My new school is so awsome! There are tons of rooms. Lots of people to. I have french, english, science and metal shop. I really like it. It is so fun. I have made lots of friends. I love the library. There are so many books. I know it is a little late to post this because it’s almost the end of school but I am
My class and I have been using tools online to help us work over the year. Here is a list of the tools I remember.
I would need these tools next year because they will help me learn.
The ones I need most are Diigo, Glogster, Webmail, YouTube, Wordle and Flickr. What tools have you experimented with? Do you mind telling me what they are?
Image Technology Is Not Technology By lgb06 released under a Cc licence
Earth Day was April 22, 2010. For Earth Day we went paperless. We used dry erase markers on our desks instead of using paper. It was so fun. We do it almost every day now but mostly for math. The teacher used the Smartboard to teach us math. It was so cool. I might be using a Smartboard next year because I will be going to high school this year!! But, I will miss my teacher Mrs.Braidwood. She is the best teacher ever! I wish she was my teacher next year too.
Image Earth Day Poster DesignBy morgantj Released under a Cc licence
Earth Hour was Saturday, March 27th from 8:30 to 9:30 pm. Earth Hour is One hour of the year that we have to turn all our electrical appliances and lights off to save energy to help stop global warming. The first earth hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. You can do many activities. The activity that I thought about was pretend camping. You can tell scary stories, roast marshmallows on a barbecue, build a tent and sleep in sleeping bags. if you have any ideas of activities leave a comment and I will answer back as soon as I can. For Earth Hour I did not do anything because I was asleep. Next year for earth hour I will turn off the lights and read around a candle. Next year I hope more people will participate in earth hour.
Cc flickr image: Uh oh: stars. By gak
Mrs.Braidwood’s class and Mrs. Anderson’s class went to the Vancouver Aquarium on Tuesday June 1st. We drove to Nanaimo, rode on a ferry, got on a city bus to Stanley Park and walked to the Aquarium. I saw sea otters, belugas, dolphins, jelly fish and many more animals. The amazon exhibit is really warm. In the Aquarium I saw lots of frogs and there are many species that are endangered. I also saw cockroaches and my favorite one is the giant cockroach. My favorite animal was the caiman. They are so cool. At first I thought that it was a crocodile but I was told it was a caiman. They are cousins to crocodiles and alligators. There were fish in the water under the caiman and I was so amazed that they did not attack the fish. I was later told that the Aquarium people fed them themselves. We spent the night sleeping in front of the beluga tank. I thought it was cool. We did not get much sleep because we were watching the belugas all night. My favorite beluga blew bubble rings. It was awesome. I got to get a souvenir for going there. In the end we took a ferry back to Nanaimo and drove back to school.
Image IMG_5340 By The Ripple Effect
I built three Lego robots in one day. One of them was with instructions, one was with a picture on paper and one was with a thought I had. The first was X Pod 1 which was the one I made with instructions. It had a blaster on one arm and a hand on the other. The arms had joints on them and the legs did too. The head could turn around and look at other Lego people.
The second was X Pod 2 the one I made with the picture. It has mostly the same features as x pod 1, but it is smaller and more agile then X Pod 1. It had joints on its arms and legs but the legs bend more. The head can look up and forward but not down, left or right. There is also an antenna on its back.
Which brings us to the last one that I like to call Automatic Robot Punisherof Intelligence or A.R.P.I for short. It has a sword on one arm and a blaster on the other. In total it has 11 blasters. A.R.P.I has shoulder pads and knee pads. There are also spears and a cockpit.
I am planning on making more robots. Have you ever built something with lego?
image: Google Lego 50th Anniversary Inspiration by manfrys released under a CC Attribution licence
Everyone can see our blogs. Most people just look at the blogs or comment on posts but others might take the words that you write without giving you credit for writing it. Challenge 5 is about helping others learn that Creative Commons licences let people know that you don’t mind them using your work, but they must credit you. This helps prevent people from taking your words or pictures without permission. I made my licence on a website that Mrs. Braidwood calls the Creative Commons site. You are free to share and remix my work. The following conditions are Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike.
Cc flickr image logo creative commons by guervos.
The Mad Sea
They’re ready for battle
The wind howls like hungry wolves
The waves march onto the beach
Like soldiers going to battle
The wind summons the lightning and thunder
Like a soldier fires a gun
The waves continue to stomp the shore
Like the boots of a soldier
When the storm ends
All is calm
The wind and waves die down
Like when a battle ends
All is silent.
Image: storm waves by g-na released under a Cc licence
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