year for a grade to see what we learned through the year.  Unfortunately, I will not be taking Gifted & Talented Seminar I.   What I will miss most about middle school is all my new friends and I hope that I will have the same people in my classes next year.  Some questions I have about high school are:  Is there actually bullying?  Also, are the teachers nice there?  My plans for the summer are to play soccer, watch soccer, and have fun.

Kickstarter

Kickstarter

Kickstarter is a form of crowdsourcing.  Kickstarter is where if people want to start an idea, but they need money.  They can borrow money from other people who will fund his/her project.  In return, depending on how much the person funded his idea the person will get a reward in return.

Romo: The Smartphone Robot
Pledge $192.  Reward: One limited edition Romo smartphone robot-- lasered engraved, numbered from 001-100 and will arrive in time for Christmas! Included in the package is our “I heart Robots” t-shirt and a thank you letter signed by the makers, Peter and Phu.  This is a robot which can be controlled with a smart phone for many regular day needs.  For exmaple, you can use it to get yourself a soda by controlling it with your ipod, or smartphone.

Laser AppTag:
Pledge $120. Reward:

Office Commando! There's 4 of you and it's time for a 4 player frag fest in the office or back yard. You get 4 AppTag LaserBlasters for a great price of $30 each. Outside of USA add $20
This is a laser gun which uses ur ipod, or iphone to use the gun.  The ipod or iphone is docked on the gun and you get the app and play using the ipod to shoot people for fun.

Zombie Playgroud:
Pledge: $200 Reward:

Get early access to the ZPG closed ALPHA! PLUS, your team will never lose track of you in the dark with your nifty in-game glow in the dark "Kickstarter" T-shirt! You will also get all of the previous rewards.
Zombie Playbround is a video game which is 3rd person video game that where school children kill zombies.  It is mainly for entertaiment for children.

An example of crowdsourcing is Pinterest.  Pinterest is a pin-board in which people can put theme-based pictures, logos, and other pictures about hobbies, interests, events, and more.  Then, people can take pictures from other peoples' boards and create their own pin-board to share their board.  Also, if people think they can add to someones pin-board they can if it fits and makes sense depending on the ideas,hobbies, and interests on the person's pin-board.  Therefore people can get new ideas, recipes for food, and create new inventions from the ideas you get. This is a good example of crowdsourcing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest
http://thedailydigi.com/pinterest-101-a-tutorial

20% Project

      My project is about the brain and mental illnesses that occur in the brain.  So far in the project we have found out about 5 major mental illnesses that effect the brain and we done research on them.  Now we have to discover how the regular brain works and compare them to the other mental illnesses.  So far so good.

Waste Land

       Mrs. Mystrena first brought up the movie Waste Land I was thinking that it was going to a terrible movie, but I was wrong.  I couldn't believe how inspiring the movie was.  I was thinking that this movie was just going to show how the people feel in the landfill.  It was much more than that.  As I watched the movie my opinion changed.  I thought these people were just worthless workers, but they were than that.  They worked hard for their money, and they weren't garbage pickers they were

      There were many ways Vik  Muñiz  helped the people of Jardim Gramacho.  He gave them  money by  making paintings of them and auctioning them for money for the landfill.  Also, he made them feel good about themselves.  Vik told them that they weren't trash pickers they were helping the world, and they should be noticed.  Finally, he told the trash pickers that they weren't worthless they should have a chance to express how they feel.

        I personally agree that its better to have a honest job.  Why would you be a drug dealer, or a prostitute?  So, I would rather have  a honest job.  I wouldn't care what other people think of me.  If I know I am doing the right thing I feel proud of myself

Google 20%

When you think of the children today, you think of not hard working lazy, and they hate school.  I personally think they have a right to hate school.  Just think about it every year you learn about the same things.  I guarntee that more than half of the kids in our school will not have a job doing with math.  Kids want to learn what they think is interesting because thats what they will want to be when they grow up.  So, this google project is the perfect way to express your ideas.  Kids can finally decide to learn something they want to major in.  This is why Google 20% is the best thing to do.

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