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Tuesday May 31-June 3 2022 Intro to Final Term Project - Then - Remainder of Student/Teacher Conferences

Intro to Final Term Project! Assign 10 > Teams Remainder of Student/Teacher Conferences - Assign 6-9 Teams.  

Monday May 30 2022 Teacher Student Conferences Assign 6-9

Teacher Student Conferences Assign 6-9  Notes re: Assign 6 and 7 - Cover Letter 6 and Resume 7 These assignments require edits to be completed in order to receive a mark!  If you do not have a mark it is not done (yet). Re: Assign 6 - I will be editing those with you today and providing instruction.  Same with Assign 7.  Assign 8 - Group Work - most individuals done. Assign 9 - I will be reviewing these with you - during our further Teacher/Student Conferences tomorrow.  By Friday of this week you will know your Q4 Mark to date :) 

May 24-27 2022 Tech Spoken Word Poetry Review & Feed Novel Continued. Friday Catch Up!

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May 25 2022 - Start of Part 3 - Utopia! To 32 min in Audio Book or Page 104.  KIDS REACT TO ROTARY PHONES May 26 2022  First Half: Spoken Word Poetry Review. Look Up | Gary Turk (Official Video) Look Up Poem  - Class Review 2nd Half - Finish Listening/Reading Feed - Utopia Unit 3  Starting at page 104 - Sniffling - to Page 131  Min 32 Audio to Audio 59:06 Located in Teams > Files.  TEENS REACT TO SMARTPHONES TEENS REACT TO NINTENDO (NES) Terms for today Section 3 - pages 104-131 Feed. Friday: KIDS REACT TO OLD COMPUTERS TEENS REACT TO FIRST iMAC EVER  'Look Up' Summary: With technology rapidly progressing in the twenty first century, society’s social constructs are forced to evolve and adapt with each new advancement. The video “Look Up” by Gary Turk is a spoken word short film that expresses the impact technology has on present day social interactions and encourages viewers to reflect upon such. With the telling of a potential love story, the vid...

May 16-20 Catch Up & Feed Novel

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May 16 - Check in!  Social Dilemma Film Questions Review. Class Discussion.  Minimalism Paragraph Teacher/Student Meetings. Games!If Time. May 17-20 Feed Novel Continued.  May 17 - We finished Part 1 - Feed. - Completed. Notes: May 18 -  Review of Assign 8 - Teams >  Group Photo Presentations - Check In.  Presentations will be at the start of class tomorrow May 19 2021. Ensure that you and your group have your names for your photo submissions ready to go! Practice your presentation. Reminder - students who have not handed in Assign 9 to Teams only have to tomorrow at 8:30am.  2nd half of May 18 2022 Double Block Class. Part 2 Feed  Notes May 19 - Assign 8 - Group Photo 'Removed' Presentations &  Feed Epilogue Review. & Catch up on ANY missing work to date. Games Day!  An epilogue is a section of writing at the end of a book that takes place outside of the setting, perspective, or frame of the story. It’s often intended to prov...

May 13 Intro to 'Feed' Novel!!! YEAH!!!!

Mr.  VonHagel to take attendance pls. As emailed.  Also there is a hard copy attendance list on the desk - clipboard.  Class to go to library to sign out their copies of 'Feed' Novel.  Mr. Wilson has been informed. Mr. VH - Please also grab Laptop Cart 2 from the library - studentsss  will need this to complete Assign 9 on Teams. (Side note -  I have added you Mr. VH as a Teacher on the New Media Team on Office365 Teams). Also - Mr.  VH can you please sign out a teacher copy of Feed for me  please?  Thank you. For - Hathorn. Once class has returned from library. Intro to Feed! 1. Mr. VH Please review - Feed -  Epigraph PowerPoint Presentation.  & then hold mini class discussion re: themes that come up. Re-Read - 'Epigraph.' (At very start of the novel). 5. Students then to use laptops to complete Assign 9 - on Teams. Assign 9 is - Feed Theme Paragraph Assignment. All instructions and the document for students to complete is in A...

May 11 Social Dilemma Viewing

  Next Up! Viewing of The Social Dilemma. Netflix. (May 11) Exploitative technology was able to proliferate due to a lack of collective understanding around how these platforms work and how they impact us. COVID-19 has pushed us indoors, away from each other, and online more than ever. It has also spotlighted our increasing reliance on technology that is often at odds with the public good. Bringing humanity back to tech requires one human at a time talking about how to change that.  May 11 - 2. Post Viewing - students - to complete  Social Dilemma film questions  in class in assigned groups.  One copy of answers required for the group to hand in. Please ensure that group names are at the top of your answer sheet. 

May 10 2022 The Nato Alphabet/Phonetic Alphabet

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TTOC - Please take attendance as emailed. Intro to NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET! The NATO phonetic alphabet, officially called the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, and also commonly known as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used radiotelephone spelling alphabet in the world! We use this alphabet to clarify communication for maritime operations, domestic and international flights, and NATO Alliance Military Activities. Class to view the below 6 min video!  What is the NATO Phonetic Alphabet? Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta.... Activity/Task 1: Students to work in groups (max 4) to create a Phonetic Alphabet Poster!  Make your poster's colourful AND creative!  Add pictures to help you remember the name associated with each letter!  Sample: TTOC: Large white sheets of paper are available in the storage cupboards by the classroom door. Markers are located on the top shelves in this same area. If you need mo...

May 9 2022 Ted Talk The Minimalists Assignment

TTOC please take attendance as emailed. Sorry class - my son is still very sick. Hoping to be back to school for Wednesday. View the below Ted Talk as a class (projector). Link below. A rich life with less stuff | The Minimalists | TEDxWhitefish No laptop tech available today guys - SO we we are doing our assignment post viewing ol'school. On paper!  Class Discussion THEN ParagraphAssignment Question: How can our lives be better with less?    Paragraph answer pls. Required - Full sentences/5 min sentences.     Students - Think about what stood out to you from the Ted Talk. E.g. What are the benefits of downsizing or having less STUFF in your life? These can be points for some of your middle sentences in your paragraph. NOTES: Students - Please take on the grammar updates that I have recently provided you via Teams > re: our prior Assignments. E.g. 1. Restate the paragraph question in your opening (in your own words) 2. Have your 2-3 sentences/ideas/reasons (life is b...