Personal Blog

     At the beginning of the week, after we had posted our link to our product testing lab on our blogs, we had time to look at other peoples projects.  We commented on them giving them feedback.  It was helpful to know what other people thought of your project.
     We also had some analysis practice this week.  We got different graphs, and we had to write an analysis for the data.  It was helpful practicing that.
     Ms. Miller also helped us with our sources and in text citations.  She reviewed our reference page and our in text citations on our project.  It was a good thing she reviewed them because there were some errors in our project with our references.
     We also learned more about the US Constitution this week.  We had to search through newspapers and find articles related to the four parts of the Preamble of the Constitution.  Finding articles was hard at first, but it got easier as we went on.  Then, we took a quiz online about the Constitution.  I thought that the quiz was easy, but it helped me learn some things I didn't know about the Constitution.
     We have been continuing to read Acceptance and having group discussions.  The discussions have been helping me understand the book better.  Also, they have been helping me learn what other people think about the book and college.  I think this book is interesting and is helping me think more about decisions I will have to make in the future.
     This week, we started to work on a new project.  This project is about different types of technology.  After we have finished this project, we are going to show it to the school board.  Our purpose is to find the type of device that will last through four years of high school.  We are doing research on laptops, iPads, iPods, Macs, and we are going to find other devices too.  We are going to look at their battery life, cost, storage, and other factors.  So far, the research is going well.
     On Thursday, we went to the Apple Store to do some research on different devices.  We got to test Macs, iPads, iPods, and other devices.  We were also able to asks questions to the people that worked there.  The information we learned at the Apple Store will defiantly help us with our project.  Going to the Apple Store was a good way to end our week.