Month: May 2017

 

Hi Edubloggers,

 

Since the School year and Spring Blogging challenge is slowly coming to an end, teachers and instructors want to know how much students have improved over the past few months or weeks. So for this post, I will be going more intensive on my Japan trip in 2013.

The first place me and my family went to was the northern island of Sapporo. When we landed, we read that there was a light blizzard that struck Sapporo that left it caked in fresh, clean snow.  So when we landed, it was snowing! Since the time gap between Hawaii and Japan was significantly far apart,  I was both excited because it was one of the first actual snowfalls I saw and tired because of the time gap difference. After leaving New Chitose Airport, we went straight to a subway to go to a nearby hotel. The next morning, for Asagohan or Breakfast, they had these machines where you input what food you want to eat and give it yen ( Japanese Currency) it will deliver the order to the chef and they’ll prepare your food. It was a slightly different breakfast since it consisted of fish and pickled vegetables. However, it was delicious.  Another thing I remember about Sapporo is the Mister Doughnut shop which makes small Mochi Doughnuts.

The next place we went to was Tokyo or formally known, Edo. Honestly, I don’t really remember the order of these events so I will just list them. One of my fonder places I went to was the Disney Land and Sea which was the first Disneyland I went to. Another on is the Tokyo tower which I remembered for making your own coins, buying their soft serve, and looking at many of their attractions in their gift shops. Another activity was the full city bus tour that gave us an oral speech about some of the places and attractions, as well as some of the history of Tokyo. The Kaminarimon, or “Thunder Gate” is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Tokyo, Japan. It is the outer gate among two large entrances that lead to the Senso-Ji, an ancient – and the largest – Buddhist temple in Tokyo, particularly in Asakusa, Taito, which we went to pray and offer omiyage. The Sumida River, Meiji shrine, and Asakusa shrine were all sites to look at the Spring Cherry Blossom Festival. The Tokyo Imperial palace, which was a great place to take a great stroll, gave us another opportunity to look at the Cherry Blossoms.

The last place we went was Osaka. The first place we went to was Universal Studios, Osaka.  One of my favorite rides was the Space Fantasy Ride, which the goal of the player is to gather positive energy in order to save planet earth by re-energizing the failing sun. Another place is the Osaka Castle, is a monument which used to be the royal place which featured plays like Kabuki or Noh Dramas.

So, these are the places I went in 2013. I can’t wait to go back to Japan in 2019 as an 8th grader and relive the Japan Experience. Anyway, that’s all for now.

Bye,

Hmschad

 

 

SHOW TIME!!

Lol, just kidding. It’s actually GAME TIME!!!

 

Hello Edubloggers and SBC Participators,

 

For this weeks post, I will be showing you the four peoples blog’s I commented on.

 

First, I commented on Chantelle’s Blog who makes inspiring life quotes, as well as a frequent participator in the SBC.

I commented:

The next blog I commented on was Anushka’s Blog who is currently writing a script called “The New Girl” and wrote a post about how to make edible play-doh ice cream made from two simple ingredients, which she considers it the be the best blog post ever.

I wrote:

 

 

After that, I commented on Dinah’s Blog who is a Media Specialist for an instructional resource center. She also commented on one of my posts giving me another idea for my past unit, Japanese Calligraphy.

I wrote:

 

Finally, I commented on Thanumi’s Blog whose blog was very enjoyable to read and was very organized!

I wrote:

 

 

Okay, these are four of the blogs I commented on. These will be in my Blogroll just in case something happens.

bye,

Hmschad

 

 

Hi edubloggers,

 

 

For this activity, I watched two videos about digital footprints and I will be answering some questions about it.

1.) What are the differences between the videos?

• The differences are that the first one is just a brief introduction to digital footprints by pointing out some basic information such as that every time you log in, you leave a footprint and anyone can see it. The second video is more into concept by using a person’s life and how they can get affected as an example

2.) Which one did you prefer and why?

• Both described the concepts of digital footprints well, however, I prefer the second video since it includes a simulation of how if affects us and stays with us forever.

 

Later,

Hmschad

 

Hi Edubloggers,

 

Would rather have a negative digital footprint or no footprint at all? I would rather have no digital footprint for reasons bellow.

 

1.) You will have a bad reputation: When you have a negative footprint, you can lose a lot of opportunities as well as being hacked, and not making any friends.

2.) You have a greater chance of getting bullied; If you post inappropriate photos that are public, someone might mock you.

3.) You might get hacked: If you announce public information, the greater the chance someone might hack you and do things that you don’t take part of.

4.) You’ll be flagged: Some people are good about keeping the internet safe. So when they see inappropriate photos, they will most likely report it to prevent younger users to be poisoned by disproportionate photos.

5.) You’ll lose your opportunity to get into a good college or get a good job: Colleges and jobs look at your logs for behavior and how academic you are including your digital records. If they see a drunken photo, most likely they would sway to not choose you all because of an incident.

6.) You’ll be logged or signed in into inappropriate websites that you did not want to be part of: Part of hacking into people’s accounts, they might sign you into various clubs that will change everything.

 

In conclusion, I think it is better to stay anonymous than to be a misfit on the internet. What do you think? Feel free to leave a comment down bellow for your ideas.

Later,

Hmschad

Hi edubloggers,

 

This time, I will be doing activity 2 of the seventh week of the challenge. I would consider my digital footprint to be positive since I mostly use my account and device for work only since we use devices in school. Another reason I think my footprint is positive is because I never give out my passwords, post anything inappropriate, or post information that can be enough to stalk me. Even if someone were able to get into my account, they wouldn’t find any passwords laying around.

I would be proud to show my grandparents or future grandchildren my footprint since I have a large footprint from visiting a lot of websites  but as a pro, it is a clean footprint.  My only concern is that if THEY WOULD  POST IT, AND IF THEY DO, WHAT TROLLS!

For my school account, I am not found on Google or on any other search engines. However, it is sort of vice versa on my personal account as I have a Twitter(foodie pictures,) and Youtube account( I just post instructional and educational videos without showing my face and watch videos.

 

later,

 

Hmschad