Mr. Steed's Classes Blog

October 23, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:00:17 +0000

There has been a big push lately with movies to make them all 3-D. 3-D movies used to SUCK, but now they have gotten alot better. As technology progresses, what reasons would actually make you want or not want to see movies in 3-D? Give me THREE REASONS.

October 22, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:30:05 +0000

With the launch today of the new Myspace Music Videos service, which is a video on-demand service that allows you to buy music directly from iTunes or Amazon on the site and tracks the listening trends of the music people are watching and listening to on Myspace. Do you think that this new service will bring people back to Myspace over YouTube and Facebook and make Myspace the #1 Social Networking site like it used to be? Give me THREE reasons why or why not?

October 21, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:35:08 +0000

As shown in the clip below, just like last week’s last sponge, Technology and FUN can change people’s attitudes about things they don’t normally do or want to do? Now having seen 3 experiments in FUN, HOW could we get any of these experiments to work here in the United States?

October 13, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:01:17 +0000

As shown in the clips below, Technology and FUN can change people’s attitudes about things they don’t normally do or want to do? Why do you think fun and technology make people act differently and based on these 2 examples what would be some suggestions you have for the people coming up with these experiments in FUN?

October 12, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:20:03 +0000

With only 3 weeks in this grading period left, what type of things (besides PowerPoint and tests over EVERYTHING) would you LIKE to do in this computer class? How can I make this class better for the people who will be in here the next 12 weeks? (Watch these 2 videos…..)

October 9, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:13:48 +0000

Why do you think that a movie like “Paranormal Activity” is picked to be so successful when it appears to use such lo-tech special effects and just mess with your head instead of a movie that shows you ALL of the blood and guts with hi-tech special effects like “Saw 6″? (As a special bonus, I have included the trailers of what are being called two of the new scariest movies EVER!)

October 7, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:30:09 +0000

What would you do to pass the time if there were NO TV service in your house? (If there is no TV, then there is also NO phone and NO internet). Give me 5 things that you would do.

October 1st, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:35:32 +0000

Do you think that if certain movie theaters in America added PS3′s to their movie projectors and let you play video games in between movies or had huge launch parties for big games like “Uncharted 2: Thieves Among Us”, you would be more likely to go to the movies more? Why or why not?

September 30, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:41:42 +0000

When the Sony PSP-Go! comes out tomorrow, it will have a new price ($250) and not take the regular PSP cartridges anymore. People who already have a lot of PSP games might have to buy all of them all over again. Will this scare off new buyers? Do you think that Sony’s new strategy for selling PSP Go’s for the holidays is a smart one? Why or why not?

September 29, 2009 Sponge

mrsteedsclass — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:01:01 +0000

What do you feel you are getting or NOT getting out of computer class? Tell me in 5 sentences WHAT you feel this class should be focused on?