Web 2.0 Periods 1, 2, & 5: Google Drive- Forms

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Web 2.0: Do Now 2/26

What is Google Drive?

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A Must See Video on Bullying: To This Day Project - Shane Koyczan

10 Things You Didn't Know Chrome Could Do

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Web 2.0: Blog Searching and Connecting

12.8.1.A.3

Participate in online courses, learning communities, social networks, or virtual worlds and recognize them as resources for lifelong learning.

1) Perform a Google and/or Technorati Blog Search and research at least 3 blogs that interest you. Add those blogs to your Google dashboard as a blog that you follow.

2) After you have done that, read a recent article from 1 of the blogs and post a constructive comment on it. The comment will be your opinion on that particular post, not 1 word, not a sentence, at least a paragraph.

3) You will then comment on this post with the following:

• Your Name and Period
• URL of the the article that includes your comment so I can review.

Note: Some blogs will make you register as a user to prevent spam. Don't give out too much personal information. If you're not sure, choose another blog to post on.

Web 2.0: Do Now 2/19

You are the teacher; which class would you add to our school curriculum that we don’t already have?
When would the class meet, what would the students do? What would it look like, feel like, sound like?  And what would the students produce to show their learning?

Please create a new post on your own blog. This should be a blog post of at least a paragraph and not just one or two sentences. Be rationale and explain your answer.

TV: Do Now 2/19

Now that you have outlined Module 60, please take the interactive quiz at the bottom of the page.

The quiz is matching and you need to use the mouse button to drag the block on the right next to the correct phrase on the left. There is a timer.

Click here for the link to the module.

Web 2.0: The Baseball Blogger

At 13, Springfield baseball blogger has major league reach...click here to read the rest!

TV: MSG Article in Community News

Optimum TV Subscribers...Set your DVR's or Watch Live!

Seniors Matt Albano, Ryan Hennessy, and Desi Mele will be featured on MSG Varsity tomorrow!

Details:
-Saturday, February 16 12:00 Noon
-Channel 14, MSG Varsity. Cablevision's iO TV only.
-Show: The Student Director's Cut

Web 2.0: Multimedia Blog Post

Your assignment is to add multimedia to a NEW blog post.

You will:

1) Write about Post what you did over the weekend (or an upcoming vacation, trip, or similar). 1 Paragraph is fine.

2) Add an external text hyperlink to an outside website relating to what you did over the weekend  (or upcoming vacation, trip, or similar)

3) Insert an image relating to your weekend (or upcoming vacation, trip, or similar)

4) Embed a video related to your topic from YouTube or similar video site.

Done? Work on your technology blog posting for Friday.

TV: Week of 2/11

Read and outline: Module 60 Video Switchers and Visual Effects

After this is completed, students can work on the following:

1. Bullying (30-60 second) script due Wednesday
2. Andrew & Jason- Intro
3. Editting

Newscasts on Frdiay.

Web 2.0: Collaborating with Other Student Blogs

Now it's time to start collaborating with your classmates.

1) Go to your Dashboard and enter the URL's (found in the comments section on my blog) of each blog to the 'Blogs You Are Following' section on blogger.

2) Post at least 2 comments to different classmates' posts. Choose a classmate that is across the room and not sitting on your right or left. The comment will be related to one of their posts and something you learned about them or any contribution that is positive.

• One of the comments you post should contain a link to another student's blog or outside link. An example would be: "Check out Anthony's blog, his pictures are amazing!"
• HTML Coding: <a href="url">Link text</a>

3) If someone posts a comment on your blog and has a question, please respond.

Early Dismissal

@WRBOE: Due to the potential for significant winter weather all W-R schools will operate on an Early Dismissal schedule for Friday, Feb 8, 2013.

Web 2.0: Period 7 Only

1) Add a comment to this post with your: 

blog URL (copy and paste from address bar), full name, and Period #. 

My comment would look like:

dporfido.blogspot.com
David Porfido
Period 7

2) Create your first post on your own blog! Make it a Welcome Post

- Introduce yourself! Likes, Dislikes, Family, Friends, Classes you are taking, etc.

Use proper grammar and make it school appropriate.

Web 2.0: Period 5 Only

1) Add a comment to this post with your: 

blog URL (copy and paste from address bar), full name, and Period #. 

My comment would look like:

dporfido.blogspot.com David Porfido Period 5

2) Create your first post on your own blog! Make it a Welcome Post

- Introduce yourself! Likes, Dislikes, Family, Friends, Classes you are taking, etc.

Use proper grammar and make it school appropriate.

Web 2.0: Period 2 Only

1) Add a comment to this post with your: 

blog URL (copy and paste from address bar), full name, and Period #. 

My comment would look like:

dporfido.blogspot.com David Porfido Period 2

2) Create your first post on your own blog! Make it a Welcome Post

- Introduce yourself! Likes, Dislikes, Family, Friends, Classes you are taking, etc.

Use proper grammar and make it school appropriate.

Web 2.0: Period 1 Only

1) Add a comment to this post with your: 

blog URL (copy and paste from address bar), full name, and Period #. 

My comment would look like:

dporfido.blogspot.com David Porfido Period 1

2) Create your first post on your own blog! Make it a Welcome Post

- Introduce yourself! Likes, Dislikes, Family, Friends, Classes you are taking, etc.

Use proper grammar and make it school appropriate.

TV: Don't Stand for Bullying Project

Please click here for the project. Please note all of the due dates are final.

JFP on SBS!

Web 2.0: Periods 1, 2, & 5- Setting up a Blog

Web 2.0: Setting up a Blog

Now that you have a Google account, we will be using Blogger (Blogspot) to create your own blog!

Some questions to consider: What is a blog? Why do people blog? What blogs do you read?

View this video to help you get started.

Web 2.0: Rules & Consequences

I want my students to come up with the rules & consequences in order to create a successful learning environment all based on respect.

Click here and double click anywhere on the Wall and change Anonymous to your name and begin adding rules!!!

TV: DO NOW

Super Bowl commercials are legendary, and nowadays it’s easy to find favorite commercials from the Super Bowl yesterday by searching YouTube. Please list 1 commercial as a comment below and look at persuasive language or the logic (or lack thereof) in a commercial’s argument.

Please post your answer as a comment to this post.

Web 2.0: DO NOW

Whether or not you watched the Super Bowl last night, you couldn't avoid hearing about the game, commercials, controversies, and the entire Super Bowl week's festivities.

As comment to this posting, please add your personal experience using Social Media about the Super Bowl, commercials including Social Media, and anything else you to contribute.

Web 2.0: Setting up Google

Work Due Tuesday 2/5 1) Create a Gmail Account if you don't have one already 2) Send me an email to dporfido@wood-ridgeschools.org from your GMAIL, can be about anything, and include an attachment of a photo of your favorite vacation spot. 3) Go to Google Drive, CREATE a new folder named: #ofPeriodWebLASTNAME and share the folder with dporfido@wood-ridgeschools.org 4) Create a new Google Document (about what you expect to learn this semester), drag it into my shared folder 5) Finally, go to: dporfido.blogspot.com and follow my blog and sign up to be notified of new posts. You must complete the above. If you are lost, confused, etc, try and use HELP to assist you. If not, it will be a long semester.