Wednesday, August 21, 2019

WED/THU: Email and Typing and...

Si necesita ayuda con la traducción al español en clase, 
dígaselo a sus maestros.

 Warm-Up:             
  • Turn on your computer 
    • (Tap the spacebar: if no reaction then reach behind, lower left, and push the button ONCE)
  • Login to the correct period
    • password: respect
  • Open Chrome
  • Go to ea.troublemaker.com and explore the class blog!

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  • HI, Welcome to the class blog
    Daily Learning Target(s):  
    • I will log in to my school account
    • I can sign up for Typing.com and take my first Typing.com exercises
    • If Time: I can begin my InnerSelfie project
      Announcements:  
        Homework:  
        • Read for fun!
        Agenda: [100]
        • Warm-Up: [05]
        • New software - sometimes this is a slow process so chill...
        • Basic Log-In & E-mail  [40]
            • Logging in to your browser and checking your email
            • Click the silhouette in the upper right hand corner of your chrome Browser 
            • 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_Kittredge-Martinez@EnvisionAcademy.org
            • Password is envision99
              • Change it once you log in
            • Sending your first email to your advisor
              • Click here to go to your school GMAIL
              • Write one or two FULL paragraphs in English or Español.
                • (Do your best but know that this is not graded for content so don't worry, just write
              • Tell them something about yourself that they would not be able to guess from just looking at you.
              • For bonus points: Also tell them a joke
              • Find your advisor's email here:
                • John: john@envisionacademy.org
                • Ms. Henry: mHenry@envisionacademy.org
                • Ms. Ocasla: sOcasla@envisionacademy.org 
                • Ms. Elliott: tElliott@envisionacademy.org
                • Ms. Smrekar: eSmrekar@envisionacademy.org 
            • 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 any article(s) 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

            STRETCH!

              • 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!
                  if time...
                  • The InnerSelfie Project (and your first EA Google Doc) [...]
                    • 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
                        • Required annotations
                        • 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
                        • 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)
                        • Optional annotations
                        • Your nick-name (if any)
                        • What part of town are you from? (What town if not Oakland?)
                        • What superpower you wish you had
                      • 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
                    • Opening the assignment
                    • Opening the drawing
                    • A tour of Google Draw
                      • Taking our picture
                      • Organizing our workspace
                  • Worktime
                    • bookmark this site on your bookmarks bar if you didn't already do so
                  • Closing procedure [05]
                    • Sign out of Browser and Period

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