PLN 6

I read the post "Ex-Denver resident accused in scams" by the Denver post. Anthony L. Ciocchetti from Wyoming was accused of scamming numerious banks out of hundreds and thousands of dollars. He did this by useing false IRS tax returns to get loans for himself. He borrowd nearly $700,000 illeagle and in other peoples names. He also attempted to scam over 3 millian dollars from the west bank in Denver for a false "Corey Channing Trust."
Ciocchetti was also accused of bounceing checks costing some of the banks almost $200,000.

Ciocchetti surrenderd and pled not guilty on any of the charges.

PLN 5

I read te blog"Is Payment for Good Grades Legitimate Motivation in This Day and Age?" by Think:Lab. I personally think that it is. My parents give me money for good grades and it definatly modavates me to try harder in school. In addition to makeing my give tem money for bad rades such as D's or F's. In my mind perents arent bribing teir kids but rather teachign them a lesson like if you try hard in school you will get a better job and ultimatly get a better job and succcedde in life. Althought alot of parents say that reguardless if they pay their kids for graes or not it is true. But most kids have "instant gratifacation" which means if they did somethig good they want to be rewaeded for it instantly, not in a long time. So parents who pay their kids for good grades sove that instant gratifacation.

This matters to me bacause I personally understad how much it modivates me to do above and beyond in school. This relates to the world because I know alot of people who's parents give them anywere from $5 for an A to $20 for an A.

presentation evaluation

For my next presentation I would like to do a few things diferently, first of all I would liek to be more prepaired with note cards instead of reading off the screen. I would also have like dto have a longer presentation.

PLN entry 2

In the blog "Online Safety - Videos that get ‘em" by Jeff utecht, he talks about how teaching Internet safety is a good idea, it probably isn't as effective if they are like a mother breathing down their thought. I would have to say I defiantly agree with this.

It is very important to educate students about Internet safety so they don't fall victim to online predators or online bullying. Being a student and a teenager I personally know I will respond better if the teacher or adult is not in my face and speaking at me instead of too me.

PLN entry 1

I read an article called "Classrooms For The Future" by David Warlick and i have to say i agree with him. Classrooms should have all the technology he stated such as
one laptop per student desk (cart of 25)
a teacher laptop
a printer/scanner
imaging software
productivity software
a web cam
an electronic whiteboard
a projector
up to three digital still cameras (per eligible school)
up to five digital video cameras (per eligible school)
Infrastructure (wireless network, servers)
technical support

This maters because we have all this technology at our fingertips so why not use it in the classrooms.
in my opinion education would increase a lot.