Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Some guidelines

Hi Room 19! Welcome to our class blog space for 2008.This will be your first posting area and you will use this as a place to introduce yourselves.
Please read the class blogging rules and understand that our thoughts, ideas and information are available to be read from anywhere in our world.
.• Only ever use your first name or a nickname when you are writing on this or other blogs or wikis
• Never use any other student’s last name
• Never post any personal information–such as your home phone number or home address or paswords on this or any other blog or wiki
• Always tell your parents or teacher right away if you come across anything that makes you feel uncomfortable
• Be a good online citizen and never write or post anything that could hurt anyone else
• Always check with an adult if someone asks for your phone number or to meet you
• Make sure you publish only your own work
• Make sure that you check the spelling of our post and that it makes sense when you read it

I will be aiming to update this page approximately every two weeks. When you post a comment I have to approve of it before it gets added to our page. So please let me know if you are waiting for your post to show up on our blog page. I'm quite excited about learning to use the blog site. Please add to it when you can. I look forward to hearing from you all soon.

Monday, March 17, 2008

What is the cost of Convenience?

In room 19 as part of Science we are studying about materials that are good insulators. We are applying this knowledge to design a package to keep itams form the school canteen either hotter or colder for a longer time for Technology.

While we hope to be successful in our designs can anyone see any problems as a result of our new packaging alterations and designs?