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Spring Internet

4/30/2018

Keyboard practice at typing.com
Go to Google Classroom. Complete the assignment, Spring Internet Investigation.
Homework assignment
Go to Google Classroom. Begin the assignment, Computer and You.
You must track your use away from school. You may write your essay in class. It is due next Tuesday, May 8.

Code.org Completion

Make upsPosted Grade for Code.org is number of 100 possible items you completed correctly. Lowest score entered is 60. If you have less than 90 points, making this up is on your own now. If you finish all, inform me with a regrade request to raise your grade. Makes up for this are due at the end of the day Friday, May 4.

End of Week

4/27/2018

Grade Record for Week 5 of Quarter 4.
Complete Populations of Emerging European Cities. Turn in
1. Read carefully and follow the directions.
Update your website.
Play Geoguessr or other educationally relevant activity. (connected to a teachers' page.)

Medieval Cities

4/26/2018

Congrats on finishing the third day of testing.

Complete Populations of Emerging European Cities. Read carefully and follow the directions.
Update your website.
Play Geoguessr or other educationally relevant activity. (connected to a teachers' page.)

Post CAASPP Survey

Medieval Cities

4/23/2018

Keyboard practice; Do the 5 minute test at typing.com
Complete Populations of Emerging European Cities. Read carefully and follow the directions.

Medieval European City Populations (Block Day)

4/20/2018

Update your Grade Record for Quarter 4, Week 4. (3 minutes)
Complete the update of your website upon review of the data from your peer evaluation.
1. Google Classroom (30 minutes)
See the example for Word It Out Song placement on your website. Update yours. (5 min.)
Do the assignment from Classroom, Populations of Emerging European Cities. Read carefully and follow the directions.

Still need to install the secure testing browser? Start here.
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Medieval Cities

4/18/2018

Even Periods:
Finish the evaluation of Peer Websites & update your website.
Next join odd period assignments.
Odd Periods:
Complete Word-It-Out assignment from earlier this week.
This includes adding it with a survey to your Computer page on your website.
Go to Google Classroom. Do the assignment, Populations of Emerging European Cities.

WordItOut Share

4/17/2018

Keyboard practice for 10 minutes.
1. How is your speed and posture? Are you improving?
Is your work from yesterday posted on your website?
1. If not finish it.
2. Yes, visit other students pages to guess the title of the song they posted.
3. Update your website.

WordItOut

4/16/2018

Keyboard practice for 10 minutes.
1. How is your speed and posture? Are you improving?
Go to Google Classroom to see today's assignment. You will make a WordItOut document. Then place a copy of it on your Computer page of your website.
If you finish early, continue on your Code.org

Website Evaluation Day

4/13/2018

Keyboard practice for 10 minutes.
Grade record update for Q 4 W 3.
Use this Google Form to evaluate the website of the students assigned to you by Mr. Armstrong.
1. Visit the list of Student websites.
2. You evaluate the student that is four spaces below your name.
3. Copy your compliments and your concerns from your evaluation page onto the space in the spreadsheet. This way students can read their feedback.
4. Use this feedback to improve your website.
Use the feedback you received to work website.
1. Students that show their website to family in class at Open House earn extra credit in class.
2. Make it worthy of showing.

Website Preparation

4/11/2018

Keyboard practice for 10 minutes.
Set up Inspection Day (Grade)
1. Teacher will be visiting your station to check set up.
  1. Homepage
  2. Bookmark Bar visible
    1. Google Drive
    2. Classroom
    3. Weebly Page
    4. Weebly Editor
  3. Task Bar Pins
    1. Chrome
    2. Snipping Tool
Complete your website. Make it the best it can be.
Remember, extra credit if you bring your parents to see your website Thursday evening.

Prep for Open House

4/10/2018

Keyboard practice for 10 minutes.
Set up Inspection Day (Grade)
1. Teacher will be visiting your station to check set up.
  1. Homepage
  2. Bookmark Bar visible
    1. Google Drive
    2. Classroom
    3. Weebly Page
    4. Weebly Editor
  3. Task Bar Pins
    1. Chrome
    2. Snipping Tool
Use this Google Form to evaluate the website of the students assigned to you by Mr. Armstrong.
Use the feedback you received to work website.
1. Students that show their website to family in class at Open House earn extra credit in class.
2. Make it worthy of showing.

Code.org
Posted grades for Code.org are the number out of 100 possible items you completed correctly. Lowest score entered is 60. If you have less than 90 points, making this up is on your own now.
If you finish all, inform me with a regrade request to raise your grade. The final day to turn this update in for credit is May 4.

Elective Ranking

4/9/2018

Keyboard practice for 10 minutes.
Follow directions of Mr. Armstrong or our counselors for selecting and ranking your 8th grade elective choices.
Work on Code.org or your website when finished.

Code.org

Posted grades for Code.org are the number out of 100 possible items you completed correctly. Lowest score entered is 60. If you have less than 90 points, making this up is on your own now.
If you finish all, inform me with a regrade request to raise your grade. The final day to turn this update in for credit is May 4.

Atlas & Certification (Block Days)

4/5/2018

Grade Record Week 2 of Qtr. 4
Take the Precision 21st Century Skills Post Test
1. Earn Certification for your skills.

Code.org Accelerated Intro to CS Course

Complete your progress through the Course
- The Maze
- The Artist
- The Artist 2
- The Farmer
- The Artist 3
- The Farmer 2
- The Artist 4
- The Farmer 3
- The Artist 5

Code.org

4/4/2018

Review Elective Course Choices.
Complete Leadership and Web Applications. (if Interested)
Code.org Accelerated Intro to CS Course

Complete your progress through the Course
- The Maze
- The Artist
- The Artist 2
- The Farmer
- The Artist 3
- The Farmer 2
- The Artist 4
- The Farmer 3
- The Artist 5
Upon completion, take an image of certificate. Then continue on your choice of Code.org topics.

Code.org

4/3/2018

Code.org Accelerated Intro to CS Course

Complete your progress through the Course
- The Maze
- The Artist
- The Artist 2
- The Farmer
- The Artist 3
- The Farmer 2
- The Artist 4
- The Farmer 3
- The Artist 5

Regrade Request

Do you need to a grade changed? Do you have late work that you need credit for completing? Follow the link above to complete the Google Form.

“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure.”
― Douglas Adams

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