Friday, October 17, 2008

ASSIGN YOURSELF:  Completed pages 1-4 of the process journal by Monday.MAY 11-15-8TH GRADE FIELD LESSON.
You must have URL's on page 2-with notes with phone numbers & prices found
1. Transportation (3)
2. Hotel's (3)
3. Universities (3)
4. Restaurants (3)

DO NOW:  Ethical Situation- Lester sends e-mail to the entire student body inviting them to a BYOB party at his house while his parents are out of town. Lester receives a message from a system administrator calling him in for a meeting with school officials. He objects because he feels that his e-mail is his own private business.  Ethical or unethical?  Is his email his own private business?  

AGENDA:

1. Do Now
2. Find the information to complete pages 2-4 of your process journal.
  • 1. Transportation (3)
  • 2. Hotel's (3)
  • 3. Universities (3)
  • 4. Restaurants (3)
You must have DETAILS- to all the questions we discussed yesterday?
Prices? Group special rate $? Calculate your entire grade level attending.
Create a map quest trail with places to stop.

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

1. DO NOW: Explain how you will manage your time to complete your process journal by 10-31-
THESE STAGES: Investigations, Planning & Creating--Complete
2. DO NOT DO YOUR Research -Transportation, Hotels, & Restaurants-WRITE EVERYTHING ON YOUR PROCESS JOURNAL-FIRST COMPLETE PAGES 2-3 OF YOUR PROCESS JOURNAL!!!
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NEW PROJECT SCENARIO :  In this activity, you will use the Internet to research universities to visit, places to stay, and places to eat during in Austin & San Antonio in May for 4 days. You must create a product that best explains what the purpose is of your field lesson and clearly explains where you plan on going and why you need financial assistance.  You must search for the universities, places to stay, places to eat and have a complete itinerary to present to class.  Your goal is to create the best product to help promote your field lesson and your peers will vote on the best method to raise money for the field lesson.  The top 10 will be voted on in class then top 5 presented at your grade level meeting.  Goal to raise $150.


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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

ASSIGN YOURSELF: Page 1 -IF YOU DON'T FINISH IN CLASS. DO NOW: READ  & RESPOND ON YOUR POST Every time Abner posts a comment to a newsgroup, his posts are flamed by a group of "enemies." Abner has responded to each flame in turn, and a full-scale war is now in progress. Ethical or Unethical please explain.

NEW PROJECT SCENARIO :  

In this activity, you will use the Internet to research universities to visit, places to stay, and places to eat during your field lesson going to Tennessee, Mississippi & Louisiana 4-5 days in May. You must create a product that best explains what the purpose is of your field lesson and clearly explains where you plan on going and why you need financial assistance.  You must search for the universities, places to stay, places to eat and have a complete itinerary to present to class.  Your goal is to create the best product to help promote your field lesson and your peers will vote on the best method to raise money for the field lesson.  The top 10 will be voted on in class then top 5 presented at your grade level meeting.  ($150)

After choosing the type of documents you want to use to present your findings begin your research. Use the menu choices as a guide. (See attached document)

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008

DO NOW: READ & RESPOND ON YOUR BLOG: Ethical Situation: Jules has walked away from a lab computer without logging off. Trish sits down and, still logged in as Jules, sends inflammatory e-mail messages out to a number of students and posts similar messages on the class newsgroup.  What did she do right/wrong? Explain (Ethical/Unethical)

2.      AFTER DO NOW: REFLECTION: How do feel you did with this first project?  Please explain in 6-8 sentences.  What grade you would give yourself  for your process journal?  What grade would you give yourself for the newsletter?  How do you feel you did with managing your time each day in class?  What will you do better next time?

3.  Leave me a comment today.  How would you grade your process journal?

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