12/15 Cutting-edge

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Word of the Day: Cutting-edge

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Question of the Day: Select an electronic device, gadget or technology that you think is really cool or fun. It should be something that is on the cutting-edge.

1. Post your electronic device, gadget or technology name as the title. Include an image of the electronic device, gadget or technology.
2. Why is this device on the cutting edge of technology?
3. How will it make you look cool? 
4. What does this device do? 
5. What will/can this device do for you? 
6. How will this make your life better, easier, or more enjoyable? 
7. Why do you recommend this device?
8. Where can you purchase it?  Include the link.
9. How much does it cost?

Homework: Search for and select an electronic device, gadget or technology that is innovative or new. It should be something that changes the way you do something. Add to your Flipboard magazine.
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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.
Best of What's New 2015
Our Favorite Gadgets
The Best Gadgets Money Can Buy
The best gadgets and gear of 2015
Jennifer Jolly's best gadgets of 2015
Top tech gadgets to give this season
Best New Gadgets in 2015 
36 Coolest Gadgets
23 Impossibly Cool Gadgets

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Word of the Day: Sequence

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Question of the Day: 

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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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