ICT

= =  Week 7 1. Comment4kids // **Please use Safari browser when leaving comments! Firefox will give you an error.** // WALT use our reading strategies to engage with blog writers. - Visit the Year 8 blog and leave a comment. How well do you work in teams? Do you think teamwork is important in real life?
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2. Google Super Searchers <100 search results is good BUT <10 is the best!


 * WALT use key words and Google search strategies to get fewer but better websites. **
 * SC: find websites that contain the information I need to answer my questions. **

 How many results do you get when you search, Recycle <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">in Google? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What if you add more key words like, <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Recycle Plastic Bottles <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How many search result do you get now? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Quotation marks turn individual words into a phrase. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">"Recycle Plastic Bottles" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How many search results do you get now? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Why do you think that improved your search result? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">What if you only wanted to view New Zealand websites? Try :nz <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">"Recycle Plastic Bottles":nz <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How many search results do you get now? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Try using a + to add a key search word. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Google seeks out the best mathematicians in the world to work for them. Google = Maths. ) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">"Recycle Plastic Bottles" +guide <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How many search results do you get now? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Try different combinations of key words, which get the best websites? //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Now it's your turn. What are your key words? // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">media type="custom" key="8688280"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 30px; text-align: left;"> ...Week 5 & 6 <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">1. Comment4kids // **Please use Safari browser when leaving comments! Firefox will give you an error.** // WALT use our reading strategies to engage with blog writers. WALT write good comments. <span style="color: #22821c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Good Comments: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a. Make connections and give reactions to the blog topic. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b. Use proper grammar and vocabulary. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c. Positive and friendly, they invite a conversation.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- Visit the Year 8 blog and leave a comment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">[Class Blog url's: http://brs-year7.blogspot.com or http://brs-year8.blogspot.com ] <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- Visit Levi's blog about the Christchurch earthquakes, he goes to Pt England school. What an amazing blog.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">2. Multiple Intelligences <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WAL to understand our strengths and learning styles.WAL how to print a webpage as a PDF. WAL to upload documents to my Google Docs. <span style="color: #ff00ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> 3. Take the cybersmart quizz! <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 30px; text-align: left;"> ....Week 3 & 4 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Tip of the Week: Keyboard shortcuts for Copy are [Command + C], and Paste [Command + V] <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">1. Comment4kids // **Please use Safari browser when leaving comments! Firefox will give you an error.** // <span style="color: #22821c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Good Comments are: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 24px;"> a. Specific about the blog topic. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 24px;"> What you liked, could make connections too, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 24px;"> b. Use proper grammar and vocabulary. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 24px;">c. Positive and friendly, they invite a conversation.
 * # Groups do jigsaw activity on MI’(Multiple Intelligences)
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students take online MI test here.
 * 2) Print as a PDF (Teacher to model).
 * 3) Print or upload to Google Docs
 * 4)  In your own words write a paragraph that  summarises your MI learning strengths.
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email it to me please. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- Visit your Year 7 blog or Year 8 blog and leave a comment. [ http://brs-year7.blogspot.com **or** http://brs-year8.blogspot.com ] (room12@baileyroad.school.nz) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">- Here are some more great classroom blogs to visit. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">CHALLENGE <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">: leave at least one good comment on each site! Email Mr Wood to boast about your comments! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">--> visit Room 13 from <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Adelaide Hills, South Australia. <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">--> The Class Without Walls are a Year 8 class from Auckland. Can you work out the percentage of NZ born students in their class? <span style="color: #111111; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">--> Room 12 at Raumati Beach are Year 5 students who are keen writers. <span style="color: #22821c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- When leaving a comment choose 'Name/URL'. Name should always be your first name only, and URL is your class blog web address (URL). See below for an example. <span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Room 13: Commenting on photos is like commenting on blogs, good comments still apply. <span style="color: #000099; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Pentagons and Hexagons: Check out Benioni and Robert's photographs on Flickr and leave a good comment. <span style="color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Heptagons and Octagons enter sports data into Google spreadsheets to generate graphs.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">2. What do you think cyber bullying is? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">While watching this video try answer these questions. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- Who is the victim, the bully, the hero, and the bystander? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">- If you were a bystander in this situation, what could you have done to be a hero? <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 230%; text-align: left;">media type="youtube" key="fNumIY9D7uY?rel=0" height="510" width="640" <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3. What would you do? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Type your answers below. You need to refresh your browser each time you add an answer. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Agree with someone by clicking on their answer. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 230%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="8349482" <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4. Create a 'Cyber Hero' comic <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Create a comic at Strip Generator about a Cyber Hero who helps kids deal with cyber bullying. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- If approved by your teacher, you may print it out, or email the embed code to Mr Wood to put on your class blog or wiki. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- Mr Wood's sample comic and instructions below. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 230%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="8350480" media type="custom" key="8350694" .. ....Week 2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Tip of the Week: To type a capital letter, hold 'shift' key down and press the letter at the same time.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. Comment4kids <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Good Comments are: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">a. Be positive and specific about the blog topic. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">b. Use proper grammar and vocabulary. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">c. Offer positive ideas for improvement.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- Visit our Year 8 blog and leave a good comment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- Visit Room 8 Melville Intermediate School class blog. In pairs leave a good comment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- Always leave the class blog url e.g: http://brs-year8.blogspot.com <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">- Compare and contrast their class blog to ours.

<span style="color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Review and discuss the home ICT Survey results here.
 * Room 13 check emails at this point.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3. Watch this Digital Safety video and answer these questions. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">a. What ways can you protect yourself online? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">b. What would make a good password? media type="custom" key="8270960"

<span style="color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Use your username and password to explore Sumdog.

<span style="color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Log in, create your Avatar and play a game.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 230%; text-align: left;">Week 1 Tip of the Week: if a browser is giving you problems, change to a different browser. E.G: Safari and Firefox <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Comment4kids <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Discuss what it means to comment online, where, why, who. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Brainstorm thoughts on what makes a **good comment**. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- @http://comments4kids.blogspot.com/p/how-to-compose-quality-comment.html

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. In pairs brainstorm ICT Rules & Expectations on class blogs: Year 7's here and Year 8's here. Some example wiki rules: http://elearningclassroom.wikispaces.com/Wiki+and+Blog+Rules http://hccweb2.org/3s2010/?page_id=798 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A web address as above is called a <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: #000099; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding-right: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[|__url__]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. What do you think it means to be a digital citizen?

<span style="color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Please complete the survey below.

<span style="color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Google accounts setup and explore.

<span style="color: #b61010; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Extras: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">--> The Class Without Walls, is a Year 8 class from Somerville Intermediate School in Auckland.