April 17, 2013

If you are now in the computer lab during class, go immediately to the big red arrow  below to find the correct link.
Lab 211

You can follow this link to a post for a Welcome, Needed Materials, Etc.:  Welcome to Semester 2, Rotation 3 of Reading 7 Class!

Please bring your thumb drive to class each time.   
Also bring a pencil or pen.

Today's Agenda:  In the Classroom

• Find a seat.  Seats may not be assigned today, but will be next time. 
• If they are available, pick up your folder from the black B5  crate at the front of the classroom. 

Activity 1. Individual Reading Time and Begin a New Reading Log

•     On most class days we will have some quiet individual reading time at the beginning of class.  Bring a book to read or borrow something from the teacher's shelves.
• Don't forget to fill out your reading log every time.  It counts on your grade!   
•     If you're absent, or don't fill out your log, pick up a pink make-up sheet and do the homework.

 Leave your reading log and fluency graph in your folder. 

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Activity 2:   
Using the computer and other devices involves READING, so during this rotation we will focus on improving your understanding and skills for reading the Internet.  
      1)  Reading a blog  
              This is your class blog.
                  a.  You will find a post about every day we meet.
                  b.  You will find materials you need 
                             -- especially under  the tab 
                   "Famous Person Project: Instructions and Downloads. "
                  c.  You will find our class calendar at the 
                                   bottom of the blog.
                   d.  You will find daily and general information about 
                        your online research project.
        2)  Reading to learn by doing research 
                    Finding reliable sources
                    Reading those sources
                    Collecting information from those sources
                    Sharing the information found with others 
                    
                

The Project

1. Selecting a hero to research.

2.  Finding sources of information online.

3. Evaluating those sources and taking notes.

4. Creating a PowerPoint presentation to present to the class. 

Examples: 

Search and Select

ABC Evaluation and Taking Notes

PowerPoint: 

Larry Bird by Fielding C.ppt

      3)  Using a "social networking site" 
                Here is Edmodo.    http://www.edmodo.com/
                   You will become a member of this class on Edmodo.

Let Bilbo show you how to 

--sign in.

--open the assignment.

-- turn in the assignment. 

      4)  Important Vocabulary:

                                URL 
 The URL is the address of a site on the Internet.
                 
You'll find the URL in the address bar on your browser.

Address Bar

Download 
When you transfer a document, music, video, etc.  from a more distant computer to a nearby computer, or from a larger computer to a smaller one, you are downloading it.  When you open a document from Edmodo, you are downloading. 

Upload
When you transfer a document, music, video, etc. from a nearby computer to a more distant computer, or from a smaller to a larger computer, you are downloading it.  When you save (turn in) a document to Edmodo, you are uploading. 


These are the assignments you will complete in the lab:          This is the document with directions:       2. Day 1 S2R3 Computer Lab Challenge.doc

1)   Open up the Class Blog at cavereading.blogspot.com

2)    In a new tab or window, open http://www.edmodo.com/ 
        Using Edmodo (a protected "social" network).  You will. . . 

1.            Join Edmodo
2.            Practice Turning in an Assignment
3.            Begin considering what famous person you would like to research.

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Today's Agenda:  In the Computer Lab -- Lab 211

Computer Lab: April 17

1.  Open a new tab or a new window, and leave this tab open, so you can come back to this when you are done with each step. 

2. Open this link and follow these directions:  Signing Up for Edmodo

Look for the code on the whiteboard.

3.   Find the Practice assignment for this class on Edmodo and follow the directions there.
If you need help,  here are instructions: 

Turning in an Assignment on Edmodo

4. After you have turned in your Practice Assignment,  start considering which famous person you would like to research.   Follow the directions on the pink list of famous people.
If you get to this point here are the. . . . 

Instructions for Opening  Biography Reference Center The famous person you use MUST be found on  Biography Reference Center. 1.     Go to our school homepage  at  http://afjh.alpineschools.org/  (You could use the link from our blog.) 2.     Click on RESOURCES at the left. 3.     Click on Biography Reference CenteR.

Log-in to   Biography Reference CenteR with username    afjh password:   caveman

Finding Famous People with  Biography Reference Center Decide who you are most interested in researching. 1.     In the Search bar, type in the name of your person.  Make sure you spell it correctly. 2.     Click on the Search button. 3.     You may see a list of people who have the same name or other possible letter combinations.  Pick the one you mean, and click on the link. 4.     Now you will see a list of sources about that person. 5.     Browse through them by clicking on each link and scrolling down to see how much information is available from each source.  6.     è  Select the source that looks the most useful to you.   ç                 Notice that each source is given a lexile level – a number that indicates reading level.

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More information

About What We Do and Why We're Doing It

Most students already use Google to do research.  This class will add to your Internet skills by helping you learn to use other, often more effective, ways to find information.  You will also practice taking notes on what you read, organizing information, and preparing a presentation for your classmates that will be interesting and easy to read.

Here are some guidelines for your project:

-- You will need three or more online sources for your research project.  We will find them during class.
--  This will provide you with more information, allow you to check whether each piece of information is true, and will help you avoid plagiarizing.

-- To select the subject of your research, you will start out with three or more possible subjects – people who could qualify as heroes for one reason or another.   As you check for available information, you will narrow your search to the one person you are most interested in and for whom you can find the most reliable information.

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 Homework:Selecting a subject to research 

Receive the pink list of possible heroes.  

         Study this list and have at least three "heroes" selected to find sources for information next time in class. 
This link shows the long list students received today:  

Suggestions for Heroes

Your hero does not have to be on this list, but does have to be admirable, and does have to be found on Biography Reference Center and on two other reliable and useful internet databases, encyclopedias, or other sites.