I just wrote and published a new article on a little know optimization method that can drastically improve the speed at which you connect to other computers allowing you to connect to more computers at once. This can be beneficial for many internet applications and functions. Check it out over on the left of the [...]

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This post is used for us to determine the characteristics as to what makes a good game. To get this discussion started respond to this post in the comments section listing some of your favorite video games, why you like them, and what makes them high quality video games.
For these comments I do not want [...]

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On Monday I will be traveling with the ultimate frisbee team to Cobourg for the day. The bus will be leaving at 9:00am. Students on the ultimate team are to be excused at 8:45am from classes.
Classes
Period 1 ICS 34M
-I will be there at the start of class to take attendance and get you started. I [...]

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As discussed in class we will be looking into developing an online comminty for courtice secondary students. This page will offer student inputed video’s and articles. Our first step will be to come up with name and theme ideas for the site. Post potential names and links to sites that you like the look of [...]

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Today your job will be to determine exactly how much money could be saved using some of these tips and conservation guidelines.
Today we will use the following comments from yesterday:
From The school tips:
1,2,3,9,13,14,25,26,28,30,32,34,46,47,
From the Home tips”
7,12,14,15,19,20,21
 
Respond to this Post in the following format:
1)What is the tip?
2)What is the average amount of time/energy that the device [...]

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In this section I would like you to post as many ways that you can think of/find online that the school could do (staff and students) to conserve energy. Post each item as an individual post, later we will use this list to determine which processes will save the school the most money.
Mr. Vaughan

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In this section I would like you to post as many ways that you can think of/find online that the average person could do to conserve energy. Post each item as an individual post, later we will use this list to determine which processes will save you the most money at home.
Mr. Vaughan

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Before we create a larger scale website as a class we first need an idea. Start by reading everyone else’s ideas from the earlier post on what you would design if you could design anything.
Then determine some of your favorite sites and why you like them. What sort of information do they provide you with?
What [...]

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Today we are going to investigate the efficiency and energy consumption of many of our house hold products.
Here are the products we will be looking:
Washer
Dryer
Dish washer
Microwave
Fridge
TV/DVD/VHS/Xbox/Wii etc.
Lights
Computer
Hot water tank
Cordless Phone
Air Conditioning
Iron
Hair Dryer
Heating (furnace, base board)
Vacuum
Toaster and other appliances
Stove
Oven
Electric Grill
Pool Heater/pump
Garage door opener
Fans
What I would like you to do now is respond to this post in [...]

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One of the students in the design class produced a fun little space game for their design project. Check out the link here.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/vanguarini/164472
Having fun playing this game.
Mr. Vaughan

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