Wikipedia Exercise

I looked up Boise, Idaho on Wikipedia.

Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page or search for “Wikipedia Main Page.”

1. Search for your topic on Wikipedia.

2. Find and click on the “View history” tab: 

3.Go to "oldest."   It looks like this on your page:

(cur) = difference from current version, (prev) = difference from preceding version, m = minor edit, → = section edit, ← = automatic edit summary

(newest | oldest) View (newer 50 | older 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)

An IP address is a set of numbers such as 210.49.193.178 or 66.108.247.197. 

4. Check out five different contributors on that article.  What can you find out about them?

User Name or IP Address	What else does this tell about this author?	Can you tell is the author is an expert?
1.WhisperToMe	WhisperToMe is a resident of Houston, Texas. He's a computer whiz who started high school in August 2003 and graduated in May 2007. He speaks English, very little Spanish, and very little French. He has one or more cats and eats chili!  He is an administrator on Wikipedia.  (that means he doesn’t work for them, but has been approved to have certain rights by a whole bunch of people who edit on Wikipedia.	No.  What does he know about Boise?
2. 205.188.209.133	It shows what he or she has edited, but doesn’t tell anything about who this person is.	No!

3. Sethant	·       a resident of Klamath Falls, Oregon and assistant professor of chemistry at Oregon Institute of Technology (since 16 September 2011). ·       a genuine living, breathing human being (since 26 November 1982)	No, though he does live closer to Boise than many of the others who have edited that article.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   January 11  Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats! Hand in any unused hall passes  if you haven't done it yet. If you haven't handed in your mind map or taken the test on Lewis and Clark (reproducing that map), do it today during the Readathon.  If you haven't handed in your computer lab packet, or any other work for this rotation, hand it in today.

Targets for Today:   I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading. I can read aloud fluently. This semester I have built up my reading endurance -- being able to read (and hopefully enjoy it)  for long periods of time.  I can use that endurance in a Readathon.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. A brief time to read individually and fill out your reading log. 2. Partner Fluency Practice Hand in your reading log and fluency practice log to the top wire basket.   (Make sure your name is on each.) Place in the designated box all  fluency partner practice materials with all passages in the plastic sheet. If you still have the Lewis and Clark packet with maps, leave that next to the fluency materials box  You may take your folders. Readathon!   (not talkathon!) Pull out your treats and books or other materials to read. Enjoy reading!   (If you must say something, keep it brief and keep it to a whisper.) Watch Studio C - The Mad Scientist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mR8-loJNpU Keep on Reading! http://www.schooltube.com/video/e9bd79d29b4d0e6a2345/Gotta%20Keep%20Reading%20-%20Ocoee%20Middle%20School

If You Were Absent: See above.  Complete make-up reading.

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Announcements and Reminders: Today: Test on Lewis and Clark to show you can use reading strategies to understand and remember. Hand in your mind map. Recreate it -- with 30 or more facts.  You may hand in your unused hall passes beginning today.                                                                   January 11  Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!

Targets for Today:   I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading. I can read aloud fluently. I know strategies I can use to comprehend (understand) what I read, and to remember it.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Pick up your folder, please. 2. Individual Reading.  Fill out your reading log.  Take home any make-up work in your folder (pink). 3. Partner Fluency Practice Pick up a new passage.   http://www.online-stopwatch.com/world-games-swimming/full-screen/ Study time for Mind-maps, count your facts, and hand it in.  Hand in Mind-Maps for Lewis and Clark. Recreate your map with 30 or more facts (cities, rivers, other locations, dates, names, other information). After you have written (and/or drawn them), number your facts, please.

If You Were Absent: See above.  Come to Cavetime (Friday) or after school today or Friday to take the test. Don't forget to have your map filled out, so you can receive points for it. See the links for Flashcards for Lewis and Clark for more facts to add.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Happy New Year!

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   Your computer lab packets were due a long time ago.  Hand them in if you haven't. If you have make-up homework, make sure to take that with you and complete it. If your BICUM brochure is totally done, you may hand it in (to the top wire basket) today.   Tomorrow is the last day to hand in late or revised work or extra credit for this term. January 11  Read-a-thon!  Bring treats, pillow to sit on, blanket,  if you wish.  Make a note for yourself to bring treats!

Targets for Today:   I will read for enjoyment, and add to a record of my reading. I can read aloud fluently. I know strategies I can use to comprehend (understand) what I read, and to remember it.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Pick up your folder, please. 2. Individual Reading.  Fill out your reading log.  Take home any make-up work in your folder (pink). 3. Partner Fluency Practice Pick up a new passage.   http://www.online-stopwatch.com/world-games-swimming/full-screen/ 4.   Did we finish watching the video?  I think so.  We finished watching the video today. 5. Work on your mind maps for Lewis and Clark. We will turn them in and take the test next time. Sacagawea Charbonneau Jean Baptiste Video A3 from 19:47 to the end A4 from 22:50 to the end Extra Resources: Flash Cards for Lewis and Clark Facts for Your Mind Map Lewis and Clark -- Acronymic Mneumonic -- A Rough Poem about Lewis and Clark

If You Were Absent: See above. The video is available on Netflix. Study for the test on Lewis and Clark.   You will reproduce your your mind map. You can add extra facts from your packets or from the links given above.