Health and Fitness Reality Check.

I think having your friends and family around is much healthier than exercising vigorously. I mean you can still exercise but would;t it be more fun to exercise with your friends or family? When you hang out with friends for example go shopping, play sports together, etc. you are already exercising without even knowing it. Also when you are stressed out, family and friends will always be there. You can also reduce stress from exercising lightly. According to ADAA survey in 2008, 18% of people reported that that they relieve stress by talking to family and friends, and 29% said they relieve stress by walking. Plus hanging out with the people you are comfortable with releases dopamine in your brain, which makes you feel good. Over all, I think being with your loved ones is more healthier than exercising vigorously alone, at least when you do something together, you get both exercise and having fun.

Hill Run Near Cambridge

Oh my gad, the hill run killed my legs. My legs feels like jelly. The next day both of my legs are sore!

What I think of P.E

So far, everything seems great for me. Although when people don't really come to class is kind of a bummer especially when it's choice day or we're having a game as a class. I also like that we sometimes join Ms. Phillips class which is fun. The more the better. On fitness day is so-so. I don't really have a last longing stamina so I get tired eventually, but I know to increase my stamina is to keep my heart rate at a constant and do what I think I can do that will last me almost through out the period. Over all I think this class is pretty good.

Interm Report

P.E is fun. My attendance in my class is pretty perfect I barely miss out on P.E. I almost always bring my PE strip but sometimes I forget it. My contribution in class is positive. I always bring a positive attitude in class and be friendly to everyone. I talk to people who seem that they don't talk a lot maybe because they don't have any of their close friends in the PE class. In every activity we have, I do my best to have fun and go all out. Going all out is more fun than not trying and just standing around. Sports like Lacrosse that I have never tried before, I had the opportunity to try that through PE, and I loved it. However, people who consider to do not to do the activity with the class affects me. There are some people who doesn't want to do it either they are not good at it or they just want to socialize something like that. But I can't really go have fun if others doesn't want to do it. Yesterday, I had fun playing handball since all of the people playing there were participating. Right now I've been enjoying my PE class and I like to see a change where everyone participate.

My Personal Life

* My favorite part of PE is…

When we get to play games that makes me sweat and work. I also like it when I can participate because some games the guys get pretty dominant. I get to move around instead sitting in a chair for an hour and a half.

*I think my current current level of fitness is…

Ok. I can probably jog for 5 minutes straight. I haven't done any major physical work over the past semester. However, my level of fitness will improve as semester 2 goes by.

*My previous personal best beep test is...

I'm pretty proud of this level because I never expect myself to reach this level. I would like to beat this level to maybe 7 or 8.

*I am currently doing the following things to be active (outside of PE)…

I walk home to school which takes me about 30 minutes to reach my house. I take Arnis (martial arts) for 2 hours, every Saturday.

*Things that PHYSICALLY prevent me from doing exercise (i.e. medical, injury)

I don't have any medical conditions but the only thing that is preventing me from exercising is my brother. I have to take care of him after school.

*Things that MENTALLY prevent me from doing exercise (i.e. energy, time)

The time prevents me from doing exercise. I also have other subjects that I have homework to do.i

*My eating habits are…

Pretty good. Sometimes when you're watching tv you want something to munch on while watching, I avoid that. We have salad ingredients in our fridge, so if I have nothing to eat, I'll prepare myself salad. I eat breakfast almost every morning, but if I'm running late for school I don't have time to eat. I bring my own food to school.mi stopped eating at the cafeteria last year in gr.9. For dinner, out meal pretty much always have some kind of vegetable, meat product, and grain.

*I Want to be able to learn more about

How did the people discover milk?

*I want to improve my abilities in…
 My running and stamina.

*Outside school activities I’d like to try are...

Basketball, dance, gun range.

*My fitness goals for the semester are…
My running and stamina.

*My personal character goals are...
None.

How to be a great Digital citizen.

What is Digital citizenship?

Digital citizenship is about how to understand and use the technology properly. It helps and teaches students/technology users, what responsibility they have when they use technology. In modern day, we see a lot of people misusing and abusing technology and not know what the consciences are. It is important to know how to use technology and not abuse it.

Too Much Information and Plagiarism 

Once people hit publish, post, or send , etc., any button that will publish anything, even this poster, to the public for everyone to see, it would stay there forever. Today, people answer anything without conscious, for example, the question, "Where do you live?" They would answer this personal question without thinking that people can have access to their information. If its on the internet, then it's not as private as people think.

However today, social networks offers privacy. But just because they have a private account doesn't mean no one can access it. Expert hackers with no good intensions can hack through the private account. So even though its private, don't put too much information. Hackers can now access webcams either on a laptop or desktop. They can film the person on the computer and also, can get information just from watching two people Skype each other.

There is a lot of laws when it comes to the world of technology and internet. One big thing is plagiarism. Plagiarism is when a person takes someone else's work or idea's and passing it their own. A person can be in serious troouble when caught plagiarising. If a student is caught, their future is basically on the line. At a young age, they might already have a criminal record. It would get harder to get a job or get into college or univeristy. Whatever you got in the internet, always adress where the information came from.

The Nine Elements

1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society.
2. Digital Commerce: electronic buying and sellingof goods.
3. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information.
4. Digital Literacy: process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of it.
5. Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure.
6. Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds.
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those freedom extended to everyone in the digital world
8. Digital Health & Wellness: physical and phycological well being in a digital techonology world.

Digital Security: electronic precaution to guarantee safety.

Ways to be a great Digital Citizen 

1. Think before you post: Like I have stated before, everything is not private. So before posting any pictures or answering any personal question think, "is this too much information?" Keep in mind that once it's posted, it stays there forever. 
2. Don't copy anything without adressing: Plagiarism is taken seriously now a days. If caught a person can be criminaly charge. So if you are posting or writing anything, always adress where you got the information. Its better to adress where you got the information rather than have a criminal record. 
3. Privacy: Social Network offers privacy now. Always have the privacy active. Even though hackers can still hack it, at least they'll have a difficult time. Also, even though you have the privacy setting on, still don't put too much information.
4. Warn others: Don't just keep important information about the web world, warn others on what the consequences. Tell and share what you know and what to look out for. 
5. Against the Law: Never use technology for all the wrong reasons. In our modern world, technology is easy to track, it leaves digital footprints. Once caught, authorities can give hard verdicts, and an expensive fine. 

Bibliography

• http://www.thinkuknow.org.au/kids/
• http://digitalcitizenship.net/Home_Page.html
• http://cperryteach.wikispaces.com/file/view/9ElementsOfDigitalCitizenship.png/148369745/561x461/9ElementsOfDigitalCitizenship.png
• http://edtechreview.in/images/digital_citizenship.jpg
• http://www.siliconrepublic.com/fs/img/news/201209/rs-426x288/sharing-information.jpg

P.E

The whole year has been great! Ms.Phillips was a great and fun teacher. I loved my classmate specially since my cousin is there. The whole year has been a great experience and I would like to have Ms.Phillip as my P.E teacher again, if I can. Also we played a lot of games, I specially liked the one when its just all girls. I made a lot of new grade 8 friends. They are fun and funny to be around with. I felt proud that I maintained my letter grade, even though the grades doesn't matter. But I think the students were raised to care about the letter grade and not what they can or cant do. Also most of can not evaluate ourselves, because we don't want to sound cocky or anything. I think, just give yourself whatever letter grade and explain why you deserve that. I didn't really like fitness that much, but I always try my best. I can out of breath easily, and the thought of "I can't go anymore," puts me down. I think I'm tired so I take a rest and everyone just kept on going. I like beep test, not really. I just don't like the original one, where I can't have breaks. I wanted to keep going but if I did then that's kind of cheating. I wanted to be at least at level 6 but that didn't happen, but I hope next school year I can reach my goal. I personally like the blogs instead of interviews. Right when there's an interview, I would just blank out and can't think of anything else. Over all I think I deserve an A. I hope we keep this blog post longer. Lastly, I hope everyone has a great summer. :)

Divided into 3

Today's P.E was actually fun. When we don't play by the rules sometimes it can be fun. The only rule that we broke was just stepping more than 3 steps and sometimes we shoot in the key. But sometimes a game is not fun when we don't break the rules, just don't break it too much and it's just a P.E game not a tournament. I actually sweated a lot during the whole block and ran. The boys didn't hog the ball like some boys. In my team we had more than 1 goalie at one point, but mostly there was 2 people on goalie because the players on the other team was scoring more than us. Over all today gym was fun and I would games and sports that makes me sweat and sometimes have to catch my breath like what we did for warm ups the Octopus game.

The last beep test

Beep test for me was usually hard. My highest last year was 6.9 with stopping but now my highest was 5.1. I am disappointed but I'm going to try harder next year. On Tuesday, when the teachers said it was the last beep test, my body kinda didn't want to try anymore. It's the last beep test so I thought it doesn't matter. But while I was running, I still wanted to run, but I was out of breathe, and its a normal beep test not like those other ones where you can get a rest. On the fitness day, I only got to level 5, but I did made some improvements. During the whole year I stayed in the 4 level range but in the last beep test I got to 5. I guess I'm kind of disappointed but also proud of myself too.

Poker and Relay

The fitness on Tuesday was tiring! It was sunny and hot but its still kind on fun! When I run back with a card on my hand I was like puffing when I got back from my team, and when we did the relays was hard too. The weight that my team got was kind of heavy to run with. While I was running, I notice that most of my energy was focused on carrying the dumbbells so I was already tired when i arrived at the wall. The harder part was when we have to carry it over our shoulder. It was a tiring fitness.

On Friday when we did the circuit thing around the achoo, I thought I was on and off there. Like all of a sudden I want to ran the whole time and sometime I just want to walk. I don't just want to run because there was a teacher behind me, just want to run. Over all I did pretty well last weeks fitness. On Tuesday, I think I did go but there's certain exercise that I didn't do well. If the exercise was to boring I make it more fun and try to make my partners laugh and at the same time it makes my heart races. I like lacrosse because I actually participate in it and I like catching the ball. I've been participating my hardest since grade 8 and I think nothing change, well maybe just a little bit but I still try my best to push myself to the limit and I would participate as much as I can every gym class we have. I think I deserve an "A."

Zumba

WOW, today is the start of dance week and we did Zumba today, and it was tiring but was a lot of fun. Now this is the kind of activity that I will fully participate in! I can't help but sweat in Zumba but its good because it shows me that I did participate and work hard during the dance. Now I can't wait for Bhangra! i think Bhangra is a fun, happy dance, and I like their songs even though I don't understand them. I love dance week!

Outside of School

Every Saturday I do Arnis (Filipino martial arts) and my instructor just added to our exercise, core workouts and its hard and it really does work on my abs. I guess when it's a martial art mainly your whole body works so, sometimes when we have fitness on saturday I come to Arnis all sore. Can't do some technique without saying "ow." The good thing about arnis is you don't have to be fit to learn and master the martial arts, but we do our exercises so our footwork can be more smoothly and be in shape just a bit. Does walking home to school counts as an outside of school activity?

What P.E means to me

When you think about PE you instantly think about exercising and being all sweaty and gross. To me its not just that. It means working your body to the fullest and trying your hardest. I also learn what type of muscle thats working when I do PE. It also gives our body the right physical shape and have a healthy heart. When I'm sore the next day, it tells me that I've worked hard during PE and it feels good. In overall I kinda like PE.

I knew it! When I woke up today from my knees to my hip was sore! I should start getting use to this :/

Insanity

Gosh I was sweating today! My cheeks were hot and the side of my face has sweat dripping down. My back was all sweaty, but it was all good. I couldn't do as much work last week because I've been sore and sick, which is not a good combo when in gym class. During insanity my throat was really dry and kinda stings when I try to swallow my saliva, but I couldn't get water from how much little time it gives us, plus I didn't bring a water bottle. I worked hard today and I'm proud of it.

Sore body

Last week, i've been working hard. When we did the hill run last week my calf was so sore i couldn't walk properly. And when we played capture the flag my inner thighs were sore and I look like I'm limping. It was a rough and sore week.

My Letter Grade

I think I deserve an A because I try my hardest every gym class, participate in most of the activities, even though sometimes I don't participate much to other activities, I still do my best as I can.

Reflection

I mostly come to gym with gym clothes, but I rarely forget my gym strips, but sometimes I do. Also I participate most of the time, specially if we're doing a fun games that makes me huffing and puffing, and really thirsty. I participate mostly when its a game activities, and I participate more if others are willing to participate and make the game fun. In fitness days I try to participate but I mostly participate in the start and I lose my energy through out the fitness session  that I slowly get tired I do the work less, but I still try my best until fitness ends. But sometimes I have full of energy and its really a fun fitness I participate a lot. Mostly I struggle on fitness because whenever its fitness I usually put all my energy in the beginning and I barely have any energy through out the fitness. Plus I sometimes get tired easily when I come to gym class really tired. Almost every gym class I'm very energetic and I interact with my class mate and others with either a joke or just a plain cheerful "hello." I don't really talk to the other boys but I talk to a portion of them. Yes at some fitness activity I push myself to the limit that my legs are sore the next day, as soon as I get home I collapse on my bed, but even if I don't push myself to the limit, I push myself enough that it gets me like legitimate tired, not those others like they think their tired. I enjoy the most in fitness is the obstacle course, circuit, and insanity. My goals is to improve my body and improve my fitness compare it to the beginning of school and the end of the school year. Leadership means to me, that a person can lead a group of people, encourage them during games or fitness, and participate in all the activities. The best leaders in class is ME, no probably not but I think Josh is one of them and Zauq, the teacher assistants  Claire and Hannah. I like to improved on not being tired easily, I sometimes find myself not trying really hard when I get tired easily. I want to improve on the beep test, the 25 minute runs on the lower field. I'm very proud on the obstacle course, and the hill runs. That's my reflection, doesn't look long, but it was very fun to answer all the answers!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Every gym class I try to improve on my fitness and participating on games and other activities. :)