It's a New Year!

Happy New Year!

I hope you are looking forward to 2014

If you are a Senior, at the beginning of the new semester, you will have 18 weeks of school left.
If you are a Junior, at the beginning of the new semester, you have one year and 18 weeks of school left.

Some of you are well positioned for success after High School.  Some of you haven't thought about it yet.  Junior or Senior, you should be making plans. It's never too late to begin.  Don't let things just happen to you, make things happen that you want to happen.  

As John Lennon said, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

This week, you will choose three things that you can do to positively impact your second semester.

The title of your Blog this week is - My Year Ahead
You should  list at least three things you want to change or improve on.
Number them and remember to address:

• What you want to change
• How you will do this
• What you hope the result will be

Number them 1. 2. 3...   Oh, and I forgot to tell you, I will be putting it on the screen to share with your classmates next week.

An Example:
 1.   I want to make better grades during the second semester. In order to accomplish better grades I will need to study more,  spend less time on meaningless social networking.  I will focus my efforts on things that matter.  By focusing my time on what matters and meeting deadlines, my grades should improve. If I improve my grades, I will have an easier time getting into college and will have a more enjoyable second semester.

Don't embarrass yourself by not doing your blog this week!

This blog post is Due in class on Friday, Jan. 10. Always follow the blog rubric.

Perot Field Trip

This is an example of what your Perot Field Trip assignment should look like.  Embed your Prezi when you are finished.  Sign in or set up an account on Prezi.  Save to Public.  Give a brief description of what your Prezi is about.  Your blog post is due on Monday, Dec. 9.  Click here for a link to the Prezi rubric.  

Please visit my virtual field trip to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.  My Education and Training classes recently visited the museum and learned about many different things that would make for interesting lessons and activities inside a classroom.