This year my class used computers alot. Here some wed tools that we learned to use safely:

• Edublogs
• Animoto
• Flickr
• Hotmail
• Google
• Moodle
• Skype
• Gmail
• Wikispaces
• Glogster
• Windows movie maker
• Voice thread
• Vocaroo
• Vimeo
• Wallwisher
• Youtube
• Facebook

In highschool I think I will use edublogs, animoto, hotmail, flicker, google and skype.  I really liked all the tools that my teacher taught us and it made a better year for me.

cc flicker image: sunset 27 july  by Per Ola Wiberg Powi

Canada gets more tornadoes than any other country except the United States. They move quickly (up to 70 km/hour) and leave a long, wide path of destruction.  They can uproot trees, flip cars and crush houses.  When a tornado is coming the sky turns green or yellow.  Tornadoes are  really loud. Winds may get to  300 miles/hr. or more.   Tornadoes are born in thunderstorms.  Tornadoes form when changes in wind speed and direction create a horizontal spinning effect. In the Northern Hemisphere, tornadoes spin counter clockwise and in the Southern Hemisphere, tornadoes spin clockwise. Tornadoes are classified fom F0-F5. F0 is light damage,broken branches a little bit of damage. F5 causes houses, buildings and cars to be destroyed.  Most tornadoes travel toward the Northeast,but tornadoes can move in any direction. In 1925 in the USA they had their most deadly tornado. It killed 689 people. you can check this website for more information. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/weather/tornado/

cc flicker image:Kalvesta, KS Tornado by lwa519

cc flicker image: Tornado by Frank Peters

cc flicker image: Tornado in Paraná Miní by Florencia Guedes

cc flicker image: Wild Weather and Tornadoes Battered Manitoba by Prairiedog

cc flicker image: Tornado…?! by Alordelo

cc flicker image: New Zealand tornado by Scott.benjamin

cc flicker image: Tornado ??? by Koschi

cc flicker image:Tornado en San Lorenzo byPazleonel

cc flicker imag: Suffolk Tornado Damage_4-29-08  by jimbrickett

cc flicker image:Tornado Car II  by julay

cc flicker image:Tornado Car IV  by julay

In October my writing was really messy. I used I like 2 times in a sentence and I didn’t like writing for a long time. But now my writing has improved. I can write longer  and there is one of my posts I did on May 5 that is about me and having Autism. This post is really long and has lots of information that I was able to write. I also am better describing and using details. There are many paragraphs and it’s longer then my posts at the beginning of the year.  There are more posts just like that. I learned alot this year about blogging and myself.

cc flicker image: Early peach flower by X.u.k.i

cc flicker imgae: Plumeria Flower  by R.j. Malfalffa

Lightning storms are one of the most dangerous storms ever.  Lightning is caused by electrical currents.  A single lightning bolt is about 50,000 degrees farenheit or 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.  The average lightning bolt could light up a 100 watt bulb for 3 months.   An average lightning bolt is 6 miles long.  The thickness of a lightning bolt is about the size of a silver dollar it just looks bigger because it is so bright. There are 16 million lightning storms in the world every year.

cc flicker image:lightning over Ottawa by a o k

cc flicker image: Lightning; My First Try By Kuzeytac

cc flicker image: Lightning Show By Just us 3

cc flicker image: Lightning on the Columbia River By Phatman

cc flicker image: Rayo de Zeus / Zeus’s Lightning – Tepic, Nayarit, MEXICO By Christian Frausto Bernal

cc flicker image: Lightning Crashes By Prescott 

cc flicker image: Lightning by Thefost

cc filcker image: My First Lightning! By Island capture photography

cc flicker image: Lightning By PeteHunt

cc flicker image: Lightning Strikes By Dirk@breman

cc flicker image: 9-21-05 lightning By Yelnoc

For challenge 8 I commented on 3 of my classmates blogs. I chose them because I think they deserved a comment. I like looking at the blogs from my class and I am going to keep making comments on other blogs. Here are three of the blogs I commented on: Soccer Station, Animal Land, and Technasia. You should check them out too!

cc flickr image:Blue Marble (Planet Earth) by woodleywonderworks ‘

challenge 8

 on Feb 8 2010  On my trip to Maui  we went to the Atlantis submarine for the second time. It was fantastic. This time was better.  We saw more things like scuba divers unlike last time. I  saw lots of  tropical fish. I saw a sunkenship. The diver were exploring the ship. There was rust all over the ship from being underwater so long .The scuba divers were waving to all of the people on the sub.They were also giving all of us the hang loose sign. My favorite part was when we were going down to the bottom of the ocean and the captian of the sub turn on sound affects and yelled dive,dive,dive, like in a movie. It was funny and everyone was laughing. Then when we got to the bottom he played the music from Jaws, you know the music just before the shark attacks..Spooky!  I hope that I get to go on a submarine again someday. Have you ever been on a submarine?

cc flickr image: dolphins crest by jurvetson

I would like to tell you about some of the things that are happening in our oceans that really bug me.

We humans are not taking care of our oceans. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean there is a floating island made of garbage. This is affecting the animals in that live in and near the ocean.

Did you know that some sharks have been found with nuts, bolts, copper wire and even flooring in their stomachs? Fish and seabirds have also been found with plastic bags and other plastic items in their stomachs.

Did you know that plastic will never go away? It just breaks into smaller and smaller pieces and fish and other animals eat it.

We need to take care of these problems. Some ways we could help are to clean up our beaches, and don’t leave your garbage at the beach.  We need to make sure we recycle, and use less paper. All the people in the world need to help. Then, the ocean will smile!

cc flickr image: Great White Shark – Gaansbay – South Africa by maxfear

Challenge 7

I chose this license because it is ok for people to use my pictures as long as they don’t change them. I might feel upset if people change them and I don’t like it.   I would like to be credited for my work because I work really hard on things and it feels nice to be recognized.

cc flickr image :First Brazilian cc licence :Front by iCommons

Hi my name Rachel and I am living  with Autism, and it not easy.  One of the things that really drives me crazy is not being able to sleep at night. I really want to be able to sleep like everyone else. It’s harder to read and write. I have to work ten times harder then most people.  I need a lot of practice to get it right. It is hard for me to focus on reading.  I don’t like it because a lot of books are not interesting to me although, I do like to read when I find an interesting book. The book I’m reading now is Miley Cyrus Miles To Go. It tells you about her life when she was in grade 6. It has lots of pictures in it .

When I’m writing I get frustrated because other people can write faster and spell words easier then I can. I understand that it doesn’t matter how fast or slow I work but it is hard when I see other people finishing before me.  Sometimes when I get the work done I get so frustrated that my work isn’t as neat as other kids I erase it or crumple it up. I am hard on myself.  When I’m at school I get help from a aid or the teacher. I take a break when I am feeling really mad, frustrated and sometimes sad.

When I’m at home and I get really mad I stomp really hard up the stairs. Then go to my room and sit on my bed and kick my wall. I dented the wall and my daddy got really, really mad.

This is who  I am,  I have to live with it. I have lots of strengths and some weakness too just like you. I am learning to handle my frustrations and learning more about myself everyday. I am happy just the way I am.

If you want to learn more about Autism check this website that explains Autism to kids.

cc Flickr image: So Very, Very Spring by Cobalt 123

 I live in the Comox Valley. I really love it here. 8 years ago I moved here with my family. One of my all time  favourite places to go is Mount Washington.  It is a ski and snowboarding resort that is a 20minute drive from where I live. When I go there I like to snowboard. Another place in the Comox Valley I like to go is my dad’s store. It’s called the Triple O Whitespot.  It is decorated like an old diner. When I go there I like to get burgers, fries and milkshakes.  Sometimes we go to the train station to drop off my mom or dad. It is really cool to watch the trains come and go but it is really loud. In the summer I like to go to Comox Lake.  It is a pretty big lake. It is good for boating, fishing, diving and swimming. There is a  beach, park and ice cream parlor also a campground.  The local dump is also cool because there are lots of eagles there. If you bring your camera you can get awesome shots.  It is really cool to watch the trucks coming and going. If you ever come to Comox Valley you can find many fun and exciting things to do with your family.

cc flickrimage: Comox Glacier #676  by Nemo’s Great Uncle