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Introduction to Google+ Communities / Essential "55" Worksheet

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Today you will be signing in to your Google Account and joining our Google+ Community.  Once logged in, please click the caption to the picture below to JOIN the CCS Tech 515 16/17 Online Community Board. IMPORTANT NOTE EVERYONE MUST BRING HEADPHONES FOR CLASS TOMORROW! (DO NOT BRING EXPENSIVE HEADPHONES! DOLLAR STORE BRAND WILL WORK)   CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR GOOGLE+ COMMUNITY Once you have joined (you may need to create a Google+ Profile with your name and birthdate) you can now post comments and links to some of your assignments.  This is where we will display our work for others to see and comment on.  Make sure you show this site to your parents and family to highlight some of the things we are doing in class. You may now comment on the ESSENTIAL "55" post for credit.  Make sure you post which RULE you think is most important (include the number) and why!  You could also post the link to your Strikingly.com PSA Website into the comment section of that ...

Single-Page Websites - Strikingly.com Public Service Announcements

Please check out Strikingly.com.  It is a little harder, but your results are going to be fantastic.  If you master this tool, you will be creating stunning, professional-quality sites in no time!  Have Fun With This Project! PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT SINGLE-PAGE WEBSITE ASSIGNMENT MR SCRIBNER'S SAMPLE STRIKINGLY.COM "ANTI-BULLYING" SITE (Click Here) Please go to Strikingly.com and create a website.  Create an account using your Gmail address and a password you can remember.  On Strikingly.com you just click "Create Account" and enter your First Name, Email 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: ASSIGNMENT:   CREATE A STRIKINGLY.COM WEBSITE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A TOPIC YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. Here is a video to help you with Strikingly.com  (CLICK HERE) Here are ...

Khan Academy Introduction

Everyone at Collegium (Building 515) will use their @ccs.us GMail Account to create an Account on  KhanAcademy.Org !  Make sure that you finish updating your profile once you sign in.  Go to your Profile screen and Add Mr. S as a Coach by entering the Khan Academy Class Code Below! Every student can use Khan Academy as an online tutor at home.  You can pick just about any Subject and Level and view video lessons, answer practice questions, or ask a coach a question.  You may also work on "Hour of Code" and learn to program in Java.  There are tutorials for all of your subjects on this fantastic resource!  Make sure you check out all the classes you can complete and help yourself with! Good Luck! - Mr. S Khan Academy Class Code (Mr. S - MP1):   CHVJTZ  ACADEMIC/LEARNING OBJECTIVE Today scholars will create an account on Khan Academy so they can work from home, invite other teachers to help coach them, and generally allow them to learn about ma...

Family Heritage & MY BIO Slides Project

Please read the following article  "What Is Heritage"   below and write a Constructed Response on Google Classroom (4-5 Sentences) about why learning about your own family heritage is important to you.  Please include a brief description of where your family if from, and how you are going to spend time in search of your ancestors. What is Heritage?    Taken from the following website:     W HAT IS HERITAGE ARTICLE (CLICK HERE) Heritage is the full range of our inherited traditions, monuments, objects, and culture.  Most important, it is the range of contemporary activities, meanings, and behaviors that we draw from them.   Heritage includes, but is much more than preserving, excavating, displaying, or restoring a collection of old things.  It is both tangible and intangible, in the sense that ideas and memories--of songs, recipes, language, dances, and many other elements of who we are and how we identify ourselves--are as important as h...

Google Drive Introduction / Autobiography Project

We are working with our Google Drive to create, edit, and save files and other documents.  Please refer to this video: "Intro To Google Drive" (CLICK HERE)  if you need more instruction, or you are reviewing this outside of class. Today your task is to 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 born.  You must use proper grammar, spelling, sentences, and be prepared to SHARE it directly from Google Drive to Mr. S.  You must use no larger than a 11-font Times New Roman and single space lines.  Please leave a line between paragraphs.  I am looking forward to reading these, and you will be creating a Presentation from the content later this week.  Make sure you include LIKES, DISLIKES, where you grew up,...

Google Classroom / GMAIL Introduction

Today Everyone Will Be Working On GMail, Google Classroom, and Completing Another Online Survey: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT   YOU MAY NOT USE PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO COMPLETE WORK IN CLASS.  EVERYTHING MUST BE COMPLETED USING YOUR OFFICIAL CCS.US GOOGLE ACCOUNT FOR CREDIT!   YOU MUST SIGN INTO YOUR [FIRST NAME].[LAST NAME]@CCS.US GOOGLE ACCOUNT AND ACCESS YOUR GMAIL AND GOOGLE CLASSROOM.   SEE MR. S FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODES AND EMAIL ACCESS.   IF YOU FORGOT YOUR GOOGLE PASSWORD, YOU WILL NEED TO PAY 25-CENTS EACH TIME TO MR. S TO HAVE IT RESET. (ALL PROCEEDS WILL BUY NEW TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FOR OUR SCHOOL!)   Today you will learn to send an email.  You can use the training video (CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO) to help you.  Your assignment has two steps.  You need to send Mr. S and email with a picture attached.  You must copy and paste the link to the picture in the body of the email for credit, and CITE where you found i...