Week of Nov 8th–Nov 12th

Highlights for the week: 

  • Begin the 3rd 6 weeks Project Phases of this class, which will include 2 Projects.  Project 1 is due by 3rd Progress Reports, and Project 2 is due by the end of the semester.

Monday 8th:

- Review

  1. Check the missing work list for your class which you should see by logging on to you G-Apps account and looking at all files.  Make sure you have shared your Google Drawing (Red Ribbon Week or Halloween Drawing), your Google Doc (with your name and Nov3 as the title), and your Google Spreadsheet (with your name and Nov4 as the title). If you don’t share them with me, I can’t see them to grade them!
  2. Students with low grades after today will be assigned to tutorials during den time!

- New

  1. View Project 1 Assignment information and templates.  This is your chance to explore things you’re interested in and get credit for it!

- Do 

  1. Complete missing work for the 2nd 6 weeks.  Grades must be submitted tomorrow after school, so you have until then to complete any missing assignments.
  2. Check the missing assignments list for each class period (in your Google Docs list).  Quizzes count the most so make sure you do well on those!
  3. Read the Project 1 Bulletin (in your Google Docs).  Check this bulletin daily for updates!
  4. Copy and rename each of the 3 templates for your Project 1 in your Google Docs (replace Mark Twain with your first and last name).  Start thinking about what you might like your Project1 topic to be and jot down some of your ideas (and questions if you have any) on your Project 1 Notes Document.

- Through?

  1. If you finish completing makeup work, start working on Project 1!

Tuesday 9th:

- Review

  1. Complete missing assignments.  The missing assignments G-Docs have been updated as of this morning.  Grades are due today!

- New

  1. Start Project1 today!

- Do 

  1. Make a new folder in your S-drive and name it exactly Project1 (with no spaces)
  2. Watch the screencasts in the Today/Screencasts/Project1 folder
  3. Copy, rename and share (with me) the 3 templates files in your Google Docs list
  4. Record what you did today in your Project Log

- Through?

  1. Check out this sports photos of the week slideshow

Wednesday 10th:

- Review

  1. How to copy, rename and share a Google Document

- New

  1. If you have ideas or comments about your project, please add them to your Project1 Notes document!

- Do 

  1. Watch the new screencast on how to copy, rename and share the Project1 Templates
  2. Continue Project1 work.  Make sure you copy, rename and share the 3 Template files.
  3. Update your project1 Notes file.  Add 3 possible project ideas and any specific questions you have to your notes.
  4. Update your project1 Daily Log file.  Add what you’ve done today and any links you’ve visited that you will use for your project to you Log file.

- Through?

  1. View this slideshow of National Parks

Thursday 11th:

- Review

  1. If you have ideas or comments about your project, please add them to your Project1 Notes document!

- New

  1. Learn how to find the Project1 Screencasts when you need help

- Do 

  1. Open the J-drive/TODAY/Screencasts folder and copy the Project1 folder to your desktop
  2. Watch the screencasts for today and continue Project1 work
  3. Update your Project1 Notes and Daily Log files.  Your progress on these will be graded over this weekend!
  4. Make new groups in your gmail contacts for ‘My Friends’ and ‘My Teachers’ (if you haven’t already, and start adding contacts to those groups (watch the screencast to see how to do this)

- Through?

  1. Watch the Jetman clip in your screencasts folder for today

Friday 12th:

- Review

  1. Make sure that all of your Project1 files have your name and Project1 in the title, and that your Glogs have Project1 in the Title

- New

  1. As a class, watch this TED Talk by Will Wright (the creator of SimCity and Spore) to see a different way to learn

- Do 

  1. There will be a Project1 progress check grade assigned this weekend.  You should have these 3 things:
  • A Daily log with entries for each day named (your name) Project1 Daily Log
  • A notes page with 3 project ideas named  (your name) Project1 Notes
  • At least 1 Glog started with Project1 included in the title:  example name Project1 Pro Football

- Through?

  1. Explore Bing Maps and the State Capitol

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