Last day!

Here is a link to my webquest. I hope you enjoy! :)

Scaling Graphs

Today we learned that how you scale graphs can impact how people perceive information. Click here to see an example of this.

Only one more class left! :)

Crappy Graphs

Today we messed around with different tools to make graphs and charts. Crappy Graphs was the first one we used, and it definitely lived up to it's name. Click here to see my Crappy Graph, or just look below :) We used the snipping tool to save the graph and then embed it here.

Then we went to Kidzone and made more graphs! Look below again to see mine.

Quiz!

Today we did an assessment in Google Docs. Click here to see mine :)

What is a rubric?

Today we made rubrics for our WebQuests. A rubric is a tool that assists a teacher in scoring a student's presentation. It also gives the students guidelines on what needs to be done to get a certain grade.
We used Rubistar to make our rubrics. It is an easy tool that is free online.

Have a stupendous extra long weekend! =]

My Google Site

Today we continued to work on our Webquests. Here is a link to my site. I am excited to continue working on my Webquest. The more I work on it, the more ideas I get. :)

Have a great weekend!

My Prezi!

Today I finished my prezi.

Today we also learned how to use Jing. In Jing, you can capture images do screen casting. It's like snipping tool on steroids. =] Dr. Pierce sent us a link for another screencasting tool. Click here to see it.

Have a great weekend! :)

Web Quest on Prezi

Prezi!

Today we made a new accont for an online source called Prezi. It is a new and improved way to make and present presentations. That way you don't have to use the boring and outdated Power Point. Click here to visit Prezi!

Have a wonderful, sunny day! :)

Photo Story

1. MPS = Microsoft Photo Story
2. What is Photo Story 3 for Windows and how do I get a copy? Photo Story is a lot like Power Point, but only a whole lot cooler. Go here to download it.
3. What is the file type for a MPS project? .wp3
4. What is the file type for an exported MPS movie? .wmv
5. Where do MPS projects open? in photostory
6. Where do exported MPS movies open? Windows Media Player
7. Can you do transitions between images in MPS project? yes
8. Describe the image editing options in MPS. You can crop, rotate, resize, and add effects and words to the pictures.
9. Describe the image viewing options in MPS (include motion path over images) You can change how the picture comes across on the presentation.
10. How do you turn a PowerPoint presentation into images? Save the PowerPoint presentation as other formats and then save it as a .jpg. Save every slide.

You can also view my video on YouTube!

WebQuest

What makes a good WebQuest?
A good WebQuest is fun. It engages the students in higher level thinking. It also does not waste time. It integrates the use of technology.
My unit is banned books.
My essential question is still being figured out, but I will update this as soon as I figure it out.
My questions are:
1. Why do books get banned?
2. What is "censorship"?
3. Who has the right to decide what I should be able to read?
4. What does the 1st amendment say about all this?
5. My student role #1 is researcher A.
6. My student role #2 is a reporter.
7. My student role #3 is researcher B.
8. My student role #4 is a spokesperson.
9. Role #1 will produce research why the book should be banned and reports findings to the group.
10. Role #2 will record all the information given.
11. Role #3 will produce research as to why the book is helpful to a student’s learning and should not be banned. They will report findings to group.
12. Role #4 will present information to the class (school board) of the group’s findings.
13. The group product is a presentation to the class of their findings.

Presentation

Here is my presentation we did to show our lesson.



Have a wonderful spring break! :)

Site

Today we created a site using Google Sites to have a place to publish our projects. Click here to view my site.

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I am doing my lesson on 11th grade reading and language arts. After reading one of the three novels assigned, students will write a short report answering a question about the novel. Students will also create a presentation to present to the class and write a short response about the book. Many CSOs will be used in this project. My guiding question is How does literature help us better understand ourselves?

Have a wondrous day! (:

Today's Class

Today we went over Module 2. We will be creating lesson plans for a unit that we want to teach. We also went over teaching standards. Helpful websites can be found here and here.

Have an astounding day! :)

Visual Ranking Project

Today I created a visual ranking project called "The 5 Step Writing Process" using Intel Education. My students would have to rank the 5 steps of the writing process from first to last. I had to insert a project name, project description, a prompt for students, and then the list to sort. For the description, I put the CSOs for 11th grade reading language arts. Then, I created four teams. To do the activity, students need my teacher ID, Team ID, and password.
My teacher ID is hwhite1464.
The team IDs for the students are 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The passwords for the teams are one, two, three, and four, respectively.

Click here to view my visual ranking project.

Have a sensational day! :)

Put the lime in the Coke, you nut!

Here's the scenario:
Two glasses are each filled half-way with soda-one with cola, the other with lemon-lime. A small amount of the lemon-lime is removed from the glass and put into the cola glass. The glass is stirred thoroughly so that the lemon-lime is completely mixed into the cola. Then the same amount of the mixture is removed from the cola glass and put back into the glass with lemon-lime.

Here's the question:
After the soda has been exchanged, is there more cola in the lemon-lime glass or more lemon-lime in the cola glass?

Here's my answer:
I think there is more lemon-lime in the cola. I came to this conclusion by visualizing two glasses filled with the two liquids. Only lemon-lime was added to the cola. A lemon-lime and cola mixture was added to the lemon-lime, therefore there is more lemon-lime in the cola. It is impossible to measure the amount of each substance in the lemon-lime/cola mixture.


Have a fantastic day! :)

Taxonomy

Here is a power point we had to make for homework over the weekend. I didn't really understand what to do or put, so it probably isn't very good.

Animoto

Today we made 30 minute videos about ourselves using Animoto. I uploaded pictures from Facebook. I added text and music to make the video more personal.

Click here to watch my video.

Have a fantastic day! :)

Storage Issues

Saving your information is very important. Here are four ways to save an electronic document.

1) USB Drive
Pros: You can always carry it with you. You don't need internet access to use it.
Cons: It is easily lost, forgotten, broken, or stolen.

2) Hard Drive
Pros: You can't misplace it.
Cons: If your computer crashes, you lose everything. They can only be accessed from the computer you save it on.

3) A Network Drive
Pros: Once again, you can't misplace it. Your work will be able to be accessesd from any wired computer on campus.
Cons: It is only available by wired connection. Wireless computers will not work.

4) Google Docs
Pros: It's free. There is a lot of memory available. It cannot be misplaced or lost.
Cons: If you don't have internet access, getting your documents can be hard. They do offer a way to be able to access your documents from offline. So, there really aren't that many cons. (:

Have an outstanding day! (:

Hippopotamuses

Today we made a web page using Google Docs. First we created a word document. Then we uploaded it to Google Docs. From Google Docs, we published it to the Internet, creating a web page. Click here to view my published web page.

Have a marvelous day! (:

Mmmm..that's Delicious (:

Today we registered for a Delicious account. Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows you to save bookmarks online. That way if your computer crashes or some other horrible event where all of your information is lost, all your bookmarks are still able to be accessed. You can also share them with other people much, much easier.

Have a phenomenal day! :)

First Post

Today we created this blog. We learned how to insert hyperlinks.
Have a studpendous day. :)

This is a link to the home page for Instructional Technology.