Eighth+Grade+Computer+Lab

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**May 6, 2013** What is the Internet? What do we use it for? Why do we create presentations and videos? Who do we create them for? We will be exploring the purposes of these....and remember you are creating a presentation for an audience. Who is that audience?

**PLEASE READ THIS!!!! This project is due for computer lab.....** **April 15th** **New 4th Quarter Rubric: Link** **Be sure to continue to work on areas of weakness for the Spring NWEA Test.**

**April 3-5th, 2013** **What are your goals? 6 weeks till NWEA.....What will you work on?** **Compass Learning, Math Score, or Achieve 3000** media type="custom" key="22627704" align="center"

**Week of April 1, 2013** Spring is Here!!! You will need to take the student survey. This will take at least 30 minutes. My School, My Voice Surveys [] You will need your student ID number and birth date to log on. When you have completed this make sure you have completed the assignments from the quarter. ThingLinks and Diigo....remember to fill in the Google form below. Then work on your NWEA goals on MathScore, Compass Learning, or Achieve 3000

Week of March 18, 2013 Do you know what your goals are? NWEA is April 29th...time to get ready. These scores impact the school, your grades, and our understanding of the world. Do you know how to use Compass Learning efficiently?

Week of March 11, 2013 Learn how to use Diigo 1. Create an account 2. Add at least 5 articles to your Diigo account. (All should be pertaining to something you are learning in Social Studies) 3. Add the Diigolet toolbar to the Google Chrome Browser. Fill in the following form: media type="custom" key="22430254"

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 * Week of March 4, 2013**
 * ISAT Prep Week **
 * Reading **
 * Learn Zillion **
 * Learn Zillion **

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 * Practice Questions:**


 * Did you watch the Oscars? Did you know movies are just moving stories? **
 * You will choose a movie that you have seen and create a ThingLink. **
 * An example: Lincoln **


 * A picture representing the movie**


 * Five of the following should be included: Make sure to state what you are doing and then give an example from the movie.**
 * For example: The main idea of Argo is how the United States CIA worked to free the hostages from IRAN during the 1970's hostage crisis.**


 * Main Idea**
 * Fact and Opinion**
 * Drawing Conclusions**
 * Summary**
 * Prediction**
 * Author's Purpose**
 * A word to represent the movie**
 * Sequence of events**
 * Cause and Effect**
 * Inferences**
 * Compare and Contrast**


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 * February 20, 2013**
 * You need to complete the Mathscore February Assessment. Then continue to work on Topics. Feel free to go to Learn Zillion and review or learn another new Math concept.**
 * If you want you can also do Achieve 3000.**

What to do while reading.......Take notes in Google docs. You will share this with me!
 * Please take a look at this: Get ready for ISAT's**

Make sure to email Mrs. Simenson what you would like to learn in computer lab this quarter. We will be working on goal setting this quarter.
 * Week of February 11, 2013**

For Math and Language Arts lessons, check out and know how to use: Learn Zillion

What would you like to learn today? 1. Pick a topic or area you would like to know more about 2. Do some research 3. Choose an image to represent this. 4. Create a presentation about what you learned on one of the following Web 2.0 tools Meograph (Timeline with events and different images...great for reviewing things that happened over time) ThingLink (Picture with tags to add content and video)

Class of 2013 Wikispace

Goethe Immigration Unit

End of the quarter computer lab quiz: media type="custom" key="22014010"

This quarter we are going to practice our research skills. You will start with a question about renewable energy.....and start exploring that question on the internet. Remember to save your sources and the sites you found them on (are they primary or secondary sources). Use a Google doc draft to do this. Then you will transfer this information to the Google form below for a grade. This form is due when you come to class the week of the 26th of November. If you submit it late you will only receive half credit.


 * Week of December 17th......Projects due. Lets post what you have to the Class of 2013 Wikispace.**

Finish conclusion, make sure to ask the audience to do something. All presentations will be added to the Class Wikispace Goethe Class of 2013
 * Week of December 11th**....Add citations to the slides, add graphics and facts to the slides.Use this link to copy and paste the website to create an easy citation that you can add to your pages. Easy Bib

The final research project will be presented online to your class with a partner. Please see the Google document attached for a complete breakdown of the project. Project Rubric

"A VoiceThreadis a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too."
 * Week of December 3rd**.....Transfer research to a Web 2.0 presentation tool. Google Presentation, Prezi or VoiceThread

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 * Week of November 26th.**..Google docs and using the share feature to work with a partner.

Also remember to practice your typing words per minute. We will have a grade level contest in January.

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