[Moodle] Turn off the lights

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Cool! sounds like a great idea :-)

On 31/03/07, Terri VZ <ttvz at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Roland,Sadly, I think I was the only one in my set of flats (6) with
> lights off..   However, it was a clear night for it and yes there were stars
> to be seen in Sydney!
>
> As it was a Sat, our SRC organised yesterday as the power off day.  For me
> coming from the tropics, I loved having no fans.  On a serious note, we were
> very proud of our girls as it was their initiative and they worked hard to
> implement it.  I was lost without my IWB, had to scrounge around for a
> marker, and couldn't drag and drop brain storm ideas into sections (I had to
> rewrite them...).
>
> Cheers, Terri.
>
> On 31/03/2007, at 12:43 PM, Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
>
>  <http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/42276281/>
>  Can you see the southern cross?
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/42276281/>
> An ABC news report indicates that Sydney is turning off the lights<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200703/s1886427.htm>for an hour one evening! This means that even in the city, they will be able
> to see stars and constellations that are normally hidden from view. Other
> cities should consider doing the same, a question I have shared with my
> students. !
>
> This week we posted our data onto the Internet for the GLOBE at Night
> project <http://www.globe.gov/GaN/>, using Google Earth<http://earth.google.com/>to work out the exact Latitude and Longitude for their observation then
> posting the observation details into Moodle. Most students were only able to
> observe magnitude 4 or 5 stars. We talked about how we could share, collect
> and analyse all the observational data we had collected.
>
> On a Moodle class discussion forum, many good suggestions were posted by
> students for reduce our level of external lighting and greenhouse pollution.
> I will pass them onto our school administration and school council to
> consider.
>
> In all, it was an ICT rich, year 9 Information Technology lesson with many
> cool connections to other VELS topics :-)
>
> Regards Roland
>
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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