Class Evaluation/Final Test

Class Evaluation/Final Test

• You must finish this by then end of class period today.

Complete the Digital Literacy Quiz

• report completion to Mrs. Nelson

When you finish, you should start cleaning your desktop and removing any unneeded items from your MacFS account. Remember, the only safe place on your computer is in your Documents folder.

Today's Choices

Digital Literacy Final Project

Garage Band
Chess
Google SketchUp (explore the 3D Warehouse)

Homework for other classes.
Study for finals.

Your grade will be based on...

Today's Schedule

8:10-9:00 E-3
9:03-9:43 2nd
9:46-10:26 3rd
10:29-11:09 4th
11:12-11:24 5th
11:24-11:51 LUNCH
11:54-12:22 5th
12:25-1:05 6th
1:08-1:48 7th
1:51-3:05 Yearbook handout/signing/recess

Final Project

Click here for details on the final Digital Literacy project.

Final portfolios.

RSS Explained

RSS in Plain English

Wikipedia

Wednesday Task List

Complete the State Your Case form. Each answer must have a minimum of five sentences.
Complete your Digital Portfolio.
Complete your Digital Literacy quiz.

Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram

Task List

Complete the Digital Literacy Quiz (when you are finished, check with Mr. Madson)

Continue working on your Digital Portfolio.

Middle School Site

Check this out.

Portfolios

Web 2.0 Revised

Web 2.0 Tools

Digital Literacy Portfolio Requirements

Search Cube

Doodle 4 Google Voting

Today you have the opportunity to vote in the 2009 Doodle 4 Google Competition.

RMS 7th Grade students participated in this year's competition. We were honored to have a state finalist. You can find her name here.

Vote for your favorite doodles below.

Doodle 4 Google

Science Requirements

The Science Requirements for your Digital Portfolio have been posted.

Science Requirements

Math Requirements

The Math Requirements for your Digital Portfolio have been posted.

Math Requirements

A Little Math Practice

Scratch

Early this week we are going to take a bit of a break from our Digital Portfolios and work with Scratch.

As a reminder from last year...

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create and share Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Your task is to create a self running, (kiosk style) Scratch project addressing the theme. "How to survive in middle school : advice for an incoming sixth grader."

Options:

• interactive story
• game

How to Survive in Middle School Project Form

Submitted Projects

How do I?

I am attending this. It is located here.

Your tasks for today are as follows:

Type to Learn (10 minutes)
Digital Portfolio

• Language Arts Page
• About Me Page
• Me Collage Page
• Geography Page

Digital Portfolios

Today is the official first day of your Digital Portfolio project. This is a long term project that will take us through most of the remainder of the school year. It is important to keep up with the daily tasks to ensure you are done in timely manner. Follow the link below for detailed instructions.

Digital Portfolios

Digital Portfolios

For those of you who are done...

You will start constructing your digital portfolios. The first tasks are as follows:

• sign up for a Weebly account
• begin going through your writing from 8th Grade and exporting them to PDF documents

On Weebly...

make pages for:

• About Me
• Language Arts
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• Digital Literacy
• Phy Ed
• Art
• Band/Choir

Do not publish website.

Task List for The Week

Both Days
Type to Learn (10 minutes)
Place your room into Google Earth (then place in 2013 Public Folder)

Due Friday
Latitude/Longitude Problem
Complex Area Problem
As the Crow Flies Problem

When you are finished...
Watch Online Safety Videos
Animoto

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day 2009

Follow the links below for additional information regarding Earth Day.

Calculating Carbon Footprint
Earth Day History

Online Safety

Today we will start our series on digital safety. The videos you will watch today are meant to be an overview of the topics we will address throughout the last weeks of school. Topics discussed will include the following.

social networking

• myspace
• facebook
• twitter
• bebo

cell phone safety

• texting
• pictures

YouTube

• watching
• posting
• subscribing

identity theft

• passwords
• personal information
• unsecured networks

Videos

• Profile Penalty
• Post-to-be-Private
• Terrible Text
  

Google Earth/Sketchup Integration

After you complete the Latitude and Longitude and the Complex Area Problem assignments, you will be challenged to export your room to Google Earth. Our goal is to export all rooms to a parking lot at Walt Disney World in Florida.

Good Luck

Latitude & Longitude

Use Google Earth to complete the form below.

Latitude and Longitude

Google Earth Intro

Today we are going to begin working with Google Earth 5.0. Upgrades in 5.0 include the option of traveling to Mars and exploring the world underwater.

Your first task is to take some to familiarize yourself with Google Earth 5.0. Utilize the link below.

Atomic Learning Tutorials
More Atomic Learning Tutorials

When you are finished, download the Complex Area Problems.kmz file from the 2013 Public Folder. Complete the problem and record your answers in the Google Form below.

Complex Area Problems

Dream Room

Your task this week is to complete your dream room. We will have a full work day today and partial days Tuesday and Wednesday.
Our goal is to have the rooms complete by the end of the class period on Wednesday.

When your room is complete, you should turn it in to the 2013 Drop Box.

Name : 2_madsonjamie_room

3D Dreams
More Google SketchUp Tutorials
Even More Tutorials

Student Survey

Today's Tasks

Type to Learn (15 min)
Student Survey
3D Dreams

3D Dreams

Multiple items to finish today...

Type to Learn (10 min)
Digital Device Sales Pitch
3D Dreams

Type to Learn Intro

Type To Learn 4
user name - jamiem13
password - MacFS password
account code - 100246

customize your Agent
customize your medallion
begin typing Lesson One

Digital Device Final Day

I am home today and will return tomorrow. Today is the final day you will be given class time to work on your project. Check the task list to make sure you have everything complete.

• Make sure you have submitted the URL of your website using this form.
• You can access other groups websites by using this form.

If your group is completely done, you should check to ensure you have completed all the online forms for class follow the link below.

Digital Literacy Forms

Final Task/Advertisement

Advertisement

Digital Device

1. Check out these images.

2. Continue working on the Digital Device project. Information regarding the Sales Pitch has been posted.

Brochure

I have added content to the task sheet for your digital portable device. Click the link below for information on creating your brochure.

Task Sheet

Portable Device

Today we will continue with our design of your digital portable device. Follow the link below for additional information.

Digital Portable Device

Designing a Digital Educational/Personal Portable Device

Long task name, I know. Based on inspiration from the OLPC's XO1 and XO2 laptops, your task will be to design and market a device for middle school students to utilize as an educational tool both in and out of school. Click below for additional information.

Task Sheet

Happy St. Patrick's Day!/OLPC

St. Patrick's Day Challenge

OLPC

1. Start here.
2. Next, visit here
3. Then go here, make sure to watch the videos on Rwanda and Colombia

XO2

Internet Safety/How To Keynotes

Today's Tasks

1. Finish your How To Keynote

• final version should be submitted to the 2013 Drop Box
• named 1_madsonjamie_howto

2. Internet Safety Video & Quiz

• Click here to access the Internet Safety video. When you are finished watching the video, complete the Internet Safety Quiz.

How To Work Day

Today's Tasks:

1. Watch the THIRST presentation.

THIRST

View more presentations from Jeff Brenman.

2. Complete the THIRST form.

3. Work on your How To Keynote.

How To

1. Fill out the How To Presentation form.
2. Use Google image search to start image mining for your How To presentation. Remember to save the URLs.

First Day

Welcome to the 8th Grade Edition of Digital Literacy. I'm excited to build on what you learned last year. Today's tasks are detailed below.

Change your desktop background to the standard Apple blue.

• open Safari
• go to this website
• control-click on the image
• select this
  

(this is a no exceptions policy...changing your desktop background will result in a network violation)






Remove all files from your desktop.

• everything must be stored in your Documents folder
• develop a system for organizing your stuff
• have your folders checked by Mr. Madson

set your browser's homepage to http://rms8.blogspot.com/

View the Meet Henry and Death By Powerpoint presentations.
Complete the online form Presentation Design.

Meet Henry

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: meet henry)

Death by PowerPoint

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: tips powerpoint)

Begin designing your How To Presentation

Final Test/Course Evaluation

Today is a quiet work day. Your task over the course of the next two days is to participate in the World Math Day and complete the Final Test/Course Evaluation.

World Math Day Update

As of 7:45 this morning, our totals were...we are less than 8,000 correct answers from our goal!

And, the big news is...the world record has been shattered! As of 7:45 this morning, the worldwide total was. Those of you who participated have now officially been a part setting a new world record. Congratulations.

Doodle for Google/World Math Day

Welcome to World Math Day 2009! Our goal for the next two days is 25,000 correct answers. Before you start competing, you should first type your Doodle 4 Google Artists Statement. According to the contest regulations, your artist statement should follow the format below.

Please tell us briefly about how your doodle expresses the "What I Wish for the World" theme (max 50 words).

When finished, your statement should be printed out and turned in to the appropriate art folder.

Finally, at some point in the next two days you should check the Assignment Checklist to ensure you are done with your tasks for Digital Literacy.

Grading

After careful consideration, the following items are what your grade in Digital Literacy will be based upon. These items should be your first priority as we work through the final week of Digital Literacy.

Follow the link below to check for assignment completion.

Assignment Checklist

Quizlet vs Genius Throwdown

As we continue our quest to find the best Web 2.0 tools, we will be comparing two programs today. Genius and Quizlet. Genius is a tool you may have used last year with Mrs. Wilts. Take some time to explore the program's options. Quizlet is an online tool. You will need an email address to sign up for an account. Explore the tools available in Quizlet. Before the hour is complete, take some time to fill in the comparison form below.

Quizlet vs. Genius

Social Networking/Bookmarking

Today we will be discussing the power of utilizing social networks. After watching the two Plain English videos below, you will have the opportunity to sign up for a del.icio.us account. Once your account is set up, your task will be to begin organizing and tagging your bookmarks.

Social Networking in Plain English
Social Bookmarking in Plain English
Delicious

Once you finish, check out another online tool to add your own digital toolbox.

Big Huge Labs

The World is Shrinking

The framework for our discussion today is the Shift Happens video. Fill out the form below after viewing the presentation.

Shift Happens

World Math Day begins for all countries around the world, as soon as it is March 4, 2009 somewhere. The place will be New Zealand. So, as soon as it is 12:00 am March 4 in New Zealand, the event starts for everyone. Our local time for World Math day to start is: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 5:00:00 AM.

GMT Conversion Map

Wednesday Task List

Check to see you have turned in your Fairy Tale News.
Locate your World Math Day user name.
Customize your World Math Day avatar.
Practice World Math Day problems.
Complete non-linear presentation.
Complete your Google Earth World Tour.
Experiment with some of the Web 2.0 sites from Tuesday.

More Cool Tools

In preparation for our presentations today, you may take the day off from Type to Learn. We will be viewing the presentations at the 1/2 way point of class today. Watch the timer to see how much time you have remaining until we present. Remember, your presentation must stand on its own in a kiosk style manner. You must include action buttons or hyperlinks to navigate slides.

While you are waiting to present, check out the following links. Be thinking about witch tools you will include in your own digital toolbox.

JamStudio
placeSpotting
Crayola
The eyeballing game
floorplanner

Animoto

Today I begin sharing with you some Web 2.0 tools that you can add to your own Digital Toolbox. Today's tool is a new way of producing slide shows called Animoto. You will need an email address to sign up for the service. If you do not have an email address, partner up with someone who does. The sample video you will be creating will contain images from History Day. These images are in the 2014 Public Folder.

Nonlinear Presentation

Today you are going to begin creating a nonlinear hypermedia presentation based on the current event you wrote a summary for yesterday. This presentation should be able to stand on its own kiosk style. Your presentation should include all the elements from your summary along with any appropriate images. The software you will use will decided by luck of the draw. Tutorials for each can be found below.

Keynote
Power Point

Linear/Nonlinear Presentations

Today we are going to discuss how to create a nonlinear presentation. Your task will be to choose a current event article from one of the sites below. Task one will be to write a summary of the article. Your summary should answer the following questions :

• Who - is the article about?
• What - is the subject of the article?
• Where - does the article take place (setting)?
• When - timeline?
• Why - is this article important to you?
• How - does this article effect you?

Summary Requirements:

• double spaced
• include footer (name, Digital Literacy Hour, Date)
• article cited (Easy Bib)
  

Resources

• Star Tribune
• Rockford News Leader
• USA Today
• MSNBC

Doodle for Google

Today you will learn of an exciting opportunity called Doodle for Google. Instead of Type to Learn today, we will be watching an introductory video and exploring the website for additional information. The actual construction of your doodle will take place with Mrs. Nelson during art.

2008 Winners

World Tour

Our final task with Google Earth involves putting together an audio tour of the five places you would like to visit in your lifetime. Details are below.

World Tour

Latitude & Longitude

Today you will be using Google Earth and the internet to locate the specific coordinates of locations around the globe. Click here for specific instructions.

Latitude & Longitude

When you finish, you should complete the following tasks.

1. Complete the Estimation problem. (you only need to complete the parking lot problem, this is a change from yesterday)

2. Complete the Google Earth Activities task list.

3. Complete the Complex Area Problem task.

4. Finish up any work on your Fairy Tale News or Wanted Poster.

5. Begin creating your Software Log. Your Software Log should be a table created in Pages. The steps to creating a table are listed below.

1. open Pages
2. select blank document
3. save the document to your Digital Literacy folder (1_madsonjamie_software)
4. click on Table
5. set up a Table for three columns and twenty rows
6. label the columns (Software, Description, Used For...)
7. make entries for the following programs

• Firefox or Safari
  
• Keynote
• Type to Learn
  
• Pages
• Google SketchUp
• iPhoto
• Google Earth
• Scratch
• Microsoft Excel
• Weebly

Google Earth Work Day

I am home today with two sick kids : one ear infection and one strep throat. Your task is to work on the Google Earth tasks detailed below.

1. Complete the Estimation problem. (you only need to complete the parking lot problem, this is a change from yesterday)

2. Complete the Google Earth Activities task list.

3. Complete the Complex Area Problem task.

4. Finish up any work on your Fairy Tale News or Wanted Poster.

5. Begin creating your Software Log. Your Software Log should be a table created in Pages. The steps to creating a table are listed below.

1. open Pages
2. select blank document
3. save the document to your Digital Literacy folder (1_madsonjamie_software)
4. click on Table
5. set up a Table for three columns and twenty rows
6. label the columns (Software, Description, Used For...)
7. make entries for the following programs

• Firefox or Safari
  
• Keynote
• Type to Learn
  
• Pages
• Google SketchUp
• iPhoto
• Google Earth
• Scratch
• Microsoft Excel
• Weebly
  

Google Earth Estimation

Today we are going to do some estimating with Google Earth.
Follow the steps below.

1. Open the kmz file called Estimation.kmz (in 2014 Public/Digital Literacy/Google Earth)
2. Create a projects folder in your Google Earth
3. Follow the steps detailed in the Estimation file.
4. Record your answers on the Estimation Form.

Click here for more help on calculating ratio.

Google Earth

Follow the link below for Google Earth Activities.

Google Earth Activities

Google Earth 5.0

One cool thing about Google Earth is the ability to find your own house. But that's just scratching the earth's surface of what is possible with this software. Today you will begin exploring the new version of Google Earth : Google Earth 5.0. See below for some highlights from this significant upgrade.

Google Earth 5.0

After exploring the new possibilities with Google Earth 5.0, you will complete the Complex Area Problems Activity. Your answers should be submitted using the form below.

Complex Area Problem

Area and Surface Formulas

Fairy Tale News

You will continue with your Fairy Tale News today. When you finish, you should turn it in to the 2014 Drop Box/Digital Literacy.

After Fairy Tale News, you should print out a BW copy of your Wanted Poster. This copy should be placed into the hour folder for Language Arts.

Fairy Tale News

Your task today is to begin designing your page layout for your FairyTale News. Your tasks are as follows.

• Open Pages
• Select a layout from the Newsletters templates

OR Create your own template using the tutorials on Atomic Learning

• Begin customizing the template for your fairy tale. (adjust fonts and object colors)
  

• Locate images to complement your story.

• Use alpha in Keynote (if necessary) to create your images/scenes.

When you finish, continue with the task list from Tuesday.

20 Questions

20 Questions

Wanted Poster/Work Days

Today and tomorrow you will have the opportunity to finish up some of the projects that have been accumulating the past few weeks. We need to tie up some loose ends before we introduce anything new. You will also be meeting individually with Mr. Madson to go through your current grade and identify any missing assignments. Click on the link below for a checklist of current tasks to accomplish.

Task List

Wanted Poster Options

I have decided to allow students to also use Pages as a tool for creating their Wanted Poster. Remember, you can copy/paste text from Comic Life into Pages. Choose the tool you feel will best accomplish the task and create a unique, creative product. With that said there are a few requirements.

• Your paragraph text must be black text on a white background.
• Your paragraph font must be readable.
• You must include the URLs of any images from the internet.

Wanted Poster

Today you will begin designing your Wanted Poster. You may copy the your text into Comic Life. Any editing changes from Mr. Pudas may be made in Comic Life. Remember, your URLs for any images must be included and take your time to be creative with your design. Positive/negative space, readability and layout are important elements to consider.

Wanted Poster

Your task today is to type up your Wanted Poster. You may use Pages, Word, NeoOffice or Google Docs. When you are finished, please print out to bring to Language Arts on Thursday. When you finish, you should continue work on your Name Poem or your Scratch is Going Green project.

Tuesday, January 20

Inauguration Day 2009

Today, I am here and you are here. Your task today will be to complete the name poem document we started last week. If you finish early, you may continue to work on your Scratch is Going Green procject.

Name Poems/Fonts

We're going to put Scratch on hold for a bit while we prepare for next week. Today's activity deals with working with fonts. Choosing the right font for the job can have a profound effect on your overall message.

Your first task is to download the fonts_activity file from the 2014 Public Folder/Digital Literacy.

Next, we will be choosing creative fonts to publish your name poems with either Pages or Comic Life.

Scratch/Weebly

We have two tasks for today.

1. Learning about Weebly, a website building tool you may use for your History Day project.
2. Completing your Scratch is Going Green Project Proposal.

Scratch Project Proposals

Note : if you need an idea for your Scratch project, this website is an excellent resource.

Scratch

Once you complete your Scratch To Do List, you will begin working on a project proposal for your Scratch is Going Green project. The goal of the project is to use Scratch to create an interactive story promoting environmental awareness. This proposal should be presented to Mr. Madson for approval before you commence work on the project. Below are some links to get you started.

Start Here

http://www.green-kits.com/greenkids.html
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/eek/

How To Presentations

Today, we begin our How To presentations. Your completed project should be turned in to the 2014 Drop Box/Digital Literacy.

Bike/Llama Tour Due Today

For some of you, today is a day to access the panic button. Your Bike/Llama tour project is due TODAY. Mr. Shack and I will be checking the 2014 Drop Box at the end of the day. When you are finished, you should begin working on your How To presentation.

How To ...

Tasks for the day include the following.

1. Type to Learn (10 mn)
2. Complete your Bike/Llama Tour
3. Turn in your Bike/Llama Tour to 2014 Drop Box/Math

• turn in both the completed spreadsheet and the brochure
• check the example brochure to ensure you have your brochure correctly designed

Meet Henry

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: meet henry)

Death by PowerPoint

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: tips powerpoint)



Begin designing your How To Presentation

Welcome Back/Wanted Poster Prep

Welcome back from Winter Break. We will begin preparation today for your Wanted Poster project. You will be using the alpha tool to remove the background from a photo. The tutorial for the video is here.

The photos you will use for this project are found in the 2014 Public Folder.

Also, we are working on putting together a shared map of our travels over winter break. Go here to access the map.

username : rockforddiglit
password : rockford