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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Blog Assignment #17- Halloween
This is a 2 day blog assignment. Minimum 250 words.
The topic is Halloween. You can write about any 1 topic related to Halloween (your choice).
Some examples:
*Write a scary Halloween story.
*Write about what you are going to do on Halloween night.
*Write about your best past Halloween or Halloween event ever.
*Write a critical movie review (not a summary) of your favorite scary/horror movie.
This is a 2-day assignment which typically would mean 150 words each day equaling 300 words. I am cutting 50 words off and making it 250. You must write at least 250 words on one (1) Halloween topic. Include at least 2 school appropriate pictures related to your blog post.
Any third period students interested in decorating the door may do so, but you are still responsible for this assignment.
The topic is Halloween. You can write about any 1 topic related to Halloween (your choice).
Some examples:
*Write a scary Halloween story.
*Write about what you are going to do on Halloween night.
*Write about your best past Halloween or Halloween event ever.
*Write a critical movie review (not a summary) of your favorite scary/horror movie.
This is a 2-day assignment which typically would mean 150 words each day equaling 300 words. I am cutting 50 words off and making it 250. You must write at least 250 words on one (1) Halloween topic. Include at least 2 school appropriate pictures related to your blog post.
Any third period students interested in decorating the door may do so, but you are still responsible for this assignment.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Google Assignment #6- Political Drawing
Using Google docs (drive) create a politically inspired illustration (drawing).
This is the 6th Google assignment.
Do the next 5 steps immediately. You are going to share this titled drawing with me before you begin actually drawing.
This is the 6th Google assignment.
Do the next 5 steps immediately. You are going to share this titled drawing with me before you begin actually drawing.
Sign in to Google and go to Drive (or Documents).
Click on Create.
Then click on Drawing.
Change the Untitled Drawing to "Political Drawing Yourlastname."
Click share and type in misterwalske@gmail.com
The content for this illustration is up to you as long as it is school appropriate and political. Politics aren't only about the Presidential election. There are ballot measures and propositions as well. Your illustration can be about anyone or anything that will be voted on next Tuesday.
Use any of the drawing and text tools available to you in Google to create your illustration. The animal symbols for each party are the donkey (Democrat) and the elephant (Republican).
Friday, October 26, 2012
Blog Assignment #16- Use your brain
Today's Blog assignment will show in the Schoolloop gradebook as 5 pts. For every problem you correctly complete (1-11) you will receive a point. Problem #12 is worth 9 points and Problem #13 is worth 20 points. You may collaborate with others to solve the problems. If you do not do this assignment then you will get a 0 (zero). If you do this assignment correctly then you could earn as much as 40 points which would be 35 pts extra credit.
Number each answer that you do in your blog post. Fully explain your answers when necessary.
1.) Using a tap, a three gallon container and a five gallon container, can you measure exactly 4 gallons, you may empty the containers down the drain? Explain why or why not. You can't guess or estimate.
2.) Jack has three daughters and each has one brother. How many children does Jack have?
3.) Three teachers were discussing how long they had been teaching.
Adam and Betty had been teaching for a total of 36 years.
Charleen and Betty had been teaching for a total of 22 years.
Charleen and Adam had been teaching for a total of 28 years.
How long had each been teaching?
Adam and Betty had been teaching for a total of 36 years.
Charleen and Betty had been teaching for a total of 22 years.
Charleen and Adam had been teaching for a total of 28 years.
How long had each been teaching?
4.) At dawn on Monday a small gecko fell into a bucket that was 12 inches deep.
During the day it climbed up 3 inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches.
On what day did the small gecko finally manage to climb out of the bucket?
During the day it climbed up 3 inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches.
On what day did the small gecko finally manage to climb out of the bucket?
5.) Which is larger, the number of seconds in a week or the number of minutes in a year?
6.) If you were to spell out the numbers in full starting with one, (One, Two, Three, etc), how far would you have to go until you found the letter 'A'?
7.) Last week I spent half of my money on a new jacket and then I spent half of that amount on some new trousers. I was left with $24.50. How much did I spend?
8.) If I give you seven Fuji apples, you will then have five times as many as I would then have, however, if you give me seven Fuji apples, we will then both have the same number of Fuji apples. How many Fuji apples do I currently have?
9.) An fire ant has six legs, a black spider has eight legs and a field mouse has four legs. In my backyard zoo, I recently counted 612 legs which came from an equal number of each of these animals.
Can you identify how many animals there are in my zoo?
Can you identify how many animals there are in my zoo?
10.) What would be the number you get if you divide 400 by 1/2 and add 7?
11.) Which number is larger, the number of seconds in a day or the number hours in 10 years? By how much?
12.) Go here. It's the extra credit problem on the left side of the webpage. Worth 9 points.
Goal: Determine the flight time, first name, light and teacher for each person using only the clues given. Below are all categories and their corresponding options used in this puzzle (shown in no particular order). You will want to take some time to familiarize yourself with each option and the category it belongs to before you begin your puzzle.
| Flight Times 8:00am 12 noon 6:00pm 9:00pm | First Names Carter Kyleigh Valentina Yoselin | Lights Halogen Mercury-vapor Neon Sodium-vapor | Teachers Mr. Mockel Mrs. Koralis Mrs. Rocek Mrs. Smith |
- Yoselin will depart later than the person who bought the mercury-vapor light.
- Either the person whose flight departs at 6:00pm or the person whose flight departs at 9:00pm is Kyleigh.
- Mr. Mockel's student is not Carter.
- Mrs. Smith's student is Yoselin.
- Mrs. Koralis's student bought the sodium-vapor light.
- The person who bought the sodium-vapor light is not Valentina.
- The person who bought the neon light is not Kyleigh.
- Mrs. Smith's student didn't buy the neon light.
- The person whose flight departs at 9:00pm was one of Mrs. Rocek's students.
- Mr. Mockel's student will depart earlier than Kyleigh.
- Of Yoselin and the person who bought the mercury-vapor light, one was one of Mrs. Smith's students and the other will depart at 8:00am.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Blog Assignment #15- Integrity
Integrity, Do you have it?
What is integrity? What does it mean to you?
Do an online search to find some resources (links) to use for this blog post.
Is integrity something that you value in a person? Why or why not?
What set of moral and/or ethical principles do you live by?
Minimum 150 words addressing all of the questions above and
anything else you have to say about integrity.
Minimum 1 link
What is integrity? What does it mean to you?
Do an online search to find some resources (links) to use for this blog post.
Is integrity something that you value in a person? Why or why not?
What set of moral and/or ethical principles do you live by?
Minimum 150 words addressing all of the questions above and
anything else you have to say about integrity.
Minimum 1 link
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Google Assignment #5- Drawing
The Google assignments are done in Google, not on Blogger, not on Weebly.
This is the fifth (#5) Google Assignment.
Sign in to Google and go to Drive (or Documents).
Click on Create.
Then click on Drawing.
Change the Untitled Drawing to "Drawing Yourlastname."
Click share and type in misterwalske@gmail.com
In this assignment you will get to show your creativity. Some of you don't like to type and would prefer to do other computer based activities. This is one of those activities.
After you have shared your titled drawing with me, you will begin drawing. You may draw anything you choose as long as it is SCHOOL APPROPRIATE. Animals, aliens, buildings, trees, flowers, houses, graffiti letters, cartoon characters, cars, space ships, video game stuff, etc.
Next to the arrow button there is a line tool. You will use the line tool to draw your lines. There are 6 different types of lines you can draw with the line tool. If you want to "freehand" draw your lines then use the "scribble" tool. Next to the line tool is the shape tool. You can/will change the colors of the lines (so everything isn't plain black). If you use the shape tool or create closed shapes with the line tool you will be able to fill the shapes with colors as well.
Even if you believe that you are not an artist, you need to do your best and spend at least today's class period working on and finishing this drawing. If you want to spend more time than today's class period that is OK, but you must be working on this drawing during today's class period (all period).
This is the fifth (#5) Google Assignment.
Sign in to Google and go to Drive (or Documents).
Click on Create.
Then click on Drawing.
Change the Untitled Drawing to "Drawing Yourlastname."
Click share and type in misterwalske@gmail.com
In this assignment you will get to show your creativity. Some of you don't like to type and would prefer to do other computer based activities. This is one of those activities.
After you have shared your titled drawing with me, you will begin drawing. You may draw anything you choose as long as it is SCHOOL APPROPRIATE. Animals, aliens, buildings, trees, flowers, houses, graffiti letters, cartoon characters, cars, space ships, video game stuff, etc.
Next to the arrow button there is a line tool. You will use the line tool to draw your lines. There are 6 different types of lines you can draw with the line tool. If you want to "freehand" draw your lines then use the "scribble" tool. Next to the line tool is the shape tool. You can/will change the colors of the lines (so everything isn't plain black). If you use the shape tool or create closed shapes with the line tool you will be able to fill the shapes with colors as well.
Even if you believe that you are not an artist, you need to do your best and spend at least today's class period working on and finishing this drawing. If you want to spend more time than today's class period that is OK, but you must be working on this drawing during today's class period (all period).
Monday, October 22, 2012
Blog Assignment #14- College Bound
Do a search for a celebrity or a well-known person. The search results reflect everything that can be found on the Internet about that person. It includes everything they have posted about themselves (websites, blogs, Facebook pages, etc.) as well as everything others have posted about them.
Key Vocabulary
- Digital footprint: All of the information about a person that can be found online
- Admission: To let in or to be given entrance
- Candidate: Someone seeking entrance to a school or placement in a job, usually competing with others for the position
The information in a digital footprint becomes public by being copied and passed on so that it can be searched and viewed by a large, invisible audience. The information in a digital footprint is often permanently online, because it is archived in a variety of ways and passed on by others.
Consider this situation. Two high school seniors, Markus and Tommy, have applied for admission to college. Their applications include their grades, test scores, and a personal essay. The problem is that the college only has room for one of them. The admissions officers decide to gather information from each candidate’s digital footprint to help make their decision.
4) Is your digital footprint important? Why or why not?
You will likely have a variety of paths in their futures. Many of the same factors that affect your college admissions would also apply to getting a job or getting into a training program.
Online pictures, comments and writing can paint a positive or negative picture of you.
5) Do you think this is a good way for a real admissions officer to make a final choice? Why or why not? (You should understand that while admissions officers, prospective employers, and the like sometimes do look at online profiles, this may not be the best or fairest way to assess someone. The material that appears online may not present a full or accurate picture of a person and of his or her personality and achievements.)
6) What are some ways teens share information online? (You should mention the ways you contribute to your digital footprint – through social networking, blogging, and other online activities.)
It is important to note that any private pictures that you text or email to someone can potentially end up online for everyone to see.The bottom line is, "Make smart decisions about what images and information about yourself that you put out in the world. If you don't want everyone to see it, then you should keep it private."
7) Do you think teens share too much information about themselves online? Why or why not?
8) Do you share too much information about yourself?
9) Do you care about your digital footprint? Why or why not?
10) Have you posted any pictures, comments or writings that you wish you could take back?
Answer all ten of the red questions on your blog. Assignment #14- College Bound
Blog Assignment #13- Online Scams and Schemes
Cyber Smart Week 2
Read this entire post and the link to another article and then follow the directions on writing/posting today's blog assignment.
Read this entire post and the link to another article and then follow the directions on writing/posting today's blog assignment.
Key Vocabulary
- Scam: An attempt to trick someone, usually with the intention of stealing money or private information
- Identity Theft: A type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity
- Vulnerable: In a position that makes it easier for you to be harmed or attacked
- Phishing: When people send you phony emails, pop-up messages, social media messages, texts, calls, or links to fake websites in order to hook you into giving out your personal and financial information
What Is Identity Theft?
People who scam others online don’t always have to get money from them directly. Instead, they use a variety of strategies to trick people into giving out private information. They then use this information to access their bank and credit card accounts or other personal accounts. They can even “re-create” someone’s identity and produce false documents, such as Social Security cards, credit cards, or drivers’ licenses in someone else’s name.
Can you guess what kinds of personal information identity thieves might look for?
Identity thieves look for any information that might help them pretend to be their victims.
- Full name
- Account numbers and the companies
- Date of birth and where you were born
- Current and previous addresses and phone numbers
- Driver’s license or passport number where you hold accounts (e.g., Amazon, PayPal, etc.)
- Passwords
- Social Security number
Anyone is vulnerable to an online scam. Although teens might not think they’re at risk, there are a few important reasons why they are vulnerable to identity theft – and why it matters.
- Identity thieves look for “clean” Social Security numbers that haven’t yet been used to get credit. They target teens and kids, who often have Social Security numbers that have no credit history yet. Identity thieves might sell or use these numbers, which would allow someone else to get a credit card or loan and build up debt under your name.
- Being a victim of identity theft can ruin your financial future and your ability to obtain loans and purchase things. For example, it could affect your ability to get a student loan for college or a loan to buy a car.
- In addition, if you use your parents’ accounts and credit cards online, or fill out forms with your parents’ information, you are sharing information that could potentially put your parents’ identities at risk.
- It can take months, even years, to recover your identity if it’s stolen. Cleaning up such a mess takes a lot of time and energy, and it can also be expensive.
If you ever encounter something online that you believe might be a phishing scam, you should observe the following rules:
- Avoid opening the message or email in the first place.
- Don’t click on any links or download any attachments; they might contain viruses or spyware.
- Don’t reply.
- Mark as “junk mail” or “spam” for your email provider, or report it to your social network site.
- If you are concerned about an account you have with a company, contact its customer service department by phone.
- Make sure you verify the company’s contact information elsewhere online first.
You can also protect yourselves from Internet scams by learning how identity thieves think.
Some examples of popular scams on Facebook can be found in the online Huffington Post article, “Facebook Scams You Need to Know About."
Read the Huffington Post article and write a blog post about your experience with online scams. You may not have been scammed yourself, but you can write about a friend or family member that has been affected. If you have no experience with/or know anyone who has experienced this, then summarize what you know about Online Scams and Schemes.
Read the Huffington Post article and write a blog post about your experience with online scams. You may not have been scammed yourself, but you can write about a friend or family member that has been affected. If you have no experience with/or know anyone who has experienced this, then summarize what you know about Online Scams and Schemes.
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