Well, I’ve decided to move the class blog to a new address. This one should be easier for everyone to remember. http://mrjwilliams.com I tried to move everything over to the new site, so most of the posts and comments are already there! Anything new will go on that site as well.
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Advertising On Edublogs
December 21, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
You may have noticed recently that there are add links in the blog posts on our class website. Edublogs recently started adding them as a way to pay for the server space. I didn’t notice them because when I am logged in with my Edublogs account they don’t show up. I do not mind banner [...]
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More Whirlybird Wednesday
December 11, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Mr. Thelen was gracious enough to take about 80 pictures of Whirlybird Wednesday. If you want to view the pictures you can here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23757202@N02/sets/72157611070061557/ If you want to watch them a bit quicker and hear a little music with them, click play below. They aren’t as clear as the photos in the link above but [...]
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Whirlybird Wednesday
December 11, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Yesterday, Fox 10 was at Trailside Point for Whirlybird Wednesday. There is video on their website of the event. It can be found at: http://media.myfoxphoenix.com/KSAZ/hilites/whirlybird.html Students from 6th grade can be seen in the Trailside Point 3 video.
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Fractions Wordle
November 12, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
We answered the following questions in our Math Journals: 1. What is easy about fractions? Why is it easy? 2. What is difficult about fractions? Why is it difficult? We then entered them into a Google Form. It is the post below this one. If you would like to add your opinions feel free to [...]
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Tools We Use
November 6, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Quite a few students have asked for links to some of the software and online tools we use in class. I’m going to list some of my favorites that I use in class and at home. All of these programs are free. Google Earth – “Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view [...]
Some Links from this Week
September 30, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Here are some links to content we used this week in class. Water Cycle Fruit Basket Science Water Cycle Video – YouTube (This link won’t work at school). Oceans David Gallo – The Deep Oceans Video – TedTalk. Monterey Bay Aquarium Web Cameras – Live video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Math Classifying Angles – [...]
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Chapter 1 Audio Presentations
August 10, 2008 · No Comments · Math, Uncategorized
I’m excited about this. It is the first time I’m trying to put up audio versions of my presentations so please excuse my umm’s and ahh’s as it plays. Here are the presentations from Chapter 1.1 & 1.2 with audio narations. These will be great if you miss a day or just want to review [...]
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Slide Shows are down right now
May 7, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
None of the slide shows are showing up on our class blog right now. I’m in the process of fixing that. Edublogs changed the way that certain types of files are linked. They let me know quite awhile ago that this would happen, but I thought I had them linked in a way that would [...]
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Some stats
January 29, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I really like Google Analytics. Here are some stats for the last two months from our class website. Click on the picture to make it bigger.
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Math Slides from this week
January 12, 2008 · No Comments · Math, Uncategorized
Here are the Math Slides from this week. They don’t fill the screen like they do in the SmartBoard software on here, so I’d suggest clicking on the Slideshare icon on the bottom right, then view the full screen option. I’ll work on making them look better on here next time. Use them to supplement [...]
