October 29, 2009

Individual
Bell Work
Google Document or Word Document
This I Believe #2
In a paragraph, describe something you believe in deeply. Describe why the belief is important to you and where you learned it. (It must be different from your last “This I Believe”)

Individual
Work on the presentation

October 28, 2009

Individual
Bell Work - Google Document or Word
This I Believe #1
In a paragraph, describe something you believe in deeply. Describe why the belief is important to you and where you learned it.

Partners
Go to the Discussion Zone and answer the discussion questions about visual information versus text-based information.

Individual
Work on the Keynote presentation about your culture

October 27, 2009

Individually
Bell Work
Google Document - Or if it's not working, you can use Word.  Remember, the username is either castrostudent1 or castrostudent2 and the password is castro119.
In a paragraph, describe a powerful memory. It can be happy, sad, exciting, etc. Describe what makes the memory so powerful to you.

Partners
1. Review some of the slideshows on the Social Voice website and make a list of the things they did to make them work well.
2. Brainstorm at least seven elements that make up one’s culture (these will be used in creating a presentation)

Individually
Start working on creating a slideshow about your culture.
It must fit the following criteria:
1. It is all about your culture
2. You must have 7-10 slides
3. Each picture must be documented – In other words, when you copy a picture, you need to highlight the url (web address), press command c and then paste it (command v) into your Google Document in an area called “Sources”

October 26, 2009

Individually:
Bell Work
Describe, in a paragraph, how technology shapes your life. How do you use it? Why does it exist?
(For this, you will use a Word document. If you can’t figure out how to access it, go to the icon with the magnifying glass and type in word. Scroll down to Microsoft Word)

Partners:
Create a brainstorm of at least ten pros and ten cons of technology

Individually:
Go to docs.google.com (Google Docs) and create a new document. The username for first period is castrostudent1 with the password castro119 and the username for second period is castrostudent2 with the password castro119.
Create a new document and save it as your first and last name. Copy and paste your bell work from Word to your Google Document.