Digital Literacy:

"Digital Literacy, the ability to use technology to navigate, evaluate, and create information."

Classroom Happenings & Outstanding Student Work

WEBER DISTRICT-WHAT'S UP NEWSLETTER:

WHAT'S UP AT T.H. BELL

Great School Year.mp4

Most Digital Literacy Assignments & Resources can be found on Canvas: https://wsd.instructure.com/login/canvas

Sep. 8-Sep. 12

Sep. 1-Sep. 5

Aug. 25-Aug. 29

Aug. 18-Aug. 22

May 13-May 17

May 6-May 10

April 29-May 3

Monday- Warmup 69

Steve Jobs Reading Assignment

Tuesday- Warmup 70

Wired World Article

Wednesday- Warmup 71

Green Screen Newscast

Thursday- Warmup 72

Green Screen Newscast

Friday- Warmup 73

Green Screen Newscast

April 22-April 26

Your Keyboarding Online Lessons 2-4 are also due by Friday. You must have them all complete by then.

April 15-April 19

April 8-April 12

March 25-March 29

March 18-March 22

March 15, we are having a "Reality Town" and Career Fair at school during the school day. If you have a parent or guardian who would be willing to volunteer that day and/or present something related to an awesome job of theirs, contact Mr. Kennard or Mrs. Davis for more information.

March 11-March 15

March 4-March 8

Feb. 26-March 1

Feb. 19-Feb. 23

Reminder:

Wednesday is a short-day.

Parent-Teacher Conferences are Wednesday.

Feb. 12-Feb. 16

Feb. 5-Feb. 9

Jan. 29-Feb. 2

Jan. 22-Jan. 26

Jan. 15-Jan. 19

UPDATE: The Keyboarding A Skill For Life Assignment has been moved to Feb. 14 & 15, & we will be finishing the "Me In Pictures" Assign. on Thurs. Jan. 18 instead. We will not be working on that assignment this week.

Jan. 8-Jan. 11

Black White Simple Colorful Blank Comic Strip.mp4

EXAMPLES OF CANVA COMIC STRIPS

Here are a few examples of Canva Comic Strips that were Created by Students in Digital Literacy this year. Some of them focused on Digital Literacy Vocabulary, others focused specifically on the words
"streaming" and "downloading" (or a form of the words).

Jan. 2-Jan. 5

Dec. 18-Dec. 22

Dec. 11-Dec. 16

Check the Canvas Calendar to See What We Worked On This Week

Dec. 4-Dec. 8

Nov. 27-Dec. 1

Nov. 20-Nov. 21

REMINDER:

END OF TERM DEADLINE

Nov. 13-Nov. 17

Nov. 6-Nov. 10

Oct. 30-Nov. 3

UPDATE: On Friday, the students are also to work on the "Steve Jobs" Reading Assignment in the Additional Lessons Module on Canvas.

LOST & FOUND PAPERS

Papers must be turned in to the turn in bin, or they are placed in the lost and found.

Claim Your Paper Today

Remember to Check the

No-Name Bin Often For Papers Turned in Without a Name On Them

Oct. 23-27

There is No School on Friday & The My Media Balance Personal Challenge Quiz will be taken in class on Thursday.

Oct. 16-20

UPDATE: On Friday, students are also completing a short Google Sheets Vocabulary Sort Assignment following the Goldilocks Story.

Oct. 2-6

Spirit Week Schedule

Monday: Wear Camouflage

Tuesday: Black Out Tuesday (Wear ALL black)

Wednesday: Adam Sandler Day

Thursday: Anything but a backpack day

Friday: Future Friday - Dress the way you see your future while following the dress code.

Teacher Standouts Yearbook Section

The yearbook staff would like to include a "Teacher Standouts" Section in the yearbook. Click on the link above to provide them with some feedback and information for this section.

Sep. 25-29

Sep. 18-22

Sep. 11-15

Sep. 4-8

UPDATE: Remediation Days for our class have been moved to Fridays, starting this week. Instead of Wednesday remediation, we will have remediation each week on Friday.

Because of the Fire Drill on Wednesday, 6th period is excused from the Keyboarding Lessons 3 & 4 and the Shortcut Keys Assignment.

Aug. 28-Sep. 1

Reminder: Due to our 20 minutes of remediation on wed., you only need to have 3 vocabulary memes. However, you may do more for extra credit.

UPDATE: There was no Keyboarding Warmup 1 or "How Computer Memory Works Assignment." We will be skipping Warmup 1 and will be starting on Warmup 2 next week. We may do the "How Computer Memory Works Assignment" later in the semester. There was a school-wide presentation that we showed on the first day and everyone received credit for that.

Disclosures can be signed digitally on Canvas

(located in the Welcome Module)

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN THE Acceptable use policy!

Aug. 23-25, 2023

(First Week Info.)

Digital Literacy Classwork Can Be Found on Canvas

Softball Tryouts

Wednesday & Thursday

First and Second Days of School

12:45-2:45 PM

Out on the Softball Field

Check with the coaches for more info.

Mrs. Sears (Room 14E) arsears@wsd.net

Mrs. Swenson

Aubrey Allen

Jessica Mcafee

Yearbook Staff

Open to 8th & 9th Grade Students Interested

For More Info. Contact:

Ms. Fulgham nifulgham@wsd.net

Mrs. Allen saallen@wsd.net

School Play: Pirates of Penzance

Auditions Friday Aug. 25

12:30 PM

Right after School in the Choir Room

For More Info. Contact:

Mr. Barrow bobarrow@wsd.net

Mr. Moschetti romoschetti@wsd.net

Check the Canvas Calendar for

what we will be doing in class April 25-May 26.

NOTE: The Canvas Calendar always shows WHEN THINGS ARE DUE (not necessarily when we are starting them).

***For example, we will be starting the Creating Tables in Google Docs. Assignment on Wednesday this week and finishing on Thursday.

Classwork Schedule

Oct. 10-Oct. 12

This is what we will be doing in class Oct. 10--Oct. 12

School Spirit Week

Anything But A Backpack Day:

Bring your stuff to school in

"Anything But A Backpack"

(No, you cannot have younger siblings hold your stuff and bring it for you, or bring any live animals.)

Tropical Tuesday:

Wear tropical attire.

Hat Day:

Wear a hat to school.

Throwback Thursday:

Dress in something from the past.

Friday:

Football Team Jersey

THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THIS. THE DEADLINE IS ACUTALLY

SEP. 7th!!!

AVOID COMPUTER LOCKOUT

By Signing The

Acceptable Use Policy

By Sep. 9th!

aup.wsd.net

THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THIS. THE DEADLINE IS ACUTALLY

SEP. 7th!!!

THE END OF THE TERM IS COMING!

The final cutoff date for the term is May 24th. All makeup work is due May 24th.

March 2: Read Across America Day

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Classwork Schedule

Sep. 13-Sep. 17

This is what we will be doing in class Sep. 13-17

When students finished the Common Terminology Assignment on Thurs., they were to complete the Computer Terms Worksheet (on paper). The word list for the worksheet is listed below.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Remediation & End of Third Term: March 18

Career Day & Assembly: March 19

Remember to check the no-name papers in the back of the room if you think that you may have forgotten your name.

KEEP UP THE HARD WORK!

October 12, 2020 (Assignment Instructions)

Since Canvas was down for most students district wide on Oct. 12, here are the instructions for Google Assignment #2.

UPDATE: As of 9:52 am, Canvas was fixed & working for most students. If you are still experiencing problems, students can turn this assignment in by sharing it with me instead. When you share, please let me know in the notes part if you are still having problems with Canvas.

GOOGLE SHEETS ASSIGN. #2

Need Additional Tech. Help?

Please REGULARLY POWER OFF AND CHARGE THE CHROMEBOOK!

*Is your wifi on wsdsecure?

*Is the power light on?

-Orange: Charging

-White: Fully Charged

-Blinking: Contact the School Tech.

*Are you logged in to your wsd account?

If something is not working, also first try pushing the power button & refresh button at the same time to power off and reset the Chromebook.

On the left is the schedule for the first week (the first three days of school).

Great Quotes That Show Student Learning:

The Internet: A Hidden Network of Glass & How Computer Memory Works Videos

List one new thing that you learned from watching the video:

"How many fiber optics were around the world. It can wrap 30 times around the equator. I never thought there was that much." -Tony Rizzi
"Fiber Optics are made of glass." -Logan Soares
"Light can be bent." -Issaiah Bordenave
"That 6g is something that is near." - Connor Ludlow
"I learned that they have laid fiber optic cables across the ocean floor, to connect continents." -Lucas Staten
"They are trying to use terahertz to send data faster. Terahertz signals can be relayed over long-distance range distances. "-Analeise Maharaj
"Photonic chips are much more effective than optic fibers. "-Samantha Moon
"i learned that there are ton of wire under the ocean and that what makes the intent and there is so much wire it can rap around the world 30 times"-Kyler Welch
"Scientists want to take computer storage and hardware all the way down to the quantum level." -Lucas Staten
"I learned that glass can be a good new way to save energy and heat. " -Jaxon Galetka
"I learned that if you power off your computer it basically takes like a few minutes for the memory to come back." -Sky Vaughn
"photonic chips can help break open wireless bandwidth limitations."-Kenlyn Povey

WSU S.T.E.M. Summer Camp

For anyone interested in participating, Weber State University is offering a free summer camp for students in grades 6-8 who are interested in the S.T.E.M. subjects area. The camp is based on Engineering, Applied Science, and Technology. If interested, click on the link below to learn more.

https://weber.edu/wsuprep?fbclid=IwAR3UolKSvEQK2c1bJTiRjZUsimviNLscF5t7VtrPmMHgF53amuRmuV33a4o

"Excerpt From A Christmas Carol"

1. Get a paper from the front of the room labeled "Excerpt From A Christmas Carol."

2. Copy the paper in a Google Doc.

3. Share with me when finished.

"Snow Day"

In a Google Doc., write a 2 pg. story about what would happen if we had a "snow day" and school was canceled. Share the story with me when finished.

"Virus Article"

Find an article online about a computer virus. On a sheet of paper, write 1/2 page summarizing the article and telling me your thoughts about what you have read.

Database Assignment Instructions:

1) Canvas

2) Strand 3 Additional Resources

3) Database

4) Business Office Specialist

5) Access

6) Vocabulary, then Simulations 1 & 2

When you are finished, you can either write down his scores on paper and turn them in to the bin for your period or tell me in class. If the simulation 2 does not give you a score, but instead takes you back to a main menu, then just let me know that you have completed it.

Digital Footprints

Students in class learned what it means to have a "digital footprint" & created footprints representing online activities.

Great Work Done By Students!

Digital Footprints

We discussed how things posted online represent who we are. We watched a Ted Talk about the importance of how we present ourselves online. We also discussed how technology has changed over the years and saw an example of Olympic Swimmer, Michael Phelps', son, Boomer, having a digital footprint though he couldn't even work a computer.

Spirit Week 2019

Tropical/Hawaiian Day

"Assignment Directions"

Students received credit for following directions and turning in two of the first assignments by BOTH sharing them with me, AND turning them in on Canvas.

If anyone is missing points for this, check the teacher comments in Canvas.

All other assignments are just to be turned in on Canvas.

Class Norms & Expectations

Recently in class, students helped establish class norms by writing their expectations on a post-it note, both expectations for the teacher as well as expectations for the other students in the class. The post-its were posted on the wall in the back of the classroom.

Some of the things that students wrote included the following:

*Respect me (written for the teacher).

*Love me (written for the teacher).

*Treat me right (written for the teacher).

*Be kind (written for the teacher).

*How I expect to be treated by the teacher is fairly (written for the teacher).

*Don't yell (written for the teacher).

*To have fun lessons (written for the teacher).

*I expect that they are kind & patient (written for the teacher).

*I expect to be treated kindly (written for other students).

*I want all students to respect the teacher and other students (written for other students).

*Keep their hands to themselves & respect other people's stuff & are honest (written for other students).

*Good language, swear words are not pretty to hear (written for other students).

*Don't waste time when we are working (written for other students).

*Respect the classroom (written for other students).

No Name Box

If you think that you turned in an assignment but you did not receive credit for it, there is a no-name box in the back of the classroom. Please check there to see if you have any assignments in there without a name on them.

If one of them is yours: