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Pleasantville, where nobody poops...

The cheerful '50s TV sitcom "Pleasantville" is revived in the '90s for a loyal cable audience. One devoted fan is shy suburban teen David Wagner (Tobey Maguire - Spiderman Trilogy), who has an almost obsessive interest in the series. Living with his divorced mother (Jane Kaczmarek), David sometimes has disputes with his ultra-hip twin sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon-Legally Blond).

She wants to watch MTV just when a Pleasantville marathon is about to begin. They struggle over the remote control, and it breaks. A strange TV repairman (Don Knotts) supplies their new remote, a potent high-tech device which zaps David and Jennifer inside of the Pleasantville TV world, where their new sitcom parents are businessman George Parker (William H. Macy) and wife Betty (Joan Allen).

As "Bud" and "Mary Sue," the teens take up residence in a black-and-white suburbia where sex does not exist and the temperature is always 72 degrees. Life is always pleasant, books have no words, bathrooms have no toilets, married couples sleep in twin beds, the high school basketball team always wins, and nobody ever questions "The Good Life."

What Pleasantville accomplishes is a social study of television; it contrasts 50s and 90s television's view of those eras. While the TV shows of early television depicted intact families and traditional values, 50s culture was probably more 'real.' Current television has almost done the opposite: presenting us with reality that is perhaps more harsh and false than real life now is.

Below are some general themes that we will use to guide our discussion for credit next class.

• You will go over them as a class before we start the film.

• We will NOT be stopping during the film, but we will be stopping before the film ends for you to write down notes.

• Feel free to jot down notes during the film but do not ask us to stop the film.

Themes in the movie Pleasantville

• Pleasantville is a movie of contrasts. What are some of the OBVIOUS contrasts they show between the 50’s and the Future? What are some of the film tricks they use to show LITERAL contrast (CONTRAST: The state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something OPPOSITE, or REVERSE)
• The TV 'repairman say’s "I know what I'd feel like if my TV broke; like I'd lost a friend.". How would you feel if you had NO TV, and no Internet TV/YouTube/NetFlix/etc...
• Destiny--everything in Pleasantville is scripted, has a place. What about our lives? Do you ever feel like all the decisions are already made for you?
• Censorship: The mayor of Pleasantville say’s "It seems to me we must separate out the things that are unpleasant from the things that are pleasant.". In Pleasantville personal expression and differences are unacceptable and anything straying from what is known is feared. Think about your family at home, what happens when your ideas or opinions differ from your elders?
• Racism: "No coloreds." reads a sign in Pleasantville window. "Coloreds" are people who have become enlightened or who become passionate; they are rejected from mainstream Pleasantville. Why would the filmmakers use this obvious sign from the USA’s racist past? Is this movie about racism too, or just intolerance? Is this the way the world still is? Why or why not?

adapted from here... and imdb

Mas Google Docs

Purpose:

• I can build a small, functional spreadsheet with formulas and formatting

Agenda:

1. Further Introduction to more Google Docs

1. Drawings
2. Spreadsheets
3. Presentations
4. Collections
5. Documents

Google Spreadsheets

Warmup: 

1. Take the anonymous  Envision Academy Student Counseling Survey
2. Then go on to TypingWeb.Com

Bonus: Send me the letter from yesterday if you have not already done so.

Agenda: Finishing our Grade Tracker and beyond!

More Introduction to more Google Docs

Purpose:

• I can navigate around the other google 'docs'

Agenda:

1. 3 More Prezies
2. More Introduction to more Google Docs
1. (Drawings) Any questions?
2. Spreadsheets
1. Your first Spreadsheet

• If time
1. Presentations
2. Folders
3. Documents

Bell Schedule - 95 Min Blocks

8:30-10:05 - Period 3

10:05-10:10 - Passing Period

10:10-11:45 - Period 4

11:45-12:15 - Lunch

12:15-12:20 - Passing Period

12:20-1:55 - Advisory

1:55-2:00 - Passing Period

2:00-3:35 - Period 5

Overview of Google docs, continued

Purpose:

• I can navigate around the other google 'docs'

Agenda:

1. 3 More Prezies
2. Introduction to more Google Docs

1. Drawings
2. Presentations
3. Collections
4. Spreadsheets
5. Documents

Prezi's on Display!

DO NOT TURN ON YOUR COMPUTER

• Today we will be enjoying the Prezi's that were submitted by Friday.  
• If you would LIKE to go first (and volunteering is smiled upon) put your name on the board in front.
• If you did not finish yours you may ASK John to turn on the computer to finish and/or submit it.  There is a grade penalty for any project not turned in last Friday.
• There is a SEVERE grade penalty for projects not turned in by Tuesday after school.

While watching these Prezi's we will critique them using the following questions:

• Is the Prezi NEAT and logically ORGANIZED?
• Does it tell a STORY?
• Is it TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT (ADVANCED?)
• Does it show experimentation with the FEATURES/TOOLS Prezi has to offer?
• Does it show an attempt at ARTISTRY? Was an attempt made to make it LOOK GOOD?

Physics PREZI work day

By the end of THIS period you MUST submit by email your completed Physics Prezi to BOTH Mr. Soliz & John.

Addresses: 

john@envisionacademy.org

santiago@envisionacademy.org

Subject: 

SUBMIT - P# - Physics Prezi - Your FullName

Body: 

Click the SHARE button for your Prezi

The COPY the URL by hitting the COPY button

If your copy worked the button will change!

Then PASTE YOUR PREZI URL into the body of a message from your school email account.  It should look something like this:

http://prezi.com/nbsizbhxrgty/examples-of-making-a-formula-with-shapes/?auth_key=faf95ead44d3b84a8eb1d5a0bc361d5e87eae29e

It MUST have the name of your Prezi and the "auth_key" in the URL or else you will NOT get on-time credit.

REPEAT: YOU MUST submit it correctly for it to be on-time and for full credit.  No exceptions.

If you are DONE you may:

1. Make it better - see below
2. Help others
3. Do quiet work for another class
4. Read quietly

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If you do NOT have a signed worksheet work on THAT (research, dimensional analyses, etc...) John will be circulating to help you

1. If you DO have a signed worksheet you may start/continue in Prezi
1. Click here for a refresher on Prezi basics
2. Once in Prezi if you only do what you did last time you can earn up to a "B" on this project in DLE
3. To earn an "A" you must go BEYOND the last one that you made.  TRY THESE THINGS!
1. Add shapes, colors, and interactive URL's using these tutorials
2. Watch the next tutorial to make your Prezi 'cleaner' and more organized or go directly to the "Cheat Sheet"
3. USE ANIMATED FADE-INS!

Physics Prezi [Storyboard Workshop]

Updating PREZI to EDU Accounts

• Go to www.typingweb.com
• Click on 'Typing Test' & 'Begin Lesson"
• The typing test is THREE screens long - you are not finished until you reach 100%

• Results look like THIS...

• Once you get your typing test RESULTS (after all three paragraphs - 100% of test)
• Send an email to John by clicking here
• In the email report to John your: 
• NET SPEED | GROSS SPEED | ACCURACY | TIME ELAPSED
• The SUBJECT of the EMAIL is:
• SUBMIT - P1 - typing test - Your Name

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• Log IN to PREZI by clicking here
• UPGRADE  your PREZI account by clicking here

Google Docs 101 - a story in pictures

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Purpose:

• I can create and share a basic "google doc" word processing document. 

Agenda:

1.  TeacherTalk & Guided Workshop (class is quiet unless called upon):

1. Google "docs" [Google DRIVE]
1. Definition(s)
2. Local vs. Web Applications [Apps]
1. Storage
2. Backup
3. Availability
3. Types



4. Your First Google Doc!




 

5. Sharing your document




6. Requirements

7. Exit Ticket
1. Make sure you SHARED your doc correctly for credit.

Using School Email & Google Docs

Purpose:

• I can log in to my school email and correctly email an attachment to john@envisionacademy.org
• I can create and share a basic google document. 

Agenda:

1.  Sit where your ME photo is located 

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1.  Silent Warm-up (class is silent):  Go to typingWeb.com and do as many lessons as you accurately can (do NOT close typing web)
2.  TeacherTalk & Guided Workshop (class is quiet unless called upon):
1. Your school email
1. Distribute
2. Log-in
1. If your log-in works, return to typing web while John troubleshoots the rest
2. Sending your first email
1. Compose
2. Address
3. Subject
4. Attachments
5. Saving & Send

OSX 101

Purpose:

• I can navigate around the Apple OSX operating system and locate files and folders in multiple ways

Agenda:

1. Silent Warm-up (class is silent): Go to typingWeb.com and do as many lessons as you accurately can.
2.  TeacherTalk (class is quiet unless called upon):
1. Spotlight
1. What it is
2. When to use it
3. Metadata
2. Finder
1. What it is
2. When to use it
3. Downloads
1. Where normally do they go?
2. What do browsers do with them?
4. Textedit
1. What it is
2. When to use it
5. Deepfreeze and how it works
1. Data not in "Student"
2. Download and configuration files
3. Workshop (Table Talk, only the students right next to you can hear you talk)
1. Typing Web until we finish!

Enjoying your Labor Day? Perhaps you should check out the history behind it!

This is a partial, biased, list - just so's you know's
The Haymarket Affair

International Workers Day

Pullman, Grover Cleveland, and Labor Day

Finish your PREZI!

Turn it in by clicking here: TURN IN PREZI HERE
remember to copy the REAL address with the name of your page IN it

Introduction to Presentations & Prezi

Purpose:

• I can describe what presentation software is in general and why one might choose Prezi for a presentation.

Agenda:

1. Silent Warm-up (class is silent): Go to typingWeb.com and do as many lessons as you accurately can in 10 minutes. 
2.  TeacherTalk (class is quiet unless called upon):
1. Introduction to Presentations: http://prezi.com/9f_zldcat29g/introduction-to-presentations
2. Another example: http://prezi.com/hurrn8cj7cb0/curiosity-mars-rover-landing-sequence/
3. The Prezi Tutorials: http://prezi.com/learn/
1. The Basics: Getting Started
4. Good design: http://prezi.com/mkg9y_pl1cxd/presentation-on-presentations/
3. Workshop (Table Talk, only the students right next to you can hear you talk)
1. By the end of class on FRIDAY you must have the following completed:
1. A Prezi with a minimum of 5 'slides' (frames, destinations)
2. This Prezi must be about events in your life (they can be basic for now. Through your work in Natalia's, as well as in this class, you will expand and deepen these into a longer, narrated, presentation later)
3. Before you can begin working on the computer you must:
1. Complete the event organizer (John will give you a hard copy for class)
2. Complete a rough sketch of what your Prezi will look like
3. Have both initialed by John

Finding your reading level...

Purpose:

• I can accurately determine my reading level and use that to motivate me to GROW as a reader!

Agenda:

1. Silent Warm-up (class is silent): Go to typingWeb.com and do as many lessons as you accurately can in 10 minutes. 
2.  TeacherTalk (class is quiet unless called upon):

Today, for a major section of the class, we will be taking an online survey to determine your reading level.

*** READ THE ENTIRE POST *** 

*** YOU MUST RECORD YOUR NEW PASSWORD ON
THE FORM BEFORE YOU TAKE THE SURVEY ***

The class must be absolutely quiet to allow everyone to do their best.

Your results WILL impact your reality.  If you goof around you will get a lower reading level assigned to you and you may be assigned books that are below your reading level, which is boring!

After you log in to the survey you will be asked to change your password.  When you change it please go to this form and record the new password so that I can help you the next time you need it. You will need this password 3 or 4 times this year.  Open the form NOW to get ready then come back here...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGkwTmprQ2J4c3l4ajBaT2FHN3ZEcFE6MQ

NOW: To take the survey click on the following link:

https://hosted333.renlearn.com/2076072

Username = The first letter of your first name and the first four letters of your last name. Example: jkitt

Password = abc

If you finish early you may do one of the following:

1. Finish or Improve your ME photo
2. Do more typing web
3. do quiet work for another class

TypingWeb (& finishing old work)

Finishing our ME Photo

Purpose:

• I can use Photobooth and words to represent myself & I can log in to Typingweb.com

Agenda:

1. Warm-up: Get to work finishing your "ME" Photo
1. If you finish early do another, BETTER  one, or HELP OTHER STUDENTS QUIETLY
1. some students have to redo work from Friday to finish their first one so let's give them that time.
2. John will circulate for help, remember to ask your seat mates for help as well.
3. Save after EACH text is added
4. This will be turned in for credit.
2. TEACHER TALK: TypingWeb.com
1. Why we type
2. Signing IN to TypingWeb
3. Using TypingWeb
4. TypingWeb warmups
5. How you get your grade - by IMPROVING
3. WORKSHOP 
1. How many lessons can you get through?
4. CLOSING
1. LOG OFF TypingWeb (upper right corner of screen)
2. LOG OFF Student account on computer (APPLE+Log Off Student)
3. Push your chair in

Who are you? Take ONE... Photobooth and Preview

Who U B? I B Me!

Purpose:

• I can use Photobooth and words to represent myself

Agenda:

1. SILENT Warm-up: In your head, think about the words you have used this week to describe yourself.  You will use these words in today's project.
1. What did you want to be Known As?
2. What is the core value you are working on? <- this is the thing you are NOT good at yet
3. NOW, think of two more words.
1. What core value BEST REPRESENTS YOU? <- something you are ALREADY good at
2. Who is your HERO? <-- Who motivates you & inspires you?
2. WHOLE CLASS SHARE-OUT:  ONE MIC
3. TEACHER TALK
1. Finishing the Technology policy for 1st and 5th.  3rd & 4th skip to #2
2. Using Photobooth/Preview/Mac 101.1
1. Finding Applications
2. Using Photobooth
3. Locating file in finder
4. Renaming files
5. Annotating pictures in preview
6. Dropboxing the photos
4. WORKSHOP 
1. ON YOUR OWN
2. Follow John's instructions to open and take photos with Photobooth
3. Take a picture, without effects,  that CLEARLY shows your face.
4. You MAY be goofy but I need to see your FACE clearly to get higher than a "C" on this
5. Locate the file in the finder
6. Rename file "Your Name Your Period.jpg"
1. example: John Kittredge Period 2.jpg
7. Open picture in Preview
8. Add:
1. Your Name
2. Your Known As (you can change it if you wish)
3. The core value you are working on
4. The core value that you are good at
5. Your hero's name
6. Be creative if you wish!

EA Technology Policy - read and heed or lose your use

Purpose:

• I can articulate the entire EA TECH POLICY and explain its importance.

Agenda:

1. SILENT Warm-up: In your head, think 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?
2. WHOLE CLASS SHARE-OUT:  ONE MIC
3. TEACHER TALK
1. Why the technology is important - scarcity
4. WORKSHOP-Scarcity
1. In groups of FOUR (without moving)
2. Do the math of teachers & Computers
5. THE EA TECHNOLOGY POLICY
1. go to http://www.envisionschools.org/site/Envision_Student_Acceptable_Use_Policy.pdf and then, leaving that tab open, come back to the blog
6. If time: "Who Are You?"
1. Photobooth & Preview