{"id":7520,"date":"2025-03-21T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:02:16","slug":"technology-concepts-q3-03-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/21\/technology-concepts-q3-03-21-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Concepts, Q3, 03-21-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5826\" src=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CanvasClass24_TCQ3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"147\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1jr0JT-YyRisNNmdhKHVGb8y7GY1eyyGa\/view?usp=drive_link\">THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS TODAY'S EXPECTATIONS!<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Students will record their final project to take control of their own learning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Warm-Up:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>2025-03-21 Warm-Up<span dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"module_sequence_footer_container\" class=\"css-bvlk8x-view--block\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-wj8vot-view-flexItem\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-6inuak-view--flex-flex\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-4814ev-view-flexItem\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-h20mns-view--flex-flex\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-label=\"Post by Unknown Author from 2025-01-22\"><span class=\"css-p76528-view-flexItem\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-138gh4t-view\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-he75de-view--inline\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-kuunbm-text\" data-testid=\"message_title\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">: Ask Mr. Smith<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/864808\/discussion_topics\/3557085?module_item_id=37850116\">6th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/866237\/discussion_topics\/3560094?module_item_id=37874455\">7th &amp; 8th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Grading Rubric:<br \/>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2 pts<\/td>\n<td width=\"80%\">Question adheres to the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SHOULD NOT<\/span> already know the answer. (If we've covered it several times this year, you should know it.)<\/li>\n<li>It <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SHOULD NOT<\/span> be a question that can easily be answered by doing a Google Search.<\/li>\n<li>It <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SHOULD<\/span> be a question that relates to Media Arts.<\/li>\n<li>It <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SHOULD NOT<\/span> be a question about Mr. Smith. This is not the venue for his autobiography.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3 pts<\/td>\n<td>Proofread your work.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Warm-Ups are usually a 5 point Independent Work grade if a written response is expected, or a 5 point Assessment grade if the Warm-Up is a quiz. They are due at the start of class and not eligible for late submission or re-submission.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Announcements<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>FILM FESTIVAL VOTING IS NOW OPEN!\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/pgcps.org\/pgcps2025filmfestival\/home\">Everyone can vote for the People's Choice Awards!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Previous years, people were allowed to vote once per day. This year, everyone is allowed to vote once per Gmail address.\n<ol>\n<li>This includes friends and family!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monthly Media Arts Incentive:<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>\"Arcade Day\" at the end of the month.\n<ol>\n<li><strong>March's Arcade Day is tentatively scheduled for early April.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Students remain eligible unless a Notice of Concern has been earned that month for grades or behavior, though a student who missed out from low grades can earn back their Arcade Day privileges if they bring their grade back up.\n<ol>\n<li>Check Synergy - if your avg is 70% or above, you're probably eligible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wevideo.com\/\">WeVideo<\/a>\n<ol>\n<li>If you have the watermark bug, use one of the links below to fix it.\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/864808\/modules\/items\/37850016\">6th Grade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/866237\/modules\/items\/37874401\">7th &amp; 8th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Previous Lessons<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Project 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/01\/27\/technology-concepts-q3-01-27-2025\/\">1\/27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/01\/29\/technology-concepts-q3-01-29-2025\/\">1\/29<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/01\/31\/technology-concepts-q3-01-31-2025\/\">1\/31<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/02\/04\/technology-concepts-q3-02-04-2025\/\">2\/4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/02\/06\/technology-concepts-q3-02-06-2025\/\">2\/6<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/02\/10\/technology-concepts-q3-02-10-2025\/\">2\/10<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/02\/12\/technology-concepts-q3-02-14-2025\/\">2\/14<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/02\/19\/technology-concepts-q3-02-19-2025\/\">2\/19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/02\/21\/technology-concepts-q3-02-21-2025\/\">2\/21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/02\/25\/technology-concepts-q3-02-25-2025\/\">2\/25<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/02\/27\/technology-concepts-q3-02-27-2025\/\">2\/27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/03\/technology-concepts-q3-03-03-2025\/\">3\/3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/05\/technology-concepts-q3-03-05-2025\/\">3\/5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/07\/technology-concepts-q3-03-07-2025\/\">3\/7<\/a> (Field Trip, the window to make up missed work has closed!), <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/11\/technology-concepts-q3-03-11-2025\/\">3\/11<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/13\/technology-concepts-q3-03-13-2025\/\">3\/13<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/17\/technology-concepts-q3-03-17-2025\/\">3\/17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/19\/technology-concepts-q3-03-19-2025\/\">3\/19<\/a>, 3\/21, 3\/25, 3\/27<\/li>\n<li>Remaining Days: 4\/01, 4\/03<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project 3<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/Lessons_6-8\/index.html\">Student Choice<\/a>, Due 03-07\n<ol>\n<li>Project 3 Re-submits due March 24th!\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/864808\/assignments\/14369965\">6th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/866237\/assignments\/14387094\">7th &amp; 8th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project 4: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/Lessons_6-8\/index.html\">Student Choice<\/a>, Due 03-21\n<ol>\n<li><del>03-17: Pre-Production<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del>03-19: Production<\/del><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">03-21: Post-Production<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/864808\/assignments\/14369967\">6th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/866237\/assignments\/14387095\">7th &amp; 8th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO RE-SUBMIT PROJECT 4!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>03-25: \"Put Out Fires\" Day\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>3-25 ONLY<\/strong>, Orchestra Majors, report to Mrs. Alexander!<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li>(You are still responsible for handing in the Warm-Up and Project 4.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>3-27: Critique Day\n<ol>\n<li>6th Grade<\/li>\n<li>7th &amp; 8th Grade<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>04-01:<\/li>\n<li>04-03: Arcade Day! (Last Day of Q3!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Projects are 100 point Classwork grades, and are not eligible for late submission.<\/em>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Projects <strong>are<\/strong> eligible for re-submission, but only once and with a limited window. These details are covered <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/syllabus-grades-6-8\/\">in the syllabus<\/a> and will be reviewed in more detail after Critique Day.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Critiques are a 30 point Assessment grade and are not eligible for re-submission or late submission.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Week 8 Exit Ticket<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/864808\/discussion_topics\/3636481\">6th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pgcps.instructure.com\/courses\/866237\/discussion_topics\/3636482\">7th &amp; 8th Grade<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Every Exit Ticket will be due during the last 10 minutes of the last B Day of the week. It will ask the same two questions:\n<ol>\n<li><em>What did you accomplish in Media Arts (Technology Concepts) this week?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What did you learn in Media Arts (Technology Concepts) this week?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Exit Tickets will almost always be submitted through Canvas.<\/li>\n<li>Students are expected to have meaningful answers for both questions. An answer of \"I didn't learn anything\" might be honest, but it implies that off-task behavior took place.<\/li>\n<li>Proofreading answers is an important part of any written assignment, and grades will reflect a failure to do so.<\/li>\n<li><em>Exit Tickets are always 10 point Classwork grades and not eligible for late submission or re-submission. They are due during the last 10 minutes of the last class of the week.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS TODAY'S EXPECTATIONS! Objective: Students will record their final project to take control of their own learning. Warm-Up:\u00a0 2025-03-21 Warm-Up: Ask Mr. Smith 6th Grade 7th &amp; 8th Grade Grading Rubric: 2 pts Question adheres to the following criteria: You SHOULD NOT already know the answer. (If we've covered it several times this <a href=\"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/2025\/03\/21\/technology-concepts-q3-03-21-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Technology Concepts, Q3, 03-21-2025\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-smithtech68","7":"category-techconcepts","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7520"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7537,"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7520\/revisions\/7537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fouloistech.info\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}