An editorial is an article that is posted in a newspaper or other periodical. It normally expresses the views of the publisher or editor of the periodical. An editorial expresses more opinions than actual facts. Since the editor is the final editor of the editorial this means that the editorial is most likely their opinion. Some find editorials unreliable because of their lack of facts and abundance of opinions.
Teachers usually don't have any positive things to say about Wikipedia. They say that it is edited by people who do not know about the subject and who aren't experts in the topic. They feel that uneducated people change the information that is written on it. My teachers will not allow their students to use Wikipedia. They believe that Wikipedia will give the students false information which would lead to them getting a poor grade on whatever assignment they are trying to complete. I know teachers won't let students use Wikipedia because the content can be edited by anyone.
After reading this article my opinion on Wikipedia changed. I never knew that students with actual background knowledge on the topic write articles on Wikipedia. I always assumed that people with little to no knowledge on the topic edited the articles. This editorial showed me that actual experts and students do work on Wikipedia articles. I think this is an important editorial to read. It eliminates the misconceptions that people have about Wikipedia. It informs its readers that Wikipedia is educational.
Wikipedia Editorial
US History 1 Honors
One of the content area classes that I am taking is Us History 1 Honors. My teacher for the class is Mrs. Gaven. So far we have just started covering the constitution. We are going in depth and are reviewing the different amendments and articles in the constitution. For this class I am expecting to learn a lot and do well. History is one of my favorite subjects and I honestly look forward to the year ahead.
For the rest of the year I expect to learn about all of America's history that occurred after the constitution was written. I'm also excited about the fact the technology will be incorporated into the history class. If the students needed to we can access our textbook online which makes it much easier to study for tests and do homework. I know that the projects in the class will be interesting because Mrs. Gaven just isn't a boring person. I'm not sure exactly what field trips we are going on, but I hope that we will be visiting a few museums.
I know that I will have a great year in Mrs. Gaven's US History 1 Honors class. She runs debate and is an absolutely amazing coach. She is a great educator and really helps students if they don't understand something. She makes sure that everyone is following what she is teaching, but one of her best traits is that she loves to joke around. Unlike most teachers she doesn't take everything too serious and is a lot of fun. I know I'll have a great year in Mrs. Gaven's class.
Link to Mrs. Gaven's website Grading Policy
- Summative assignments (tests/quizzes) are 45%
- Performance based assessments (projects) are 45%
- Classwork and homework is 10%
Link to Online Textbook
- Copyright is a United States federal law that protects original "works of authorship"
- Everything is automatically copyrighted which means there is no need for paperwork
- You have four exclusive rights when your work is copyrighted:
- Reproduce the copyrighted work that YOU created
- Display the copyrighted work that YOU created publicly
- Prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work that YOU created
- Distribute copies of the copyrighted work that YOU to the public by selling, renting/ lending, and/or displaying the image
- You can pretty much use other people's copyrighted work for non-profit purposes (example: comment, teaching, research, etc.)
- Licensed images are not open to fair use and you must give the photographer credit
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- Apple just released the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
- The iPhone 6 Plus has a larger screen
- The iPhone 6 Plus also has a higher resolution
- The iPhone 6 Plus also weighs 1.5 ounces more than the iPhone 6
- The iPhone 6 Plus costs more than the iPhone 6
- The 6 Plus will be able to use special iPad-style landscape modes on some apps when the phone is held horizontally
- the iPhone 6 will not have the iPad style landscape modes
- Both phones have an 8-megapixel lens
- The iPhone 6 Plus has optical image stabilization which will help steady the picture
- The iPhone 6 will not have the optical image stabilization feature
- The iPhone 6 Plus has higher battery capacity which means you will be able to use your phone for longer periods of time
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