The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by Alicia Dallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3 English 9 book read of 2017. en-us 2017-01-12 17:21:37 UTC 2025-09-26 05:37:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/163162148/95a95e20681bb328ec3018ff5e0e4401/William_Kamkwamba.jpg Info Text Strategies ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146861276 A guide to annotation.]]> 2017-01-12 17:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146861276 Info Text Features ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146861916 Quick review of book/text setup and form.]]> 2017-01-12 17:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146861916 Info Text Structures ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146862752 What to look for when reading a story.]]> 2017-01-12 17:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146862752 Characteristics of a Memoir ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146863446 From SlideShare.net

]]> 2017-01-12 17:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146863446 Characteristics of a Memoir (2) ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146867148 By Janette Snelson on Haikudeck.]]> 2017-01-12 17:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146867148 Current Map of Africa ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146868263 2017-01-12 17:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146868263 William Kamkwamba ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146869199 2017-01-12 17:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146869199 Willam's Windmill ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146870212 2017-01-12 17:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146870212 ELA Terms to Know/Define ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146871878 Prologue: a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
Memoir: a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources
Theme: the message the author conveys
Universal Theme: universal themes in literature are common ideas that appear in plays, poems and stories
Figurative Language:   metaphors, similes, allusions go beyond the literal meanings of the words to give the readers new insights
Epilouge: a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened
Allusion: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference]]> 2017-01-12 18:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146871878 Gule Wamkulu ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146931232 2017-01-12 21:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146931232 Juju Meaning and Magic ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146932997 Juju:  is a spiritual belief system incorporating objects, such as amulets, and spells used in religious practice, as part of witchcraft
Magic: having or apparently having supernatural powers]]> 2017-01-12 21:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146932997 Black Rhino ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146934645 2017-01-12 21:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146934645 CHAPTER ONE ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146934784 Name of Chapter: Gumdrops and Gule's
Quote: "Before I discovered the miracles of science, magic ruled the world."
SIAS: The readers are introduced to William Kankwamba and his living situation(s) as well as threats, playtime and friendship in the village.
-Gule Wamkulu
-Snakes in the forest 
-Dangerous rhino was killed (story father told)
-Magic/Juju is prevalent
-Kids are creative with playtime
-Can't watch the nighttime films that are shown]]> 2017-01-12 21:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/146934784 Map of Malawi ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148570724 2017-01-22 15:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148570724 Info About the Yao People ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148570954 2017-01-22 15:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148570954 Info About Former President Banda ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148571169 2017-01-22 15:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148571169 Definition and Banda ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148571392 Personality Cult: excessive public admiration for or devotion to a famous person, especially a political leader.
How it Applied to Banda: after he came back to Malawi there was an uproar of support for him as he lead Malawi 
]]> 2017-01-22 15:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148571392 Robert Fumulani ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148585591 2017-01-22 18:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148585591 Maize Farming 1 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148585703 2017-01-22 18:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148585703 Maize Farming 2 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148585787 2017-01-22 18:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148585787 Maize Farming Article ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148586006 2017-01-22 18:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148586006 Mangolomera ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148586183 form of magic that delivered superhuman strength]]> 2017-01-22 18:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148586183 Williams Encounter With Magic ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148586318 Will wanted to be stronger so he could beat up the bullies that tormented him daily. He didn't follow the directions given to him and it ended up not working and he was beaten up by a bully instead.]]> 2017-01-22 18:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148586318 What Did Will Learn? ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148586601 To be brief, he basically learned not to screw with magic or else he'll put himself in a dire situation.]]> 2017-01-22 18:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148586601 CHAPTER 2 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148589187 Name: Booze and Bar Fights
Quote:  "You've heard about the conditions there. Chances are you won't make it out alive."
SIAS: We are told about William's Father's alcohol problem as well as how he met Will's mother]]> 2017-01-22 19:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148589187 CHAPTER 3 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148768299 Name: Exhale
Quote: "Banda agreed to leave quietly and not start a war."
SIAS: William tells us about the time his Uncle John died of tuberculosis, and the impacts death in general has on families. Meanwhile, Williams tells about his life hunting, befriending a dog, the presidency of Malawi.

]]> 2017-01-23 16:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/148768299 Article on the Soft Skill Curiosity ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149769388 2017-01-26 21:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149769388 Definitions ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149769549 Sustainable: pertaining to a system that maintains its own viability by using techniques that allow for continual reuse OR capable of being supported or upheld, as by having its weight borne from below
Ethical: pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality
Feasible: capable of being done, effected, or accomplished]]> 2017-01-26 21:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149769549 Why Grasshoppers are Good for You ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149771299 1. They have 20 grams of protein.
2. They can lower cholesterol.
3. Can help treat kidney disease.
4. They can treat gastrointestinal diseases. 
5. They have low fat. ]]> 2017-01-26 21:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149771299 Farming Timeline ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149776991 2017-01-26 22:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149776991 Simile on P77 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149777657 "By February the stalks were wilted and hunched toward the ground like an old woman sweeping the dirt,"]]> 2017-01-26 22:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149777657 Personification on P78 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149777870 "That year the drought would be felt for several more seasons."]]> 2017-01-26 22:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149777870 CHAPTER FOUR ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149778088 Name: Hardships
Quote: "If solving mysteries was the job of a scientist, then a scientist is exactly what I wanted to become." P71
SIAS:  Will tells us about the extreme poverty in his village as well as how farming typically works/goes, and how he fixed radios for a living. 
-fixed radios
-naturally curious
-only 2 radio stations
-Malawians were sustenance farmers

]]> 2017-01-26 22:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/149778088 Interesting SmarterEveryday Video Link ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/150057369 2017-01-28 21:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/150057369 Bicycle Dynamo ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151227331 1. They contain magnets with a N and S pole.
2. You can use a crank instead of a pedal.
3. Dynamo is actually another word for generator.
4. Dynamo's are powered by electromagnets.
5. Can sometimes assist car startups during a breakdown. 

]]> 2017-02-02 17:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151227331 Currents ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151230068 Alternating: bidirectional current; can change directions
Direct: unidirectional; can only flow one way
Facts:
  • ~older Christmas lights are direct current 
  • -homes are made with alternating currents
  • -the first lightbulb was a direct pathway
  • phones contain alternating currents
  • large wires are often direct pathways
  • alternating currents are in water heaters
]]> 2017-02-02 17:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151230068 Malawian Deforestation ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151233455 Deforestation: the action of clearing a wide area of trees

]]> 2017-02-02 17:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151233455 Malawian Deforestation cont. ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151234455 Because outside peoples keep cutting down trees, which Malawians sell for wood among many other things, they are becoming poorer by the day.]]> 2017-02-02 17:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151234455 Five Signs of the Impending Famine ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151235727
  • poor crops
  • death of children who starved
  • scorching hot sun
  • illness spread
  • eating scraps to survive
    • ]]>     2017-02-02 18:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151235727     Anemia ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151237455 A condition in which the blood doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells]]> 2017-02-02 18:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151237455 Corrupt Politicians ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151237718
  • beating someone for righteous views and vital necessity preaching
  • cutting down trees to fund unneeded things, making a village poorer by the minute
  • remodeling buildings that are rarely used instead of feeding the deathly starved people in Malawi
    • ]]>     2017-02-02 18:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151237718     Genocide ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151305227 Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation
    1. The Rwandan genocide took place over a period of 100 days, from April 6th, 1994 to July 16th, 1994
    2.  By members of the Hutu majority government
    3. An estimated 200,000 people participated in the perpetration of the genocide.
    ]]>     2017-02-02 21:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151305227     CHAPTER 5 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151305690 Name: Corrupt and Crumbling
    Quote: "He didn't look up. "I'll think about it," he said, gasping. "But it sounds like the same deal as yesterday." (P.91)
    SIAS: William tells us about the corrupt politicians in his country, the extreme hunger and famine, bicycle dynamos and his curiosity once more. 

    ]]>     2017-02-02 21:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151305690     Marriage Customs in Malawi ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151492438 https://cstiegler12.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/family-life-in-malawi/]]> 2017-02-03 16:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151492438 Malawian/African Famine ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151496122 2017-02-03 16:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151496122 Famine Relief Organization(s) ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151496853
  • UNICEF
  • Emergency Nutrition Network
  • Red Cross
  • Mercy Corps.
  • Overseas Development Institute
  • Oxfam

    • ]]>     2017-02-03 16:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151496853     Starvation ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151498961 Physiological: relating to the branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts
    Mob Mentality: Group violence is most likely to occur when the group is large, people are able to remain anonymous, and people experience a diffusion of responsibility. Certain situations also play a role, such as when resources are scarce, we are surrounded by like-minded people, and/or when emotions are aroused.

    ]]>     2017-02-03 16:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151498961     CHAPTER 6 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151501071 NAME: Famine and My Fear
    SIAS:     William tells about Malawi's extreme famine.
    QUOTE:     "People were becoming desperate." (P113).

    ]]>     2017-02-03 17:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/151501071     Williams Secondary School (Former) ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152238862 2017-02-07 18:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152238862 Malaria ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152239316 Def: A disease caused by a plasmodium parasite, transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes.
    Facts:
    1. Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female mosquitoes
    2. Sub-Saharan Africa carries a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden. In 2015, the region was home to 90% of malaria cases and 92% of malaria deaths.
    3. P. vivax is the dominant malaria parasite in most countries outside of sub-Saharan Africa.
    4. Symptoms appear 7 days or more (usually 10–15 days) after the infective mosquito bite.
    5. There were 212 million cases of malaria in 2015 and 429 000 deaths.

    ]]>     2017-02-07 18:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152239316     Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152317514 2017-02-07 22:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152317514 Is society obligated to take care of the weak/sick? ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152317658 No. Society as a whole is not obligated to care for the weak/sick. You don't have to give anyone, anything. But in William's case yes.]]> 2017-02-07 22:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152317658 CHAPTER 7 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152318032 NAME: Skin and Bones
    QUOTE:     "-you'd never guess that eleven million people lived there, and at that very moment, most of them were slowly starving." P 131
    SIAS:     We learn about Williams grades on the finals and how me got into the crappiest secondary school in Malawi and how the famine "works" and takes full, extreme effect as people begin to die. 

    ]]>     2017-02-07 22:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152318032     PG 141 Figurative Language ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152945601 "I was flattened like a tube." (Simile) ]]> 2017-02-09 23:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152945601 Figurative Language in Chapter 8 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152946044 PG 150 - "His legs became horribly swollen, and if you touched his feet, your finger left an impression in his bubbled skin, as if his legs were filled with clay."

    PG 153 - "When Mayless finally recovered, she was so this she was like a ghost walking among us."

    ]]>     2017-02-09 23:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152946044     Khamba's Death Reflection ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152946571 First I cried then I thought, "If that was my dog, and I knew what starvation felt like, I'd do the same. No animal should suffer such hell. Just release his poor heart before he suffers another second." Then I cried about that too.]]> 2017-02-09 23:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152946571 Cholera in Africa ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152946693 Cholera: A bacterial disease causing severe diarrhea and dehydration, usually spread in water.
    Epidemic: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
    1. The disease is mostly spread through contaminated water and food supplies.
    2. People who have HIV or are malnourished have a greater risk of dying from cholera than others.
    3. A total of 236 896 cases were reported in 2006, an overall increase of 79% compared with the number of cases reported in 2005
    4. Seventy-five percent of people infected with cholera do not exhibit any symptoms.
    5. If untreated, as many as one in two people may die.
    ]]>     2017-02-09 23:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152946693     CHAPTER 8 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152947103  NAME: Old Friends and New Hope
    QUOTE:     "No magic could save us now." PG 151
    SIAS:     Williams kills Khamba to end his misery, Mayless contracts malaria,  maize is eaten and famine "ends."]]>     2017-02-09 23:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/152947103     I Just Sued The School System ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/153887895 This video relates to Williams school because the content he is "learning" isn't quality nor sufficient to meet standards of employers and other peers.]]> 2017-02-14 22:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/153887895 Windmill/Physics Vocab ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/153888193 Kinetic Energy: energy of motion
    Diode: a semiconductor device with two terminals, typically allowing the flow of current in one direction only
    Electroscope: an instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity
    Electromagnetic Energy:  a form of energy that can be reflected or emitted from objects through electrical or magnetic waves traveling through space]]>     2017-02-14 22:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/153888193     CHAPTER 9 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/153888625 NAME: Wind and Will
    QUOTE:     PG 169 "After looking at it that way, I felt confident I could build one, too."
    SIAS:     William tells us about how he began his own studies and used Geoffrey's notes to educate himself ; also talks about the end of the famine and its effects

    ]]>     2017-02-14 22:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/153888625     African Schooling and Facts ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155328482 1. Education is a basic right. Section 29 (1) (a) of the South African Constitution states that "everyone has the right to a basic education, including adult basic education". Through the South African Schools Act of 1996, the national Department of Education has made educational attendance compulsory for all children aged seven to 15 (or the completion of Grade 9).
    2. No-fee schools were introduced in 2007 and are being expanded over the next few years to include the poorest 60% of schools.]]>     2017-02-21 23:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155328482     Alienated Geniuses ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155328719 Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel]]> 2017-02-21 23:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155328719 William Demonstrates Perseverance ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155328896
  • When the older boys yelled at him in the market
  • His Mother yelling at him to clean up
    • ]]>     2017-02-21 23:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155328896     Windmill Design and Definition of Gratitude ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155329087 Design includes:
    1. shock absorber
    2. tractor fan 
    3. bearings
    4. PVC pipes
    Gratitude: the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness
    ]]>     2017-02-21 23:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155329087     CHAPTER 10 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155329468 NAME: Fetch and Return
    QUOTE:     PG 187 "Just building something. You'll see."
    SIAS:     William goes into detail about his adventure for windmill parts.

    ]]>     2017-02-22 00:03:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/155329468     CHAPTER 11 (ELECTRIC WIND!!!!!) ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/156205909 SIAS: William finally finishes(d) his windmill and puts a small lightbulb in his room.
    QUOTE: PG 209 "One day, windmills would be our shield against hunger."

    ]]>     2017-02-25 19:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/156205909     Setup Transformer ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157182694 Definition: increases voltage from primary to secondary (more secondary winding turns than primary winding turns)
    • We can make electrical energy pass more efficiently from one coil to the other by wrapping them around a soft iron bar (sometimes called a core)
    • Transformers do not work with direct current (DC)
    • The current in the first coil is usually called the primary current and the current in the second wire is (surprise, surprise) the secondary current.
    Michael Faraday
    • Michael Faraday FRS was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. 
    • Famous Michael Faraday quotes include: “But still try, for who knows what is possible.”
    • Faraday had only a basic education in a family that was not well off. He had only a minimal understanding of technical mathematical concepts but was still able to produce some of the most important scientific concepts in history and did so in a language that was clear and easily understood.
    ]]>     2017-03-01 21:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157182694     Circuit Breaker ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157184228 Definition: a device that shuts the circuit off if too much power if being cycled through
    • A circuit breaker is designed to "trip" so that the electrical flow is shut down when a fault is detected. On a small scale, this prevents a surge of electricity from damaging electrical appliances.
    • First, you may find that your circuit breaker trips when you turn on a certain electrical appliance in your house. In addition, large appliances, such as air conditioners, can also trip circuit breakers.
    • When your circuit breaker trips, you will be able to reset the switch on your own. 
    ]]>     2017-03-01 21:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157184228     Adjustments William Makes ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157193356 1. Added a setup transformer
    2. Improved the pulley system]]>     2017-03-01 22:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157193356     Reflection ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157193599 William is able to read after dark and even stay up later with his windmill. 
    Mister Godsten now views William as a go-getter and achiever (from what I understand).]]>     2017-03-01 22:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157193599     CHAPTER 12 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157194038 NAME: Before the Fall
    QUOTE:     PG 215 "The broken beam had also dumped hundreds of squirming termites onto the floor and across my bed."
    SIAS:     Willams roof in his room caves twice, and he improves the windmill with a transformer and circuit breaker.

    ]]>     2017-03-01 22:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157194038     Grooving Through Life Meaning ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157667613 On PG 224, "grooving through life" means these people have no real plan and are living off of small ganyu. Ganyu is a crucial poverty issue in Malawi because: After own-farm production,ganyu is the most important source of livelihood for most poor households - for some it is becoming even more important than own-farm production.]]> 2017-03-03 16:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157667613 Williams Failed "What's Next?" ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157671219 On PG 230-231 William tried to create biogas to make cooking easier. He tried to boil goat poop and it blew up in his face. ]]> 2017-03-03 16:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157671219 Biogas and MOTTO Connection ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804056 Biogas: gaseous fuel, especially methane, produced by the fermentation of organic matter
    Connection: Motto is supposed to save trees and women!!!!! It's so sad that Will and his family can't get them :(]]>     2017-03-04 21:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804056     Malaria Link ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804148 2017-03-04 21:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804148 Strange Events and Blame ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804169 1. The Creature
    2. The Windmill and the Rain
    The people in Malawi look around and see what? The Windmill!!! So they blame to person behind the invention. They are so superstitious that they HAVE NO ONE ELSE to blame!!!!]]>     2017-03-04 21:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804169     AIDS/HIV ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804217 AIDS: a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy
    HIV: interferes with your body's ability to fight the organisms that cause disease ; HIV is a sexually transmitted infection
    1. Only 11 percent of pregnant HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa receive treatment to prevent spreading the virus to their child.
    2.  HIV/AIDS is the cause of about 1 million deaths in Africa every year. 
    3. 71% of the HIV/AIDS-related deaths in 2011 were people living in Africa.
    ]]>     2017-03-04 21:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804217     Williams Effort to End the AIDS/HIV Stigma With Art(s) ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804670 William organized a play based on HIV/AIDS to educate the public and spread awareness.]]> 2017-03-04 21:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804670 CHAPTER 13 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804745 NAME: Wiped and Recovered
    SIAS: 
    1. His mother is infected with malaria
    2. Chief Wimbe dies
    3. HIV/AIDS awareness from William
    4. They blame him for the drought 
    5. William gets beat up while getting maize
    QUOTE: (pg. 249) “In science, we invent and create,’ I said. ‘We make new things that can benefit our situation. If we can all invent something and put it to work, we can change Malawi.”
    ]]>     2017-03-04 21:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/157804745     Dr. Mchazime Personality Traits (3) ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521374 1.Affable
    2.Persistence
    3.Sincerity ]]>     2017-03-12 19:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521374     Validation and How William Received It ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521498 Define: recognition or affirmation that a person or their feelings or opinions are valid or worthwhile
    On PG 255 William is backed up when Mchazime says he is limited without education. ]]>     2017-03-12 19:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521498     Hacktivate ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521679 2017-03-12 19:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521679 TED Definition and Akronym ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521794 Technology (T), Entertainment (E) and Design (D)
    TED represents the unity between great minds and inventors through conferences. ]]>     2017-03-12 19:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521794     CHAPTER 14 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521952 NAME: Recognition
    SIAS:     Willia is recognized for his creation (windmill) and optimism.
    QUOTE:     PG 260 "... but my God, what a pleasure it was to be learning in a real school."

    ]]>     2017-03-12 19:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159521952     Tom Reilly Traits ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522368 -Determined
    -Generous
    -Motivated]]>     2017-03-12 19:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522368     African Inventor Quote ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522474 PG 267
    "Where the world see junk, Africa sees rebirth."]]>     2017-03-12 19:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522474     Silicon Valley Facts ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522573
  • Silicon Valley located around Santa Clara and San Jose, California, is the home of many key U.S. corporations that specialize in advanced electronic and information technologies.
  • The name came to symbolize a type of high-risk business characterized by rapid success or failure, extensive job mobility, and informal behavior, traits thought by some to be the wave of the future. 
  • If there was a single founder of Silicon Valley it was William Shockley, an English-born physicist who worked on early concepts of the transistor at Bell Laboratories before World War II and who went on to become the director of Bell's Transistor Physics Research Group. 
    • ]]>     2017-03-12 19:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522573     Venture Capitalists Def ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522892 A venture capitalist is an investor who either provides capital to startup ventures or supports small companies that wish to expand but do not have access to equities markets.]]> 2017-03-12 19:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522892 Infrastructure Definition ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522997 the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise]]> 2017-03-12 19:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159522997 CHAPTER 15 ardallas https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159523034 NAME: Dreams and Discoveries
    SIAS:     William goes to the TED talk and gains more popularity.
    QUOTE:     "If you want to make it, all you have to do it try." PG 281]]>     2017-03-12 19:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ardallas/k6mckp5pi7t3/wish/159523034