http://ghsteched.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:35:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, we finished our little video experiment today.   Gonna watch 'em tomorrow.  They're pretty good considering how difficult and time-consuming they are to make at school.  Too many filters and blocks...oh well, LOL. http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/11/04/videos-done/ Our unit on Communications is going good...students always like screen printing their shirts.  Next up is moviemaker.  Students have to create a 30-sec. "infomercial" about a topic of their choice. http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/10/20/screen-printing/ here's our classroom wiki:  I think I'm gonna use this a couple of times this year.  Have students create a page for it. ghsteched.wikispaces.com http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/10/11/classroom-wiki/ Finished our rocketry unit on Friday.  Right on schedule.  I think the students really enjoyed the NOVA documentary, "To The Moon."  It's amazing how much they don't know about the moon landings.  Not their fault, no one has ever taught it to them. http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/10/11/unit-2/ Had the annual parent open house tonight.  Good turnout.  Nice to see. 2nd launch completed today.  1 to go.  Pretty satisfied with how the students are doing.  Good launches today, especially in 2nd hr. Took quite a few videos.  Gonna try to put something together for announcements.  Blevins had some kids out ... http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/09/22/open-house-and-stuff/ Welcome to the 09-10 school year.  I'm looking forward to a fun year learning about and using technology.   Here's a link to our course outline: http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/files/2009/09/09-techcourse-outline.pdf http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/09/05/welcom-back/ Lot's to do in the next couple of months.  Writing assignments, which are now mandatory, have got to be organized and readied.  It's time to order supplies, now that the new fiscal year is started.  Got our new "facebook" site up and running for Web Design, it will be interesting ... http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/07/07/gettin-to-work/ Here's some links to our rocketry unit. http://extension.osu.edu/rockets//index.html http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pagrosse/h2oriphyl.htm http://www.astronautix.com/ http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/history_of_rockets.html http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/mishaps.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronauts_by_name http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/rocket/BottleRocket/index.htm http://www.et.byu.edu/~wheeler/benchtop/ http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/04/26/exp-tech-rocketry/ We wrapped up our "Engineering Structures" unit this week in World of Tech.  Students did quite well.  Most bridges were 400-600% efficient.  They also handed in their "computer" bridges as well.  I'll be posting some pics over the next few days. Over in Exploring Tech, we finished our unit on Advanced ... http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/04/24/busting-bridges/ Currently, we are finishing up the Engineering Structures unit.  Many truss bridges will be destroyed this week. Then we begin our final unit  "Technology in Your World."  Lots of video game info, + some other stuff like cellphones, gps, and who knows what else? http://ghsteched.edublogs.org/2009/04/22/world-of-technology/