May 30

Good morning Year 9.

The sun is out this morning for 2 reasons: 1) I'm feeling a little better and 2) I received fabulous feedback on your work yesterday. Ms. Odelson told me that you guys were GREAT!

Continue with the Create portion of your project - remember to assess it 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 student newsletter must: be 4 pages; include an appropriate Newsletter Title; include Index; include Volume and Issue Numbers; Newsletter Date; Photo Gallery, Captioned photos, Bulleted sidebar, Choose appropriate template; Customize Colour Scheme; Use 2 Different Fonts; 1 Drop Cap; the text in the "Lead Story" must be justified; Insert at least 1 drop cap; Must be attractive; Text included should be error-free (!!!)


Then go on to the Evaluate.

Thank you Year 9! You make me proud to know you!

Year 9's ROCK

May 29

Year 9 - I'm sorry that I am not there today but I am a bit "under the weather".

Continue with the Create part of your project!

If you finish with the creation of your Newsletter, remember to go to the Unit of Work and make sure that you have included all of the elements of the "Design Specification". Also, remember to RUN THE SPELLCHECK!

After that please continue on to the EVALUATE.

You guys are working so hard and are on-task. I am really proud of you and know that you will finish your projects ahead of schedule!

Hope to see you tomorrow.

May 23

Year 9 - Hope you had a great day off. You have been working hard in IT and deserved the break.

We are coming down the home-stretch! Continue creating your newsletter.

May 22

Have a great day off!

May 15

Year 9 - Before you create!!!! Let's finish the tutorial.

Period 3

Please open the tutorial Creating School Newsletters: http://www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/shortc/newsltrs/introduction.htm

Read: Graphics and Production

Period 4

Finish the tutorial and collect info/images for your newsletter.

Also, answer the question posted on our voice thread;-)
http://voicethread.com/#u67687.b97460.i495100

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=7720948

Tómas, check out this link. It might be useful for your project/newsletter.

May 9

Year 9 - Let's finish the Flowchart . Remember this is your Criterion C.

Here are the updated Evaluate Questions for your project.



EVALUATE -Comment on your finished newsletter. In the text error free? Are you happy with the outcome?
1. 1Is the text error free?
2. Evaluate the product against the Design Specification. Does the newsletter meet the design specification? Explain.
3. Are you happy with the outcome? Explain
4. Look critically at your final project. If you had the opportunity to change something what aspect would you change and why? Refer to your “process journal/blog” for details)
5. Did you encounter (have) any problems? Refer to your “process journal/blog” for details.
6. Comment on your own performance throughout each stage of the project (investigate, design, plan, create, evaluate).
8. How could you use Publisher 2007 in the future?

Product Analysis - Student will solicit feedback from others.
9. Student will produce a list of 5 questions and post them to the student blog to solicit the evaluation of 5 others (classmates, parents, friends, teachers). Answers should be included on the blog post as comments.
10. Analyze the feedback

May 8

Year 9 - We are cookin'!

Let's create a PLAN with a Cross Functional Flow Chart (also called a Swimland Flowchart) with Microsoft Office Visio. It's easy!

This is to be completed TODAY! Let's get started

May 1/2

Year 9's - today we will focus on "Creating School Newsletters". This is a tutorial which offers fab advice on creating newsletters.

1) Please read: Introduction and then take this small quiz .

2) Please read: Planning and then complete these activities -http://www.quia.com/hm/383863.html and http://www.quia.com/quiz/1249304.html

3) Please read: Layouts and then complete these activities - http://www.quia.com/jw/206154.html (Scrambled Words)http://www.quia.com/jg/1311163.html (Concentration, Word Search)http://www.quia.com/hm/389461.html (Balloons)