Assistive Technology

Technology has helped people with disabilities do things that they normally can't. For example, Helen Keller was both blind and deaf after an illness when she was a baby. The technology she used to learn and understand language, was communication. Her teacher would trace the letters of a word in the palm of her hand so she could understand what another person was saying.
         Another person to overcome an adversity is Oscar Pistorius. When he was young he had both of his legs amputated below the knee. With the help of a technology called the, Flex-Foot artificial limb, he was able to run track and win countless medals for races in different events.
Someone else who has overcome a hearing impairment is Deidre Downs. Her hearing loss was genetic, both her father and brother had it. She became valadictorian of her high school; and with the help of hearing aids she was able to attend medical school.

Virtual Tour Glogster

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Evaluating Websites

For number one I said that number two had the true information, even though both seemed rediculous, number two had been most recently updated. Along with that, no one could obtain the Google Gulp, so it was about a product that didn't even exist; where the Aluminum hats website had people talking about all the hats they made and how satisfied they were with the product. For number three I chose two, because it was a cite made by the government, so you know that the facts are true. The other two, one was written by someone and number three was Wikipedia, so it could've been edited and facts could be wrong.
The discussion over the passed two days has given me new information, like using Boolean search to narrow down what I'm looking for and taking out the things that have nothing to do with my topic. And for looking for reliable websites I learned to look for contact information, and checking for if the article written is biased.

Citation Tools

The citation tools that we used were pretty simple to understand. The first one we used, Easy Bib, it had a list of ways that we could cite everything such as magazine or web page. It had help options and auto cites so it was the easiest for me to understand. The next one we used was Citation Machine, it was harder to use because the layout seemed less organized. The last one we used was Source Aid, which could let you cite things like magazine articles and newspapers. I liked Easy Bib the best, because it was the simplest to understand.

River of Doubt Summary

Teddy Roosevelt was a powerful president who had one two terms of office and was running for a third. In 1913 the result of the election was in and he had taken an extreme loss, beating the republican candidate but losing against the democratic candidate. Ashamed by his loss, Roosevelt went to stay at Sagamore Hill. In 1913-14 Roosevelt went to South America, for a relaxation trip from the pressure he was facing in America. He went with his son Kermit, and met the Prime Minister of Brazil, who told them about a mysterious river that had run through the jungle. They decided to go on an expedition to map the course of the river not knowing how dangerous the trip was. During their travels they were attacked by natives, and their dugout canoes were stuck at the water line. Because of the hard travels, they had to take rations and cut down food supplies. Many people on the expedition, including Roosevelt, grew sick from malaria. From then sickness, Roosevelt had a fever of 105 degrees Fahrenheit and had to be carried by his son. In the end, only three people including Roosevelt and Kermit survived the expedition.

Theodore Roosevelt Time Line

Thankful Slideshow

Things i am thankful for

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