Dec 10 through Dec 18

Students have been working on the online newspaper unit for the past week which integrates web design and Language Arts. They will finish up after the holiday.

Monday 12-7 through Wednesday 12-9

Students are finishing up their Animation projects and presenting to the class.

On Thursday, they will start the Online School Paper Unit.

They will learn how to create web sites and integrate this activity with Language Arts by writing up news articles for their sites.

Alice Animation Unit and Language Arts SCOS

During the second Alice animation unit students are able to create their own stories and animate them.

The following Language Arts SCOS will be incorporated into the lessons.

1.01 Narrate an expressive account which:
*creates a coherent organizing structure appropriate to purposes, audience, and context.
*orients the reader/listener to the scene, the people and the events.
*engages the reader/listener by establishing a context and creating a point of view.

5.01 Increase fluency, comprehension, and insight through a meaningful and comprehensive literacy program
*analyzing the effects on texts of such literary devices as figurative language, dialogue, flashback, allusion and irony.
*analyzing the effects of such elements as plot, theme, point of view, characterization, mood and style.

6.01 Model an understanding of conventional written and spoken expression by:
*extending vocabulary knowledge by learning and using new words.

Week of 11-30 through 12-4

Students will be learning about the computer programming concept of lists on Monday.
Click here to see lesson.

Students will be learning about how to change "light" effects on Tuesday.

Students will create their animation on Wednesday until Friday.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Some student are finishing the previous unit (5th and 6th).

Some students are starting the new unit (1st and 2nd).

The new unit uses the pre-programming software Alice and is integrated with the Language Arts Standard Course of Study.

Student will learn the preprogramming concepts of lists, "as seen by" and how to use light.

Students will then create stories that use the following Language Arts concepts, setting, irony or allusion.

Students will preplan using a storyboard before starting their projects.

Click here to see unit lesson.

Thursday- Test Review and Test

Students will review for the vocabulary test by practicing with their flash card book and using the CPS clickers to answer multiple choice questions. After any wrong answers are explained, students will take the vocabulary test.

Click here to see test.

Wednesday- Evaluating Brochure Web Site

Today the students chose one of the three web sites they used to create their brochure to analyze for reliability. They answered the worksheet questions of who, what, when, where, and why to draw conclusions about the site.

Monday and Tuesday- Brochure Assignment

Students will work on their brochure assignments on Monday and Tuesday. Students need to evaluate at least 3 different web sites to find information for their brochures. Students were able to choose the academic subject of their choice for the brochures.

Click here to see brochure lesson.

Monday and Tuesday- Evaluating Web Sites Exercise

Students could create any type of presentation (PowerPoint, Alice animation, etc.) to explain the 5 general rules for evaluating web sites for reliablity. Presentations will begin on Thursday.

Click here to see lesson.

Friday- Evaluating Web Site Unit

On Monday, Randolph County will transition to a new web site. The links on previous blog entries will no longer be valid.

On Friday, students will be starting their Evaluating Web Sites Unit. Links will be provided on Monday for the unit's standard course of study and lesson plans.

For Friday ONLY, click here to see unit lesson.

Wednesday & Thursday- Element Presentations

Great news! Virginia from 5th period was one of the two winners at ATMS of the Red Ribbon Essay Contest (see blog-Wednesday, Oct 14th Red Ribbon (Say No To Drugs) Word Processing Assignment). Her entry will be forwarded to the County contest.

Wednesday and Thursday students will be presenting their Element PowerPoints and Podcasts.

Monday and Tuesday- Presentation Podcast

Students will have Monday and Tuesday to complete the podcasts for their presentations.

Friday through Thursday (Friday is work day)

Students will be pulling all of the lessons together to create their Element PowerPoint and Podcast presentations. Students have the choice of creating their PowerPoint first then adding the podcast or recording the podcast and then creating the PowerPoint or creating both items together. If students work in groups both students must create a PowerPoint and participate in the podcasting. Students then decide which PowerPoint to use for their presentation. Students will present their presentations when they return on Monday.

Click here to see unit lesson.

Thursday- Inspiration and Research

Today students will use Inspiration to record notes about the elements they are using for their presentations.

Students will also continue with their research. By the end of the period they will have completed a storyboard for their presentation and have started on the audio script.

Click here to see the goals for the presentation.

Wednesday- Inspiration and the Elements

Today students used the Inspiration graphic organizer software to create a study guide to understand the difference between metals and nonmetals. Students will be able to use this study guide to help them with their Elements presentation.

Click here to see worksheet that has the metal vs nonmetal information.

Click here to see how to use Inspiration.

Tuesday- Inspiration- Graphic Organizer Software

Today students will learn how to use Inspiration, which is a graphic organizer software program.

They will practice using the Anti-drug Red Ribbon theme.

Once they learn how to use the software program they will create a graphic organizer for their Element Podcast/PowerPoint presentation.

Click here for lesson.

Monday- What is a Periodic Table?

Today we listened to students' "Scary Stories" podcasts that they created on Friday.

Today's lesson is "What is a Periodic Table?" They will be creating a podcast and Power Point presentation about elements. Today's lesson gives them time to understand the concepts.

Click here to see lesson.

Friday- Practice podcasts

Today students are going to create practice podcasts then work on a podcast exercise to give them the necessary skills to insert podcasts into their Project PowerPoint presentation.

Click here for lesson.

Thursday- Podcast

Students reviewed 2 different podcasts related to their upcoming Element assignment and studied the different components of a podcast.

Click here for lesson.

Wednesday- Red Ribbon (Say No To Drugs) Word Processing Assignment

Over half of the Information Technology students are on a field trip so the remaining students completed a word processing assignment for the upcoming Red Ribbon Week (Just Say No To Drugs) October 23 to October 29. The students used the computers to create posters for the event.

Tuesday- Vocabulary Test & Word Processing

After a Database Vocabulary test, students will have a word processing review to get them ready to create their Power Point presentation.

Click here to see vocabulary test.

Click here to see word processing lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study
7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

Monday- Database Practice

Today we practiced sorting and filtering using a database of the Elements.

Click here to see lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:7.TT.1.1 & 8.SI.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information.

Friday- What is a database?

Today's lesson is "What is a database?"

Click here to see lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.TT.1.1 & 8.SI.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information.

Thursday- Starting New Unit- Learning the Elements with Power Point and Podcasting

This unit's project will be to contrast and/or compare different elements from the periodic table.

Students will create a Power Point presentation that uses podcasting to explain the different elements.

Students will study the following technical tools:

Databases (using the periodic table as an example),

Word processing (formatting),

Inspiration (a graphic organizer)

Power Point (different features)

Podcasting (recording software)

Click here to see the Unit Lesson.

Standard Course of Study for Information Technology

7.SI.1 & 8.SI.1 Evaluate information resources based on specified criteria.

7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

7.RP.1 & 8.RP.1 Apply a research process to complete given tasks.

7.SE.1 & 8.SE.1 Apply responsible behaviors when using information and technology resources.


Standard Course of Study for Science

4.03 Explain how the periodic table is a model for classifying elements and identifying the properties of elements.

4.05 Identify substances based on characteristics physical properties: boiling/melting points, solubility, specific heat.

Tuesday & Wednesday Presentations & Test

Some classes presented today and some classes took the unit vocabulary test today.

Click here to see test.

Friday & Monday- Presentations & Study for Test

Students started to make their presentations on Friday and will finish them on Monday.

Students will study for the Vocabulary Test, which will be on Tuesday.
Click here to see test and word list.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday- Continuing with Animation

The classes continue to animate their ancient Egypt or feudal Japan stories.

Students need to return progress reports by Monday. Returned reports will be counted as a 100 for a daily grade. If you do not return your progress report it will be a 60 as a daily grade.

Click here to see lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

7.SE.1 & 8.SE.1 Apply responsible behaviors when using information and technology resources.

Social Studies Standard Course of Study:

2.03 Utilitze different types of technology

2.06 Create written, oral, musical, visual and theatrical presentations of social studies information.

7.2 Examine the causes of key historical events in selected areas of Africa, Asia and Australia and analyze the short and long range effects on political, economic, and social institutions.

8.1 Examine the causes of key historical figures and evaluate their impact on past and present societies in Africa, Asia, and Australia

Friday & Monday- Learning Techniques to Animate Social Studies Stories

4:00 to 6:00 Monday Night is Progress Report Pick Up For Parents.

The Book Fair is open in the Media Center during the same time period.

Students learned different animation techniques so they could begin to animate their Social Studies stories. They learned how to make their characters walk, hold items and manipulate the order object actions are performed.

Click here to see lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

7.SE.1 & 8.SE.1 Apply responsible behaviors when using information and technology resources.

Social Studies Standard Course of Study:

2.03 Utilitze different types of technology

2.06 Create written, oral, musical, visual and theatrical presentations of social studies information.

7.2 Examine the causes of key historical events in selected areas of Africa, Asia and Australia and analyze the short and long range effects on political, economic, and social institutions.

8.1 Examine the causes of key historical figures and evaluate their impact on past and present societies in Africa, Asia, and Australia

Thursday- Importing a Map Billboard

Students learned how to import a map image to use as a billboard in their animated story.

Students used the proper citation to recognize the source of the map.

Students coded their opening title credits.

Click here for lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:
7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

7.SE.1 & 8.SE.1 Apply responsible behaviors when using information and technology resources.

Social Studies Standard Course of Study:
1.1 Create maps, charts, graphs, databases, and models as tools to illustrate information about different people, places, and regions in Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Wednesday- Storyboards

Students will use their research and 6 facts to create a storyboard for their animated project.

Click here for lesson rubric.

7.SI.1 & 8.SI.1 Evaluate information resources based on specified criteria.

7.RP.1 & 8.RP.1 Apply a research process to complete given tasks.

Tuesday- Research

Today students researched either ancient Egypt or feudal Japan. Their goal is to find a topic for their animated movie project. Once they found the subject they were interested in, they have to write down 6 facts.

Click to see lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.SI.1 & 8.SI.1 Evaluate information resources based on specified criteria.

7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

7.RP.1 & 8.RP.1 Apply a research process to complete given tasks.

7.SE.1 & 8.SE.1 Apply responsible behaviors when using information and technology resources.

Monday- Tutorials

Today the students will continue to learn about how to use the Alice animation software by going through the 4 tutorials that come free with the Alice software.

Click here to see the lesson.

They will decide if their project will about ancient Egypt or feudal Japan and conduct research on their country.

Click here to see the lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

Friday- Objects, Methods and Control Statements.

Today the students will continue to learn about how to use the Alice animation software.

They will learn the difference between objects, methods, and control statements.

Click here to see the lesson.

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:
7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

Thursday- Beginning of Animation Unit

Students who have not turned in work were given written notices today that their missing work needs to be turned in by Monday, September 21st or it will be listed as a zero on the upcoming progress report.

Students will be integrating Social Studies and animation. Their project for the next two weeks will be to learn how to use the free Alice animation software to create an animated story about ancient Egypt or feudal Japan.

Click here to see Animation Unit plan

Today they will learn about objects, methods, and how to use the Alice software.


Click here to see today's vocabulary lesson

Information Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.SI.1 & 8.SI.1 Evaluate information resources based on specified criteria.

7.TT.1 & 8.SI.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

7.RP.1 & 8.RP.1 Apply a research process to complete given tasks.

7.SE.1 & 8.SE.1 Apply responsible behaviors when using information and technology resources.

Social Studies Standard Course of Study:

1.1 Create maps, charts, graphs, databases, and models as tools to illustrate information about different people, places, and regions in Africa, Asia, and Australia.

2.03 Utilitze different types of technology

2.06 Create written, oral, musical, visual and theatrical presentations of social studies information.

7.2 Examine the causes of key historical events in selected areas of Africa, Asia and Australia and analyze the short and long range effects on political, economic, and social institutions.

8.1 Examine the causes of key historical figures and evaluate their impact on past and present societies in Africa, Asia, and Australia

Wednesday- Create Database and DB Report

Today is the last day of the Career Project Unit. Students will create a database with the research they have gathered. They will also make a database report.

Click here to see the creating a database lesson.

Click here to see the making a database report lesson.

Standard Course of Study:
7.TT.1.2 & 8.TT.1.2
Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to
organize information (e.g. graphic organizers, databases,
spreadsheets, and desktop publishing).

Tuesday- Graduation Promotion Week

This week is national Graduation Promotion Week. ATMS will be recognizing this event today, on Tuesday, Sept. 15th, by promoting faculty/staff alma maters!

The students will be using Word Processing and/or Word Art to answer one of two questions, "Which college do you want to attend and why?" or "Which college is your favorite college and why?"

Depending on the length of the presentations, we will finish our career web site presentations and start on the database lesson.

See Monday's blog for standard course of study for the career unit.

Monday- Web Site Presentations

Today we are finishing work on our career web sites on Microsoft Publisher and starting student presentations about their web sites

Click here for lesson.

Information and Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.TT.1.3 & 8.TT.1.3 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to design products to share information with others (e.g. multimedia presentations, Web 2.0 tools, graphics, etc.)

7.RP.1.2 & 8.RP.1.2 Implement an independent research process activity that is student selected.

7.SE.1.1 & 8.SE.1.1. Apply ethical behavior (copyright, not plagiarizing, etc.) when using resources.

7. SE.1.2. & 8.SE.1.2. Apply the safety precautions necessary when using online resources (personal information, passwords, etc.)

Friday- Finishing Web Sites and Presentations

Today we are finishing work on our career web sites on Microsoft Publisher and starting student presentations.

Click here for lesson.

Information and Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.TT.1.3 & 8.TT.1.3 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to design products to share information with others (e.g. multimedia presentations, Web 2.0 tools, graphics, etc.)

7.RP.1.2 & 8.RP.1.2 Implement an independent research process activity that is student selected.

7.SE.1.1 & 8.SE.1.1. Apply ethical behavior (copyright, not plagiarizing, etc.) when using resources.

7. SE.1.2. & 8.SE.1.2. Apply the safety precautions necessary when using online resources (personal information, passwords, etc.)

Thursday- Working on Career Web Site

Today we are working on our career web sites on Microsoft Publisher. We will be creating the one or two career pages with the detailed information students researched about their career choices.

Click here for lesson.

Information and Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.TT.1.3 & 8.TT.1.3 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to design products to share information with others (e.g. multimedia presentations, Web 2.0 tools, graphics, etc.)

7.RP.1.2 & 8.RP.1.2 Implement an independent research process activity that is student selected.

7.SE.1.1 & 8.SE.1.1. Apply ethical behavior (copyright, not plagiarizing, etc.) when using resources.

7. SE.1.2. & 8.SE.1.2. Apply the safety precautions necessary when using online resources (personal information, passwords, etc.)

Wednesday- Starting a Web Site on M.S. Publisher

Today we are starting to create our career web sites on Microsoft Publisher. We will be choosing the design, color, font style, and typing our home page title.

Click here for lesson.

Information and Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.TT.1.3 & 8.TT.1.3 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to design products to share information with others (e.g. multimedia presentations, Web 2.0 tools, graphics, etc.)

7.RP.1.2 & 8.RP.1.2 Implement an independent research process activity that is student selected.

7.SE.1.1 & 8.SE.1.1. Apply ethical behavior (copyright, not plagiarizing, etc.) when using resources.

7. SE.1.2. & 8.SE.1.2. Apply the safety precautions necessary when using online resources (personal information, passwords, etc.)

Tuesday- Salary Spreadsheet Graph

Today's lesson is creating a salary spreadsheet and graph using the previous week's career research.

Click here for the lesson.

Information and Technology Standard Course of Study:
7.TT.1.2 & 8.TT.1.2 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to organize information (e.g. graphic organizers, databases, spreadsheets, and desktop publishing)

Friday- Storyboard Lesson

Thank you Savannah for helping other students today in class!

Storyboards are used to organize multimedia presentations (Power Point, Video, Web Sites).

Students are going to learn about storyboards and then create one for the Career Web Site project.

To see today's lesson click here.

HOMEWORK: If you were not able to finish the Media Center/Best Story Ever assignment during class it is due Tuesday at the beginning of class. For a copy of the assignment click here.

Standard Course of Study covered:

7.TT.1.2 & 8.TT.1.2 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to
organize information (e.g. graphic organizers, databases,
spreadsheets, and desktop publishing).

Thursday- Catch Up Day

Thank you, Justice, for helping others navigate on the computer!

Today was a catch up day, which gave students time to complete any unfinished assignments. Assignments not finished will be homework. Students worked on the following assignments:

Media Center Assignment for Web Site: The Best Story Ever
Use word count, must be 45 to 50 words
Must be spell checked
Don’t forget to use the thesaurus

Career Unit Lessons:
You need to have 3 career description pages completed
Go to SOICC page for salary or glassdoor.com/salary

You need to have 6 online career descriptions completed
Go to SOICC page for salary or glassdoor.com/salary

You need to have completed all worksheets, projects, and tests

Wednesday- Media Research Continued

Students continued the Career reseach lesson by exploring different occupations in the Media Center. They also reviewed past student career web site examples.

To see lesson click here.

The following Standard Course of Study will be covered in the today's lesson:

7.TT.1.1 & 8.TT.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information.

7.TT.1.2 & 8.TT.1.2 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to organize information (e.g. graphic organizers, databases, spreadsheets, and desktop publishing)

7.SE.1.1 & 8.SE.1.1 Apply ethical behavior when using resources.

7.SE.1.2 & 8.SE.1.2 Apply safety precautions when using online resources.

The following Guidance objectives are met:

Develop skills to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information.Apply personal skills, interests and abilities to current career choicesDemonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goals.

Tuesday- Media Center Career Research

Students continued the Career Unit by researching different occupations in the Media Center.

To see lesson click here.

The following Standard Course of Study will be covered in the today's lesson:
7.TT.1.1 & 8.TT.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information.

7.TT.1.2 & 8.TT.1.2 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to organize information (e.g. graphic organizers, databases, spreadsheets, and desktop publishing)

7.SE.1.1 & 8.SE.1.1 Apply ethical behavior when using resources.

7.SE.1.2 & 8.SE.1.2 Apply safety precautions when using online resources.

The following Guidance objectives are met:
Develop skills to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information.
Apply personal skills, interests and abilities to current career choices
Demonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goals.

Monday- Online Career Research & Test Results back

Congratulations to the follow students for making 102 on the Copyright/Fair Use Test.

They made 100 and answered correctly both bonus questions!

1st period: Ian, Chris
2nd period: N/A
5th period: Evan, Katie, Megan
6th period: Sumra, Savannah, Mayra

Students continued the Career Unit by doing online research at North Carolina Career Resource Network. To see the lesson click here.

The following Standard Course of Study will be covered in today's lesson:

7.TT.1.1 & 8.TT.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information.

7.TT.1.2 & 8.TT.1.2 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to organize information (e.g. graphic organizers, databases, spreadsheets, and desktop publishing)

7.SE.1.1 & 8.SE.1.1 Apply ethical behavior when using resources.

7.SE.1.2 & 8.SE.1.2 Apply safety precautions when using online resources.

The following Guidance objectives are met:Develop skills to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information.Apply personal skills, interests and abilities to current career choicesDemonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goals.

Friday- Copyright/Fair Use Test & Career Unit

Today we took a test that covered analyzing web resources, copyright and Fair Use limits.

To see the lesson or the test click here.

The test covered the following Information & Technology Standard Course of Study:

7.SE.1.1 & 8.SE.1.1 Apply ethical behavior (copyright, not plagiarizing, proper netiquette) when using resources.

7.SI.1.1 & 8.SI.1.1 Evaluate resources for reliability.

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We started the Career Unit with students signing up for a free account at CFNC.org (College Foundation of North Carolina). Next week the students will take the CFNC.org career interest inventory.

Students will be researching career information, creating databases and database reports, creating a salary spreadsheet, preparing a word processing career report, creating a web site on Microsoft Publisher and giving a short presentation.

To see the lesson click here.

The following Standard Course of Study will be covered in the CFNC survey lesson:

7.TT.1.1 & 8.TT.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information.
7.SE.1.2 & 8.SE.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to organize information (e.g. graphic organizers, databases, spreadsheets, and desktop publishing)

The following Guidance objectives are met:
Develop skills to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information.
Apply personal skills, interests and abilities to current career choices
Demonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goals.

Thursday- Fair Use

Today we discussed Fair Use. To see the lesson click here. During 5th period, Chelsea and Tyler gave very informative answers during the discussion.

We covered the following Standard Course of Study: 7.SE.1.1 & 8.SI.1.1 Apply ethical behavior (copyright, not plagiarizing, proper netiquette) when using resources.

Students finished yesterday's lesson and learned about the 4 guidelines of Fair Use. 1st period is still preparing a study guide for the upcoming test and will test on Monday. 2nd period, 5th period, and 6th period finished the study guide and will test on Friday.

The test material may be seen by going to the lesson linked above.

Wednesday- Ethics and Copyright

Today we learned discussed copyright and college students. To see the lesson click here.

We covered the following Standard Course of Study: 7.SE.1.1 & 8.SI.1.1 Apply ethical behavior (copyright, not plagiarizing, proper netiquette) when using resources.

Students learned about copyright laws and penalties by having a group discussion about an article about illegal downloading of music. During 2nd period, Jessica, Josh, and Andrew brought up several good ideas about copyright.

Tuesday- Introduction to Informational Technology

Today we learned about what Informational Technology is and what will be taught in the class. To see the lesson click here.

We covered the following Standard Course of Study: 7.SI.1.1 & 8.SI.1.1 Evaluate resources for reliability.

Students learned how to determine if a particular web site is a good source of information.

They created a Word Processing study guide which mentioned they should check how current a web site is (currency), who created the web site (credibility) and what knowledge or experience the creator of the web site has about the topic they are discussing (authority).

Open House- Easy 100 on 1st Test Grade

It was great meeting everyone during the 7th grade and 8th grade open houses. A easy way to get a 100 on a test grade is to return the Yellow Parent and Student Information sheet. It must be signed by both the student and the parent. I look foward to seeing you on Tuesday. Miss W.

What is Information Technology?

What is Information Technology?

1. Comparing Sources of Information

Have you ever been frustrated trying to find something specific on the Internet? We all have used technology for fun but many of us stumble when we try to use technology as a practical tool.

Have you ever wondered what is the best way to pick the web site with the most useful information? Hint: It is usually not the first site that comes up.

2. Technology as a Tool

When you get an school assignment in high school or college how do you know which technology to use? Word Processing, Database, Spreadsheet, Graphic Organizer, Audio or Visual Recording, or online Collaboration Tools

3. Research Process

When it is time for you to buy your first car, where do you begin to search for information? When it is time to decide which college you would like to go to, how do you make the right choice? The Internet has millions of facts, how do you quickly find what you are looking for?

4. Safety and Ethical Issues

You have all heard of college students getting fined thousands of dollars for illegally copying music. Wouldn't you rather keep that money instead of losing it?

You have all heard of computers being infected with viruses. A few simple steps can protect you.

The following link shows the Standard Course of Study "DRAFT" for Information Technology for Grades 6 through 8. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/info-technology/grade6.pdf

Parent and Student Information

Miss Witkowski's (Miss W's) Parent and Student Information

Welcome! I’m looking forward to meeting everyone and having a great year!

Hello! If you attended open house you received the form below. If you did not attend open house you will receive the form the first day in class. Reading and signing the distributed form by both parent and student will be a test grade. Please do not respond to this posting. If you lost the form you may PRINT it and return it. We must have a signature on file for it to be a valid permission form. Thank you for your assistance.

If the completed form is returned by Friday, August 28th you receive a 100. If the form is returned by Friday, September 4th you receive a 90. The grade decreases by 10 points until returned.

Supply List: 3 ring binder (may be paper binder with prongs), paper, pencil/pen, flash drive (optional- good if student wants to save projects)

Expectations:

Students will treat teacher and each other with respect and dignity.
· Students will listen when the teacher or another student is talking.

Students will be responsible for their own learning.
· Students will bring their notebooks, name tags, and pencil/pen to class.
· Students will keep all of their handouts in their notebook.
· Students will read and start the daily bell work when they come in to class.
· Students will sign out in the log book when they use the bathroom.

Students will treat computers with respect.
· Students will not go to web sites not assigned by their teacher.
· Students will not change screen savers and/or backgrounds designs.
· Students will keep equipment in good working order.

Student Name: (print)____________________________
Period: ________
Student Signature: ___________________________________________

You can always find the most up to date information about homework or other class activities at Wclassroom@blogspot.com

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Dear Parent,
We will be working on several computer projects during this class. Miss Witkowski strives to create real world applications for the computer skills taught to your child. Among the projects are creating web sites, placing student work online, pictures for online newsletters, etc. Safety is a critical concern and we need the following information for our classroom files. Please decide which choices work best for you and your child. If you have questions please email ewitkowski@randolph.k12.nc.us

Class activities will be posted at Wclassroom@blogspot.com.
It is alright to put my child’s first name on the classroom blog.
___Yes- my child’s first name may be on the classroom blog.
___No- please do not mention my child’s first name on the classroom blog.

To create a free web site at Google Sites your child will need to create a free email account. Please check one choice.
___Yes- my child may create an email account/website with their first name only.
___Yes- my child may create an email account/website with a generic or “no” name listed online (it will be anonymous).
___No- I would prefer for my child to not place this item online.

The online school newsletter/website may include photos of your child.
___Yes- my child may have their photo and their first name only on the site.
___Yes- my child may have their photo but “no” name online (it will be anonymous).
___No- I would prefer for my child to not place their photo online.

Parent Name: _________________________
Phone: _________________
Parent Signature: _______________________________________________