Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Tuesday: InnerSelfies



Learning Target(s):
  • I can use the iMac iSight camera to take a selfie and use Google Draw to annotate it.
    • I can learn the vocab words from the embedded links in the blog post [and use them in casual conversation for extra credit]
Announcements:  
Agenda:
  • WarmUp [10]
  • Google Classroom - some or all  [10]

    • Period 5 - Block C - Class Code 8vey81
    • Period 4 - Block A - Class Code hl3v1mq
    • Period 3 - Block D - Class Code 4ot0jg
    • Period 1 - Block B - Class Code iphlwt
  • The InnerSelfie Project [35]
    • Rubric
    • Project Requirements
      • Clear Photo of your FACE, annotated as follows
      • + Core Value: Description [Green - or other positive signifier]
        • ex: Community: I care about others as much as I care about myself
      • - Core Value: Description [Red - or other negative signifier]
        • ex: Justice: Sometimes I give up on kids
      • Nouns & Adjectives that describe the person you want to BE here at EA [Any color(s) or symbol(s) that represent you]
        • ex: Father, Husband, Teacher, Friend, Mentor, Cyclist, Nerd, Quick, Sharp, Funny, Sarcastic, Explosive, Shy
      • First and Last name
      • Advisor's Name (what you call them)
        • ex: Advisor: John
        • ex: My Advisor is John
      • Block
        • ex: Block A
    • Freedoms
      • You may be creative with your colors and symbols - you do NOT have to use the suggested colors
      • As long as we can clearly see your face your photo should be fine
      • You do not have to be the only person in your photo but it must be CLEAR who the subject of the InnerSelfie is.
    • Responsibilities
      • It must be CLEAR what are your challenges and your strengths so if you are NOT using the Stoplight colors it must still be CLEAR which is a challenge and which is a strength
      • All of your information must be clear and READABLE
        • do not use tiny type, hard to read colors, or overly florid fonts.
    • Student Exemplar (with different emphasis) 
    • Teacher Exemplar

Step-By-Step
Taking the Selfie

  • Use Spotlight to locate the program Photo Booth
  • Push the RED BUTTON to take a CLEAR PICTURE of your FACE
  • Right+Click or Control+Click  the Thumbnail of your picture and select "Export"
  • Save the file, with the strange date/time name, to your DESKTOP (because you only need it temporarily)

    UPLOADING the Selfie to the correct Google Classroom Assignment
    • Go to your Google Classroom (Look in THE GRIND)
    • Click on the correct Classroom
    • Click on the Assignment Name
    • Your screen should look like this:
    • Click CREATE | Drawing
    •  
    • Your screen should look like this:

    • Select INSERT | Image
    • Click "Choose an image to upload"
    • Select the selfie from your Desktop
    • Your screen should look like this (your picture with the box with handles drawn around it)

    Annotating your selfie in Google Draw


      • Select the Text box tool
      • DRAW a text box on the screen
      • Choose a text color (that you can SEE)
      • Choose a font (that isn't too busy)
      • Type in the box and Voila!
      • NOW, add the rest of the text, working to the end of the period
      When you have finished

        • Share your InnerSelfie with the 9th grade teachers (I have superrights already as the assigning teacher - don't CHANGE any of the other sharing settings)

        • Turn In  your finished InnerSelfie by pushing the Turn In button (you can "take it back" to work on it further anytime before the deadline)
        • Congratulate yourself on completing your first DLE Project!
      • WHAT TO DO IF YOU FINISH ALL TASKS EARLY
        • CHECK YOUR WORK
        • Go back to typing web and take another exercise
        • Read your SSR book
        • ASK if you can do work for another class 
      • CLOSING [05]
        • Check around your table & chair - clean if necessary
        • LOG OUT of STUDENT USER
        • LAST PERIOD OF THE DAY STACK CHAIRS IN STACKS OF 4 AGAINST THE WALL, otherwise
          • Push your chair in, smile at your neighbor, have a good voyage...

      Friday, August 29, 2014

      FRIDAY: PowerSchool | Google Classroom [innerSelfie]



      Learning Target(s):
      • I can sign in to my Envision Academy Google account and remember my password
      • I can sign-up for the correct Google Classroom
      • I can look at my grades on PowerSchool
      • I can email my teacher with a goal for next week
      • I can organize my usernames and passwords
      Announcements:  
      • FIRST PERIOD WE ARE LEAVING THE COMPUTERS ON AND LOGGED IN FOR UPGRADES OVER THE LONG WEEKEND.
      • This Sunday Oakland's FIRST EVER Pride Parade will be taking place downtown!
        • The Mayor's office has requested that a few students join their float on the parade.
          • The parade begins at 10:30 am on Broadway and 14th Street. 
          • Students are interested in participating they can see Rosie or John to add their names and contact info  
      • Yearbook is meeting on TUESDAY after school here in the lab.
        • We need a 9th grade
          • Editor
            • Roster Editor
          • Photographers
          • Sports Photographers
          • Student Activities Photographers
      • Today's Schedule
      Agenda:
      FYI - Next Week
      • Your InnerSelfie Project
        • Project Description
          • Uses Photobooth
          • Uses Google Draw
          • Clearly shows your face
          • Describes in RED what core value you struggle with most and why
          • Describes in GREEN what core value you most embody and why
          • Has your First AND Last names on it clearly
          • Has your "nickname" on it if any
          • Has your ADVISORS name or face on it


      Thursday, August 28, 2014

      Wednesday/Thursday: Tech Policy II


      Learning Target(s):
      • I can articulate the entire EA TECH POLICY and explain its importance
        • I can sign in to my Envision Academy Google account and remember my password
      Announcements:  
      Agenda:
      (If you were absent last class and are not in a group please join an existing group.)
        • The partner who submitted the responses should look in their email for a message that looks like THIS one: 
          • Open the document
          • find your answers by looking in Column K for your name
          • copy and paste them into a NEW RESPONSE 
        • Continue working on the summaries until you are done.
        • When you are finished go back to typing web, read your SSR book, or get caught up on homework until everyone else is finished.
      • CLOSING [05]
        • Check around your table & chair - clean if necessary
        • LOG OUT of STUDENT USER
        • Push your chair in, smile at your neighbor, have a good voyage...







      Wednesday, August 27, 2014

      Wednesday Advisory: Critical Literacy II

      Learning Target: 
      • I can identify at least one critical purpose for literacy

      SILENT DO NOW

      • If you DID NOT finish the reading with T4 from yesterday then do that NOW
        • Reading #1 – Richard Wright’s “Discovering Books”
      • If you DID finish the reading then:
        • Get Your SSR BOOK From the shelf or your backpack and READ
      AGENDA


      • Do Now
      • In pairs, students create an identity chart for Richard Wright.
      • Discussion Questions:
        • What experience did Wright have with reading?
        • How did literacy change his identity? His experience of the world around him?

      Tuesday, August 26, 2014

      Tuesday: The EA Tech Policy [read & heed because if you snooze you lose]


      PERIOD 1 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
      You must have a working TypingWeb Login Tomorrow Morning.

      Silent Warm-Up
      • Turn on your computer and, while it is turning on, In your head, think deeply about the following two questions and prepare to share out.
          1. What do you think would happen to you, as a student, if you lost technology privileges at school for an entire quarter?
          2. What is the worst punishment you think could happen to you if you violate some of these technology policies?
      • Now, go to the BLOG and WRITE your answers here & send a copy to yourself if you won't be able to remember your answers!
      Learning Target(s):
      • I can articulate the entire EA TECH POLICY and explain its importance
        • I can sign in to my Envision Academy Google account and remember my password
      Announcements:  
      Agenda:

      • WarmUp [07]
      • WHOLE CLASS SHARE-OUT: ONE MIC [08]
      • TEACHER TALK [05]
        • Why the technology is important - scarcity
      • THE EA TECHNOLOGY POLICY [35]
      • If time: "Who Are You?"
        • Preview of Photobooth & Preview
      • CLOSING [05]
        • Check around your table & chair - clean if necessary
        • LOG OUT of STUDENT USER
        • Push your chair in, smile at your neighbor, have a good voyage...





      Monday, August 25, 2014

      Tuesday Advisory: Critical Literacy

      Learning Target: 

      • I can identify at least one critical purpose for literacy

      SILENT DO NOW - on your computer:
      (7 min) Reflective Writing – Choose one of the following statements, then write a narrative justifying your statement:
      Reading/writing is …
      1.    my friend because…
      2.    my enemy because…
      3.    a stranger to me because…
      Click HERE to begin writing


      (20 min) Reading #1 –
      Richard Wright’s “Discovering Books”


      (20 min) In pairs, students create an identity chart for Richard Wright.


      Discussion Questions:
      - What experience did Wright have with reading?
      - How did literacy change his identity? His experience of the world around him?

      Monday: Typing Web [The Technology Policy]


      If you cannot log in to TypingWeb then CHECK YOUR EMAIL and email your Core Value of the week to your Advisor
      What are you going to work on this week?

      Learning Target(s):
      • I can CONTINUE my first TypingWeb Exercises
        • I can sign in to my school email account and remember my password
        • [I can articulate the entire EA TECH POLICY and explain its importance.]
      Announcements:  
      Agenda:
      1. Mini-Lesson: Your TypingWeb account [45]
        • Why we type
        • Signing into TypingWeb.Com
          1. Look in "The Grind"
          2. USERNAME: First_Last_2018
          3. PASSWORD: Same as your email Password (that John gave you on the piece of PAPER!)
        • Using TypingWeb
        • TypingWeb warmups
        • How you get your grade - 50% TRYING & 50% IMPROVING
        • Tracking your own progress
          • The Leaderboard

        • WORKSHOP 
          • How many lessons can you get through in the time left in class?
        • Exit Ticket: Thumbs up for speed? [05]
        • CLOSING [05]
            1. LOG OUT TypingWeb (upper right corner of screen)
            2. LOG OUT of your email account
            3. Push your chair in
















        Monday: Advisory - Literacy Walk

        Sit in the CENTER THREE Rows

        WarmUp:
        • LOG IN TO YOUR EMAIL and email ME (john@envisionacademy.org) your Core Value of the week: What are you going to work on this week? 
        • STAY Logged In to your email 
        Learning Target(s): 
        • I can connect my past experience with reading to my current opinions about reading and literacy. 
        Agenda: 
        • (5 min) Warmup 
        • (7 min) Reflective Writing Using as much detail as possible, write about the first memory you have of reading OR writing. 
        • (13 min) Students pair share warm-up responses 
          • Teacher takes volunteers to share with whole class. 
        • (3 min) Teacher sets ground rules and frames literacy walk 
        • (2 min) Students move to commons for literacy walk. 
        • (20 min) ACTIVITY: Literacy Walk

        Friday, August 22, 2014

        FRIDAY: READING TEST #1

        Good Morning
        Warrior Scholars!
        Today you are going to take 
        your FIRST of FOUR 
        Accelerated Reader (AR)
        online assessments of your 
        reading comprehension. 

        This assessment is made up of a combination of vocabulary and short passage questions. You are going to do great. 


        For super fast readers the assessment it might take less than 20 minutes, for others it will take longer. Don't trip, this is a test of your comprehension, not your speed.  


        This is also an adaptive assessment so the assessment gets harder every time you answer a question correctly. DON'T GET DISCOURAGED!

        It is ESSENTIAL that the classroom remain extremely quiet so that everyone has the best environment.


        Take this assessment seriously because we are going to follow up with you to let you know how you did and to help you make reading goals, as well as help us to decide on the appropriate intervention for you.  


        This test is TIMED by the question. If you are running out of time a little clock will appear at the top of the screen. Try and answer the question soon if you see the clock.


        When you finish the assessment BREATH for a minute and then do the same quiet things we did this morning. Remember, we can't go do anything fun until we are all done. If you can stay quiet we will all finish as soon as possible. If you are loud I cannot reward you.






        Thursday, August 21, 2014

        WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY: Email & TypingWeb

        Do Now!
        • Silently enter the room and look for one of the FOUR " I Know...about computers" signs. there is one in each of the aisles. 
        • Stand in the aisle that most closely represents your knowledge of or comfort with computers.  

        Daily Learning Target(s):  
        • I can sign in to my school email account and remember my password
        • I can take my first TypingWeb Exercise
          Announcements:  
          • Where is John on Social Media? 
            • www.facebook.com/PantherProud  (John Maestro Kittredge)
            • instagram.com/trblmkr2k
            • https://plus.google.com/+JohnMaestroKittredge
          • The commons is not open for lunch
          • Friday is an important day for setting your goals
          • Today's Schedule
          • Period 3 
            8:30 – 10:10 (100) 
            Period 4 
            10:15– 11:55 (100) 
            Lunch 
            11:55 – 12:30 
            Period 5 
            12:35 – 2:15 (100) 
            SSR2:20 – 2:45 (25) 
            LD Community Meeting 
            2:45 – 3:45 (60)

            Homework:  
            • Read for fun!
            Agenda:
            • Do Now! [05]
              • Back to your chairs!
            • Discussion: Ignorance redux [05]
              • Popcorn feelings about "where you stand"
            • Mini-Lecture: Proper use of the lab [10]
              • When to turn them on & when not to
              • Food and Drinks
              • What is possible
              • More Rules on Monday
            • Mini-Lesson: Your @envisionacademy.org email account [25]
              • Turn on iMac
              • Open Chrome
              • Open the Blog
              • Log in
              • Do the Capcha & Agree to the Terms of Service
            • Mini-Lesson: Your TypingWeb account [45]
              • Why we type
              • Signing into TypingWeb.Com
                1. Look in "The Grind"
                2. USERNAME: First_Last_EA2018
                3. PASSWORD: Same as your email
              • Using TypingWeb
              • TypingWeb warmups
              • How you get your grade - by IMPROVING
              • The Leaderboard

              • WORKSHOP 
                • How many lessons can you get through in the time left in class?
              • Exit Ticket: Thumbs up for speed? [05]
              • CLOSING [05]
                  1. LOG OUT TypingWeb (upper right corner of screen)
                  2. LOG OUT of your email account
                  3. Push your chair in

              Wednesday, August 20, 2014

              WEDNESDAY: Advisory

              Do NOT turn on the computers!
              Do Now:
              • Sit in the center 3 aisles
              • Think of two things
                • What's one thing about EA that is DIFFERENT than you expected it to be?
                • What's one thing about EA that is exactly as you expected it to be?
              • Wait for John when you have thought of your two - write them down if you need to
                • Popcorn Share Out
              Lesson:
              • School Culture Plan Scavenger Hunt
              If there is time:
              • ICE CREAM!
              An Opportunity:



              Tuesday, August 19, 2014

              TUESDAY: Welcome Class of 2018!

              Do Now!
              • Write about a time when you felt “ignorant” about something, when people were talking or writing about something that you were expected to understand but, for whatever reason, you just didn’t.  What was it and/or how did it feel?  Write in complete sentences, please!
              • (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): 
              • How can we live in a digital world?
              • How can we express ourselves in a digital world
              • How can we gain agency in a digital world?
              Daily Learning Target(s):  
              • I can explain the importance of being ‘literate'

                Announcements:  
                • The commons is not open for lunch
                • Friday is an important day for setting your goals
                • Advisory  8:30-9:45 (75)
                  Period 5 9:50 – 10: 50 (60)
                  Period 4 10:55 – 11:55 (60)
                  Lunch 11:55 – 12:30
                  Period 3 12:35 –1:35 (60) 
                  Period 2 1:40 –2:40 (60)
                  Period 1 2:45 – 3:45 (60)
                  Homework:  
                  • Read for fun!
                  Agenda:
                  • Do Now! [07]
                    • If you finish early please go over your work; you will be sharing it
                  • Discussion: Ignorance [33]
                    • Pair Share - Write notes about what your partner says on the back of your own Do Now.
                    • Random Called: Share out
                  • Mini-Lecture: The Role of a 9th Grader [15]
                    • It's not about the grades, it's the skills...
                  • Exit Ticket: Thumbs up for speed? [05]

                  TUESDAY: Welcome 2014-15 Advisory!

                  LEARNING TARGETS:
                  •  I can give specific examples of each Core Value being demonstrated and not demonstrated at EA in the past.
                  • I can ask clarifying questions about important policies in the School Culture Plan so that I can demonstrate our Core Value of Discipline today.
                  • I can share one Core Value that I will work on this week in order to make EA a stronger community.