12/15 Tech Gifts 1

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: Tablet Computer

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• Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words. 
• Use complete sentences, proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.   
• Copy and paste the link to the specific Question of the Day? 
  
• Include an Inline Link to Websites. 

Question of the Day: WATCH: Techno Christmas Tips 
10 Best and Coolest Tech Gadgets for the 2014 Holiday Season

CES 2014: The top 12 best gadgets

Coolest Gadgets of 2014

Search for the Gadget that is first on your list. 

Geekbeat.tv/
New Tech
The Internet of things

Question of the Day:  

1. Post your Gadget name as the title.
2. Write a short description of "WHY" this Gadget is on your list.
• One paragraph.
• At least three bullet points.
• Where can you purchase it?  Include the link.
• The cost.
3. Include an image of the Gadget.

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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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: JavaScript

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• Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words. 
• Use complete sentences, proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.   
• Copy and paste the link to the specific Question of the Day? 
  
• Include an Inline Link to Websites.

Question of the Day:
Everyone Complete All:

1. Flappy
2. Frozen Code
3. Angry Bird Code
4. Tynker   Debugger 

Practice:

Pencil Code 
Hour of Drawing with Code: Learn to program using JavaScript, one of the world's most popular programming languages via two great options:

1. Open Scratch 2 in LaunchPad.
2. Click on the ? in the upper right corner.
1. Getting Started with Scratch
2. Try this!
3. Scratch Pen Challenge
4. Problem 1. Moving, Drawing, Flag Button to Start

http://scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch Online Editor 
http://code.org/learn

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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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: style=""

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• Post a response to the Question of the Day in your own words. 
• Use complete sentences, proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.   
• Copy and paste the link to the specific Question of the Day? 
  
• Include an Inline Link to Websites.

Question of the Day: 
1. Hour of Webpages: Learn to make your own webpages using the basics of HTML and CSS (ages 10+).
Complete each challenge and project, turn in the screen shot.

• Challenge: Write a Poem
• Challenge: You can learn text tags
• Challenge: Your learning list
• Challenge: A picture-perfect trip
• Project: Holiday card

2.  Continue to work on Code Academy 
HTML Basics 1, 2, 3

3. Top 5 Website Project
Check out this sample Website High Five

4. Read:  HTML BASICS, TEXT, LISTS, IMAGES, LINKS
Score 100% on the QUIZZES
1. HTML Basics Quiz
2. HTML Text Quiz 
3. HTML LISTS Quiz
4. HTML IMAGES Quiz
5. HTML LINKS Quiz
Then Take Quiz in Engrade

Video Tutorials

1. Code Academy Intro  
2. Code Academy 2 
3. Code Academy 3 
4. Code Academy 4

RESOURCES: 

•  HTML Styles
• ALL HTML TAGS
• Online html editor  
• Quackit.com editor 
• W3 Schools HTML  
• EchoEcho.com
  
• HTML Cheat Sheet
• HTML Color Charts   
• HTML.am 

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.