How can a wiki be used a current class on your schedule?

A wiki can be used in a current class schedule to track the chapters and subjects we have covered in a class.  An example could be in History class; you will create the wiki with all of the chapters/subjects you will cover.  Then in three weeks when you are done with The French Revolution, you can put it into your class's finished column and then you can move on and repeat.  This could also be used for your review for midterms and finals.  By doing any of this, it will keep your class organized and aware of what is coming up.  My experience with wikis would be in my World History class and Web 2.0. 

What I did over the long weekend.

I barely did anything over the long weekend we had from school.  I tried to sleep, woke up and ate.  It was very unexciting and full of nothingness.  Best thing would have been watching hockey, but my favorite team lost each game they played over the weekend.  It was just very bad, and I couldn't do anything about it.  Nothing made it any better for me the day after.

10/27 Do Now

A strong presentation, can raise your expectations during it, and makes the other people around you influenced by your confidence.  Asking questions helps to engage your audience, giving away free items, and making eye contact. 

Better Skates?

If you are just learning to play hockey, you will know that you are nervous each time you step on the ice.  What if there were something to reveal some of that anxiety.  Jeffrey Azzolin, an engineer from Waterloo University of Ontario, has a solution.  After he saw that some of the skates on the market say that they will boost your power on ice, he made a spring loaded blade, that will increase your speed and prevent injuries.  Players in the area of Waterloo and an NHL veteran have given their approval of the new technology.





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Skating Toward the Future

After many ideas from companies all over the hockey business, finally there seems to be a skate that is one step further than the rest.  The Bauer Supreme Totalone MX3 Skate has it all; less break in time, flexible, but controlled ankle movement, and so much more.  The skates provide new T shaped lacing holes letting players have the most support amongst their feet.  Lightweight technology helps a player be one of the best on the ice.  The most important part of the game has just gotten even better.

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Player Tracking

When playing a sport, have you ever felt that when you look at your stats, they do not add up to your performance.  For example, in football you play Middle Linebacker, you are in on every play whether it be breaking up the pass, get the men down, etc.  But your points against ratio is poor; well this is what it is like for hockey players and their plus/minus ratio.  A plus/minus is your goals while on ice ratio; when your team scores, it goes up, when you concede, it goes down.  So what if your coach could see what you did on a play ever time you concede or score.  This is why the NHL will be likely introducing player tracking into the coaches arsenal.  There have been countless times where I do all I can on a play, then once the team rushes back down the ice again, while I am at the end of my shift, they score.  My coach will scold the players when sometimes we do not deserve it.  That is when it comes in handy.  The coach could estimate the distance traveled and see how hard you worked, and critique it all.


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Editorial Do Now

An editorial is an article in a newspaper or other periodical presenting the opinion of the publisher, editor, or editors.  Most of my teachers have told me that Wikipedia is a bad source for finding information on the internet.  While I believe this is not true in any way, Wikipedia is a much better source of information rather than a "startup" website with only a single person to back them.  After reading this article my editorial on Wikipedia stands firmly in place as what it is. 

Skating Treadmill

Have you ever wanted to get better at a majority of hockey; if you said yes here is what you need.  The hockey skating treadmill, it can improve shooting, skating technique, and more.  The skating treadmill can go up to 20 miles per hour and five in reverse.  The only thing to be wiry about would be becoming very tired after using it (even after a few minutes of using it).  All round it can help you in great ways .

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