end of school

there are approxomately 12 days left of school. whoo. hoo.

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Kodak - Playsport Camcorder

If you wereto get a camera, I would say you should go with the KodakPlaysport High-Definition Camcorder with 2" LCD Monitor for $149.99. It has “image stabilization and a rugged design that is water-resistant up to 10', this camcorder makes it easy to capture sharp, clear videos and still images in varying climate conditions and upload them to Facebook, YouTube or Twitter via the USB connection.” It’s small so students don’t have to worry about holding something big and heavy and teachers don’t have to worry about where to store it. It has a rugged design which means that it can record in almost any environment. You don’t have to worry about a student spilling something on it or dropping it in a puddle because it’s waterproof. It also has many other important features such as easy to transfer USB cables, plus it’s HD.

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Combined CTB/ Journalism Class

I am thankful that the experience with the Journalism class is over. I really didn't enjoy it because neither one of the classes really had any clue as to what was going on. I fell as though it was almost pointless because they didn't sign up to take CTB and clearly we didn't sign up to take Journalism.
It was positive in that it was a cool concept, trying to combine two slightly similar classes, but it could have been better. I think that if classes are to be combined, it should be two that you are in already. For example, make two classes linked so that one period that group of kids is in say, CTB and then the next period that same group of kids is in Journalism or Economics. This would make for better class combiniations.
If we were to do it again next week, I would suggest that you plan it out more. It felt as though we were doing something completely differnt everyday that really had no relation to each other. Also, for each project I like knowing specifically what is needed of me and what I need to do which was not clear for a lot of the projects. For the ad projects, neither my parner or I had any idea how to use photo editing software and had trouble with audacity. It was also not so good that the teachers had no idea how to work the programs either and were just figuring it out as we went. If they had gone through and knew everything first, the students would be able to have a better understanding of it as well.