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Describe how you have researched on your project. What were some interesting information that you found? What difficulties did you have in searching for information?

  Researching for my project, I could say was fun. It was fun to me because I researched on a topic that really interest me. I first decided to research on soccer because it is one of my all time favorite sports. Later, I decided to research on butterflies. I chose butterflies over soccer, because I know alot more about soccer, than I do about butterflies. Also, because I have had a lot of interest in butterflies for a long time, but never took the time to learn about them.

  There was so much information I found about butterflies. Some of the information that I researched was surprising, and some were random. One information that interested me, was getting to know how butterflies obtain their color. I thought that it just comes randomly, but I found out that it doesn’t. Also, that butterflies have many similarities to moths. There was one site that I visited, that provided so much information on there differences and similarites. I spent most of my time researching on that site, rather than going to other sites.

   There was a few difficulties that I faced during my research. One of the difficulites was finding specific information. I was searching for what colors are more often found on the wings of butterflies. All the sites kept giving me was how it obtains its color. Also some sites that I was trying to visit, was being blocked on my computer. Even with a few difficulties, I still managed to find out many interesting things about butterflies, and complete my project.

  What are your new years resolutions? How will you accomplish them, and what extrisic and intrisic effect will they have?

   This year its 2008. That means its time for people to make changes and be better.  Since its my last year in middle school, and a fresh start in high school, my resolutions are mainly because of my education and daily life at home.  My resolutions for this year are: Get a GPA of 95% or above by the end of my eigth grade year, and my freshman year, to be more respectful and caring to my mom and sister, and enjoy life and be happy.

  My New Years resolution to get a GPA of 95% or above by the end of my eigth grade year, and during freshamn year is something i really believe i can do. The reason I want to do this is to start doing better and trying hard so i could get into a good college.  I always wanted to be a lawyer, so since i was in elementary ive been wroking hard to achieve that. Teachers always say start out young, and when you reach high school you should strive your best. I believe that once you know what you want to do in life, is when you should start doing your best in whatever you do.

Describe your experience with handhelds. What were the most interesting aspects? How can your experience be better (education wise)? 2 paragraphs Working with the handhelds, was a fun learning experience. Working with the handhelds, expanded our resources of learning and teaching, instead of just through books. It taught me alot about technology, and the different things that could be done in learning through it. I learned about new softwares in which could help me in school work. The most interesting aspects of working with the handhelds is using programs that can do different things I didn’t know exsist. I enjoyed learning the new games that are both educational and fun. There were programs that helped get work done faster. The thing that interested me the most was how beaming was part of working with the handheld. Beaming information to eachother was a good was of learning to work with others and share information that is helpful. My experience would be better with the handhelds if there were more programs that could be used it learning. Programs that would help with getting work done faster and more efficient would also help. Interent connection would also be another way that the learning experience with the handhelds would have been fun. Overall working my experience with the handheld for the first time was good and educational.

Shaelene Perezճ
Cyber-bullying Research Guide
Directions
Read the four website articles.  Follow the outline below to help you take notes and write your composition.
I. Introduction- your thoughts and experiences (or those of others) on bullying.
   The article from Online Bullying Compels State Acts, had made me  realize that bullying is happening everywhere, and anytime of the day, to everyone. Bullying, especially cyber-bullying wasn’t a big deal to me. I never knew there was such thing as cyber-bullying, and I never knew it happend until today from reading the articles. After reading the article from MSNBC it has  made me more aware, of the dangers that don’t only happen face to face with people you see everyday, but with people around the world. From reading the article Suicide Victim and the town that turned on her Cyber-bullying really made me think about what I could do to at least help out people I know that are being cyber-bullied, and to talk people out of it that are cyber-bullies.

II.  What is cyber-bullying?
   After reading all four articles I  have come to find out that cyber-bullying is being bullied through online, such as e-mails, blogs, and even text messages saying bad things about someone. Cyber-bully can be in any form in which someone is being not face to face, or is bullying anonymously.

III.  What are the effects of cyber-bullying?
   According to the article Suicide Victim and the town that turns on her cyber-bullying it has shown the biggest effect of cyber-bullying, which is suicide. How Parents can stamp out cyber-bullying, was a really educational and informative article. Effects it may have is causing people to hurt themselves, take it out on others, and do it to others. The bad thing about cyber-bullying is the people doing it don’t always get caught. 

IV.  How can cyber-bullying be prevented?  The article How parents can stamp out cyber-bullying, provided many ways parents can prervent their children from being cyber-bullied. One of the many ways is by talkling to their children about information that should not be displayed on websites, and about not entering sites that require personal information. It can also be prevented by not talking,or chatting with people you do not know. It is safe not to meet new people and to provide personal information to people through the internet. It is not safe to send personal information through e-mails either, because some people out there can access your e-mail and you wouldn’t even know.

V.  Conclusion
-  What were the most interesting things youնe learned about cyber-bullying? Summarize what you wrote in the 2nd to 4th paragraphs.

    All the  paragraphs have provided me information on ways to prevent cyber-bullying, and the things that haave occured from it. I’ve learned that cyber-bullying happens to almost everyone. There are so many sites and ways for c.yber-bullying to occur.  One of the ways I learned to prevent cyber-bullying is to be cautious of the information you provide on the internet, and the sites you visit. I’ve come to realize that cyber-bullying doesn’t occur because someone doesn’t like you, or you did something bad to them. It can happen to anyone, at anytime, for no reason. Cyber-bullying has big effects, and the worst thing about it,is the .people doing it can be anywhere in this world, and can somehow not get caught. After reading the articles i think that cyber-bullying should have big consequences. Cyber-bullying is happening on one thing, the computer, but causes big trouble.

Recycling Conclusions Shaelene Perez     In our class we are doing research in recycling. We all put together a KWL chart to gather all our thoughts. When we all completed our charts we shared our information with eachother to create a conclusion.      My classmates and I have come to know that recycling is one big way to help keep our world cleaner and healthier. Here on our island we all know that schools and other buildings,  place recycle bins for people to drop off their recycled items. Some students have noticed the different items that are being recycled. Some of the items include cans, empty bottles, paper, & wood.   We all have known that recycled items are remade into new items.    After sharing our thoughts of what we know, there were also things we didn't know. I always wondered what are all the types of items that can be recycled, and the benefits of recycling them. Some students were wondering what is the process of recycling, and if it helps prevent global warming. Other students wanted to know things that could be made out of recycled items.     At the end of all our research and discussion we all learned something new from eachother.  We gained knowledge about what we didn't know, and also got a chance to teach eachother things that other didn't know.  Many students agreee that recycling would make us live in a cleaner and better environment. I've learned that there are many types of items that could be recycled such as: glass jars, paper, aluminum cans, wood, & many other items. An item I learned could be recycled and is for good use is wood. Wood could be used to make mail boxes, & bird houses.  Recycling keeps the world cleaner instead of burning trash and polluting the air. Recycling can not only benefit a few people, but everyone else around you. Recycling may not be a big concern now, but soon people will soon see the benefit if we all took part in it.