12.30.2015 Kalani HS Library

More Activites during the break

Mochi, Mochi, Mochi

 Mochi rice is washed, soaked, then steamed in seiro, square wooden boxes.
First batches are pounded by hand.

Sensei shapes the okasane mochi for the altar.

Hot mochi is shaped by hands that soon become red from the heat.

After the okasane are done, komochi are made for ozoni.

12.29.2015 Kalani HS Library

Food for Thought  14 Currencies For the Digital Learner

12/29/2015

J 2 Clean Up before the intense FIRST Robotics Competition,FRC,season begins on January 9, 5am McKinley HS Kick Off.

Trophies cleaned up and organized.

Created storage.

12.29.2015 Kalani HS Library

Kalani Robotics Team Magma 3008 visited Rengo Packaging, the only cardboard manufacturing plant in Hawaii. Dean explained the highly automated process under clean and safe work conditions. 

Safety glasses and ear plugs required.

Boxes are inked at the same time they are produced. One plate per color.

Blake watched finished boxes being stacked.
Note bales of scrap cardboard in background ready to be send away for recycling.

12.14.2015 Kalani HS Library

New Books from the Barnes and Noble Book Fair & Newly Donated Titles

More will be shared soon.

Mahalo to our Library Supporters!

Title	Author	Notes
99 Days	Cotugno, Katie
Scorch Trials	Dashner, James
Where She Went	Forman, Gayle
Diary of a Freedom Writer	Garrett, Darrius	Non Fiction
Catch 22	Heller, Joseph	Teacher Request
Brave New World	Huxley, Aldous	Teacher Request
Doctor Who: The King’s Dragon	Mc Cormack, Una
Talker 25: Invisible Monsters	Mc Cune, Joshua
Doctor Who: The Doctor Trap	Messinghan, Simon
The Chosen	Potok, Chaim	Teacher Request
Library of Souls	Riggs, Ransom	3rd Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children
Carry On	Rowell, Rainbow
Challenger Deep	Shusterman, Neal	2015 Natl Book Award
Importance of Being Earnest	Wilde, Oscar	Teacher Request

12.3.2015 Kalani HS Library

Mahalo to everyone for making purchases at Barnes and Noble. The library received a $230+ gift card to obtain more books from your purchases. Thank you also to Kalani Robotics Team 3008 for hanging out with me at Barnes and Noble on November 7.




On November 8, my digital media class went out to the Canvas in Kalihi to take footage for our upcoming PBS Hawaii Hiki No story



On November 11, Kalani Robotics Team 3008 sponsored a FIRST Lego League Tournament at Kalani High School.

November 14, Team 3008 members represented Hawaii and shared their drone in the 2015 Real World Design Challenge through an online presentation.



The Introduction to Coding sessions continue. Kano Kits purchased with Good Idea Grant funds made these coding sessions possible as the library only had four computers until late November.