FRI: Powerschool

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can understand the EA Grading system and how to look at grades in Powerschool

Announcements:  

• NO SCHOOL MONDAY
• Today's Schedule is SPECIAL

The Community Meeting has been 

CANCELLED due to the heat

Period 5- 8:30-9:35 (65)

Period 4- 9:40-10:45 (65)

Period 3- 10:50-11:55 (65)

Lunch- 11:55-12:30

SSR- 12:35-1:00 (25)

Advisory- 1:00-1:25 (25)

Period 2- 1:30-2:35 (65)

Period 1- 2:40-3:45 (65)

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda:  [65]

• Warm-Up: [15]
• Your Powerschool account [50]
• If you got your PowerSchool log-in in the mail, and remember it, log in HERE and poke around.
• Do you have any grades yet?
• Can you find the individual assignment lists?
• If you get bored go type some more by clicking here...
• or go read the news by clicking here...
• If you did NOT get your PowerSchool log-in in the mail
• Come to John's desk, get your login, and then follow the instructions to log in.
• A tour of the PowerSchool website and how to look at your grades
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WED/THU: Tech Policy

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can understand the intent of the EA technology policy and how it impacts me

Announcements:  

• Today's Schedule
• NORMAL [CLICK HERE TO SEE IT]

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda:  [100]

• Warm-Up: [15]
• The Technology Policy [40+/-]
• THE EA TECHNOLOGY POLICY
1. go to  http://www.envisionschools.org/site/Envision_Student_Acceptable_Use_Policy.pdf   and then, wait for further instructions
• You Talk [10+/-]
• 7 days gone, 174 days of 9th grade to go!
• How do YOU plan to be successful?

TUE: This is me data, Google Classroom Introduction

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can begin to understand how Google Classroom and Google DRIVE/DOCS relate to each other

Announcements:  

• Theater Team tryouts start TODAY after school!
• Office hours today for students who did not turn in the InnerSelfie yesterday.
• Today's Schedule
• NORMAL [CLICK HERE TO SEE IT]

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda:  [60]

• Typing.com Warm-Up: [10]
• Survey: [10]
• Take this short informational survey!
• Google Classroom [40]
• Finding it in the Google APP Launcher
• Joining your DLE Google Classroom
• Answering your first "question"
• a question is like a post that you can respond to.  For this one I didn't let you respond to each other only to my original post, but you can still READ them all
• Receiving Docs from your teacher - the current assignments
• One Copy for YOU to edit
• A copy just for you with your name in the title is created
• One Copy for ALL to edit
• One document is shared with ALL 9th graders
• One copy for ALL to read 
• You need to make your own copy for it to appear in your google drive
• ADDING your own document to an assignment
• ADD your InnerSelfie from Google Drive
• Look under RECENT files!
• ADD the PNG of your InnerSelfie by uploading it
• Getting credit!
• Turning it in "on time"
• What "on time" means
• Do IT for today's assignment or you will NOT get credit!
• IF TIME
• Locating the Classroom docs inside our Drive

MON: InnerSelfie Completion

Finish your InnerSelfie

Type @ the End when you are DONE

Finish your InnerSelfie Early and get a HIGHER Typing Grade!

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can complete and submit my InnerSelfie

Announcements:  

• Whole School Community meeting THIS FRIDAY afternoon
• Theater Team auditions THIS WEEK

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda: [65]

• The InnerSelfie Project (and your first EA Google Doc) [50]
• REQUIREMENTS 
• A Google Drawing
• A photo taken inside of Google Draw
• Annotation using Google Draw
• Name
• Block
• Advisor's Name
• Core Value you already represent well 
• Core Value you could use some work on
• What you want to be "known as"
• Tell us how you want us to think of you is a list or as a sentence
• Nickname? What do you want to be called?
• What super power do you wish you had?
• Exemplars from last year
• Opening Google Drive & getting started
• Creating the drawing
• Naming the drawing
• "InnerSelfie - John Kittredge - Elliott"
• Submitting your work [10]
• download your InnerSelfie as a PNG and store it in your STUDENT DRIVE
• Create an email 
• Subject:  My InnerSelfie
• Address To:
• Your Advisor
• shun@envisionacademy.org
• jamil@envisionacademy.org
• eve@envisionacademy.org
• jessica@envisionacademy.org
• john@envisionacademy.org
• Typing.com: [15]

FRI: InnerSelfie

*click here for typing.com instructions

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can complete and submit my InnerSelfie

Announcements:  

• Today's Schedule
• NORMAL [CLICK HERE TO SEE IT]
• Congratulations to the Marshmallow Challenge 9th grade winners!
• 22.5 inches!

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda: [60]

• Typing.com: [10]

• The InnerSelfie Project (and your first EA Google Doc) [40]
• REQUIREMENTS 
• A Google Drawing
• A photo taken inside of Google Draw
• Annotation using Google Draw
• Name
• Block
• Advisor's Name
• Core Value you already represent well 
• Core Value you could use some work on
• What you want to be "known as"
• Tell us how you want us to think of you is a list or as a sentence
• Nickname? What do you want to be called?
• What super power do you wish you had?
• Opening Google Drive & getting started
• Creating the drawing
• Naming the drawing
• "InnerSelfie - John Kittredge - Elliott"
• Submitting your work [10]
• download your InnerSelfie as a PNG and store it in your STUDENT DRIVE
• Create an email 
• Subject:  My InnerSelfie
• Address To:
• Your Advisor
• shun@envisionacademy.org
• jamil@envisionacademy.org
• eve@envisionacademy.org
• jessica@envisionacademy.org
• john@envisionacademy.org 
• Exemplars

• ...from previous years [with different requirements]

John's all-time favorite from the 1st year [different requirements]



John's from last year


• Exemplars from last year

John's from 2020
What will this year's look like?
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WED/THU: Typing.com Signup & InnerSelfie Part 1

 Warm-Up:             

• Turn on your computer 
• (spacebar, if no reaction then reach behind and push the button)
• Login to the correct period
• password: respect
• Open Chrome
• Log in to the Chrome browser
• Go to ea.troublemaker.com
• follow the next instructions from here...
• HI, Welcome to the class blog
• bookmark this site on your bookmarks bar if you didn't already do so
• check your email (did your advisor respond?)
• now, while you are waiting for John to finish getting everyone set up 
• Go to the GOOGLE NEWS website by clicking HERE
• Choose an article and read until told to stop
• change sections on the left if you want
• Be prepared to share out your article (Topic, Location, Relevancy, Opinion)
• READ SILENTLY until told to stop

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can sign up for Typing.com and take my first Typing.com exercises
• I can begin my InnerSelfie project

Announcements:  

• Today's Schedule
• NORMAL [CLICK HERE TO SEE IT]

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda: [100]

• Warm-Up: [10]
• Your Typing.com account [40]
• Make SURE you are signed in to the Chrome BROWSER checking for your name in the upper right hand corner.
• Sign-Up for Typing.com by clicking here



• Scroll down to the single sign on section and select "sign up with Google" (make sure you are already logged in to chrome)
• Select 2021 as your class

• Allow typing.com to access your Google account

• Click on Account

• Add your real name and school email and check "allow contact" - then save changes

• It should say "your account settings have been updated"

• Click on Lessons

• BOOKMARK this site by hitting the STAR to the right of the web address
• Modify the bookmark if you wish and then save it
• Find the Beginner section and click Begin

• Follow ALL of the directions, use the exact finger and technique  

• Do the LESSONs until instructed to stop

A tour of Typing.Com

• Typing.Com warmups
• Lessons vs Exercises
• Tests 
• After each Lesson
• Once a week (or so)
• Games
• no credit
• don't abuse
• no 'other' games
• How you get your grade
• Effort
• # of Lessons completed
• # of minutes spent typing
• Improvement
• Skill
• The Leaderboard
• Practice [10]
• How many lessons can you get through in the time left in class?

STRETCH!

• The InnerSelfie Project (and your first EA Google Doc) [40]
• What Core Value ARE you? [05]
• What Core Value SHOULD YOU BE MORE OF?
• REQUIREMENTS [15]
• A Google Drawing
• A photo taken inside of Google Draw
• Annotation using Google Draw
• Name
• Block
• Advisor's Name
• Core Value you already represent well 
• Core Value you could use some work on
• What you want to be "known as"
• Tell us how you want us to think of you is a list or as a sentence
• Nickname? What do you want to be called?
• What super power do you wish you had?

• Exemplars from previous years with different requirements

John's all-time favorite from the 1st year [different requirements]



John's from last year


• Exemplars from last year

John's from 2020
What will this year's look like?
• Opening Google Drive & getting started [20]
• Creating the drawing
• Naming the drawing
• "InnerSelfie - John Kittredge - Elliott"
• A tour of Google Draw

TUE: Email & Chrome Logins + "School Appropriate" & "Good Personal Decisions"

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I will understand the difference between logging in to my
• Computer vs.
• Browser vs.
• Google Account
• I will check my school email
• I will email my advisor

Announcements: 

• 32gb Flashdrives available  Friday ($15)
• TODAY is as Tuesday schedule w/ after school Office Hours
• Period 5: 8:30-9:30 (60)
• Period 4: 9:35 – 10: 35 (60)
• Period 3: 10:40 –11:40 (60)
• Lunch: 11:40 – 12:15
• SSR (Silent, Sustained, Reading): 12:20 – 12:45 (25)
• Advisory: 12:45 – 1:35 (50)
• Period 2: 1:40 –2:40 (60)
• Period 1: 2:45 – 3:45 (60)
• 3:45 Girl's Volleyball tryouts in Gym (all girls welcome to try out!)

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda [60]

• Do Now! [05]
• Go to the board and write any Instagram, Snapchat,  or any other "add me" messages you want - only school appropriate names or words
• Do NOT open Instagram or Snapchat.
• You may take out your phone and take a picture of the names 
• You may NOT open anything other than your camera app. 
• Do NOT open Instagram or Snapchat.

• Attendance & Announcements [05]
• Class discussion [05]
• What does "School Appropriate mean"?
• What does "good personal decision mean"?
• New software - sometimes this is a slow process
• Basic Log-In & E-mail  [40]
• Quick Reminder on Implication of "School" E-Mail
• Appropriate use
• Consequences
• more on this when we do the Tech Policy
• Using the Computer for the first time
• Hardware ON
• Choose Correct Period
• respect
• Software Log Out/Off
• The Chrome Browser
• What it does as 'browser'
• Browse the internet (look around)
• Log in to websites individually in the BROWSER WINDOW
• Browser is the same for everyone who uses it
• What it does as 'client'
• Interact with the Internet directly as a client
• It is like the difference between and APP and the website for that APP
• Browser itself is LOGGED IN
• settings and bookmarks are saved
• Browser looks the same for YOU on ANY computer, including your Chromebook
• Automatically logs you in for Google products and other linked products like typing.com 
• Logging in to your browser and checking your email
• Your E-mail address is probably something like this:
• First_Last@EnvisionAcademy.org
• John Kittredge becomes
• John_Kittredge@EnvisionAcademy.org
• First_Last-Hyphenated@EnvisionAcademy.org
• John Kittredge-Martinez becomes
• John_Kittredge-Martinez@EnvisionAcademy.org
• First_LastNotHyphenated@EnvisionAcademy.org
• John Kittredge Martinez becomes
• John_KittredgeMartinez@EnvisionAcademy.org
• Password!
• Change it once you log in
• Explore the browser, settings, bookmarks...
• If Time (xx)
• Sending your first email to your advisor
• john@envisionacademy.org
• meaghan@envisionacademy.org
• kira@envisionacademy.org
• taryn@envisionacademy.org
• sobeyda@envisionacademy.org
• Closing proceedure [05]
• Sign out of Browser and Period

Welcome Class of 2021

Do Now!

• Write about a time when you felt “ignorant” about something.  
• Think about when people expect you to understand something but, for whatever reason, you just don't.  
• What does feeling ignorant feel like?
• If you finish early please go over what you wrote - you will be sharing this with a partner and, in summary, with the class

Yearly Learning Target(s): 

• What is the nature of Self?
• What is the nature of Truth?
• What is the nature of Technology?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can explain the importance of being ‘literate'

Announcements: 

• 32gb Flashdrives available from John SOON

• Today is a SPECIAL MONDAY Schedule

Advisory

8:30-9:20 (50)

Period 1

9:25- 10:25 (60)

Period 2

10:30 – 11: 30 (60)

Lunch

11:30 – 12:05

Period 3

12:10 –1:10 (60)

Period 4

1:15 –2:15(60)

Period 5

2:20 – 3:20 (60)

Advisory

3:25-3:45 (20)

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda [60]

• Do Now! [5]
• Read the instructions on the sheet you got and fill out the top box only.
• Discussion and partner notes: Ignorance [15]
• Pair - Share - Collaborate: 
1. MIDDLE Students always collaborate with the Aisle or Wall person, never each other if possible
2. The OLDEST person goes first
• 1 minute to share what you wrote in the top box.
• Partner takes notes in the 2nd box about what you say - without commenting
3. The YOUNGEST person goes next
• 1 minute to share what you wrote in the top box.
• Partner takes notes in the 2nd box about what you say - without commenting
4. When instructed compare notes and write down any similarities in your stories of feeling ignorant
5. Random Called: Share out

• New Seats & Classroom Routines [25]
• Strong Start
• Line up if door closed
• Enter quietly and check Projector
• Projector -> Board -> Computer
• Silently complete do now
• Typing.com
• Care of the computers
• Food or Drinks = Referral
• Switching Parts = Referral 
• Homework
• Mini-Lecture: The Role of a 9th Grader [10]
• Yearly learning targets
• What this class is ABOUT 
• This is a class in critical thinking
• It's not about the grades, it's the skills...
• And the attitude...
• Exit Ticket: Thumbs up for 9th? (with reason) [05]