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On the top of your head, can you name all the stages of photosynthesis? The date of the storming of the Bastille in the French Revolution? Or what it is? What about the lyrics of a new Gaga hit, even? Yes? … No? … Google?
In olden times, it is usually mistaken that intelligence meant knowledge. At school, the “smart” ones were always the ones who memorized all the algebra equations, aced all the tests and remembered the periodic table of elements by heart; they were the ones with the Ivy League within reach and stood out in their classes, petted by teachers and students alike. But when put to the test, can these smart ones really put their knowledge to use?
[continue reading...]Recent Posts
These are the latest nine blog posts taken from all of the students's blogs.
About Blogging
The excerpts you see on this blog originate on one of the 138 blogs currently in use. Each blog is from a grade 6 through 12 students many using English as their second language.
At SSIS we believe that blogging...
encourages students to talk about writing as a process. It helps them realize that texts are not perfect documents that we learn to spew out. It helps them learn that texts are always in the process of revision. They learn that even after they post their carefully proofread entry, someone will inevitably come along, ask questions, and force the writer to take another look at the work he or she has written. Of course, we all know that it doesn't take place with every text but, when it does happen, students learn what it really means to write. (K. Glogowski)
Updated SSIS Blogs
@JohnChowI think the author's message was: Never talk to strangers. Because, at one point, Snubby found a boy who was holding a letter and was all alone...Snubby asked the boy»»MORE
@John: The BlogTwitter search is like a social Google.com. You can find out information about different events as they happen. Let's take the place of a fifteen-year-old Twitter user named Joe. Let's»»MORE
@Wei Qing's Blog~»»MORE
@Candy's blog»»MORE
Featured Articles
In the future, I want to see technology that are way better than the technology today, like the Rolltop laptop. ...
For the past science classes, we have been experimenting with a Rolling DotCar. Every 0.5 seconds, this car makes ...
Jane Austen *What are the themes of your novel? Explain. *What literary devices are used in this novel and for what purpose? *What ...
Reflections
Scratch ReflectionIn my ICT class, we are creating a game using the program “Scratch” with other students from a school in Michigan. When I first heard my teacher say that we would be working with another school that’s half way around the world, I thought it was really cool, but I also knew that it would [...]
Tools
WordPress Tutorial Mp3- Custom HeaderThis is a tip on how to add a picture on your custom header!. Listen please
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School
Scratch game reflectionIn ICT, my partner and I have been working on creating a scratch project similar to a mini-game in the wii game Mario Party 8. It’s a two player game, wherein depending on the color of you car, you have to pop the balloons of the same color of your car before the other player [...]
Readings
Twitter experienceby mfilej (Creative Commons License: Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike)
I love twitter I tweet everyday and everynight. My friends are all on twitter, i use twitter as a new search, music seacrching and chating to friends site. I like it a lot but i like facebook better. The only thing that is frustrating is its over load [...]
Artifacts
Driver’s ED SummarySummary of the book
The book Driver’s ED by Caroline B. Cooney is a book about con and facing up to something you did wrong. Remy Marland and Morgan Campbell are on there first date along with Nickie Budie. They were stealing signs from a dark intersection called cherry road. They stole the stop sign [...]
Musings
Twitter SearchTwitter search is like a social Google.com. You can find out information about different events as they happen. Let’s take the place of a fifteen-year-old Twitter user named Joe. Let’s say Joe lives in Chile. Joe feels a tiny rumble in the floor and quickly logs on to Twitter and types in: “Chile earthquake”. Within [...]
