da big projects

halfway through.. you will be asked to reflect on them as a whole but as for your own...by next tuesday the 16th, submit a reflection on your project/presentation that summarizes your thoughts on how it went/what you learned/overall sense of learning demonstrated over the course of the project

and give it a mark out of 100...think about the nature and level of the course, the % value of the "project", the time given to complete it and evaluate fairly.

you will also be required to hand in a written component to accompany your presentation...if had a powerpoint, print off your slides etc, include all your rough work, include an organized review(including subheadings) of what your project aimed to cover and a general summary of your research.....put it in some sort of binder..hand it in and relax

angels and demons

the movie ...other than the crushing disappointment of the VV's leg cover -up...thoughts? what went wrong? what went right?

Pope 2.0 article

thoughts?

#24 what went wrong?

view the first half an hour of The Da Vinci Code...it made a whole heap of money but the critics (and many of the fans) hated it ...what went wrong in your opinion?

#23 Movies, Money and God

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20277417,00.html


read and comment

#22 an inconvenient blog

al gore (the darling of the left, the arch-enemy of the right ....well, some of the right) updates the talk that shook the world...thoughts...here's your chance

angels and demons and hollywood

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kamran-pasha/why-angels-and-demons-wil_b_204311.html

read the article and comment

#20 the big issues

according to you (not your group this time), what are the five biggest issues facing humankind at the moment? List in order and explain your thinking for your ranking

#19...If I was in charge of the education system...

the one thing I would improve would be.....explain

american teen continued

article states that high schools in one-school towns are "much more of a pressure cooker" (everyone knows everyone and all of the interconnected relationships)...agree?

american teen

two things:

an overall comment....

and who was the most appealing/sympathetic character of the teens in the film?

angels and demons

a final overall deep thought....including....

did you like it?

what one interesting did you learn that you didn't know before?

growing up online #15 but not for mid-term

you can watch the entire show at:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

you should ...it's really, really good ...all students, teachers and parents should watch it

from the first part: technology and schools....how much is too much? the old way versus the new....what's right? what does it mean? one student says nobody reads books anymore...just go to spark notes...what does this mean for the education system? how should it react? If there were 27 hours a day, would he really read Hamlet....I don't think he would....does it matter if he doesn't

note how student "behaviour" is being affected by social networking sites...and not how the MySpace /Facebook battle neatly divides people among "class" (and racial) lines

so blog....how cool are we...using technology to do school work

no blog here but you may want to order some

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dan brown is not invited to mass in Vatican City

so....the book...where are you on the particular journey?

and waddya think overall or so far?

btw...if you haven't, finish the book for Tuesday (it is a bit weird to be assigning this over Easter weekend but there you go)

exciting Dan Brown related tasks/activities to follow and you will also be asked to put your super duper bestest independent study type thing ever plans into writing on Tuesday

blog #13

once upon a school...the concept...the video...the potential for such a thing in Ingersoll?...etc ...blog away me hearties....

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teens are lazy and unprepared

sayeth the article....among other things (http://www.thestar.com/article/614219)

what sayeth you?

blog on this....

is it true that you have to see it to believe it, or rather, do you have to believe it to see it?




Exactly

read the twitter article and blog on the following:

"the lure of twitter is the rule of Right Now. there is no death in the moment of Right Now:.....If you are tweeting or tweeted, you are not dead,...People need to address lost face time somehow.Tweeting does that. It can't address the horror of dying...but it may ease our fear of dying alone"

so....respond to that

thur mar 26

pd3. IDC 3O1 (the interdisciplinary "gifted" class) Room 141

1. view http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider.html .....rock star physicist explains particle physics , the big bang and the supercollider
2. go to cal lab 239 where students will work on the following blogs:

a. the "Ted" talk video just viewed....reactions.....I know it's not easy but what did you take from it?
b. The Pope, Africa and HIV.....what's your view on this furor?
c. Saturday is Earth Hour (and tomorrow at idci).....what is the value of events such as this? will you be participating?

3. Read the article " Science " and blog on your reactions to the article and the dilemma contained therein

4. Outstanding presentations definitely tomorrow

A+ for everyone!

a good idea? explain

the blogs so far.....up the first week of march

1. bloggy experience
2. ken robinson and creativity
3. oak island
4. something of your own chosing..classroom connection...surprise us

the class and the blogspot addresses

chloe barker http://idontknowwhoppers.blogspot.com/
katie blyde http://katierose78.blogspot.com/
dan brown http://danieldbrown.blogspot.com/
kevin burke http://kevinburke13.blogspot.com/
jen crawford http://hasthehadondestroyer.blogspot.com/
bryan emonts
ashley eyndhoven http://ashleytalks18.blogspot.com/
brian groat http://bgroat.blogspot.com/
hannah hamstra http://hhblog09.blogspot.com/
brennan hutchison http://hutchbren764.blogspot.com/
katie koot http://kootie-i-am.blogspot.com/
marcie loghrin http://loghrin.blogspot.com/
liz mcdonald http://thelongsummersofwinter.blogspot.com/
cj mcdougall http://cjsaysblog.blogspot.com/
jessie moerenhout http://generalexperience.blogspot.com
alex romyn http://shinokage.blogspot.com/
miranda start http://miranda-start.blogspot.com/
mathias voigt http://mathiasv.blogspot.com/
cory wallis http://ohthesweetdemiseofambiguity.blogspot.com/

the class and the blogspot addresses

chloe idontknowwhoppers
katie blyde katierose78
dan danieldbrown
kevin kevinburke13
jen hasthehadondestroyer
bryan e
ashley ashleytalks18
brian g bgroat
hannah hhblog09
brennan hutchbren764
katie koot kootie-i-am
marcie loghrin
liz thelongsummerofwinter
cj cjsaysblog
jessie generalexperience
alex shinokage
miranda miranda-start
mathias mathiasv
cory ohthesweetdemiseofambiguity