Please take the link below to see the email addresses of your teachers. You will need to share the collection folders you made in Google Docs with the correct teacher.
You will be taking the, “School Spreadsheet Safari” using this link. You will need to explore the definition, vocabulary, basics, and puzzle tabs of this site. Once you have gone through those four areas, you will take the quiz. You will end class by completing a diagram of a spreadsheet using your Google doc (spreadsheets) as a resource. Spreadsheets are used in many different occupations. This will be a good introduction to the world of spreadsheets.
I'm sorry I am missing you today, but I know you will all be VERY productive and well behaved. Please follow ALL the directions below so you understand what to do today.
1. I would like to grade your blog and podcast this weekend. Please log in to your blog, and make sure you have the following.
**Thiago and Kathy please just check your email from me first before starting
1. A school/ILT page with your podcast and a short paragraph on podcasting 2. Three posts on your choice of subjects with correct spelling and grammar 3. Make sure you have AT LEAST one image with a link where it came from
When you are done, please send me an email at sweeney@mybps.me letting me know you fixed everything and your blog is ready to grade.
2. You will spend the remaining time doing a little research for your team. Create a new Google Doc tiltled 7C/7D/7A iPad esearch, then MAKE SURE you share this document with me by dragging and dropping it into your ILT collections folder. Use the links below to find information or activities that you could use in class with the iPads. This is just general facts in your document. SUMMARIZE the article. Please make sure you DON"T copy and please read everything! You need to create a document with at least 10 things you could use for your team. This document could help you get to use the iPads in class, because I know all of you will come up with GREAT ideas!
Here are your links; (You can always search in Google for your own stuff)
iPad Live Binder - a collection of web resources about iPads in the classroom.
1. Create an account at Tindeck.com use your school Gmail account to register. Use your ID number as a password so it's easy to remember.
2. Add your Tindeck account info to your school sites table located in your Google Docs
3. Save your podcast in Soundbooth as an MP3. (Go to file-->Save As and title it finished podcast. Change the format to MPS)
4. Whichever partner saves the podcast, will need to email it as an attachment to the other partner.
5. The partner will open the attachment and download and save as to P-Drive
6. Once both of you have the podcast you will need to upload it to your Tindeck account.
7. Give it a title, choose your sharing options and save.
8. Scroll to the bottom and copy the code for the player
9. You will then create a blog post under your technology page where you will paste in the embed code for your player.
I will walk you through all of this, but you can always check back here if you miss a step!
Today we will continue recording your interviews using either Audacity, Soundbooth or Garageband. If you are not recording, please be respectful of your classmates and silently view the Copyright, Plagiarism and Fair Use presentation below. Be sure to take all links and read the definitions, PLEASE take your time with this so you can excel with the quix at the end!
If you should finish the presentation and quiz, and you are waiting to record, your options are below;
1. Create a Google Doodle! Google's Doodle contest is going on now! Take this link for more information, if it's something you want to try, paper, markers and colored pencils are available in the front of the room.
2. Clean out your gmail account. If you are receiving unwanted emails, like from OfficeMax, scroll to the bottom of the email and click unsubscribe, then follow the directions.
3. Go to Google Reader and read some of the blogs that you subscribed to, maybe it will give you ideas for your own post.
4. Check out your blog, is there anything you would like to fix? Double check your grammar, spelling and blog layout. Want to do another post? Go for it, but write it in Google Docs and share with me or a classmate to have it proofread first.
Do you know what BYOD stands for? By the end of class today you will. For the next few weeks, you will be working with a partner to create an interview podcast either supporting or opposing BYOD.
