Thursday, January 31, 2008

Sru vs Cal women's basketball

If you missed out on the Slippery Rock women's basketball team taking on the number one team in the region, California University, you didn't miss much. The Rock came out the gate sluggish, which led to a 14 -4 Vulcan lead six minutes into the half. A surge led by Amanda Nero kept the Rock within 7 at the half. But the second half belong to the powerhouse Cal. After consecutive driving layups off steals, Slippery Rock had to call a time out to stop the bleeding. Cal pushed its lead out to ten, and the Rock couldn't recover. Kellyann Staudinger was a bright spot for the Rock, leading scorers with 17.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

music in the classroom

today in class, we learned about how music helps influnce and improve learning. it can be efficent in aiding the visually impaired in the class also. I plan on teaching in the elementary school setting, and i want to incorporate music into my stretching routines. for every stretch, an upbeat song will be played, and when the music changes to another song, it will signal to class to change to another exercise. while observing the seneca valley school district last year, i saw that this structure kept the children active and eager to learn.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

coolest technology

the coolest technology i have seen to date is the new iair computer. this is made by apple computers, who also manufactures the ipod, iphone, and countless diferent kinds of laptops an desktop computers. from the commercial, it looks like it is thin enough to slide into a manilla envelope. its hard to believe that a year ago, it was unheard of to see even a phone that thin. this computer has the same capacity and memory of an up to date laptop. on the downside, it looks very fragile and easy to damage, so it would definitely need to be handled with extreme caution.

introduction

Hi, my name is Nikki Presto and I hail from Thomas Jefferson High School, about twenty minutes south of Pittsburgh. I am a 19 year old sophomore at Slippery Rock University with a major in Health and Physical Education. I play point guard for the women's basketball team, but i broke my hand two weeks ago and I will be inactive for two more weeks. I love running and reading, mainly biographies on sports figures. My favorite athlete is Pete Maravich, who was the star shooting guard for LSU who still holds the NCAA career record for points.