Nic's Journal

1.) What's so important about education? Is school really worth it? What do you think of the Chicago Public School system? Do you think there is a better way for youth to learn? explain your thoughts...



2.) This is the last day of the summer course. Any last words?



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Take a moment to think about what the web site could do for the school in the years to come. What new sections can open up? Some ideas are the Teacher's Section with areas for projects, homework, and research, a PACHS Photo Album from the past three decades, an Online Yearbook, and an Alumni Directory for checking how to get in touch with graduates of PACHS.

Think of a couple ideas for how the website can be expanded into new areas for students, teachers, and the community.

If you could relive one moment in your life, what moment would you live over again?

Four more days until the web design apprenticeship program is finished. You spent three weeks learning Adobe Photoshop & Macromedia Dreamweaver and three weeks planning, designing, and producing a web site for Dr. Pedro Albizu-Campos High School. We worked in two different schools, Wright College's Vocational Center and PACHS. We worked in four different computer classrooms. We made presentations, took photographs around the community, worked on group activities, and created bling-bling text in photoshop. There were serious problems with paychecks, and anger and frustration ensued. There were seven apprenticeses that stuck with the program and worked hard until the web site was finished. Some of these students worked best on design and layout, some worked best on research and development.

1.) today's writing assignment is to write about your experience in this web design apprenticeship program. take extra time to write this and put your best effort into it. this writing will be posted on the new website in the section for the students that created the site: You.

today, my students we denied a paycheck once again. i worry if i will lose more students as a result.

two weeks ago, my students collectively wrote a letter to After School Matters concerning the issue of their delinquent paychecks. the students expressed their frustrations and explained how a late paycheck means the difference between being broke and being able to buy things such as food, diapers, and clothing for their families and selves. we also specifically requested an explanation and an apology from ASM. we handed this letter over to Sarah on monday, july 18th. we have not received any explanation from ASM directly, nor have received an apology. furthermore, one of my students was in an ASM program in the summer of 2004 and a similar problem with delinquent checks occurred. this seems to give the impression that ASM just doesn't feel that our students need their pay checks on time. as a result of the late pay checks, a handful of my students have quit.

here is my request: please have your class write a letter to ASM detailing their thoughts and problems they have with the issue of the delinquent paychecks. please contact sarah on how to have these letters delivered to the staff of ASM. lastly, please publish your letter somewhere on your school's web site, possibly in a section for the web design students (my students are creating a section for themselves--the original web designers). making this information public will both show the students that this issue is important and to create an official document of what occured this summer.

i plan on sharing the letter my students wrote at the culminating event if there are ASM staff members there. i feel as much pressure should be put on ASM to correct this problem, or else it may just continue to discourage students in their programs year after year.

sincerely,
nicholas krebill

In five weeks, you've learned the basics of working with graphics and web pages. In two weeks, you have worked together to create a website for Dr. Pedro Albizu-Campos high school. If you were to create a web site on your own, what would you create? Would you like to create a web site for yourself, or perhaps for an organization or buisness? If you don't want to create web sites, what will you do with your newly aquired skills?

What would our lives be like if the television was never invented?




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Your summer break is getting closer and closer to the end.
What has been memorable about this summer?
What more would you like to do before you have to go back to school?
Finally, what are you looking forward to about getting back into school?

what's the last greatest music album you listened to? why is it so great? if you can't think of an album, choose something like greatest movie, artist, musician, etc.

(ps: journal responses should be longer than two or three sentences! they've been getting short lately.)

Share a story of something good that happened to you in the past week. Be descriptive!

1. If there was something more you could learn in this class, what would it be? Is there any thing you would like to go back and re-learn?...something that you feel like you missed?


2. After this class is over, you will be expected to help keep the site up-to-date. Do you feel like you have the skills to do this? Type up some of your thoughts.

1. Describe three things you have learned about web design. What do you like about web design so far?

2. Describe something you don't like about web design.


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What is the most difficult thing you have ever done in your life? How was it a challenge and what did you do to face the challenge?

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please tell tell your story of how a late paycheck from After School Matters affected you. A.) explain the problems you face from not receiving the money you earned, and B.) explain how you felt when you found out that you were not being paid on time.

write as much as you like, but please keep it clean and proactive--use appropriate language and do not insult. respect yourself and your expressions. your writing is intended to help make a change.

In five years, how old will you be? Where will you be in your life and what will you be doing? School, work, friends, family... Give a good picture of what your life will be like in five years.

Which Hip Hop artist or celebrity do you think is the best role model for today's youth and why? Explain your thoughts.

1. Yesterday we began a basic plan for the school website. Look back at the notes (handed out in class) and think of at least one or two new ideas.