Wednesday, April 18, 2012

4/18 Key Words / WYSIWYG

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Read: Listing Key Words

Question of the Day:   Use the reading above to answer the questions in your own words.  (100 points)
  1. What are Key Words?
  2. When will you use Key Words?
  3. Why do you need to have "good Key Words"?
  4. What are "good Key Words"?
  5. When do you list Key Words?
  6. How do you list Key Words?
  7. Make a list of Key Words for the Topic Portable Devices (Smart Phones, Tablets, Notebooks, iPods, etc.) for Learning.  Use the 6 steps described in the reading.
Daily Objectives:  Big 6 Research Guide

Word of the Day: Key Words - Write your own definition.

Question of the Day:  What do you think is the major advantage of using a WYSIWYG editor (like Dreamweaver) when designing a website?

Word of the Day: WYSIWYG - Write your own definition.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

4/17 Comments?

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Question of the Day:   What is one thing that you learned about playing games and or smartphones from reading other students blogs?  Did anyone comment on your blog?  How did or would it make you feel if they did?  How did or would it make you feel if the did not?

Daily Objectives:  
Complete the Marking Period 3 Exam  MP 3 Exam Part 2
4/13 ‘Stupid Games’
Word of the Day: Smartphones - Write your own definition.

Question of the Day:  What is one thing that you learned about playing games and or smartphones from reading other students blogs?  Did anyone comment on your blog?  How did or would it make you feel if they did?  How did or would it make you feel if the did not?


Word of the Day: Smartphones - Write your own definition.

Monday, April 16, 2012

4/16 Positive Comments

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Question of the Day:   
  1. Read the response of  2 or more of your classmates blog post for Do You Spend Too Much Time on Smart Phones Playing ‘Stupid Games’?.   
  2. Then post a Positive Comment on 2 or more of their blogs.  Write 2 sentences or more Telling why you agree or disagree with something they wrote.
  3. Post your comments on your blog with a link to the comment.
  4.  Student Blogs are listed at: Student Blogs.

Daily Objectives:  
Complete the Marking Period 3 Exam  MP 3 Exam Part 2
4/13 ‘Stupid Games’
Word of the Day: Positive comment - Write your own definition.


Question of the Day:  
  1. Read the response of  2 or more of your classmates blog post for Do You Spend Too Much Time on Smart Phones Playing ‘Stupid Games’?.   
  2. Then post a Positive Comment on 2 or more of their blogs. Write 2 sentences or more Telling why you agree or disagree with something they wrote.
  3. Post your comments on your blog with a link to the comment.
  4.  Student Blogs are listed at: Student Blogs.


Word of the Day: Positive comment - Write your own definition.

Friday, April 13, 2012

4/13 ‘Stupid Games’

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Question of the Day: Do You Spend Too Much Time on Smart Phones Playing ‘Stupid Games’?  OR Do You Spend Too Much Time on School Computers Playing ‘Stupid Games’ instead of doing your work?
 
Tell us about the games that have taken up your time. Have they ever had a “scary power” over you? When do you tend to play them most? What do they do for you? To what extent do you agree with Jane McGonigal, who argues games aren’t an escape from reality but an optimal form of engaging it? What do you think of what Mark Pincus, founder and chief executive of Zynga, said recently about how game mechanics “will be the most valuable skill in the new economy”? Do you ever want to stop playing? What do you think you might do with the time instead?

Daily Objectives: [Download the Netiquette Project Master]   Netiquette Project
Word of the Day: Compulsively - Write your own definition.

Question of the Day: Do You Spend Too Much Time on Smart Phones Playing ‘Stupid Games’?  OR Do You Spend Too Much Time on School Computers Playing ‘Stupid Games’ instead of doing your work?
 
Tell us about the games that have taken up your time. Have they ever had a “scary power” over you? When do you tend to play them most? What do they do for you? To what extent do you agree with Jane McGonigal, who argues games aren’t an escape from reality but an optimal form of engaging it? What do you think of what Mark Pincus, founder and chief executive of Zynga, said recently about how game mechanics “will be the most valuable skill in the new economy”? Do you ever want to stop playing? What do you think you might do with the time instead?

Daily Objectives: HTMLCampus

Resources: Cool Text 
Exam This Week - HTML Test Part 2
Word of the Day: Compulsively - Write your own definition.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

4/12 A Better Life


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Question of the Day: How do portable technology devices like cellphones and tablets make life better?

Daily Objectives:MP 3 Exam Part 2 

 [Download the Netiquette Project Master]   Netiquette Project
Word of the Day: - Write your own definition.

Question of the Day: How do portable technology devices like cellphones and tablets make life better?

Daily Objectives:HTML Test Part 2
HTMLCampus

Resources: Cool Text 
 
Word of the Day: - Write your own definition.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

4/11 Information

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Question of the Day: Do you think that information gives you power?  How can you use the Internet to become more powerful?

Daily Objectives: [Download the Netiquette Project Master]   Netiquette Project
Word of the Day: Information - Write your own definition.

Question of the Day: Do you think that information gives you power?  How can you use the Internet to become more powerful?

Daily Objectives: HTMLCampus

Resources: Cool Text 
Exam This Week - HTML Test Part 2
Word of the Day: Information - Write your own definition.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

4/10 "Choose your battles"

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Question of the Day:  You may have heard the phrase, "Choose your battles." Write about a battle in school that you think is worth fighting, or one that isn't. Why?  (What about the Dress Code.)

Daily Objectives: [Download the Netiquette Project Master]   Netiquette Project
Word of the Day:  Objectivity - Write your own definition.

Question of the Day: You may have heard the phrase, "Choose your battles." Write about a battle in school that you think is worth fighting, or one that isn't. Why? (What about the Dress Code.)

Daily Objectives: HTMLCampus

Resources: Cool Text 
Exam This Week - HTML Test Part 1

Word of the Day:  HTML editor - Write your own definition.