Category Archives: Mr. Bruns Entries

Go here for the new blog: http://hchsnews.blogspot.com/  I have an explanation at the new site as to why I switched! See you soon!!

Take a look at the F5 tornado that destroyed Greensburg, Kansas last week. You can see how massive it is when lighning strikes. It was almost two miles wide at it’s base! I included a picture that shows the tornado … Continue reading →

No this isn’t a first person shooter so no wanton killing is involved. This is a simulation to help people understand what goes on for a person that has lost everything. http://www.darfurisdying.com/  Be sure to check out these links to … Continue reading →

I got this email from Mr. Poldberg tonight(note the last sentence!): I’m excited to tell you that I was offered/accepted the social studies position at Prairie City-Monroe.  My interview went great last Friday and I really love the district.  I … Continue reading →

On April 22, the HCHS NewsBlog hit #80 on the WordPress.com “Growing Blogs” list. This list is updated daily and are the most active blogs for that day. Keep it up!!

As the school year is quickly drawing to a close, there are only two newsblog entries left for each class. You might wonder(or not) what will happen to the Newsblog over the summer. Well, besides my occasional entry, I am … Continue reading →

Check out the attachments: 2007-08 School Calendar-Final Version 4-23 Board Minutes

Check out the link: http://laptop.org/

HCHS April/May Newsletter

If you are a writer of any type be sure to check out LuLu found here: http://www.lulu.com/  FAQ’s here: http://www.lulu.com/help/index.php?fSymbol=lulu_basics#FAQLink23 This website, after signing up, allows you to get published work out there for people to buy. Here is some … Continue reading →

Like the new look of the blog? Hate it? Leave a comment to let me know. I thought a lighter theme for spring was in order, but I will let internet audience ultimately decide. Posted by HCHS News Editor Mr. … Continue reading →

Take a look at what Mr. Bruns, Mr. Mitchell, Ms. Strickland and Ms. Schnack do on those vocabulary lead team meeting days. During these days, we discuss what we will present to the rest of the teachers on professional development … Continue reading →

You may have noticed the entire lip sync competition has been added to the Newsblog. As you can see in the title and in the lip sync video, I used Google Video instead of Youtube. There are two big advantages … Continue reading →

Here is an excellent video expanding on the School 2.0 philosophy. Enjoy!

What is School 2.0? I will define it for you over the next several months starting today. A big part of School 2.0 is using Web 2.0 tools. What are they, you ask? Here’s a brief history lesson. Web 1.0 … Continue reading →

I have signed up for two new exciting Web 2.0 features that all HCHS Newsbloggers now have access to. First is Bubbleshare. Bubbleshare is a new site that allows people to upload pictures and then embed them into a blog … Continue reading →

Please send any digital photos of prom to cbruns@harlan.k12.ia.us I would like to use Bubbleshare to share photos with the HCHS audience. For an example of BubbleShare, scroll down the blog. Thanks! Posted by HCHS News Editor Mr. Bruns

You may have noticed my scroller bar on my website that says “Four Months Until School 2.0.” My goal the last four years was/is to make my classroom more open, flat, collaborative and technology driven. Here is a brief timeline … Continue reading →

me with their blatent goal of getting kids to drink alcohol through products and advertising. With the problems that our own school district has with underage drinking as well as the entire country, I am appalled that Anheuser-Busch would put … Continue reading →

A growing trend in high school and college is for a student to pretend to be someone else on MySpace. They get a picture of someone(usually a teacher or another student) and then make up a fake MySpace page on that … Continue reading →

Here is the video I showed at the beginning of the semester on interesting statistical information on trends in the world:

I got an email from Mr. Poldberg today. He had quite an exciting story to share. Here it is: “Mr. Bruns- just thought I’d tell you that the Vice President almost ran me over yesterday. I was waiting for Senator … Continue reading →

vacancy-notice-07-08.doc Read the attachment to see the current job openings that are available in the high school. At this point, only people from within the district can apply.