Canucks update

The Drake Canucks successfully knocked the Strasbourg Maroons out of provincial playdowns by winning the two game total point series by a score of 12-3. The next opponent for Drake in the highly touted Kyle Elks. The games will be played on friday Feb 27th in Kyle, and sunday March 1st in Drake. Drake also won thier first round of league playoffs by defeating the Davidson Cyclones 2 games to 1 in a best of 3. Drake now plays the Leroy Braves in league playoffs. Game 1 was played on friday Feb 20th where Leroy won by a score of 5-1. Game 2 will be played on wednesday Feb 25th in Drake.

Wikipedia Entry

I made an entry on a Wikipedia regarding hockey. I noticed that there was a brief article on the "neutral zone trap" that was quite vague and I believe to be inaccurate. I made my own posting on what a neutral zone trap is, and how an attacking team should go about getting past a neautral zone trap. The article I posted was under the Ice Hockey category discussion at the following link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ice_hockey#Neutral_Zone_Trap

Essay Proposal

I decided to pick one of the sample topics to write my essay on. The topic I chose to investigate is weather access to technology improves learning. I am an advocate for technology and believe that incorporating technology into the classroom can have excellent benefits in relating material to students and increasing interest and engagement. I do also realize that there can setbacks if technology is relied upon or overused. In my research paper I will investigate advantages and disadvantages of technology. I am also intereseted in looking into ways of providing evidence that technology does have both positive and negative effects in education.

Latest News for the Canucks

The Drake Canucks are about to enter the grueling post season of senior hockey. They underachieved throughout the regular season due to a lack of bodies, heart, and determination. The Canucks kick off thier post season league games against the Davidson Cyclones on mon feb 9th and wed feb 11th, which unfortunatley happens to be the same night as Jay Wilsons legendary ECMM 470 course. Drake then travels to Strasburg on friday night to start a home and home on the weekend to open up their first round of provincial playoffs.