Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Blog 7 -2
Blog 7
Description
Millions of people everyday discovers they have high cholesterol. They need to understand that it has to do with their lifestyle and also mostly a heredity factor. There is nothing that can be done about the genes you received from your family, but there is something you can do about your lifestyle to help yourself. Learn what foods are good for you and which to avoid. Exercise is an important factor which can help. There is also medication if need be that can help.
They often wonder why, how did I get this condition, how do I treat it. Information like this can be found in many places not just the Dr himself. There are brochures and websites you can have access to. You may want to talk to a friend; one would not believe how many people are affected by this disorder every day. Answers can be found all over the place. One just needs to learn how to access them.
People need to understand this is a growing problem with the population. No single person gender or race is excused from this growing problem. You just need to be informed of ways to help control it. I know we can’t fix everything but we sure can be informed about what can be done. The main concern is fixing the problem for yourself and making sure you live a long life so you can be here for your family and friends. There is no set age to help someone change. I wish I would have known some of this information a long time ago, then maybe I could have helped my mother succeed better that she did.
Description
Millions of people everyday discovers they have high cholesterol. They need to understand that it has to do with their lifestyle and also mostly a heredity factor. There is nothing that can be done about the genes you received from your family, but there is something you can do about your lifestyle to help yourself. Learn what foods are good for you and which to avoid. Exercise is an important factor which can help. There is also medication if need be that can help.
They often wonder why, how did I get this condition, how do I treat it. Information like this can be found in many places not just the Dr himself. There are brochures and websites you can have access to. You may want to talk to a friend; one would not believe how many people are affected by this disorder every day. Answers can be found all over the place. One just needs to learn how to access them.
People need to understand this is a growing problem with the population. No single person gender or race is excused from this growing problem. You just need to be informed of ways to help control it. I know we can’t fix everything but we sure can be informed about what can be done. The main concern is fixing the problem for yourself and making sure you live a long life so you can be here for your family and friends. There is no set age to help someone change. I wish I would have known some of this information a long time ago, then maybe I could have helped my mother succeed better that she did.
Blog 7
Blog 7
Editorial
People just learning the have high cholesterol should be informed of the things that cause it. It not only comes with your lifestyle but also your genes. I have just been diagnosed with high cholesterol. I have talked with my doctor about what causes this problem, he asked if I was addicted to milk, cheese, red meat etc. I told him, no to all above, I can’t drink milk, I love cheese but not every day, I love a good steak but not every day. All the things he talked about I am guilty of, but not in an excessive manner. However, I am a smoker and a drinker, I know these are major factors and I plan to do something about these two bad habits.
However, the one thing he did say is with my numbers being so high, it has to be a heredity factor! I know my mother had the same problems and she and I were just alike. How can anyone beat heredity? I truly believe I have this problem because of my genes and not my total lifestyle. I know my children will have the same problem when they are older because of their genes. I think more information should be published about how genes and heredity are factors in the diagnosis of high cholesterol.
I am being place on medicine to help lower my cholesterol, which I am not happy about I do not like to take unnecessary medications for anything. Is there herb supplement I can take? I am currently researching that issue, which I hope to have an answer to soon.
In order to set a good example I am going to do my best to break the two bad habits I have and start creating new ones, that will help reflect the good in life and not so much the bad. I am determined to not let high cholesterol beat me I am going to beat it!
http://cholesterol.about.com/od/treatments/tp/treatments.htm
Editorial
People just learning the have high cholesterol should be informed of the things that cause it. It not only comes with your lifestyle but also your genes. I have just been diagnosed with high cholesterol. I have talked with my doctor about what causes this problem, he asked if I was addicted to milk, cheese, red meat etc. I told him, no to all above, I can’t drink milk, I love cheese but not every day, I love a good steak but not every day. All the things he talked about I am guilty of, but not in an excessive manner. However, I am a smoker and a drinker, I know these are major factors and I plan to do something about these two bad habits.
However, the one thing he did say is with my numbers being so high, it has to be a heredity factor! I know my mother had the same problems and she and I were just alike. How can anyone beat heredity? I truly believe I have this problem because of my genes and not my total lifestyle. I know my children will have the same problem when they are older because of their genes. I think more information should be published about how genes and heredity are factors in the diagnosis of high cholesterol.
I am being place on medicine to help lower my cholesterol, which I am not happy about I do not like to take unnecessary medications for anything. Is there herb supplement I can take? I am currently researching that issue, which I hope to have an answer to soon.
In order to set a good example I am going to do my best to break the two bad habits I have and start creating new ones, that will help reflect the good in life and not so much the bad. I am determined to not let high cholesterol beat me I am going to beat it!
http://cholesterol.about.com/od/treatments/tp/treatments.htm
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Blog 6
Blog 6
Group 4 assignment is to create a document that will assist upcoming Eng 333 students with the course online. The final document will be made into a brochure which will hopefully be posted on the English Departments Website. Online courses are often viewed as an easy way of taking a college class that you can work at your own leisure, but they are also considered a scary idea, but we feel with this brochure students will think differently about taking this class online as well as others on line.
I believe our group is on track of finishing our project. We have tried to work together as a group to achieve this goal, it has been a bit hard with everyone in different areas, but we are making it work to achieve our goal. I believe the hardest part about this project was the fact of getting the questionnaire answered by the current students. The replies that have come back were not as many as had been hoped for. I am currently working on the replies to submit for the final phase of the project. All in all I believe we have enough information to achieve our goal of easing the pain of upcoming students into ENG 333.
Group work can be fun to do; the only problem is when the group is scattered out. I for one would prefer a group that is close in area so I could meet up with them at least once during the course of the project. One meeting would achieve so many unanswered questions. I realize this would be hard for an instructor to accomplish but I feel the final project would be so much more elaborate for the instructor and the students in general. Our group has been taking on the phone when needed but in my opinion it is just not the same as a face to face meeting. I know we will be meeting or taking again before the final project is due to discuss any last minute details either by skype or phone which is wonderful but there is still the small problem of getting everyone together at the same time.
I am not sure how we will present our project as a group but I am sure we will be working with Mrs. Bandy when the time comes to accomplish this. This assignment was very confusing to me, but I have to say it has been a great pleasure working with Stacey and Shonda they have really made this assignment easy for me to understand.
Group 4 assignment is to create a document that will assist upcoming Eng 333 students with the course online. The final document will be made into a brochure which will hopefully be posted on the English Departments Website. Online courses are often viewed as an easy way of taking a college class that you can work at your own leisure, but they are also considered a scary idea, but we feel with this brochure students will think differently about taking this class online as well as others on line.
I believe our group is on track of finishing our project. We have tried to work together as a group to achieve this goal, it has been a bit hard with everyone in different areas, but we are making it work to achieve our goal. I believe the hardest part about this project was the fact of getting the questionnaire answered by the current students. The replies that have come back were not as many as had been hoped for. I am currently working on the replies to submit for the final phase of the project. All in all I believe we have enough information to achieve our goal of easing the pain of upcoming students into ENG 333.
Group work can be fun to do; the only problem is when the group is scattered out. I for one would prefer a group that is close in area so I could meet up with them at least once during the course of the project. One meeting would achieve so many unanswered questions. I realize this would be hard for an instructor to accomplish but I feel the final project would be so much more elaborate for the instructor and the students in general. Our group has been taking on the phone when needed but in my opinion it is just not the same as a face to face meeting. I know we will be meeting or taking again before the final project is due to discuss any last minute details either by skype or phone which is wonderful but there is still the small problem of getting everyone together at the same time.
I am not sure how we will present our project as a group but I am sure we will be working with Mrs. Bandy when the time comes to accomplish this. This assignment was very confusing to me, but I have to say it has been a great pleasure working with Stacey and Shonda they have really made this assignment easy for me to understand.
Blog 5
ENG 333, Summer 2010
Sherleen Thibodeaux
Blog 5
Beginning the Job Search
This assignment was extremely hard for me to do. I am already guaranteed a job with my school upon graduation. So it was hard to look for other jobs, that I may be interested in. I am considering returning to get my masters one day but for now I am really just concerned with getting my bachelors degree. I am forty one years old and I feel as though I have been in school for fifty years trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up.
All job opening in my field require the same type of information. One must be licensed within the state they wish to teach, must want to help little minds grow. The candidate must be professional and able to connect conceptions, assumptions, processes of inquiry and ways of knowing to the discipline they teach. They must be able to use multiple representations and explanations of concepts that link the taught discipline to students’ prior understandings. A good teacher will need to use a variety of instructional methods ad strategies in order to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving and performance skills.
I believe I meet all of these goals above. My first concern is to teach the babies what they will need to know to carry out life. Having been an assistant for five years I understand the need to be professional and the needs of the children. Children need a lot of understanding because they are not all equal in the same ways. Each child is different and had different learning abilities. This is why observation is an important role as a teacher. Things need to be taught in different way for different children to learn. I personally believe in a lot of hands on experiences, I feel you learn more by doing not just by reading or writing it.
I am really interested in teaching a higher grade such as fifth or sixth. I feel I can connect with these children and make learning fun for them. They may not feel like they are learning but I feel I can put it in a way they will be learning what they need to. I think school should not be all learn and no play, I think you will get more out of your students if you let them play a bit while they learn.
Sherleen Thibodeaux
Blog 5
Beginning the Job Search
This assignment was extremely hard for me to do. I am already guaranteed a job with my school upon graduation. So it was hard to look for other jobs, that I may be interested in. I am considering returning to get my masters one day but for now I am really just concerned with getting my bachelors degree. I am forty one years old and I feel as though I have been in school for fifty years trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up.
All job opening in my field require the same type of information. One must be licensed within the state they wish to teach, must want to help little minds grow. The candidate must be professional and able to connect conceptions, assumptions, processes of inquiry and ways of knowing to the discipline they teach. They must be able to use multiple representations and explanations of concepts that link the taught discipline to students’ prior understandings. A good teacher will need to use a variety of instructional methods ad strategies in order to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving and performance skills.
I believe I meet all of these goals above. My first concern is to teach the babies what they will need to know to carry out life. Having been an assistant for five years I understand the need to be professional and the needs of the children. Children need a lot of understanding because they are not all equal in the same ways. Each child is different and had different learning abilities. This is why observation is an important role as a teacher. Things need to be taught in different way for different children to learn. I personally believe in a lot of hands on experiences, I feel you learn more by doing not just by reading or writing it.
I am really interested in teaching a higher grade such as fifth or sixth. I feel I can connect with these children and make learning fun for them. They may not feel like they are learning but I feel I can put it in a way they will be learning what they need to. I think school should not be all learn and no play, I think you will get more out of your students if you let them play a bit while they learn.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Blog 4
Dear Candle.net Webmaster,
I was recently surfing the internet to find some wonderful candles to give as teacher appreciation gifts. I came across your web site and was amazed to find such a variety of candles. It is to my understanding that you are one company and you sell several other companies candles.
Have you considered revamping your website? As a student whom just finished a computer class, I would like to share a couple of ideas with you about your website that may make it more appealing and be helpful to pull more customers your way who might be doing what I did and be surfing the web.
You signify the flame of the candle means: “ faith, hope, remembrance , freedom, wisdom and love”, which is very true. However, to me your website doesn’t deliver any of those traits. When I think of a candle I think of happiness, family, romance, relaxation, the smell of something wonderful.
You may want to consider brightening up you background. With a brighter background your audience will feel happy (the black is dull and depressing), interested as to what is within the pages, and it will make your site more inviting to customers. I also noticed some of the fonts on your pages are hard to read, you may want to take into consideration of your older surfers. You may want to consider changing the font size and color to match your new background. If customers can read the font easily they are more apt to read more about the site and maybe purchase.
Another idea you may want to consider, I noticed you had pictures of many of the items. Looking at the pictures you have posted they seem too beautiful to be true, in my opinion they look like they were taken from a magazine. You may want to consider taking your own pictures and exhibit those on the web. Customers like to view the actual product they will be receiving. I would also show a wide variety of colors within the picture. You have your fragrances listed but I for one would like to see the colors of the items.
I hope you will consider some of these recommendations for your website as I think they will benefit your company in the long run.
Sincerely,
Sherleen Thibodeaux
www.candles.net
I was recently surfing the internet to find some wonderful candles to give as teacher appreciation gifts. I came across your web site and was amazed to find such a variety of candles. It is to my understanding that you are one company and you sell several other companies candles.
Have you considered revamping your website? As a student whom just finished a computer class, I would like to share a couple of ideas with you about your website that may make it more appealing and be helpful to pull more customers your way who might be doing what I did and be surfing the web.
You signify the flame of the candle means: “ faith, hope, remembrance , freedom, wisdom and love”, which is very true. However, to me your website doesn’t deliver any of those traits. When I think of a candle I think of happiness, family, romance, relaxation, the smell of something wonderful.
You may want to consider brightening up you background. With a brighter background your audience will feel happy (the black is dull and depressing), interested as to what is within the pages, and it will make your site more inviting to customers. I also noticed some of the fonts on your pages are hard to read, you may want to take into consideration of your older surfers. You may want to consider changing the font size and color to match your new background. If customers can read the font easily they are more apt to read more about the site and maybe purchase.
Another idea you may want to consider, I noticed you had pictures of many of the items. Looking at the pictures you have posted they seem too beautiful to be true, in my opinion they look like they were taken from a magazine. You may want to consider taking your own pictures and exhibit those on the web. Customers like to view the actual product they will be receiving. I would also show a wide variety of colors within the picture. You have your fragrances listed but I for one would like to see the colors of the items.
I hope you will consider some of these recommendations for your website as I think they will benefit your company in the long run.
Sincerely,
Sherleen Thibodeaux
www.candles.net
Friday, June 25, 2010
Blog 3
Step 1
University of Florida
http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/programs/majors/elementaryed.html
University of Tennessee
http://web.utk.edu/~tpte/minor/elem_ed.html
Step 2
Purpose:
1. I would be writing to recruit students into my field.
2. I would be prompted by the education children need.
3. My outcome would be getting people involved with wanting to be a part of a child’s life.
4. The reader desires to decide what career field they would like to join.
Profile:
1. Primary reader is the students.
2. Their relationship to me is
3. Reader’s job title is student and their responsibilities are to decide what field they are going to choose to make a career out of.
4. Professors may read this communication.
5. The reader is not real familiar that is why they are researching the subject.
6. Again the reader is researching the subject.
7. Communications preferences should be taken into account, they may be visually or hearing impaired.
8. You should also take into account that most students are young and not sure of what they want to do.
Situational Analysis:
You should take into account that some students are not as educated as you and you may want to word things in simpler terms for them to understand. You could give a step-by-step evaluation to help understand more.
Usability Objectives:
1. Readers will ask: Why do I want to join this field? What benefits will I receive? What is the pay? Will I really be a part of the future? Can I really help a child learn?
2. The reader will search for the answers by asking others their opinion or by doing research for themselves. They may ask people from that specific field what they think.
3. The reader will use the information provide by all of the reason stated. They will compare, follow step-by-step, and determine how it will affect them.
Persuasive Objectives:
1. The reader’s attitude is what do I want to be when I grow up? What is required of me to achieve my goal?
2. The reader’s attitude toward me is Does this college have what I want? Do they meet the requirements? How easy is it to understand the requirements?
Stakeholders:
1. The stakeholders with the website are everyone affiliated with the college. If the website doesn’t attract students then there will be no students and that itself can cause a problem of everyone within the college.
Constraints:
I really don’t think there are any limits to what you can write as long as all the questions can be answered within that area. Of course you are expected to do your best and it would always be helpful to get a second opinion after all you are the one responsible to requite people into your field.
Step 3
I liked how the website of Florida has everything broken down into semesters. It offers you certification options. I like how it took you to another site that gives you more options. It gives you all the information needed to receive your degree plus shows you the next levels you can take to continue your education.
I looked at the site of Tennessee. I really didn’t like how it was done. I liked the brightness of the site, but found it hard to navigate to the information I wanted to find. Once I found the information there wasn’t a lot of understand definition to the site. If I were considering this college, I would have a lot of questions to contact them for.
In this day and age people do not have time to contact many places they prefer to let their fingers do the waking: therefore I believe you should be able to find all the information you want at your fingertips and be able to understand it.
University of Florida
http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/programs/majors/elementaryed.html
University of Tennessee
http://web.utk.edu/~tpte/minor/elem_ed.html
Step 2
Purpose:
1. I would be writing to recruit students into my field.
2. I would be prompted by the education children need.
3. My outcome would be getting people involved with wanting to be a part of a child’s life.
4. The reader desires to decide what career field they would like to join.
Profile:
1. Primary reader is the students.
2. Their relationship to me is
3. Reader’s job title is student and their responsibilities are to decide what field they are going to choose to make a career out of.
4. Professors may read this communication.
5. The reader is not real familiar that is why they are researching the subject.
6. Again the reader is researching the subject.
7. Communications preferences should be taken into account, they may be visually or hearing impaired.
8. You should also take into account that most students are young and not sure of what they want to do.
Situational Analysis:
You should take into account that some students are not as educated as you and you may want to word things in simpler terms for them to understand. You could give a step-by-step evaluation to help understand more.
Usability Objectives:
1. Readers will ask: Why do I want to join this field? What benefits will I receive? What is the pay? Will I really be a part of the future? Can I really help a child learn?
2. The reader will search for the answers by asking others their opinion or by doing research for themselves. They may ask people from that specific field what they think.
3. The reader will use the information provide by all of the reason stated. They will compare, follow step-by-step, and determine how it will affect them.
Persuasive Objectives:
1. The reader’s attitude is what do I want to be when I grow up? What is required of me to achieve my goal?
2. The reader’s attitude toward me is Does this college have what I want? Do they meet the requirements? How easy is it to understand the requirements?
Stakeholders:
1. The stakeholders with the website are everyone affiliated with the college. If the website doesn’t attract students then there will be no students and that itself can cause a problem of everyone within the college.
Constraints:
I really don’t think there are any limits to what you can write as long as all the questions can be answered within that area. Of course you are expected to do your best and it would always be helpful to get a second opinion after all you are the one responsible to requite people into your field.
Step 3
I liked how the website of Florida has everything broken down into semesters. It offers you certification options. I like how it took you to another site that gives you more options. It gives you all the information needed to receive your degree plus shows you the next levels you can take to continue your education.
I looked at the site of Tennessee. I really didn’t like how it was done. I liked the brightness of the site, but found it hard to navigate to the information I wanted to find. Once I found the information there wasn’t a lot of understand definition to the site. If I were considering this college, I would have a lot of questions to contact them for.
In this day and age people do not have time to contact many places they prefer to let their fingers do the waking: therefore I believe you should be able to find all the information you want at your fingertips and be able to understand it.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
ENG 333, Summer 2010
Sherleen Thibodeaux
Blog Assignment 2
Summary of Win-Win Math Games
Using games to help support math learning helps to lift the math of the pages of the book. The article “Win Win Math Games” describes several games a teacher uses to help students grasp the concept of math being taught to them.
Four Strikes is a game that could start as early as 2nd grade and could continue well ahead. It helps students reason numerically about the clues, encourages mental computation and understanding of place value. This game works well with competitively, cooperatively and as an individual activity.
101 and out is a game that could begin as early as kindergarten and also go well beyond. It consists of using columns and a number cube the students try to equal 100 by rolling the cube and placing the numbers in the columns at the end the students must equal 100, 10, 1000 etc. depending upon the grade level. Students can play this game in groups. It encourages communication as they reason numerically.
Seven-up is a card game in which the students lay seven cards out and take out any combination of ten they can find until there are no more combinations (kind of like solitaire). This can be played in pairs or individually and is suitable for playing multiple times. It helps the students understand all the numbers that can add up to ten.
Target 300 is a game that gives students the opportunity to practice multiplying by ten. It also helps mental computation and develops number sense. It can be played in pairs by using number cubes; to advance this you could use a nine spinner to challenge the students.
All of these games are wonderful examples that can be played school and also at home. I personally look forward to utilizing these games within my own classroom and having the students share with their families. I believe these games will expand the concept of math to any child with hands on interaction.
· The writer is Marilyn Burns she is a math teacher of second and third grades.
· The publication is Instructor magazine. It would suffice to say the magazine is intended for teaching purposes.
· The call-to-write is to help teachers help students in math.
· The writer’s purpose is to lift the math off the textbook pages and support students learning about numbers and operations. She is using games within the classroom to help the students learn number operations, while they are using their minds to expand the problems.
· The intended audience would be teachers who want to help their students accomplish the goal of Math.
· The context is a variety of math game used within the classroom with a variety of grades and problems to use. An example would be 101 and out, the goal is to roll dice and place the numbers within the columns, once the columns are filled the student then adds up the columns to try to get to the score of 101. The student closest to 101 wins. This game helps the students use their math skills to add in columns, and they have to use reasoning to help determine where to place the number rolled. The game could also be used with larger numbers. This article would motivate teachers to use games to help the students with math reasoning and mental computation and an understanding of place value. These games could also be played at home with family members.
I believe Marilyn achieved what she set out to do, which is to educate others teachers about how math games can help children accomplish math facts. She gives examples and instructions of how to play and encourages the children to work together and accomplish the given goal. She could have given more facts on why children need the extra help or statistics on how many children are lower than average and how using these games helped them accomplish a goal.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
ENG 333
Sherleen Thibodeaux
Student Profile
Hi, my name is Sherleen Thibodeaux; I am a teacher assistant at Oak Park Elementary in Ocean Springs, MS. I am pursuing my teaching degree through USM online. I will be starting my intermediate block this fall and hope to graduate in December 2011.
I am married to a wonderful man that truly stands behind me while I am on this quest (yes, he does dishes and clothes!). I have two children a boy 14 and a girl 12. It is never ending around my house with baseball, softball, football, cheerleading, friends and everything else that comes along with children. Sometimes I wonder how I am accomplishing the things I am doing while being a full time student, full time worker, and most important full time wife and mom. (Someone above must really like me!).
I will be the first to admit that English/ Grammar are not my best subjects. I have taken traditional English and passed with a D but, I needed the C. I am the type of person that can write about anything and write lots about it, I just am not sure how to put things together and most important how to begin. Once I get my first sentence I can take it from there, I just have trouble in the beginning.
I am really nervous about this class, therefore I am keeping a very open mind. My goal in a “C” but I hope to do much better than that. I hope to learn how to write properly, I can say a lot but am not sure of putting it on paper. I know it will come in handy later in the future because I am always the one that is elected to request donations for the ball teams. I always write the stuff and then have a friend reread and make corrections to my papers. I look forward being able to do most of this on my own.
Sherleen Thibodeaux
Student Profile
Hi, my name is Sherleen Thibodeaux; I am a teacher assistant at Oak Park Elementary in Ocean Springs, MS. I am pursuing my teaching degree through USM online. I will be starting my intermediate block this fall and hope to graduate in December 2011.
I am married to a wonderful man that truly stands behind me while I am on this quest (yes, he does dishes and clothes!). I have two children a boy 14 and a girl 12. It is never ending around my house with baseball, softball, football, cheerleading, friends and everything else that comes along with children. Sometimes I wonder how I am accomplishing the things I am doing while being a full time student, full time worker, and most important full time wife and mom. (Someone above must really like me!).
I will be the first to admit that English/ Grammar are not my best subjects. I have taken traditional English and passed with a D but, I needed the C. I am the type of person that can write about anything and write lots about it, I just am not sure how to put things together and most important how to begin. Once I get my first sentence I can take it from there, I just have trouble in the beginning.
I am really nervous about this class, therefore I am keeping a very open mind. My goal in a “C” but I hope to do much better than that. I hope to learn how to write properly, I can say a lot but am not sure of putting it on paper. I know it will come in handy later in the future because I am always the one that is elected to request donations for the ball teams. I always write the stuff and then have a friend reread and make corrections to my papers. I look forward being able to do most of this on my own.
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