My name is Sam M., and I am in Mr. Sal’s 9th period 20th Century History Class.

The subjects in this class that I want to learn about are The Great Depression and Women’s Rights.  I want to learn about the Great Depression because I heard everyone lost everything they had and I keep hearing people say that we are heading for another great depression because our economy is so bad right now.

I want to learn about Women’s Rights because I am a woman and I want to know what they went through to get the rights that we have today.  I know they weren’t allowed to vote and their place was in the home, but during the war, the women had to go out and get jobs, so I want to learn more about that.

The technology that we are using in class right now are ipods.  Truthfully, I don’t like using ipods.  I think the only reason we should use ipods is for music, not for learning.  They are so small and they are hard to work with.  What if we have sausage fingers like Mrs. Zern?  How are we supposed to hit the right buttons?  I always hit the wrong buttons and I can’t get logged on.  That is why I am doing this blog on the last day that it is due and I’m finishing it on the computer.  I haven’t had any luck on the ipod.

If I could learn to use one piece of technology in Mr. Sal’s class, I would like to learn to use the flip cam.  I think it would be fun to make a video of something that happened in history.  Kids could get in groups and work together to write a short skit and reenact a moment in history.  I think a flip cam would be a good piece of technology to do this with.