Mr. Rollins Old Blog

Monday, September 17, 2012

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