WOW

The words of the week for second six-weeks are available!

2008-09-29T09:40:00.000-07:00

WOW'S for second six weeks have been sent to teachers for posting!

GET Caught READING

2008-09-15T07:06:00.000-07:00

GET CAUGHT READING-enter the photo contest !!! Take a picture of yourself, a friend, family member or pet and submit it to surice@irvingisd.net . The photo should be a picture of someone reading in their favorite place, skateboarding, in the bathtub, in bed, in a tree house, outside,etc.... or reading to their favorite person!!!!!!

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2008-09-05T11:08:00.000-07:00

PLAGIARISM-WORD OF THE WEEK-September 8th- this word means to use someone else's words, ideas or work and pretend they are your own. ex: The student received a failing grade on his research paper because he had PLAGIARIZED the work.

WOW

2008-09-03T07:15:00.000-07:00

This week, beginning September 1st, the WOW is EVALUATE!!!! What does this mean to you?
What have you evaluated lately? A dinner out, new clothes, a teacher's lesson?

WOW the week of April 28th

2008-04-24T09:06:00.001-07:00

This week the pair of words of the week are IMPORT and EXPORT!
When you IMPORT information, it means you bring information from one document or computer to another document.

You typically EXPORT information from one application to use in another.

ex: I often IMPORT clip art to my documents. The EXPORTING of the photos to your computer is fun!

WOW prizes available!

2008-04-22T12:43:00.000-07:00

Don't forget there are prizes available for the WOW winning bloggers!!!

WOW Nimitz April 21st

2008-04-21T11:59:00.000-07:00

Hey, looking for creative sentences using the words ANALOG and DIGITAL! Get those juices going and win a hot drink from the Java Jungle!

ANALOG / DIGITAL

2008-04-17T07:37:00.000-07:00

This week the Word of the Week is a pair of words. The words are ANALOG and DIGITAL.

I thought we really needed to know the difference is these words. Think of it this way, ANALOG is best explained in relation to DIGITAL. ANALOG refers to things that are in a continuous flow or that have an infinite number of values-things that are "analogous"to real life.

For example, a watch with hands is an ANALOG device, because as the hands sweep over the watch face, time can be shown in a continous flow, with an infinite number of possible increments. A DIGITAL watch, on the other hand, displays time in finite chunks-seconds or tenths of seconds or perhaps even smaller chunks, but at any one moment there's one specific number showing, always countable and limited.

Information that is DIGITAL is information represented by numbers (digits) or more broadly, information that can be measured in discreet, exact values.

Teachers and students are invited to submit examples of ANALOG/DIGITAL and "creative" sentences using the words. Submit your entries by clicking on COMMENTS below. The best/most creative examples and sentences using the words will win a prize from the "treasure chest" or a gift certificate to the Java Jungle.

definitions and examples taken from JARGON, an information dictionary of computer terms, Peachpit Press, 1993.