Monday, October 6, 2008

Pictures

Today you will be organizing Deep Portage pictures in your iPhoto. You will need a minimum of 25 images in your project.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Deep Portage Lives On...

Deep Portage will live on through your Deep Portage presentation. As you watch the pictures today, you will begin preliminary brainstorming work for your project. Our goal is to capture your experiences while they are fresh in your memory. Today, you will use either Microsoft Word notebook or Inspiration to begin the process.

Your brainstorming should include the following categories:

Classes (three details for each)
  • Charlie to Base/Landforms
  • Water Canaries
  • Canoeing
  • Tower Hike/Big 9
  • TEAM
  • Pioneer Olympics
  • Climbing Wall
  • Campfire
  • Night Stalker
  • Wolf Howling
  • Trials of Life (Predator Prey)
The Meals
The Staff
The Facility (includes the rooms, the Great Hall, the Dining Hall...)
Getting There
Tips and Tricks

Remember When...

You must include a minimum of three comments about each category. You may write full sentences or use bullet points (Word Notebook)

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Keynote Challenge

Your Task...

Go to startribune.com or cnnstudentnews and chose a current event. You will be presenting the story at the end of class period. Your presentation must include the following.

  • title slide
  • audio (from Royalty Free Music)
  • image slide (in frame)
  • text slide with six bullet points (who, what, where, when, why, how)
  • URL slide

Final project must be turned to the 2015 Drop Box by the end of the hour.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Work Day 2/Scavenger Hunt/Learning Log

Check the post from Tuesday, September 23 for the task list.

1) Set up your Learning Log with Microsoft Word. Include tabs for the following subjects.
  • Language Arts
  • Social Studies
  • Math
  • Science
  • Digital Literacy
  • Cultural Literacy
  • Academic Literacy
  • Health
  • Phy Ed
  • Art

Monday, September 22, 2008

Work Day

Task List for Today
  • complete Deep Portage Prediction
  • complete Online Safety Podcast
  • organize Documents folder (checked by Mr. Madson)
  • clean desktop
  • add iTunes and Garage Band to software log
  • finish All About Me
  • present All About Me
  • turn All About Me in to the 2015 Drop (1_madsonjamie_all)
  • explore Google SketchUp (this is last, after everything else is complete)
Finally, if you wish, check out Cover to Cover Day.

All-Day Read-a-Thon and Webcast to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone LIVE from Scholastic Headquarters in NYC. Watch All Day! From 8:00am until the last page is read.

Deep Portage Predection

Monday, September 22

Today you will finish recording your Online Safety podcast.
  1. Finish recording the podcast. Check your audio levels and adjust accordingly.
  2. Export the podcast to disk.
  3. Turn in to the Digital Literacy folder in the 2015 Public Drop Box.(1_jamieolivia_safety)
  4. Check iTunes for the audio file.
  5. Transfer your podcast to your Digital Literacy folder.
  6. Listen to you classmates podcasts.
When you are finished...
  • add Garage Band to your Software Log
  • search the internet for the exact address for Deep Portage
  • search the internet for the exact address for Rockford Middle School
  • use Google Maps to map out directions from Rockford Middle School to Deep Portage