1/31 Blogging

Post a response to the Question of the Day using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.  Rubric

ICT Essentials
Question of the Day: Blogs Video

Read: Do You Have a Blog?  By LILY ALTAVENA and HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO
What has the experience been like? Do you consider it therapeutic in some way? And if you receive comments, are they generally supportive? Do you keep a personal journal? Would you consider continuing your blog?  When you continue your blog, would you prefer to write about your personal problems or about other topics?


Daily Objectives: My Technology Past, Present and Future
Comic Life Tutorial 
ICT Exam Review
Upload your Comic Life Project

Identify how to maintain ICT literacy and Tech competencies with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness for specific tasks with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Locate, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Integrate new information into an existing knowledge base and communicate the results in a project or presentation with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe the potential and implications of contemporary and emerging computer applications for personal, social, lifelong learning, and workplace needs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Blogging
 
HTML
Question of the Day: Blogs Video

Read: Do You Have a Blog?  By LILY ALTAVENA and HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO
What has the experience been like? Do you consider it therapeutic in some way? And if you receive comments, are they generally supportive? Do you keep a personal journal? Would you consider continuing your blog?  When you continue your blog, would you prefer to write about your personal problems or about other topics?




Daily Objectives:    13. HTML Images   14. HTML Background
HTML Exam Review

Define, format and add images using HTML with 100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add image backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe how to create a website using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Create a website with multiple pages using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Blogging

Final Exam

Today you will take the Final Exam.  
Click on the Final tab for your class above for further directions.

HTML Final
ICT Final

• There are three parts to the Exam.
• Please take your time.  
• Make sure that you read the directions carefully and do exactly what they say.
• You only get one chance.

 

Part 1 - Engrade will have multiple choice questions.   25%

Part 2 will be a three paragraph blog post. 35%

Use the Rubric below to guide your writing.

Percentage
85	Content and Organization	• Communicates intended message to intended audience • Relates to topic • Opening and closing • Focused • Logical progression of ideas • Transitions • Appropriate details and information
5	Usage	• Tense formation • Subject-verb agreement • Pronouns usage/agreement • Word choice/meaning • Proper modifiers
5	Sentence Construction	• Variety of type, structure, and length • Correct construction
5	Mechanics	• Spelling • Capitalization • Punctuation

Part 3 is a performance test.   40%

1/23 iTextbooks and Review

Things we don't know about Apples eTextbook strategies.

Letters: A Student’s View on E-Textbook
The textbook.Reinvented for iPad.

Final Exam Essay Question Preview

Would You Trade Your Paper Books for Digital Versions?

Post a response to the Question of the Day using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.  Rubric

ICT Essentials
Question of the Day: Do you think that apple textbooks shift the paradigm of education?  Did you complete all your assignment and projects?  Complete all your work, then study for your final exam.

Daily Objectives:  ICT Exam Review

Identify how to maintain ICT literacy and Tech competencies with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness for specific tasks with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Locate, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Integrate new information into an existing knowledge base and communicate the results in a project or presentation with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe the potential and implications of contemporary and emerging computer applications for personal, social, lifelong learning, and workplace needs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

 
Word of the Day: Paradigm: The accepted/current way of thinking about a topic.


HTML
Question of the Day: Do you think that apple textbooks shift the paradigm of education?  Did you complete all your assignment and projects?  Complete all your work, then study for your final exam.



Daily Objectives:    HTML Exam Review

Define, format and add images using HTML with 100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add image backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe how to create a website using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Create a website with multiple pages using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Paradigm: The accepted/current way of thinking about a topic.

1/20 Censorship

Post a response to the Question of the Day using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.  Rubric

ICT Essentials
Question of the Day: Do you think that Congress should censor the web?  Why?  Blackout  Read More.

Daily Objectives: My Technology Past, Present and Future
Comic Life Tutorial 
ICT Exam Review
Upload your Comic Life Project

Identify how to maintain ICT literacy and Tech competencies with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness for specific tasks with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Locate, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Integrate new information into an existing knowledge base and communicate the results in a project or presentation with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe the potential and implications of contemporary and emerging computer applications for personal, social, lifelong learning, and workplace needs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Censorship - The practice of officially examining the Internet and deciding what information should or should not be allowed.
 
HTML
Question of the Day: Do you think that Congress should censor the web?  Why?  Blackout  Read More.


Daily Objectives:    13. HTML Images   14. HTML Background
HTML Exam Review

Define, format and add images using HTML with 100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add image backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe how to create a website using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Create a website with multiple pages using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Censorship - The practice of officially examining the Internet and deciding what information should or should not be allowed.

1/19 Quiz* Blackout

Post a response to the Question of the Day using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.  Rubric

ICT Essentials
Question of the Day: Watch the Video and take the Social Networking quiz on Engrade. Do you think the Blackout was successful?  Why?  How can you make your opinions count? Read More.

Daily Objectives: My Technology Past, Present and Future
Comic Life Tutorial 
ICT Exam Review
Upload your Comic Life Project

Identify how to maintain ICT literacy and Tech competencies with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness for specific tasks with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Locate, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Integrate new information into an existing knowledge base and communicate the results in a project or presentation with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe the potential and implications of contemporary and emerging computer applications for personal, social, lifelong learning, and workplace needs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Blackout - censorship of news related to a certain topic.
 
HTML
Question of the Day: Do you think the Blackout was successful?  Why?  How can you make your opinions count? Read More.


Daily Objectives:    13. HTML Images   14. HTML Background
HTML Exam Review

Define, format and add images using HTML with 100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add image backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe how to create a website using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Create a website with multiple pages using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Blackout - censorship of news related to a certain topic.

1/18 Quiz* / Blackout

Post a response to the Question of the Day using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.  Rubric

ICT Essentials
Question of the Day: Watch the Video and take the Information Privacy quiz on Engrade.

Are you missing Wikipedia today?  Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? Learn more.

Daily Objectives: My Technology Past, Present and Future
Comic Life Tutorial 
ICT Exam Review
Upload your Comic Life Project

Identify how to maintain ICT literacy and Tech competencies with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness for specific tasks with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Locate, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Integrate new information into an existing knowledge base and communicate the results in a project or presentation with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe the potential and implications of contemporary and emerging computer applications for personal, social, lifelong learning, and workplace needs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

 
Word of the Day: SOPA is short for the "Stop Online Piracy Act," and PIPA is an acronym for the "Protect IP Act." ("IP" stands for "intellectual property.") In short, these bills are efforts to stop copyright infringement committed by foreign web sites.  Learn more.

HTML
Question of the Day: Take the HTML Quiz 3 on Engrade.

Are you missing Wikipedia today?  Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? Learn more.

Daily Objectives:    13. HTML Images   14. HTML Background
HTML Exam Review

Define, format and add images using HTML with 100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add image backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe how to create a website using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Create a website with multiple pages using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: SOPA is short for the "Stop Online Piracy Act," and PIPA is an acronym for the "Protect IP Act." ("IP" stands for "intellectual property.") In short, these bills are efforts to stop copyright infringement committed by foreign web sites.  Learn more.

1/17 Gorilla Glass

Post a response to the Question of the Day using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.  Rubric

Comic ClipArt
Cartoon Decals
Gorilla Glass
ICT Essentials
Question of the Day: How do you think stronger, lighter and thinner glass will effect the performance of devices?
Daily Objectives: My Technology Past, Present and Future
Comic Life Tutorial 
ICT Exam Review
Upload your Comic Life Project

Identify how to maintain ICT literacy and Tech competencies with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness for specific tasks with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Locate, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Integrate new information into an existing knowledge base and communicate the results in a project or presentation with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe the potential and implications of contemporary and emerging computer applications for personal, social, lifelong learning, and workplace needs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

 
Word of the Day: Resolution is the number of pixels (individual points of color) contained on a display monitor, expressed in terms of the number of pixels on the horizontal axis and the number on the vertical axis. The sharpness of the image on a display depends on the resolution and the size of the monitor.

HTML
Question of the Day: How do you think stronger, lighter and thinner glass will effect the performance of devices?
Daily Objectives: 11. HTML Lists     12. HTML Forms
HTML Exam Review

Define, format and add images using HTML with 100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add image backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add backgrounds  using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Describe how to create a website using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Create a website with multiple pages using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Definition Lists - are lists of items that have two parts, a term to be defined and the definition.

1/13 Quiz*

Post a response to the Question of the Day using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.  Rubric


ICT Essentials
Question of the Day: Watch the Video and take the Research quiz on Engrade.
When you need to research something, what are the first three sources you check and why?

Daily Objectives: My Technology Past, Present and Future
Comic Life Tutorial
ICT Exam Review
Upload your Comic Life Project

Use a digital camera to take photographs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Create a Photo story with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Use the camera attached to the computer, a cell phone camera, or other digital camera to take photographs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Edit  and manipulate the photographs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools

Word of the Day: Sources - a book, document, or website used to provide evidence in research.

HTML
Question of the Day: Take the HTML Quiz 2 on Engrade.
What are the similarities and differences between radio buttons and drop down menus?

Daily Objectives: 11. HTML Lists
HTML Exam Review

Define and create form text fields using HTML with 100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and create form pasword fields using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add images using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add images from different locations using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add background images using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Radio Buttons - an icon representing one of a set of options, only one of which can be selected at any time.

1/12 CES 2

Post a response to the Question of the Day using complete sentences, use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.  Rubric

Gamespot @CES2012

ICT Essentials
Question of the Day: What do you think about Project Fiona?  Is this something that you think a lot of people will want or will it appeal to only a few?  Why?   Visit the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and find something that you think is really cool!  Then tell us why on your blog.  Include an image.
Download Vlingo!
Daily Objectives: My Technology Past, Present and Future
Comic Life Tutorial 
ICT Exam Review
Upload your Comic Life Project

Use a digital camera to take photographs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Create a Photo story with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Use the camera attached to the computer, a cell phone camera, or other digital camera to take photographs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Edit  and manipulate the photographs with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Identify and use new and emerging tools, technologies and software with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools

 
Word of the Day: Pixel (a word invented from "picture element") is the basic unit of programmable color on a computer display or in a computer image.

HTML
Question of the Day: What do you think about Project Fiona?  Is this something that you think a lot of people will want or will it appeal to only a few?  Why?    Visit the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and find something that you think is really cool!  Then tell us why on your blog.  Include an image.

Download Vlingo!

Daily Objectives: 11. HTML Lists     12. HTML Forms
 HTML Exam Review

Define and create form text fields using HTML with 100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and create form pasword fields using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add images using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add images from different locations using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Define and add background images using HTML with100% accuracy using a computer, computer software and Web 2.0 tools.

Word of the Day: Unordered List - are sometimes called bulleted lists, because they have small bullet icons in front of the list items. They are for lists that don't have a required order.