Thursday, March 20th- 8th Grade- NSA Text-based Reading

Bellringer:
1. Open your Typing file and on page 49 type lines 5 and 6.            
    Use your left LITTLE finger for the Z  key .
2. If your expedia.com worksheet is not finished, finish it
3. If you do not have the Career WORKSHEET finished Click on http://www.careeroutlook.us/table.php?state=NC&cluster=sci&interest=all
4. If your name is on the board pull up your Career PowerPoint
5. ALL Students will enter their vacation information into a vacation database.
    
What are we learning?Understand the basics of databases.
How is database information used, organized, and managed in business?
Bring back signed Interim Reports today for 90 and by Friday for 85. 

Guided Practice:
Who has the world's largest database?
The National Security Agency has the world's largest database.
The NSA's responsibilities include  "global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation and analysis of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency

Intelligence gathering has occurred throughout history.

World War II Code Breakershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlHUvuXfxx8

New word "query"- A database query is a piece of code (a query) that is sent to a database in order to get information back from the database

 

Pompeo Defends NSA's Role in Keeping America Safe

NSA collects data called metadata but does not use it unless they feel it is needed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlQ_p5Gsgjw

 

NSA Deputy Director John C Inglis - How Does the NSA Save Lives?  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_aUvJeq9MY

 

The NSA's DataBase and Who Uses It  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SBEZJdtKQE

What are records and fields that NSA might use?

 

Amendment 4

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Independent Activity:
@ In groups of 2 or 3 (two groups may have 3 people) students will read a paragraph from the article "N.S.A Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens" from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
@ In their own words, students will write a 10 to 15 word sentence about what their paragraph is about and share with class.

@ Students will read the entire article and answer questions.

@ Students will create a Glogster about the NSA

Exit Activity:

CIA code breaking

https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/games/break-the-code

 

Code breaking game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/braingames/codebreaking/codebreaking.htm

8th grade Glogster log-ins:  http://edu.glogster.com/ 
Do NOT create a new id if you can not log in!
students first initial and last name followed by atms14.  
passwords are student birthdays


Database words: http://www.quia.com/mc/1412062.html

Wednesday, March 19th Short Cut Links

If you are an 8th grade student click here http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/03/bellringer-1_17.html
If you are a 7th grade student click here http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/03/monday-march-17th-7th-grade-spreadsheets.html

Wednesday, March 19th- 8th Grade- Databases- Prework for text-based questions

Bellringer:
1. Open your Typing file and on page 46 type lines 4, 5 and 6.            
    Use your right INDEX finger  for the Y  key 
2. If your expedia.com worksheet is not finished, finish it
3. If you do not have the Career WORKSHEET finished Click on http://www.careeroutlook.us/table.php?state=NC&cluster=sci&interest=all
4. If your name is on the board pull up your Career PowerPoint
5. ALL Students will enter their vacation information into a vacation database.
    
What are we learning?Understand the basics of databases.
How is database information used, organized, and managed in business?
Bring back signed Interim Reports today for 90 and by Tuesday for 85. 

Guided Practice:
Who has the world's largest database?

The National Security Agency has the world's largest database.
The NSA's responsibilities include  "global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation and analysis of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency

Intelligence gathering has occurred throughout history.

World War II Code Breakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlHUvuXfxx8

New word "query"- A database query is a piece of code (a query) that is sent to a database in order to get information back from the database

 

Pompeo Defends NSA's Role in Keeping America Safe

NSA collects data called metadata but does not use it unless they feel it is needed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlQ_p5Gsgjw

 

NSA Deputy Director John C Inglis - How Does the NSA Save Lives?  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_aUvJeq9MY

 

The NSA's DataBase and Who Uses It  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SBEZJdtKQE

What are records and fields that NSA might use?

 

Amendment 4

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Independent Activity:
@ In groups of 2 or 3 (two groups may have 3 people) students will read a paragraph from the article "N.S.A Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens" from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
@ In their own words, students will write a 10 to 15 word sentence about what their paragraph is about and share with class.

@ Students will read the entire article and answer questions.

@ Students will create a Glogster about the NSA

Exit Activity:

CIA code breaking

https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/games/break-the-code

 

Code breaking game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/braingames/codebreaking/codebreaking.htm

8th grade Glogster log-ins:  http://edu.glogster.com/ 
Do NOT create a new id if you can not log in!
students first initial and last name followed by atms14.  
passwords are student birthdays


Database words: http://www.quia.com/mc/1412062.html

Wednesday, March 19th- 7th Grade- Spreadsheets- Worksheet Tabs and Inserting Charts

Bellringer:
1. Open your Typing file and on page 43 type lines 4, 5 and 6.            
    Use your right LITTLE finger for the P  key 
2. If you do not have the Career WORKSHEET finished
Click on http://www.careeroutlook.us/table.php?state=NC&cluster=sci&interest=all
     and choose 6 careers from the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math page.

What are we learning?
4.1 Know the components of Spreadsheets
Bring back signed Interim Reports today for 90 and by Tuesday for 85. 

Guided Lesson- :
@ Go to the Witkowski folder then the Spreadsheet folder     
     Open the Spreadsheet Vocabulary file
@ Slides 10 through 17   worksheets and charts/graphs
@ Go to the SS flash card folder and open up 23 change color of tabs
     This is an example of a workbook with 12 worksheets.
@  Open up 22 Pie Chart.
      This is an example of the Insert tab and then the Design tab (chart layouts)
@ What if you make a mistake choosing the chart?
     Open up 9 Chart Types and Styles
     --click on the chart
     --On the Design tab, click on the Change Chart button     --Select a column chart
    --On the Design tab, click on the Chart Styles arrow and find the orange/black choice.

@Open the "car lot" file found in the student docs, Witkowski folder, Spreadsheet folder
and save to your lunch number.

7th grade Glogster log-ins:  
students first initial and last name followed by atms13.  
passwords are student birthdays

http://edu.glogster.com/ 
Do NOT create a new id if you can not log in! We have a list with ids on it.  

Independent Activity:
Car lot exercise-  
1*Students will go to http://www.carmax.com and find cars and write the information (year, make(brand), model(name), miles, and price) on their worksheet.

2. Students will type their car data into the spreadsheet.  

Exit Activity:
1. Pull up your Career PowerPoint, all 6 slides must be finished with animations and transitions
 

Monday, March 17th- 8th Grade- Databases- NSA- largest database in the world

Bellringer:
1. Open your Typing file and on page 44 type lines 8, 9 and 10.            
    Use your left RING  for the X  key 
2. If your expedia.com worksheet is not finished, finish it
3. If you do not have the Career WORKSHEET finished Click on http://www.careeroutlook.us/table.php?state=NC&cluster=sci&interest=all
4. If your name is on the board pull up your Career PowerPoint
5. ALL Students will enter their vacation information into a vacation database.
    
What are we learning?Understand the basics of databases.
How is database information used, organized, and managed in business?
Bring back signed Interim Reports today for 90 and by Tuesday for 85. 

Guided Practice:

Who has the world's largest database?

The National Security Agency has the world's largest database.
The NSA's responsibilities include  "global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation and analysis of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency

Intelligence gathering has occurred throughout history.

World War II Code Breakers

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlHUvuXfxx8

New word "query"- A database query is a piece of code (a query) that is sent to a database in order to get information back from the database

 

Pompeo Defends NSA's Role in Keeping America Safe

NSA collects data called metadata but does not use it unless they feel it is needed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlQ_p5Gsgjw

 

NSA Deputy Director John C Inglis - How Does the NSA Save Lives?  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_aUvJeq9MY

 

The NSA's DataBase and Who Uses It  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SBEZJdtKQE

What are records and fields that NSA might use?

 

Amendment 4

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Independent Activity: @ In groups of 2 or 3 (two groups may have 3 people) students will read a paragraph from the article "N.S.A Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens" from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
@ In their own words, students will write a 10 to 15 word sentence about what their paragraph is about and share with class.

@ Students will read the entire article and answer questions.

@ Students will create a Glogster about the NSA

Exit Activity:

CIA code breaking

https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/games/break-the-code

 

Code breaking game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/braingames/codebreaking/codebreaking.htm

  8th grade Glogster log-ins:  http://edu.glogster.com/ 
Do NOT create a new id if you can not log in!
students first initial and last name followed by atms14.  
passwords are student birthdays


Database words: http://www.quia.com/mc/1412062.html

Friday, March 14th- Short Cut Links

If you are an 8th grade student click here http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/03/friday-march-14-8th-grade-database.html
If you are a 7th grade student click here http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2014/03/friday-march-14th-7th-grade-enter-data.html

Friday, March 14th- 7th Grade- Enter data into Spreadsheet

Bellringer:
1. Open your Typing file and on page 38 type lines 8, 9 and 10.            
    Use your left  LITTLE finger for the left shift key   key AND
your right  LITTLE finger for the quotation mark key   exercise.
2. Pull out your Career worksheet
    if you do not have the Career WORKSHEET finished



Click on http://www.careeroutlook.us/table.php?state=NC&cluster=sci&interest=all
     and choose 6 careers from the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math page.

What are we learning?
4.1 Know the components of Spreadsheets
Bring back signed Interim Reports today for 90 and by Monday for 85. 

Guided Lesson- What if Analysis:
*Open the "car lot" file found in the student docs, Witkowski folder, Spreadsheet folder
and save to your lunch number.
* 
@ Students will sign into glogster to see if you remember your id.
 

7th grade log-ins:  students first initial and last name followed by atms13.  No spaces, dashes, etc.  passwords are student birthdays again with no slashes, spaces, or dashes in the mmddyyyy format.  EXAMPLE:  uid:  cmoseratms13    pw:  07132000

http://edu.glogster.com/ 
Do NOT create a new id if you can not log in! We have a list with ids on it.

Independent Activity:
Car lot exercise-  
1*Students will gather data to create a spreadsheet of dream cars that they would have in their own car lot business.
2*Students will go to http://www.carmax.com and find cars and write the information (year, make(brand), model(name), miles, and price) on their worksheet.

Exit Activity:
1. Pull up your Career PowerPoint, all 6 slides must be finished with animations and transitions