The document summarizes a childhood experience where the author broke his elbow. As a toddler, the author was being babysat along with two other children, Zack and Lea. While the babysitter was distracted, all three children decided to jump in their cribs. Zack and Lea successfully jumped out of their cribs, but when the author tried, he fell and broke his right elbow. As a result, he had to wear a cast and still writes with his left hand today. The experience taught him to embrace his differences and helped shape who he is.
The document discusses the key elements of a plot or storyline, including rising action, the turning point, climax, falling action, and resolution. It provides definitions and examples for each element. The examples describe a storyline about a girl named Lyn who lies to her strict parents about having a boyfriend, which leads to conflict when her father discovers the truth. In the end, Lyn explains her feelings to her parents and earns their understanding and limited freedom.
Steve Jobs shares three stories from his life in his 2005 Stanford commencement address:
1. He dropped out of college after 6 months but took a calligraphy class that influenced Apple's emphasis on beautiful typography decades later, showing the importance of exploring curiosities.
2. He was fired from Apple at 30 but it allowed him to start new successful ventures like NeXT and Pixar, teaching that losses can enable future gains.
3. Receiving a cancer diagnosis he was told would kill him in months inspired him to follow his passions and not let fears deter him, as death is inevitable for all.
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This document summarizes the key elements of plot structure, including rising action, turning point, climax, falling action, and resolution. It provides definitions and examples for each element, illustrating a plot involving a couple where the woman must decide whether to tell her fianc¨¦ about her medical condition. Diagrams are included to visualize the example plot. The document also reflects on applying the understanding of plot elements to dealing with real-life problems and finding resolutions.
Steve Jobs shares three stories from his life in his 2005 Stanford commencement address:
1) He dropped out of college but took a calligraphy class that influenced Macintosh's beautiful typography. You can't connect dots looking forward, only backward, so you must trust that things will work out.
2) Getting fired from Apple was devastating but led to starting NeXT, Pixar, and meeting his wife. Sometimes life's setbacks bring the best things.
3) An early cancer diagnosis reminded him to follow his passion and intuition, not others' opinions. Death shows what's important - living a life true to yourself. His wish for graduates: stay hungry, stay foolish.
The document discusses various social media tools that can be used by educators, including Twitter, Delicious, Qlubb, Wikis, and Moodle. The author shares their experiences experimenting with and learning to use each tool, highlighting how they can be helpful for connecting with other educators, sharing resources, communicating with students and parents, and more. The author expresses enjoying learning new tools and how the class helped them learn through mistakes and discovery.
Steve Jobs tells the story of his life in three parts at Stanford University's 2005 commencement. He talks about (1) dropping out of college after realizing he didn't know why he was there, which led him to take a calligraphy class that influenced Apple's graphic interface, (2) being fired from Apple and going on to found NeXT and Pixar, and (3) facing death from cancer but surviving surgery. His message is to follow your intuition and passions, as he did with calligraphy and his work, and to remember that life is short so don't waste time living someone else's life or caring about others' opinions.
This document discusses the future of work and how jobs will change over the next decade. Many current jobs will be replaced by technology, requiring workers to learn new skills. However, some job types like healthcare, education and creative roles will still require human skills and experience. Overall, the nature of work will continue to evolve rapidly, necessitating lifelong learning to adapt skills.
Smash Hits was a British pop music magazine that was published from 1978 to 2006. It was founded by Nick Logan and aimed to cover popular music news for teenagers and young adults. The first issue was published in November 1978 and featured Blondie on the cover. The magazine used an informal tone and colorful visuals to appeal to its young readership.
This document discusses the future of work and how jobs will change over the next decade. Many current jobs will be replaced by technology, requiring workers to learn new skills. However, some job types like healthcare, education and creative roles will still require human skills and experience. Overall, the nature of work will continue to evolve rapidly, necessitating lifelong learning to adapt skills.
Smash Hits was a British pop music magazine that was published from 1978 to 2006. It was founded by Nick Logan and aimed to cover popular music news for teenagers and young adults. The first issue was published in November 1978 and featured Blondie on the cover. The magazine used an informal tone and colorful visuals to appeal to its young readership.
1. Children on the Loose! The story of a curious toddler. By Eric Schaafsma
2. 7:02 A.M. Driving through downtown Crown Point, during early October, to Marie, my newfound babysitter¡¯s, house. Crown Point, IN Marie¡¯s House
3. 7:16 A.M. I arrive at Marie¡¯s, and enter a room with three white cribs. I now realize my parents will soon have to leave for work.
4. 7:27 A.M. ZACK AND LEA Marie watched 2 other children also; Zack and Lea, who had been there longer than I had. Its never comfortable being the ¡°new kid¡±
5. 10:43 A.M. Nap Time While us three kids were away for a nap, Marie took advantage of this time to watch Maury Povich. Since we had an inch of freedom, we decided that we would do something, anything, other than sleep.
6. All three of us decided to bounce in our cribs; what kid doesn¡¯t like to jump on the bed?
7. 11:03 A.M. The Adventures Begin¡ I then saw Zack jumping up over the gate of his crib onto the floor
10. OUCH. I had shattered my right elbow in this attempt to fit in with the group. I screamed until the ambulance arrived. The Damage: I woke up in the hospital with a cast all the way down my right arm. This meant I would now depend on my non-dominant left hand.
11. Long Term Effects Today, I still write with my left hand, but do all other activities with my right. I mention this because it is ironic; trying to fit in with the group ultimately made me more different.
12. LESSON LEARNED At the time of the incident, the only lesson I learned was that I should not climb or jump out of my crib Today, this experience taught me to embrace what sets you apart, and what some people may consider flaws, because they make you, you.
13. Lesson Learned Ultimately , this experience helped shape who I am today, and I believe this played a big role when I was choosing colleges. My friends all chose attend a community college back home, however, I clearly am not following in their footsteps. Although I do miss my friends, they reassure me that I made the right choice when they tell me how jealous they are that I do not have to live at home with Mom and Dad anymore.
16. My Compositional Choices I created a power point to visually narrate my story because I felt as if I could tell about my experience in an appealing and effective way. Since I was talking about my childhood in this piece, I went into the visual with a childish theme in mind. This is why I chose to use simple colors and fonts like Chalkboard, and Arial Rounded. Also, I thought putting the time on each slide throughout the incident would help the reader to follow the story. Finding images was challenging for me because I wanted to be consistent with the images that I used, but since I only had one picture of myself from the incident, I had to use images from the internet. Some are free stock images, and some were found in google. It was still challenging to find pictures to match continuously with the others, but I believe it still provides a narrative flow and adds emotion to the storyline. Another thing I struggled with at first was the animations. I have recently switched to a macintosh computer, so it just took a little time to get familiar with. Arranging the images was simple because I just had to add a picture that would fit the information for the particular slide I was working on. Overall, I enjoyed this project and I am glad that I explored outside of my comfort zone.