Healthy Living

On Blog:  Go to http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/  and calculate your Body Fat.  

Do you feel this is realistic?  Were you surprised by anything you found?  Do you pay attention to what you eat?  Are you aware of how many calories you eat per day?  Do you get at least 30 minutes of exercise per day?

When you're young it's easy to stay active.  As you age and you have more and more responsibilities it can be more difficult to actively exercise.  What do you feel would be good strategies for staying healthy as you age?

Privacy and Facebook

Read the piece at NPR on Facebook and select the link to more . . . http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/12/06/143197534/december-6th-whats-on-todays-show?sc=nl&cc=totn-20111206

2nd Article http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technocracy/2011/11/facebook_privacy_you_re_as_much_to_blame_for_the_site_s_privacy_woes_as_mark_zuckerberg_.html

What are your thought about the privacy issue and Facebook?  Is it something you are concerned about?

New Technology

Advancement in Technology – helps save lives. 

Advancements in technology most often come about as people try to solve specific problems.  The problem – millions of babies in 3^rd world countries die each year due to being too cold in the first few months of life.  Engineering students around the country were given the task to design a portable incubator that would be low cost to manufacture and low cost to maintain.  Follow the progress.  Select the first link and read the article and watch the video.    

http://www.designthatmatters.org/news/dtm-blog/project/incubator/

http://extreme.stanford.edu/projects/embrace.html http://www.stanford.edu/~cbauburn/basecamp/dschool/nepalstudio/MIT%20Premature.pdf 

Welcome to Online B class

We’ll be using this site for teacher-to-student communication as well as student-to-student communication. My goal is to do at least one blog post per week. Generally I will post on Monday and you have until Friday to complete the weekly blog by leaving a comment.

Before we get started we’ll have to set some ground rules.First of all, all postings to this site must use school appropriate language. When you post, write in complete sentences. Key your first initial and last name at the end of your post so I know who posted it (all posts are worth points). When commenting on another student’s post, keep your comments non-personal. You can agree or disagree with a comment but refrain from sarcasm and/or put-downs. State your position on the issue at hand and why you feel that way.

Your first assignment: Respond to the following using the comment link bottom right of this post.  Ask if you don't see it. 

1. Who did you have for Online A?  
2. What did you like about the class?  
3. What didn't you like about the class?  
4. Tell me a little about yourself. Include information on your family, friends and things you enjoy doing. Due today :)

In your Delicious Account - link to this blog.

On the student-teacher drive in the "write" folder, when it's your turn,   post your blog address and email address.  Be sure to get the complete URL and wait your turn.