9/5/07

Sophomore Class
Aim

• practice typing skills-QWERTY keys
  
• present biography powerpoint to class
  
• take effective notes on all presentations
  

Classwork

• take handwritten notes on biography presentation (you will be graded on how well you listen)
  
• effective presentations

• Basic Guidelines About Your Delivery

  1. try to accomplish eye contact with each person for a few seconds throughout your delivery.
  2. Look up from your materials, or notes, every 5-10 seconds, to look into the audience.
  3. Speak a little bit louder and a little bit slower than you normally would do with a friend.
  4. Vary the volume and rate of your speech. A monotone voice is absolutely toxic to keeping the attention of an audience.
  5. Stand with your feet at shoulder-length apart.
  6. Keep your hands relatively still.

If you finish early, assign yourself by:

• begin working on next project - autobiography in powerpoint
  
• helping others quietly
• practice your typing with the typing lessons on the left side at this typing site

Senior Class
Aim

• please log off all machines!
• don't look at others work on macbooks
• stay on task-remember: it's a privilege to use these Macs
• work on your iWeb

Daily Journal (remember to use complete sentences; add this answer to your other journals; date the answer)

1. Describe the tech devices you own, including any cell phones, game boxes, computers, etc. (note: all daily journals will be due next week).
   

Classwork

• work on your iWeb
• your iWeb needs this as of today:
• Welcome page: your name plus a photo plus a welcome message (be appropriate)
• About Me page: write/tell us about you! think of interests, hobbies, passions, subjects, music, food; make sure words and pictures are appropriate
• both pages above due Monday (with content)
• all template text (fake text) must be deleted and replaced with your own text
• run spellcheck!
• see Mr. Dino's example here
  

If you finish early, assign yourself with:

• adding a new page for one of your subjects (math, science, etc.)

• include information learned in class
  
• describe the skills learned in class
• describe any neat projects you completed
  
• include appropriate graphics related to the subject