Saturday, March 25, 2006 

A del.icio.us idea ...

We talked about this in class on Thursday. Students often find more, and better, sites than I do. You're better websurfers than I am. ;-) That got me thinking .....

I spend a lot of time looking for good websites that help us learn in this class. But what if we all spent a little time doing that? What if there was an easy way for us to both save our bookmarks (without cluttering up our favourites list) and share them with the whole class with the click of a single button? And what if we could access those bookmarks not just from home, but from any computer in the world? Hmmm .....

Well, there is an easy way to do that! Instead of saving bookmarks on your home computer sign up for a free account at a site called del.icio.us. You can then access them from any computer in the world. You can easily install a little button/bookmark that allows you to save any webpage you're looking at without interupting your surfing. Now we can all make recommendations to each other learning resources with the click of a single button in our del.icio.us accounts! Tag it using this tag:

am40s

You should also tag each entry with several other words that indicate what it is about; things like: trig graphing stats circles etc. Also, include a brief descriptive clipping from the site (or type one in yourself).

As soon as someone starts saving links I'll add a del.icio.us box to the bottom of the sidebar of our blog. It will show the 10 most recently saved links automatically as you find them. There is will also be a link to the entire archive that you can browse at your leisure.

You can read this tutorial on how to get started with del.icio.us. You might also be interested in watching this screencast that illustrates just how powerful this web tool is.

Remember, this is part of your homework for Spring Break. You must save at least one link for each unit we have studied so far. Try not to post a link that someone else has already found. You can see what's already been posted by looking in our archive.




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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 

HOMEWORK

I'm sorry forgot to post it...with my ealier post... ummm HOMEWORK AT Page 123 (1-9)??




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The Scribe: " Need to catch up?, then read my post =D "


Rubi is not here today, so i volunteered to be the scribe....

If you want to know what happened today CLICK HERE*
AND we took some notes TO PUT IN OUR MATH DICTIONARIES, if you want to see it CLICK HERE*

THE NEXT SCRIBE WILL BE RUBI... if she's not in class again the next scribe will be I HAVE NO IDEA.... i'll just pick the guy named ALLAN.








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Monday, March 20, 2006 

The Last Three Scribes ....

... are simply fantastic!

Shane, Corrie and Steph you three have raised scribing to the level of a new art form! Really.

Shane begins organizing the data in a well spaced table. Corrie moves it forward by using underlining, centering and spacing to make things clear and easy to read. And finally, Steph publishes a well formated table and a beautiful graphic image. When she has trouble drawing the image exactly the way she would like (showing the asymptote) she includes explanatory text.

Ladies and gentlemen; the bar has been raised and the gauntlet has been thrown down. Now the challenge falls to you to raise this art form to yet another new level.

Y'know, you guys should seriously think about writing a textbook. ;-)




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Sunday, March 19, 2006 

Box Up Sunday!

This is a clever little game. You've got to get the small blue box inside the large red box. You can only push a box from the inside. The black boxes, if used cleverly, can help you get the blue box inside the red one. But sometimes they're just in the way. I made it to level 4 pretty quickly, but then it starts getting tough. How far can you go? ;-)

Have fun with this!




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Tuesday, March 14, 2006 

Seek and ye shall find ...



The Coin Hunt has officially begun as of 12:30 this afternoon. The race is on! Who will be the first to find the coin? Will the students find their coin before the teachers find theirs? Who will win the pizza party? Which charity will benefit from this year's hunt?

Check the walls of the building as you walk into school in the morning for hints to figuring out the puzzles.

Happy π Day!!
Have fun with it. ;-)




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Sunday, March 12, 2006 

Sunday Knight



How far can you go? Play here! ;-)




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Thursday, March 09, 2006 

Last Minute Probability Links

First off, see my earlier post.

Next, a few quizzes (5 questions each, refresh the page for 5 new questions) ....



And in the theatre of mathematics ...




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The Mystery Coin Hunt!

π Day is around the corner .. it's five days away! Soon, soon, the hunt will be on!




Somewhere on the property of DMCI a coin will be hidden. Hidden so carefully and cleverly that it cannot be discovered by chance or simply by looking for it. On March 14, π Day, the coin's location will be revealed buried in a series of riddles and puzzles. Until it is discovered the coin's location will remain a mystery....





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Sunday, March 05, 2006 

Sunday Gridlock



In this game you have to move the blocks (vertical blocks move only vertically and horizontal blocks move only horizontally) out of the way so that the blue block can slide out the "door" on the right. Although this game can sometimes get frustrating there is always a way out. Remember Sisyphus!

So far I've made it to level 6, how far can you get?




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Thursday, March 02, 2006 

It's Coming ...



π
Watch it grow.




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