The Pitch

TURN IN YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE

Objective:  I can pitch my ideas to my team and select my final idea
   

Agenda:

1. Announcements [I do] 
• These days in history: 
• 2/27/1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
• 2/27/1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
• 2/27/2013 Pope Benedict resigns 
• 2/27/1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
2. AR Assement #3 [YOU Do]
• Take this SERIOUSLY! 
• Remember that a little clock will pop-up if you are running out of time.
• [What to do when you are finished..?]
• Username: 
1. 1st ONE letter of FIRST name +
2. 1st FOUR letters of LAST name
1. Example: jkitt
• Password: ???
• https://hosted333.renlearn.com/2076072/
3. Brainstorming and pitching our Video ideas
• Fill in the IDEAS column completely.  
• Use your homework and COPY what you wrote into the spreadsheet
• NEXT, complete each ROW with the details for each idea
• If you have even MORE TIME work on the HOW column and put as many details as you can.
• LAST, after John gives the "all done", finish your chart and call a minimum of three people over to see your ideas.
• You MUST have two students 'approve' your idea - write their names in the last column
4. [If Time]
• P2P Demonstration & Video & discussion
• Reconnect with grades & Google Spreadsheets
• WebSite Gallery Walk 

Unit 5 - The Movies

Objective:  I can explain the first step in the video unit 

Agenda:

1. Announcements [I do] 
• Today in history: 1917 – The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
• There are three [3] weeks left in the 3rd Quarter - teachers will be looking to grade you.  For example...
• Homework to write down
• Three separate written ideas for products you would like to buy that DO NOT EXIST - to be turned in as you come in the door next class - pick up handout as you leave
2. The Week Ahead [I Do]
• Today: 
• Discussion: Is online pirating wrong?
• Brief discussion of Video Unit
• WebSite Gallery Walk [if time]
• Weds/Thurs: 
• Homework due as you walk in the door
• P2P Demonstration & Video
• AR Assessment #3
• Reconnect with grades & Google Spreadsheets
• Brainstorming and pitching our Video ideas
• Friday
• Selecting topics and storyboarding
3. Think/Write/Share [You Do]
1. Log in to your school email and then return here for step 2
2. On the next page
• Read the questions
• Read the short article
• Post a comment [you will use your Blogger account from Natalia's class to comment]
1. NOW, CLICK HERE
4. Unit Five - Video [I Do]
1. ShamWoW! The Project
2. The Homework Sheet is HERE if you lose it

WEB 1 FINAL REVISION DUE TODAY!

Purpose:   I will learn a little bit about  gender politics 

and I will put the finishing revisions on my first web site.

If you were absent LAST CLASS 

see John ASAP

Agenda:

1. Announcements (I do): 
1. If you were absent LAST CLASS see John ASAP
2. Today in reality
1. Hundreds injured by meteor explosion in Russia
2. How the Meteor set off a sonic boom
2. A little gender politics...
1. Vagina, vagina, vagina...
2. A little post-Valentine's video to empower my young ladies.  Young men: most of what you will hear is directed at the people who make the laws in this country BUT - if you hear something that makes you think then THINK about it.  And now: This is my body...
3. Smart Choices
1. What are you going to do on this break?
1. I'm going to rest, exercise, do work around the house, and hopefully come do a day of work here at school.  AND... I have already planned and scheduled on my calendar WHEN I will do these things so that I have a better chance of actually doing them!
4. Work Time
1. Do what you NEED to, not what you WANT to.  
2. This is your last chance to fix up your website.
3. If you missed the CWA you can take it during this class.

Web Revision Day #2 & CWA #2

Purpose:  I will refine and revise my website towards an "A" and do my very best on the Common Writing Assessment

Agenda:

1. Announcements (I do): 
1. Cool Dude Birthday Alert, Yesterday, February 13th:
1. 1961 – Henry Rollins, American musician, comedian, and actor (Black Flag)
1. Thanks to everyone that went on the trip with me - it was great!
2. How to give a great Saint Valentine's Day Present
2. Work Time
1. You must have ALL 4 pages done and ready on your screen BEFORE you write your name on the board.
3. Common Writing Assessment #2
1. You have exactly 45 minutes to write this essay
1. Read the prompt completely and make sure you know what it is asking you
2. Answer the prompt!
1. Outline your argument
1. what point are you trying to make?
2. what evidence will you use to make that point?
3. What was your point again?

                                                

• 00:00 - Typing Web [15]
• 00:15 - Announcements [5]
• 00:20 - Work Time [25]
• 00:45 - Transition to CWA [5]
• 00:50 - CWA [45]
• 01:35 - Pens Down [5]
• 01:40 - Class Over [100]

Web Revision day #1

Purpose:  I will refine and revise my website towards an "A"

Agenda:

1. Announcements (I do): 
1. NEWS you can USE:
1. Is Racial Stereotyping Part of Google AdSense?
1. Permission slip is available NOW (first come first served)
2. Work Time
1. Sign up on the board to have me go over your site for specific suggestions.
1. Have ALL 4 pages done and ready on your screen BEFORE you write your name on the board.

WEB 1 Due Date TODAY!

Purpose:   I will complete and submit my finished 4 page Web site

All four pages are due TODAY, February 8th, 2013, at the end of class.  

Lab is NOT open at Lunch OR After School

Agenda:

1. Announcements (I do): 
1. Today in History, February 8th: 
1. Today In Music History - February 8
1. Permission slip is available NOW (first come first served)
2. Work Time

REQUIREMENTS

• Your prime concern is DESIGN and USE OF THE SOFTWARE
• CONTENT is secondary.  Specific requirements are on the BLOG.  General requirements are below:
1. EA Page- Past Due - Content from the EA website and must include
1. Contact information for the school
2. Between one and five pictures
3. Reasons to go to the school
2. Personal Page - Information and pictures introducing yourself, who you are, and where you came from
3. Totem Page -  Pick ONE THING that represents you, put one or more pictures of that one thing on the page, and explain why that is the perfect object to represent you right now
4. Dreams Page - Write about what you want the world to become and how you might help make it happen.  Write about your hopes, your dreams for yourself, where you want to go to school and why you want to go there. 

How do you get help?

1. Check the help files HERE 
• Also located on the blog - upper right corner
2. Ask three - 3 - III  classmates
3. Then ask John

bro·die

  [broh-dee]  Show IPA

noun ( sometimes initial capital letter  ) Slang.

1.

a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive: to do a brodie from a high ledge.

2.

a severe vehicular skid.

3.

a sharp reversal in a vehicle's direction by sudden application of the brakes and wrenching of thesteering wheel.

Origin: 
 after Steve Brodie,  who claimed that he jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886

Web work day #7

Purpose:  I will continue working on my Totem & Dreams Pages (due Friday)

Agenda:

1. Announcements (I do): 
1. NEWS you can USE and YESTERday in History, February 6th: 
1. Mary Leakey's 100 Birthday
2. Boy Scouts Postpone Decision on Admitting Gays
1. Permission slip is available NOW (first come first served)
2. Work Time
1. All four pages are due THIS FRIDAY
1. Your prime concern is DESIGN and USE OF THE SOFTWARE
2. CONTENT is secondary
1. EA Page- Past Due - Content from the EA website
2. Personal Page - Information and pictures introducing yourself, who you are, and where you came from
3. Totem Page -  Pick ONE THING that represents you, put one or more pictures on the page, and explain why that is the perfect object to represent you right now
4. Dreams Page - Write about what you want the world to become and how you might help make it happen.  Write about your hopes, your dreams for yourself, where you want to go to school and why you want to go there. 

Web work day #6

Purpose:  I will continue working on my Totem & Dreams Pages (due Friday)

Agenda:

1. Announcements (I do): 
1. When done with typing web 
1. IF YOU HAVE AN NC IN THIS CLASS THEN YOU SHOULD SUBMIT YOUR PSA BEFORE YOU CONTINUE WORKING ON YOUR WEBSITE
2. Otherwise read the history below...
2. These days in History, February 4th & 5th: 
1. 1885 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
2. 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. 
3. 1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000
4. 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
2. Opportunities next Tuesday
1. Success Day
1. Take a day to catch up, clear your missing assignments, and get back on track!
2. Environmental Activism Film Festival
1. Sign-ups are first come, first served (55 Max-signed permission slip required to sign up)
2. You can only sign up if you do not have outstanding work.
1. If you have ANY NC's you must get approval from your advisor AND the NC Teachers before you can sign up.
3. Information on the films is found here
4. It is free - bring your own lunch
5. We will go on a chartered bus to Rafael Film Center
1. John & 1 other teacher will be your chaperones
2. We will have room for a few parent volunteers
6. We will leave school at 8AM in order to make the first films at 8:55 AM
3. Mini-Lesson (I/We Do)
1. Wrapping text around pictures
1. Click on any picture when in edit mode 
• 
• Does not work if picture is centered
2. Removing individual page elements

1. Work Time (YOU Do: requirements are on your outline):
1. REMEMBER: 
1. Use your example pages and templates to guide you.
2. DEADLINES:
1. Your EA PAGE is past due
2. Your PERSONAL PAGE is past due 
3. Your TOTEM PAGE and DREAMS PAGE ARE due at the end of class on FRIDAY.

Web work day #5

Purpose:  I will finish and submit my Personal Web Page & begin working on my Totem Page

Agenda:

1. Announcements (I do): 
1. When done with typing web log in to PowerSchool and check your grades.  If you have an NC in DLE you MUST submit your PSA by the end of MST tomorrow.
2. Today in History, February 4th: 
1. 1969 - 33-year-old John Madden became head coach of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders. In his first season Madden took the Raiders to a 12-1-1 record and earned them a spot in the AFC Conference Championship Game. Madden went on to become the youngest head coach in the modern NFL era to win 100 games in his first ten seasons.
2. Work Time (requirements are on your outline):
1. REMEMBER: 
1. Use your example pages and templates to guide you.
2. DEADLINES:
1. Your EA PAGE is past due
2. Your PERSONAL PAGE is due TODAY 
3. Your TOTEM PAGE and DREAMS PAGE ARE due at the end of class on FRIDAY.