my new diet

Today was a great day for me. I got a few things done that I need to do. Also, got to eat a nice small dinner at home with my family before class. My mom made burgers.I just had the meat without the bun. I have been on a crazy diet for the past two weeks now. Which basically consists of protein and the choices are still limited. The hardest part is the diet only allows 500 calories per day. A typical whole days meal is one fruit one vegetable and one protein.And 2 liters of water a day, or half my body weight.I wont disclose my body weight but lets just say its a lot of water.

So that's difficult to consume so much water. Especially considering I don't even like water. Also unlimited amounts of coffee. But no creamer or sugar. So that's out for me . I cant do coffee with out cream. I'm so sick of chicken, that I want to boycott it competently. This diet protocol is so strict. But the end result should pay off and be worth it in the end. so far I lots 6 lbs in two weeks,The end result should be 40 lbs in 40 days. To me that sounds impossible , but also great at the same time. Thats not including if I were to work out. The thing is I'm always hungry on it, and I been getting a lot of headaches. Tomorrow I'm going to the health food store to see if there's any alternatives I can have. This diet would not be good for a vegetarian . because it mainly consists of two small protein meals a day, Which is 3.5 ounces of a lean meat. I cant wait till my 40 days of this diet is over. And I finally reach my goal weight. Now I'm off to revise doc 1.

Revising and editing

Well I just finished my roughf draft for the MOOCs paper. I did my research and found a lot of information on them.While they have a few kinks in them, I also found some positive things I liked .We know we write to learn,and our opinions may change when were finished writing.Still my decision to take MOOCs stays the same. I have enoughf at my college already going one.Even though my roughf draft is finished I still need to go back and review and revise it a few more times.Even then im sure I will still miss errors.Just like on the flipped classroom paper there were three of us working on that and we still have errors.The proffesor is giving us all a second chance to revise it. I dont know what happen, we went over it right before we sent it in for grading. I saw at the bottom reference page a error when I got home . I coudnt beleive what I was seeing.The word refrence some how turned up on the last page of the body.I thought nooo, this must be a mistake.Josh and Ernest has left the building now,and Im official alone to revise the doc 1.Im just gonna tell you right now,thats not good.I know they will do the work home,they arent the type to slack off and not care.But for now its just me so time to get to work on revising doc 1.

The who am I speech

Its time to write my speech on who am I.The professor gave us this assignment today in class and its due on Tuesday. Writing the paper will not be the hard part.The paper does not even have a impact on the grade.The assignment is all about the delivery of the speech and presentation.How well I do depends on how well i can control my nerves. This will be nearly next to impossible for me I don't know why but when it comes to speeches I tense up and go blank on what Im suppose to say and just start to babble. Tonight I need to work on some ideas for the speech. Im going to free write and see where that gets me. I want to get my outline finished so I can start to work on the speech part. Im getting nervous e just thinking about it .Everyone was telling me it will be fine and relax. They all think it will be easy to do . I know it wont for me because i have given a speech before . It was terrible possibly  because i wasn't prepared at all. Maybe this one will go better .Im not sure exactly what is ,I can talk to others fine. Im pretty out spoken I can make friends easily and communicate well with people with no problems.I think we all can its just a matter if they want or not. Some people don't want to go threw the effort to be friendly.Its easy to be vague and short any one can  do that,but to be nice and smile at people requires more action.Your actions will define your character and how I perceptive you to be.

Credits for MOOCs

What I have found out so far is there is so much they include.Im still undecided on it all. Ok so the main thing for  me is they are not accredible.Which may be ok if your sombody just looking to enhance a skill you already have like in building a search engine or somthing along those lines. Because we know that technology and software is always being updated and changing. Enhancing their knowledge will help that person out by improving their skills and maybe even help get them that new promotion.Or in this day in age just keep their job.As far as somone already in college they have a lot on thier plate already I could use the Mooc as extra help.But at the same time i dont want to be distracted from the classes im actully paying money for.Where im also getting credits to graduate with. In a Mooc u may recieve a certificate.But lets face it is this a certificate world were living in. No its more like a graduate with  a degree world.More and more students  are now going for their masters without thinking twice about the lenght of time requierd.Acoording to the newyork times an artical stated that  Universites hope to give credits for moocs on day in the near future. Where just like in a college you walk in with your previous credits and your compinsated for them .   

Moocs the virtual classroom

What are moocs, or massive online open courses.Its already being called revolutionary and only a few years old. I recently tried an online course on udacity.com . which is from a professor from stanford university created his own online classroom. I advise you check one out they have many different course u might be interested in.I wanted to see what they were all about since wew will be writing an essay on them .Somthing we no nothong about will be difficult to talk about with out having credible knowledge , along with some first hand expeirence should be helpful for us.I signed up for a mooc  it was free and easy to sign up for . I did infact learn a few things already .The instructor went really slow and very easy to follow along with..Iwill look into this more so far i found moocs to be a very complex subject i have yet to decide if im on board with this new virtual classroom.

Incorporate writing to learn

I think writing helps me to understand  a topic better.Without writing things are less organized for me.When we our given a topic to write on we first research our subject well. Then we start taking notes as we go.Based on whatever the topic is were learning. If we don't start writing stuff down it gets left in our head until we forget it start to feel overwhelmed with so much information at once. In developing my writing skills i can be a better communicator to others . In speech class we are asked to write  an essay before our speech .Because we will need some information to go on and we will have forgotten it as soon as we stand in front of the class .were aloud to give the speech to the class based on our outline ,or note cards. We cannot memorize the speech on our own because were not payed actors and even actors read off Que cards. Learning  how to enhance my writing skills will help me out in the world to communicate  what i want to say that much better.]When we write our essays we try and enhance our way of thinking with more of an open mind.We also can develop a broader vocabulary in a formal way for our readers to appreciate as well as understand at the same time. So I need practice ,practice , practice is all i can say.

We are just finishing up our assignment about flipping the class room. We were given more time to finish it , so  by making a few changes we should have a pretty good paper. I learned how flipping the class room contributes to positive learning. It has helped me on to be more involved in my studies at home not just while I'm in the classroom at school.. First just by writing the assignment I see how getting my thoughts down on paper and out of my head helps with organization and learning. When I write it may not always work out the way I want it write away, but I go back and revise and edit until it makes since to me. We use writing all the time not just in school. We write to others in text messages and on social media networks. We also write to learn new things not just to inform others on our message. When we were assigned our paper we all had to write it together .I wasn't sure how well this was goanna work out. I thought this was going  to be more difficult then it really was. First were not even getting together its done separately in our own homes on separate computers .Second how was this paper going to come out. With three different minds and different ideas. We worked it out pretty well we all took different paragraphs and waited for each to write theirs  first .I took the last one so I waited till the others wrote theirs first .While waiting I did my part on researching the flipped class room . I took the main ideas and whole concept  down in notes. It was important to wait on writing yet to  see how I was going to incorporate my ideas to theirs . Also I was afraid of writing the same thing they already write on the research part of it .Josh did use a great statistic that I wanted to use, but were a team and I wanted it in our paper so I'm glad he found it and put it in. I really liked writing together, so we can get different opinions on we goes in the paper and its not just me alone. Our next assignment is written solely on our own this time I hope it goes well. Its on mooks and I have no clue what it is. Just like flipping the class room I will learn about it. I'm going to get started on the research paper now.

Communications

In my public speaking class were talking about communications. were just just starting our first assignment on communications and speaking.So far weve learned about the Johari window.This is the four windows of communication with your self and others.Mr Johari came up with this to identify how we and others persieve us .The first one being what we know about our self .The second one is what others know about us. The third is what others know about us,with out us knowing .The last window is the unknown what we dont even know about our own self. were writing a paper on this and we will soon learn more

3 movies I want to see

#1  Fast and the Furious 6. Why because reason (A) Vin Diesel is in this sequel  and as a serious actor he really speaks to me. Reason (B) please refer to (A)......... Reason (C) Lettys back from where ever she's been hiding now , and out for revenge on Dom and the gang . We all thought she was dead for sure right! SMH. We all knew this was coming from fast and furious 5. At the end scene they showed her picture and said she was alive.
In an interview she did she stated being in the movie theater watching fast five and when the last scene showed is how she found out she would be starring in the next sequel .Although its not playing in theaters anymore ,so I will rent instead it just not the same at home.

 
#2  Argo. This film is based on a true story. Its about how in 1979 CIA posed as a Hollywood production team making film in Iran came to rescue six Americans that were hiding out in Iran. The six Americans tried leaving but  couldn't get out of the Country. Then CIA shows up with a crazy plan for their  escape. Once again this ones not in theaters anymore as well ....cant wait to rent it on dvd.I always did like ben Affleck and his movies except for Gigi. Even when he started dating JLO which were working out ,until  he dumped her .Rumors  was because  she was bad publicity for his career. But look at him now directing his own movie now and winning best picture at the  Oscars .

#3  RIPD. This movie looks like  fun. Ryan Reynolds  always a funny guy. In this film he's was a police officer who died and went to work for the RIPD. Making the world a safer place for humans.
I wont tell you any more about it because I don't want to spoil it ,and I don't know anything else about it anyway. I am going to see it on  Friday with my family cant wait. I haven't been to the movies since my fist semester.

Changing the staus Quo

Flipping the classroom is now changing the staus Quo evry where. If you are in a flipped classroom like I am, then you already know what im talking about. If not ill try to shed  some light on the subject.First you will need to understand why teachers are now taking a new approach in planning lessons .The whole concept  is too add a new element in how a student  learns.By emailing a few videos  to watch for the student to evaluate what their learning in class.which then adds more time for the classroom for fun activities and questions. All this is followed up by a short quiz on what was just watched to ensure the student did indeed watch and learn from them .The flipped classroom does not take away anything but add too the status Quo in learning .

Time to start writing

Im about to get started writing my part of the paper on 'flipping the class room' so I  am home doing some more research on the topic. I hope it comes out good .After I finish that I will do a few more homework assignments that have to rap up for my other classes. There is always some paper or homework to be done . So I think to do well in class its important to always keep busy and stay on top of your assignment. I often try to stay ahead to be prepared for what's coming next. This doesn't always work out ,but I still try.  Since I started blogging I have learned  how to express my thoughts down  in writing just a little bit better now. So I can only wait and see how much better I can develop my writing .I can see more and more that writing is important we use it often to communicate with others .So its crucial for writing clear and leaning the best way to get your message across with less confusion as possible. College class have been helpful so far I enjoy them all .The professors are helpful as well as my peers .I have a long way to go so ill be here at south for a while .Thank god I like it ,because if I didn't that would make it that much harder on me to learn . Im going to eat dinner, then I am going to start my part of the paper for English class

The new semester

Well I finally feel like I  can  breath again for now . Compared  to the last semester ,which  was really hectic to say the least. last semester was so chaotic because I was taking med term. That was a whole lot of memorizing it a short time frame .Everything we learned was really interesting and its a fun class. Just stressful I thought, since its a five week semester its at a fast  pace. I didn't have any social life at all ,which was ok I didn't mind to much .After all I had good reason to stay home studying was  more important  to me , and good grades rather than whatever was going on out there. So what happened to that old social life ? Since then I traded my wine habit for coffee .Which sucks because I was really conquering that  bitter / sweet  taste you get after  wine. I had to try a few before I found a good one that  I liked . Now its more like a lot of  coffee and tea to try to stay awake. I found this semester to be a whole lot easier for me ,although we did just start so I don't wana speak too soon , but so far so good.  Im sure its about to get hetic  again soon   

Based on the research ive done on the internet, a flipped class room is where our proffesor post a few videos . we can watch videos on our subject we are learning.  This  can be done in class or on our own time at home . The flipped class room is a new idea to me . so far what I see its  very beneficial for all students. We can  learn at  our own pace. So instead of lecturing students for an hour on a subject in class , students can use their own resources on their own time .Then when they do come to class and learn they already have some knowledge on that subject.Flipping the class room is also a great idea because it can save time for  students to  ask any questions they may have.To rember the questions we can pause a video then take notes on the subject and bring them to class.

My first post

Hi everyone My name is Victoria Stevens ,Im student at south university.Im learning about blogging in English Composition and writing today.I have just created this blog and will be sharing a lot of fun new things that im learning in school.Also in this blog i will be sharing things in my life that take place day to day.I dont kno much about blogging ,but i do know that its been around for a while now ,and alot of people have blogs .And its alot about voicing your opinion and thoughts and ideas.bloggers also have huge groups of followers .Some people even make money by blogging. Im not sure how they can but its possible and I hope to find out about that part soon. Thank you for visiting the best blog ever.