2014-2015+Class+Notes


 * CURRENT DATE ON TOP:**


 * FINAL EXAM: Study Class notes page and prior tests in Moodle**


 * May 26 - Farm Presentations begin tomorrow! **


 * Student’s Name Date _ Period _ **


 * 10-15 slides Farm Project Presentation - IMAGE ON EVERY SLIDE **

 **_ /10 Slide 1: Title Slide – only the logo should be an image on this slide _**

Title is the name of your business (farm) You need to be listed as the Owner and Operator. Ex.: Joseph Smith, Owner and Operator

Introduce yourself, family, background, etc. What is the role of each member of your family on the farm?
 * _/10 Slide 2: ** **The Importance of** **Farming**
 * Explain the importance of farming (be general, then give a detail or two about your specific type of farming).
 * Topics you may wish to explore for this slide:
 * o buying local food
 * o knowing where your food comes from//what you are eating
 * o better health from better food
 * _/10 Slide 3: ** **Introduction**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">_/20 Slides 4 and 5: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **Our/My __**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain aspects of owning and operating your specific farm
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Highlights?
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Challenges?
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Struggles you have faced over time?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">_/10 Slide 6: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **Expenses Chart** – discuss _

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **_/10 Slide 7:** **Income Chart** - discuss

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">LOGO: // __//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3D Farm: //__//__//
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">_/10 Slide 8: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **Financial Summary** __
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some ideas for discussion:
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">compare income and expenses
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">talk about expected growth
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">what are the unexpected factors that may arise that will affect your bottom line each year?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">_/10 Slide 9: Farming Lifestyle **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some ideas for discussion:
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The hours you work - how many hours a day, etc.
 * o <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Outside or inside work? What do you prefer?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">_/10 Slide 10: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **Summary __**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Time to **restate** your most important points from the entire presentation.
 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">REMEMBER: //**//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The goal is to persuade others to farm. This theme should be throughout your presentation. //


 * May 21 - FARM UNIT PRESENTATION **
 * Farm Project Presentation - NO PARAGRAPHS! This is a presentation - it should both educate and entertain. Keep it interesting with bulleted phrases ** ** * ** ** Think of this portion of the Farm Project as having a strong creative writing aspect. You have created your farm three dimensionally and it is now time to dig in (pun intended) and encourage others to farm, learning from your mistakes and good decisions. The goal is to persuade others to farm. ** //This theme should be throughout your presentation.// ** * ** ** Your presentation deadline and requirements: ** *

**Deadline:** The entire presentation must be complete (slides, speaker notes and any props you wish to use in class, plus SHARED WITH Mrs. Telnock on Google Drive) by **Tuesday, May 26. Presentations begin Wednesday, May 27.**

* ** Requirements: listed below plus at least one photo on every slide EXCEPT the Title slide, where your logo needs to be. **


 * Use photos of your farm from SketchUp and any relevant photos that you would like. **


 * After each slide number below is the title of that particular slide. For example, you will actually type The Importance of Farming in the slide title area. **

**Slide 1: Title Slide** **Slide 2:** **The Importance of** **Farming** **Slide 3:** **Introduction** **Slides 4-5:** **Our/My Farm (if you have a family farm use 'Our' and if you are on your own with employees, perhaps, use 'My') - (this should take 2 slides)** **Slide 6:** **Expenses Chart(s)** - give us an overview
 * * ** ** 10 ** -15 ** slides ** ** * - 3 minutes max **
 * LOGO
 * Title is the name of your farm, if not already in your logo.
 * You need to be listed as the Owner and Operator. Ex.: Joseph Smith, Owner/Operator
 * Explain the importance of farming (be general, then give a detail or two about your specific type of farming).
 * Topics you may wish to explore for this slide:
 * buying local food
 * knowing where your food comes from//what you are eating
 * better health from better food
 * Introduce yourself, family, background, etc.
 * What is the role of each member of your family on the farm?
 * Explain aspects of owning and operating **your specific farm:**
 * Highlights?
 * Challenges?
 * Struggles you have faced over time?

**Slide 7:** **Income Chart** - give us an overview

**Slide 8:** **Financial Summary** **Slide 9: Farming Lifestyle** **Slide 10:** **Summary**
 * Some ideas for discussion:
 * compare income and expenses and explain PROFIT
 * talk about expected growth
 * what are the unexpected factors that may arise that will affect your bottom line each year?
 * Some ideas for discussion - a personal look not at business, but at YOU:
 * Fun times on the farm
 * The hours you work - how many hours a day, etc.
 * Outside or inside work? What do you prefer?
 * Time to **restate** your most important points from the entire presentation.
 * //**REMEMBER:** The goal is to persuade others to farm. This theme should be throughout your presentation.//
 * TO GET 'PHOTOS' FROM SKETCHUP:** 1. Turn off the axes: View > Uncheck "Axes" box 2. If there are guidelines showing (dashed lines): Edit > delete guidelines 3. Zoom/Pan/Rotate to EXACTLY how you want the image to look. 4. File > Export > 2D graphic
 * Select your flash drive from the 'Export to' dropdown
 * Give your image a DESCRIPTIVE file name
 * Click the "Export type" dropdown and pick jpeg
 * Click "Export"
 * Click "Export"

.
 * TO INSERT YOUR JPEGS FROM SKETCHUP:** 1. In your Google Drive Presentation, select the slide where the image will go. 2. Click Insert > Image 3. Browse and Upload your image from your flash drive.
 * May 13: Logo Time! **
 * 300x300 pixels
 * Advanced Settings: Resolution to 320ppi
 * Fill with TRANSPARENCY!
 * Straight lines, TEXT tool for all writing


 * Text along a path - Curving Text in Gimp:**
 * @http://www.ghuj.com/featured-articles/how-to-create-curved-text-in-gimp.html**


 * May 12: Bee Article and Strawberry Information sources **
 * @http://m.standardspeaker.com/news/pollinating-problem-disappearing-bees-could-have-devastating-effects-1.1879442 **

@http://www.hobbyfarms.com/farm-marketing-and-management/make-money-with-strawberries.aspx

@http://extension.psu.edu/business/ag-alternatives/horticulture/fruits/strawberry-production

@http://extension.psu.edu/business/ag-alternatives/horticulture/files/budgets/strawberry-production/sample-strawberry-budget-planting-matted-row


 * May 11: Planting Rates **


 * EXCELLENT Planting rate tables - they show how much seed needed per acre and MUCH more!**

@http://www.cfspecial.com/images/E0239701/PLANTINGRATE.pdf
 * Grains:**

@http://www.johnnyseeds.com/assets/information/vegetablecharts.pdf
 * Vegetables:**


 * May 7: More links **

My Pet Chicken (breed selector tool, bottom left of menu): @https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/guineas.html (Guinea Hens - the tick eaters!) @http://www.backyardchickens.com/ - great overall info site
 * @http://www.mypetchicken.com/ **

Ten Reasons to Shop at a Farmers' Market:
 * @http://www.ecobuzzla.com/10-reasons-to-shop-at-a-farmers-market/ **

Five Reasons to Buy Eggs at the Farmers' Market:
 * @http://www.ecobuzzla.com/five-reasons-to-buy-eggs-at-farmers-market/ **

@http://extension.psu.edu/business/ag-alternatives/livestock/additional-livestock-options = lots of great info + Additional Livestock Options (BEES, RABBITS, EARTHWORM, AQUACULTURE, BOARDING HORSES, SWINE)

Bobwhite quail – indigenous []

Fun facts about ducks: @http://birding.about.com/od/birdprofiles/a/15-Fun-Facts-About-Ducks.htm

Interesting facts about cows: @http://www.dairymoos.com/interesting-facts-about-cows/

Aquaculture: @http://www.aquaculturestore.com/Fresh-Water-Vertebrates/

Cattle for sale in PA: @http://www.cattle-exchange.com/state/PA

Beef info: @http://www.oda.state.ok.us/food/fs-cowweight.pdf

Holstein for sale in PA (diary cows): @http://www.paholsteins.com/cattle_sales.htm

Pigs for sale in PA @http://www.hoobly.com/12030/2685/0/

Horses for sale in PA @http://www.equinenow.com/pennsylvania.htm

What Does Certified Organic Mean? @http://www.ecobuzzla.com/what-does-certified-organic-mean/


 * May 4: Farm Project **


 * And we begin our last, biggest project of the year! **

You are about to start building your virtual farm and creating all of the content that such an undertaking entails.

1. Your farm must be PROFITABLE. It does not have to make millions, but it does need to MAKE money for you. You must have a profit. (income - expenses = profit).

2. You must PLAN what you will produce on your farm. Create a new document in Google Drive. Name it "Farm Notes" - type all of your ideas here. What grains? What animals?

3. Write down potential NAMES of your farm, then scroll through the LOGO IDEAS
 * FARM LOGO SEARCH (for inspiration):** Farm Logo Ideas - Now, //DRAW some ideas that appeal to you// for YOUR farm logo. Be ready to show them in class. You will be creating these in Gimp.


 * Lackawanna County 4-H Club **

=** Livestock Research Links - Time to Build a Farm **=


 * GRAIN: **

GROWING GRAIN: A Starting Point

Wheat - on a small scale

Top 10 Factors to Consider Before Growing Grains


 * LIVESTOCK LINKS: **

Egg comparison


 * @http://www.hgtvgardens.com/ducks-and-geese/raising-ducks-or-chickens **

@http://www.sheep101.info/breeds.html

@http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/goats

@http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle

@http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/glan/index.html/horses

@http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/glan/index.html/sheep

@http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/paint/index.html/swine

@http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/paint/index.html/poultry

@http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/glan/index.html/other/

@http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/glan/index.html/region

**Presentations:**
 * April 15 - FARM UNIT BEGINS **


 * Prior Knowledge and Misconceptions of what farming is - lists made in notebooks and discussion followed. **


 * Agriculture** (noun): the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.


 * Farm** (noun):

Traditional Definition: a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.

Modern Definition: land or water devoted to the raising of animals, fish, plants, etc.


 * The closer food is to its natural form the better it is for you.**
 * How many times has this food been touched?
 * Is it already cooked? If so, what happened to the nutrients?
 * How much stuff (water, chemicals, hormones) has been added in?
 * Do you know where it came from?

You are what you eat from your head down to your feet.

Countries world wide with diets high in fish have:
 * less heart disease
 * lower cholesterol
 * less heart attacks
 * lower stroke

Become a Master of Disguise!
 * Mix foods that you DON'T like with foods that you DO like
 * Broccoli with a little cheese is better than no broccoli at all!

People gravitate to Green. Time outdoors = Happiness. Anyone who gardens can farm. Pretty and Powerful.

=**A multi-chapter guide to excellent Chicken Care!**= =[]=

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 * April 10 - More PA info! **

Vocabulary Review:
 * April 8 - Lyme Disease Presentation **
 * Lyme disease - a bacterial illness transmitted to humans by bite of infected ticks
 * Larva – first life stage of ticks
 * Nymph– second life stage of ticks
 * Adult – third life stage of ticks
 * Black-legged Tick – a parasite known as Deer tick in the east and western black-legged tick in the west – both transmit Lyme disease
 * Vectors: organisms that harbor and transmit disease
 * Molt: transform
 * 24 Hour Rule – window of time once tick-bitten to remove the tick before Lyme Disease is transmitted
 * Lupus: A chronic inflammatory disease that is caused by autoimmunity. Not easily treated and very painful. Can lead to other serious health issues.
 * We live in a high tick area. Hot spots (high tick regions) in the U.S. are: Northeast, Mid Altantic (of which PA is part of) and Northern Mid West
 * know how to identify a tick bite: red, inflamed bullseye, but not always!
 * always check for ticks before returning indoors
 * 24 hr Rule
 * What is the earliest stage that ticks can obtain Lyme Disease? Stage 1: Larva!
 * What percentage of adult ticks sampled carry Lyme? 50%
 * Know how to prevent this terrible disease - from discussion.


 * March 31 - Guidelines for your Reflection Paper **


 * Today we set up our Pennsylvania Pride Reflection Paper in Google Drive. **
 * **New> Google Doc > Name it according to what period you in as follows: P5_SmithJ_Reflection**
 * **SHARE the document with me as "can edit"**
 * **Check margins (File>Page Setup), set line spacing to double, font to Times New Roman 12.**
 * **Type your MLA heading (use today's date, but change it to the date that you present or date due once you know it)**
 * **Center the title: Reflection Paper**


 * Then, type your first paragraph - the "before" paragraph - containing all the positive things and thoughts about this presentation - look for the good in yourself as you write. Write about your experience with citations and avoiding plagiarism, giving credit where credit is due. What did you learn (about yourself, about PA) while building this presentation? **


 * Right after presenting, while the rest of us are assessing you with the rubric, sit and write your second paragraph - the "during" paragraph - about what went well, what are you proud of, and what you want to improve about your presentation skills. **


 * Then, at home (or after school), read your peer feedback on the Pennsylvania Pride forum on Moodle. Incorporating quotes from peers that you found especially helpful as constructive criticism or detailed compliments, write your "after" paragraph. This paragraph is especially important because it shows your personal growth after seeing what your audience actually saw. **


 * Be mature - do not get upset when someone assesses (grades) your work. Each student takes the job very seriously and does the best he/she can, so be aware of that. Smooth seas never made a skilled sailor. If your reviews are rocky, move forward, improve - adapt and overcome. **


 * March 27 - GET SPEAKER NOTES READY OVER THE WEEKEND if not already finished. **


 * Periods 1-4 will begin presenting on Monday. **
 * Periods 5-6 will begin presenting Tuesday. **


 * The document is in Rich Text Format which should be usable on both Windows and Mac machines. **

. 1. Know your audience. 2. Greet your audience. 3. Introduce yourself (full name) and give credentials. 4. Introduce topic and give [audience] expectation(s). 5. Deliver the content. 6. Review the content and the [audience] expectation(s). 7. Thank audience.
 * // Remember the Lucky 7: //**


 * March 24: Scoring Rubric for Pennsylvania Pride Presentations **

The following will be copied and pasted in the forum in Moodle to grade each other:

Presenter: __Score/Points Possible__ _ /5 pts Title Slide: Title (2 pts), Name (1 pt), School (1 pt), Town (1 pt) _ /15 pts Enthusiam in speech (5 pts), good voice volume (5 pts) and eye contact (5 pts) _ /20 pts Clear, relevant images (10 pts) and adequate number of images (10 pts) _ /10 pts Citations under/near images on content slides for each _ /20 pts Content citations (10 pts) Works Cited citations (10 pts), formatted properly (all parts required and alphabetical order) _ /20 pts Organization/Flow (10 pts) and Interesting Content (10 pts) **subtract 10 points here if no speaker notes are used.** _ /10 pts Between 5 minutes and 10 minutes long (Mrs. Telnock will tell you the finish time of each presenter)
 * __ Total Score and comments below** (detailed comments required for each student)


 * February 26: Presenting of Fables and Peer Grading **


 * February 25: **

Here is a .pdf of your RUBRIC for the Fable Project. Know your rubric. You will be grading each other and detailed comments will be expected for each person's fable for you to get full credit.


 * February 24: **

As announced last week, today is the last day that you will be given class time for images! Tomorrow, the PowerPoint presentations will be built and you will turn in your Word doc and storyboard (stapled). Animation (timed slides) will be worked on Thursday (after Criterion) into Friday. We will start presenting on Monday! Remember - you will be grading each other's fables and turning in your grade sheets.


 * February 23: **


 * When your images are complete in Gimp - EXPORT ALL IMAGES AS JPEGS (File>Export>+Select File Type [jpeg] but be SURE that you know WHERE you are SAVING!)> and save in your FABLE folder**
 * When all images have been created and saved as BOTH .xcf and .jpg, you may start inserting them into PowerPoint.
 * Open PowerPoint and immediately Save As P#_LastnameFirstinitial_FABLE to your flashdrive in your FABLE folder. (example: P4_SmithJ_FABLE)
 * DO NOT CHANGE FONTS OR FONT SIZES
 * <span style="display: inline !important;">Title Slide layout on first slide only:
 * Type the title of the Fable in the Title area using capital letters as appropriate, in size **60 font.**
 * Type An Aesop Fable underneath the title in size **44 font.**
 * Type "Illustrated by Your name"
 * You do not put images on your title slide.
 * Use plain white slides only, black text, //no design templates//.
 * 5-8 images
 * 5-8 images

..
 * Create as many slides as you will need for the project by clicking the New Slide icon or other means of creating new slides.
 * Animation may be used between slides only **AFTER your content is complete**.
 * SAVE EARLY AND OFTEN! **Ctrl+S**
 * Copy and Paste Fable Text ** from Notepad.
 * Except for the title slide, ALL TEXT WITHIN YOUR POWERPOINT NEEDS TO BE THE SAME SIZE so do not alter font size until all text has been pasted in. See how large the font can be on your most-wordy slide and change the rest of the slides' font to that size.
 * Only the Title Slide and Moral slides may be centered (but they do not have to be!) - remember, your whole life through, **//only titles should be centered.//**
 * All text on all other slides needs to be LEFT ALIGNED.
 * Preview the Project ** from start to finish, reading as you go along, assuring that there is enough time to comfortably read each one or take in each image without rushing or missing anything.

**<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Steps to the Goal: MIN. of 5 pics, MAX. of 8 pics. **
 * February 17 **
 * KEEP THE RUBRIC SAFE - you will be graded with it and your peers will be grading you with it.
 * Copy and paste the fable text into Word.
 * Break up (double space) the text accordingly to show where images will be.
 * Within parentheses, number chronologically and describe what the illustration will be. DETAILS.
 * Using the storyboard template, place the chronological number in the small box, and draw each illustration.


 * The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts, An Aesop's Fable **

The Lion once gave out that he was sick unto death and summoned the animals to come and hear his last Will and Testament. So the Goat came to the Lion's cave, and stopped there listening for a long time.

(Picture 1: Entrance of cave, goat standing there, too nervous-looking to go in. Lion's voice coming out - dashes to show sound)

Then a Sheep went in, and before she came out a Calf came up to receive the last wishes of the Lord of the Beasts.

(Picture 2: sheep's behind disappearing into cave and calf heading in. Goat walking away after calf had entered)

But soon the Lion seemed to recover, and came to the mouth of his cave, and saw the Fox, who had been waiting outside for some time.

"Why do you not come to pay your respects to me?" said the Lion to the Fox.

(Picture 3: Lion appears at the cave entrance, paws on hips and a bit upset, talking down to the fox, who is standing against the rock some distance away, filing his nails.)

"I beg your Majesty's pardon," said the Fox, "but I noticed the track of the animals that have already come to you; and while I see many hoof-marks going in, I see none coming out. Till the animals that have entered your cave come out again I prefer to remain in the open air."

(Picture 4 : Lion and fox from last image, but zoomed out to show animal tracks going into cave, but none coming out)

It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.

**Only after the storyboard pages are COMPLETE:**

 * Images will be created in GIMP using the size 13.33" width and 7.5" height to best fit a PowerPoint slide.
 * File>New, select INCHES from the dropdown and type in the correct dimensions
 * select TRANSPARENT backgrounds.
 * Remember: EVERYTHING ON ITS OWN LAYER!
 * SAVE early and often to your FABLE folder.

One of Aesop's Fables:

//The Fox and the Grapes//

One afternoon a fox was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch.

"Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he.

Taking a few steps back, the fox jumped and just missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces back and tried to reach them but still failed.

Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, "They're probably sour anyway," and proceeded to walk away.

It's easy to despise what you cannot have. = =


 * February 16 - Fable Project **

Who was Aesop? From @http://www.umass.edu/aesop/history.php:

**Who is Aesop?**
Some may say that Aesop is infamous for the life he led over 2000 years ago and mostly for the hundreds of fables that have been attributed to his name since. Aesop’s fables have reached countless generations since he is reported to have been alive, and they continue to be a part of the lives of many. Not every fable, however, that has been linked to Aesop is his own original material. In actuality, There are many fables attributed to Aesop that, for a variety of reasons, couldn't possibly be his own. In many ways the unclear authorship of the fables is at the fault of the storytelling tradition, Many details are naturally lost and/or altered. However the storytelling tradition is also responsible for the survival of the Aesop Fables—if story telling didn’t exist, neither Aesop nor his fables would have survived.

//"They were among the first printed works in the vernacular European languages, and writers and thinkers throughout history have perpetuated them to such an extent that they are embraced as among the essential truths about human beings and their ways."// -D.L. Ashliman

//“Aesop was such a strong personality that his contemporaries credited him with every fable ever before heard, and his successors with every fable ever told since.”// -Willis L. Parker

The legend tells it that Aesop lived during the sixth century BC, scholars have narrowed down his birthplace to a few different places but no one knows for sure. He was born a slave, and in his lifetime two different masters owned him before being granted his freedom. The slave masters were named, Xanthus and Iadmon, the latter gave him his freedom as a reward for his wit and intelligence. As a freedman he supposedly became involved in public affairs and traveled a lot—telling his fables along the way. King Croesus of Lydia was so impressed with Aesop that he offered him residency and a job at his court.

//“The popularity of Aesop is also shown by the fact that Plato records that Socrates decided to versify some of his fables while he was in jail awaiting execution.”// -Robert Temple

While on a mission for King Croesus to distribute a certain amount of gold to the people of Delphi in Greece, there was a misunderstanding about how much gold each person was supposed to receive. Aesop became discouraged because the Delphians did not seem appreciative enough of the gift from the King so Aesop decided to take it all back to King Croesus. On his journey back the people of Delhi, who thought he was actively cheating them and giving them a bad reputation, tracked him down. Lloyd W. Daly writes “Apprehensive of his spreading this low opinion of them on his travels, the Delphians lay a trap for Aesop. By stealth they [stashed] a golden bowl from [their] temple in his baggage; then as he starts off through Phocis, they overtake him, search his baggage, and find the bowl. Haled back to Delhi, Aesop is found guilty of sacrilege against Apollo for the theft of the bowl and is condemned to death by being hurled off a cliff.” (Daly, 20.)

**Works Cited**

Daly, Lloyd W. __Aesop Without Morals__. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961.

Handford, S.A. __Aesop’s Fables__. England: Puffin, 1954.

Parker, Willis L. __The Fables of Aesop__. New York: Illustrated editions, 1931.

Stade, George, ed. __Aesop’s Fables__. New York: Barnes and Nobles Classics, 2003.

Temple, Olivia and Robert. __Aesop: The Complete Fables__. New York: Penguin Classics, 1998.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; font-family: open_sansregular,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Synopsis: Aesop is believed to have been alive from 620 to 560 BC. It was believed that he was a slave, but was given his freedom because of his literacy and storytelling. He is also described with many physical deformities and a speech impediment that was healed by a deity. Aesop was said to have escaped punishment many times throughout his life, often standing up to his accusers and telling a story that showed the irony or the characteristics of those punishing him. His death is just as much of a mystery as his life. It is believed that he stole a gold or silver cup and was violently put to death by being thrown off a cliff. Although Aesop is mentioned in Greek history, particularly by Greek historian Herodotus and Aristotle, many scholars do not believe that he actually existed. There is simply just not enough proof to confirm that he was alive.

//**Now to pick your fable!**// Aesop's Fables

Here is your rubric for this peer presentation:

If you need more storyboard templates, the document is here:


 * February 12 - Presentation What You Want Now vs. What You Want Most (discipline) **

First hand account - living the dream. Your dream. Financial skills gained and applied now will determine your financial situation later. What do you want most?

Completion of Life Scenarios and last chance to win The Game!
 * February 10: **

Tomorrow (or Thursday) is our Banzai Post Test, which, as you may recall, is the same as the Pretest. Just know your vocabulary words. There really is no other way to study for the post test. Your Life Scenarios must be complete to take the Post Test. That is the only requirement and that will vary be class due to the snow days and delays. Our discussions, vocabulary words, and completing the Life Scenarios has provided you every opportunity to APPLY this knowledge. Forward motion!

Practice writing a check: @http://www.themint.org/kids/writing-a-check.html
 * January 29: **

Learn about renting a property: @http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/personalfinance/lifeevents/renting/
 * January 28: **


 * January 22 - Money Management **

Checking account practice: @http://www.themint.org/kids/tracking-your-checking-account.html

Banzai! Life Scenarios Vocabulary
 * ATM -** Automated Teller Machine
 * budget** - a sum of money to be used for a particular purpose.
 * debit card** - like a credit card, but it takes money directly from your bank account.
 * credit card** - a card that lets you buy goods and services based on a promise to pay later and charges monthly interest if the balance is not paid in full.
 * checking account** - a bank account from where the depositor can write checks.
 * savings account** - a bank account where money is stored and returns a very low interest rate.
 * bad check** - a check that is dishonored because of insufficient funds.
 * overdraft** - occurs when withdrawals have gone over the available amount.
 * cleared check** - a check that has been honored and processed.
 * check register** - a record book used to keep track of all transactions when they occur.
 * statement** - is a document published by your bank (sent to you or available online) that details all transactions for the month.
 * overdraft fee** - A fee for over spending.

@http://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/great-horned-owl-cam
 * January 21 - Relaxing, post-test viewing **
 * Great Horned Owl LIVE cam (night vision, too!) **

@http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1592549&mode=2
 * Bald Eagle LIVE cam: **


 * January 16 - Spreadsheet Vocabulary **

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Border **
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Selecting your data area and then clicking "All Borders" outlines the selected grid in black, making it easier to see division of cells. It also allows for more organized printed documents.

====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">the space formed by the intersection of a row and a column; the basic unit of a worksheet. Cells are designated by their column letter and row number, such as A1, C2, H5. ====

====<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">equation that calculates a new value from values currently on a worksheet. The result of the formula is displayed in the cell that holds the formula. Note: if the result of a formula is too large you may see a group of "#"symbols, e.g. ##########. Make the column larger to see the full number by dragging the right column line. ====

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt;">One spreadsheet within a workbook file.

 * January 13 **


 * Below are files to help you review** what we completed in class today. Your test tomorrow is VERY similar, just a different company name and different amounts. Do not forget to use your View tab to Zoom in and out.

//**Eight formulas and the AutoFormat Handle** are required.// Thirty-two formulas are required if you do NOT use the AutoFormat Handle. Moral of the story? Use the AutoFormat Handle : ) Needed formulas are underneath the image.


 * REMEMBER:** Select, Right Click and Format Cells to have 0 decimal places.


 * Action words required for this test:** sum, average, max, min

To be opened with Excel: To be opened with OpenOffice: And here is an image of the file, should you want to start fresh or do the formulas on paper:

Formula for cell B11: =SUM(B6:B10) Formula for cell B13: =AVERAGE(B6:B10) Formula for cell B14: =MAX(B6:B10) Formula for cell B15: =MIN(B6:B10) Formula for cell F6: =sum(b6:e6) Formula for cell G6: =average(b6:e6) Formula for cell H6: =max(b6:e6) Formula for cell I6 "eye six": =min(b6:e6)
 * Quarterly Formulas (you may, but do not need, to capitalize formulas - both ways are shown below):**
 * Annual **** Formulas: **

The number shown after typing the formula in cell F11 should be 247578 The number shown after typing the formula in cell G9 should be 4050
 * Numbers given to CHECK your work:**

The number shown after typing the formula in cell E11 should be 65077

The number shown after typing the formula in cell F13 should be 49516

The number shown after typing the formula in cell I8 ("eye 8") should be 18467

The number shown after typing the formula in cell D14 should be 28546

The number shown after typing the formula in cell B15 should be 3575

We discussed some of these photos in class: Ocean Photography of Interest - Award-wining photos @http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/underwater-photo-contest-unveils-rare-image/
 * January 8 **

This is the spreadsheet that we used today in class. Some of the needed formulas are underneath. Formulas for this spreadsheet:
 * Cell H7 tells us Allie Arnold's marking period average. To find the average, we entered =average(b7:g7)
 * Cell B18 tells us the class average for Quiz 1. To find the average, we entered =average(b7:b16)
 * Cell B19 tells us the minimum grade for Quiz 1. To find the minimum, we entered =min(b7:b16)
 * Cell B20 tells us the maximum grade for Quiz 1. To find the maximum, we entered =max(b7:b16)

We also learned about the AutoFormat Handle. It can save you time, but, if used inappropriately, it can destroy your data.


 * January 7 - Spreadsheets (formulas and automatic recalculation) **

Columns are labeled as letters and rows are labeled as numbers. Cells are named by letter first, then number. For example, C7, E15 and so on.

//Formulas:// (no spaces in formulas)
 * All formulas start with =
 * Then, type the mathematical action (sum, average, etc.)
 * Select the cells required to complete the action.
 * Ex.: =average(b2:b4)

//Automatic Recalculation:// using formulas allows Excel (or OpenOffice Calc) to change all answers if data within the spreadsheet is changed. You do not have to tell the program to recalculate.

Hitting Enter within a spreadsheet moves the selection DOWN. Hitting Tab within a spreadsheet moves the selection RIGHT. Hitting Backspace places a cursor within the current cell.

The safest way to maneuver around the grid is using the arrow keys.

Below is the spreadsheet that we created in class today. The colored cells contain FORMULAS, not just typed-in numbers.

For example, in cell B5, the formula is =average(B2:B4) If any of the grades in the B column change, then the new average will automatically recalculate and appear in cell B5.

The formula for cells E2 is =average(B2:D2) If any of the grades in Row 2 change, then the new average will automatically recalculate and appear in cell E2.

Cell E5 has three possible formula answers - you can use the cells in Column E OR Row 5 OR cells B2 to D4 in your formula.




 * December 19 - North Pole Project **

Your task is, using directions given below, to create your representation of the North Pole - Santa's place, of course. This is NOT a group project and you will have ** no time to waste. Before you draw a line, SAVE as north_pole. **


 * MUST COMPLETE DRAWING (planning document) IN CLASS ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 18. If you are absent, you must arrive with a drawing on Monday, December 22.**

The following buildings are required of you. Your grade on this project will come from your plan/drawing on paper and my measuring of the buildings and confirming dimensions of what you build. Where you place the buildings in relationship to each other is up to you.


 * Remember:**
 * VIEW is important.
 * Build foundations only in TOP VIEW. All lines that you draw ( in TOP view!) need to be red or green before you type the measurement. [" for inches, ' for feet]
 * You canNOT download the buildings - you must create them yourself. Do NOT download ANYTHING until **all of the required items from the directions below** are complete.
 * Once you complete the **required items**, you may certainly embellish your North Pole with downloaded components, but bear in mind - the more you download, the longer it will take to save and freezing issues are more likely to occur.

//**Directions:**//

Required items - tip: complete ALL buildings first, then create doors and windows on the buildings. **Do not create a yard** (a big rectangle from TOP view) until all buildings have been placed:


 * 1. Santa's House:**
 * 25' by 35' foundation
 * 10' walls
 * 8' peaked roof
 * Two standard sized doors (3' by 7') and windows wherever you like.
 * 2. Reindeer Stable:**
 * 20' by 40' foundation
 * 12' walls
 * 9' peaked roof
 * **Two** 6' by 7' barn door (one rectangle) and **two** standard sized doors.
 * 3. Toy Workshop:**
 * 30' by 70' foundation
 * 20' walls
 * 10' peaked roof
 * **Two** Standard sized doors (single or double - must have two entrance/exit points) and windows.
 * 4. Sleigh Barn:**
 * 15' by 25' foundation
 * 10' walls
 * 5' peaked roof
 * 6' by 7' barn door, one standard sized door and windows wherever you like.
 * 5. Elf Cottages** - **TEN** (tip - I highly recommend that you **create one**, then, from TOP VIEW, select, copy, paste and move or rotate as needed):
 * 10' by 10' foundation
 * 6' walls
 * 3' peaked roof
 * **Two** 1.5' x 4' door(s) and windows wherever you like.
 * 6. Elf Dormatory, Cafeteria and Rec Center (all one building):**
 * 25' by 70' foundation
 * 14' walls
 * 9' peaked roof
 * **Two** 1.5' x 4' door(s) and windows wherever you like.
 * **One** standard sized door (so Santa can attend parties)

Remember: when in doubt, CHECK YOUR MEASUREMENTS with the Tape Measure tool.

SAVE EARLY AND OFTEN!

Michaela's work in animation shared with you - Soccer Paddle: @http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/40352126/


 * December 8 - Review for your test tomorrow! **


 * Here are your coices for each of the 19 tools on the screenshot:**


 * Offset Select Move Push/Pull Eraser Zoom Extents Line Tape Measure Paint Bucket Zoom**


 * Arc Polygon Rotate Orbit Rectangle Pan Scale Circle Text**


 * And what is the point where the axes begin called? __origin__**



Correct order: 1 Select 2 Eraser 3 Line 4 Rectangle 5 Circle 6 Polygon 7 Arc 8 Push/Pull 9 Offset 10 Move 11 Rotate 12 Scale 13 Tape Measure 14 Text 15 Paint Bucket 16 Orbit 17 Pan 18 Zoom 19 Zoom Extents

Posted: 11/18/2014 11:00 am EST Updated: 11/18/2014 11:01 am EST Written by Tamara Star, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Creator of the 40 day personal reboot for women. Life Coach, Speaker, Writer <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">I often teach about happiness and what has become exceedingly clear is this: There are seven qualities chronically unhappy people have mastered.
 * <span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 1.5;">7 Habits of Chronically Unhappy People **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">According to //<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; text-decoration: none;">Psychology Today //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">, University of California researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky states: "40 percent of our of our capacity for happiness is within our power to change." <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">If this is true and it is, there's hope for us all. There are billions of people on our planet and clearly some are truly happy. The rest of us bounce back and forth between happiness and unhappiness depending on the day. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Throughout the years, I've learned there are certain traits and habits chronically unhappy people seem to have mastered. But before diving in with you, let me preface this and say: we all have bad days, even weeks when we fall down in all seven areas. **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The difference between a happy and unhappy life is how often and how long we stay there. **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> **Here are the 7 qualities of chronically unhappy people.**

** 1. Your default belief is that life is hard. ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy people know life can be hard and tend to bounce through hard times with an attitude of curiosity versus victimhood. They take responsibility for how they got themselves into a mess, and focus on getting themselves out of it as soon as possible.Perseverance towards problem versus complaining over circumstances is a symptom of a happy person. Unhappy people see themselves as victims of life and stay stuck in the "look what happened to me" attitude versus finding a way through and out the other side. ** 2. You believe most people can't be trusted. ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">I won't argue that healthy discernment is important, but most happy people are trusting of their fellow man. They believe in the good in people, versus assuming everyone is out to get them. Generally open and friendly towards people they meet, happy people foster a sense of community around themselves and meet new people with an open heart. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Unhappy people are distrustful of most people they meet and assume that strangers can't be trusted. Unfortunately this behavior slowly starts to close the door on any connection outside of an inner-circle and thwarts all chances of meeting new friends. ** 3. You concentrate on what's wrong in this world versus what's right. ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">There's plenty wrong with this world, no arguments here, yet unhappy people turn a blind eye to what's actually right in this world and instead focus on what's wrong. You can spot them a mile away, they'll be the ones complaining and responding to any positive attributes of our world with "yeah but". <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy people are aware of global issues, but balance their concern with also seeing what's right. I like to call this keeping both eyes open. Unhappy people tend to close one eye towards anything good in this world in fear they might be distracted from what's wrong. Happy people keep it in perspective. They know our world has problems and they also keep an eye on what's right. ** 4. You compare yourself to others and harbor jealousy. ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Unhappy people believe someone else's good fortune steals from their own. They believe there's not enough goodness to go around and constantly compare yours against theirs. This leads to jealousy and resentment. Happy people know that your good luck and circumstance are merely signs of what they too can aspire to achieve. Happy people believe they carry a unique blueprint that can't be duplicated or stolen from -- by anyone on the planet. They believe in unlimited possibilities and don't get bogged down by thinking one person's good fortune limits their possible outcome in life. ** 5. You strive to control your life. ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">There's a difference between control and striving to achieve our goals. Happy people take steps daily to achieve their goals, but realize in the end, there's very little control over what life throws their way. Unhappy people tend to micromanage in effort to control all outcomes and fall apart in dramatic display when life throws a wrench in their plan. Happy people can be just as focused, yet still have the ability to go with the flow and not melt down when life delivers a curve-ball. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">The key here is to be goal-oriented and focused, but allow room for letting [negative things] happen without falling apart when the best laid plans go awry - because they will. Going with the flow is what happy people have as plan B. ** 6 You consider your future with worry and fear. ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">There's only so much rent space between your ears. Unhappy people fill their thoughts with what could go wrong versus what might go right. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy people take on a healthy dose of delusion and allow themselves to daydream about what they'd like to have life unfold for them. Unhappy people fill that head space with constant worry and fear. Happy people experience fear and worry, but make an important distinction between feeling it and living it. When fear or worry crosses a happy person's mind, they'll ask themselves if there's an action they can be taken to prevent their fear or worry from happening (there's responsibility again) and they take it. If not, they realize they're spinning in fear and they lay it down. ** 7. You fill your conversations with gossip and complaints. ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Unhappy people like to live in the past. What's happened to them and life's hardships are their conversation of choice. When they run out of things to say, they'll turn to other people's lives and gossip. Happy people live in the now and dream about the future. You can feel their positive vibe from across the room. They're excited about something they're working on, grateful for what they have and dreaming about the possibilities of life. Obviously none of us are perfect. We're all going to swim in negative waters once in a while, but what matters is how long we stay there and how quickly we work to get ourselves out. Practicing positive habits daily is what sets happy people apart from unhappy people, not doing everything perfectly. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11.5pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Walk, fall down, get back up again, repeat. It's in the getting back up again where all the difference resides.

Star, Tamara. __7 Habits of Chronically Unhappy People.__ The Huffington Post. 18 Nov. 2014 <[]>.


 * November 26 **

Using 20 columns and 15 rows, add 15 terms to the text box that are synonymous with Thanksgiving. Type in your last name IN ALL CAPS as one of the terms so we will know 'whose is whose' when they print.

Create and print your puzzle.

@http://www.puzzle-maker.com/WS/index.htm


 * November 25 **

Criterion for English Class: criterion.ets.org - put login info on your Login Sheet!

@https://criterion.ets.org/criterion/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fcriterion


 * November 20 **


 * Company Logos Project **

In Word, create a document with 2" company logos at left and a few sentences to the right of each logo, explaining your design choices. The title, of course - "Company Logos"


 * Save the document as P#companies_lastname (Ex.: 4companies_jones), upload to Google Drive and share with me as "can edit"***


 * November 17 **
 * Personal Logo Project**

MLA formatted paper that includes a logo that represents you, plus two paragraphs **describing every aspect of the logo.**


 * Save as P#personal_lastname, upload to Google Drive and share with me as "can edit"***

There are three requirements for this project:

**Part 1:** Sketching your Logo. Think about logos of companies that you know. Whether it's a soft drink or clothing company, a logo is a graphical representation of that company. You look for the logo to know what you are getting. Your job is to thinking about what **shapes you doodle** and what **colors represent yo**u. In an approximately 3" by 3" area, draw YOUR logo. **Keep it simple** in design and color. If you want to color it, do so for homework, but you can just write the colors that you will use next to each area of your logo.

**Part 2:** We will be taking the sketches and re-creating them digitally using GIMP - **every piece goes on its own layer!**

**Part 3:** We will then type a very descriptive paragraph about your logo, explaining each shape and color as to how they represent you. You will write your paragraph as if **it will be read by someone who knows nothing about you** yet.

Once the document is printed and on your locker,


 * November 12 - 14 **


 * Personality Test Lesson **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> __ht tp://www.celebritytypes.com/ __ (overview page of various personality types) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Option A:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.celebritytypes.com/test.php (the test) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Option B:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> __ @http://www.personalitypage.com/html/careers.html __ (After taking the test and getting your personality type, go on this site to look up careers based on your Myers Briggs Personality Type)  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">** Option C: ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp (Yes/No test)
 * Overview:**


 * November 10 **

Yet another reminder:

1. Be sure ** margins ** are 1" all around. (Page Layout Tab. While you are here, change the After spacing to 0) 2. Set ** font ** to TNR size 12 Regular (Home Tab)  3. Set ** line spacing ** to 2.0 (Home Tab)  4. ** SAVE ** the document. (File>Save, Save Icon, or Ctrl S) CHOOSE FOLDER CAREFULLY! Then use Ctrl S to SAVE EARLY AND OFTEN!
 * //BEFORE YOU EVEN TYPE YOUR NAME in Microsoft Word://**


 * November 5 **

Today we completed our Waldo lesson and took a side trip to the Great Wall of China on Bing. Search "aerial view of great wall of china" in Bing, then click Images. Some facts that we acquired about the Great Wall: over 13,000 miles long and was worked on for over 1,500 years! We discussed two key points: 1. Walls used to be enough to protect a country. 2. Some feuds of people in other parts of the world span well over 1,000 years. Hard to imagine both points in today's world.

Upon completion of the Waldo images, we moved on to Wedding Image. With this image we performed **colorization** - adding appropriate color to a black and white image.The focus was on **opacity -** the level of transparency of an layer. Subtle is best - you can always add more color, but it is prudent to add a little at a time, clicking the mouse often, so that if you must undo an action, you will not lose all of your editing.

Three images are needed for this lesson: Waldo, Great Wall of China, Golden Gate Bridge
 * November 4 - There's Waldo! Lesson **
 * Scale** - a proportion between two set of dimensions, according to the proportions of an established scale of measurement.
 * Proportion** - a portion or part in its relation to the whole

A Fun House mirror shows you out of proportion. A human form standing next to a Skyscraper is out of scale.


 * October 31, Friday: Sudoku Puzzles - recommended by memory experts to keep your brain healthy! **




 * October 24, Friday **

Today we completed our Learning Layers Self Portrait.


 * Hexadecimal Code/Number:** a unique six digit code that identifies a specific color.




 * October 22, Wednesday **



All images that we work on in class are in Moodle under section 8, Graphic Design.
 * Gimp Toolbox**
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:mrstelnock/Toolbox review Sheet COMPLETED.pdf|Download]]
 * 70 KB
 * A link to an empty review sheet (note that the second to last line should read 31-34, NOT 30-34: [[file:toolbox study guide - blank lines.pdf]]
 * Graphic Design Vocabulary:**
 * OPACITY - scale of 1 to 100 and measures the transparency of a layer
 * RESOLUTION - the amount of information stored in an image file (72 is fine online, but min. 300 is needed to print)
 * PIXEL - the smallest piece of color/information in an image ex.: pixels per inch (ppi) means the # of dots of color in an inch.
 * Gimp is free graphic design software that you can install at home! Be CERTAIN to download Gimp and scan the file for viruses before installing, just to be on the safe side. Ask for parental help with this. We will be using Gimp all year long, so be sure to get it on your computer at home. If you do not have a computer at home, the classroom is open from 2:30-3:00pm for your use!

SAVE EARLY AND OFTEN!


 * October 20, Monday **

[] - feel free to make an account! The flashcard builder is great!
 * MLA VOCABULARY:**

MLA
Modern Language Association, formatting for composition and documentation of sources, used in everything but sciences (APA is used in the Sciences)

Title
Words capitalized, centered

Margins
1" (one inch) all around

Line Spacing
always double

Font
always 12, **Times New Roman**, Times, Arial

Organization of Works Cited
alpha order by last name, if there no author, alphabetized by title

Documentation of Sources
following the procedure to tell the reader exactly where you got the information you are discussing

Citation
same thing as documented source or source reference, also called parenthetical reference

Plagiarism
the process of copying another person's idea or written work and claiming it as original


 * October 16, Thursday **


 * Keyboarding:**


 * Net Words Per Minute (wpm after mistakes are deducted) Keyboard Grading Chart**

Every TWO mistakes = -1 word. Odd mistakes are 'freebies.'


 * **wpm** ||  **My Records**  ||
 * 35/+ = 100% ||  ||
 * 34 = 98% ||  ||
 * 33 = 96% ||  ||
 * 32 = 94% ||  ||
 * 31 = 92% ||  ||
 * 30 = 90% ||  ||
 * 29 = 89% ||  ||
 * 28 = 88% ||  ||
 * 27 = 87% ||  ||
 * 26 = 86% ||  ||
 * 25 = 85% ||  ||
 * 24 = 83% ||  ||
 * 23 = 82% ||  ||
 * 22 = 80% ||  ||
 * 21 = 79% ||  ||
 * 20 = 78% ||  ||
 * 19 = 77% ||  ||
 * 18 = 76% ||  ||
 * 17 = 75% ||  ||
 * 16 = 74% ||  ||
 * 15 = 73% ||  ||
 * 14 = 72% ||  ||
 * 13 = 71% ||  ||
 * 12 = 70% ||  ||
 * 11 = 68% ||  ||
 * 10 = 67% ||  ||
 * 9 = 65% ||  ||
 * 8 = 63% ||  ||
 * 7 = 62% ||  ||
 * 6 = 60% ||  ||
 * 5/- = 55% ||  ||
 * October 15, Wednesday **

Today is the day! We present to our rows. As each student presents, you will be grading each other on peer grade sheets that will be turned in at class end. Be thorough in your assessment of each other. Take your time and be honest. There will be times in your life when you will have to assess the performance of others. Be objective. It cannot matter if it is your cousin, lunch table buddy or someone you never talk to - be objective - grade the work, not the person.

Presenter __Score/Pts Possible__ ___ /9 pts Title Slide: Title, Name, School (3 pts per each item)__ ___ /21 pts Check for minimum of 7 slides. Tally here__ ___ and x 3__ ___ /20 pts Clear, relevant images (based on minimum of 5 images in the presentation)__ ___ /10 pts Citations under/near images on content slides for each of min. 5 images in presentation__ ___ /10 pts Citations for facts clearly given on content slides__ ___ /20 pts for Works Cited citations complete, formatted properly (all parts and Alpha. order)__ ___ /10 Enthusiasm in speech, eye contact with audience__


 * ___ Total Score and comments about presenter/presentation above right or on back.**


 * October 14, Tuesday **

This project began September 29 with individual deadlines posted to the Homework page.

Be ready to present to your row tomorrow. Don't forget to use the Example Speaker Note Script hand-out that was given in class today. If you were absent, there is a link to print one right on the Class Notes page.

Project Checklist:


 * Seven required slides (title, five content, summary) + Works Cited slide(s)
 * An image on each of the five content slides and on Summary slide if you choose.
 * Works Cited slide complete (that means alphabetical order and following the examples given in the MLA page of Class Notes.
 * Every picture should be a link and //use Arial 8 or 10 to cite under each image on your content slides//.
 * Every picture must be cited. (see Bennett College presentation for example)
 * All facts that you did NOT know prior to your research must be cited. (see Bennett College presentation for example)
 * Variety of slide layouts (meaning picture is not always in the same place on each slide).
 * Speaker Notes that give the audience MORE than what is on the slide. Make yourself integral to the presentation.

Have fun with it - it is about llamas, after all! : )

And...

"Get your speech written for your presentation. Be ready to present tomorrow. All citations [on slides and on Works Cited slide(s)] need to be complete.

An example of Speaker Notes will be on the Class Notes page today!"

And *poof* here it is: You can use index cards, a full sheet of paper or just written into your notebook, but here is a document that you can just fill in and use while you present to your row. Here we go!
 * Example Speaker Notes Script [[file:Example Speaker Notes Script.rtf]] This file will open in any version of Word and many other word processing software programs.**

While Title slide is on screen, say:

Good morning/afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen, My name is ___ and today I will be presenting the topic of__ ___.__ __By the end of my presentation, I hope that you will__ _, ___ and__ (give three expectations here), so let’s begin.

Slide 2 title Give MORE than what is on the slide:

_ _ _ Slide 3 Title Give MORE than what is on the slide:

_ _ _ Slide 4 Title Give MORE than what is on the slide:

_ _ _ Slide 5 Title Give MORE than what is on the slide:

_ _ _ Slide 6 Title Give MORE than what is on the slide:

_ _ _ Slide 7 Title **SUMMARY ( Be sure to restate the information that will lead to the success of your three expectations at the beginning of your presentation)** Give MORE than what is on the slide:

_ _ _ Thank you so much for your time and attention!


 * October 9, Thursday **

Presentations will occur on Wednesday. You will be presenting just to your row. Presentations will be graded based on all of the technical features we have discussed. If your citations are not finished, you have homework!
 * MLA Citations in the menu at left.**

This online example presentation shows you exactly how you are expected to place citations on your content slides (**for images and facts**) and on your **Works Cited** slide(s): []
 * October 8, Wednesday **

"All images in, citations in alphabetical order on Works Cited slide" - copied and pasted from Homework page, Oct. 8.
 * MLA Citations in the menu at left.**

If your images are not all in your Llama Presentation, you will have 5-10 minutes in class tomorrow to complete the task, but you should realize that you have homework (or after school work).
 * October 7, Tuesday **

At that point, we will place your citations into your presentation. **MLA Citations in the menu at left.** Llama presentations as of today: Images in, content organized in bulleted form


 * September 29, Monday **
 * Today** we began the study of MLA citations by clicking **MLA Citations in the menu at left**. We begin with citing images, the things online that you are likely stealing the most. Knowing what you know about intellectual property, any work of the mind is copyrighted and you do not have the right of use without giving credit where credit is due. ALWAYS cite images and any information that you did NOT know about your topic before beginning your research.


 * September 26, Friday **


 * Intellectual Property** - A work or invention that is a result of the creativity of the mind.

Why is everything not free and online? Copyright.


 * Copyright -** a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a **//tangible medium of expression//**. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works.

// The Congress shall have Power … To promote the Progress of Science // // and useful Arts, by securing for limited Tıes to Authors and Inventors // // the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries. // ~ United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8

FAQ about Copyright: []


 * September 24, Wednesday **

Real Life Stories Videos continued. Review for test for homework. All content from this page, Sept. 10 through today.


 * September 23, Tuesday **

We are watching, taking notes on, and discussing these videos in class. Please feel free to re-watch these videos whenever you wish at home. **If you are not in class during the viewing of any of the videos**, you are expected to //both// watch the videos and respond to each in your notebook either during 7th Period or at home. []
 * Internet Safety Videos**

Video Titles:

Your Photo Fate Survivor Diaries 6 Degrees of Information Broken Friendship Cyberbullying: You Can't Take it Back Julie's Journey AMy's Choice 2 Kinds of Stupid


 * In addition,** we watched //Tracking Teresa//, which you can view here.


 * September 19, Friday **

**Internet Safety Vocabulary for this unit:**

 * Blog** – A Web log, or blog, is an online journal or diary where writers, known as bloggers, may chronicle their daily lives or comment on news and popular culture. Blogs can be set up on social networking sites or on separate blogging websites, such as Xanga® and Blogger®. For more information about blogging, see [].


 * Bookmark** – A way to quickly access a favorite website by saving it in your browser.


 * Browser** – A program that allows users to view Web pages. Mozilla® Foxfire and Microsoft® Internet Explorer are examples of popular browsers.


 * Chat Acronym** – An acronym used to communicate, usually through instant (ex.: ASL = age, sex, location)


 * Chat Room** – An interactive forum where you can talk in real-time. The chat room is the place or location online where the chat is taking place. Many chat rooms are established so that people can discuss a common interest like music or movies. Criminals use chat rooms to meet future victims.


 * Cyberbullying** – Bullying through Internet applications and technologies such as instant messaging (IM), social networking sites, and cell phones. For more information about cyberbullying and its different forms, visit [].


 * CyberTipline®** – The Congressionally-mandated CyberTipline is operated by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. It is a means for reporting crimes against children, such as child sexual exploitation. It can be reached at [|www.cybertipline.com].


 * E-mail** (electronic mail) – A service that allows people to send messages with pictures and sounds from their computer to any other computer in the world. To send someone an e-mail message you need an e-mail account and to know the other person's e-mail address.


 * Geolocation Services** – Users may use these services to share their locations with their friends or with other users. Examples of these services include •Facebook Places® •Foursquare® •Gowalla®


 * Grooming** –This is the process predators use to manipulate minors into sexual relationships or into producing sexual images of themselves. It often includes the giving of compliments or gifts. For more information about predators and their tactics, visit [].


 * Hacker** – A popular term for someone who accesses computer information either legally or illegally.


 * Instant Messaging** – Through instant messaging (IM), users can quickly exchange messages with other online users, simulating a real-time conversation or “chat.” Messages appear almost instantly on the recipient’s monitor, and anyone designated as a “buddy” can participate.


 * Netiquette** – Courtesy, honesty, and polite behavior practiced on the Internet.


 * Profile** – Social media sites often call for users to create a profile where they share certain information, such as their real names, hobbies, and interests. Facebook® and MySpace® users create a profile when they join the sites.


 * Sexting** – The use of cell phones to send sexual messages, pictures, and videos. Smartphone - Unlike its more basic counterparts, smartphones have operating systems and allow users to run applications similar to those used on computers. For example, users may be able to view, create, and edit documents from a smartphone.


 * Social Media Sites** – Internet applications which are used to facilitate communication between users. These applications include: •Blogs and microblogs such as LiveJournal® and Twitter® •E-mail programs such as Gmail™, Yahoo!Mail®, and Hotmail® •Picture and video sharing sites such as Flickr®, Photobucket®, and YouTube® •**Social networking** sites such as Facebook®, MySpace®, and MyYearbook® •Virtual worlds such as Club Penguin®, Habbo®, and Nicktropolis®

//The above and below terms can be used interchangeably.//


 * Social Networking Site** – An online community where people from all over the world may meet and //share common interests//. These sites allow members to set up a profile, which may include information such as name, location, phone number, age, and gender. Often users will post pictures and videos. For more information about social networking, see [].


 * Trusted Adult -** a parent or another adult that you know is concerned about your best interest. This is the person or persons you go to when you have a problem or worry. You also want to share your good news with this person or people.


 * Webcam** – Webcams, also known as “cams,” are video cameras set up on home computers or laptops that can be accessed via the World Wide Web.

1. Make sure the words you use **online** are words that you would use **face-to-face**. 2. Avoid using the **Internet** to convey **upset** feelings. Do it in **person** instead. 3. Type all messages in **lowercase** letters. Typing in CAPITALS is considered **yelling** online. (stop using multiple punctuation marks - can be viewed as obnoxious) 4. **Respect** your own **privacy** and the privacy of others. 5. Never **harass, abuse, or threaten** others online. 6. If you **disagree** with someone, respond to the **subject**, not the person. 7. Always avoid using **racist or discriminatory** terms. 8. Don't spread rumors, gossip, or other **harmful** words about another person. 9. Use good **grammar** when writing to **authority** figures. 10. Obey the **law.** . . Summary: Megan's Law is a federal law passed in 1996 that authorizes local law enforcement agencies to notify the public about convicted sex offenders living, working or visiting their communities. Megan's Law was inspired by the case of seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who moved across the street from the family. The Kanka family fought to have local communities warned about sex offenders in the area. The New Jersey legislature passed Megan's Law in 1994.
 * September 11, Thursday **
 * Top 10 Online Manners - Learn the Rules! These apply to the Offline World, too!**
 * Top 10 Online Manners - Learn the Rules! These apply to the Offline World, too!**
 * September 10, Wednesday **
 * September 10, Wednesday **
 * INTERNET SAFETY UNIT**
 * Megan's Law Origin:**

[]**-** National Sex Offender Registry. Remember, this site is a database of those that have served their time. The information is to make you, your family and neighbors aware so that you do not put yourself in potential harm's way.

For more information: []= . Summary: The idea for an early warning system was conceived in 1996 as a memorial to nine-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and later brutally murdered.
 * Amber Alert Origin:**

[] . Mrs. Clark's Assignment: @http://homeworktips.about.com/library/brainquiz/bl_leftrightbrain_quiz.htm . Megan's Law Web sites: []**-** National Sex Offender Registry. Remember, this site is a database of those that have served their time. The information is to make you, your family and neighbors aware so that you do not put yourself in potential harm's way. . PA Megan's Law: [] .
 * September 5, Friday **
 * Eighth Grade MLA Requirements:**

//**BEFORE YOU EVEN TYPE YOUR NAME:**//
1. Be sure **margins** are 1" all around. (Page Layout Tab. While you are here, change the After spacing to 0) 2. Set **font** to TNR size 12 Regular (Home Tab) 3. Set **line spacing** to 2.0 (Home Tab) 4. **SAVE** the document. (File>Save, Save Icon, or Ctrl S) CHOOSE FOLDER CAREFULLY! Then use Ctrl S to SAVE EARLY AND OFTEN!.
 * Google Drive does the saving for you but check to see that the message "all changes saved to drive" appears on top before closing a document or logging out.
 * September 3, Wednesday **


 * Multiple Intelligences** (MI) - there are eight.

=**What Kind of Smart Are You?**=

Verbal Linguistic:
====story telling, journaling, pre-reading word and letter recognition====

Musical Rhythmic:
====singing, humming, chanting, playing with instruments, role-play to enact stories and patterns====

Logical Mathematical:
====puzzles, manipulative, pattern games, number sequences====

Visual Spatial:
====painting, drawing, multimedia, visual rich activities====

Bodily Kinesthetic:
====dance, aerobic exercise, drama, role playing, sculpturing====

Naturalist:
====outdoor nature collecting, mapping, comparison of natural elements====

Intrapersonal:
====self paced independent work and exploration, reflection====

Interpersonal:
====cooperative/partner activities, sharing, explaining, demonstrating====

//**SURVEY TIME!**//


 * In your notebook, write today's date. Write "Multiple Intelligences Survey Code:"**

//Once your notebook is ready//, follow instructions and go to: Multiple Intelligences Survey Follow instructions.

To view your survey results in the future, go to **@http://bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/results/results.cfm**
 * Once you complete the survey and your chart appears, be SURE to write down IN YOUR NOTEBOOK the CODE for your personal chart.**

. . . This assignment will be your first grade of the quarter and will be assessed as a seven question quiz as there are seven parts. This will be your first guided experience in public speaking of this school year. You are to choose a topic that you would love to learn about (does not have to be classroom related!) and describe to your audience what your ideal learning environment for that particular topic would be. Your finished speech should be not longer than one page. A hand-drawn image will accompany your speech as a visual aid. You will not be graded on your drawing skills, just the speech. . Good writing includes as many of the five senses as possible, so try to incorporate the senses (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch) into your speech. Bring your audience into the environment. . //Remember the Lucky 7:// . 1. Know your audience. 2. Greet your audience. 3. Introduce yourself (full name) and give credentials. 4. Introduce topic and give [audience] expectation(s). 5. Deliver the content. 6. Review the content and the [audience] expectation(s). 7. Thank audience. .
 * We will take this survey again in June to see how your brain has changed!**
 * August 29, Friday **
 * Ideal Learning Environment**

//__**Archived information below. You are NOT RESPONSIBLE for any information below this announcement.**__//

[]
 * April 28**

All movies were to be finished (recorded, saved as .wmv files and shared with me on Google Docs today, barring technical issues of microphones. Individual classes were given specific instructions as to recording issues. As frustrating as it is for you that there are so few computers on which you can record, it is more frustrating that I have no replacement headsets for next year - members of the class of 2014 have broken 50% of the working headsets that I have had for 3 years.

Have notebooks ready and IN CLASS every day, as we will be learning the language (yes, it is a language) of HTML as we move into Web design. Each day we will be adding 'new vocabulary' each day!


 * Mid-April to end of April, early May, depending on the class period:**


 * Movie Project:**

The goal of this project is to write a script and create images for a five minute movie. Items to consider before/as you write the script:


 * Genre (comedy, romance, etc. or any combination)
 * Setting:
 * Time (season, time of day, etc.)
 * Location
 * No more than three main characters – may have just one.
 * Must include dialogue – even if the character is talking to her/himself.
 * There must be a PROBLEM in the movie that needs to be resolved, a crisis of some sort and then a resolution, or catharsis, (a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension).

After the script is complete, you are to create a storyboard of the images that you will later create. REUSE IMAGES as often as possible.

Once I have approved the storyboard, you may begin creating your images. I will provide white paper to you after I see that you have completed your script.

Music will be be KEY in this project (keeping the volume low when you are speaking), as will the VOLUME of your VOICE as you narrate your movie. If I cannot hear you, you will lose at least 40 points on your grade.


 * Late March - Mid-April**:


 * Aesop's Fable Photo Story Assignment** - READ ENTIRELY, probably 2 or 3 times... Due dates will vary according to class period. Last due date will be approximately April 13.

STEP 1: (this may take half the class period) After reading several (that means at least 6) Traditional Version fables (NOT the Modern Versions) from the Web sites listed in this section of Moodle, choose a fable that you especially like. Again, PICK A FABLE that you like. Ever fable has a moral to the story - it should be a moral that you think is important for people to learn.

STEP 2: Copy the TEXT of the Fable and paste it into Notepad. This will be the text of your new Photo Story. Save as 'fable' to your flash drive.

STEP 3: Fold a sheet of white paper (on podium) into thirds and then in thirds again, to make NINE SECTIONS. DRAW A STORY BOARD (a picture plan) on the white paper for your Aesop's Fable Photo Story - show the progression of the story in pictures. NUMBER EACH PICTURE to show the order. The images you draw should NOT be copies of the images on the Web site, but your own original work. Nine pictures maximum.

STEP 4: You will create your title slide should have two parts - (1) the title of your Aesop's Fable and (2) Adapted by Your Name. DO THE TYPING IN PHOTOSTORY - just do the background for the title slide and then the images as you drew them in your story board.

STEP 5: Import your pictures into PhotoStory. Add text to slides in PhotoStory. SAVE PROJECT.

NOTES:
 * All images should be 800 pixels wide, by 600 pixels high.
 * You may make 800x600 rectangles of color in GIMP or PhotoShop Elements, save as .jpgs, import into PhotoStory and add text in PhotoStory. I would do this for the title slide, if nothing else.

- Period 4: Start Aesop's Fable assignment today.
 * Mar. 17 - Periods 1, 2, 5, 6: last day to work on Pres 2** - homework Mon, Tues, Wed - until 11:55PM on Wed. night.

- **Period 4: last day to work on Pres 2** in class - homework Mon, Tues, Wed - until 11:55PM on Wed. night.
 * Mar. 16 - LAST DAY TO PRINT** for Pres. 2


 * Mar. 15 - Business Cards**


 * If you do not have Word at home, which has a business card template:**
 * Create card in GIMP or Adobe P.E.
 * 3.5 inches wide by 2 inches high
 * Use rectangle marquee tool to create a rectangle JUST inside your image and do the following. This will give you a line on which to cut your cards.
 * Edit>Stroke
 * Select 1 or 2 pixel width
 * OK
 * can include the following:
 * logo
 * name and position
 * company name
 * address (no nonsense)
 * phone number (be sure to include area code)
 * e-mail address (name@yourwebsite.com)
 * Web site (yourwebsite.com)
 * SAVE AS GIMP or Adobe PE file (to preserve layers) and then SAVE AS .jpg, too.
 * Go to StarOffice Writer:
 * change your margins (Format>Page) to .5" all around
 * Insert>Picture>From File - browse for your business card .jpg & insert it. Move it to upper left.
 * Copy & Paste until you have two columns of five cards.
 * Print 3 pages so that you will have 30 business cards to hand out.


 * Mar. 1 (Presentation 2 due March 17 - presentations begin March 18)**


 * Presentation 2 Checklist for your Invention (Good/Service) Presentation**

Check off the box in front of each item as you complete it. There are blank areas for you to write-in your own goals.
 * All slides must have the same design and font.
 * TITLE SLIDE must have:
 * Title of invention (product or service)
 * Your name and job title
 * Company logo
 * Do NOT put My Invention on your slide
 * Every other slide must have:
 * A title
 * An image
 * BULLETS of words or phrases, NOT full sentences!
 * ALL IMAGES MUST BE OF YOUR CREATION – NO INTERNET IMAGES
 * Explain:
 * WHAT the product/service is
 * WHY the product/service is needed
 * HOW the product/service works
 * Have a complete Backstory (remember, you are an adult, in the future!)
 * how did you get to the position you are in?
 * A little bit about your family perhaps
 * Your educational background – degrees, work experience, whatever
 * SPELL CHECK! GRAMMAR CHECK!
 * 12-18 slides
 * **TWO** graphic organizers
 * **TWO** charts
 * Identifiable beginning, middle and end.
 * My own goals:**


 * Feb. 8**

On Friday we worked on our "My Logo" project. We will not be submitting this assignment in class until TUESDAY when I am here - don't worry about it until then.


 * Your assignment today** was to create THREE SEPARATE LOGOS for each of three businesses. Please see Moodle for the complete assignment directions so you can work on it if you are absent today. The Assignment is named "COMPANY LOGOS ASSIGNMENT for February 8, 2010."


 * //This is the assignment sheet from class today://**

Today you will be completing at least two logos for the companies below DURING THIS CLASS PERIOD. We will have some time tomorrow to finish the third and to submit the work then. **You are not going to submit the work today.** WORK ON YOUR OWN.
 * Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen! Please show your teacher what WONDERFUL students you are today.**
 * You will be creating TWO or THREE logos today, one for each fictional company name below - so make the logos in any order. We will complete the last one of your choice tomorrow. I wrote a description of each business to help give you some ideas:**
 * 1) **Stan's Steak House** - this is a very popular restaurant, serving many different types of food, but is best known for its steak, potato and corn-on-the-cob dinners. It is located in Texas in a large city.
 * 2) **The Tumble Inn** - this motel is located in the heart of desert Arizona. It is located off a major highway and gets mostly one-night stay travelers who are on their way to somewhere else. On the walk from your car to room you might see snakes and/or lizards!
 * 3) **Einstein Preschool** - this preschool is located in New York City and accepts children ages 3 to 5. It is named after the famous genius, Albert Einstein.
 * Here are the requirements for each image:**
 * File>New>set Size to 3 inches by 3 inches. Click the dropdown and change from pixels to inches BEFORE you type '3' in height and width areas. (Be sure resolution is 72)
 * Company name MUST be in the image and must be the ONLY words in the image.
 * Put EACH ITEM on its OWN LAYER.
 * SAVE EARLY AND OFTEN to your flash drives - save as GIMP files right away, and as .jpg when finished.


 * Feb. 5**

Today we completed our logo and some submitted. We will not be submitting this assignment in class again until TUESDAY when I am here - don't worry about it until then.


 * Feb. 4**


 * HOMEWORK: My Logo Assignment - sketch was assigned for tonight.**

Part 1: This assignment is in three parts, with Part 1 for homework - sketching your logo. Think about logos of companies that you know. Whether it's a soft drink or clothing company, a logo is a graphical representation of that company. You look for the logo to know what you are getting. Your job is to thinking about what shapes you doodle and what colors you like, or that you think represent you. In an approximately 3" by 3" area, draw YOUR logo. Keep it simple in design and color. If you want to color it, do so, but you can just write the colors that you will use next to each area of your logo.

Part 2: We will be taking the sketches and re-creating them digitally using GIMP.

Part 3: We will then type a very descriptive paragraph about your logo, explaining each shape and color as to how they represent you. You will write your paragraph as if it will be read by a new friend - someone who knows nothing about you yet.


 * Feb. 3**


 * //Flash drives are REQUIRED as of SEPTEMBER '09!//** What is the surprise, and why the attitude, when I ask where yours is?


 * Great Wall of China & Waldo**

Using the two images below, place Waldo (scale height to 20 pixels) in the dark arched doorway of the tower. Your image should look something like the one below. Image of Waldo (waldo.jpg) Great Wall of China Image (greatwall.jpg)


 * Feb. 2 - Seascape, Sailboat, Sailor, Oh My!**

Today we combined three images to make one. Using the following three images in Moodle, section 10, Graphic Design>Image Files: We created one similar to this one (directions below):
 * [[image:http://www.moodle.dunmoreschooldistrict.net/pix/f/image.gif caption="Resource"]] Seascape Image ||
 * [[image:http://www.moodle.dunmoreschooldistrict.net/pix/f/image.gif caption="Resource"]] Sailboat Image ||
 * [[image:http://www.moodle.dunmoreschooldistrict.net/pix/f/image.gif caption="Resource"]] sailor image ||

TIPS FOR SUCCESS for this project:
 * Before you make ANY changes, be certain to SAVE each image as a GIMP file so that you preserve your original .jpg file!
 * Do not make any changes to the background layers of any image. Duplicate the background layer.
 * SAILOR image: Use the Fuzzy Select Tool (magic wand) to select the white area & delete it. Use the eraser to clean up any rough edges.
 * SAILBOAT image: Use the Free Select Tool (lasso) to trace around the boat. Use the eraser to clean up any rough edges.
 * **TO DE-SELECT**: either Select>None or Ctrl+Shift+A


 * To move images:**

Select the title bar of the image to be moved. Ctrl+A selects all. Ctrl+C copies. Then, click the title bar of the image to receive the other image. Ctrl+V, and click New Layer icon on Layers Dialogue box.


 * Jan. 27 - HEXADECIMAL NUMBERS AND LAYERS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN**

Below is a screen shot of our layers lesson today.Note that the Layers dialog box is at the left. Below the completed image are directions that take you step-by-step to create your own multi-layer image with GIMP.



1. **File**>New>800x600>Advanced>Transparency 2. When the new image opens, click on the **Dialogs** menu and select **Layers** 3. At the bottom of the layers menu is a new layer icon (looks like a white sheet of paper). Click it, name it 'white' and select 'white' below. 4. Click New Layer icon again, this time naming it 'head' and selecting 'transparency' below. 5. Select the paint brush tool, size 1, and select black from the foreground color tool. (hexadecimal number for black is 000000) Draw the outline of a head. 6. Click New Layer icon, 'transparency' this and every time from now on, and name it iris. Change the foreground color to your desired eye color and, using the paintbrush tool again, draw the irises. 7. Continue creating layers to match the layer names shown above, drawing each item as you see it. SKIP LENSES for now. 8. When you are finished from the head to the hair, click New Layer icon, name it 'lenses,' choose 'transparency' and then select brown or black from the foreground color picker. We are about to make the tinted lenses. 9. Change brush **Scale** to cover the opening of the glasses - it's ok if you go too big - you can always erase extra. 10. Click over each eye area until you are happy with the degree of tint. While still on the lenses layer, use the **eraser tool** to get rid of any unwanted tint. Move the lenses layer BELOW the glasses layer and you are finished.


 * Jan. 26 - GRAPHIC DESIGN BEGINS!**

We discussed using **gimp** as our first graphic design software. It is located at http://www.gimp.org/ if you would like to use it at home. If you are nervous about computer viruses or if you parents do not want you to download anything, I can move the file to your flash drive during homeroom.


 * 2nd QUARTER ENDS JAN. 21**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Jan. 4** **- Jan 25** - ** Test on SketchUp tools Jan. 8 ** - posted to Homework page on Jan. 5


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We officially began Google SketchUp! which is a 3D Modeling Environment software, totally FREE so use it at home as well! Here is the link: @http://sketchup.google.com/** Use SketchUp's Help Menu (link takes you online) for assistance at home.

Projects in Class this week (added as we go):


 * Barn
 * Gymnasium
 * Dome
 * Silo with dome added to Barn project
 * Dunmore Middle School Entrance
 * House Plan
 * House (complete with interior and exterior walls and finishes)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You were asked to write the following notes in your notebook (to be used as needed during project creation) and to DRAW THE TOOL next to each title. Tools will be added to this list as we learn them.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pencil tool **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(draw tool): Draws lines which create new areas <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Move tool **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): used in peaked roof creation, MOVES objects <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Paint Bucket **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): Opens the materials palette <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Orbit **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): Allows spinning the entire environment along the origin (meeting point of all three planes/axes) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tape Measure **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): Measures distance <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pan **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): Moves your view <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Circle Tool **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): circular object creation, the first step for cylinders, cones and domes (or bowls) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Offset Tool **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.8pt;"> start with this tool on edge of a circle to create an outer ring - needed for bowls and domes. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Select **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): An arrow that allows you to 'activate' a specific area or region <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Scale **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ( draw cube with dots at every interse ction and in the middle of each line<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">): proportionately changes size of selected object <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rotate **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): allows you to select an axi s and rotate selected object on that axis, angles can be selected with the protractor <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Follow Me tool **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (draw tool): located on the Tool Menu, when a selection is related to another point, the selected area 'follows' the action of the mouse
 * SketchUp Tools ** :
 * Rectangle tool (draw tool): ** Creates foundations, doors, windows, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Push/Pull tool **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">(draw tool): Creates height, below-grade (in-ground pool)


 * Month of December: Presentations**


 * Nov. 17**


 * USE GOOGLE DOCS** ( http://docs.dunmorestudents.net ) to practice formulas if you have no other spreadsheet software on your computer. login: lastname2014, pw: PINbucks
 * Figure out the formulas needed** for columns G, H and I, and for rows 18 and 20 and answer questions in Moodle.
 * COMMAS: Be sure to select cells B13 to I20**, right click, format cells and select 1,234 to assure that commas will appear in your spreadsheet.
 * ON THE TEST:** You will be required to type numbers with commas, also, COMPLETE formulas - remember: all formulas begin with =.




 * Nov. 4 - 16**


 * Spreadsheets**

We use StarOffice Calc in school, but you may have Microsoft Excel at home. Both are very similar and can accomplish the same tasks.

Please view the image of the Silly Nilly Spreadsheet below (that we did in class) and see the notes that follow:



Spreadsheet software is useful for many reasons **-** formulas allow for automatic recalculation. Formulas also eliminate the need for calculators and allow for complex calculations.

Some examples of formulas in the above spreadsheet are:

Cell F6: =sum(B6:E6) Cell B14: =average(B6:B11) Cell G6: =average(B6:E6) Cell B15: =maximum(B6:B11) Cell H6: =maximum(B6:E6) Cell B16: =minimum(B6:B11) Cell I6: =minimum(B6:E6)

Charts are a logical progression from spreadsheets. Charts allow clear display of information for people, without needing spreadsheet knowledge. Charts can be in color or in black and white, but the most important objective of a chart is to be CLEAR and easy to understand for all.

Charts need three things:
 * 1) A descriptive title
 * 2) data labels
 * 3) numbers/data

The chart wizard makes chart creation easy and editable. The chart icon in StarOffice Calc looks like a pie chart.


 * Oct. 28 - Nov. 2**


 * Module 3: Evaluating Sources**


 * Evaluate:** to determine significance or worth by careful appraisal and study.

This module will focus on locating, evaluating, and citing print and electronic sources.


 * After completing this section of TILT, you should be able to:**


 * **locate items in the library using call numbers**
 * **determine if the library has an article using a citation**
 * **recognize the different parts of a URL**
 * **evaluate sources using the criteria discussed**
 * **list ways to avoid plagiarism**
 * **describe when to cite a source**
 * **recognize the different parts of a citation**


 * Two major classification systems that your library might use**: the [|Dewey Decimal System] with call numbers that begin with numbers, and the [|Library of Congress (LC) Classification System] with call numbers that begin with letters. **You do NOT need to memorize the names of all of the subject categories!**


 * Dewey Decimal System**, often used by schools and public libraries, is based on ten general topics represented by numbers (You do NOT need to memorize the names of all of the subject categories!):

000 Generalities 100 Philosophy 200 Religion 300 Social sciences 400 Language 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 600 Technology (Applied sciences) 700 The Arts 800 Literature & rhetoric 900 Geography & history

These general categories are further subdivided into more specific topics. **For example**, the book Teleworking has the call number 331.25 T269 1998:

300 - Social Sciences 330 - Economics 331 - Labor Economics 331.2 - Compensation and other conditions of employment 331.25 - Including telecommuting


 * Library of Congress (LC) Classification System,** used by many academic libraries use the which is divided into 21 branches of knowledge represented by letters (You do NOT need to memorize the names of all of the subject categories!):

A - General works B - Philosophy C - Auxiliary sciences of history D - History (general) E-F - History (Americas) G - Geography H - Social sciences J - Political science K - Law L - Education M - Music N - Visual arts P - Language and literature Q - Science R - Medicine S - Agriculture T - Technology U - Military science V - Naval science Z - Bibliography; library science

Each branch is divided into more specific topics represented by combinations of letters and numbers. For example,the book Teleworking has the call number HD 2336.3 B523 1995:

H - Social sciences and business HD - Economic history and conditions 2321 - 4730 - Industry 2331 - 2336 - Household Industry 2336.3 - Telecommuting


 * How do you search for items in the catalog?** Most library catalogs allow you to search by author, title or subject. Some require you to use special commands or enter terms in a specific way.

If looking for this article: "Gossip on the web: Truth, lies and cyberspace." The Economist 351.8116 (April 24, 1999): 84. Search: Economist (not "Truth, lies and cyberspace")


 * Search by:**


 * Author:** search last name first

If looking for books by: Vinton Cerf Search: cerf, vinton


 * Title:** drop the first article (a, an, the)

If looking for the book: The Complete Internet User's Guide Search: Complete Internet User's Guide


 * Subject:** use subject headings

If looking for books about: the history of the Internet Search: Internet (Computer network)--History


 * Most URLs** include the name and type of organization sponsoring the page. The type of organization is identified by a three-letter code called a "top level domain name." Here are some of the most common domains you will find:

Even though a page comes from an educational institution, it does not mean the institution endorses the views expressed there. Students or faculty members may publish personal pages in their account on the school's computer.
 * .edu - educational institutio**n

Many companies advertise and sell products, as well as publish annual reports and other company information for their customers, stockholders and potential investors on the Web. Much of the quality information you can purchase such as online newspapers or journals have .com names.
 * .com - commercial entity**

Government agencies use the Web to publish legislation, census information, weather data, tax forms and many other documents.
 * .gov - federal government**

Non-profit organizations use the Web to promote their causes. These are good sources to use when comparing different sides of an issue.
 * .org - non-profit organization**

This group is an odd mix of companies, associations and Internet Service Providers. Information on these sites can look similar to sites from .com, .org, or even personal pages.
 * .net - network provider**

Know the various Parts of a Web page below:



//**Be able to identify the parts of a URL! For instance - look at the following URL and identify its four parts (other sites may have more) http://www.yahoo.com**//

//**Also, be able to identify if a citation is for a book, an article or a Web page.**//

Citing is the process of giving credit to the sources you used to write your paper. Citations can be located in the text or at the end of the work in a bibliography. It can be difficult to figure out what needs to be credited.
 * How can you avoid plagiarism?**
 * Take clear, accurate notes about where you found specific ideas
 * Write down the complete citation information for each item you use
 * Use quotation marks when directly stating another person's words
 * Always credit original authors for their information and ideas


 * Use this rule: ** If you knew a piece of information before you started doing research, generally you do not need to credit it. You also do not need to cite well-known facts, such as dates, which can be found in many encyclopedias. All other information such as quotations, statistics, and ideas should always be cited in your papers.


 * Oct. 21 - 27**


 * Multiple Intelligences Unit**: Discussion of educational theorist Howard Gardner and his theory of eight intelligences.

Went to http://bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/questions/choose_lang.cfm to take the multiple intelligences quiz.

Taking into consideration the last TWO DAYS of multiple intelligence discussions in class, you will be able to create YOUR ideal learning environment through using your top intelligence on Monday. Perhaps you will write a song, construct a 3D model, draft a drawing, write a paper, role play, etc. Use the weekend to brainstorm and come to class READY to make your Ideal Learning Environment.

Here is the list below:

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kinaesthetic - Body Smart // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Linguistic - Word Smart // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Logical - Number Smart // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interpersonal - People Smart // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intrapersonal - Myself Smart // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Musical - Music Smart // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Visual/Spatial - Picture Smart // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Naturalistic - Nature Smart //

Then, answer the following questions IN WRITITNG, based on your top intelligence. BE PREPARED to give a one to two minute talk to the class to share your answers to the questions below.


 * What is your ideal learning environment?
 * What would you learn there? (what subjects are you most interested in)
 * What elements of our ideal learning environment would be applied to the classroom?


 * Oct. 20**

Module 2 test


 * Oct. 13** - **19**

Began Module 2 (Searching) in class today.

Objectives for Module 2:

After completing this section of TILT, you should be able to:
 * identify appropriate strategies for selecting search terms
 * identify types of information available in library databases
 * select appropriate library databases
 * list methods to search using keywords and subject headings
 * combine search terms effectively
 * describe information available from a search engine
 * select appropriate strategies for searching the Web

Brainstorm //1. a sudden bright idea; 2. a harebrained idea//

1. List all the main ideas related to the topic. 2. List related terms or synonyms for the main ideas. 3. List all the terms you can think of that describe subjects related to your topic.
 * The Thought Process** - what to do when given a topic to research (to write a paper, do a presentation or oral report)

<span class="blue_em">**Vocabulary for Module 2** (Module 1 Vocabulary applies to this module as well - as I told you, each Module builds upon the last):

<span class="blue_em"> **Database:** an organized collection of information, usually pertaining to a particular subject. //Example: "Gossip on the web: Truth, lies and cyberspace."// The Economist 351.8116 (April 24, 1999): 84. For example: (community or communities) and (Internet or Web or online) This one keyword search in a periodical index would find articles that had one of the following combinations:
 * Citation**: often includes the author, title, magazine or journal name, page numbers and publication information of an article
 * Abstract:** brief summary of an article
 * Full text**: the complete electronic text of an article, no images
 * Full Content**. the complete electronic text of an article AND images (graphs, charts, pictures, etc.)
 * Library Catalog:** a database that identifies where items are located in the library
 * Boolean** **Logic**: uses words called operators. The three main operators are: AND, OR and NOT. Be able to EXPLAIN Boolean operators and how they can be used to modify/improve searches.
 * Server:** While certain types of servers bring you food and drink, a Web **server** delivers up Web pages. Any computer can be turned into a Web server by installing special software and connecting the machine to the Internet.
 * Nesting:** a search technique (see below) that allows you to do many searches at once

community and Internet community and Web community and online communities and Internet communities and Web communities and online


 * Periodical Indexes** allow you to:
 * search with keywords
 * broaden a search
 * select appropriate articles
 * email an article


 * Search Engine:** actually a set of programs. One program, called a robot, periodically moves through the Web following links and capturing information about Web pages. Another part of the search engine builds indexes from the information found by the robot. Even the largest search engines only contain about 1/6 of the Web in their database, so if you only use your favorite search engine you will be missing out on over 85% of the available resources.


 * Metasearch engines**: do NOT have their own database of Web pages. Instead, they transmit your search to a group of search engines simultaneously. Metasearch engines interpret the search you enter into a format that each search engine will understand. They retrieve results from the search engines and create a single list of sites. Some of the more advanced ones are able to eliminate duplicate pages and compile theresults. Others rank sites to give you ones that best match your terms or they may organize the results into categories.

A list of all the sources used to write a research paper is called a **bibliography**.

Use Subject Headings/Keyword Searching to:
 * start your research
 * identify the subject headings used for your topic
 * find specific information (a fact, date or name)
 * find every occurrence of the words you enter in that database


 * Search Strategies:**

> Brainstorming before you start searching will generate a good list of keywords and phrases. Try to imagine what words the author of the web page would use. Unless the word is usually capitalized, stick with lower-case letters. 2. **<span class="green_bold">Be specific. ** You can create more targeted searches if you use phrases. Most search engines require that you put quotes around a phrase. <span class="green_bold"> 3 **<span class="green_bold">. Try different searches. ** Search engines use sophisticated equations to calculate the number of times your search terms appear on a page and show you the best first. If the first 30 sites are not relevant, try a different search. If you are not satisfied after a few searches, try a different search engine. <span class="green_bold"> 4. **<span class="green_bold"> Use advanced search techniques. ** Many search engines have advanced search capabilities such as limiting by language or type of information. Read the help screens to see which special features are available. <span class="green_bold"> 5. **<span class="green_bold"> Browse a subject list .** Choose a search engine that organizes pages by subject. Start with a general category and choose increasingly more specific sub-categories.
 * 1) **<span class="green_bold">Choose good keywords and phrases. **


 * Oct. 8**

Introduction and Module 1 (Selecting) Quiz today. We practiced typing at [] when finished.


 * Oct. 2** **- 7**

Deficiencies/Progress reports were due in the office today (Oct. 2) to be sent out next week.

Information Literacy notes for our quiz on Thursday:

The objectives for Module 1:
 * identify a variety of information sources
 * recognize that appropriate sources of information will change depending on your needs
 * identify characteristics of information on the Web
 * identify characteristics of library resources
 * recognize that library collections are located in buildings and on the Web
 * recall what you would find in a periodical index
 * list reasons to use a periodical index
 * distinguish between popular and scholarly periodicals

All information is NOT free and online due to copyright laws and the amount of information that is not in digital format.

Know the **nine sources of information** AND when to use them:

[|Magazines] || [|Journals] || [|Periodical Index] || [|Newspapers] || [|Library Catalog] || [|Books] || [|Encyclopedias] || [|World Wide Web] || [|Email] ||
 * [[image:http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/module1/images/magazine.GIF width="76" height="113" caption="Magazines" link="http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/module1/magazines.htm"]]
 * [[image:http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/module1/images/newspaper.GIF width="100" height="113" caption="Newspapers" link="http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/module1/newspaper.htm"]]
 * [[image:http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/module1/images/encyclopedia.jpg width="140" height="92" caption="Encyclopedias" link="http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/module1/encyclopedia.htm"]]

Vocab. for this module (you can use the glossary in TILT to review): [|Browsers] [|Citations] [|Internet] [|Internet Service Provider] [|Library Catalogs] [|Periodical Indexes] [|Server] [|Web]

Know the T-charts that we created for 'Library and the Web' and for 'Popular and Scholarly.'


 * Oct. 1**

Timed Typing Test #2 was today, taken at http://learn2type.com/

We began TILT today - our unit on Information Literacy: http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/intro/selector.html. There are three modules (chapters) in this unit and the content is all online 24/7.


 * Sept. 30**

"Fun in the fall" essay - took turns at each other's seats (groups consisted of two or three people) typing one paragraph about things they enjoy doing in the fall.

Ten minutes spent at []


 * Sept. 29**

Yesterday in class we created delicious.com accounts and learned how to bookmark sites that we have access to 24/7 from any computer! All bookmarks for school should be marked as PRIVATE so that no one can identify your age. Also, your user name should not be age or gender specific. If you have been absent, be sure to follow those guidelines and create your account at http://delicious.com/.

Today in class we spent 15 minutes practicing individual problem areas at http://www.typingweb.com/tutor to prepare for our next timed typing test, and, of course, to improve our score and posture.

We also went to a new site and added it to our Delicious.com accounts:

http://publicspeaker.quickanddirtytips.com/Conflict-Resolution-Management-Professionalism.aspx

The link above is the article that we read and discussed in class.


 * Sept. 23**


 * Boolean Logic**: Boolean Operators - AND, OR and NOT


 * AND**: narrows search


 * OR**: broadens search


 * NOT**: limits search

We created VENN DIAGRAMS today and presented them to the class.


 * Sept. 14**

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome was discussed at length in class today, as were PREVENTATIVE measures. Your butt is padded to withstand pressure. Your wrist is very vulnerable - thin skin, NO padding, nerves and veins close to skin - this is an area to be protected, not pushing down on. Get your wrists and forearms OFF all surfaces when typing and using a mouse.

This syndrome is preventable with safe posture and practices.

Picture: []

Symptoms: []

Treatment: []


 * Sept. 9**

Please be certain that you have completed the Cyberbullying Questions from NetSmartz.org worksheet on Moodle. You are to write the questions and answers in your notebook. Here are the questions for your convenience: 1. What do you use the Internet for? 2. How private do you think information posted on the Internet is? 3. Would you ever put information on a web site that you intend only you and your friends to see? Why or why not? 4. What do you do to respect other's privacy while online? 5. Has anyone ever used the Internet to violate your rights or do something hurtful to you before? If yes, what happened? 6. We watched the video clip about some boys who rated girls from their school and put it online. Discuss the implications of this. 7. How would it affect our school as a whole if this situation happened here? 8. What guidelines do you follow to help you decide that information you should or should not post on the Internet?


 * Sept. 8**

@http://familywatchdog.us/ **-** National Sex Offender Registry Remember, this site is a database of those that have served their time. The information is to make you, your family and neighbors aware so that you do not put yourself in potential harm's way.

@http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/risks.htm **-** We read and discussed this page in class today.

The President's Speech today:

In text:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ MediaResources/ PreparedSchoolRemarks/

Online video:

http://www.foxnews.com/video/ index.html?playerId=011008& streamingFormat=FLASH& referralObject=9309617& referralPlaylistId= c985e69916535a2170b2b18ab0ab7e b60401f9bb

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/ 21134540/vp/32735374#32735374 (there is an ad that you have to watch before the video)


 * Sept. 4**

We watched the first five or six videos in class and wrote individual reactions in notebooks. Please feel free to re-watch these videos and to watch the last two, "Keisha's Crime" and "Angela's Experience" before class on Tuesday. If you were not in class, you are expected to both watch the videos and respond to each in your notebook. []
 * Internet Safety Videos**


 * Sept. 3**

1. SAVE - chose the location of your file and give it a descriptive file name. Be sure to save in **r**ich **t**ext **f**ormat (.rtf) if you plan on transporting the file to multiple computers. 2. Set margins (1" all around) and line spacing (2) 3. Type your MLA Heading (YES, it's double spaced! You should have already set your line spacing to 2 before typing your name!) Type in the content of your page here.
 * Creating a Document in Google Documents or in Star Office Writer:**


 * Sept. 1**


 * Important Web sites to know:**


 * 1) Moodle Website: [|http://moodle.dunmoreschooldistrict.net] (all login info should be in your notebook)
 * 2) Google Docs account [|http://docs.dunmorestudents.net] (all login info should be in your notebook)


 * 8th Grade HW page: [] (there is no login for this page - do not join group, jsut read your HW by clicking 'Messages'3