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Inspiration 8/9: City Research Project 2014

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City Exploration Research Graphic Diagram. City Web Map CITY LIST by Student Over the next two days you will create a web for a city in the United States. Click on the picture to the right to see my example.  You will be assigned a city today.  You  will be responsible for creating an identical web to the one described.  Please include the following data: City Facts:  Year Founded, Longitude, Latitude, Population, Area, Time Zone, and Mayor's Name. Also include major industries, professional sports teams, colleges, historical places, museums, and weather information.  Each place you list will need to have a link to the website that corresponds to it.  HYPERLINK can be found in the TOOL Heading of the Toolbar.  Weather can link to any local news station, but other links must be the official sites for those places, not some other site or advertisement.  You can use all of my formatting, or create your own diagrams.  You must inc...

Inspiration 8/9: Family Tree & Timeline Project

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ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Today students will use a graphic organizer to create and display information .  Students will create a Personal Timeline and a Family Tree using Inspiration 8/9. STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING! Students will review ALL of the directions below prior to starting the project! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TODAY! Standards Covered In This Class    PA 3.7.7 & 11 Section C / ISTE 2011 CSTA Tied With Common Core ELA/Math rev. 2011 START:  Please read the following article and create a Weebly.com Journal Entry about why learning about your own family tree and heritage is important to you.  Title the entry "My Heritage".  Please include a brief account of where your family if from and how you are going to spend time in search of your ancestors. ARTICLE: What is Heritage? Heritage is the full range of our inherited traditions, monuments, objects, and culture.  Most important, it is ...

MP2: Pre-Holiday Catch Up Day II

ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Today students will have the opportunity to complete outstanding work.  Students will review the class website and work on any items that are not already turned in for credit.  These items include, but not limited to VENN DIAGRAMS, WORD CLOUDS, CODE.ORG INTRO COURSE, SCAVENGER HUNT, or any other assigments for the Second Marking Period. STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING! WORK ON YOUR JOURNAL ENTRY IMMEDIATELY UPON ENTERING CLASS! Students will review the class website to determine what items are due, and what items they have not completed for the Second Marking Period. Tomorrow we will begin the Graphic Organizer Timeline and Family Tree Project! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TODAY! Standards Covered In This Class   PA 3.7.7 & 11 Section C / ISTE 2011 CSTA Tied With Common Core ELA/Math rev. 2011 ADDITIONAL PROJECT:  Big History! (Click Here For Information) Make sure you check out the link...

Hour Of Code - Followup (Post Script) Teach The Teacher!

ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Students will TEACH a level from the Hour of Code to the class.  Students will have to understand how the level works in order to explain it to the class.  Students will be called upon to present during class time.     Students will learn basic computer programming using Code.Org online.  Students will understand the basic vocabulary used in programming.  Students will also be able to explain why it is important for everyone to learn to code and how it can provide equity in our society.   STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING! READ ALL DIRECTIONS BELOW BEFORE STARTING WORK! Today we will continue to celebrate Computer Science Education Week!  We are part of 180 nations and thousands of schools worldwide who are concentrating on Computer Science this week!   THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TODAY! Standards Covered In This Class   PA 3.7.7 & 11 Section C / ...

BIG HISTORY CLASS

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HELLO EVERYONE: To read about this project from the History Channel (Click Here) ! Visit the Youtube (TEDX) Site for History of The World In 18 minutes!  (Click Here) The following class is available to everyone at Crossroads.  Please go to the following link to begin your progress and learning about the BIG HISTORY PROJECT: URL: https://school.bighistoryproject.com/joinclass Classroom Code: GLEKV6 Use the Classroom Code above to create a STUDENT Account for the program. This program will be used at the end of the year as an independent project.  EVERYONE MUST COMPLETE THIS PROJECT!  The total points awarded for the 4th Marking Period will be between 1000 and 1500 (30%-50% of your overall grade). Please complete all levels at your own pace.  To receive any credit, you need to start and keep a Tackk.Com Website with links to your assignments and posts for your "Learning Diary" (see below)! INSTRUCTIONS AND SAMPLE LEARNING DIARY (Tackk.com) Click Here to  S...

Hour Of Code - Day 4 (Preparing To Teach A Level)

ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE   Students will prepare to TEACH a level from the Hour of Code to the class tomorrow.  Students will have to understand how the level works in order to explain it to the class.  Students will be called upon to present during class time tomorrow. Students will learn basic computer programming using Code.Org online.  Students will understand the basic vocabulary used in programming.  Students will also be able to explain why it is important for everyone to learn to code and how it can provide equity in our society. STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING! READ ALL DIRECTIONS BELOW BEFORE STARTING WORK! Today we will continue to celebrate Computer Science Education Week!  We are part of 180 nations and thousands of schools worldwide who are concentrating on Computer Science this week! STEP 1:  Complete Your Code.Org "Hour Of Code" Program Students will sign into their CODE.ORG account with their Crossroad...

Computer Science Ed Week - Famous Computer Scientists Google Presentation Project

ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Students will learn about the history of Computer Science by completing research for a presentation. Students will use time in class to learn about the people in history who have contributed the most to the Computer Science field. Students will be able to identify key facts about the people they include in their project, and use presentation and graphic design software and applications to present their work in a professional manner. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE TODAY! Standards Covered In This Class   PA 3.7.7 & 11 Section C / ISTE 2011 CSTA Tied With Common Core ELA/Math rev. 2011 STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING! Students will watch a short video and participate in a discussion about the history of computer programming. Famous Modern Age Computer Scientists VIDEO (CLICK HERE) Famous Computer Scientists Research Page (Click Here) ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF CS (Click Here)   Students can use any of th...

CODE.ORG - DAY 3 (Happy Computer Science Education Week!)

ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Students will learn basic computer programming using Code.Org online.  Students will understand the basic vocabulary used in programming.  Students will also be able to explain why it is important for everyone to learn to code and how it can provide equity in our society. STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING! READ ALL DIRECTIONS BELOW BEFORE STARTING WORK! Today is the start of Computer Science Education Week!  We are part of 180 nations and thousands of schools worldwide who are concentrating on Computer Science this week! WATCH PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MESSAGE TOGETHER FIRST!  (CLICK HERE)   STEP 1:  GOOGLE+ COMMENT WITH SUBSTANCE You May Watch Individually Or As A Class At The Teacher's Discretion. Students will start by watching the video:  " Can We Auto-Correct Humanity? "  (Click the Title To Watch)    Open your Google+ page!  You need to go to the Crossroads 2014-2015 Community Page an...

CODE.ORG - HOUR OF CODE DAY 2

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All Crossroads@Meade Students: I am taking some personal time to spend with my family.  Please follow all directions from the substitute and work on following items in class today.  THIS IS NOT A FREE DAY TO MESS AROUND!  Make sure you are completing work as assigned.  Your technology packet, questions & responses, and your letter to the editor are due by Friday, December 12th at 3pm for credit.  No late entries will be accepted.   READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BELOW CAREFULLY BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR WORK! ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Students will learn basic computer programming using Code.Org online.  Students will understand the basic vocabulary used in programming.  Students will also be able to explain why it is important for everyone to learn to code and how it can provide equity in our society. STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING!   STEP 1:  GOOGLE+ COMMENT WITH SUBSTANCE You May Watch Individually Or As A Class At T...

PEACE DAY 2014

Check out  TACKK.COM .  I found this in a magazine on the flight home from a weekend trip.  I thought this would be an interesting and fun way to post information for school.  You can easily create single page websites for your work.  You could create a single TACKK without logging in, or create a series of TACKK's.  Please go to the website  TACKK.COM  to get started.  Make sure you add the TAG (caatech) to all of your sites so we can see them. Here is the link for my PEACE DAY  Tackk.com  Webpage: http://tackk.com/exru5f http://tackk.com/wjzhgy Peace Day Project Please go to Tackk.com and create a website for Peace Day 2014.  Create an account using your Gmail address and a password you can remember.  You may use photos, youtube video links, and other items.  Please make sure your website has the following items to receive credit for this project today: Website must be created using Tackk.com Website must include ke...

CODE.ORG - Introduction Day

Introduction to Code.Org  Step 1:  Journal Entry "Why Learn To Code?" Create a Weebly.Com Journal Entry.  Your topic is "Why should you learn to read and write computer code?" You must write at least 3 sentences about why you should learn to code, and what you could use this skill for in your future career.   Each participant will be able to… Participants will learn computer science skills such as critical thinking, logic, persistence and creativity in problem-solving by completing levels on Code.Org. The course design and the instructor methods to accomplish this objective are… Computer science and computational thinking skills will be addressed through hands-on "unplugged" and online activities, including computer programming and coding. Skills of a computer scientist through the computational thinking practices of creativity, collaboration, communication, persistence and problem solving will be emphasized. Computer science themes of algorithms, ...