Did you know that 34 young workers are injured every working day? When you’re teenager entering the workplace for the first time, safety is usually the farthest thing from your mind. You have to worry about what happens with your boss, with your colleagues, with your assignments, but what about with you? Although policies are […]
On December 20, 2018, I stood in the back of my school library. What was a normal classroom space mere hours ago had now been transformed into something that resembled a lavish New York style café. The room was bustling with parents, students, and teachers; everyone was dressed in their best attire. The energy […]
For the past 7 weeks, our PLP Maker 10 class has been participating in what I can only say has been one of the most unique experiences of the year. I’m talking about 2018’s Student Blogging Challenge; an event that incorporates research, writing, and personal aspects in to blogging, along with allowing bloggers to connect […]
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⭐️___________________________________________________________🎄 Most people on earth celebrate holidays around the winter season. Whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or something else, it’s a time when families can come together and enjoy gifts and prosperity. Today, I’m going to talk a little about my own familie’s winter and holiday traditions, along with an original craft that can spice […]
__________________________________________________________________ “I think everyone should feel like they can make music, like they can create” – Jake Shimabukuro __________________________________________________________________ Making original music can be a daunting task. It’s like learning a new language; but one that even those who do not speak it can judge you on. Creating your own score doesn’t have to be […]
__________________________________________________________________ Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Mahatma Gandhi; all these people have something in common. Your first reaction will be to think of their achievements and their brilliance because that’s what they left behind. What is commonly overlooked however, is how they got there. What pushed them hard enough to leave such as lasting impact on […]
If everyone on earth disposed of one piece of garbage every 24 hours, that’s 7.53 billion pieces of trash going into the landfills every day. If only this were the case, as the average American generates a staggering 4.3 pounds of trash DAILY. This amount of pollution not only damages the environment, but harms us […]
Emojis are a universal and versatile form of communication. What might take a sentence to describe can be summed up easily with 😂. For this week’s Student Blogging Challenge, we were allowed to choose from four Emoji related tasks: 1. Emoji Related Story Prompt 2. Emoji Guessing Game 3. Emoji Math 4. Emoji Art My […]
Filming can be a breeze if you’re organized. You bring your equipment, set up, follow your storyboard, and finish with little difficulty. Up to this point, all of our Maker video projects have been like this, but what do you do when you can’t plan what’s going to happen? Our latest assignment posed this […]
