Welcome back to school. We are starting this school year in a new building, with a new digital curriculum and a one-to-one laptop initiative for the majority of students in our system.
As your schedule indicates, all students will be enrolled in 8 classes and will have these each day. Class periods are 46 minutes long with 4 minutes between classes.
Pre-AP Biology
- Mon., 8/20: Student introductions; Class rules and expectations; Unit 1 Objectives; Notes: Observations vs Inferences; Slide 1; Slide 2; Slide 3.
- Tues., 8/21: Login to online textbook; Complete Observation/Inferences activity;
- Online textbook login page
- username: firstname.lastnameMMDD (MM=month) (DD=day)
- example: jane.jones1214
- password: welcomeN (N=your grade level)
- example: welcome9
- Wed., 8/22: Safety contract; online textbook login
- Thurs., 8/23: Safety contract quiz; login successnet - diagnostic test
- Fri., 8/24: Complete diagnostic test/remediation. Intro to textbook.
Multimedia
- Mon., 8/20: Student Introductions; NCTHS email; Online multimedia resources
- Tues., 8/21: Prezi presentation. Use their online tutorials to make a presentation titled, "What is Multimedia?". Include info/sound/video/images on Audio, Video, Graphics, Animation.
- Wed., 8/22: Prezi
- Thurs., 8/23: Add to prezi using grouping/frames
- Fri., 8/24: Prezi presentations. Share link for your presentation.
- Intro to online music editing/creating.
- Visit each of the sites below. Follow online directions for creating original music. Save/download if possible. Use google docs to take notes on what each does/what it produces (midi, mp3, etc.)/ease of use/functionality. Be prepared to share creations. Share notes with: jljones@ncths.net. If you have other sites or software you would recommend, share those also.
- Incredibox
- Beatlab
- Soundation
Tech Essentials
- Mon., 8/20: Student email; Google docs
- Tues., 8/21: Student email; Sharing google document
- Wed., 8/22: Complete google document; Collaborate on presentation
- Thurs., 8/23: Complete presentation; Google calendar setup - add HCS dates
- Fri., 8/24: Share document and presentation; jljones@ncths.net ; Drawing - explain assignment and show example
- Make a chart of your family: Title - My Family
- Shapes - use different shapes/colors
- Text box - different text colors
- Connecting lines
- Re-size/change fonts
- Insert a minimum of 2 images - re-size as needed
- Insert a link to a page someone in your family would like
- share with me (see email above)
