April 24/25

Design

• Produce three possible newsletter layouts
• Choose one and fully justify your choice ( Why did I select this layout? Will it lend itself better to my topic? Is it more attractive? )
• Evaluate against the Design Specification
  

Design Specification
Here is your DESIGN SPECIFICATION . The Design Specification is a list of all the details that must be included on your final product (your Publisher Newsletter). Each newsletter must: be 4 page s ; include a Newsletter Title; include Volume and Issue Numbers; include a Newsletter Date; Photo Gallery; Captioned photos; Bulleted Sidebar; choose appropriate Template; Customize Colour Scheme; 2 Different Fonts; 1 Drop Cap; the text in the "Lead Story" must be justified; no hypenations at the end of the line; must be attractive, articles included should be error-free (!!!)

Due at end of period.

April 17/18

Year 9 - Work before play!

Help the Earth! Please take a few minutes out of your class-time to make a difference. As you know April 22 is Earth Day. This is a day that has been set aside to celebrate our great planet. As custodians, it is our responsibility to protect the planet and act as caretakers for future generations.

A Voicethread has been created and will become part of an Earth Day initiative (Earthcast 08 Project). Please contribute to the SDIS Earth Day Voicethread and offer advice for protecting our world.
1. Go to http://voicethread.com/ and register
2. Click on Browse
3. Type - SDIS Earth Day, then click on the magnifying glass
4. Record your message

That was quick and easy. You have just added yourself to the list of contributors and helped make the world a better place. Check it out! http://voicethread.com/share/107878/

Now - back to the work at hand. The Investigation is due Friday at the end of class.

Investigation Due Friday, April 18

April 10

Year 9 - The Voicethread is fabulous. I love it. We will continue with this throughout the term;-)

Now back to the Investigation. Let's try to finish this today . . .

1. What is a newsletter? Research this topic. Explain in your own words completely. Give an example of a newsletter.

2. Name (at least) 2 programs that can be used to easily create a newsletter. Give details.

3. Why are we using Microsoft Publisher? Justify your answer.
Using this website “ Creating High School Newsletters ”research the following areas:
http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/shortc/newsltrs/introduction.htm

4. What are the characteristics of an effective newsletter? Explain.

5. What are the steps of putting together a newsletter? Explain.

Fabulous Year 9 - After you finish your Investigation, please proceed to the tutorials. There are two different tutorials that you can try. . .

Publisher Tutorial in Pictures -http://www.inpics.net/publisher.html
Publisher Tutorial - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/CH100743501033.aspx

April 4

You asked for it and you got it!!!!!

"A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type
of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5
different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file,
or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread
allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from
anywhere in the world."

This term we are inviting Voicethread into our classroom and we will use it on a regular basis to help us focus our thoughts in an organized way and share them with the group. Friends and parents will also be able to participate in our learning by leaving comments of their own. Let's take a few minutes and investigate the "edu-toy" of the term.

April 3

Year 9 it is important to be able to distinguish between fact and opinion. Creating a newsletter is a lot like writing a newspaper. One has to be mindful to present facts to the public. It is fine to express our opinion, but that opinion should be based on facts.

Remember a fact is something that is true and can be proven.

Fact!There are nine planets in our solar system.Fact!The earth is the third planet from the sun.
These are facts that we can prove to be true. The answer will always be the same.

Let's take a little quiz and see how you do;-D

Now, let's get back to our Investigation

1. What is a newsletter? Research this topic. Explain in your own words completely. Give an example of a newsletter.
2. Name (at least) 2 programs that can be used to easily create a newsletter. Give details.
3. Why are we using Microsoft Publisher? Justify your answer.
Using this website “ Creating High School Newsletters ”research the following areas:

http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/shortc/newsltrs/introduction.htm
4. What are the characteristics of an effective newsletter? Explain.
5. What are the steps of putting together a newsletter? Explain.