What+are+we+learning+in+Info+Pro+2012?

__**Monday, January 7th to Friday, January 25th, 2013**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use our interviewing skills to interview a person who has faced a challange within thier life
 * We can collect data about that person and how they overcame that challange
 * We can create a script that outlines our data and organizes our thoughts on what we want to share
 * We can create a presentation, using technology, that shares our data with our classmates
 * We can use pictures, voice, transitions, music, to enhance our presentations

__**Monday, January 7th**__: Today we are continuing to work on our Prezis for Mr. Arndt's class. Please refer to his notes on what he would like you to include within the presentation. Here is the Prezi rubric, again, on how you will be evaluated. ** Presentations will take place on Friday, January 11th, with Mr. Arndt. **



__**Tuesday, January, 8th to Friday, January 25th**__: During these classes we will be working your final project for Mr. Arndt and my classe. Please remember that this presentation takes the place of a final exam. Your presentation, is your final exam. You are going to be given the next two weeks to complete these presenations and you will be presenting them during class on **Thursday, January 24th and Friday, January 25th**. Here is all the handouts you received. Please remember though, that the following rubric will be used on your presentation:



Please remember that you are being given lots of class time to work on these final projects. With Mr. Arndt giving you time and me giving you timehours you have lots of opportunities to get everything finished up from start to finish. If you need ANY EXTRA TIME, Mr. Young is available at noon hour. Please come see me and I will make sure that the computer lab is available to you!!! Don't find excuses, find solutions! :)

__**Monday, December 17th to Friday, December 21st, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can begin using a web based presentation tool software
 * We can create a presentation to share with the class
 * We can input text, pictures, and videos into our presentation
 * We can present our Vacation presentation to the class through good presentation skills and not just reading off a screen

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, December** 17th:__ Today, we will be presenting our Prezis to Mr. Strueby. Please remember the rubric we looked at last week.



Anytime that is left, after the presentations, we will use to work on our Door Decorating.

__**Tuesday, December 18th and Wednesday, December 19th**__: Today you are going to be given the time to work on your Prezis for Mr. Arndt's class. Remember, you have your outlines and his expectations. I am still going to makr you on your presentation to see how you are using Prezi and your presentation skills. These will be due after the break!

__**Thursday, December 20th**__: WE WILL SEE WHAT TODAY BRINGS AS IT IS OUR LAST CLASS TOGETHER BEFORE BREAK!

__**Friday, December 21st**__: Winter Lit!!!!!!!

I hope you all have an awesome and safe Christmas break!!! :)

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__**Monday, December 19th to Friday, December 12th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can begin using a web based presentation tool software
 * We can create a presentation to share with the class
 * We can input text, pictures, and videos into our presentation
 * We can present our Vacation presentation to the class through good presentation skills and not just reading off a screen

__**Monday, December 10th to Thursday, December 13th**__: You have these days to do research, build your presentation (see last Thursday's entry), and practice your presentation with a partner. We will be presenting these on Friday to our classmates! Please use your time WISELY! I will not be here on Thursday so you may want to present to Mr. Anholt as practice! He is an former ELA teacher and would be happy to hear about your vacations!



__**Friday, December 14th**__: PREZI VACATION PRESENTATION DAY!!! Presentations movied until Monday, December 17th!

__**Monday, December 3rd to Friday, December 7th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can write to explain our thoughts
 * We can create a movie review based on a movie viewed in ELA
 * We can use proofreading and peer editing as tools to edit our writing
 * We can begin using a web based presentation tool software
 * We can create a presentation to share with the class

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, December 3rd to Wednesday, December**__ **__5th__:** During these classes we will be working on and completing your Movie Reviews for Misery. During this time. I want you to remember that we are looking at your proofreading skills. Please use the Editing and Revising Checklist that was shown to you last week. Remember, we talked about finding our "Core 3" people that we use to edit our documents. I told you who mine are and you must find your own three people to read over your work. These need to be handed into Mr. Arndt by the end of Wednesday's class and posted to your wikispace for me. Thank you!!

__**Thursday, December 6th and Friday, December 7th**__: During these classes we are going to be looking at the skills to creating a Prezi (please make sure you have signed up for a FREE account) based on a vacation that you would like to take, sometime in your lifetime. You are going to research the location, travel expenses, etc. and design a Prezi that focuses on the place. The presentation will be done in class and will be no longer than three minutes in length. Here are the things you need to remember to include:

1. Text - You don't have to type everything out, just have them there as points and talk about them based on your knowledge (think of what Ms. Rowe said to you about PowerPoint) 2. Pictures - Pictures that you will use to describe what is going on at your vacation spot 3. Videos - You can include any videos you wish to (no more than 30 seconds) in your Prezi 4. Links - If you want to show us a website feel free to put a link in 5. Path of your presentation - Make sure that your presentation has a flow that works for you as you create the path

Each one of you, next week, will be presenting your Prezis to the class.

Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, November 26th to Friday, November 30th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can create a brochure using desktop publishing
 * We can write to explain our thoughts
 * We can create a movie review based on a movie viewed in ELA
 * We can use proofreading and peer editing as tools to edit our writing

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, November** **26th and Tuesday, November 27th**:__ Hope you all had a great weekend! Today and tomorrow we will using the time to finish up your brochures on Hopkins for Mr. Arndt's class. Please make sure that you proofread!! You will need two copies of your brochure. One for me and one for Mr. Arndt!

__**Wednesday, November 28th to Friday, November 30th**__: During these classes we will be using Microsoft Word to create a well written movie review of "Misery" for Mr. Arndt's class. We will be using proofreading skills and peer editing to help us hand in our best work that is free of silly mechanical errors.



Hope you all have a great weekend!



__**Monday, November 19th to Friday, November 23rd, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can finish our ToonDoo assignment
 * We can begin creating a two fold brochure
 * We can create a brochure that describes our trip to Hopkins (in pairs)

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, November 19th and Tuesday, November** 20th:__ During these calsses we will FINALLY FINISH our ToonDoos and BE DONE WITH THEM!!! YAY!! I appreciate your patience because the site is so slow! We will make sure we create a book and post the comic books to our wikispaces!

__**Wednesday, November 21st to Friday, November 23rd**__: During these classes we will be using "Microsoft Publisher" to create a two-fold brochure that describes our experiences at Hopkins. You are going to need to use the handout that Mr. Arndt gave you (in your binders) to help you with information. We will aim to have those brochures completed by Friday, in not for sure on Monday!

Have a great weekend!

__**Tuesday, November 13th to Thursday, November 15th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can write to entertain
 * We can finish up our ToonDoos for Mr. Arndt's class
 * We can share our ToonDoos with our peers
 * We can begin learning the basics of a web based presentation software

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Tuesday, November** **13th and Wednesday, November 14th**:__ Welcome back from your long weekend. Today we will see where we are at with your ToonDoos and your final copies of your ghost stories for Mr. Arndt. Please remember that tomorrow, you are going to Hopkins with Mr. Arndt. When you get back we will be sharing your experiences and yoru ToonDoos with your peers.

__**Thursday, November 15th**__: PREP RALLY IN THE AUDITORIUM DURING THIS PERIOD!

Have a great LONG weekend......AGAIN!

__**Monday, November 5th to Thursday, November 8th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can write to entertain
 * We can continue to work on our Ghost Stories (rough copies and printed copies)
 * We can use good formatting in creating our Ghost Stories
 * We can use ToonDoo to create a Graphic Novel/Comic of our story

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, November 5th to Thursday, November 8th, 2012**__: As you know, this week you will be hanging out with Ms. Funk. I have already told her what you are working on with Mr. Arndt and you need to be working away at it. Here are the things you need to have done by the end of this week: 1. Ghost Stories must be typed out and turned into Mr. Arndt 2. ToonDoos must be well under way for your Ghost Story 3. All panels should be made up by the end of the week I know that there are a few of you that remember (from Digital Design Grade 9) how to create the entire book off ToonDoo. However, as long as you have the panels ready to go, when I get back, we can put the books together pretty quick. You are being given THIS time to work on your assignments! Please use them time well!

Here is the rubric I will be using to evaluate your ToonDoos, when they are completed. Please make sure to read it over. I am sure Ms. Funk will go over it with you, as well:



**Have a great rest of your week!!**

__**Monday, October 29th to Friday, November 2nd, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can create a multimedia collage that represents your opinions from the Hunger Games
 * We can use Glogster to create a visual piece including text, graphics, and other multimedia
 * We can use our formatting skills to create a verbal visual essay for our ELA class
 * Based on the story we write in ELA, we can create a comic book that is a visual representation of our story
 * We can use the tools of "comic writing" effectively through Toondoo (text bubbles, visual emotions, etc.)
 * We can share our finished comics with our classmates
 * We can embed our comics onto our wikis to share with everyone
 * We can storyboard and script our story as an outline to guide us in creating our comic

__**How we will learn it**__

__**Monday, October 29th and Tuesday, October**__ **__30th__:** Hope you all had a great weekend! Based on Friday's discussions you will have today and tomorrow to finish up your Verbal Visual Essays (please check last week's entries). Please make sure the following is completed for this assignment: 1. Your "Visual" part (Glogster) is embeded onto a page on your wikispace. 2. Your "Verbal" part (your essay for Mr. Arndt) is also embeded onto your wikispace 3. Please make sure you print off a hard copy for Mr. Arndt to be handed in to him. He will probably ask to see the visual part at his desk. __**Wednesday, October 31st to Friday, November**__ **__2nd__:** Over these next few classes we are going to be working in the website called ToonDoo. It is a pretty neat site that allows you too create your own comic book of your Ghost Story that you are creating for Mr. Arndt's class. Some of you are familiar with ToonDoo from being in Digital Design 9! That is awesome because you are going to be our experts when someone needs some assistance. We will be spending some time on Wednesday going over a few things. I will be giving you Wednesday and Thursday to play around with ToonDoo and see what you can create, then for the next 5 classes (yes, into next week). Here are some things to remember when creating your ToonDoo: 1. Please make sure to choose a **HORIZONTAL LAYOUT** when creating your comic. If you don't, you won't be able to create the book at the end of the process 2. We will go through the embedding process (putting it onto your wikispace) so don't stress if you can't figure it out. Please just make sure that the book is made. 3. Be CREATIVE! Don't just rush to get it done! Take a look at how you make make it look and use different angles and stuff to make your comic stand out (look at examples of comics online or if you have them at home). 4. Please check the following rubric to see how you will be evaluate for this assignment: **Remember, your job is to take your story and transfer it over into a comic/graphic novel! What will your characters look like and how are you going to make sure your story is told through your characters voice.** Have a great weekend!

media type="custom" key="21263078" __**Monday, October 22nd to Friday, October 26th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can create a multimedia collage that represents your opinions from the Hunger Games
 * We can use Glogster to create a visual piece including text, graphics, and other multimedia
 * We can use our formatting skills to create a verbal visual essay for our ELA class

__**Monday, October 22nd to Friday, October 26th**__: Kind of nice that we have hit a week where we are looking just specifically at one project. As you know, based on discussions with Mr. Arndt and myself, on Friday, we have you beginning to design your Verbal Visual Essays for the Hunger Games. During my class we will be looking at using Glogsterto create and embed onto our wikispaces. We will also be going over how to format a personal essay using Microsoft Word. It's pretty straight forward but we will go over how to set it up on the computers. We will be starting to look at that around Wednesday and give you some time to type them up. We will see where we are at on Friday and hopefully we will be near completion! :) Let's get started!!

Example template for a personal essay:



Next week, I hope we can start working away on your ghost story assignments that you are working on with Mr. Arndt! :)



__**Monday, October 15th to Friday, October 19th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can continue to create our presentations for 7 Slides in 70 seconds
 * We can create a presentation that does not rely on just reading off of a slide
 * We can practice our presentation skills looking at organization, clarity, and eye contact
 * We can present our presentations to our peers
 * We can create a multimedia collage that represents your opinions from the Hunger Games
 * We can use Glogster to create a visual piece including text, graphics, and other multimedia
 * We can use our formatting skills to create a verbal visual essay for our ELA class

__**Monday, October 15th**__: Welcome back from your weekend! I hope it was a good one! Unfortunately, last night, I caught that flu that is going around! So, to save you all from getting sick, i have been told to stay away! Here is what you are working on today.

Your 7 Slides in 70 seconds will be due on Thursday! Chances are, if I feel the same way that I do today, I probably won't be in tomorrow. On Wednesday, I will be in Regina with my Entrepreneurship 30 class.

Please make sure to go over the rubric for the 7 Slides in 70 Seconds assignments with my replacement teacher!

Mr. Arndt and I have talked and you are starting to piece together your Verbal/Visual essays. The site that I would like you to sign up for (it is free) and to play with for the next little bit is Glogster.com What this site is all about putting together text, pictures, and other media onto a virtual bulletin board. Here, you will be able to design the "Visual" part of your Verbal/Visual Essay. Mr. Arndt has already talked to you about setting up this assignments, in his class. You should have a handout for it.

If you are done your 7 Slides in 70 Seconds please sign up for Glogster and start playing with it. What can you create?

** NOTE: You may need to use Google Chrome (look under the programs tab off the START menu). Google Chrome is an internet browser that works a bit quicker than Internet Explorer. You may want to try this for Glogster as Glogster is very media heavy. ** __**Tuesday, October 16th and Wednesday, October 17th**__: Continue to work on 7 Slides in 70 Seconds (did you look over the rubric yet with my replacement teacher? take a look at last week's entries for the assignments) and begin work on designing your poster for your Hunger Games Verbal Visual Essay using Glogster.

__**Thursday, October 18th**__: Today we WILL be presenting our 7 Slides in 70 Seconds to the class. Please make sure you have checked over the rubric for evaluation.

__**Friday, October 19th**__: See where we are with our Glogster Visual Poster for the Hunger Games.

Have a great weekend!

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__**Tuesday, October 9th to Friday, October 12th, 2012:**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can get into the mindset of a character by using Social Media
 * We can create a visual representation of certain character from The Hunger Games
 * We can use visuals to demonstrate the characters personality and background
 * We can create a presentation using, technology to reflect, the "reality" genre of the Hunger Games
 * We can examine the use of this presentation software to meet our needs and use it in our own personal way
 * We can create a multi-media presentation using a web-based program
 * We can search the internet for information and visuals to create our presentation
 * We can present our findings to our classmates

__**How we will learn it:**__ **__Tuesday, October__** __**9th**:__ Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend! Today, we will see how our Hunger Games Social Media projects are coming. Will today be the last day or do you need one more? We will discuss and see! __**Wednesday, October 10th and Thursday, October 11th**__: Mr. Arndt and I are coming up with one final project for the Hunger Games where you will be expected to give a verbal and visual presentation. We are thinking that this might be the time to introduce you to Prezi and let you have some fun with it. Before we get to Mr. Arndt's ELA here is a short project we will work on together before we even look at Prezi. All of us, at one time or another have been exposed to PowerPoint. Some of us love to load it up with text and just read it! SNORE! BORING!!!!!!!! Today, what we want to do is use the PowerPoint program, because it is still relevant today, and figure out how to use it instead of a bunch of cue cards that you just read from. We will take a look at the following handout and you will begin creating your own PowerPoint presentation, 7 slides in 70 seconds. We will be presenting these in class after we are done them. There is only 14 of us so it shouldn't take too long! :)  __**Friday, October 12th**__: Presentation Day for 7 Slides in 70 Seconds. Then we will talk about next week's project!

Have a great weekend! __**Monday, October 1st to Friday, October 5th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can get into the mindset of a character by using Social Media
 * We can create a visual representation of certain character from The Hunger Games
 * We can use visuals to demonstrate the characters personality and background
 * We can create a presentation using, technology to reflect, the "reality" genre of the Hunger Game

__**How we will learn it**__

__**Monday, October**__ **__1st__:** Last day to work on presentations!!! Tomorrow is the day.........WE HOPE!!!! __**Tuesday, October 2nd**__: Unless something HUGE happens, **TODAY IS** **PRESENTATION DAY!! Mr. Arndt will be joining us during period 5, in the lab, for your presentations. Please remember we will be using the rubric provided to you for your evaluation! We cannot wait to see what you have come up with!** __Wednesday, October 3rd__: Today we started on our "Character Sketch" project for the hunger games. Here is the assignment from Mr. Arndt and myself:
 * Your favorite tribute needs more sponsors. Your job is to create either a print advertisement, Facebook, or Twitter page to gather support. You will need to include the following:**


 * 1. Tribute Picture **
 * 2. Tribute short biography - approximately 50-75 words **
 * 3. Tribute slogan **
 * 4. Tribute Symbol **
 * 5. Trubute's most notable quote (from chapter 1-16) **
 * 6. Tribute's talent, skills, and weapons of choice **
 * 7. Any other pertinent information that will keep your Tribute alive! **


 * Remember, you are trying to get into the mind set of that character. You can befriend other characters but you need to create an overall impression of that character. How do you see them? How would they react to things? What things would they like or dislike? Depending on which characters your choose, can they befriend other characters?**


 * We will be setting up a Tribute email account before we start into this project!**


 * We will be working on this assignment for the rest of the week. Please make sure to create a Hunger Games page on your wiki where Mr. Arndt and I can access your Twitter and Facebook pages for these characters.**


 * __Thursday, October 4th and Friday, October 5th__: **We will use these classes to work on our Hunger Games Social Media project (listed above).

Have a great long weekend and eat lots of turkey!! :) __**Monday, September 24th to Friday, September 28th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We ca an create a presentation using, technology to reflect, the "reality" genre of the Hunger Game
 * We create a graphic representation (symbol) of a logo from the Hunger Games for our personal use
 * We can use the writing process to explain how our symbol represents us a Tribute within the Hunger Games

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, Septembe****r**__ **__24th to Thursday, September__** __**27th**:__ OK!!! WE CAN DO THIS!! Our objective this week is to get our movie trailers all made, our presentations ready for Mr. Arndt, and finish up our logo for our own personal Hunger Games Tribute (your design). Here's what we need to be working on: 1. ALL FILMING IS DONE!!! YAY!!! You finished that on Friday!! Now, I know one group is done their project and I will talk to them about their objectives for the next few classes. The rest of us need to get our editing under way. Once you are done the editing we will upload your projects to YouTube and post them on your Wikis! 2. Presentations need to be polished and finalized for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th (day of the presentations with Mr. Arndt). Remember to look at the handout that was provided to you 3. Practice time for your presentation will be given during these classes (mostly all period on Thursday). Remember you want to do your best to be organized in your presentation. Who will say what? Should be a group effort! :) 4. If you have completed your task of creating your presentation, you need to be working on your personal Tribute Logo for the Hunger Games. Refer to last week's entries to see what is expected of you in this assignment. Everything is laid our for you!  __**Friday, September 28th**__: PRESENTATION DAY!! Mr. Arndt will be joining us during period 5, in the lab, for your presentations. Please remember we will be using the rubric provided to you for your evaluation! We cannot wait to see what you have come up with!    Because people were away and we still are trying to finish some pieces of this project up, we will present on Tuesday, October 2nd!!!!!  Have an awesome weekend!!  __**Monday, September 17th to Friday, September 21st, 2012**__ __**What are we learning**__
 * We can use a web based photo editing softward to create pictures that have more meaning
 * We can use our photos in a personal way through sharing on our websites
 * We can examine the art of photography through the tools within the program
 * We can continue to use our wikis as a place to share our ideas and creations
 * We can create a presentation using, technology to reflect, the "reality" genre of the Hunger Game
 * We create a graphic representation (symbol) of a logo from the Hunger Games for our personal use
 * We can use the writing process to explain how our symbol represents us a Tribute within the Hunger Games


 * __ How we will learn it __**
 * __ Monday, September __**__ 17th: __ Today, we will continue (hopefully getting close to completing) our picture assignment from last week. After you are finished working on your pictures, and uploading them to your wikispace, we can begin working on the following projects for our class and Mr. Arndt's class:


 * 1. Your Reality TV projects for the Hunger Games **

We will hopefully be using the iPads and iMovie to create your movie trailers for your reality show. We will be allowing you to explore and play in creating them. Hopefully we can upload them to our YouTube channel and present them to Mr. Arndt from there, during the course of your presentations by using your wikispaces. Let's see what we can create! :)


 * 2. Creating your own personal logo as a Tribute in the Hunger Games (details below) **

We are going to begin designing your own logo and slogan pretending you are a Tribute in the hunger games. What would you use to represent you? Just like Kat was the "The Girl who was set on fire" what would you call yourself? How would you design your logo to represent your slogan? You can create this in anyway you wish too. Draw it, and we can scan it, on the computer using paint or an editing program. I am going to leave it to you how you want to create it. The two things you need to complete are:

1. Your Logo 2. Your slogan (the title that represents you)

We will print these off for our room (and Mr. Arndt) and upload it to your wikispace with a brief description of how the symbol, you create, reflects you.


 * __ Tuesday, September 18th to Friday, September __ __21st__: ** During these classes, you will be given time to work with your groups (for your reality TV show assignment) and individually (on your Hunger Games Tribute Symbol). Everything you need to do is listed above. Let's use our time wisely and have some fun!

Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, September 10th to Friday, September 14th, 2012**__ __** What are we learning? **__
 * We can use a web based photo editing softward to create pictures that have more meaning
 * We can use our photos in a personal way through sharing on our websites
 * We can examine the art of photography through the tools within the program
 * We can continue to use our wikis as a place to share our ideas and creations

__** How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, September 10th**__: Today, I am going to give you as your last, in class, opportunity to work on your pages for your wikispace (please refer to last week's entries). Tomorrow we will be looking at simple photo editing software that hopefully we will use throughout the semesters. I will be giving you a list of sites to try and we will also be using some that you discover, as well!

__**Tuesday, September 11th to Friday, September 14th**__:we are going to be exploring sites that assist in photo edditing. These are great, web based, program that lets you edit your pictures to the way that you like. The reason we are looking at this is that over the next little while, when we are doing projects, I want you to have the freedom to be more visual with the pictures that you take and use in your projects. Sometimes it's just easy to go to google and find a picture. Using these programs, I am hoping that you will be able to create more of your own pictures and present them the way that you want them presented. Lots of the skills you pick up will be from discovering things on your own. I want you to take control of your learning and figure out how to use these sites for your own use.

[|BeFunky] [|SumoPaint] [|ImageChef] [|PhotoShop Express] [|Aviary] [|FotoFlexer] PicMonkey

During these classes I am going to get you to look at 5 different pictures that you can use the sites above (or other sites or apps) to create a photo that is more meaningful to you (and more fun). I want you to look at the tools that you have on these websites and use them to your benefit to make them even more appealing than they already are.

Type of pictures to use: 1. A picture of a Teacher - Edit them up and we will print them off and give it back to them (Mr. Swanson/Mr.Stueby) 2. A picture story - Just like the one below, we can take a picture and tell a quick story 3. A picture of an object (skateboard, printer, hammer, etc.) 4. A picture of a group of people 5. A picture of your choice



1. The original picture (unedited) 2. The new picture (with edits made in Picnik or BeFunky) 3. An explanation of which features you used in picnik to create your new picture (may need to keep a list).
 * "So today I was in Hallmark buying my mom a Happy Birthday card when I noticed this old man stnding in front of the Valentines card section contemplating which one to get. I decide to go over and I ask him “Are you getting a Valentine’s Day for your wife?” in which he replies 'No my wife died 3 years ago from breast cancer but I still buy her roses and a card and bring them to her grave to prove toher that she was the only one that will ever have my heart' " **
 * You will then post the pictures to your wikispace and include the following:**

Each picture will be worth 5 marks based on using the tools in Picnik or BeFunky to make an attractive picture that stands out more than the original one.

Have a great weekend! __**Tuesday, September 4th to Friday, September 7th, 2012**__ __ **What are we learning?** __
 * We can view the course outline and go over classroom procedure
 * We can be familiar with hardware and software terminology and features
 * We can develop communications skills needed for information processing
 * We can develop information processing skills that will be helpful in one’s personal life
 * We can be able to utilize electronic communication systems effectively

__ **How we will learn it** __

__**Tuesday, September 4th**__: Welcome to Information Processing 10! Today we will be going over the course outline, classroom procedures an then begin setting you up on the computers in the lab. If we have time, we will start setting up your Wikis for the class. Please remember that this wiki is setup for your use! You can access this on computers, tablets (iPads, etc), smartphones, and iPod touches. Please remember that you can download document from the wiki, as well. There is no excuse for you not knowing what is going on in the class.




 * __Wednesday, September 5th__: **What I would like you to do is to log into your wikispaces and pick up where we left off yesterday by picking your theme and colours.After that I would like for you to go onto the internet and yes, even Facebook (if you must) to find the following pictures and save them to your network space:

Remember, you can save a picture by "right clicking" and the "save picture as" option. Please make sure to create a folder in your network space called "Information Processing 10

1. Pictures of your favourite food 2. Pictures of your friends and family (school appropriate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) 3. Pictures from TV shows that you like 4. Pictures of your favourite musicians or bands 5. Pictures of your favourite movies 6. Pictures of your hobbies (cars, music, sports, shopping, recreations, etc.)

Begin working on developing your own personal wikispace. We will be going over some of the basics of how to setup a wikispace in class an then you will be allowed to explore, on your own and with your classmates, on different things you can do with the wikispace site. Please refer to the handout for instructions (we will go over in class). As this is a big part of our class, I want to give you sometime to work on this project. You will be given the next few classes to get this completed. You will receive a rubric for your wikispace evaluation tomorrow.



__ **T** **hursday, September 6th and Friday, September 7th**__ : You are going to be given these classes to work on your wikispace. Please remember to use the assignment above and the rubric down below so you will know what and how you are being evaluated on.



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