Grammar Bytes

Try these grammar excersize at Grammar Bytes.

This is fun, and you can even download and print out handounts that accompany the interactive exercises.

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Gradefix

Gradefix

A homework management system. "Frantically trying to keep on top of homework is a waste of time. Instead of spending time trying to figure out what homework to do, let Gradefix do the organizing for you. Simply add your homework tasks and Gradefix will work them into your schedule."

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Shoolr: Awesomeness!

Need to do a Google, Wikepedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Acronym, Urban Dictionary, Encyclopedia, or Book Summary search? Do you need to use a Citation Builder, Text Translator (language) or Unit Converter. Well you can find all of these in one site at shoolr

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PDF pad

What is PDF Pad?

PDF Pad is a comprehensive online destination where you can download and print the high quality documents you need for work, school and play, free of charge or registration hassles.

You can use make use of the documents in these categories:

Calendars
Flags
Graph Paper
Smith Chart
Staff Paper
Storybooks
Sudoko

This will be useful when I need Graph Paper, if only I remember it!

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Kwakiutl

Kwakiutl Tales by Franz Boas:

This is a collection of myths and folklore from the Kwakiutl Native Americans of British Columbia, Canada. They originally resided on the northern end of Vancouver Island and the adjacent coast. The texts were collected and translated by Franz Boas, who was one of the founders of modern anthropology and linguistics. These stories are much more satisfying for the Western reader than many unfiltered Native American texts, with rich characterizations, earthy humor, spooky supernatural settings, and, for once, actual beginnings, middles and ends. It is obvious that the Kwakuitl were accomplished story tellers.

If your looking for a "Kwakiutl legend/myth" this is a good place to start.

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stockvault.net

Need free images for a school project look at free stock images at stockvault.net. I like this one:

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Moveable type

Moveable type is now open source. The program "...goal has always been to create the best blogging platform in the world and to put that power in the hands of as many people as possible. And we want to honor a tradition of openness that Movable Type has embodied for over six years..." I am going to download this soon, very very soon.

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The Alphabetizer

Sort any list quickly without starting excel. Strip html from lists, remove duplicates, ignore indefinite characters like "a" or "an" and more. The Alphabetizer

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Adobe Flex 4 free

Adobe is offering Flex Builder for free... to students, and faculty, here are the details:

Can students and faculty get Flex Builder for free?

Yes. Starting on Nov. 1, 2007, Adobe is making Flex Builder 2 with Charting free for qualified students and faculty. Students and faculty will be able to get serial numbers to activate downloadable trial versions by registering on the Flex Registration site which can be accessed through a link on the Adobe Developer Connection. During registration, you will be prompted to upload a copy of your student or faculty ID or you can upload a letter on institutional letterhead proving your current affiliation with an educational institution. Once validated, you will be emailed a free educational serial number for Flex Builder 2 with Charting. It may take up to two weeks after the request for you to receive the serial numbers.

What students and faculty are eligible to get Flex Builder for free?

The offer is open to all students and faculty at educational institutions who are:

* Full or part time students enrolled at higher education institutions defined as accredited public or private university or college (including community, junior or vocational college) that grants degrees requiring not less than the equivalent of two (2) years of full-time study
* Full or part time faculty employed by accredited K-12 and higher education institutions
* Students enrolled in grades K-12 at an accredited public or private primary or secondary school providing full-time instruction

This offer is not available to staff employed by accredited K-12 and higher education institutions.

To download the program visit adobe.com

Seal Petroglyph

This is a petroglyph of a seal, the photo can be seen at Kekilen's Deviantart account

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Edward Curtis "Dressing Up"

Kwakwala is the language of the Kwakiutl and the Kwakwak.....

I'm not purposely being politically incorrect by not spelling the remainder of the last word in the title, it is just I can never sort how to spell Kwakwakwewak. But if for some reason you want to know how to say hello in Kwakwala visit <http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/5030_e.html">Indian and Northern Affairs Canada</a>.

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AboutDiscipline.com

Punishments and Rewards Failings

The following excerpt at the website above is from the book Discipline Without Stress, by Marvin Marshall.

"INTERNAL APPROACHES

If an approach is used where people are motivated to be responsible--where internal rather than external motivation is at work--then obedience becomes a natural by-product.

Accepting responsibility is the surest and quickest way to change behavior. Such was the case as described in a Newsweek story (January 21, 2002, pages 42-44).

A student had been constantly clowning around and misbehaving in an English class. He was sent to the office. The meted out consequence was to go back to the teacher after class and apologize. He approached Ms. Vines and said, "I'm sorry I disrupted your class." She accepted the apology. To Robert, the simple act of fessing up, standing accountable for his wrongs, struck a chord with him. He said it made him feel like a man. He started acting like one.

Robert's case is not uncommon. The key is to lead students to accept responsibility. This is accomplished by using a noncoercive approach to discipline.

That is the strategy used in The Raise Responsibility System--a powerful and exciting proactive program that raises individual and social responsibility and promotes motivation for learning. The program is used across the entire teaching spectrum--from small childcare centers to large high schools and from rural schools in Texas to urban schools in New York City. The strategy also can be used in any home or youth setting."

I've enjoyed what I have scanned quickly from the book, and quite agree with his takes on responsibility.

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Sparknotes

Sparknotes

Sparknotes offers free online study guides.

Vectormagic

Online tool for converting bitmap images to vector art.

Now if I can use something like this instead of doing the conversion myself, then I'm all for it.

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bibme

Need to make a bibliography, try using bibme. bibme is an online app that will output bibliographic information in several different formats. It is free wit registration.

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LitSum

LitSum offers free book summaries or book notes. Don't have access to Coles notes at home, try Litsum.

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Buzzword

buzzword is Adobes recently purchased, flash based, word processor. It is amazingly simply, and should be good for students who do assignments at school, home, and study centres whom do not have access to a flash drive, are working on incompatible platforms or programs.

Simple up your work routine and use an online word processor... It's amazingly cheaper and simpler than Word. But heh, I use indesign for just about everything now and word is pretty much just taking up space on my computer at home and at work. (Except of course that the students are very fond of Word... Students, use an online word processor, it'll save me the time of explaining how to email your assignment to yourself and you won't have that scary feeling like I'm working on a Mac with Word, is it going to work on my windows machine at school with god knows what version of widows or word? Unless of course you are forced to use Word, that you can't do much about.)

File Sharing

Register and store files up to 100mb online with others for free. It is simple, easy to use, and you have the option of having the files password protected. All you do is send the url to the person you would like to share the file/files with, and voila your done.

Technorati Tags: drop.io, file sharing

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What should I read next

What should I read next?

Enter a book and the site will make a recommendation on what you should read next based on a database of readers' favourite books (32 000+).

Visuwords graphical online dictionary

Here is the description for this online dictionary from Visuwords:

Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.

Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. Click and drag the background to pan around and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Hover over nodes to see the definition and click and drag individual nodes to move them around to help clarify connections.

DonorsChoose.org

DonorsChoose

is a site devoted to providing students in need with resources that public schools may be lacking in. It is a non-profit site where teachers submit project proposals for materials/experiences their students need to learn. When Citizen Philanthropists fund projects (donations made by everyday people) these projects can become a reality. This site is American based, and does not extend to Canada, but if anyone knows if there is an equivalent site on this side of the border please leave a comment.

Famundo

Famundo is for families and schools. Families have have access to a family calender, address book, message board and a family library. Organizations such as schools can simplify your scheduling processes, keep information private, simplify the communication process, and reduce IT and hardware costs. Both families and schools can try Famundo for free, use free accounts or upgrade their account. To try Famundo visit their website

Homework Club T-shirts

Kwakiutl Band Homework Club now has their own t-shirts for sale. This is the original image:

and this is an example of shirts
To see more please visit
homework club's online store. We would appreciate any support that is given.

5 Year Olds and Computers

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Language translation

From Lifehacker:

The web makes it possible to search for documents written in every conceivable language, but what if you don't actually know the language you find that special somethin' written in? No worries—there are plenty of online translation services that can give you anything from just a good idea to a complete translation of what you're looking at.

Disclaimer: None of the following language translation services can substitute for a real live human translator."

To read the rest of the article please go to Get Lost in Translation by Wendy Boswell. She gives a great list of tools that can be used for language translation.

Medical Gross Anatomy

Learning about anatomy check out Medical Gross Anatomy Learning Resources by The University of Michigan Medical School.

Online Art

The Yale University Art Gallery
has an online collection, information about what art is, and further information.

Divine Comedy

For a look into Dante's Divine Comedy, though I don't know many secondary students that will have read this it might be of interest to College students,
go to Danteworlds. This site is by The University of Texas at Austin.

Cougar Sighting

Just a reminder to the students from Fort Rupert or anybody that happens to be visiting Fort Rupert that there was a cougar sighted twice yesterday and one killed last week by the conservation officer. Yesterday the cougar (the one that was not killed) was seen near Fort Rupert General Store (Larry Hunt's Store) and Mable and Pete Knox's house. Use caution when walking or outside. There have also been numerous bears in the village, therefore use your common sense when out and about.

The Fro by Rejean

Once upon a time there was a boy named Rezy. Rezy was 5'5" and he had lots of friends and he had a Fro. Everyone either liked his Fro or hated it. One day he went to school and he was in Science. He was working with some chemicals when he spilled some in his hair. Within two minutes his Fro fell off and started eating everything. It ate his lunch and everything Rezy had. Then soon it started eating people So Rezy called in the army and Rezy's Fro ate the army. So Rezy told the Fro that he loved him ant the Fro went back on his head. They lived happily ever after.

Another online app for learning a second (or third etc) language

LiveMocha Beta

The Social way to learn a language. This is another site geared towards learning a second language

Utah Education Network

Great Flash interactives in the following age groups with categories:

K-2 Student Interactives @ the Utah Education Network

ABC's, Reading, Listening, , Words, Art & Music, My World, Math, Brain Games, Health, Just for Fun, and Tumbletown Tales

3-6 Interactives @ the Utah Education Network

Language Arts, Math, Health, Art & Music, , Science, Technology, and Brainteasers

7-12 Interactives @ the Utah Education Network

Science, Health, Technology, The Arts, Language Arts, Brain Games, , and Social Studies.

Flower Maker Beta

This post is more artsy than book wise. To take a break and doing something artistic visit Flowes @ zefrank.com and create some flowers to show on their site.

Mango Beta

Mango beta has been launched. It is a free Enterprise language learning course available on the internet. Mango has released 11 different courses in its beta version, and each course has 100 different lessons.

I took a look at this site and really enjoyed what I saw of it. I think that Mango is a promising site, stop by and see if you like it too.

New Schedule

Homework Club has a new schedule this year. We've had to change hours to better accommodate all of our students. Click here to view the schedule.

PHSS Calender

2007-2008 Calendar Of Events

Port Hardy Secondary School

2007-2008 Calendar Of Events

September

4 .................... School Opens Between 10:30 and 12:30

5 .................... First Regular Day of Classes

11 ................... PAC Meeting at 7:30 – (Second Thursday of each month)

14 ................... Last Day for Student Timetable Changes

14 ................... Amnesty Day for Text and Library Returns

17 ................... In-service Day

28 ................... School Photos

October

4 .................... Meet the Staff Evening – 6:00 to 7:30

8 .................... Thanksgiving Day

12 ................... Interim Reports- Term One

15 ................... Post-Secondary School Visits – 7:00 to 9:00 pm

19 ................... Provincial Professional Development Day

November

9 .................... School Photo Retakes

9 .................... End of Term One

12 ................... Remembrance Day

13 ................... Grade 8 Rotation Change

13 ................... Term Two Begins

16 ................... Formal Reports Mailed Home

19 ................... Implementation Day

22 ................... Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews – 7:00 to 8:30 in the Gym

December

14 ................... Interim Reports-Term Two

24 to January 4, 2008 ... Christmas Vacation

January

7 .................... Classes Resume

18 ................... School Based Pro-D Day

25 ................... Last Day of Classes

28/29/30 ............. In Class Exams – schedule to be announced

28 ................... Provincial Exams English 12 from 9:00 – 11:00

28 ................... Provincial Exams Math 10 from 1:00 – 3:00

29 ................... Provincial Exams English 10 from 9:00 – 11:00

29 ................... Provincial Exams French 12 from 9:00 – 11:00

29 ................... Provincial Exams Communications 12 from 9:00 – 11:00

29 ................... Provincial Exams Social Studies 11 from 1:00 – 3:00

29 ................... Provincial Exams History 12 from 1:00 – 3:00

30 ................... Provincial Exams Science 10 from 9:00 – 11:00

30 ................... Provincial Exams Principles of Mathematics 12 from 1:00 – 3:00

31 ................... Provincial Exams Biology 12 from 9:00-11:00

31 ................... Provincial Exams Physics 12 from 1:00-3:00

31 ................... Provincial Exams BC First Nations Studies 12 from 1:00-3:00

February

1………………………………Provincial Exams Geography 12 from 9:00-11:00

1 ............................................... End of Semester One/Term 2

4 ............................................... First Day of Classes Semester Two Begins

4 ............................................... Grade 8 Rotation Change

4 ............................................... Term Three Begins

8 ............................................... Semester One Reports Mailed Home

11-12 ....................................... Grad Photos

15 ............................................. Semester One School Awards sent home

14 ............................................. Last Day for Student Timetable Changes

15 ............................................. District Professional Development/ In-service Day

March

7………………………………Interim Reports – Term Three

17-25 ....................................... Spring Break/Easter Break

26 ......................................... Classes resume

April

11 .............................................. End of Term Three

14 .............................................. Term Four Begin

14 .............................................. Grade 8 Rotation Change

18 .............................................. Formal Reports Mailed Home

24 ..................................... Parent-Student-Teacher Interviews – 7:00 to 8:30 in the Gym

May

9 ...............................................School Based Professional Development Day

19 .............................................Victoria Day

23 .............................................Interim Reports- Term Four

June

14 ............................................. Graduation Day

19 ............................................. Year End Awards Ceremony

18 .............................................Last Day of Classes -Term Four Ends

19/20 ........................................ In Class Exams – schedule to be announced

19 .............................................Provincial Exams English 10 from 9:00 – 11:00

19 ................................. Provincial Exams BC First Nations Studies 12 from 9:00 – 11:00

19 ............................................. Provincial Exams English 12 from 1:00 – 3:00

20 ..............................................Provincial Exams Communications 12 from 1:00 – 3:00

23 ..............................................Provincial Exams Social Studies 11 from 9:00 – 11:00

23 ................................. Provincial Exams Principles of Mathematics 12 from 1:00 – 3:00

24 ..............................................Provincial Exams Math 10 from 9:00 – 11:00

24 ..............................................Provincial Exams Biology 12 from 1:00 – 3:00

25 ..............................................Provincial Exams Science 10 from 9:00 – 11:00

26 ..............................................Provincial Exams French 12 from 9:00 – 11:00

26 ..............................................Provincial Exams Physics 12 from 1:00 – 3:00

27 .............................................. Provincial Exams History 12 from 9:00 – 11:00

27 ...............................................Schools Close

30 ...............................................Semester Two Reports Mailed Home

boo's slug

Quote

By Collette, "The big rocks are the mountains and the little rocks are their babies."

Cameron's Picture

A picture Cameron made of a fire breathing dragon and stick men at war

Gonzo Canon

Make gonzo fly

Pinguin Game

Try to shoot the pinguins in this game good for hand eye coordination, if you don't mind pretending to shoot animated pinguins.

Puzzle game

Laser puzzle

Laser Puzzle game with numerous levels, password upon completion of each level. I think I know some kids who will like this.

Selina's Naslan Poster

This picture was done by a girl that attended here a couple of years ago. She is a hockey fan, as some of you will guess by her drawing.

Differences

Find the difference

In this game you have to find five differences between two images. It is fun and good for developing minds as well as those who just want to be distracted or simply "just because."

Flash Games

Orisinal

There are 60 cute flash games here, and while I say cute some of them are harder then they appear. These are definitely something I would like the kids here to try.

Tom and Jerry

tom and jerry

This is a Tom and Jerry Game that I would like one of my students to try, I simply cannot do this, and I would like to see one of them solve this game.

The Mean Starfish

by John

this picture comes from deviantart.com

Once upon a time there was a starfish, his name was Bob. He was a very mean star fish. Whenever another sea creature came by he would call them a name like the one octopus who went by everyday. He would say "Watch out Octo Boy or one day I'll take your tentacles off and sell them to a human and make chop suwee or other things." But one day a diver came and took Bob while he was bugging the octopus. But the Octopus jumped on the diver and saved the starfish and the starfish lived happily ever after.

Differnces and Memory - Early Math

Whak-a-differnce is good for helping youngsters recognize differences.

Memory is good for beginning memory skills

Mikey Mouse

The kids enjoy skateboarding. One of their names is Mikey, this picture was titled "Mikey Mouse".

Homework Club Schedule

The sessions that are in school are in brackets, everything else is at the studycentre.

Alex's Flower

Flower that one of the students made about a year ago.

Money - Coins

Money Worksheets from Home Education Resources

This sites offers free printable money worksheets.

algebrahelp.com

Algebra Worksheets

from algebrahelp.com. Online worksheets with everything from basic algebra to advanced algebra.

Sample Problem:
5u2 + -11uv + 6v2
Solution: (5u - 6v)(u - v)

This site is useful in that it will give you a step by step walk through of the answer to the question you are working on if you are really stuck.

There is also a section of the site that has lessons.

Fairytales

Thumbalina

Fairy Tales Collection.com

This site is extensive and awesome! Fairytales from:
Hans Christian Anderson
Mark Twain
The Grimm Brothers
Frank Baum
Joel Chandler Harris
Aesop
Myths and Legend - Norse Mythos, Authurian Legends
Around The World - Asian Origin, American Indian, Indian
Miscellaneous Authors

Free Dictionary/encyclopedia

the free dictionary

With everything from Article of the day, In the News, This day in History, to hangman, spelling bee, and horoscopes. You can now fully customize your own homepage.

Librarian ChickExtensive list of education links in the following categories:

1. Books/Audio books
2. Calculators/Mathematics
3. Class Management/Worksheets
4. Collaboration/Social Networking
5. College/Student Loans
6. Dictionary/Thesaurus
7. Foreign Language
8. GPA Calculators
9. Graphs/Presentation
10. Highlighters/Web Annotation
11. History/Geography
12. Home Library
13. Lectures/Speeches
14. Memorization
15. Notes/Forms/Writing
16. Online Learning/OpenCourseWare
17. Organization
18. Poetry/Quotes
19. Reference/Research
20. Science/Space
21. Test Taking/Prep

hangman

Online hangman game featuring Dolch Words. There are various other games as well.

Am or PM

This page will help kids learn what events during the day happen during the am hours of the day and during the pm hours of the day.

This activity is brought to you by aaa math. The site has activities for kindergarten students through to grade eight students.

Clocks

Interactive Clock

Interactive activity for learning how to tell time. Another activity from shodor.org.

100 Greatest Events in Canadian History

This site is brought to you by Canadian Encyclopedia Historica, which has over "50,00 articles and growing everyday." This is a timeline outlining the 100 greatest events in Canadian History, good for a history refresher.

funbrain

Funbrain has tones of fun activities for young students. The various sections of the site include Math Games, Reading, Arcade, Playground, and All Games. The site is meant for students in K5 through Grade 8. My favourite is of course the Math Arcade.

Interactive Math and Geography

lizardpoint

Fact Math practice, either online or in printable worksheets. These are great for days when students have no homework, and also to reinforce these much needed skills.

World Map Quiz

Also fun to try is this interactive World Map Quiz. I failed to find one of the oceans.

Shodor Interactive Activities

With everything from arithmetic to statistics. While this site is not the most visually attractive, it can be useful.

Well this my first post for Homework Club, and I have no doubt that it'll be a bit before I send invites out to the students.

So for my first post I will recommend iknowthat.com.

iknowthat.com is full of activities from most subjects for students from preschool to grade 7/8. The kids here have enjoyed Leon's Math Dojo. But if you asked them I am sure that they'd say they'd prefer going to a game on addictinggames.com without having to do any math or reading... but rules are rules. :)