Tomorrow is the FINAL CHECK!

Grade 6M,
Tomorrow is your final check of all the things that you need for your exhibition. Make sure that you bring everything! The teachers will give you your final feedback so that you can still make some last minute adjustments over the weekend if necessary.

On Tuesday there will be many people coming to see your work!
I took a look at the visiting school's list and saw lots of visitors such as 88 students from SPH Karawaci, students from Global Jaya and students from Sekolah Nusantara.

I want you to make a final posting on your blog which will be your conclusion. You need to put the key points what you have learned from your inquiry and your action.

A Slideshow About Climate Change

Grade 6, I want you to make one of your own slideshows and post it on your blog. Choose pictures that RELATE to your inquiry. Click on 'Get you own' and it will take you to the site. It's free!

Google Earth and Screen Capture - I have found our school!

Hi Grade 6,
We discussed this afternoon how to use Google Earth and then capture the screen making a screen dump. This afternoon I learned a way to do this without the Snagit program!

You can go to Google Earth at http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html and download it. Yes you need to download Google Earth. It is 15MB.

You need to type Bogor in the search of Google Earth and look for Sentul. You will see it but you need to know which way to go. After I located our school I pressed 'Print Screen' which is on your computer keyboard between backspace and scroll lock.

After you have done that you go directly to start and open Paint and click edit - paste. You will see the whole screen. You can then 'select' what you want of the image, paste it to a new document in paint and save it as a jpeg file.

Now try finding a place where you have done your inquiry. I will give you a special certificate in chapel if you can locate the place using Google Earth and upload it to your blog.

Go, go Grade 6M!

Parent Meeting Today

Today I met with many parents from 6M to talk about the upcoming Grade 6 Exhibition. It was a good chance to explain about the function of this blog and their child's blog. To make everything as clear as I can, I will post a list of what must be on the blog by this Monday, 14th May 2007.

• Introduction
• Your group and the inquires.
• Your key concepts.
• Your 1st inquiry using a proper bibliography with at least 3 resources. You should include pictures and where you got the pictures.
• Your 2nd inquiry. (same as above)
• Performance Description
• Experiment Description
• Diary updates every couple of days.
• Online or print (newspaper/magazine) articles that you have read. You need to make a short summary in your own words.

If you want to have an even better blog you should add (you don't have to have these) :

• Extra pictures, videos and animations that you have found that RELATE to your inquiry.
• Games that RELATE to your inquiry.
• Interactive fun things that RELATE to your inquiry.

For all of the extra things you must always explain in writing how they relate to your inquiry.

Hard Warning: To those students who got 0 for their first inquiry; If you haven't made any attempt to update your blog by Monday 14th May you will be asked to leave the eLearning program. This is in accordance with our Essential Agreements.

Using Cached

A good trick that I use when searching through Google or Yahoo is using the 'cached' link.
I wrote the key words 'floods in Jakarta' and this was the first result:

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Floods hit Jakarta
... rain in Indonesia has led to flooding in several parts of Jakarta, swamping ... 31 Jan 02 Asia-Pacific. Jakarta flood toll rises. 02 Aug 01 Asia-Pacific ...news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2757399.stm - 39k - Cached - More from this site

I then clicked on Cached and got this:

(I have had to use a screen capture to show you as it cannot be copy and pasted.)

BBC (2003) Floods Hit Jakarta http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2757399.stm accessed on 7/5/07

You can see that all the key words have been highlighted. This makes it easy to skim read to see if the article is what you are looking for. Oh, another good way to get pictures of Jakarta floods are through blogs. I have found many on the net. You right click to download - always put the picture resource in your bibliography. If you don't know - ask me how!

How To Write a Bibliography.

Ok, my Grade 6M-ers. This is how to write a bibliography:
1. Put the author - surname first
Simamora, Adianto P.
2. In brackets put the year of the publication. You will have to look for this if you are using a website. Look at the bottom of the page or look on the site map.
Simamora, Adianto P. (2007)
2. Next put the title of the site or article. Make your text italics to make it stand out.
Simamora, Adianto P. (2007) Bekasi to trade CO2 reductions
3. Then put the URL. Copy and paste from the address bar at the top.
Simamora, Adianto P. (2007) Bekasi to trade CO2 reductions
http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20070427.C02
4. Put the date accessed. The date that you read this article. Online websites change and are often updated so this is important.
Simamora, Adianto P. (2007) Bekasi to trade CO2 reductions
http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20070427.C02 Accessed on 6/5/07
5. Finally put your articles in alphabetical order by the first letter in the authors surname.
If you can do this MYP will be much easier when you are writing assignments.

Great Sites

I found these sites which have just so much cool stuff for your exhibition. Click on these links:

A site with all kinds of information - You must visit it!
http://reference.aol.com/planet-earth/global-warming/global-warming-quiz

Climate Change
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/cc.html

Climate change may decimate Indonesia's food supplies
http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0430-indo.html

Co2 in Indonesia
http://www.wetlands.org/news.aspx?ID=2817de3d-7f6a-4eec-8fc4-7f9eb9d58828

Jakarta People Recycle Rubbish
http://www.rsi.sg/english/indonesiamediawatch/view/20070303131430/1/.html

Did you know that if you do a Google search like this "landslide in gunung pancar" you will get Ivanna's and Jesse's blog? Try it.

Here's a video about the landslide in Gunung Pancar. (This team should download this one and put a comment on the blog of the author)
http://c10dean.multiply.com/video/item/84

OK I have to eat dinner now. I'll do some more link posting another time.

Mrs Jane
PS Leave a comment if this has helped you.

I Can't Believe it's True!

Would you believe that cow farts contribute to air pollution! I read this article (see link below) about these cows in Callifornia.

The article states that: "The San Joaquin Valley is home to a thriving dairy industry that includes some 2.5 million cattle. With more new dairy operations planned, an additional 400,000 cows are expected to arrive in the valley within the next few years.

But the dairyland is also known for its smog. Over the last six years the valley has violated the federal limit on smog levels more often than any other region in the country. "The valley air basin harbors some of the worst air quality in the entire country, and on far too many days air quality is unhealthy," said Kelly Hogan Malay of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District."

Does that mean that cows contribute to Global Warming?

Each student must post a comment about this.

Bibiliography

Owen, James (2005) National Geographic News, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0816_050816_cowpollution.html

Accessed on 5/5/07

Your Blog

Hi Grade 6,
You need to use this blog as a personal diary. That means that I expect you to up date it every day! The next task is to put your personal timeline for this week. After that you can write 200 words about your second inquiry into. Remember your bibliography!

The Performance due 5/5/07

Make a post about your group's performance item.

* How does it help the audience to understand about your inquiry?

* How can you show your talents?

* The purpose, is your message clear?

* Consider the length of your performance!

* Do you have any special needs to make this performance?

Key Concepts

Hi Grade 6,

Identify 2 key concepts for your exhibition inquiry.

Make a posting about this to your blog. Don't forget to explain about it!

Expo Task due 30th April

Air pollution in Greece

Air pollution in Jakarta

Hi Grade 6M,
Your first eLearning task is to make a post about your group's inquiry. You need to put the title, theme, central idea and your inquiries into.

After that you need to do some internet research about your first inquiry. I would like you to write 200 words and make sure you inlcude a bibliography. I think that you should aim to have at least 3 different resources. Please inlcude a couple of pictures.

Finally, post a comment using your best netiquette on 5 of your friend's blogs.

Bibliography
Dainichi Consultant Inc. (2005) http://www.dainichi-consul.com/english/environment/ accessed on 19/4/07
(a site worth looking at!)
http://www.pestaola.gr/images/air-pollution-systems.jpg
(this image came from a blogspot in Greece - I couldn't read it to find the name of the author as it was written in greek script)

Grade 6M Essential Agreements for the eLearning Project

Grade 6M eLearning Project using email and Blogger.com
We agree to abide by the following essential agreements below:

1. Never put your phone numbers, full name or house address in your blogs.
2. Always use your best manners (netiquette – internet manners) when posting messages on your friend's blogs and using emails.
3. Tell your parents and Mrs Jane or Ibu Maytha if you get any strange comments posted on your blog or sent to you by email that you don't understand or make you feel uncomfortable.
4. Never tell anyone your password (except Mum and Dad! - they should know)
5. Remember to keep safe on the Internet by trashing spam without opening it or emptying your bulk folder regularly.
6. The information on the Internet can be true and false so don't believe everything - use your own inquiry skills by asking other people and checking your sources.
7. Always ask Mum and Dad first before going on line.
8. Only post free animations and images. Make sure that you don't use something from a CD unless it is a free image. You don't want to break copyright!
9. Write using your own words - don't copy and paste! Always include an alphabetical bibliography.
10. Consider carefully what personal photos you publish on your blogs as the Internet can be accessed by anyone.

Failure to follow these agreements will lead to the following consequences:
· A hard warning (depending on the severity of the action)
· Out of the eLearning program.
· Termination of the whole eLearning program.

Welcome to the Virtual World!

Hi Grade 6M. This blog has been set up to give you some tips via eLearning to help you prepare for your exhibition. The first task that I want you to do is to make your own blog via Blogger.com