Contest Winners - Floppy Discs With a Side Order of A-ha

Below you'll find the winners who correctly identified the mystery object on my weekend post as a diskette - or as I like to call it - a floppy disc. Here's what it looks like again.

These discs were used to transport information from one computer to another. For example, when I wrote music reviews and interviews, I'd type it on my Stone Age Mac, copy the reviews onto a floppy disc and then take the floppy disc to Eye Weekly, where the editor would copy the reviews off the disc and onto his computer. The Internet was not being used to the same extent back in the nineties as it is today. Hard times...

Here are the lucky winners. Prizes coming your way by the end of the week. Nicolas will make sure of that!

Look out below for falling Grade 4 pictures. Don't be mad. Those were good days!

New kids below as seen this year.

The winner in the picture is the girl holding the pantyhose intestine.

Congrats to all our winners! Thanks for reading.

Oops. Jonathan was a lucky winner too. Your answer was crumpled up on a small piece of paper, but I found it.

Sorry - Ms. Hawkins

Here's the ultimate eighties song and video to go with our floppy disc theme. Watch it. It's kind of catchy and the video was really state of the art at the time.

Rush Hour Brain Lab Pics

More pictures for Emily B. and Aaliyah to write captions for. You didn't know I was going to work you like this, huh? (insert evil teacher laugh here)

Treasures From Ancient Egypt

A.I uses clay and molds it to make this beautiful step pyramid.
A.I shows the death of a Pharoah by making a mummy to put in her pyramid.
J.C uses his thinking cap to find out what's in the canopic jar, Hmmm.... Ooooooohh its a liver. I wonder, did it belong to King Tut?
M.W shows a lot of craftmanship and detail. A+!
CLOSE UP! Just look at that inside!

A golden pyramid, bling bling!

Wow, I never knew Spongebob was a pharoah!

T.T shows the class the inside of his pyramid.

P.T. displays her manga version of an Eygptian queen. Fashionable!

What a beautiful drawing. I never knew a queen could look like a cartoon!

N.L. shows the class his sarcophagus with a mummy inside.

A.D. helps her Eygptian barbie doll have a seat as she displays the parts.

A.R . gives an oral report on his 3-sided pyramid.Unique!

T.J. shows the class her Eygptian eyeshadow. Note: if you were not there they smelled good!

What beautiful colors!

I wonder what's in that canopic jar.

I guess we'll just have to ask the archaeologists.

I wonder if the organ belonged to King Tut.

Winter Activity Day - Skating at Harbourfront

This post is awaiting captions from blogmasters Aaliyah and Emily B.

Inferring Video from Literacy Night

Yet Another Cool Student Blog

Check out Nicolas' awesome blog in the "Cool Student Blogs" section. Nic (apparently as he likes to be called by everyone but his teacher and Mom), is a talented filmmaker. His blog features some of his stop motion short films. Way to go! Maybe you can post the film review you're working on in class.

"Nic" likes to play video games - a lot. Sound familiar? Below, you'll find a clip of what video games were like for me when I was growing up during the Stone Age. It was rough. Did I mention that I had to trudge for thousands of kilometers in the snow with wild dogs chasing after me? You kids these days have it so good. LOL. Ms. Hawkins

Ryan's Blog

Blogmania has taken over Room 204. Ryan is the latest addition to our "Cool Blog" list. Check it out. Ryan, perhaps after you retire as a professional hockey player, you can write for The Hockey News. Good going! I think more hard rock action is required. Sorry girls. I promise Taylor Swift is on the way. Maybe.

Ms. Hawkins