Thursday, February 28th (Last day of February) A report issued by Common Sense Media finds that 50 percent of teens "feel addicted" to mobile devices, and 59 percent of their parents agree that their kids are addicted. What do you think? 1. Is this an accurate percentage or do you feel it's higher or lower? What about the feelings of parents? 2. Nearly 60% of parents agree their teens are addicted to mobile devices - what do you think your parents might say? 3. What determines if someone is "Addicted" to their device? 4. How do you find "balance" between cell phone use and cell phone abuse? 5. The next "wave" of phones will have "Foldable" displays. Do you think you'd like a "foldable" phone? As you get into creating your information/content slides, it's a good time to review our toolbar: 1. Masking Tool
2. New Slide (same as the previous slide layout) 3. Undo 4. Insert Image 5. Crop 6. Redo 7. Border Dash 8. New Slide (select new layout) 9. Border Color 10. Insert Link 11. Insert Shape 12. Border Weight 13. Insert Line Tuesday, February 26th, 2019 Complete these as best you can, then move on to working on your slides and finishing your research. It's better to have more information and images than not enough. THANKS, again, for your flexibility today as we get a new furnace in the Trailer. 1. How complete would you say your Research Notebook is at this point (0 - 100%)? 2. Are all of your resources cited properly using CiteThisForMe extension OR the CiteThisForMe.com website. (If not, that's something to work on today). 3. Yesterday we learned how to customize a slideshow "Theme" using the Master Slide editor. Explain how to access the place where you can edit your master slides. (What menu, how do you know you're in the "editor"? 4. True or False - you should only change things on the Master slides that you want to be on each layout - in other words, you should NOT add content in the Slide Master area. Monday, February 25th, 2019 1. What was something fun or rewarding you did over your 4 days off? 2. What was the best thing you had to eat over your for days off? 3. What career have you chosen to explore for your project? 4. What are THREE things you've learned about your chosen career so far? Friday, February 15th, 2019 - Video Daily Digital & COLLECTION DAY - TURN IN to CLASSROOM when FINISHED. Thursday, February 14th, 2019 1. True or false: It doesn’t matter what you text someone as long as you trust the person you are texting.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019 - REMINDER: Bellringers will be collected FRIDAY - be caught up! In the fictional world of EverFi's "Ignition" game, you're getting your favorite band, "Still Bleeding Hearts" to play at your school. 1. Imagine you could bring in a famous act or person to perform or play at our school. What singer, band, artist, musician, celebrity, actor, actress, team, player, etc. would you want to come to our school for a day? Why? 2. If you're trying to use and run a lot of different software on your computer all at the same time, you might need more
5. True or False: "Cloud Computing" gets its name from the fact that your information is stored in satellites above the clouds. Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 1. Have you started the Everfi "Ignition" Simulation Game? If yes, how many lessons have you completed? 2. The "Ignition" lessons deal with "Digital LITERACY & RESPONSIBILITY". Do you feel that most people your age use their technology in a "RESPONSIBLE" way? Why or why not? (Give examples). 3. Software such as "LibreOffice" and "OpenOffice" are free word processing and publishing tools similar to Microsoft Office. Such free software is commonly known as ______________ software.
Monday, February 11th, 2019 1. In your own words, what does it mean to be a "Digital Citizen"? How is being a "digital citizen" similar and different from being a citizen of a city or state? 2. What are some things you have heard or learned about how to protect yourself and your information online? What are some of the "Dos" and "Don'ts"? 3. Some people have compared what we do online to a "Digital Footprint". More recently, others have called what we do online a "Digital Tattoo". Which do you think is a better description & why? Friday, February 8th, 2019 - VIDEO Daily Digital
Thursday, February 7th, 2019 Do you, or someone you know, use a cellphone WAY TOO MUCH? Well, the company that makes Vitaminwater has upped the challenge for those who struggle to put down their phones: $100,000 if someone can stay off their phone for a YEAR $10,000 if they make it 6 MONTHS Here are more details: lwww.cnbc.com/2018/12/13/vitaminwater-offers-100000-to-stay-off-smartphones-for-a-year.html 1. Do you think YOU could do it for an entire year? Why or why not? (Do you know someone who could?) 2. Would you be able to make it 6 months? (If you started today, you'd be off your phone until August, 2019). 3. We know that technology comes and goes as new things are created - do you think cell phones will ever go away? What might replace them as our communication tools / "pocket computers"? Here are the Official Contest Rules - in case you're wondering;-) : https://www.vitaminwater.com/legal/scrollfree_rules/ Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 1. Explain how you could get an image to face a different direction on your project. (There is more than one way. 2. What can you do if you have an image covering up another image? 3. How is a "Text Box" different from "Word Art"? 4. Explain the difference between "Cropping" and "Masking" an image. 5. What's the keyboard shortcut for "Duplicate" (like to duplicate an image or shape on your page). Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 While most tools and tasks have a menu option, many of the most commonly used tools have a "button" as well. Match the following: 1. Shape Tool
2. Line Color Tool 3. Text Box Tool 4. Crop Tool 5. Line Tool 6. Image Tool 7. Border Weight 8. Mask Tool 9. Border Dash 10. Select Tool 11. Where to go to do things like "Drop Shadow", "Reflection", Recolor"... NEW SET! Monday, February 4th, 2019 1. True or False - When you do a web search, you are searching the actual live Internet. 2. If you want to search for an exact word or phrase, you should put _ _ _ _ _ _ around your term or terms. 3. How would you use Google to search a single website? 4. How do you exclude a word in your search? For example, you want to research viruses, but not computer viruses. 5. The programs that "crawl" the web and index it are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _. As always with VIDEO Daily Digitals, write down 3 to 5 things you learned, thought were interesting, or questions you have as / after you watch the video clip. Friday, FEBRUARY 1st, 2019 - BELLRINGER TURN IN DAY!!! After you do today's Daily Digital, remember to "TURN IN" using the "TURN IN" button with the assignment in Google Classroom. Our lesson on Advanced Searching will start 5-6 minutes after we enter the classroom. |
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