Kids should not be able to use computers with Internet at school because there could be lots of bad things like chat and online websites. Many schools have computers that kids can use with Internet. Most bad websites are banned but in my school I found at least five websites with chat on Google that was not banned! Myspace and Facebook are banned because it is well known. There are still lots of websites that are not known that kids could still use! Maybe the kids know about the website but the adults don’t for not being well known.

A very good example/reason for getting rid of computers that kids can use (with Internet) is that there could be a website that hasn’t been banned and it has chat, then they could be able to go online! For example, a month (or two) ago there was a website kids use to go on all the time during lunch. This website was non-educational and was not very well known but it had chat. They told the teachers that it was like a funbrain but it wasn’t! The teachers were not aware of this!

Another reason is that computers would waste a lot of energy that would be needed more then online websites and games. Also kids could tell the teacher that they are going to use the computers for homework or extra credit but really their going on an online website!

The last reason would be using a dictionary instead of a Wikipedia. I mean..a dictionary doesn’t really have much that would help but still it might be able to answer a question If not then use a a map or some other kind of book that would help.

Lastly parents might think that,”It’s okay, kids won’t see bad stuff on the computer if it is banned.” But thats the thing! It might not be banned! It might not be well known or teachers might thing the website is a funbrain but it isn’t! These are some very good reasons why kids in school shouldn’t be able to use computers with Internet.

My last nomination for the nominating contest is Mrs. P’s blog because her posts are very interesting and she has been doing a good job in the blogging challenges.

For class blog I nominate miss.nichols blog for the nomination because she has done every challenge for the blogging and she has been doing a great job in blogging.

For my first nomination in class blog I nominate Crystal’s blog because she has done all the challenges and her post are very interesting to me. I like the theme of her blog too.

This final challenge is an audit of your blog since the beginning of March 2010.

1.
* How many posts did you write? 7 but one is still pending.
* How many were school based or your own interests? 3 or 4
* How many comments did you receive from classmates, teachers or overseas students? 8
* Which post received the most comments? The Environment! Why do you think that happened? This happened because of Ms.P and the topic of the environment.
* Which post did you enjoy writing the most and why? My favorite post writing was…every thing! My two fav. Are dancing Socrates and Wideangle.
* Did you change blog themes at all and why? Mostly the color because people couldn’t see my writing or it was a little too bright.
* How many widgets do you have? I think I have 10.Do you think this is too many or not enough? I think I have a little too much.

Now ask another student and teacher/parent from your school who might not have read your blog to do an audit. Sit beside them while they navigate around your blog, record what you observe as they interact with your blog. When finished, ask them the following questions:

* What were your first impressions of this blog? It looked cool but the pages were a little hard to get to.
* What captured your attention? The giant penguin from the post “The Environment”
* What distracted you on the blog? The shelfari that was right next to the posts and the colors from the post “Spring Break”
* What suggestions can you give me to improve my blog? Try making the pictures a little smaller on posts, Try balancing the widgets out instead of just one side.

This is my dancing Socrates but this one is bigger and better!