Mr. Rollins Old Blog: 2012

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Videos

Kaiser Chiefs- Never miss a beat:
http://quietube4.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-rgIPIkCl4

and with lyrics only:
http://quietube4.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUvX1zbhUU8

Jack Black: the math song:
http://quietube4.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa8U0nL-KXg

BoomTown Rats: "I Don't Like Mondays"
http://quietube4.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yteMugRAc0

from wikipedia on the song: "I Don't Like Mondays:

According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report at Georgia State University's campus radio station, WRAS, on the shooting spree of 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California on 29 January 1979, killing two adults and injuring eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime and her full explanation for her actions was "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day".^[1] The song was first performed less than a month later. Geldof explained how he wrote the song:

I was doing a radio interview in Atlanta with Fingers and there was a telex machine beside me. I read it as it came out. Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in is a bit strange. I was thinking about it on the way back to the hotel and I just said 'Silicon chip inside her head had switched to overload'. I wrote that down. And the journalists interviewing her said, 'Tell me why?' It was such a senseless act. It was the perfect senseless act and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it. So perhaps I wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it. It wasn't an attempt to exploit tragedy.^[2]

Monday, September 17, 2012

Sensory photos

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Lost generation

http://quietube3.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA

Monday, September 10, 2012

Internet searching tips

From Google:
http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861

simple ones:
http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134479

Who can own a website?

o What does .com stand for?

o What about .org?

o How about .net?

o Who can own these websites?

· Answer: Anyone. These along with others are called “open domains” and anyone can own them for about $10-15 for each website. You don’t have to be a certain age, you don’t have to own a business, you just have to be willing to pay.

· Historical Side Note: When the Internet started nobody thought it would be what it is today. In fact they thought only three entities would use the Internet.Commercial Businesses, Organizations, and Networks. Of course we know today the Internet is much larger than was originally anticipated. Things got ugly when the Internet starting becoming popular and people starting buying .com websites that were not businesses, or .org websites that were not organizations. In the end they all became “open domains” or anyone could own them.

· Closed Domains: There are a few closed domains on the Internet. Domains that you cannot buy unless you are a specific business or government. The two most well known closed domains are .gov (government) and .edu or .ac (Education or Academic Institution depending on the country). Nobody can buy these domains. .gov domains are reserved for governments and .edu and .ac are reserved for schools. Only governments and schools can have those domains.

· Country Domains: As the Internet grew people needed to know where the website was located. For example .gov gives you the United States Government but if you want the Chinese government you need .gov.cn. By creating country domains the Internet can be searched for information by country.

Do a Site search

Change the reading level (using advanced options)

Where did this all come from?

http://www.thethinkingstick.com/6th-8th-grade-search-lesson/

Stop and predict

http://quietube3.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L6UWk6-Hg8

1) 27 seconds
2) 50.5 seconds

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Mr. Rollins on VOKI

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Prehistoric man Cave art

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/prehistoricman.htm#.UDm7YdBSQbw

http://www.42explore2.com/prehist.htm

www.timetoast.com
for timelines

test: http://www.quia.com/quiz/104024.html?AP_rand=883355348

Monday, July 9, 2012

My Values (a Wordle)

A work in progress...

Monday, May 28, 2012

Speeches

And a Great link to some other important speeches.

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/greatest-modern-history-speeches

Sunday, May 27, 2012

French Euro 2012 assignment

Country Facts	en francais
Capital city	capitale
Currency	la monnaie
Population (rank)	la population
Language (s) Spoken	les langues
Land Area (rank)	la terrain
Political Leader	leader mondial
Flag	le drapeau
Interesting Fact/Story	une histoire interessant
Soccer Facts	en francais
2-3 Best Players	les joueurs meilleur
Best and Last EURO Result
Home Jersey	la chandail domicile
Away Jersey	la chandail des visiteurs
Most “Capped” player
Interesting Soccer Fact/Story	une histoire interessant de la football