Thursday, March 28, 2013

3/28 Spring Cleaning


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Word of the Day: Online Reputation

Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Clean Up Your Online Reputation

Question of the Day: This spring, take some time to clean-up your online reputation. Here's a checklist with 7 tips for tidying up your digital footprint. Complete the check list and write a report on your blog.

Complete the assignments for March during your Spring Break. 
Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: Online Reputation


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Clean Up Your Online Reputation

Question of the Day: This spring, take some time to clean-up your online reputation. Here's a checklist with 7 tips for tidying up your digital footprint. Complete the check list and write a report on your blog.

Complete the assignments during your Spring Break. 
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3B. HTML Lists Webpage
3. HTML LISTS
2B. HTML Formatting Webpage
2A. Video - 2A. Simple HTML Webpage
2. HTML TEXT
1. HTML BASICS

Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

3/27 Betty's Netiquette Quiz


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Word of the Day: Flaming

Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Betty's Netiquette QuizRead: Guide to Netiquette  Take: Betty's Netiquette Quiz 
Take a screen shot of your final score  and turn it in on Engrade.  

Question of the Day: What do you think everyone should know about Netiquette?  Why are good manners important especially Online?  List 3 reasons. 


Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


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Word of the Day: Code Editor


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Question of the Day: Why is a Code Editor better than a Text Editor for writing HTML Code?
2B. HTML Formatting Webpage
2A. Video
2A. Simple HTML Webpage
2. HTML TEXT
1. HTML BASICS 

Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

3/26 Netiquette


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Word of the Day: Netiquette

Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Watch the video: Netiquette Pop Quiz on the Big Screen or get it "ON DEMAND" in the B118-Server. Take the Netiquette Pop Quiz quiz in Engrade.  
Question of the Day:   Complete your Online Story.  What is the moral of your Online story?

Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: HTML Comments


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Watch:  1. Sublime Setup
Download: Sublime Text 2 - Install
Set up Sublime Text 2 


Watch the Videos and Setup your computer desktop
Sublime 1 - Turn in screen shot
Sublime 2
Sublime 3
Sublime 4 

Question of the Day: Is it really possible to design Website without knowing HTML? (Do some research!)
2A. Video
2A. Simple HTML Webpage
2. HTML TEXT
1. HTML BASICS 

Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

Monday, March 25, 2013

3/25 CyberBullying *


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Word of the Day:  Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights

Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Watch the video: CyberBullying on the Big Screen or get it "ON DEMAND" in the B118-Server. Take the CyberBullying quiz in Engrade.
  

How Should Schools Address Bullying?  By SHANNON DOYNE Write 3 full paragraphs. (Write a paragraphs for at least 3 of the questions.  This will make a 3 paragraph essay.)

Question of the Day:  Tell us your ideas about preventing bullying — and dealing with it when it does occur. 
  • Do you think laws like the one in New Jersey will help reduce instances of bullying? 
  • What do you think teachers and schools can do to improve school culture and reduce bullying? 
  • How is bullying handled in your school and community?
  • What are some instances of bullying you have experienced or seen in your school?
  • What approaches do you think can be effective? 
  • Do you see this problem getting better, worse or staying about the same in your school or community?
Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: Headings


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Question of the Day: 
2A. Video
2A. Simple HTML Webpage
2. HTML TEXT
1. HTML BASICS

Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

Friday, March 22, 2013

3/22 What would you do?


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Word of the Day: Harassment

Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Watch the video: What would you do?  Harmless Prank or Cyber Bullying?

Question of the Day: 
  1. What would you do if you witnessed a situation similar to this? Why?
  2. How would you feel if someone did this to you?  Why?
  3. Comment on at least two other Blogs from your Reading List.

Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: Web Graphics


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Question of the Day: 
2A. Simple HTML Webpage
2. HTML TEXT
1. HTML BASICS

Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

Thursday, March 21, 2013

3/21 "Cyberbullying: You Can't Take It Back."


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Word of the Day: Moral of the Story

Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Watch "Cyberbullying: You Can't Take It Back."
Take the Quiz

Question of the Day: What is the moral of this story? Answer at least one of these questions.
  • What should he have done when his friends asked him to rate the website? 
  • What could he have done that might have made his friends also reconsider their actions?
  • What do you think he should do now?
  • What can he say to his little sister? 
  • How would you feel if you were his little sister?  What would you do?
  • How would you feel if you were one of the girls?  What would you do?

Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: Base Font


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Question of the Day: 
2A. Simple HTML Webpage
2. HTML TEXT
1. HTML BASICS
Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

3/19 Predidation / Hypertext


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Word of the Day: Predidation

Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Watch: Internet Safety Sam
Question of the Day: The story of Little Red Riding Hood (listen) (read) is a classic story of Predidation. Write your own version of Little Red Riding Hood or Online Predator/Cyber Bullying Story(Sheyna's Situation) using Comic Life. Click here for Details.


Try the Comic Makers Below.
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Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: Markup Language


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Watch:  1. Sublime Setup
Download: Sublime Text 2 - Install
Set up Sublime Text 2 


Watch the Videos and Setup your computer desktop
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Sublime 2
Sublime 3
Sublime 4 

Question of the Day: Why should Web Designers learn HTML?
1. HTML BASICS
2. HTML TEXT

Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

Monday, March 18, 2013

3/18 Limericks

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Word of the Day: Limerick

Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Question of the Day:  Write your own Limerick about technology. 
Include an image.
Read your Limerick out loud and record it at Voki.com or Photobooth.
Good Limericks will be included in the list on the Roar. Limerick Template

Sample Limericks:
This is the Question of the Day,
Please Answer the Question this Way,
Use proper grammar and spelling,
On your blog without yelling,
This way you will receive the grade "A".

I wanted an Apple iPhone,
That was what I surely must own,
I was sure to avoid,
Any phone Android,
And I could not leave it alone.
 
 A limerick is a silly poem with five lines. They are often funny or nonsensical.  

How to write a limerick:
  • The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9). 
  • The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6).  
  • Limericks often start with the line "There once was a..." or "There was a..." Example of an 8,8,5,5,8 syllable limerick:
Find word that Rhyme using:
Limerick Examples
There once was a clover named Kate,
Who sat on the edge of a plate,
The fancy folk dined,
On foods of all kind,
Then tossed her at quarter past eight,

Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


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Word of the Day:


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Question of the Day:  
Write your own Limerick about technology.  
Include an image.
Read your Limerick out loud and record it at Voki.com or Photobooth.
Good Limericks will be included in the list on the Roar. Limerick Template

Sample Limericks:
This is the Question of the Day,
Please Answer the Question this Way,
Use proper grammar and spelling,
On your blog without yelling,
This way you will receive the grade "A".

I wanted an Apple iPhone,
That was what I surely must own,
I was sure to avoid,
Any phone Android,
And I could not leave it alone.
 
 A limerick is a silly poem with five lines. They are often funny or nonsensical.  

How to write a limerick:
  • The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9). 
  • The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6).  
  • Limericks often start with the line "There once was a..." or "There was a..." Example of an 8,8,5,5,8 syllable limerick:
Find word that Rhyme using:
Limerick Examples
There once was a clover named Kate,
Who sat on the edge of a plate,
The fancy folk dined,
On foods of all kind,
Then tossed her at quarter past eight,

Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

3/12 Red / Sublime Text Setup


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Word of the Day: Manipulate: trying to influence somebody to do something they might not otherwise do, for one’s own benefit


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Watch: Little Red Riding Hood
Read: Little Red Cap

Question of the Day: Consider how the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood” is a warning to children against dangerous adult strangers. (A full version of the story can be found here). Work individually or in pairs to answer the following questions on your Blog:
  • What are the benefits and drawbacks of telling “stranger danger” stories to kids?
  • How might the story of “Little Red Riding Hood” fuel, or encourage, stereotypes of online predators?
  • Research the history of “Little Red Riding Hood” online to discover how the story has changed over time and across different cultures.  Write a short summary of your findings.
Daily Objectives: 
  • Using the World Wide Web and a blog, students will describe similarities and differences, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will read, discuss and analyze information from articles, analyze, and think critically about online context, using written (Blog post), graphic, pictorial, or multi-media methods, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 6 out of 12 on the project rubric.
  • Given a variety of multimedia texts and videos, students will analyze online issues and tecnological effects, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 65% or better.


Do Now : Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and define it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: HTML


Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.Watch:  1. Sublime Setup
Download: Sublime Text 2 - Install
Set up Sublime Text 2 

Watch the Videos and Setup your computer desktop
Sublime 1 - Turn in screen shot
Sublime 2
Sublime 3
Sublime 4

Question of the Day: Tell us how sublime text will help you to work better?

Reading AssignmentsProjects  and Activities
1. HTML BASICS
2. HTML TEXT
3. HTML LISTS
4. HTML IMAGES
5. HTML LINKS
6. HTML BACKGROUNDS
7. HTML TABLES
8. HTML FRAMES
2A. Simple HTML Webpage
2B. HTML Formatting Webpage
3B. HTML Lists Webpage
4C. IMAGES Webpage
5D. HTML LINKS WEBPAGE
6E. HTML Fonts Webpage
7F. HTML Tables
Daily Objectives: 
  • Students will read the text on HTML Links to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing, with a student performance at the basic level or above and 65% on writing rubric.
  • After reading the text, students will complete the HTML Links assessment, with a score of 9 out of 10 or better.
  • Using Dreamweaver students will create an HTML Web Page, with a student performance at the basic level