http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta Online Community Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:50:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 8th grade LA students created videos that demonstrate their understanding of satire - which they've been studying with Kasha.  The results are excellent: http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/07/08/satire-videos/ Round table discussions this week. The topic - cyberbullying. We revisited our definition of the word, talked about how to identify this type of bullying and what to do about it. We talked about how bullying causes an imbalance of power and put ourselves in the shoes of parents ... http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/06/04/cyberbullying-pt-2/ by Sam K There are some computer games that have internet access. In most of those games, guess what people do? They swear. Now even though they know its bad, they still do it. Luckily for those people that don’t swear the computer automatically covers up the swear words or words ... http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/06/03/netiquette/ Morse code is old - really old (164 years). Text messaging is way faster - right? http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/06/03/morse-code-vs-text-messaging/ This Saturday (May 17th from 11-1) the City of Seattle is having a free open house for its new Emergency Operations Center located at 4th and Washington. This is a great opportunity to see all of the technology our City uses in emergencies to help keep people informed, safe and ... http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/05/14/eoc/ 6th graders are studying architecture in Science class with Tom. Their big project is to build a dream bedroom out of cardboard, wood and other materials. For the next few weeks in tech we'll be mirroring this project, using Google SketchUp - a free 3-D modeling program. Finished products ... http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/05/13/sketchup-science/ During this year's design week, one group studied the theme of "cycles" by looking at product cycles. As a part of their exploration, this group examined consumer cycles and the need for the newest, fanciest new products. This often has a big effect on our environment, especially when ... http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/05/12/do-you-want-a-new-cell-phone/ A busy lab day for the 6th grade!  Many topics were covered in a short period. Boolify.org - this site is a visual Boolean search engine that looks cool but doesn't do anything we can't do using our Boolean operators in a regular search engine. Homework - in middle school, homework is ... http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/05/06/this-and-that/ No computers today - we sat down to introduce and discuss cyber-bullying. Our conversation began with talking about conventional bullying. Students noted that bullies may act out because: they feel bad about themselves they have been bullied in the past they don't have friends they are unhappy at home it makes them feel ... http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/05/01/cyberbulling-pt-1/ by Nava A digital identity is who you are online, on your phone, on your credit card, anything digital. Maybe it’s your real name, maybe a nickname. It’s what computer you use; what sites you go on. It’s your phone number; your AIM screen name, anything you have that’s digital. I ... http://billingsmiddleschool.net/beta/2008/04/28/safety-online-and-on-phones-for-kids/