Andy Murray wins his fifth competition of the year

Who:
Andy Murray, an English tennis player.

Where:
St. Petersburg Open.

When:
This Sunday.

What:
Andy Murray won his fifth pretty big competition this year, now he is 4th in the ATP classification.

Why:
Because he is a good player and this year is his lucky year.


Why is he doing so well this year?

Which event does he wants to win the most?

How does he play, what is his playing technique?

Best Footballer?

Who:
Christiano Ronaldo, Portuguese soccer player playing in the English team, Manchester United.

Where:
All over the world.

When:
This week.

What:
He was elected best soccer player of the year, and might win more rewards.

Why:
He was elected because he scored 42 goals in the Premier League, and his team were first in the Premier League and they also won the U.E.F.A. Champions League, the best tournament in Europe.


How can they tell if he really is the best?

Which is the criterion for this classification?

Why is he the best?

Grading

Why do you think Mr. Truchon and Mrs. Smith do this?
I think they do this to let students improve, not just give a mark.

Why do you think this might be important in your learning?
It might be important because we learn from our mistakes, so that way we will learn more.

What do you like about this approach?
I like this idea of redoing because if we just forgot something we can put it again without just getting a bad mark.

What do you dislike about this approach?
I dislike the idea of red, yellow, green because when we get a green we don't know if it's a 100% or a 90%. Or when we get a red, we don't know if it's a 0% or a 60%.

Why is it better to get information from a book or an online Encyclopedia than finding a site through a search engine?

It is better to get information from a book or an encyclopedia because they are usually made by professors or people that know the subject really well. And more people go on encyclopedias, so the information might be better. On a Google search the information might be written by someone that wants to make a joke, or just wanted to write. So the information might be wrong. But there are more search engines so there might be more information, and on some of them the information might be really good. And there less information on one site than on a whole encyclopedia or book, so it might be more organized.

Tottenham Losing and Losing

Who:
Tottenham soccer team

When:
-

Where:
Italy

What:
Tottenham is last in the Premier League and lost against Udinese, an Italian club, 2-0 in the U.E.F.A. Cup.

Why:
They were not playing in England but in Italy. And they are not playing well this year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7680000/newsid_7688000/7688071.stm?ls

Why are they not playing as well as usual?

How did Udinese play, very well or not really?

Which team will win this cup?

Star's Singing

Who:
Stars

When:
-

Where:
In space

What:
French astronomers discovered that stars gave off a rhythm, stars are pulsating and throbbing. Each sound is different dependent on their size, age, and what they are made of.

Why:
Because the inside of the star pulsates, it makes like a rhythm.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7680000/newsid_7688100/7688137.stm

Why do stars make sounds?

How do stars make those sounds?

Which components can make the star make sounds

Why finding the answer is not the most important

Finding the answer is not always the most important, understanding is the most important. If you find the answer, it is just the answer for one problem. If you understand the problem and the calculations, and what to do, you might use it every time this calculation will be needed in a problem you will know what to do for the problem. If you know the answer to one problem and you don't understand it then you will never use what you did again even if exactly the same problem comes up, you won't be able to find it. So it is more important to understand your answer even if it is wrong than to have the right answer. So you have to try to make clear and easy explanations and you will have the best answer.

Reflections on Learning

I learned that parts of learning are skills, knowledge, ideas, and understanding.
I learned that you could put learning into steps.
I learned about Bloom's Taxonomy, all the steps (remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating).
I learned that that there are some study skills to make you more effective in your learning.
I learned that there are very good questions to ask to improve your learning, who, when, where, what, and why.
And I finally learned that blogging is a very, very good way to improve your learning.

Reflections About Blogging

I learned that I shouldn't say bad things about friends, and that you shouldn't copy and paste.
I also learned that you should be the same online as in the real life, that you should remember that you are in cyberspace, and that you should share things that you are expert in. You should give new information, and you shouldn't comment just to comment, and sometimes you should e-mail instead of writing comments, and that you should respect other people. You should only post when you are not happy, sad, etc...
I also learned that parents should be informed, in view, and interested about you on the internet.
And I learned that there are some good ways to start your comment.

Study Skills

I already do it:

- I never have a distraction around
- I usually don't stress
- Most of the time, I prepare for exams
- I am self-motivated


I should do it:

- I distract myself
- I don't have a good balance between homework and other activities
- I don't have any study strategies
- I am not a fast reader
- My writing is very slow
- Everything takes me more time that it should
- I am not usually with serious people

The Lab

Community Contributor:
I've been a community contributor because I helped for the qualitative observations.
I haven't been a community contributor because I didn't help to set the stuff and everything.

Person of High Character:
I've been a person of high character because I wasn't playing or watching videos on my laptop.
I haven't been a person of high character because I didn't take the work very seriously.

Active Learner:
I was an active learner because I listened to everything that Mrs. Smith said.
I wasn't an active learner because I don't remember that well what was our result.

Effective Communicator:
I was an effective communicator because I asked questions.
I wasn't an effective communicator because my group didn't listen to me.

Critical Thinker:
I was a critical thinker because I answered all the questions that were on the sheet.
I wasn't a critical thinker because I didn't find the answer to Mrs. Smith's last question.

Thinking Skills

Create:
I made a mind map on Mindmeister. It is a creating skill because I created a mind map, I made it.

Evaluate:
I corrected some students in Math, we had to correct them. It is an evaluating skill because I evaluated their work and told them if they had made mistakes.

Skill, Knowledge, Idea

Skill:
How to type faster. I use it every day when I do my homework.

Knowledge:
I had a dashboard. I use to translate, look for words, and sometimes play.

Idea:
Being angry does not help. I got angry playing cards with my mother because she was so lucky, but by being angry my way to play got worse.

Space Tourists

Who:
An American computer games millionaire, Richard Garriott

What:
He spent 20,000,000 pounds for a 10 day holiday, on a trip aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft. Then he will go to the International Space Station (ISS), and come back to Earth.

When:
It does not say in the article

Where:
First the Russian Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, then the ISS

Why:
Because he wanted to, and his father was interested in space because he took pictures of Earth from the ISS in 1973.

Alonso Wins Japanese Grand Prix

Who:
Fernando Alonso

What:
Won the Japanese Grand Prix

When:
does not say

Where:
Japan

Why:
Because his two main rivals, Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa, crashed into each other

Two-arm Transplant

Who:
Karl Merk, a farmer from Germany

What:
He was the first man to have a double arm transplant

Where:
In Germany

When:
He broke his arms six years ago but the transplant was in July

Why:
He broke his arms in a farm accident but now he can open doors, and switch lights on and off.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7660000/newsid_7660500/7660502.stm

Aliens?

Who:
People and aliens

What:
People are sending messages, photos, and drawings to another planet that is twenty light years away from earth

Where:
The Earth and a planet twenty light years away

When:
About now

Why:
Because people are very interested in knowing if there are any aliens in another galaxy or even in ours

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7660000/newsid_7660500/7660542.stm

New Pictures of Mercury

An American agency NASA sent a spacecraft named the Messenger probe over mercury to take pictures of its unknown part. The Messenger probe already discovered new cliffs. It is the second out of three planned for the Messenger probe.

Caning Back?

Some teachers think that canning, hitting the children with a stick, should be aloud again. About one teacher over five thinks that way. They say that children are too naughty now. And they should be aloud too hit them or else they would just lose control of the class. Do you think canning should be aloud?