Leaving quality writing comments

When leaving comments on your peers' [new word for Mr Lyttle] blogs you should evaluate the writing by comparing it to the achievement objectives on this teacher website

The best comments will win a trip to Uzbekistan where you can mingle with fabulous cultural dancers, drink fresh yak milk and dig for fossilized mastodons.




[prize may in fact be fictional]

Cool Maths Games

http://www.coolmath-games.com/

Check out this site for fun maths games like Lemonade Stand which encourages entrepreneurial skills.

And try out Maths is Fun for more online learning opportunities :-)

Term Three Theme - Innovators, Inventors and Entrepreneurs

We are comparing, contrasting and studying Innovators, Inventors, and Entrepreneurs.
Our goal will be to become innovative, inventive and entrepreneurial.
This post and the next two will be relating to the three concepts listed above.
Let's begin by investigating INNOVATION:



Why have I chosen this image to represent an innovator? What is the unspoken message? Use your powers of inference and PPK to answer this question then read on...

Here are some potentially useful websites. Please analyse them and add any useful information to your own understanding of the term. Good luck!

Google's "defining engine"

WikiAnswers defines the term

An interview with an expert

YahooAnswers has people responding to questions

Ezine article on "Every Person is an Innovator"

Wiktionary has a very basic definition

Grammar Gorilla and Spelling with Shakespeare

http://www.chompchomp.com/

Here are some links to online resources to help you strengthen your spelling and grammar skills.
I have employed some guy called Bill Shakes and a Gorilla to help you...

http://www.northwood.org.uk/literacy.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

Level 4 Language stuff - English Online Speaking, Writing, Presenting

English Online Features of Narrative writing

English Online: Exploring language

Become a character

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Literacy Progressions

SIFE Survey for worm farmers

Survey Monkey is a cool way to do online surveys.
Here is one from our friends at S.I.F.E.
It's part of our learning regarding worm farming as a business.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Dq0U1_2f5gCjYpwHy9AbY_2bWw_3d_3d

Questionaut

This is a cool game - check it out :-)

QUESTIONAUT

Beautiful graphics too

MyAbodo

See the bottom of the page to see My Abodo - it is the sustainable house I designed in a rural community in MyAbodo land. It's easy, fun and teaches you about sustainable choices.
When you design your own Myabodo house, register it and say you live in "Hamilheaven". [See if you can do cooler houses than Miss Freeman's class.]

Join me in MyAbodo

Economics

We are learning about Economics in relation to our Sustainability theme.
Here is a great website to help you understand the concept of Supply and Demand.

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/supplyanddemand/

Enjoy!

Maths homework links

Who could this be???
Find out on the compulsory site at the end of this post.

Here are links to previous Room5ians Rule maths posts, links to online resources for homework, and some other guff about maths you may find interesting...

magic MATHS!

maths is great - afterall, we like shopping don't we? and working out how much pizza we can all have? and getting to the movies on time? - all using maths.

maths can also be magic - in fact, we can use mathematical language to describe almost anything in the universe. on a simple level, we can investigate the magic numbers appear to have.

have you ever investigated magic squares?

follow the link below...

http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=1337&part=index

and for a safe NZ government organised site with links to lots of NZ relevant maths stuff follow this link:

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/hot_topics/maths_e.php

and for those keen to try out maths games and problems, check out this link:
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/maths/interactives.php

pyramid maths and info

this site has the explanation of how the pyramids were built as well as some activities relating to the maths of pyramids.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/story/main.html

mega maths!

For those of you who do find maths interesting and are looking for a challenge, see these sites. there is one on Leonardo daVinci's works also. I think we will look at it in class, so if you want to get a head start....

http://mathforum.org/alejandre/frisbie/math/student.leonardo.html

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm

Measurement

I have attached some hyperlinks to NZ Maths online, digital learning objects, and TKI's eLearning sites...

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/LearningObjects/


!!! Compulsory !!! in ICT Time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/gameswheel.html

Lexipedia for word study

Wow - we can look outside the square to find new ways to enhance our word study programme.
I absolutely LOVE words and enjoy how many of you really get into your word study.
Check out this link to see how word study can be built upon.... LEXIPEDIA
:-)

Also look up WORDLE to see how you can get a neat word picture representing what is on your blog.

Tests lead to games

Hi kidlets,
in our IKAN tests most of us showed we have a gap in our skill/knowledge in the fraction world.
Here is an online game for you to have a crack at - it may be too easy for you, but it has levels and could be fun .
:-)
There are also some Youtube videos about fractions and how to "do" them. Check out Mr Duey - he has a music video about the little blighters!
And here are the others:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6053953053135492653
How to add and subtract fractions

And these are just normal websites dedicated to explaining fractions....
http://www.aaaknow.com/fra.htm
Visual Fractions

I hope you learn and enjoy :-) We will review these sites in class...

NObel WOw!

The first person to name this chap shall receive a sour snake [because learning should be for bribes, not the intrinsic pleasure ... please note the dripping sarcasm]. Explain how he relates to this post for more naturally sweetened joy. :-)

This is an awesome site with educational games which we will review in class. Get an advantage by playing at home ... if your parents will let you.
Pay particular attention to games about "the body" - the human body that is. We are, afterall, engaging in the study of science in the Living World strand.

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/

Look back through the posts to find...

Your task, Woodmonstas, is to find the post with the discussion about our assignment to do with ourselves as learners. We must hit the ground running with it when we return from camp. Sadly this term is disrupted heavily with conferences, camps, testing and getting to know one another [- okay, that last one is very important and enjoyable].
Mostly, the research is into how we learn, starting with the habits of mind work we did, then moving onto the nervous sytem and the brain investigation. Soon we need to investigate our personal learning styles through the various systems that are available to help us understand our learning styles. We are all different and "one size doesn't fit all". Can you explain what I mean by that?

For now, in your own blogs, I would like you to create a post about an artist you like. Show some examples of their work that you enjoy.
Do you know how to upload pictures to your blog? I have demonstrated in class and will again. Post links to websites that you think are valuable for anyone wanting to learn about them and any url's of places you have found information. And make a personal statement about why you enjoy their work.
I will post an example above this post.

Okay?
[This is why it is important to access the blog and to try to do what I ask - it is part of your class work. I am not just trying to amuse myself whilst sitting at home. Some of you are doing a GREAT JOB! In fact, several of you even seem to have an international following already. Well done!]

Online Learning Communities

Blogs, Wikis and Microblogging are proving to be useful learning and teaching tools for me as a learner/teacher. My colleagues Heheboy and Efreeman are particularly helpful in designing amazing online learning resources and sharing ideas online via Twitter and so forth.
http://collaborativelearning.wetpaint.com/
http://fairfieldintermediate.wetpaint.com