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Pleasantville, where nobody poops...

The cheerful '50s TV sitcom "Pleasantville" is revived in the '90s for a loyal cable audience. One devoted fan is shy suburban teen David Wagner (Tobey Maguire - Spiderman Trilogy), who has an almost obsessive interest in the series. Living with his divorced mother (Jane Kaczmarek), David sometimes has disputes with his ultra-hip twin sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon-Legally Blond).

She wants to watch MTV just when a Pleasantville marathon is about to begin. They struggle over the remote control, and it breaks. A strange TV repairman (Don Knotts) supplies their new remote, a potent high-tech device which zaps David and Jennifer inside of the Pleasantville TV world, where their new sitcom parents are businessman George Parker (William H. Macy) and wife Betty (Joan Allen).

As "Bud" and "Mary Sue," the teens take up residence in a black-and-white suburbia where sex does not exist and the temperature is always 72 degrees. Life is always pleasant, books have no words, bathrooms have no toilets, married couples sleep in twin beds, the high school basketball team always wins, and nobody ever questions "The Good Life."

What Pleasantville accomplishes is a social study of television; it contrasts 50s and 90s television's view of those eras. While the TV shows of early television depicted intact families and traditional values, 50s culture was probably more 'real.' Current television has almost done the opposite: presenting us with reality that is perhaps more harsh and false than real life now is.

Below are some general themes that we will use to guide our discussion for credit next class.

• You will go over them as a class before we start the film.

• We will NOT be stopping during the film, but we will be stopping before the film ends for you to write down notes.

• Feel free to jot down notes during the film but do not ask us to stop the film.

Themes in the movie Pleasantville

• Pleasantville is a movie of contrasts. What are some of the OBVIOUS contrasts they show between the 50’s and the Future? What are some of the film tricks they use to show LITERAL contrast (CONTRAST: The state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something OPPOSITE, or REVERSE)
• The TV 'repairman say’s "I know what I'd feel like if my TV broke; like I'd lost a friend.". How would you feel if you had NO TV, and no Internet TV/YouTube/NetFlix/etc...
• Destiny--everything in Pleasantville is scripted, has a place. What about our lives? Do you ever feel like all the decisions are already made for you?
• Censorship: The mayor of Pleasantville say’s "It seems to me we must separate out the things that are unpleasant from the things that are pleasant.". In Pleasantville personal expression and differences are unacceptable and anything straying from what is known is feared. Think about your family at home, what happens when your ideas or opinions differ from your elders?
• Racism: "No coloreds." reads a sign in Pleasantville window. "Coloreds" are people who have become enlightened or who become passionate; they are rejected from mainstream Pleasantville. Why would the filmmakers use this obvious sign from the USA’s racist past? Is this movie about racism too, or just intolerance? Is this the way the world still is? Why or why not?

adapted from here... and imdb

Mas Google Docs

Purpose:

• I can build a small, functional spreadsheet with formulas and formatting

Agenda:

1. Further Introduction to more Google Docs

1. Drawings
2. Spreadsheets
3. Presentations
4. Collections
5. Documents

Google Spreadsheets

Warmup: 

1. Take the anonymous  Envision Academy Student Counseling Survey
2. Then go on to TypingWeb.Com

Bonus: Send me the letter from yesterday if you have not already done so.

Agenda: Finishing our Grade Tracker and beyond!

More Introduction to more Google Docs

Purpose:

• I can navigate around the other google 'docs'

Agenda:

1. 3 More Prezies
2. More Introduction to more Google Docs
1. (Drawings) Any questions?
2. Spreadsheets
1. Your first Spreadsheet

• If time
1. Presentations
2. Folders
3. Documents

Bell Schedule - 95 Min Blocks

8:30-10:05 - Period 3

10:05-10:10 - Passing Period

10:10-11:45 - Period 4

11:45-12:15 - Lunch

12:15-12:20 - Passing Period

12:20-1:55 - Advisory

1:55-2:00 - Passing Period

2:00-3:35 - Period 5

Overview of Google docs, continued

Purpose:

• I can navigate around the other google 'docs'

Agenda:

1. 3 More Prezies
2. Introduction to more Google Docs

1. Drawings
2. Presentations
3. Collections
4. Spreadsheets
5. Documents

Prezi's on Display!

DO NOT TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER

• Today we will be enjoying the Prezi's that were submitted by Friday.  
• If you would LIKE to go first (and volunteering is smiled upon) put your name on the board in front.
• If you did not finish yours you may ASK John to turn on the computer to finish and/or submit it.  There is a grade penalty for any project not turned in last Friday.
• There is a SEVERE grade penalty for projects not turned in by Tuesday after school.

While watching these Prezi's we will critique them using the following questions:

• Is the Prezi NEAT and logically ORGANIZED?
• Does it tell a STORY?
• Is it TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT (ADVANCED?)
• Does it show experimentation with the FEATURES/TOOLS Prezi has to offer?
• Does it show an attempt at ARTISTRY? Was an attempt made to make it LOOK GOOD?

Physics PREZI work day

By the end of THIS period you MUST submit by email your completed Physics Prezi to BOTH Mr. Soliz & John.

Addresses: 

john@envisionacademy.org

santiago@envisionacademy.org

Subject: 

SUBMIT - P# - Physics Prezi - Your FullName

Body: 

Click the SHARE button for your Prezi

The COPY the URL by hitting the COPY button

If your copy worked the button will change!

Then PASTE YOUR PREZI URL into the body of a message from your school email account.  It should look something like this:

http://prezi.com/nbsizbhxrgty/examples-of-making-a-formula-with-shapes/?auth_key=faf95ead44d3b84a8eb1d5a0bc361d5e87eae29e

It MUST have the name of your Prezi and the "auth_key" in the URL or else you will NOT get on-time credit.

REPEAT: YOU MUST submit it correctly for it to be on-time and for full credit.  No exceptions.

If you are DONE you may:

1. Make it better - see below
2. Help others
3. Do quiet work for another class
4. Read quietly

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If you do NOT have a signed worksheet work on THAT (research, dimensional analyses, etc...) John will be circulating to help you

1. If you DO have a signed worksheet you may start/continue in Prezi
1. Click here for a refresher on Prezi basics
2. Once in Prezi if you only do what you did last time you can earn up to a "B" on this project in DLE
3. To earn an "A" you must go BEYOND the last one that you made.  TRY THESE THINGS!
1. Add shapes, colors, and interactive URL's using these tutorials
2. Watch the next tutorial to make your Prezi 'cleaner' and more organized or go directly to the "Cheat Sheet"
3. USE ANIMATED FADE-INS!

Physics Prezi [Storyboard Workshop]

Updating PREZI to EDU Accounts

• Go to www.typingweb.com
• Click on 'Typing Test' & 'Begin Lesson"
• The typing test is THREE screens long - you are not finished until you reach 100%

• Results look like THIS...

• Once you get your typing test RESULTS (after all three paragraphs - 100% of test)
• Send an email to John by clicking here
• In the email report to John your: 
• NET SPEED | GROSS SPEED | ACCURACY | TIME ELAPSED
• The SUBJECT of the EMAIL is:
• SUBMIT - P1 - typing test - Your Name

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• Log IN to PREZI by clicking here
• UPGRADE  your PREZI account by clicking here

Google Docs 101 - a story in pictures

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Purpose:

• I can create and share a basic "google doc" word processing document. 

Agenda:

1.  TeacherTalk & Guided Workshop (class is quiet unless called upon):

1. Google "docs" [Google DRIVE]
1. Definition(s)
2. Local vs. Web Applications [Apps]
1. Storage
2. Backup
3. Availability
3. Types



4. Your First Google Doc!




 

5. Sharing your document




6. Requirements

7. Exit Ticket
1. Make sure you SHARED your doc correctly for credit.

Using School Email & Google Docs

Purpose:

• I can log in to my school email and correctly email an attachment to john@envisionacademy.org
• I can create and share a basic google document. 

Agenda:

1.  Sit where your ME photo is located 

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1.  Silent Warm-up (class is silent):  Go to typingWeb.com and do as many lessons as you accurately can (do NOT close typing web)
2.  TeacherTalk & Guided Workshop (class is quiet unless called upon):
1. Your school email
1. Distribute
2. Log-in
1. If your log-in works, return to typing web while John troubleshoots the rest
2. Sending your first email
1. Compose
2. Address
3. Subject
4. Attachments
5. Saving & Send

OSX 101

Purpose:

• I can navigate around the Apple OSX operating system and locate files and folders in multiple ways

Agenda:

1. Silent Warm-up (class is silent): Go to typingWeb.com and do as many lessons as you accurately can.
2.  TeacherTalk (class is quiet unless called upon):
1. Spotlight
1. What it is
2. When to use it
3. Metadata
2. Finder
1. What it is
2. When to use it
3. Downloads
1. Where normally do they go?
2. What do browsers do with them?
4. Textedit
1. What it is
2. When to use it
5. Deepfreeze and how it works
1. Data not in "Student"
2. Download and configuration files
3. Workshop (Table Talk, only the students right next to you can hear you talk)
1. Typing Web until we finish!

Enjoying your Labor Day? Perhaps you should check out the history behind it!

This is a partial, biased, list - just so's you know's
The Haymarket Affair

International Workers Day

Pullman, Grover Cleveland, and Labor Day