Statistical activities

According to this graph the most peaked class is the special education in level 1.

The least peaked are the Aisans in category 1, level 1.

This is a bimodal score.

Excel

After looking at the line graphs of American and Japanese Math scores, it shows that the American math scores are positive skewed and the Japanese are negative skewed. The American graph shows the right tail is longer, which means it has few high values. The Japanese graph shows the left tail is longer, which means it has few low values. Leptokurtic or platykurtic you may ask; the American has a relatively peaked distribution making it leptokurtic, and the Japanese is widely dispersed making it platykurtic.

Teacher of the Year magazine

Teaching Media Literacy

QUOTE:  Today's digital media literacy encompasses many additional topics, from using search engines, to creating Web sites and online profiles, to participating in social networking. One of the most basic strands of media literacy emphasizes the skills and knowledge students need to locate and critically assess online content.

MY THOUGHT: I agree with this quote 100%, if you have a teacher that is willing to go the extra mile to teach students how to do this why not take it. Many teachers will go above and beyond the basic teaching methods and teach further into the subject and hope that they will use this new knowledge. I am glad that our teacher goes the extra mile to teach us sites or programs that we can use and access at home. I have always been on facebook or myspace back when it was popular, but I knew nothing about blogging until this class. I am glad that we use this because a person can write their thoughts and share them with people and get their feedback. This could be helpful for those that don't have anyone to talk to, and sometimes its easier to talk to a stranger. I am learning alot about media technology that I didn't know about, and I hope to continue to learn new things.

SUPPORTING IMAGE:

Citation:
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http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/mar09/vol66/num06/Teaching-Media-Literacy.aspx

SEVEN POWER LENS

THOUGHT:
With this quote I agree that we have a large percentage of children online, even more than the 75% in 2002. Technology has taking a toll on society that we think we have to have it to get by. There are school districts that are partnered up with local cable and internet providers that will give low income status families a computer with internet service around 10 dollars. I also agree that the 90's generation are more unsupervised then any other generation. This could be the fact that parents don't care what their children do, they want them out of our hair or it could just be parents trust them. Either way I believe that children need to be supervised, if not so many bad things can happen that can be prevented if you would just take that extra mile to see what your kids are doing.

REFRENCES:
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Abilock, Debbie. "A Seven-Power Lens On 21st-Century Literacy." (2003): n. page. Web. 30 Sep. 2011. http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools.