Saturday, August 18, 2012

Monday, August 20 - Friday, August 24

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)

Congratulations to students in my Multimedia class! They were selected as the state winners in the ALEX iChallenge for grades 9-12.
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