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1. Finish projects
2. Complete online final self-reflection
   
3. Export SketchUp projects as a 2D image and save to folder on desktop.  See teacher for handout.
4. Bring a USB to save your projects tomorrow or be ready to email it to yourself.  You can also bring a CD and burn your file to take home tomorrow.
   

1. Complete online final self-reflection
2. Period 9 - Business letter activity
   

1. Period 4:
• Print and display house plans and final projects in hallway or for Fine Arts & Technology Night
  
• View others' projects today
• Save to USB
2. Period 9:  Business letter activity
   

1. No School - Records Day
   

http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/business-letters-format.htm

http://businessletterformat.org/ 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/format.pdf

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090417021603_653.pdf

http://www.quia.com/ba/93531.html  

1. Finish SketchUp house.
2. Save as a JPG picture.
3. Complete this survey about your final Tech project for this quarter online and click submit.

1. Use the rubric to compare floor plan to your project.   
2. Make any necessary adjustments based on the rubric
3. Complete the SketchUp Self-Reflection
4. Complete this survey about your final Tech project for this quarter online and click submit.
5. Bring a USB to save your house plan tomorrow or be ready to email it to yourself.  You can also bring a CD and burn your file to take home tomorrow.
   

1. Make final adjustments to SketchUp project
   
2. Evaluate yourself on your work using the rubric and the reflection and hand in to the teacher
3. Use the text tool to type your name and period number on your project
4. Decide on the best camera view.  Tomorrow the color printer will be available and you will print out a copy of your house plan.

1. Print and display house plans in hallway
2. Give feedback to classmates
   
3. Begin final Tech project - set goals for project
   

1. Final tech project work day
2. Hand in goals/proposal/storyboard for project today
3. Individual conference with teacher on final projects as needed.
   

• Work on final SketchUp project - due Thursday, December 14, 2010
• Use the SketchUp link on the left for help if needed.

• Work on final SketchUp project - due Thursday, December 14, 2010
• Use the SketchUp link on the left for help if needed.

• Work on final SketchUp project - due Thursday, December 14, 2010
• Use the SketchUp link on the left for help if needed.

• Work on final SketchUp project - due today at the end of the period
• Complete self-reflection online
  
• Complete rubric
• Print house design
• Save house design as a digital image: See this link.
  

• Wrap up work on final SketchUp project - due today. 
  
• Complete self-reflection online
• Complete rubric
• Print house design
  
• Give feedback to others - get feedback form from teacher.
  

• Decide on either House or Art Museum as your final SketchUp learning project
• Begin final SketchUp project - due Thursday, December 14, 2010
• Use the SketchUp link on the left for help if needed.
  

• Work on final SketchUp project - due Thursday, December 14, 2010
• Use the SketchUp link on the left for help if needed.

• Work on final SketchUp project - due Thursday, December 14, 2010
• Use the SketchUp link on the left for help if needed.

• Work on final SketchUp project - due Thursday, December 14, 2010
• Use the SketchUp link on the left for help if needed.

• Work on final SketchUp project - due Thursday, December 14, 2010
• Use the SketchUp link on the left for help if needed.

• Use a self-paced 3D modeling tutorial to learn to use basic SketchUp tools - basic shapes, colors and materials
  

• Use a self-paced 3D modeling tutorial to learn to use basic SketchUp tools - basic shapes, colors and materials
• Use a self-paced 3D modeling tutorial to learn to use SketchUp tools - push-pull tool, view effects
  

• Use a self-paced 3D modeling tutorial to learn to use basic SketchUp tools - basic shapes, colors and materials
• Use a self-paced 3D modeling tutorial to learn to use SketchUp tools - push-pull tool, view effects

• Select a self-paced 3D modeling tutorial to learn advanced techniques of Google SketchUp (dynamic components, creating a tree, etc.)
  

• Select a self-paced 3D modeling tutorial to learn advanced techniques of Google SketchUp (dynamic components, creating a tree, etc.)

• use Excel to create and use a spreadsheet.
• display data in a graph in Excel and use the appropriate graph to choose to show data accurately.
• use simple formulas and functions to do calculations in a spreadsheet.
• use a spreadsheet with real data to report on a real issue or proposal
  

• Present to small groups today.
• Print out PowerPoint and spreadsheet and hand in.
• Complete the online self-reflection if you have not done so already
  

• New software:  Google Sketch-Up
  
• Go to Applications -> Google SketchUp (folder) -> Google SketchUp
• create 2D and 3D objects with labels in SketchUp
  

• Work on final spreadsheet project
  

• Work on final spreadsheet project

• Work on final spreadsheet project

• Work on final spreadsheet project. Complete the online self-reflection.
• We will be using Google SketchUp - You can experiment with the program if you have time today. Go to Applications -> Google SketchUp (folder) -> Google SketchUp
  

• Present to small groups today.
• Print out PowerPoint and spreadsheet and hand in.
  

• Go over requirements for final Excel project and choices
  
• Decide on final project topic and get checklist
  
• Begin collecting data
• Collect data for homework
  

• Create spreadsheet
• Add title to spreadsheet
• Enter data collected on spreadsheet

• Create graph from spreadsheet data
  
• Label the X and Y axis on graph with correct punctuation and capitalization
  
• Begin creating PowerPoint presentation to explain your findings
  

• No school today - Veteran's Day
  

• Add graphs to PowerPoint presentation
• Finish presentation today.
• Be ready to present on Monday or Tuesday next week.
  

• All projects need:
• Spreadsheet with data
• Graph (pie, column, or bar)
• PowerPoint explaining your work to the class
• Cafeteria or PBIS PowerPoints need:
• a title slide with your name, period, and topic
  
• a slide telling what prizes or foods you selected and why
• a slide describing the survey and which prize or food won
• a slide showing your graph (copy and paste from spreadsheet)
• a conclusion slide to persuade the committee to use your information
• Technology PowerPoints need:
• a title slide with your name, period, and topic
  
• a slide telling what technology you selected
  
• a slide describing why the school needs this technology
  
• a slide showing your graph of items and cost (copy and paste from spreadsheet)
• a conclusion slide to persuade the committee to use your information
• Be ready to present to the class or small group next week
  

• Use graphic organizer to clarify spreadsheet definition and functions
  
• On spreadsheets "Shopping List":
• learn to use formulas to add.
• review how to use formulas to multiply
  

• Students read a short review of spreadsheets and pertinent vocabulary.
• Students learn to use the "average" function in a spreadsheet.
• Create spreadsheet independently with multiplication of decimals

• Students learn to use formulas to add.
• Students review how to use formulas to multiply
• Activities:
• Get spreadsheet activity from substitute teacher
• Save in your folder as directed on the sheet.
• If you haven't created your Gmail account, please do so today.
• If there is time after you have created your Gmail:
  
  
• Find spreadsheets in Google Docs and and create a list of favorites using the following assignment:
• Create a spreadsheet to survey at least 10 other students in class on one of the following topics - save the spreadsheet in your folder as favorites.xlsx
  
1. favorite candy
2. favorite web site
3. favorite musical group
4. favorite healthy food
5. favorite junk food
6. favorite television show
7. favorite sport
8. other appropriate favorite
• Make a graph if you have time.
  
• Save your work
  

• Create spreadsheet independently with multiplication of decimals
• Review Business letter format to help with Math class assignment.

1. Explanation of rules, quarter activities
2. Take pre-assessment for quarter

• Open Excel and save a new spreadsheet to your folder using the title shopping_list.xls .  Keep the .xls or .xlsx at the end of the file name.
• Go to View->Normal
• Make sure the formula builder is on
• Go to View->Formula Builder OR
  
• in the Toolbox, click the fx tab
  

1. Get your Shopping list paper from the substitute (on my desk in the period 4 or 6 folder) and finish the list.  We will work on formulas when I return.
2. When you finish the shopping list, save it, close it, and open a new spreadsheet worksheet in Excel. Here is what you need to do today:
• Create a spreadsheet to survey at least 10 other students in class on one of the following topics - save the spreadsheet in your folder as favorites.xlsx
  
1. favorite candy
2. favorite web site
3. favorite musical group
4. favorite healthy food
5. favorite junk food
6. favorite television show
7. favorite sport
8. other appropriate favorite
• Make a graph if you have time.
  
• Save your work
  

1. Go back to Shopping List assignment
2. Use these instructions to add a formula to your spreadsheet. 
3. Save shopping list when finished.
4. Finish Favorites assignment if you didn't get it done yesterday.
5. Create your Gmail/Google account if you haven't had a chance yet.
   

• Planning using one or more of the following: Storyboard, research, draft, sketch
• Discuss project with teacher and develop goals for the last project using the goal sheet.

• Complete online self-assessment by the end of the period today. Even if you worked with a partner, you need to do your own self-assessment. It will take at least 15 minutes to complete so please start it at the beginning of the period to give yourself enough time to finish.
  
• If you have a USB or a blank CD, save your work to it today. You may also email it to yourself as an attachment if the file isn't too large.

1. Use the rubric to compare floor plan to your project.   
2. Make any necessary adjustments based on the rubric
3. Complete this survey about your final Tech project for this quarter online and click submit.
4. Bring a USB to save your house plan tomorrow or be ready to email it to yourself.  You can also bring a CD and burn your file to take home tomorrow.
   

1. Make final adjustments to SketchUp project
   
2. Evaluate yourself on your work using the rubric and the reflection and hand in to the teacher
3. Use the text tool to type your name and period number on your project
4. Decide on the best camera view.  Tomorrow the color printer will be available and you will print out a copy of your house plan.

1. Use rubric to evaluate your own work.  Identify geometric shapes in project and list on the bottom of the rubric.  You may use these sites to help you with identifying geometric shapes:
1. http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_prisms.html
2. http://www.helpingwithmath.com/by_subject/geometry/geo_shapes3D.htm
3. http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/polygons.htm
   
2. Print and display house plans in hallway
3. Give feedback to classmates
   
4. Begin final Tech project - set goals for project
   

1. Final tech project work day
2. Hand in goals/proposal/storyboard for project today
3. Individual conference with teacher on projects as needed.
   

1. You have had time to experiment with SketchUp, and now it's time to realistically plan for your house.
2. Determine the types of doors and windows you will have and their dimensions. Use the handout you get to help you organize the dimensions for your doors and windows.
3. Determine the dimensions of the rooms in feet and inches and write it on your plan. Add up the wall sides so you have the total outside wall dimensions.
4. Your square footage should be between 1,500 to 3500 sq ft (length times width) See this tutorial for a visual description.
   
5. There is a way to keep track of wall measurements in SketchUp, which you will learn this period.
   

1. No school - Teacher Inservice
   

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

1. Use SketchUp to create outside wall of your house using the dimensions
   
   you calculated on Monday.
2. Awesome SketchUp videos are available to help you take your designs to the next level. Click the link above and type in sketchup in the search box and click Search.  The videos are long, but you can scroll through to the sections you need. The videos available will be listed. ----->>>
   
3. Remember these criteria for your house plan:
• Foundation floor plans may only have 90º angles but may not be rectangular
• Homes must have a square footage between 1,500 to 3500 sq ft
• Imagination and practicality should both be present
4. Have your floor plan finished by the end of the period today with outside and inside walls drawn.
   
5. Use the text tool to write your name, date, and period number on the plan

1. Finish your floor plan with the following components by the end of the period today:

• doors
  
• use the text tool to write your name, date, and period number on the plan
  
• outside landscaping (optional- can be completed at home or later if you run out of time)
2. Today you'll learn how to download accessories and other parts of the house to use in your design.
   
3. Save two versions of your plan - one floor plan to edit and one to keep as a back-up. If you need to use the back-up, create a new back-up for yourself before using it. If you have a USB, save it to your USB as well.
   
4. Print out one copy of your floor plan and hand in to the teacher
5. Remember to check out the resources at this site: SketchUp videos

1. Determine the height of the walls for your house and use the push-pull tools to raise the walls to the desired height. You may also try the other techniques demonstrated at:  SketchUp videos
2. Use the download tool in SketchUp to locate doors and windows that most closely match the design you chose on Monday, and download the window and door models that you want to use in your house. You will need to create a space for your doors and windows.  We will go over this in class but you can use this link to review and learn more about using SketchUp.
3. This video will show you how to put a roof on your house.
   

1. Introduction & spreadsheet wrap-up
2. video
3. demonstration
4. experimentation
5. create a chair

1. Finish creating a chair in sketchup  

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

1. Reflect on learning  -
   

2. Discuss group project

3. Group Work - design a house using geometrical shapes
   

• draw a sketch on a blank sheet of paper
• show it to the teacher for feedback

1. Project Criteria:
        •    Foundation floor plans may only have 90º angles but may not be rectangular
        •    Homes must have a square footage between 1,500 to 3500 Ft2
        •    Imagination and practicality should both be present
        •    All projects must be converted to a JPG file for presentation
   

2. Open SketchUp program, select Architectural Design – Feet and Inches template.
   

3. Design Links
1. Creating your Google SketchUp Floor Plans  new
   
2. SketchUp Floor Plans
3. Example 1
4. Example 2
5. Example 3
   
6. Example 4
   

1. Group Work - design a house using geometrical shape

2. draw a sketch on a blank sheet of paper
3. show it to the teacher for feedback
4. Project Criteria:
        •    Foundation floor plans may only have 90º angles but may not be rectangular
        •    Homes must have a square footage between 1,500 to 3500 Ft2
        •    Projects must be mathematically correct and to scale
        •    Imagination and practicality should both be present
        •    All projects must be converted to a JPG file for presentation
   

5. Open SketchUp program, select Architectural Design – Feet and Inches template.
   

6. Design Links
7. Creating your Google SketchUp Floor Plans  new
   
8. SketchUp Floor Plans
9. Example 1
10. Example 2
11. Example 3
    

1. Use your drawn floor plan as a guide for your Google SketchUp floor plan.
2. See teacher for directions

Reflect on your learning once per week using one of the following:

·      Create a learning wiki or blog and log your reflections.  You can create this using WikiSpaces, Google Sites other protected online resources approved by the teacher (individual).  Provide the teacher with the link and access to your site.

·      Create a vodcast reflection using PhotoBooth and a microphone once per week. (Done in the style of the Jake Sully character in Avatar.) After you record your video, drag it from PhotoBooth into your folder.(individual or partner)

Use these questions as you reflect (choose at least 3)

·      Where are you with your project?

·      What did you learn?

·      How do you know you learned it?

·      What helped your learning?

·      How do/did you feel about your learning?

·      What challenges are you having or what got in the way of your learning?

·      What are you planning to do about those challenges?

·      What else do you need or what else would you like to know or learn?

1. Obtain rubric from teacher (2-sided) - Use the rubric as a guide to make sure you have everything you need on your spreadsheet and graphs. As you read the requirements on the rubric, ask yourself - do I have this? If you don't have what the rubric is asking for, then add it or fix it before handing in the rubric and telling the teacher you are done.
   
2. Side 1 - Rubric - 100 points
   
• Frequency Table 20% - Circle the number of prize choices you surveyed
• Spreadsheet 40% -
  
1. Use first two statements of what your spreadsheet should have to check your work - add or fix as needed
   
2. only fill out the sections asking you to explain the different parts of a spreadsheet.
   
• Graph 40% -  Use these statements of what your graphs should have to check your work - add or fix as needed
3. Side 2 Analyzing the Data - Separate Grade - 25 points
4. Make sure your spreadsheet is saved in your folder.
   
5. Hand in to teacher

1. Continue working on the "Striking it Rich" project.  The completed spreadsheet is due by the end of the period today. 

2. Choose which extension activity to do: 

• the PowerPoint presentation,the spreadsheet of how long it will take to work to buy two of the items on your list, or

• the store you would purchase the items from with a paragraph written by you that supports or backs up your choice with reasoning

1. Finish the extension activity by the end of the period today.

2. Complete the self-reflection online

3. Fill out the rubric about this project to assess your own work.  Add comments at the bottom to back up your scores.

• Independent PBIS spreadsheet project  - Survey your classmates.

• Independent PBIS spreadsheet project  - Survey your classmates.

1. Opening activities: 
   
1. Finish your word cloud using Wordle
2. Click this link to see a video about how to save a screenshot your word cloud.  Also use this link under Technical Help to read how to take a picture of part of your desktop and to create a new folder in Documents with your name on it. If you already have your USB drive, save it to your USB too!
2. Locate Excel software application in the Applications folder on the hard drive.
3. Use a sample spreadsheet to learn about the parts of a spreadsheet and vocabulary.
4. Gather data for first spreadsheet.
   

1. Get ready for today's activities:
   
• Open Excel and save a new spreadsheet to your folder using the title shopping_list.xls .  Keep the .xls or .xlsx at the end of the file name.
• Go to View->Normal
• Make sure the formula builder is on.
2. Learn how to use formulas to multiply and calculate totals.

1. Get ready for today's activities:
   
• Open Excel and save a new spreadsheet to your folder using the title budget.xls .  Keep the .xls or .xlsx at the end of the file name.
• Go to View->Normal
• Make sure the formula builder is on.
• Click this link to get to today's activities.