Sunset

UNIT Learning Target(s):  

• How can technology be used against us?
• How can we harness technology for public good?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can understand the DLE final requirements and begin preparing for it.
• I can view the UNITED STATES OF SECRETS documentary with a critical lens

Announcements:  

• Tomorrow is D-Day!
• FINALS ARE MANDATORY
• Ask me how to get an "A" on my Final
• All Cameras, Memory Cards, and Cables are due NOW
• Don't make me come get it
• Not returning gear = NC
• This week is a NORMAL WEEK
• Community meeting TODAY
• SSR & Intervention & 180 Final Meetings
• DLE Final Exam Idea checks available all week
• YOUR FINAL EXAM WILL BE NEXT WEEK:
• MONDAY:
• 8:30-10:30 - 1st Period Final
• 10:55:12:55 - 2nd Period Final
• 12:55 Dismissal
• TUESDAY:
• 8:30-10:30 - 3rd Period Final
• 10:55:12:55 - 4th Period Final
• 12:55 Dismissal
• WEDNESDAY:
• 8:30-10:30 - 5th Period Final
• 10:35-11:35 - Final Advisory Meeting
• 11:40-12:55 - Final All School Community Meeting and Awards
• 12:55 Dismissal
• THURSDAY:
• 8:30-1:55 - ALL SCHOOL PICNIC
• Crab Cove Meadow & Beach, Alameda

Homework:  

• Do everything you can to pass ALL your classes as the year ends...

Agenda:

• Typing WEB & Announcements [20]
• Students MUST finish their short films or they will fail the quarter
• Your final Exam for Digital Literacy will be as follows
• Your final typing web TEST
• A FREE CHOICE Digital Art project to be completed entirely during the scheduled finals time. You should check with John this week to make sure your idea will qualify for the grade you want.
• You must prepare in advance or you will do poorly
• Click here to see the Final Requirements on the blog post "Sunset: Your final days as a 9th grader... Preparing for finals"

• iMovie Film Festival [??]
• Editing as needed and approved
• Other Schoolwork as needed and approved
• Acceptable Alternatives to watching the documentary
• Preparing for John's final by...
• Collecting images and sounds and other assets you need for your final project next week
• Creating a storyboard 
• Create a mockup of your ideas to make sure they work in Photoshop or Keynote or iMovie
• Uploading video and photos to the student drive or to a personal flash drive - OR BOTH!
• Natalia's Essay
• Ms. Pierre's Extra Credit
• Any teacher's final study guide
• You may not do cool math games or typing games
• The United States of Secrets (1:15+:55)

looking for the Snowden links?  click Read More...

Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets: How two alienated, angry geeks broke the story of the year (Rolling Stone)

Edward Snowden, The Dark Prophet: He pulled off the year's most spectacular heist. Exiled from his country, the 30-year-old computer whiz has become the doomsayer of the information age

Edward Snowden: The latest on the computer analyst whistleblower who provided the Guardian with top-secret NSA documents leading to revelations about US surveillance on phone and internet communications

Report: NSA Collects Millions of Images Each Day for Facial Recognition

NSA Leak: Internet Giants Let Government Tap Your Data

Timeline of Edward Snowden's revelations: Al Jazeera's in-depth look back at nearly a year of NSA leaks by the former government contractor who fled from Hawaii to Hong Kong to Russia after releasing loads of documents on surveillance in the U.S. and around the world. Information below is compiled from outlets that first reported the data.