February 27, 28 & 29

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK:

• Since I am not here the next three days, my EXPECTATIONS of you are much HIGHER! Please don't let me down.
• Remember this project has to be complete on or before next Friday, March 7th, whether I am here or not. On or Before means, if you know you aren't going to be here next Friday then your project is due Thursday, MAKE SINCE? If not ask someone to explain it to you. Furthermore, if you are absent any day between now and Friday, your project is still due by Friday, March 7th - you have to learn to make choices and decisions based on the job you must get down. (Example: I am at home with a sick kid, but my job and duty to all of you still goes on; therefore, I must meet certain deadlines to see to it that my job duties are still taken care of! Everything we do in here relates to the real world in some way!! :)
• I expect everyone to stay on task and use your time wisely in order to complete this PowerPoint project.
• By Friday, February 29th, you should have completed your research, had your Part I approved by the sub (or me if you post it to your blog), and begin working on the actual PowerPoint.
• My goal for you is to have at least 2-3 slides done and complete by the end of the period on Friday.
• Remember you will receive a daily grade based on your work progress, attention to detail and the focus you give to your project each class period. The sub will leave me notes on those of you she noticed off task and you will lose points for that days participation grade.
• In addition, your Part I handout is worth 3 daily grades so you better make sure the sub checks off your Part I when you are finished so you don't receive a zero for that portion of this project.
• You need to check YOUR blog daily, I might leave you a comment that you need to read.

NOTES:

• ABSENCES FROM TUESDAY: If you were absent on Tuesday and did not receive Part I of this two week project, please ask the sub for the Part I handout. You will then need to ask another classmate to explain to you what you need to do with that handout.
• If you were absent on Tuesday you need to look at my blog posts on Tuesday, 2/26; find your class period; look to see what states have been chosen already and then post a comment to my blog telling me what state you want to do your project on. No two people can do the same state and NO ONE can do Texas.
• There are very few people that have actually completed Part I. If you are one of those people you will know it. If you know that you are one of those people, you need to go get Part II/III from the sub and get started creating your State PowerPoint.
• If you choose to post your Part I research data to your blog, you must have information for all 12 items/questions that are listed and requested on the Part I handout.

DAILY ACTIVITIES (TO BE COMPLETED IN THE ORDER LISTED):

1. 1. Check my blog for any additional information I may have added.
2. 2. Check to see if I left you a comment on your blog.
3. 3. Get out your research or log on to your blog where your research is located.
4. 4. Complete your Part I handout or post Part I research data to your blog.
5. 5. Take your Part I handout to the sub or ask the sub to come over and View your research on your blog
6. 6. Once the sub has checked you off as having completed Part I, ask the sub for the Part II/Part III handout
7. 7. Once you receive the Part II/Part III handout you need to read this handout carefully, thoroughly and completely.
8. 8. Once you have read Part II/Part III handout carefully, thoroughly and completely YOU MAY BEGIN CREATING YOUR POWERPOINT PROJECT .
9. 9. WHAT DO I NAME MY POWERPOINT PRESENTATION? yourfirstname - nameofstate - yourclassperiod
10. 10. Make sure you save your presentation to the project folder in your server that we created on Tuesday in class (folder name: yourfirstname - nameofstate)
11. 11. Make sure you save your presentation and all your pictures, music etc to that project folder you were to create in your server. Remember that folder is what you will turn in next Friday.
12. 12. Now that you have started your project, you have saved your project with the correct filename (see #9 above), you have saved your presentation in your project folder that is located in your server; you are to work on your State PowerPoint Presentation each day, during the entire class period. Be sure that you are referring to your Part II/Part III handout, because it lists everything you need to have in your presentation, how to organize it, and what you must do in order to earn the grade you want (see Grading Rubric on Part III part of handout).
13. 13. Work diligently all period and use your time wisely and be on your best behavior.

NO ONE NEEDS TO LEAVE THE ROOM AT ALL FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS. DON'T EVEN ASK!!

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS LEAVE A COMMENT TO THIS POST ON MY BLOG. I WILL BE CHECKING MY BLOG AND YOURS EACH DAY.

Have a good week and I will see you on Monday.

Assignments for 2/26

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:
1) We will begin the PART I, States project

• Answer the following questions about your state & post to your blog or write out on the handout I give you.
• The easiest way is to copy the informaiton below and paste to a new post on your blog.
• TITLE THE POST --> FIRSTNAME-STATE
• Then fill in the blank.
• You must complete Part I, before you begin the powerpoint. I will give you the requirements handout for Part II and III (the creating of the PowerPoint) after you have successfully completed Part I and have received a grade.
• WARNING: If I find you on a unauthorized website I will take off 30 points of your daily grade. I WILL NOT CONTINUE, to warn you. I will just take it off your grade.

Copy this point forward:
Using http://www.50states.com/record your answers to the questions below about your state.

1. Year of statehood
2. Populations
3. Capital
4. Motto
5. Bird
6. Flower
7. Tree
8. Song Title
9. Save a picture of the state flag, state shape, state bird, state flower, and state tree to your server folder. (Right click on the picture on the interent/save picture or image) List the filenames below that you used to save the picture


LIST OF THE FILENAMES IN YOUR POST


10. Find 2 popular tourist attractions located in your state and know the following information for each ( Museum, Universities, National Forest, State Parks, Sports Team)
a. Name of each attraction
1.
2.

b. The city where each attraction is located.
1.
2.

c. Give a brief description of each attraction
1.
2.

d. Save a picture of each tourist attraction to your server folder (ID#) List below the filenames you used when you saved the pictures.

LIST OF THE FILENAMES IN YOUR POST


11. Find 4 fast facts about your state. Remember you are trying to entertain so pick interesting facts that make your state UNIQUE.
a.
b.
c.
d.

12. List all sources used in finding your state information and pictures (EX: www.50states.com) include the following about each site:
a. Name (title bar)
b. URL address
c. date you accessed
d. Author of site (if there is one)
e. Date of posting/revision of site (if it appears on the bottom of the website page)

4th Period

STUDENT EXPECTATION:

STARTING THIS WEEK, WE WILL BEGIN A POWERPOINT PROJECT WHERE YOU WILL RESEARCH A SPECIFIC STATE AND THEN PLACE THAT RESEARCH IN TO AN ATTRACTIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION; ONE THAT YOU WILL FOR SURE PRESENT TO THE CLASS.

WHICH STATE DO YOU WISH TO COMPLETE THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION PROJECT ON?

PLEASE LEAVE ME A COMMENT ON THIS POST OF WHICH STATE YOU WANT PRESENT ON. STATES WILL BE ASSIGNED ON A FIRST COME BASIS, FIRST TO POST - GETS THAT STATE.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF STATES, CLICK HERE: http://50states.com/

NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO DO TEXAS - I DID TEXAS!!! Sorry, pick another one.

2nd Period

STUDENT EXPECTATION:

STARTING THIS WEEK, WE WILL BEGIN A POWERPOINT PROJECT WHERE YOU WILL RESEARCH A SPECIFIC STATE AND THEN PLACE THAT RESEARCH IN TO AN ATTRACTIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION; ONE THAT YOU WILL FOR SURE PRESENT TO THE CLASS.

WHICH STATE DO YOU WISH TO COMPLETE THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION PROJECT ON?

PLEASE LEAVE ME A COMMENT ON THIS POST OF WHICH STATE YOU WANT PRESENT ON. STATES WILL BE ASSIGNED ON A FIRST COME BASIS, FIRST TO POST - GETS THAT STATE.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF STATES, CLICK HERE: http://50states.com/

NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO DO TEXAS - I DID TEXAS!!! Sorry, pick another one.

1st Period

STUDENT EXPECTATION:

STARTING THIS WEEK, WE WILL BEGIN A POWERPOINT PROJECT WHERE YOU WILL RESEARCH A SPECIFIC STATE AND THEN PLACE THAT RESEARCH IN TO AN ATTRACTIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION; ONE THAT YOU WILL FOR SURE PRESENT TO THE CLASS.


WHICH STATE DO YOU WISH TO COMPLETE THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION PROJECT ON?


PLEASE LEAVE ME A COMMENT ON THIS POST OF WHICH STATE YOU WANT PRESENT ON. STATES WILL BE ASSIGNED ON A FIRST COME BASIS, FIRST TO POST - GETS THAT STATE.


FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF STATES, CLICK HERE: http://50states.com/


NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO DO TEXAS - I DID TEXAS!!! Sorry, pick another one.

Monday, February 25

GENERAL INFORMATION, ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY'S AGENDA:

1) Grades are due tomorrow morning at 8 am. What I have is what will be calculated and posted.
2) I did help many of you out with grades. I will tell you what I did for you.
3) THIS SIX WEEKS, IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS YOU WILL RECEIVE ZEROES FOR THE WORK THAT IS NOT COMPLETED CORRECTLY.
4) You must save documents correctly, with the file name I give you (orally or in my blog) . When posting, you must title the post what I tell you to title it in the blog. If I tell you to save a copy of a document to the Electronic Turn in folder, you better have it saved correctly and placed in the correct location. Not following any one of these tasks will result in me not grading your work and you just receiving a zero.
5) Today you will have the opportunity to finalize your Music PPT document. Make sure you have it saved correctly --> yourfirstname-My Music PPT (example: Elizabeth-My Music PPT)

You must save it to the electronic turn in folder in the following folder:

• Electronic Turn in Folder
• 07-08
• your class period
• Music PPT's

6) If your PowerPoint in not placed in the above folder then you will receive a zero on the 5th six weeks grade for your project.

7) Make sure you have your wordplanner file, up to date.

8) Make sure you have your DDC Testing record file up to date

9) When you are absent you must come back and check the blog of the day you were absent to find out what you have missed.

10) If you are finished with everything, I want to see you in Free Rice or taking a DDC Testing Center practice test. YOU MAY NOT PLAY ON THE INTERNET.

11) Briefly disucss the next two weeks and your next project.

TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY! A NEW START! A NEW 100 GRADE AVERAGE. I WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP THAT 100, SO BE HERE ON TIME AND COMPLETE ALL WORK AS ASSIGNED.