Learning+Log

August 24, 2009 Today I started my wiki stuff. I also signed up for a blog. This class seams to be simple so far, once i get used to things. For my individual expert topic i signed up for John Rolfe and tobacco. And my group expert topic me and Jack signed up for is Enlightnment. It should be cool to study. And fun because Jack is my homie from the hood.

August 26, 2009 This week i studied up on my expert topic, John Rolfe and Tobacco. I also presented my homework today. I thought i did a pretty good job. We also had a discussion on individual expert topics. We discussed Encomienda, jointstock, jamestown, and John Rolfe. I'm interested in maybe going out on my own to learn a little bit more about each of these topics to get a complete understanding of those topics. i'm also happy i got my expert topic out of the way first so now i can focus on my group expert topic or understanding other expert topics.

August 28, 2009 Today i finished my notes from last class and am continueing todays notes. Over the weekend i plan on watching the movie flags of our fathers for my weekly homework. after watching i plan on posting a homework wiki about it explaining its historical significance and what it was all about. i look forward to this because it is one of my favorite movies.

September 1, 2009 Although today is the first i watched a movie for my last weeks homework. i dint have time to get on to talk about it but i would like to now. the movie a watched was Flags of Our Fathers. I have seen it before but its one of my favorite movies and it revolves around a very large historical event. It was based on many Marine war heros who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific. Based on the movie this island is located about 700 miles away from the mainland. In the movie there are many intense seens that show how the warfare was mercyless in WWII. It showed how the four famous marines became famous from hiking to the top of a mountain of the "pork chop" island and raised the American flag. The movie goes on to talk about the struggle the marines endour about coming home to a complete differeent life. This week Jack and i plan on working on our group expert topic, Enlightment. i dont know much about it now but im planning on having fun learning about it. September 3, 2209 Tonight i plan on doing the weekly homework. Jack and i are reviewing the term 1 test questions today. We are also going to start reading about the enlightment period for our group expert topic. hopefully it will be better than my solo expert topic was. although i did ok on it, i would have liked to do alot better. and thats what i plan to do on my group topic with jack. September 8, 2009 today i just studied around on the internet trying to find what to make my main part of enlightnment i wanna talk about. September 16, 2009 Unfortanitly this is my first learning log entry for quite a while. I was sick for a number of days, although i missed alot im willing to work hard to make it up. My thumb drive also got slammed into my truck door by jack so my Enlightment project was distroyed. My luck has obviously has been crappy lately but hopefully i can keep my chin up get through my bad luck streak and get what needs to be done, done. Today i think im going to work on answering my selected test questions by creating a wiki about it to ready myself for the test day. September 18, 2009 today i took a bunch of notes on the group discussion then i went online and researched these topics to further expand me understanding of each topic. Today i also helped jack find out what group topic we were gonna do and begin to study more about it and find more notes on it. September 22, 2009 Today i did tons of notes. tonight i will try to do this weeks homework. I finished my enlightment project and posted it to my wiki. September 24. 2009 Today was pretty easy flowing. Not only did i take some notes but jack and i finally presented our enlightenment project. i think we did good because the class took notes the whole time. it was a short to the point presentation that helped people understand what enlightenment was. I do feel bad though, i went to get a hair cut and unfortunatley i didnt make it back before class started. i really hope that mr. little wont mark me tardy today because i will get in trouble. im not going to try to be on time, i am going to be on time now. sorrry little it wont happen again. October 5, 2009 Its a monday, I havent been here for a while, im tired, but i saw my mid term grades for every class. i wasnt happy for every class. i plan to not only work harder in all my classes but in this one too. although a grade might be high it deosnt mean you completely understand all the material. This is why i want to work hard to do what needs to be done and done right. Today we are going to learn about an important figure in our colony that is, Maryland. The person im learning about is Daniel Carroll. im mad because i did a big page about him and when i went to save it deleted all of it and left me no history of it. im pretty mad and dont want to deal with it. so tonight im going to work on it when i get home. October 12, 2009 i can tell it will be a long day today. i freaking forgot to print my test questions off my pc last night for school. No problems though, im going to post them to my wiki tonight and email them to mr. little. luckily my computer is fixed now too so i can use it. Tonight i also plan to go through the other test questions just in case i need to know them. today i am taking notes on a bunch of other topics and plan to sponge as much in as possible. October 19th, 2009 today i will be taking notes on the following topics: War of 1812 National Bank Whiskey Rebellion Louisiana Purchase October 21, 2009 today i will work on my test questions. its time to turn my school grades around. it wont be hard i just need to start putting in some actual effort. Like today. im going to finish my first question and finish the second to turn in. and maybe look into some other questions just in case. October 27, 2009 today i will get my test questions for one and two's results back. Also i am going to finish question 3. i will use my notes and wiki to answer that question. the question i chose was, how did the U.S. win the revolutionary war? November 5, 2009 Today should be a good day. I took notes on our class discussion at the start of the class. Then i went and looked at the term two test questions. I sent the homework that was due today to Mr. Little. I also made a new page. It is called three countries in one. It contains the south north and west. i got the notes from tp that i missed last time that talked about the south. i also have a plan. im going to start my term two test questions and get the first two done so that i can do another individual expert topic. i want to do this because im going to try and work for extra credit and get a half decent grade this term. November 9, 2009 Today i took many notes. We discussed the three countries in one: the west. I also took notes on the American System. That was an interesting topic that i didnt know anything about until today. I also looked around a little more to talk about my test questions some more. I want to get it done as soon as possible so i can perfect the answers so that i can start working on some other extra credit topics. November, 13, 2009 Today i took alot of notes for the three countries in one. these were all about the west today. also i worked on my test questions some more last night and today. i think i will do alot better on my test this time than i did last time. November 23, 2009 Today i am going to start working on my video for the class. im still not sure what to make the topic as for the movie. i do know it has to be from the start of the year about early america but that still doesnt quite narrow it down as much as i wanted it to. im going to go back and look at all the topics we looked at so i can decide easier. December 2, 2009 today i took tons of notes i have at least two or more senteces for every topic that we covered. i think i would be interested in doing a video about a dispute between two side. maybe like a duel of some sort or even a battle if something like that happened. December 4, 2009 Today was easy. not only did i get the suprise of a homework assignment, but i had already completed that assignment. i have my first test question of term twos test pretty much done. it can be found on my wiki under the term two test questions page. also i finished my discussion post. it was all about Abraham Lincoln's Amnesty Proclamation. i had four questions assigned and found them with ease. The discussion can be found on the followin link [] or on the class wiki at the harper's articles, question set number two. December 8, 2009 Today im going to just work on my test questions some more for the homework, and so im ready whe the test comes. im working on my movie at home. the topic that i chose was the boston massacre. Its going good so far. January 5th, 2010 I still worked on my test questions. im done with the first one and am now working on my second question. the second question that i chose to do is about how the proccesses took place and their effect with reconstrution before and after the civil war. also im done with my movie and have it all saved and ready to go. its not really a great movie but i think its good enough to get my points for it. im confident in that. january 7th, 2010 its the start of class the teacher is talking and i have no clue as to what i will be working on today. im sure it will end up being some more of my second test question. im not sure when they are all due but im sure im one of the only people on my second one. im still doing it on the same topic but i dont really know where to look for good info for it.