Friday, January 29, 2016

2/1 Search Bar


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Word of the Day: Search Bar

Watch:1.2 Filter image results by color
Complete Activity 1.2



Read: All About Online Search
Download: Search Better.pdf
Read: Google Search Tips
Google Search Tips.pdf  
Google Search Features Video

Question of the Day:

  1. Read the Tutorial at: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/digitalskills/searchbetter/all-about-online-search
  2. Download and answer the questions on the worksheet.
  3. Save and turn in at Engrade.com
  4. Sign up for https://delicious.com/ and put your user name here.
  5. Write a BLOG post about the advantages of using bookmarks and cloud-based bookmarks. Why should you use bookmarks especially cloud-based bookmarks?
 Digital Skills
  
Power Search
 
Daily Objectives:  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.

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Word of the Day: Local Area Network (LAN)

Period 4
Period 7

Take the Class Procedures Quiz on Engrade 
Read: Internet 101
Download: Internet 101.pdf
Internet 101 2 - How is the Internet Used?.pdf 

Question of the Day: 

  1. Read the Tutorial at: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internet101/1
  2. Download and answer the questions on the worksheet.
  3. Save and turn in at Engrade.com
  4. Post on your BLOG: Search the History of the Internet. Make a list or time line of 5 important Internet events.
Internet 101
Daily Objectives:  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.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

1/28 Search Stategies


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Word of the Day: Search Strategies

Watch the Internet Search Video
Take the Quiz in Engrade.

Read: All About Online Search
Download: Search Better.pdf
Read: Google Search Tips
Google Search Tips.pdf  
Google Search Features Video

Question of the Day:

  1. Read the Tutorial at: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/digitalskills/searchbetter/all-about-online-search
  2. Download and answer the questions on the worksheet.
  3. Save and turn in at Engrade.com
  4. Sign up for https://delicious.com/ and put your user name here.
  5. Write a BLOG post about the advantages of using bookmarks and cloud-based bookmarks. Why should you use bookmarks especially cloud-based bookmarks?
Digital Skills
https://www.duolingo.com/
Daily Objectives:  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.

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Word of the Day: Internet

Watch: How does the Internet work?
Take the Quiz in Engrade.
Internet 101.pdf 

Question of the Day: What is does your word or acronym mean? In your own words write the definition of your word or acronym. Post as a comment on the Blog.
Click on your class for your word.
Period 4
Period 7
  1. Network
  2. DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  3. ARPANET - Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
  4. Client
  5. Server
  6. URL - uniform resource locator
  7. ISP - Internet service provider
  8. DNS - domain name server
  9. IP - Internet protocol address
  10. Backbone

Internet 101

Daily Objectives:  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.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

1/27 Search Better

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Word of the Day: Search Engine

Take the Class Procedures Quiz on Engrade
Read: All About Online Search
Download: Search Better.pdf

Question of the Day:

  1. Read the Tutorial at: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/digitalskills/searchbetter/all-about-online-search
  2. Download and answer the questions on the worksheet.
  3. Save and turn in at Engrade.com
  4. Sign up for https://delicious.com/ and put your user name here.
  5. Write a BLOG post about the advantages of using bookmarks and cloud-based bookmarks. Why should you use bookmarks especially cloud-based bookmarks?
Digital Skills
Daily Objectives:  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.

https://classflow.com/activfoundation/resource/downloadResourceFile?resourceId=ba7160ab334f47cea8dfcbfe4500cf68&resourceFileType=CONVERTEDDo Now: Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and capture it in citelighter, then paraphrase it in your own words.  
Word of the Day: Internet

Take the Class Procedures Quiz on Engrade 
Read: Internet 101
Download: Internet 101.pdf

Question of the Day: 

  1. Read the Tutorial at: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internet101/1
  2. Download and answer the questions on the worksheet.
  3. Save and turn in at Engrade.com
  4. Post on your BLOG: Search the History of the Internet. Make a list or time line of 5 important Internet events.
Internet 101
Daily Objectives:  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.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

1/22 Typing Speed Check

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https://classflow.com/activfoundation/resource/downloadResourceFile?resourceId=ba7160ab334f47cea8dfcbfe4500cf68&resourceFileType=CONVERTEDWord of the Day: Touch Type 2



Check your missing grade report.
Complete all missing assignments. Go to your assignments on Engrade.com

Question of the Day:  
    http://stocker-bendersky.weebly.com/uploads/7/8/3/2/7832870/6541048_orig.png
  1. Go to Typing.com.
  2. Log in with your ID # and First name
    1. Take the 1:00 Test, Take the 3:00 Test and Take the 5:00 Test
    2. Check the ScoreBoard. Try to get the top score.
  3. Play the Games.
  4. Take the Lessons. 

Additional Typing tutorials

Touch Typing Training
http://www.hyerlinks.com/uploads/8/5/0/4/8504224/6654201_orig.jpgTouch Typing Tutorial
Dance Mat Typing. 
Typing Test - Check your speed from the last test 9/25

Typing games - Try to increase your speed by using games from these sites.

Spacebar Invaders
Kayak Game
Keyboard Ninja
Desert Typing Racer
Keyboard Revolution
Fun to type 
Sense-Lang 
Weebly typing 
FreeTypingGame

Daily Objectives:  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.

Monday, January 11, 2016

1/12 - 1/21 Fractured Fairy Tale Outline


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Word of the Day: Cyberspace


Frozen
Star Wars
Minecraft

PlayLab
Flappy Bird
Student Login › 

Complete all your assignments.
Read: Stop Bullying Comic 1
Watch: 
  1. The Frog and The Scorpion
  2. Instant Messaging Little Red Riding Hood
  3. Snow White and Online Gaming
  4. The Three Little Pigs and the Attack of the Internet Virus
  5. Sleeping Beauty and Her Mobile Phone
  6. Pinocchio Goes on a Blind Date
  7. The Big Bad Internet Bully
Question of the Day: Write a Fractured Fairy Tale
Your story must be about online safety, online bullying, online predators, etc. 
You may choose to modify a Fairy Tale or create your own.  
This will be the outline for your project. Copy the outline on your blog and complete each section for your Fairy Tale.
  1. Name:
  2. Fairy Tale Title:
  3. The changes for my fractured fairy tale are:
  4. In my story the main characters are:
  5. In my story the setting is:
  6. My story takes place:
  7. My story is told from the point of view of:
  8. The problem in my story is:
  9. My story ends when:
  10. I'd also like to change:
Post an image of each of your characters on your Blog.

Cyber Fairy Tale Project

http://stopbullying.bitstrips.com/challenge/gallery/
http://www.timeforkids.com/files/SB_Comic_1_b.pdf
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/stopbullying
http://www.stompoutbullying.org
Fractured Fairy Tale LP 

Cyber Fairy Tale Master

Text Simulators

Daily Objectives:  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.

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Word of the Day: Copyright laws


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Complete all assignments.
Lesson 6: Create a Scratch Song               
Lesson 7: Create a Scratch Cartoon Animation              

Question of the Day: CIT 2 Jan 2016 Mid-Assessment
Write 2 paragraphs
  1. How could this Scratch game be used in different subjects (Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science)? What are the positive and negative consequences of using this game for Education?
  2. Research methods of copyrighting your program.(Registering a Copyright) How do you copyright your program? Research copyright laws to determine the legal resources for infringement.(Protecting Your Copyright) What can you do if someone claims they made your game?
  3. `How to Copyright Material (US).` How to Copyright Material (US): 13 Steps - wikiHow.wikiHow n.d. Web. 19 January 2016. http://www.wikihow.com/Copyright-Material-(US)#Registering_a_Copyright_sub.
     
In this assessment, you will create a game. As part of the procedure, you must use the design process to break the steps down into parts in order to accomplish the overall game. Once you have completed your game, you will need to post it to the class website for others to view and play, to offer feedback. Analyze each others work to look for limitations and capabilities in each game and identify how could this Scratch game be used in education for other subject areas. Then complete a digital overview of the positive and negative impacts in the design.

Once the game is developed and published, research methods of copyrighting your program. Also, research copyright laws to determine the legal resources for infringement. Write a closing summary about the steps you have to go through to copyright a program and submit this to your blog.
Daily Objectives:  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.

Friday, January 8, 2016

1/11 Cyberpigs


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Word of the Day: Cyber


Question of the Day: 

Three Little Pigs
Copy on your blog and complete each section for your Fairy Tale.
  1. Name:
  2. Fairy Tale Title:
  3. The changes for my fractured fairy tale are:
  4. In my story the main characters are:
  5. In my story the setting is:
  6. My story takes place:
  7. My story is told from the point of view of:
  8. The problem in my story is:
  9. My story ends when:
  10. I'd also like to change:
Cyber Fairy Tale
Stop Bullying Comic 1
http://stopbullying.bitstrips.com/challenge/gallery/
http://www.timeforkids.com/files/SB_Comic_1_b.pdf
http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/stopbullying
http://www.stompoutbullying.org
Daily Objectives:  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.

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    Word of the Day: Copyright laws

    Question of the Day: CIT 2 Jan 2016 Mid-Assessment

    In this assessment, you will create a game. As part of the procedure, you must use the design process to break the steps down into parts in order to accomplish the overall game. Once you have completed your game, you will need to post it to the class website for others to view and play, to offer feedback. Analyze each others work to look for limitations and capabilities in each game and identify how could this Scratch game be used in education for other subject areas. Then complete a digital overview of the positive and negative impacts in the design.

    Once the game is developed and published, research methods of copyrighting your program. Also, research copyright laws to determine the legal resources for infringement. Write a closing summary about the steps you have to go through to copyright a program and submit this to your blog.
    Daily Objectives:  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.

      Thursday, January 7, 2016

      1/8 Fractured Fairy Tales


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      Word of the Day: Fractured Fairy Tale


      Read: 
      Little Red Riding Hood
      Three Little Pigs

      Watch:
      Little Red Riding Mood 1 
      Little Red Riding Mood 2
      Little Red Riding Mood 3 


      Question of the Day: Write a Fractured Fairy Tale
      Work individually or in a group
      Print and save as a PDF
      Post to your Blog

      • Your story must be about online safety, online bullying, online predators, etc.
      • Make changes to one of the fairy tales and post them on your blog.  
      • You may choose a different fairy tale or create your own.  
      • This will be the basis of your project. 
       Stop Bullying Comic 1
      Daily Objectives:  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.

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        Word of the Day: Costumes


        Question of the Day: Complete Lessons 1-4

        Scratch Lesson 1: Introducing Scratch and Creating Sprite
        Scratch Lesson 2: Animating a Sprite (Dance)
        Scratch Lesson 3: Adding Sounds (Dance to the Beat)
        Scratch Lesson 4: Create a Music Sprite
          
        Scratch Tutorials

        Cartoon Animation
        How to Draw Comics the Marvel

        Daily Objectives:  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.

          Wednesday, January 6, 2016

          1/7 Red Riding Hood


          Do Now: Search for the definition for the Word of the Day and capture it in citelighter, then paraphrase it in your own words.  
          Word of the Day: Manipulate


          Watch: Little Red Riding Hood

          Read: Little Red Riding Hood
          Little Red Cap
          Little Red Riding Hood
          Three Little Pigs

          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). 
          • What are the benefits and drawbacks of telling fairy tales “stranger danger” stories to kids?
          • How can the story of  “Little Red Riding Hood” relate to the use of the Internet?
          • 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 80% 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 80% on writing rubric.
          • Students will watch videos and complete an assessment with 80% or better.

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          Word of the Day: Sprite


          Question of the Day: 
          Scratch Lesson 1: Introducing Scratch and Creating Sprite
          Scratch Lesson 2: Animating a Sprite (Dance)
          Scratch Lesson 3: Adding Sounds (Dance to the Beat)
          Scratch Lesson 4: Create a Music Sprite
            
          Cartoon Animation
          How to Draw Comics the Marvel
           
          Daily Objectives:  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