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Add comment November 1st, 2008
'School'
What the World Eats
Here are the links that you need for what the world eats and material world:
1 comment October 22nd, 2008
What the Web is For
After reading a version of Small Pieces Loosely Joined we’ve just finished a project where I asked two basic questions: “What is the web for? and What does the web mean to you?”
You came up with a lot of great ideas and completed some interesting projects. I’ve posted a set of the those photos on our class flickr site.
1 comment October 15th, 2008
Two New Sites
If you are interested, I found two different new blogs this weekend from reading people’s igoogle posts.
The first is called fidgit. It is actually a sister site to dvice. It is all about gaming and if you are a gamer, you may want to take a look at it.
The second is called Green Dreams and it is the story of people farming organically in Eastern Africa. It is a very impressive looking blog by people who are trying to do something different and new that has never been tried in that part of the world.
Thanks to Nick and Brianna for the great finds!
Add comment October 6th, 2008
Community
It looks like over the past month we have had a slowly emerging blogging community developing between our two classrooms.
Having a blog is like having your own publishing house, but we need to remember that it is a two way street. People will be more likely to read your stuff and take part on your blog if you do the same for them. Think of all the ways your blog can support and show a community.
- You can add a blogroll to link to interesting writers.
-You can add a clustr map to show people where your readers come from.
-You can add a hit counter to show the number of people who visit your blog.
-By reading other people’s blogs and leaving them comments, more people will visit your own blog if your own writing is well done and interesting.
Think and write. This is a great place to learn with and from other people.
Add comment September 30th, 2008
Welcome St. Elisabeth’s Bloggers
If you notice the blogroll on the right side of this blog has grown. In fact, it’s almost doubled. That is because we now include our thinwalls partners from St. Elisabeth’s school in Van Nuys California in one list. You are separated by several thousand kilometres, but you are one class.
You will also notice that the Thinwalled Studen Bloggers sidebar now lists the latest ten posts published, no matter if you are in Van Nuys or Snow Lake.
Take some time to check out each other’s blogs
Add comment September 24th, 2008
Information on the Web
I found this online. What do you think? Is this true? More importantly, what can you do about it? How can you handle all of the information you run into it? Leave me a comment with your thoughts.
2 comments September 10th, 2008
Week One at JHK
Add comment September 5th, 2008
Copyright
Copyright laws tell us that we must respect the rights of people who create things: art, music, novels, movies, sculptures, etc. These are the laws that make sure that these people can continue to make money by creating their art.
Copyright laws are different from country to country. For example, Canada and the US currently have very different copyright laws. But all places have these laws for the same reason: to make sure that creativity and innovation continues.
Take a look at this page. On it you will find a comic book called Copyright – comic book that explains in general what copyright is. You’ll also find here a booklet called Learn From the Past – Create the Future which talks more specifically about how copyright works. You need to carefully read these two files. As you are reading, think about fair use – what is it? What can you legally use for your own use? What can’t you use? Why do we have copyright laws? What would be the consequences of not having these laws?
Another option is with Creative Commons. This is a form of copyright that lets you share more openly what you have made, allowing others to use it and build on it. When you look at the Creative Commons website, think about how it is different from regular copyright.
Here is a video on Creative Commons for you to take a look at:
Add comment September 4th, 2008
Day One
Today is day one of a whole new school year.
It’s a time to think about who you are and where you want to go.
It’s a time to start clean and fresh.
It’s a time to think about how you want to spend the next ten months and how this time will help you learn about the world you will spend the rest of your life in.
Take some time. Think.
Welcome….. to day one.
Add comment September 3rd, 2008
