The Room 4 Mini Production

At this end of this Term our class will perform/inform an audience of our peers and parents about technology and inventions through history and whether new technology and inventions have made the world a better place to live.... or not. Through the power of collaboration and using the Balmoral Habits - Communicating, Managing Self, Thinking, Creativity and Persisting, our class are putting together a 10minute performance showing this point. Below are some photos of out class in "practise/creating mode." If you have any ideas or want to record part of the performance (my class only) post a comment:-)

The Power of Youtube!

Now that we have been looking at some of the technology that we are using these days we can focus more on ways the technology is being used. On computers, we can't deny that internet site Youtube has become hugely popular world wide. You can watch, listen to and learn all sorts of things. Tonight at our Intermediate Open Night I used a clip that was shared with me by Andrew, another teacher at our school, on how to draw an eye. The step-by-step clip proved really easy to follow and resulted in some amazing art. Check out the clip and let us know what you think of Youtube and what you use it for.

The Math Man

This is the message from Math Man Ken Ring - Maths Gives You Power! Today our class had the opportunity to listen to, be tricked, and shocked by Ken Ring. With some of the simplest tricks he had us guessing and asking questions. Hopefully after listening to Ken you have a different perception about what maths is and have realized how maths is all around us! If you ever think that you suck at maths remember what the Math Man said. "Magic tricks are just like secrets'. "Maths is like that too - you have to discover the secrets." Post a comment and let us know what you think.

Our Right To Privacy

Last week our class watched and analysed the movie Enemy of the State, a spy-thriller about a group of rogue NSA agents who kill a Congressman in a political-related murder, and then try to cover up the murder by destroying evidence and intimidating witnesses. Robert Dean, played by Will Smith, is inadvertently caught up in the mess when he is given a video tape of the murder. As a result his entire life is hacked into and he is incriminated in the murder. Our focus was looking at the technological advancement of government agencies and how they use technology to supposedly "keep us safe." With such technology all around us these days, any time we swipe our eftpos card or shop online we leave our digital fingerprint and when we walk through customs at the airport our photograph and fingerprint are taken and then logged in a database. Is it going to get to the point where we have no privacy at all?? Post a comment and let us know what you think.