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I am preparing for a presentation and I need to find some resources on Searching and within searching Boolean Searching.
There are some great tools out there that are worth sharing:
starter sheet on Edorigami – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets – Boolean searches and Google advanced search
The Boolean machine on Kathy Schrocks site – http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/#
Common craft show – basic search [...]
Most schools require students to have a graphing calculator when they reach the dizzying heights of Senior mathematics. The students (or perhaps their parents) invest in these tools. The cheapest price I found was $116 for a Ti82. Which is alot of money for a tool with limited application beyond the mathematics and perhaps science [...]
North Head is an amazing Auckland Icon. A former military base guarding the entry to Auckland harbour, riddled with tunnels and if you believe the stories – secret bricked in storage areas waiting to be pillaged by any lucky enough to find there way into them.
Google maps – North Head
However North Head for us was [...]
For the first term of this year my Year 12 students have been involved in the NetGen Education project as well as the usual curriculum activities.
The NetGen Project is the brain child of the flatclassroom project leaders Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis. These two teachers working together with Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics and grown [...]
This is an interesting post from Mashable that describes the web in numbers.
http://mashable.com/2009/04/17/web-in-numbers-social-media/
Here are some goodies
Youtube March 09 (1)
100 million monthly viewers in the US.
6.3 billion videos viewed
100 million to 200 million users in less than 8 months.(2)
from February 2008 to February 2009. (3)(6)
2,721% growth in Italy
999% in Spain
607% in Belgium
518% in France
499% in [...]
This is a TED talks video. Its short sweet and to the point.
In this video Matthes Child’s outlines his 9 life lessons he has derived from rock climbing. Just like all the TED talks its to the point and conveys the message in a short space of time (under 5 minutes) If you haven’t visited [...]
Its not suprising really, when you think about it. The cell phone, which is an extension of some many of our students brains, is potentially being used for SEXTING!!!
What is Sexting? Well have a look at the wikipedia article on it (yes it is suitable and not in any way shape or form inappropriate) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexting [...]
THIS IS NOT A COMFORTABLE VIDEO
THIS IS NOT NICE. IT IS NOT PLEASANT OR FUN, BUT YOU SHOULD WATCH IT ANYWAY!
This is the latest video from Mediastorm. This video looks at the aftermath of the atrocities in Rwanda, particularly the effect it has had on the women who were brutalized.
http://www.mediastorm.org/0024.htm
Here is the introduction
“During the 1994 [...]
Lee LeFever has produced another excellent video resource. This one is the World Wide Web in Plain English. Another paperworks production and an excellent resource for teachers and students alike
Available here at the common craft show
http://www.commoncraft.com/world-wide-web
or here on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoMbBzqxyc
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Wow, what a week. 4 days of presentations, 5 flights and 7 sessions. I have to say it was fun but I was pretty jaded by the end of the experience.
The robotics sessions in Rotorua, were great fun, hands on experiences. As tools for learning and constructing knowledge and understanding they are superb.
In Wellington, I [...]
