Stephanie Waddell GGC Blog

  Do you find this interesting?    Or is this interesting?  The human body is an amazing thing! Babies have more bones (nearly 300 bones) in their small, fragile little bodies than an adult (206 bones) does. Learning this information from different sites was interesting, interactive, and downright boring at times. The formats used in a site can draw you in or have you in a rush to click to the next one so you don't fall asleep.  The first site chosen was very attention-getting. It drew me in with its catchy title and imagery. The interesting human body facts and images that coincided with them kept me wanting to scroll down the page to find out more. The author had the right mix of information and imagery to keep me engaged to the bottom of the page.  The second site chosen was a generic fact site. The site was not interactive at all. There was a lot of information that droned on and on down. Black and white illustrations were integrated throughout the site...

 Competition between people is as old as time. One man says to the other," I bet I can outrun you when the bear chases us," and so it began. Everyday tasks: running, hunting, and defense become sporting competitions. Was it a way to show who is best? A way to show off? Or just a way to talk trash and pass the time? We will never know for sure.    The two earliest sports that were competed in were running and wrestling. The origins of the earliest sports competitions in these sports are dated back over four million years ago. Both have cave drawings that date back 15,300 years ago. They are depicted in the art of several different early civilizations which include France, Mongolia, Japan, Lybia, and Ireland.     The Olympic Games began in 776 BCE. Running was the first event in these games. There were actually four different running competitions. Wrestling was introduced in 704 BCE. The first Olympic Games only had Greek participants. Today the Olympics has parti...

Thomas Edison is a fraud! He did not invent the light bulb. History shows that there were up to 20 different inventors working on bulbs before he came up with his version. So, basically what he did was just improve on the existing bulbs. Then, he came up with a plan on how to cheaply produce them and distribute them commercially. His great ideas and charisma helped him get investors on board. This is why he is credited with the invention of the light bulb. The first electric light was invented in 1802 by Humphrey Davy. For the next seventy years, many versions of the bulb were created. Some versions were better than others. In 1874, two Canadians, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans invented bulbs that were viable. They attempted to sell their bulb version commercially. They found little interest and were unsuccessful. They ended up selling their patent to Edison in 1879. Edison began work on bulb research and development in 1878. He filed for his first patent for Improvement in Electric ...

   I feel that my blog writings meet most of the rubric criteria. The area that I need work in is developing my ideas. I have a tendency of getting stuck in my thought process.  I start to become repetitive in my writing. I am aware of this and am working on a strategy to get "unstuck".   I am putting my best effort into these assignments. I come up with a plan for the writing assignment. I do my reading for it. I make an outline. I do a rough draft. I review the writing. I get my sons' to review my writing. I make revisions. I rewrite. I review again. I write the final draft and add my image and post.   The peer review is a great idea for multiple reasons. It gives us an opportunity to look at our classmates' writing. We get to see their interpretation of the topics and how they present their ideas. Assessing each other's work puts us in the professor's seat. It gives us a different vantage point. We get to see each other's strengths and weaknesses and ap...