Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Reminder:  You have until the end of today to get any late work to Mrs. Hancock or Ms. Dorsey.

A. Individual Reading time and fill out reading log

B.  Prepare to go to the computer lab.   Reading Strategies and Things You Need to Know About the Internet

C.  Computer lab 211 -- Get as much done as you can on the Search and Select project.  It is due before the end of class next time, and you will have a new step to begin that day. 

Today's Reading Strategies:   (Take notes!) 

  1,  Activate Background Knowledge about your possible heroes (Write what you know.)

  2.  Focus (Noticing Your Own Thinking) as you read. 

   3.  Ask Questions:
      Whom would I like to learn more about?
       How can I find information about that person?
       Which sources seem to be the most helpful?
       Do I think the sources  might be reliable?
       What's wrong with Wikipedia?

      ______________________________

• What is an encyclopedia?
• What is a database? 
• What is a search engine?  (B6 needs to watch the rest of the search engine video.)
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• What is a URL?  A URL is a web address.
• How do I copy and paste a URL? Select it, copy (Control C or Command C), and paste (Control V or Command V). You will do this differently depending on the type of computer you are on.
• How can I get back to the URL's for the sources I want to use?  For the URL's you reached using Pioneer Library, you will need to 

1. open Pioneer Library
2. open the encyclopedia or database where you found it
3. open a new tab
4. paste the URL into that tab

•  Am I signed in for Edmodo?
• How do I find and save my work?   
• Find the assignment you need to do.
• Click on the document (probably a double click) to download it.
• Save it onto your thumbdrive or in your student drive, adding your last name to the title of the document, and saving it as a "97 - 2003 document" under document type.
• How do I turn my work in on  Edmodo?  
• Make sure you have saved your file with the work you have done in a place you can easily find it again.
• Find the assignment from which you got your document.
• Click on "Turn In."
• Click on Attach and File (with the file icon).
• Upload your saved document.  The name of your document will appear.
• Add a brief comment in the comment box.
• Click on the Turn In button below your document name.

Work that you do not finish in the computer lab becomes homework.  During cavetime you may come to Lab 223 (if you have your work on a thumbdrive), or to lab 211  to work on your project. 

Hero Search and Select R2.docx  This is the document for students. 

Next time:  Reliable and useful -- ABC's 
Sample Search and Select B5.docx

Sample Search and Select B6.docx