I have read a small article in my English text book “Joining the Conversation" and the article was titled “Devices Enforce Silence of cellphones, Illegally.” This article was written by Matt Richtel on November 4^th of 2007. I thought that the author made some good arguments on why people should be able to use cell phone jammers, but he also argued how it can also be a bad thing.  After reading this article I would have to say that I personally think that cell phone jammers are really bad. There are also really good things that these devices can be used for as well if they are in the right hands. Matt explains how Gary a therapist uses a cell phone jammer because he didn't like the disruptions while other people were talking about their life. He felt that it was incredibly rude and hard for patients to open up if there were distractions from cell phones. I think that this was a particularly good reason and maybe they should only be used in places like this. The other reasons that I was thinking of were more on the negative side. Such as when or if we have an emergency and need to call for help. If people could use jammers then we cannot call for help when the time is of the essence in an emergency.  Therefore I think that there are the good and the bad reasons for why people should or shouldn't use cell phone jammers. I guess it all just depends on whether or not people can use them responsibly or if the devices are just not good at all.

Resources: Text Book – Joining the Conversation Writing in

College and Beyond. By: Mike Palmquist

Article read on pages 163-165 Chapter 6.

Hello everyone!

 Today I really just wanted to talk about how I feel I have been doing so far here at ICC. First off I am currently enrolled into 6 courses this semester; two of them are mini semesters. I attend Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's at ICC and I personally think I am doing a good job at keeping on top of things.  I am allowing myself plenty of time to work on homework assignments throughout the week, and I am completing them on time. I am in English 110, Sociology 110, and Chemistry 115 lectures that I attend all days that I have scheduled for the week. I also have a Chemistry 115 lab that I am in only on Wednesdays. I just had my first exam in Chemistry today and I feel that I did a really good job. I took the time to study every day of the prior week for at least 30 minutes. The night before the exam I studied for 2 hours reviewing notes and my text book. In my online course I am learning different ways that I can study for any class. First I had to complete a test to find out what kind of learner I am. When I completed that exercise I found that I am an active learner that learns mostly through experience and repetition. Useful examples to help me study included flash cards and rewriting all my notes for all classes. Rewriting my notes would help my brain remember the information more efficiently and at a more comfortable and relaxed state compared to the rushed state that I encounter in the actual lecture. By using these helpful study tips I felt more confident to take my exam. Hopefully I can continue to succeed and do my best in all my courses that I am enrolled in for the remainder of the semester. I also hope to learn more study tips for any other classes I may take in the future, or even for the ones that I am taking now.

Brianna Heartsfield

Hello everybody! Today I read a short article by Bernhard Warner, Is Scocial Net Working 
a Waste of Time. In this article Warner states how he thinks social networks are consuming too much of our daily work or learning time. I personally agree with Bernhard Warner because students and the adults in the work force are too connected to social networking. I have some personal examples that I would like to share that helps validate my point as well as Bernhard's. I just graduated this past spring from high school and it seemed that in every class when I looked around some one was using their cell phones or a laptop to get on social networking sites. I always thought it was rude to hear clicking of buttons in the middle of a lecture so I tried to sit as far away as possible from these students. What really had me against the whole networking during school hours and my valuable learning time was when I started to see teachers using their cell phones while in class and teaching. I know that there are rules in almost all school manuals that there is no cell phones to be used during school hours, so why is it okay for teachers and students to use them now when these rules are supposed to be enforced? Also why are students not getting in trouble when using cell phones in class? In reality I know that it is their own fault if they do not pass a course because of their non mental attention in class. But what happens to the students who actually fallow the rules and want to learn when they are paired up with a student that does the opposite. The other student usually has no idea what to do on the project or assignment and one student ends up doing the work all by themselves. So over all, I think that the author is correct on his assumption of how he thinks social networks are consuming too much of our daily work or learning time.