November 28

Year 10 - Today is "D day" (Project Due Day).

Your COMPLETED PROJECT should be in a folder entitled "TERM 1 FINAL PROJECT". Remember that this folder should be inside your personal folder on the school's server. It should NOT be kept inside another folder. It must be easy for me to find. It is the student's responsiblility to make it easy to locate.

This is our last day together for Term 1.

Good luck as you continue your journey through the Technology Carousel.

November 26

Year 10 - I am experiencing difficulty locating your projects:-(

Please create a folder entitled "TERM 1 FINAL PROJECT"

This is our last week for this project - Communicating Information

Year 10 - MIC

Here are the questions about your product for you to include in your EVALUATION.

To solicit your classmates, friends and family to ask their opinion of your project idea:

1) It would be great if you would go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/ and open an account and create a survey online to solicit feedback. It's way cool and easy (even Year 7's have done it).

OR

2) Write a short summary of your idea. Include all the basic information including rental/purchase costs. Post this on your blog. Include the following questions

1. Would it be easy to use?
2. Is it practical?
3. Is it realistic?
4. Would it be affordable?
5. Is it durable?
6. Would it be effective?

and post them on your blog. Your classmates, friends and family can leave their responses as comments.

November 19

Year 10

Let's get started right away with your presentations. I can't wait to hear your suggestions for Communicating at Guincho Beach!

In the second period, please continue with your project. They are due by the 28th.

November 14

Year 10

Unforunately, you will NOT be staying in this class until February 6 as I previously thought . . .

You, like years 7, 8, and 9, are on a carousel and will be leaving at the end of November.

What does that mean to you? That means that your entire project must be finished by November 28.

That is the final deadline for the ENTIRE project. You should be far enough along that this does not pose a problem.

If you need any help, you only need to raise your hand. *Remember it's possible to work on this at home, to come in at lunchtime, and after school.

Last Day of IT classes - November 28

Year 10 - Attention!

The last day of classes will be November 28. Your project must be finished ON or BEFORE that date.

You may work on your project Tuesday and Thursday during lunch (at 1:30), and Thursday afterschool (from 3:30-5:30).

We will present on Monday without fail (no execuses).

We don't normally have homework, but finish any work for homework.

November 12

Year 10 - wait until you see today's lesson.

The librarian, Ms. Odelson, will be joining us today with a special lesson. We will be learning how to evaluate websites. This is way cool. You are going to love it ;-)

November 7

Today we will do something a bit different:-D

For one of the periods Mr. Sawyer will speak with you about the Year 10 Interdisciplinary Unit and how it relates to IT. Thank you Mr. Sawyer.

Then you can continue working on the Design/Plan stage of your project.

Ms. Odelson, our librarian) will present a lesson next week on Evaluating a Website - it's way cool.

Article - How Tech Speak Is Taking Over . . .

MSN had this great article on text messaging. Check it out here: http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4890569

How many text messages do YOU send every day?

November 5

Welcome back Year 10! I hope you enjoyed your break and have re-charged your batteries.

This week we are working on the Design/Plan portion of the project and you should be ready to present your project to the class on Monday, November 12.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask:-)

In the meantime, I will begin marking your Investigations (Criteria A).