Introduction- Linnea Stewart

Hey! My name is Linnea Stewart and I'm a junior at Central High School. Running and school basically take up most of my time, along with hanging out with friends, watching Disney movies, and sleeping. I have to admit that I am really not great at using technology due to my acute lack of patience.I don't even fully understand how to navigate through my cell phone, which is kinda sad. Hopefully through Gov. School I'll be able to understand computer programs like Excell, which I think is really important to understand. I absolutely love everyone here and I look forward to having two incredible years!

Adaptations of Stream Organisms

For this blog post, please answer the following questions:

1) For the organism you investigated, what are 5 facts you learned and found interesting?

2) Choose 3 other organisms; for each, list 2 facts you learned during the presenations.

3) What did you enjoy about this project?

4) What was the most challenging aspect of this project? Do you feel you successfully overcame this challenge? If not, how would you overcome this challenge in the future?

Your responses are due by Monday, October 7, 2013.

Hello! My name is Holly Funkhouser and I attend Strasburg High School. I really enjoy running. Last year I ran Track and this year I'm doing Cross Country. I haven't been able to run a ton recently though, because my leg hates me. I enjoy singing and dancing (even though I'm awful at it). You'll learn quickly that I randomly burst into song sometimes. I'm also an officer in my FFA chapter and an officer on the SCA. I have a HUGE family. I have three older sisters and one younger brother. I also have a boat load of cousins, aunts, uncles, and well you get the picture; my family's big. I also really love reading and watching movies... I guess you could say I enjoy escaping the real world sometimes. I am be no means antisocial, though. With a huge family it's like against the law to be antisocial or something. So far I have really enjoyed MRGS and everyone who attends and I can't wait to see what else is in store. As far as technology goes, I guess I would really like some more experience with Excel and maybe some other programs that will be essential in college and the real world. Well okay, that's all I have. I hope you feel like you know me better now! Bye :)

Introduction

Hey, my name's Leila and I go to East Rock. I run track during the winter, play soccer in the spring, do hoodrat things with my friends over the summer, just kidding I mostly work, and during the fall I enjoy hiking and longboarding on golf courses. I love music, more than I should; some of my favorite groups are The Avett Brothers, Modest Mouse, Dave Matthews Band, Odd Future, RHCP, and well I could go on forever about the bands that I love. I have two brothers one older and one younger. My parents are Karen and Dave and I can't complain, they're a couple of good people.

I'd say I want to learn more about Prezi but I really don't like it. Other than that I'm pretty savy with Technology. I'm pretty darn good with the rest of the things having to do with the internet because I'm almost always on tumblr. Anyways, that's a pretty short summary of who I am. Looking forward to getting to work with you guys this year.

Introduce Yourself

For your first blog entry, please introduce yourself; be sure to include what we should know about you as well as your home school.  Also, please answer this: What type(s) of technology would you like to use this year and why?

To begin, click on "New Post" in the upper right corner of the screen - please type "Your Name - Introduction" as the post title (that will help keep things somewhat organized).  If you do not see "New Post," please leave your introduction as a comment to this post.

DUE: Monday, September 30, 2013 by 10:20 a.m.

Introduction to Brianna E. Armentrout

      Hey, y'all! My name is Brianna Armentrout and I am a junior at Broadway High School (though y'all probably already figured that out.) I've been on the debate team since I foolishly accepted my 7th grade English teacher's invitation to do so, way back in 8th grade. I also enjoy Imprompu Speaking in Forensic tournaments. 

      I am really incompetent with technology. I can navigate my own laptop and some of the interweb, but managing that has taken me years and years and years...

      As far as learning about new technology, pretty much anything would be an improvement on what I currently know. I especially want to learn to navigate Excel spreadsheets better because I feel like that will really help me here at Gov school. 

      I look forward to these two incredible years here at MRGS. 

Introduction to Nicole Downey

Hey everyone!
My name is Nicole Downey, and I go to Harrisonburg High School. My two favorite things to do are run long distances and competition cheer. My schedule usually stays pretty filled between school, sports, and hanging out with friends. I am very close with my two older sisters, Meghan and Jenn, and I have a dog named Roxy. When it comes to technology, I'm definitely not an expert by any means, but I can usually figure most simple things out. The technology I use the most currently would be my iphone and computer for school, and that's about it. However, I think this blog will be really cool and a fun way to share ideas!

About Me

Hey everyone, it's Jessica the Jellyfish!

I am involved in many different things. I play clarinet and I take lessons in Winchester. I run cross country (but I'm not very fast at all!), I have played baseball then softball for many years, I'm in several clubs at my home school, and at home I have three honey bee colonies, twelve chickens, and a garden. I've also been in musical pit for three years (musical pit is the band in front of the stage at a play). I have three brothers and I live with my dad (I get to see my mom on weekends sometimes). My favorite week of the summer is Shark Week... I LOVE learning about the ocean!

I want to learn more about Prezi, Excel, and any other technology we will be using here at gov school. I've only been taught how to use Power Point and Word, so I have a limited technological perspective! Aside from technology, I'm also excited to learn how to present well, like the seniors do.

Introductory Post

Hey, people. My name is Graham Rebhun. I go to Harrisonburg High School. It's about 45 minutes away from Gov School, but I enjoy the bus rides. My favorite thing in the world is music. Any kind will do. I like a huge range of music from Mumpford and Sons, to Imagine Dragons, to Macklemore. I also enjoy acting. I do the One Act at our school every year. It's one of my favorite activities next to singing, and being awesome. If you don't already know this about me, I am a very loud person. In fact, I almost never shut up. It's a gift. And a curse. But mostly a curse. I also love being outdoors. Anytime, Anywhere.When it comes to technology, I'm not a super genius. I can work a computer, and understand the basics of the interwebs. However, I would love to learn how to use all of the multiple programs that Google has come up with. I like the idea that everything is connected in 1 account. I like the idea of this blog. I think this will definitely help in the sharing of ideas. I'm very interested in learning about the programs we're gonna use this year. I don't think that it will be too hard, but I don't know. I could be a lot stupider than I think. It would be nice to know how to use all of the new tech out there.

Intro to Irene Hamilton

Hello all! My name is Irene Hamilton. I go to Spotswood High School. Spotswood is about a 45 minute drive from gov school, which I use to catch up on my sleep. Every time. If I made a list of my favorite activites, sleeping would be number one. Along with reading, eating, acting and dancing that is. My extracurricular commitments include one act in the fall, musical in the spring, and acappella and dance all year round. As far as technology is concerned, I am currently trying to teach myself how to use my new laptop. Trying to buy a laptop these days is quite an ordeal, let me assure you. Ever heard of Windows 8? Its awful. I feel like one of my parents, thats how technologically inept it makes me. Computers now look like phones, and phones might as well be computers. I thought I was at least slightly technongically savvy, but sadly I am not. I would like to learn how to use features like SkyDrive and other confusing but supposedly "very nice" features of Windows 8. I would just like to be on top of all the new and changing technology.

Introduction to Emma Lineberry

Well hello all,
My name is Emma Lineberry. I attend Central High School which is about a 20 minute bus ride away from Gov. School. I run cross country, play tennis, and dance in Harrisonburg. I enjoy movies, except horrors, because I find no joy in peeing my pants. I also love people and hugs. Hugs always make me better. I hope to learn to more about technology, because before my brother would fix all of the computer problems. But now he is at college and not able to fix all of my problems. I am using technology as a general term, because I couldn't set up this blog account by myself through all of the steps and emails. I am very technologically impared. But this blog will help me stay informed and updated with class. Plus it now appears very user friendly!

Introduction

Hello! My name is Bethany Neri, and I attend Central High School (Shenandoah County). I am a very active person and am always busy! I am a part of numerous clubs at Central and the cross-country, swimming, and track teams. I also love to go hiking, watch movies, and eat salsa (or anything spicy!). This year I am excited to learn about using all kinds of technology, especially making high-tech spreadsheets and movie presentations. I would definitely consider myself to be technologically challenged; therefore, I feel like I will learn and improve my skills a lot here at Governor's School. 

I am excited to use this blog to stay informed and connected as well as share ideas!

Hiya!  I'm Maria Leckey and I go to Turner Ashby High School.  I'm into acting/theatre and movies and music and SCI-FI (The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, everything).  As far as technology goes, I'm struggling just coping with the Gov School calculator, let alone the world of Google and the inter-web.  I'd really like to get more adept with spread sheets so I don't spend half an hour trying to figure out how to get a column/row to perform the same function simultaneously, which I find cool, exciting and time-saving, except for when you're spending time trying to figure it out.  Ain't nobody got time for that.
I'm psyched for this blog--it's a really neat and effective way to share your ideas outside of class.
Bye!
Maria Leckey

Introductory Post

Hola mis amigos. Mi nombre es Juan. Soy alto y atletico. Jugo al golf todos los dias y soy un estudiante excelente.... y soy muy comico... That is about as much Spanish as I can come up with at such a late hour. This is Jonathan Koontz if you are still wondering. I go to Stonewall Jackson. I am a member of our golf team and a Spanish scholar. This year, I would like to explore the evolution of technology and how it can manage to double in speed every 18 months, becoming outdated and incompatible in such a short stretch of time. However, as Grace said, fixing printers could be a useful skill as well.

Thank you for your time and have a wondrous evening.

Jonathan Koontz

Introductory Post

Hello!
My name is Kylie Britt, and I attend Turner Ashby High School. My interests are all over the place, and I always am committed to something- some sport, team, practice, organization, job- anything, I'm just always busy.
This year, I'm looking forward to getting more familiar with all of the Google programs. I didn't really use my Gmail for anything before Governor's School, and just trying to use Google Drive for our lab report proved a difficult task. Thank goodness I figured out how to write a blog post. Google is a great organization that I would like to know more about and be comfortable with using their programs. Since I only recently became aware of something called Google Fiber, so I am including a link for everyone to look at and become envious of the people in Austin, Kansas City, and Provo: https://fiber.google.com/about/
I can't wait to experience learning through different and new technology this year.

Introduction Post

Hi! My name is Grace Monger, and I attend East Rockingham High School. As for what you should know about me, I like to play music and sports; but most of all I love to work on my farm. In have no earthly idea what kinds of technology I want to learn this year.... Or even what that question is really asking. Software-wise, I would like to learn how to create better graphs with spreadsheet information. Hardware-wise, I would like to learn how to fix my home printer because it doesn't work more often than it does work! :-)
I look forward to using this blog, it seems like a good way to effectively communicate outside of class.
Grace Monger