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Category: Technology Concepts

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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. (Remember that each quiz allows 3 attempts, BUT YOU SHOULD REVIEW YOUR ANSWERS EACH TIME! Failure to do so may have you picking the same incorrect answer more than once.)
  2. Monthly Incentives
    1. Arts Department Incentive:
      1. Art Bucks are handed out to acknowledge good choices.
      2. Cutoff date to earn 30 Art Bucks is Wednesday, March 22nd.
      3. Incentive Day is Friday, March 24th.
    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. Resubmissions for a higher grade are due no later than 02/18/2023!
  4. Q3 Project 2
    1. Due Friday, February 17th!
      1. Grade 6 (P4B)
      2. Grades 7&8 (P3B)
    2. Can be any project from this list that has a "TC" icon (Technology Concepts Icon) behind its name.
    3. While you may pick a second project from the "Core" track, you are encouraged to select whatever eligible project looks the most fun for you to complete regardless of its track.
    4. Suggested work timeline:
      1. Wrap up planning/pre-production by Thursday, 02/09.
      2. Wrap up recording/production by Monday, 02/13.
      3. Wrap up editing/post-production by Wednesday, 02/15.
      4. Hand in final revisions by Friday, 02/17.
  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.