http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org Just another Learnerblogs.org weblog Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:34:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My favorite holiday is definitely Christmas. My Dad has this weird, but fun tradition, where he gives us pringles that are covered up to look like somesthing else.  http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2008/06/10/my-favorite-holiday/      I recently watched a video at www.collaborationnation.wikispaces.com/today/. It was pretty funny. As funny as it was now, if someone from a long time ago would never see any humor in it. They would probably see it just as a person learning to read from a book who has never ... http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/12/21/video-blog-post/      Rodney Mullen has influenced many people with amazing original skateboarding skills. He showed me that anything is possible as long as you are deticated and you stay to your passion. He also showed me skateing tricks and combos I had never seen before influencing me to try something new ... http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/12/14/my-bigest-influence-rodney-mullen/ [kml_flashembed movie="http://voicethread.com/book.swf?b=16519" width="480" height="360" wmode="transparent" /] http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/11/08/who-do-i-want-to-be/ Denzel Washington was born December 28, 1954. He is a great actor who i in many great movies such as Deja Vu. He has won 2 Oscars and has another 44 wins and 38 nominations for awards.He add an extra edge to all films ... http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/11/06/denzel-washington/ Skateboard decks are made of 7-9 plys of hard rock maple wood. Some boards such as my Almost Mullen Uber Light has a carbon fiber core. Other exotic matierials are fiberglass, kevlar, bamboo, or plastics. The point of using these materials is for lightening, strengthening the board, or adding rigidity. ... http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/10/28/about-skateboard-decks/ I thought about some skateboarding related blogs, but I needed to be a member so I eventually stumbled upon this entry on a problem in our world. I learned that they believe in 20% green house gas emission cuts by 2015.  "We at Ecological Internet would like to see an ... http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/10/25/blog-post-topic-search-global-warming/ Right now, I am listening to a interview of Mayor Dickinson by three students in my class. Here are some quotes from the interview. "i think techology is always a roll. sometimes i think it gets over emphasized. tech changes so qucikly that what you use in school today will ... http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/10/25/mayor-dickinson-interview/ How to make skateboard trucks. (Skateboard trucks are the metal axles  on a skateboard that eventually lead to the wheels.) First a clay,wood, or plastic model of the truck is made. They then use this to make a mold by which the aluminum alloy will be melted and put into. 8 alluminum ... http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/10/17/something-i-didnt-know/ There is much at my school that we can do to stop wasting  paper and help save our environment. The main way of doing this is to not only recycle but to reuse our paper as much as we can. For example we should create  piles in our classrooms for ... http://dsmr08.learnerblogs.org/2007/10/15/blog-action-day/