Thursday, May 31, 2012

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Research Presentations

Good Morning,

Today you will turn in the hard copy of your Works Cited page for your research project. (Pages not received today will be counted as late except for cases of excused absences.)

We will have several presentations today. After each person presents, please evaluate the presentation using this rubric form.

Online projects will be viewed and evaluated in class tomorrow.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

This Week

Monday=Holiday

Tuesday=Sub day.  I'll be gone, but you get one more day to work on your project. Write a book review. Work on your Works Cited page. Read.  Brady W. found this interesting TED talk about search filters you can listen to it if you have headphones and you are done with your other work. http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html

Wednesday=You present your project if it is not in an online format.  All of you will have a hard copy of your Works Cited Page due in class on Wednesday.

Thursday=You review online projects and respond to them in a form for me.
      This is also the last day in May.  Make sure you have reviewed two books.

Friday=We continue with any unfinished presentations and online evaluations.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Coming Up

Good morning,

Here is the "in writing" version of the things we said this morning.

This week:
I want to see your citation page today. It should be a work in progress, but I want to see the progress.
You have the rest of this week to work on your project.
Use Google Scholar.
Keep up with citations
Gather more information
Work on your blog, site  or other electronic format
Prepare a presentation if you need to.
Help out two of my 4th period students.

Next Week
Monday=Holiday
Tuesday=Sub day.  I'll be gone, but you get one more day to work on your project. Write a book review. Work on your Works Cited page. Read.
Wednesday=You present your project if it is not in an online format.  All of you will have a hard copy of your Works Cited Page due in class on Wednesday.
Thursday=You review online projects and respond to them in a form for me.
      This is also the last day in May.  Make sure you have reviewed two books.
Friday=We continue with any unfinished presentations and online evaluations.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Happy Friday/AP Human Geo Test Day

Good morning,

Lots of you are out today for the AP Human Geography test.

We looked at Google Scholar and found academic results for cheer leading, skateboarding and even fish tacos.  There is bound to be some good research there on your topic.  Check it out.

A few of you have asked for help with infographics.
Try easel.ly or look at this post about 16 tools for making infographics.