Global Issue Selection

http://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Travel-Seller-in-Orbit-Over-Space-Tourism

http://www.easydestination.net/space_tourism.shtml

For my global issue in Emerging Technology I have chosen Space Tourism. I have begun researching the issue and you can find my research questions here.

9/10/14

Blog Post of the Day:

If I was in my seventies or eighties I most likely would not pay attention to kids these days and what they are doing, but if I did I'm sure that there are some things that I would complain about. For example kids music these days is too loud, and sports back in my day were better because people could actually hit each other in football, and baseball players could actually use steroids and other performance enhancing drugs that let them hit the ball farther.

9/9/14

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me about the global issue you selected. What do you already know about the issue? What are you looking forward to learning about it? Explain.

I have selected the global issue of Space Tourism. this issue comes along with much controversy and questions because it is viewed by many people as not economically plausible. This so called "futuristic idea" may be closer to present day reality than most people may think due to many things like the increase of private space programs and the constant improvement of technology. In the past 10 or 15 years the cost of space tourism has dropped to less than half of its original cost. It is also projected to be cost effective in the sense of commercial use in the next 20 or so years at its current rate. Space Tourism should be possible if not in the present then in the very near future.

http://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Travel-Seller-in-Orbit-Over-Space-Tourism

9/8/14

Blog Post of the Day:
What did you do this weekend? Share pictures if you have them!

This weekend from Friday September 5 through Sunday September 7 I took place in a baseball tournament at Johnson County Community College. My team and I went 2 and 2 on the weekend losing our first two games on Saturday and winning our second two on Sunday. The rest of the weekend when I wasn't playing baseball I relaxed and enjoyed my time away from school.

9/5/14

Sleeping in- A+
Playing Baseball-A+
Watching TV-A-
Emerging Technologies-A+
Getting Yolked-A-
Speaking French-F+



http://www.emmauschristianschool.edu.ph/report-card-schedule/

9/3/14

Yesterday I asked your to "think differently" and push yourself to be uncommon with your PSA project using Google Slides. Why do you think I asked you to do that? What is the point? Why not just use bullets and headers? Explain.

I think that you had us do this to get us to contemplate and think about the questions in depth. This process gets us to put more effort into the post and make it more personal to us and in turn gets us to create the best blog post that we possibly could. We also don't use bullets because the process of actually writing has close to the same effect as the first point of thinking differently about the post. and also gets us to take more pride in our work on the blogs.

9/2/2014

Blog Post of the Day:
Tell me all about your Labor Day weekend. What did you do? Include photos!

My Labor Day Weekend

By Derek Olson

This weekend, August 30- September 1, was Labor Day weekend, thus we had three days off of school. To my understanding many students of Blue Valley High School, including many of my close friends used this blissful time away from the learning environment to do nothing but relax and in return accomplish nothing productive, but not me. Because I am such a studious and proactive individual I decided to go out and do many interesting things. For example I looked after my adorable siblings while my parents were away, I worked extraneously hard at JR's BBQ, and also decided to take initiative on the side and make a competitive baseball team called the BB Thunderbolts. I hope you enjoyed the simple story of my Labor day weekend an thank you for viewing my blog. :) 

http://www.gillbright.com/blog/labor-day