Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Everyone

Dear WiFi,

It's 2014. You should work seamlessly. Businesses should have you. Schools should use you, and shops offices all over the world should proudly give patrons access to you, for free. 

We already have a Tooth Fairy, an Easter Bunny, and Santa Clause. Can we get a WiFi Fairy? They could come during the middle of the night and fix access issues all over. I'd even sleep with a router under my pillow if that's what it took. I'm just sick of trying to work in buildings where the WiFi doesn't. WiFi, I need you. I don't want to run 8 computers on my phone's WiFi because a building/company doesn't have adequate WiFi to support "that many" computers running basic web browsers...  

On that note, below is a video I would like you all to watch. It's by a man named David Christian. He's a historian from Australia, and the co-author of a fascinating course called Big History. Here he gives a TED Talk on the history of the world... in 18 minutes. Get your pop corn and cover your room in plastic, Dexter style. Your mind is going to blow...okay, maybe not, but it's pretty interesting.

Resources for you:

• Daily Deal Sheet
• Student Information  Survey
• Follow me on Twitter @SMHSRoom639
• AP Homework Choices
• MWH Patterns of Interaction- Online

Modern World History

Quick-write #7:

Objectives:

• Write a complete, correct topic sentence, including a valid a claim and counter claim.
• Use evidence to substantiate your claim.
• Write an evidence and commentary sentence for your claim and counterclaim.

AP World History

Quick-write #6:

Objectives:

• Understand the required elements of a thesis statement.
• Explain the causes, effects, and major changed and continuities associated with the spreading of the human population round the globe until 10,000BCE.
• Explain the SPICE categories in 140 characters or less.