Apple laptops

Noah Hernandez (CC'd) can get apple laptops with chargers and Microsoft office 2011 for $150 or less. Considering the software alone retails for over $100, this is a great deal. Email Noah for details. 

noah.ray.hernandez@gmail.com

Update: the more people that contact Noah for laptops the cheaper he can buy them for. He can also get them without batteries for even cheaper meaning they would have to constantly be plugged in to work.

Hey Guys!

It's Erica Paculan,  I just wanted to welcome myself as the new author. If you guys have any suggestions on anything all you guys have to do is comment below and we'll try to make it happen. Any scholarship/college/internship/programs interested in will be posted here. After all, sharing is caring. This is student run, so suggestions basically make this machine run.

Recruiting Staff Members

Need: Scorekeeper, editor (2), senior editor, uploader (2), encoder (3), moderator (2), authors (unlimited)

Administrators: Jayce and Omar

Newest Author This Week: Victoria

Members are definitely going to be recognized! If you want a position, fill out the contact form at the top of the page.

Job Descriptions:

Scorekeeper: Keeps up with tabs and give points to people in the OPSL group.

Editor: Makes edits based on mistakes, facts, outlines, etc. on following drafted/published posts on the 5PH1NX blog.

Senior Editor: Lead editor, and is chiefly based on true corrections (of above)

Uploader: Video finder who adds in clips/short videos based on current/coherent posts to enhance detail

Encoder: Practices coding; makes pages look flashy and accessible; builds a foundation to the project. (Hey, Computer Science people, here's your chance to be functional in operating a website.)

Moderator: Sub-admins to keep in check of order according to whatever they think is right and tidy.

Authors: Writers of the blog with the power to speak their mind and assess to anything substantial in their lives. There are no rules, there are no guidelines, you as the author can make up anything with potential, fortitude, confliction, accomplishment, collaborative, competitive, etc.

Administrators: 2015 OPSL 5PH1NX Project starters/creators, spots taken; manage website as a whole.

Danielle Saves Books! Fahrenheit 451

Danielle gets points for representing Fahrenheit 451 and preserving life by saving books!

Help Us Come Up With A Score Guideline?

I don't want to be bias, picky, "be nice to, to get points" guy for you peeps to gain points. That's why we should all come with a score guideline. Again, I don't want to be picky about what topics you must have and what points they are assigned to, but please comment or go to the forums (under the thread "Scavenger Hunt Ideas") with ideas about which stuff should really count as points. Ideas can overlap too and don't be embarrassed to pitch in ideas. We can't do this alone!

Also, I was astonished to see Erica's post about why Lupita should gain ten points for basically being an awesome person and attentive blogger. I like that and I think we should comment positive things about people's blogs. Everyone deserves the easiest 10 points ever by doing so. Post about other people's blog on your personal/English blog because you know you're awesome as well.

Become a 5PH1NX author now!

Become part of the staff by being the writer who is committed to something other than the course work. If you are still worried about your grade, don't worry about it here.

Please email Jayce (swoopsjay@gmail.com) or Omar (omardominguez1@msn.com) or to 5PH1NX (sphinxproject2015@gmail.com) to become an author of the project by sending your email address. We will take as many people as we can, heck we'll accept 10,001 potential authors.

Again, check out the administrators blogs:
Jayce's Blog (http://jaycedopefresh.blogspot.com/)
Omar's Blog (http://omard123.blogspot.com/)

Where you at?

Leadership Board as of 1:40pm 1.Hikaru 2.Kurt 3.Shanaya 4.Joey 5.Alexus

What if there is no "They"?

The students that got locked down in period 6 discussed the lock down and got to thinking what it would be like to work in an environment with "they". No authorities or institution to make this place feel so much like a prison. They discussed how we would interact and how this class could run without Mr.Preston always being in front and teaching. This is a new generation and teaching has to evolve like the time has. So what is the next step in public education going to be and can schools survive without "them".

Joey would of been a GOD...

30 years ago Joey would have been a god with his 5g of data in phone. Back then one Gig of memory was worth $300,000.

So let the games begin

This site is made to build a learning community out of a game, it is ever evolving and is subject to change but as for now this game is controlled using the scoreboard. You can get points for any thing and everything. So do worthwhile and share it. Get enough points to get yourself a decent grade but don't just play for the grade play to learn and start that conversation. During period 6 we have given away points for anything from just small acts of kindness to saying something cool in class. Anyone that can get to 150 points will be given authorship for this blog. That gives you control to post anything, control to the scoreboard and overall control to enhancing your learning. So share and give us any reason to give you points.

Let's Start Trending

A few days ago, something so obvious, so vague, so simple, and so "really internet, it's not a big deal" trend started to view one teen as the center of social media. #Alexfromtarget started trending on Twitter by no apparent reason. I don't know why this guy is so famous, but he is now and deserves it... I guess.

It takes a lot of people to get something trending and I was thinking that with the ideas we input together, we can make it work. Heck if this works because of an Instagram pic, sheesh we might have to take the alternative of profiling "beautiful" people (Disclaimer: Not putting anyone down, no hate to anyone in general). I'm pretty sure we can show the world that this group can be nothing but magnificent students who only learn from doing the impossible, or better yet the possible as long as we do. 

#Hashtags4Days

Sharing Authorship

Instead of always switching to the host email of the 5PH1NX Project, authorship will extend to everyone of the Open Source Learning Group if you provide your email by emailing to the 5PH1NX email, (sphinxproject2015@gmail.com).

Join the excitement!