Mrs. Whillock's Infinity Class

Free Money!!!

catwhillock — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:37:06 +0000

Now that I have your attention, this is your warm-up for today:

Read the following information and complete the two questions needed for the scholarship.
Submit your answers/essay to the web-site given. Copy me on your email (cwhillock@irvingisd.net). You will receive credit for this warm-up when I receive your email essay. (a paragraph or two should be fine)
Finally, post them on your wordpress blog site.

AES Engineers is pleased to be able renew our scholarship offer for 2008.
You are not required to be taking Engineering courses to be eligible.

How to Apply:
Students must submit an essay of no more than 1000 words in answer to one of the two questions that are posted on our site: http://www.aesengineers.com/scholarships.php
Amount of award: $500.00
Deadline for entry: September 15, 2008

Further information, including previous winners, is available on our web site at:

http://www.aesengineers.com/scholarships.htm

10/29 Warm Up

catwhillock — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:07:43 +0000

Okay, let’s try Chapter 2 again!

Click this link to go on to Blackboard and listen to the podcast of Chapter 2.

There are sample questions to consider in this chapter. Take notes when I get to that section. Post a blog posting on your wordpress site and tell me which of the sample questions you answered “yes” to. You can find these questions on page 13 of the reading if you’re looking at the pdf file.

10/15 Warm-Up

catwhillock — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:43:26 +0000

Read Chapter 2 of the Remick/Cook book and create a new blog posting on what qualities you have that may indicate you’d be a good engineer. Be specific and use full sentences.

10/9 Warm Up

catwhillock — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:04:51 +0000

Read Chapter 1 of this book (its short) and write a posting on your wordpress blog that explains the following:

What was the chapter about? Write a 2 – 3 sentence summary.
Of the 21 things you might wonder about engineering, what are 4 of the things that you found interesting and why?

Chapter1

Software Install Woes

catwhillock — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:09:09 +0000

Okay… as was with last year, this is not going to be easy! I’m going to need someone’s laptop to test another install at the beginning of class. The installs we did last class period did not work. If I am able to successfully install on someone else’s computer, then we’re going to try re-installing on Thursday. At any rate, we won’t be working on labs this week.

Here’s our agenda for today:-)

Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington

catwhillock — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:39:43 +0000

9/26/07 Warm-Up

Think a degree in engineering is out of reach? Think you’ll have to move away from home to go to a good school? Think again! UTA has one of the state’s best engineering programs and is highly affordable. For today’s warm-up, follow the following instructions:

Copy and past the following questions into a new wordpress blog posting and answer each question.

Browse the UTA College of Engineering web-site.

Identify two different engineering programs that you might be interested in and explain what this type of engineer does.

Visit UTA’s website: Information for Prospective Students.

What is the general application deadline for the Fall Semester? Month/Day
When are the Preview Days at UTA? List all the dates.
Can you attend UTA if you haven’t graduated from High School?
When can you begin applying for the Fall 2008 (next year) semester? (month/year)
Where do you go to apply to all Texas State Colleges? (i.e. what web-site)

Warm-up 9/20/07

catwhillock — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:38:08 +0000

Joining an Engineering Society is one way to keep track of events and information about the industry. Follow the steps below:

Everyone: Sign up for the JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society) Newsletter at: http://www.jets.org/newsletter/signup.cfm
Girls: Place a link to Engineering Girls on your wordpress blogroll http://www.engineergirl.org/
Girls: Place a link to the Society for Women in Engineering on your wordpress blogroll: http://www.swe.org/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=5
Everyone: Place a link to the National Academy of Engineering on your wordpress blogroll http://www.nae.edu/nae/naehome.nsf

In The News

catwhillock — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:43:13 +0000

Warm-up 9/18: Read this article in CENews and add a new posting to your wordpress blog site that explains what the article was saying about the water treatment and explain how this will have a positive impact (if you think it will) on the communities ability to meet water demand.

Infinity Class Site

catwhillock — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:42:46 +0000

Welcome to the Infinity class site. Here you’ll find the class assignments, warm-ups, podcasts and other important links. Use the calendar as your main page to keep track of what your current assignment is.