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
• NOW:
• Write your ADVISOR  an email letting them know you have your email now AND tell them something about yourself that they don't know
• John: john@envisionacademy.org
• Ms. Henry: meaghan@envisionacademy.org
• Ms. Maker: kira@envisionacademy.org
• Ms. Elliott: taryn@envisionacademy.org
• Ms. Pirog: apirog@envisionacademy.org
• Click here to get to your email! 
• DONE? While you are waiting for John to finish getting everyone set up and emailing do this: 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 - old version for now]

Homework:  

• Read for fun!

Agenda: [100]

• Warm-Up: [20]
• Your Typing.com account [30]
• 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)

• 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 exercises can you get through in the time left?

STRETCH!

• The InnerSelfie Project (and your first EA Google Doc) [40]
• REQUIREMENTS [15]
• A Google Drawing
• A photo taken inside of Google Draw - This is your STUDENT Picture - it should show your head and shoulders and clearly show your face (think passport photo)
• Annotation of YOUR STUDENT PICTURE using Google Draw
• Government Name - and how you want to be called in class
• Age
• Pronoun [He/She/They)
• Advisor's Name
• Subject you find easiest
• Subject you find most difficult
• A photo you contribute - This is your PERSONAL Picture
• Annotation of YOUR PERSONAL PICTURE using Google Draw
• Your nick-name (if any)
• What part of town are you from? (What town if not Oakland?)
• The kind of person you are when people really know you.
• The kind of person people often think you are but are wrong (if any)
• What superpower you wish you had
• Why you chose/took this picture: what does it represent or say about you?

• Exemplars from previous years with different requirements

This is one of John's all-time favorites 

from the 1st year [different requirements]

This is John's from two years ago

Here's another creative one 



• Opening Google Classroom & getting started with the Template [20]
• Joining the class
• 1st: sg67qw3
• 3rd: 8lww1e 
• 4th: b5sqmm
• 5th: oye09g  
• Opening the assignment
• Opening the drawing
• A tour of Google Draw
• Taking our picture
• Organizing our workspace
• Worktime