Monday, June 6, 2011

#23 so your presentation

reflect

the 40% and all that....

how happy were you with it? what would you do differently next time?

give it a mark out of 40 based on the nature of the task / course/ etc

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

thur may 19, 2011

pd 3 - idc (gifted) - in cal library

small class and a few away today

#1. students can work on their independent study
#2 students can update/complete blogs
#3 remind students that 40% proposal handout must be submitted by tomorrow

#20 outliers is gladwell's take on success

what's yours?

in five lines or less, what is the secret to success?

#19..back to chris langan

nature or nurture..............what's more important (in your opinion)

#18 Doomsday: May 21, 2011?...respond please..quickly

Chris Langan:The Smartest Man In The World-1

#17 Outliers...Genius

First Impressions of Christopher Langan ("the smartest man in the world")?

#16 10,00 hours

the big idea of Outliers

thoughts?.....if you want to be REALLY successful, you need to born at the right time, in the right place,...have talent..and you have to spend 10,000 hours at it.....then you will be awesome

your take on that

#15 spark!

one memory

and one suggestion for a better conference next year

Monday, April 11, 2011

#14 one concept from your book

you found interesting, perplexing, mesmerizing...whatever..take it further..discuss

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Zoom In From Galaxy To Large Hadron Collider

BrianCox 2009 LHC

#13 the prezzies

the Kracken, Atlantis, The Masons, The brain (and how it works), the supernatural (or things that go bump in the night), the Acadians, Blodeuwedd, and King Arthur.....and wind turbines...which one of the presentations will you remember and why

Monday, April 4, 2011

#12 the age-old debate

religion and science......religion vs science?...Copernicus, Galileo, the LHC and all that

comment

are they mutually exclusive or can they coexist peacefully?

fire away

#11 dan brown the end

so the rest of the book.....something interesting

Sunday, March 27, 2011

#10 danbrownbook...the second hundred

something else

(in the gladwell case...Kaleb..the last two entries should be something learned /thought about as a result of reading Outliers)

#9 dan brown book ..the first one hundred

share something interesting in response to reading the first hundred or so pages of your "danbrownbook"

#8 there are three articles posted beneath this post

read them ...and comment on one of them

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

#7 success

think of the really successful (alexandre bilodeau, al gore, taylor swift, barack obama, bill gates, mark zuckerberg, banksy,etc etc) and try to explain why he or she got that way.....what is the secret to success in your opinion? how does one make it really big? what factor or combination of factors is/are necessary?

Monday, March 7, 2011

#6 your "report"

what's the topic

what's the format?

how will you share it with your classmates on wednesday?

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

wednesday update

unfortunately had to go home again to take sick child to doctor.....so will have library period today to work on "report"

update blogs and follow me if not done so

work on report (see previous post) ...be creative...due next wednesday...must be marked by friday

I would be interested in seeing if twitter has educational possibilities...you would need to be ok with it..you would need to register (takes a minute) , tweet and follow each other (and me)...just through a simple search..if you are up for it...register, tweet and we'll see where it goes

for conspiracy theorists: check out: masonic symbols on us currency and / or masonic layout of washington dc

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

a report

2-4 pages (or equivalent)
research report on one of the possible subjects/topics (obviously cannot be the same as your card)

should be typical report organization: title page, table of contents, introduction, organized content (with sub headings) and conclusion)

or ...approach things a little differently......instead of a typical research report (which is fine), you could deliver your information (of equal depth/breadth) in the form of: a children's book, an original narrative poem, a ballad, a rap, a multi-media presentation, a talk show, an interview , a monologue, an interpretive dance, a digital melange of awesomeness...up to you really..but, don't delay....it should be unveiled nest wednesday

Saturday, February 26, 2011

#5 a film suggestion

in this course in the past, we have chosen a few films with "redeeming educational value"....maybe a documentary, maybe a feature film.....suggest one....a film that would be interesting, thought provoking, educationally stimulating etc.etc

name it and briefly explain your reasoning

Friday, February 25, 2011

Dolphins help save tired dog stuck in canal

Dolphins help save tired dog stuck in canal: "Some persistent dolphins are being credited with saving a dog that had run away on Marco Island. The dog's owner said he had been missing for 15 hours before the dolphins alerted neighbors."

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Spark! Conference

For 500 Thames Valley District School Board gifted, bright and talented students (that's you)

@ King's College, UWO
May 4th and 5th
speakers, bands, workshops, fun, inspiration
that's the plan
plan to attend