7th Grade Stock Market Essay Directions
March 31st, 2009 by
bholland
When you are done, you need to put an EXPORTED copy of your essay in the Stock Market folder inside of 10. To do this:
- File>Export and choose Word
- Name the file with your name it (e.g. Name-StockMarketEssay)
- Make sure it goes in the Stock Market folder
Posted in 7th Grade |
8th Grade Checklist for the Week
March 31st, 2009 by
bholland
You should make sure that the following are completed before the end of the week.
- Take the March Mid-Term Typing Test
- 8W – Finish your Stock Market Essay and then follow these steps:
- File>Download File As>Word
- When it gets to your Documents folder, make sure it is named like this – NameStockMarketEssay
- Drag it into the Stock Market Essay folder inside of 09
- 8C – Finish your Stock Market Essay and then follow these steps:
- From Pages, you need to Export into Word
- Make sure it is named like this – NameStockMarketEssay
- Drag it into the Stock Market Essay folder inside of 09
- Make sure that the following assignments have been shared with me (brholland@gmail.com)
- Activity #1 – How to Diversify
- Google Notebook – what does it do and how could you use it
EXTRA CREDIT
If you help me post your videos to Vimeo, I will give you extra credit.
Posted in 8th Grade |
7th Grade Comic Finale
March 30th, 2009 by
bholland
Your final Comic Life file is due in either the 7M or 7A folder (whichever you are) by 2:45 on Friday. Here are the final steps.
- Finish all of your work in Paintbrush
- Open Comic Life
- Save As>YourName
- Pick a template with the correct number of squares. Unless I give you permission, your comic must fit on NO MORE than 2 pages.
- You should be able to drag your finished frames into place from the Media inspector in Comic Life
- Use the bubbles to either type, or copy & paste your dialog into place
- Add your name in the footer of the document
- Add the title of your comic to the first page
A few minor notes:
- If it has a watermark on the page, don’t panic! When we print the final out, we’ll do it from my machine with the full license.
- If you cannot get your images to work, let me know. There are several work-a-rounds.
Posted in 7th Grade |
5th Grade “Memory” Game
March 30th, 2009 by
bholland
Today, we are going to play a virtual version of Memory. We will play several rounds. In each round, you want to find a completely different photo from Rome, Italy. Each one should represent a different architectural element. The goal is to see what similarities present themselves.
Follow this link to Panoramio.
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6th Grade Global Warming Website Work
March 6th, 2009 by
bholland
6B Directions
Kevin, Liam, and Reed - complete your game in Keynote.
Stephen and Peter -
- Click Here to get to the Challenge 20/20 site, and then press the login button
- Mr. Day has your user name and password
- Once you login,click on Tools (bottom left) and then Manage Quiz
- Start by playing with the Edit button on the Sample Quiz. Your goal is to customize what would appear on the Final Screen
- When you know what you are doing, then apply it to the actual quiz
Chloe, Alexis, and Codi - finish adding all images to your keynote file. You should have one slide with a SmartBuild for each paragraph.
Sam and Taelor – finish typing up all info on green companies
Serena, Tory, and Stephanie – finish keynote slides. Ask Mr. Day for help with the hyper links.
6H Directions
Green Game – finish checking all hyperlinks. Remember that the ONLY file that you should use is Hugo’s. Add the green ninja where you want it. Proof-read your game. When you think you are done. Do a File>Export to SWF. You can also finish proof-reading Charis’ blog post. Charis, ask Mr. Day for the login info if you forget. Click here to go to the website.
Green Products – finish typing and editing all of your writing and then proof-read each other’s work. If you finish all of that, you can find ONE image per product. You should copy & paste the hyperlink of the image into your document. Zach can show you how.
GreenIQ - Log back into the website. Click here to go to the website. Go through and edit EACH QUESTION. Remember that you want an explanation for each correct answer. Remember that to get to the questions, click on Tools, and then Manage Quizzes. You’ll then be able to edit questions. Mr. Day has your login info if you forget.
Zach – Click here to go to the website. Mr. Day has your user name and password. You are going to create a new post, write a quick description, and then copy & paste the embed code into your post. Charis can help you.
Posted in 6th Grade |
8th Grade Plans
March 6th, 2009 by
bholland
I’m changing directions.
8C and 8W – Typing Tutor
During typing tutor, you will work on your Stock Market Game essays. These should be created as GoogleDocs.
8C
In class, you may either work on your Stock Market Essay or your trades.
Posted in 8th Grade |
2nd Grade Island Project
March 2nd, 2009 by
bholland
Ok, 2nd Graders, here’s our next project. You are each going to make your own poster of your island. Here are the steps.
- Find your island on GoogleMaps
- Take a picture of your island (Mrs. H will teach you how)
- Put your picture on your poster
- Draw a compass
- Find some more pictures. (Click here to go looking)
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