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Tackk.Com Introduction To Building Websites / Spring Break Tackk

Check out TACKK.COM .  I found this in a magazine on the flight home from a weekend trip a couple years ago.  I thought this would be an interesting and fun way to post information (Like Final Projects) 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 (#varetech) to all of your sites so we can see them. "Spring Break Tackk" Project   MR SCRIBNER'S SAMPLE TACKK (SPRING BREAK) Please go to Tackk.com and create a website.  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: Here are the steps to create a new Tackk: Log Into Your Google Account Go to Tackk.com Sign In with...

Inspiration 8/9 Graphic Organizer Project - Family Tree & Personal Timeline

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ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Today students will be creating a Personal Timeline and Family Tree with Inspiration 8/9.  Students will outline major events in their lives and a complete list of family members.  They will organize their items in chronological order, create hand-drawn organizers, create digital versions of their work, and upload the final creations to their Google Drive and SHARE them with Mr. Scribner for credit! STUDENTS WILL ENTER THE CLASS QUIETLY AND BEGIN WORKING! Students will work individually on the assigned projects.  Students must complete a hand-drawn version of the project prior to opening a laptop. Today we will begin the Graphic Organizer Timeline and Family Tree Project! Standards Covered In This Class    PA 3.7.7 & 11 Section C / ISTE 2011 CSTA Tied With Common Core ELA/Math rev. 2014 ALTERNATE PROGRAMS ONLINE:  https://cacoo.com/ or https://bubbl.us/mindmap   FAMILY TREE AND PERSONAL TIMELINE Today you will design gr...

GDrive: My BIO Slides Project

OBJECTIVE & STUDENT OUTCOMES  Students will use online collaboration tools (Google Drive) to create a 10-slide multimedia presentation.  Students will follow directions and use photos, text, and color to highlight specific facts about their topic.  Students will be able to understand the difference between a written report and how writing for a presentation requires bullet-style sentences. STUDENTS MUST READ ALL DIRECTIONS ON THIS WEBSITE PRIOR TO STARTING ANY ASSIGNED TASKS.  PLEASE FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS AS GIVEN FOR FULL CREDIT!   Students will log into their Google Drive and open a New PRESENTATION.  Students will learn the basic tools used to create a presentation.  Students will create a MY BIO Presentation about themselves.  Students will use Google Images to select pictures for use today.  Students will Copy the pictures selected to the desktop of the computer they are working with.  Students use PIXLR.Com to uplo...

Autobiography Project - Google Drive Document

ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Students will learn to use Google Drive Documents by CREATING a ONE-PAGE Autobiography.   Students spend the next two class periods completing the assignment.  They must SHARE it with Instructor for Credit. STUDENTS MUST START BY READING ALL DIRECTIONS ON CLASS WEBSITE! Students will enter the room quietly.  Once seated, they will log into their Google Account and Click on the Google Drive Button in the Applications Menu (Waffle) of the Browser.  They will Create a NEW Document.  They will immediately rename the document as outlined below.  They Must SHARE the document with MR.S for Credit! Hello Everyone, Today you will log in to your Google Email Account and open Google Drive.  You will CREATE a new document.  This document will be a one-full-page Autobiography all about you.  I have copied and pasted my example below.  Please use the whole page to describe everything about you since you were bo...