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Butterflies with Curly Hair

Posted by Jasmin Gilliam in Being Human - Giknis - B on
​Butterflies with Curly Hair is a book of poetry written by Paige Wordsworth about the connections she has made throughout the years and how that changes with the introduction of technology. She gives her readers a new lens to view the technological era from an outsiders point of view. Through her new and old connections she creates poems in language that captures her readers in the first stanza. If you are looking to get into poetry but it always intimidated you, her style of writing - which is very direct - will let you enter the poetry world and still understand it.
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Watch out for this book in stores!
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​Listen to I think you're cool to hear some cool  people discuss the book.
-i think you're cool- podcast
Blog Post by: Michaela Prell & Jasmin Gilliam

Fifteen Minutes

Posted by Zack Hersh in Being Human - Giknis - B on
Fifteen Minutes — Zack Hersh and Amelia Stuart

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What isms represents the current generation? What defines it? What does it mean to be a human in our time? These are just some of the essential questions our piece of literature, the novel Fifteen Minutes, sets out to answer.

Above is the book jacket for Fifteen Minutes. 
The New York Times book review addresses the audience response.
The Cultural fabric analysis discusses the other works, events and ideas that are part of this movement and topic. 



Emily Martinez's Feud with Morton Salt

Posted by Jiwon Choi in Being Human - Giknis - B on
When the Morton Salt Company finds out that a woman named Emily Martinez is having some success in her newly opened salt mining company in Grand Saline, TX, the company writes hundreds of bad reviews on her yelp page and even makes a fake Facebook profile in order to defame her. Since Grand Saline is a small town, rumors about Emily Martinez not selling good quality salt and having poor customer service spread, and her reputation becomes ruined. This project shows how powerful the internet can be when it comes to spreading rumors. It also deals with cyberbullying since the Morton Salt Company harasses her online just to lessen the competition in the salt mining business. 
Press Release: Emily Martinez's yelp page full of negative reviews. 
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Audience Response: 
On this episode of “Now That’s What I Call Business,” Matthew Jones investigates another Business Conundrum. This week, we hear from Emily Martinez, the woman whose reputation was ruined by the Morton Salt Company. We’ll hear her story, plus some musings on public shaming and the power of the internet over our lives. We’ll also ask the question: are we good people? All this and more on this week’s episode of “Now That’s What I Call Business,” brought to you by Plapor, the most poetic business tool.
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​Cultural Fabric:

Diaries of Extradimensional Beings

Posted by Rafi Hares in Being Human - Giknis - B on
Press Release: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1Mdsz8RPkBDOMfE-XcmO9TnCiwJvjihJJIZNfHvgZe3g/edit?usp=sharing

Audience Response: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gPGpi4BbYJ-nTqgyHBqomwHV3m1RAEM2hiuSxD_YtgI/edit?usp=sharing

Cultural Fabric:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxYG76szxTEpZWxUR2JBY0tNcFE/view?usp=sharing

​ Noah and I worked together and for our benchmark we decided to create a collection of journal entries similar written by several different people similar to Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul and New Kids on the Street. Each of our journal entries tells the stories of immigrants from an alternate universe. This alternate universe was trapped in a 1940's like setting but unfortunately it was destroyed by a nuclear apocalypse. Luckily the survivors of the devastation were all migrated to different universes, our protagonists were separated from their parents and all wound up in our universe where they are stuck. These journal entries tackle the clashing themes and ideas from both past and present alike. Our goal with our piece was to show the evolution of society and how nothing is constant and everything is variable. We hope you enjoy our piece.
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Reflection

Posted by Kenneth Carroll in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y2 on
Today in class we began by watching the #iamawitness video. The video was of a little boy named jack who was getting bullied by three kids, while watching the video you had the choice of either clicking or not clicking a emoji that showed up on the screen, if you clicked the emoji the bullies would not bully him and let him have a good day. When I was watching this video I remembered how affected kids can be by bullying and teasing, I was also reminded that by doing one thing to make somebodies day worse you can also do one thing to make somebodies day much better. Online I like to stay pretty low key and keep a small profile, I probably appear as somebody who doesn't have a bunch of their information all over the internet. Online I think people would perceive me as somebody who isn't all out there with their personal information and I might seem shy and timid online. The goal of internet trolls is to get a reaction out of the people who they are trolling, or to see the person suffer hence the reference to a sadist. A pro of online anonymity is that nobody can receive your personal information, a con of online anonymity would be if someone needed to see your information like for a job then they cant find your information online. This picture below came up pretty late in my results, and is a picture of my parents at my birth. 
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Reflection

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                                                        "Who Am I Online"


​The video that we watched in class was "Who Am I Online" . The activity in class was to search yourself on the internet and see what comes up. The video made me think of social media and the bullying on there. 

I appear happy and silly, I feel some people perceive me as the same way as I do and some others may think negative things about me it all depends on the person that you are. 

The goal of internet trolls are to put people down. Trolls on the internet usually have been put down by others so that leads them to do that to others to make themselves feel good and better. Other times these people just enjoy people hurting themselves or feeling upset. 

The negative result of online anonymity is you sometimes cant tell who is bullying you. The positive result of online anonymity is that if you're sticking up for someone without being a bullying yourself the bully or troll doesn't know who you are so they cant bully you on a personal level. 

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Reflection Kamil Kielar

Posted by Kamil Kielar in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y2 on
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​ Today in class we had watched a video about a little boy that was getting bullied. The bullies were doing all these mean thing to him and you could help him out by pressing this emoji. After you press the emoji the bullies do nice things to him instead bullying him. When I had seen this video I had felt so emotionally touched and bad for him. I remember when I was younger I was bullied by some kids but then I just learned to ignore it and ever since nothing has been able to really offend me. Online I am a complete ghost. I have never have a single social media and never felt as if I need one. Based on this appearance I think people tend to ignore me completely online which is both good and bad. In my opinion the goal for an internet troll is to annoy you and make you feel bad about yourself. The positive side of being anonymous is no one can bully you because you don't exist but the downside is you cannot interact with friend and be able to talk to them even though your not next to them physically.       

Who am I Online? - Andrew Rodebaugh

Posted by Andrew Rodebaugh in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y2 on
In Tech class we had to Google yourself and explain what we think about it. I am pretty proud of what is on Google all the stuff I am proud of seems to be on top and looking through it you can learn about me (In a good way). The only thing is that also on the first page on Google is a article about my heart defect that may seem OK but, I am worried if I want a job and they Google me and they see that I am worried they will be worried about me. I will work on my Internet profile and make it better.
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Dayanna Hughes #whoamI

Posted by Dayanna Hughes in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y2 on
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Today we watched an #Iamawitness video, that gave us an overview of both sides of a bullying story. It brings to my mind that we can change the whole perception of bullying by stopping it and supporting people who are victims. I am just one person in the maze of profiles on the internet. The pictures that show up are appropriate and cringe worthy as well ( fetus pictures. )  I don't think people perceive me in a major way because it's just a normal photo, not appropriate at all. The goal of the internet trolls are to hurt you, their main goal is to bring you unhappiness. I am now more aware of cyber bullying and it got me excited to help vicitims.

Home Network, To

Posted by Cynthia To in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y1 on
1) My local area network is Comcast and the internet connects to the modem with the coax cable. Then, the modem is connected to the router with a ethernet cord. Lastly, the router connects to all my devices at my house are 4 wireless phones, 1 wire home phone, 2  wireless laptop, 1 wired computer, and 1 wireless printer with wiFi.
2) I learned about how the information were sent through packets to get to us. Also,  I learned that there were different wires like coax and also that Verizon provider has a 2 in1 modem/router, other internet providers has two of them separately. 
3) I would tell other people that they need to know about having an home network is which wires connect to what and the process on how our computers receive information and also about the internet providers. 

ILP

Posted by Destiny Patton in Advisory Sophomore - Giorgio - adv on
​I have not started my ILP yet. I have talked to Jeremy in person and sent e-mails. I've tried to talk yo him face to face but Jeremy is very hard to find when you're looking for him. So, my plan is to have a face to face conversation with Jeremy and hopefully we can talk about my options. A few weeks ago I went to the ILP meeting and picked things that I'm interested in.
I would like to do something involved with culinary arts. I f not that then something fun like a class about food science or something of that nature. I would like to figure this out soon so I can know how I can help to speed up this process.

Home Network, Jason

Posted by Jason Chen in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y1 on
There are many people on my LAN because i have a lot of family members but the devices connected are Jason's iPhone,Jason's laptop, Cindy's iPhone, Cindy's laptop, Wendy's iPhone, Wendy's laptop, Dad's iPhone, Dad's laptop, and Mom's iPhone
Something i learned about about networks are the black wire that comes into my house i did not know it was a Coax.
If i were to tell someone something about a ISP or Home Network i would tell them what Router and Modern are.

Xfinity, Brown

Posted by Lauren Brown in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y1 on
The devices on my home network include two laptops, two iPhone's, and an Amazon Fire Tablet. I learned about how it is possible for me to access the internet from my home. I didn't have any OMG moments, but I did learn a lot of cool information. I would tell them that Xfinity wifi costs $64.99 per month.

Reflection blog

Posted by Zoey Tweh in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y1 on
My LAN contains my laptop,phone,TV, and my mom's phone. This has been a quick and wonderful experience, I've learned a lot. I've actually always wondered what in the world the internet is and I was kind of let down that it was so practical yet intricate. I would tell them they should know what all the chords are and how they work so that if ever one needs to set up their TV or system/device they'll have no problem.

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Posted by Kimberly Gucciardi-Kriegh in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y1 on
1) The internet comes into my house with a Coax cable. then connects to my modem. Two computers are connected with a wire to the modem. The modem connects to the router with a  Ether Net cord. It send wifi out to 3 phones, 2 playstations, one Ipad, and one cromecast. 
2) The most interesting thing was how the information is sent through packets!
3) I would teach them about the way our internet send signals and how much it takes to recieve information to our computer. 

Home Network, Hinson

Posted by Doniesha Hinson in Technology - Freshman - Hull - b1 on
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My ISP is Verizon Fios. I have both a modem and a router. Connected to my router I have wireless wifi. Connected to my wifi I have a printer, 4 iPhones, 3 iPads, a PS4, a xBox 1 and an apple desktop. These are the things that make up my home network. One "OMG" moment I had was learning that there were firewalls inside of firewalls. For example, if you were a hacker and the thing you are trying to hack has multiple firewalls, it will be way harder to hack into the thing or site. If you are to have a ISP make sure you pick a ISP that has good quality for a good price.

My home Network: Shamus Keough

Posted by Shamus Keough in Technology - Freshman - Hull - b1 on
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My internet is provided by Verizon Fios, we then have a modem/router. We have our computer connected via Ethernet cable. Then we have an iPad, 4 i Phones, a wireless printer, an xbox, and a smart tv. In this class I have learned the different between the World wide web, and the internet, and have been taught how to use canvas, which was EXTREMELY helpful. Something I could tell other people is to think about all the devices you have that are connected to the internet and make a drawing of it and how its connected to the internet.

Home Network, Huang

Posted by William Huang in Technology - Freshman - Hull - b1 on
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My Local Area Network consists of a wired PC, two wireless laptops, four wireless smartphones, and a wireless printer.

One thing I learned that I found interesting was the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet, which I use interchangeably.

I would tell other people that an ISP is very much like a Carrier that provides phone service, but instead provides internet connection. Having internet connection is also very costly, something that is often overlooked.

Home Network, Flores

Posted by Ariana Flores in Technology - Freshman - Hull - b1 on
​From the Internet, I have an ethernet cord that connects to my motem/router. From my motem/router an ethernet cord connects to my printer/scanner. The rest of the technology in my house is wireless. The other devices in my household include four iPhones, one Windows PC, two Chromebooks, and two tablets. I had an OMG moment when I realized there was an ethernet that connected to my motem/router at home that gave me Internet. This home network lesson taught me how specifically each of my devices connects to the Internet, whether it's via wire or wireless. I also learned that there are a lot more wireless devices in my house than devices connected by wires. You need to know what wire brings internet into your home or what cords connect to your motem/router in case you have future problems with your internet. This would help clear up whether you need a new wire or if the problem is on the ISP's end.
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Home Network, Ahmed Ahmed

Posted by Ahmed Ahmed in Technology - Freshman - Hull - y2 on
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2. The devices connected to the internet at my house are 5 smartphones, 4 tablets, 1 console, 3 laptops, 1 desktop, and 1 smart t.v. 3. One "OMG" moment I had was when Ms. Hull told the class that every thing we do on the internet is being watched and saved. 4. I would tell other people to be aware and be careful of what they do on they internet because everyone is being watched.

Quiz Bowl!

Posted by Melanie Manuel on
Test your Quiz Bowl mettle:...

Question: Dick Leitsch claimed that many of this event's participants were homeless runaways denied admission by The Sewer and The Snake Pit. The Daily News ran a story headed “Queen Bees are Stinging Mad” after this event, which began after a (*) vice squad entered a Christopher Street bar and arrested those not wearing “gender-appropriate” clothing. For 10 points—name these 1969 riots considered the start of the gay rights movement. 

Scroll to the bottom for the answer.

Thanks to the 15 students who came to our first Quiz Bowl meeting. We will be meeting every Monday in Mr. Enzweiler's classroom from 4-5pm. We will be putting together a team to compete at Penn's QuizBowl tournament onSaturday, December 5. 

Join us next week!

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Answer to the QuizBowl question above: Stonewall Riots