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Technology Concepts, 01-30-2023

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Today's to-do list includes the following items:

  1. Warm-Up: 
    1. Grade 6 (P4B)
    2. Grades 7&8 (P3B)
    3. (Today's Warm-Up will have a link to set up your WeVideo Pro account. Use it after you define the vocabulary words.)
  2. Monthly Incentives
    1. Arts Department Incentive:
      1. Art Bucks are handed out to acknowledge good choices.
      2. Art Bucks for Q3 will be in a slightly different format.
        1. Some teachers will make use of ClassDojo to distribute "Art Bucks."
        2. Others will continue to use a modified paper version.
        3. Art Bucks will not be considered valid if:
          1. They are missing a name.
          2. Anything on them has been crossed out.
    2. Monthly Media Arts Incentive:
      1. 30 minute "Arcade Day" at the end of the month.
        1. February's Arcade Day is scheduled for 02/28/2023.
      2. Remain eligible unless a Notice of Concern has been earned.
        1. Check SchoolMax - if your avg is 70% or above, you're probably eligible.
  3. Q3 Project 1
    1. Due Friday, February 3rd!
      1. Grade 6 (P4B)
      2. Grades 7&8 (P3B)
    2. Your 1st project can be any of the following CORE projects:
        1. Digital Citizenship 1: Netiquette
        2. Digital Citizenship 2: Fact Checking
        3. Copyright and Creative Commons
        4. Digital Citizenship 4: Interland Review
  4. You will hand in 3 more projects this Quarter, but ONLY the first project needs to be from the CORE category.
    1. YOUR JOB TODAY:
      1. Continue planning your chosen project from last class (if needed), but your planning should be wrapped up today at the latest!
      2. Begin recording the content you intend to have in your finished project you're handing in on Friday!
        1. In spite of my failing voice, I made a tutorial to show you how.
      3. Be prepared to share your progress in the Exit Ticket!
    2. IF YOUR PROJECT ISN'T ON THE LIST, YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS A ZERO!
  5. Other News
    1. All information that doesn't need a login for privacy reasons is now on https://fouloistech.info/ so parents can see expectations and project rubrics. Bookmarking this site will be useful.
    2. Please share any typos/errors with Mr. Smith so he can properly fix them.
  6. Exit Ticket
    1. Grade 6 (P4B)
    2. Grades 7&8 (P3B)
    3. Please do not write generic answers like "Today I worked on my project and I learned some new vocabulary." If you can't convince me you learned and did something new, you won't earn the points.