Welcome Back

Well, we are back after some time off for all of us. Now the big push through the Spring until graduation is upon us. Please bear with me over the next two days as I tackle the grading of the work you did while I was gone. Yes, I expect it to be ready. I will do blogs and summaries today and website/project grading tomorrow.

Please read back in the blog for your quiz and other assignments if you didn't finish them before vacation.

In the "don't put your eggs in one basket" file I received a letter today that Gibbs College is closing.

Molly Ann Schneider was born early Sunday morning. Everyone is doing well.

Work hard while I am gone. I will be monitoring your work from home for awhile.

Thanks for all of your support the last few months.

Quiz

I am posting the quiz for next week. You should do the quiz when you have completed the bookwork and blog entries. I expect some of you will be working on these quizzes when we return from vacation.

Web 4:

Create a one-page website where you review the sites you have written about in your blog. This page should include:

• Links to the programs. Organize effectively so the page is highly usable.
• An attractive, modern layout
• Title, alternate text, headings, etc...
• No scrolling.
  

Save in Udrive.

Web 2:

Assignment 1: Complete your Crosby High School website. Your site should include.

• A modern layout.
• Survey/Form: What would a high school use a form for? Keep the form simple and be sure to link back to home page.
• Map: Create a map that gives "directions" from Seymour High School to Watertown High School. This is an adaptation of the skills you learned when you made your RV travel around Florida. You will probably want to create the map yourself rather than trying to download one. I realize this map may be a bit clunky
• Be sure all technical items are correct (alt text, VSpace, titled pages, etc...)
• Save in Udrive
  

Assignment 2: Parts of the Face. Many of you did this in Web 1. Now you will do this in Dreamweaver. There are a TON of great examples in the Udrive. Save in Udrive when done.

Web 1: Your Quiz will be the Parts of the Face. Have Fun! Save in Udrive when done.

Commitment

Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr in 1968. This event came at a tumultuous time in our history. In many ways it shaped racial conflict and conversations that we still have today.

Dr. King had travelled to support the two thousand Memphis Sanitation workers who were on strike. The conditions that these men worked in are alarming by today's standards. This strike was a nasty one.

While there he gave his "I've been to the mountaintop" speech. He was killed the next day. I would like you to watch the video with your headphones today. Try not to have chills run up your spine as you think "Did he know he was going to die within 24 hours??"

Dr. King is revered in this country because of his commitment to peace, equality, and justice. He was 39 years old when he died.

Schedule

Today I will be grading evaluations and exams/projects. This is a ton of work so be patient with me. The quieter the room, the faster I can go. Please be sure to completely answer the questions for the evaluations. Check your classmates blogs for examples.

So.....the baby still isn't here yet. So I think the best thing to do is to plow ahead in our books and try to finish as much as we can. I think it is fantastic that you have been working together during this last project so well. You should rely on that help as you try to finish the book over the next few weeks.

Here is the list of work:

Web 1:

Any files you need are in the UDrive-WebSchneider. I won't be sending them to you. I will assign the quizes and extra projects after vacation. If you catch book errors (and there are a few) please note them in your blog for all to check. I note some errors below.

Project 4: Project, Summary. (notes: the (x,y) coordinates for the surf picture may not exactly match what they say in the book because our image size is a little off. Use common sense to fix it)
Project 5: Project, Summary.
Project 6: Project, Summary, Lab 3.

Web 2:

Any files you need are in the UDrive-WebSchneider. I won't be sending them to you. I will assign the quizes and extra projects after vacation. If you catch book errors (and there are a few) please note them in your blog for all to check. I note some errors below.

Project 4: Project, Summary. (notes: the no frames and frames versions of pages are not the same thing!)(notes #2: the flash buttons will not work, ignore them) (notes#3: BE SURE to start a new site!!)

Project 5: Project, Summary.

Project 6: Skip

Project 7: Project, Summary. (notes: you have to turn the layer code marker on by going to Edit:Preferences:Invisible Elements)

Project 8: Project, Summary.

Project 9: Skip

Web 4:

Well, you are finally done with thinkquest. We will take the next week to decompress a bit and review what we have learned. We will discuss this in class, but I will expect daily blog entries until vacation.

New Week

Web 1 and Web 2 (Period 4) exams must be complete by Wednesday.

Checklist for exam:
1. Web 2 and Web 1: Do you have a link to a blog on your subject?
2. Citations are formatted properly.
3. Alt text, titled pages, etc...
4. Saved in Udrive correctly, checked all files.

When Done:
1. Save folder in udrive: bschneiderdogs-DONE. When it is marked Done I know to grade it.
2. Complete and score evaluation and submit on blog.
3. Move on in tutorials or book.

One note:

For Dreamweaver movies vs. Windows Movie Maker. Go to Flash. Import the movie you made in Movie Maker. When you save the movie in Flash you can then embed that Flash movie in Dreamweaver.

Web 4: This is the final day for Thinkquest. Triple-check your work on the thinkquest site. Please do the evaluation when you are done.

Tuesday

OK, its Tuesday and still no baby. Its got to happen soon...

Web 4: Try to get final drafts of your diversity and collaboration pieces in my hands today. I will post your sites to thinkquest on Monday whether I am in school or not. Be certain that you have checked all your sources. Triple check that the site works on thinkquest.

Web 2 and Web 1: We will briefly review noodletools and how to properly cite your information. Remember, if you include ten pictures in a video, you need to cite them.

For all: Here is an audacity tutorial if you are interested in exploring it further.

All of you should read this report from the NY Times about bullying. What can you do to make sure this is a safe school where things like this do not happen?