PLN 22- Praying mom wins $9 million in Lotto

I was looking through the Denver Post blog when I saw an article that caught my attention. This article is called Praying mom wins $9 million in Lotto. This article is about a depressed 50 yr. old single mother of two sons, almost losing her home due to foreclosure, wins a $9 million lottery. This praying mother bought her ticket from Safeway. She is going to use her money wisely by paying off her mortgage home, paying for her sons' colleges to finish off and other school loans, and lending a hand for her extended family who live in the Philippines.

I thought this was incredible that this woman was on the verge of losing her home, suddenly wins a lot of money because of her prayers. This relates to Peace Like a River because of the miracles we have been talking about. Some people believe in miracles, others would believe in luck. In my opinion, I think this was a miracle that happened to the woman. In my own personal religious views, I am a Christian, and I believe prayer is powerful. Other people could just believe this was out of pure luck.

In the world, miracles don't occur this often. People rarely see news articles based on miracles like this. The littlest, most powerful things can be defined as a miracle.

PLN 21- Springs man drowns while fishing

Looking through the Denver Post blog, one article called Springs man drowns while fishing caught my eye. This article is about a Colorado Springs man who drowns while fishing. Two men had been fishing at the Arkansas River during nighttime. They had been using glowing worms as bait to see if any fish would get to it; but the man leaned in to far and got swept away by the currents. The current had also done the same to the other man, but fortunately he was able to climb out of the water.

I thought this was very unfortunate and a bit stupid. If the two men might have had life jackets on, they might have saved their lives. Even when they go during nighttime, it is very dangerous because they have a higher risk of falling in and nobody would be able to see them. They could have been much safer if it was during daytime and if they had on life jackets.

This relates to the world, because sometimes there are the easy and simple things to do to keep you safe. This connected to my other blog, on the teens, buckle up. That article also talked about how teenagers need to buckle up every time they drive; because it keeps them safe. One buckle up could save their lives. Sometimes, it is the simplest things that could keep people safe.

PLN 20-Donation will build roofs for homeless

I was searching through some blog and found one in particular. This blog is called Donation will build roofs for homeless. In this article, it talks about the Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper who got a $1.5 million contribution to the homeless initiative. One of the founders, Rich Schaden of a restaurant, announced a speech about this contribution at the Denver Arts Museum on Thursday night. The Schaden's family raises the money for this foundation, this is the largest private donation for for Denver's programs.

This seems so important and touching because just one person can really make a difference for the unfortunate people. Many donations and contributions are being created for the homeless people. I think Denver should make many more foundations to help the issue of homelessness. It's touching that people out there are willing to take the time to help the people on the streets who have absolutely nothing.

This connects to me in a way, because it reminded me of my class last year that would go on little and big mission trips. Once or twice a year, we had a mission week and all of us would be split into groups and go somewhere to help out. Some of us went to nursing homes to accompany old folks and give them help, others went to child abuse centers, poor schools, or even COMPA to help sort food goods. In 7th grade also, our class went to Juarez to build houses for people. There were many different things we did, and after we did it we felt very accomplished to help people out.

PLN 19- Dog Training

I recently suscribed to a blog called Fivestardog. I found a article called Dog Training on this blog and it talks about the necessity and importance of training your dog. Dogs naturally want to please their owner, but without any guidance they will do whatever they want. This could include chewing, barking, tearing up furniture, etc. Obedience training will make dogs even more enjoyable, and can prevent the yelling from happening that people do to dogs when they have bad behavior.

This relates to me because my dog usually opens the door himself out of his room to come out, and he scratches the carpet also. When we discipline him and train him, he no longer does these things because dogs dislike it when owners aren't very pleased with them. I think dogs are very smart, because they can do many things. For example, I have heard many stories before on dogs saving people's lives when something dangerous has happened to them. They are also friendly, loving, and loyal; and that's why I absolutely love dogs.

PLN 1 Evaluation

On my first PLN presentation I thought I did alright. The night before, I had some anxiety, and even when I got up there I was shaking in the beginning, but then stopped. I was relaxed when I was presenting, but just a tiny bit nervous. Presenting will always make me nervous, but I need to learn how to overcome that. I know I need to make much more eye contact rather then just read off my paper. I think that next time, I will prepare by not reading off so much of my paper and relate the blog entries to more of our class.

PLN 18- Supplementing My Kids' Education

I was browsing through Weblogg-ed, and one in particular caught my eye. This blog I read was called Supplementing My Kids' Education. In this post, it is about all the useful supplies in school, not being taken good advantage of. These supplies include technology such as computers. Many classrooms don't ever use computers or any other technology. This is felt like it is not enough for the children in school and in the blog it also talks about a meeting that will be taken place by a presenter on improving this. A lot of work kids do in school aren't making a connection to kids particulary because of worksheets or handouts.

This relates to me because I think that in school a lot of my classes never make good use of the great technology that could be connected to learning. There are so many ways that we can learn from, such as: writing, blogging, typing, reading/analyzing, etc. I think the more different new ways we use, the more we will learn. This blog reminded me of one of my other PLN'S that was called "Pushing Writing Literacy", because it basically summarized the many different new ways we can learn from. In our english class, I think that doing things on our laptops, really helps me personally to learn; I never knew we could do so much that could be related to our learning. And from this, I have learned many new forms of writing and comprehending. New things are always a great additional learning to all of my classes.

PLN 17- Teen boy hurt in drop from 2nd story at school

I was looking through the Denver Post blog and I found an article called Teen boy hurt in drop from 2nd story at school. In this article it talks about a 14 year old boy from Rocky Heights Middle School that jumped or fell from a second story. The boy's injuries were not too serious or life-threatening. Officials are still figuring out on how this happened and what caused it.

This is a important article because many kids are injured today; whether its falling off a bike or falling off a building. I think that parents need to watch over their kids more and not let them do whatever they want. Little things can cause big injuries or even a life-threatening one; sports can also cause long term injuries. I think we need to be careful in all that we do, because we never know what might happen.

PLN 16- "We can't stop it," say Calif. fire crews

I read an article called "We can't stop it," say Calif. fire crews in the Denver Post blog. In this article, it talks about the more then dozen of the wildfires spreading all across Southern California. The strong winds made the fire much worse and made the fires unstoppable. This fire has injured more then 45 people including 21 firefighters. It had burned nearly 600 square miles and destroying more then 1,300 homes, and evacuated more then 500,000 people away. The firefighters are not trying to fight the fire but doing their best to save buildings.

I thought that this was really sad that many wildfires have been lasting so long in California and destroying many homes. I think its a good idea that the firefighters are trying more to save the bulidings rather then stopping the fire, because the winds are just making the fire unstoppable. And I think people should try to make fires stop in dry areas even before they start; the dry grasses are the start of most wildfires.

This relates to all around the world , because in many dry places, fires will always start. It is depressing to see the fires burn all the beautiful nature. Fires will happen, but people should start something to prevent them from happening.