Good job today everyone! Here is our homework for the day. It will also be posted in the "Homework" tab at the top of the page. This tab is where you will be able to find all of your blog/internet related homework from now on.
TASK ONE
To make a Google Account go to www.gmail.com and click "Create an account" in the top right corner. Fill out the form as follows:
First name: Your first name
Last name: The first initial of your last name
Desired login name: Your first name first initial of your last name lions. For example if my name was John Smith, I would use JohnSLions
Password: something that you will remember!
Security question: choose something that you will remember!
Recovery email: lionslanguagearts@gmail.com
Location: United States
Birthday: Enter January 1, 1990 (I know this isn't what your birthday is.)
Word verification: Type in whatever is in the box
Click the "I accept. Create my account." to accept the terms of service and make your account. YAY!
As we found out in class, you may have to do this from home because sometimes it asks you for a phone number to get your account verification number from.
Now you have a Google Account. It is very important that you write down this information on your handout because this is how you will be able to get to our class information.
TASK THREE
Now let's go back to the blog and learn how to submit comments from our Google Account. When you are already logged in to your Google Account you don't have to post things anonymously anymore. Now go down to the bottom of this post and click where it says "# comments." This will bring you to another page that has a blank comment box at the bottom. In the comment box write a minimum of two sentence response to the following questions: (Remember to use complete sentences!)
What was your favorite activity that you ever did in a Language Arts class in your past?
What is your favorite book that you ever read?
To post, choose using Google Account instead of Anonymous, you should already be signed in to your Google Account. If you are asked to make a Blogger account, just make everything the same as when you made your Google Account.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
HELP! I need to know how to even use this Blog/Glog/Internety Thing and Stuff!
So last week we as a class experienced a crash course in using internet technology in our classroom. Now let's figure out how to actually use all this stuff. By the end of today's class everyone will have their own Google Account and class e-mail address, everyone will have posted at least one comment on our class blog, everyone will know how to open and submit a Google Document, and everyone will know where and how to find their homework assignments on our class blog.
TASK ONE
To make a Google Account go to www.gmail.com and click "Create an account" in the top right corner. Fill out the form as follows:
First name: Your first name
Last name: The first initial of your last name
Desired login name: Your first name first initial of your last name lions example JohnSLions
Password: something that you will remember!
Security question: choose something that you will remember!
Recovery email: lionslanguagearts@gmail.com
Location: United States
Birthday: Enter January 1, 1990
Word verification: Type in whatever is in the box
Click the "I accept. Create my account." to accept the terms of service and make your account. YAY!
Now you have a Google Account. It is very important that you write down this information on your handout because this is how you will be able to get to our class information.
TASK TWO
Now we will learn how to use Google Documents. At the top of your Gmail window there will be a tab that says "Documents." Click on the tab and a new window will pop up called Google Docs - Home. In this new window there will be a tab that says "Create." Click this tab and then click the option "Document."
A new window will open and it will be a Google Document! This is going to be the way that we as a class submit some of our homework assignments. For this first document. Write a few sentences about yourself. Tell me your name, where you are from originally, what your favorite color is, what you want to be when you grow up and why this is what you want to be. Once you have typed this information into the document give it a title at the top of the page. Write the title as YourName_First Document.
Now we will learn to "Share" a document to submit it to the teachers. On the right of the window click the blue "Share" button. Under "add people" type in lionslanguagearts@gmail.com then click "done." You have now submitted your assignment to me!
TASK THREE
Now let's go back to the blog and learn how to submit comments from our Google Account. When you are already logged in to your Google Account you don't have to post things anonymously anymore. Now go down to the bottom of this post and click where it says "# comments." This will bring you to another page that has a blank comment box at the bottom. In the comment box write a minimum of two sentence response to the following questions: (Remember to use complete sentences!)
What was your favorite activity that you ever did in a Language Arts class in your past?
What is your favorite book that you ever read?
TASK FOUR
Click on the link to our Today's Meet and get out your books and turn to Chapter 15.
http://todaysmeet.com/llachapter15
TASK ONE
To make a Google Account go to www.gmail.com and click "Create an account" in the top right corner. Fill out the form as follows:
First name: Your first name
Last name: The first initial of your last name
Desired login name: Your first name first initial of your last name lions example JohnSLions
Password: something that you will remember!
Security question: choose something that you will remember!
Recovery email: lionslanguagearts@gmail.com
Location: United States
Birthday: Enter January 1, 1990
Word verification: Type in whatever is in the box
Click the "I accept. Create my account." to accept the terms of service and make your account. YAY!
Now you have a Google Account. It is very important that you write down this information on your handout because this is how you will be able to get to our class information.
TASK TWO
Now we will learn how to use Google Documents. At the top of your Gmail window there will be a tab that says "Documents." Click on the tab and a new window will pop up called Google Docs - Home. In this new window there will be a tab that says "Create." Click this tab and then click the option "Document."
A new window will open and it will be a Google Document! This is going to be the way that we as a class submit some of our homework assignments. For this first document. Write a few sentences about yourself. Tell me your name, where you are from originally, what your favorite color is, what you want to be when you grow up and why this is what you want to be. Once you have typed this information into the document give it a title at the top of the page. Write the title as YourName_First Document.
Now we will learn to "Share" a document to submit it to the teachers. On the right of the window click the blue "Share" button. Under "add people" type in lionslanguagearts@gmail.com then click "done." You have now submitted your assignment to me!
TASK THREE
Now let's go back to the blog and learn how to submit comments from our Google Account. When you are already logged in to your Google Account you don't have to post things anonymously anymore. Now go down to the bottom of this post and click where it says "# comments." This will bring you to another page that has a blank comment box at the bottom. In the comment box write a minimum of two sentence response to the following questions: (Remember to use complete sentences!)
What was your favorite activity that you ever did in a Language Arts class in your past?
What is your favorite book that you ever read?
TASK FOUR
Click on the link to our Today's Meet and get out your books and turn to Chapter 15.
http://todaysmeet.com/llachapter15
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
WANTED Glogsters: How do I find and use reliable resources to make an infomative presentation?
Today we will be using our knowledge of primary and secondary resources and the internet resources we found yesterday to make a WANTED Poster of an Outlaw of the American West.
Task ONE
Task ONE
REMEMBER WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY? WHAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A PRIMARY SOURCE? WHAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A SECONDARY SOURCE?
Task TWO
Everyone should have completed their homework for last night by selecting an Outlaw from the Wikipedia list of American Outlaws to complete their WANTED Poster on. If you did not select an Outlaw, return to the Wikipedia page and select one. Make sure that you selected an outlaw that there will be information on. A good gauge of this is how much information is on their Wikipedia page. Wikipedia List of American Outlaws: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Old_West_gunfighters
Task THREE
Yesterday we created a list of great reliable resources. Some of them were primary and some of them were secondary. I have compiled them here into a "Delicious Stack." Delicious is an online bookmarking service. We will use this often to share internet resources.
Delicious Stack, Collection on Outlaws: http://delicious.com/stacks/view/EdM2eK#m=full
Delicious Stack, Collection on Outlaws: http://delicious.com/stacks/view/EdM2eK#m=full
For this task, you will need to select three reliable sources in order to complete the Research Guide in Task FOUR and then to make your WANTED Glogster.
Complete the following form one time for each of your sources. Do not forget to hit SUBMIT to save your work! The SUBMIT button is at the bottom of the form window.
Task FOUR
Task FIVE
Now that you have everything you need to make your Glogster, go for it!!!! Go to http://www.glogster.com/ and click "Create a Glog." You need to include all of the information from your Research Guide on your Glog to receive full credit.
When you are finished with you Glog, make sure to save it by clicking on "Save or Publish" at the top of the page. Make the name of your Glog "WANTED: YOUR NAME." For example, I would save mine as "WANTED: Ms.Roth." Then click save. The screen will ask you to login or register. Click "Login" and use the registration written on the board.
HOMEWORK: Task SIX
For homework, write a blog comment on this blog entry by clicking "# comments" just below this text, and then scrolling down the page to where the blank comment box is. Write a blog comment responding to the following questions:
What did you learn about primary sources?
What did you learn about secondary sources?
What did you learn about how to find and use these sources?
Name one thing you liked and one thing that you had an issue with about today's lesson.
Don't forget to sign your name at the bottom of your comment!
Now that you have everything you need to make your Glogster, go for it!!!! Go to http://www.glogster.com/ and click "Create a Glog." You need to include all of the information from your Research Guide on your Glog to receive full credit.
When you are finished with you Glog, make sure to save it by clicking on "Save or Publish" at the top of the page. Make the name of your Glog "WANTED: YOUR NAME." For example, I would save mine as "WANTED: Ms.Roth." Then click save. The screen will ask you to login or register. Click "Login" and use the registration written on the board.
HOMEWORK: Task SIX
For homework, write a blog comment on this blog entry by clicking "# comments" just below this text, and then scrolling down the page to where the blank comment box is. Write a blog comment responding to the following questions:
What did you learn about primary sources?
What did you learn about secondary sources?
What did you learn about how to find and use these sources?
Name one thing you liked and one thing that you had an issue with about today's lesson.
Don't forget to sign your name at the bottom of your comment!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
WANTED Glogsters! Reliable Source Research on Outlaws of the American West
Task ONE
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUTLAWS OF THE AMERICAN WEST?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES?
http://todaysmeet.com/LionsLanguageArts_WANTED
Task TWO
Research the outlaw Jesse James using Google Search and record all the links to sources in your Google Doc under the heading "Round One". Find it under Collections: Student Resources: WANTED Glogsters: Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Use the login and password written on the board.
docs.google.com
Task THREE
RESEARCH GUIDE: IDENTIFYING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUTLAWS OF THE AMERICAN WEST?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES?
http://todaysmeet.com/LionsLanguageArts_WANTED
Task TWO
Research the outlaw Jesse James using Google Search and record all the links to sources in your Google Doc under the heading "Round One". Find it under Collections: Student Resources: WANTED Glogsters: Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Use the login and password written on the board.
docs.google.com
Task THREE
RESEARCH GUIDE: IDENTIFYING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
Use the following research guide and source criteria to find reliable sources using Google Search on the outlaw Butch Cassidy. Record your sources in your Google Doc under the heading "Round Two."
Primary Source
“Primary source is a term used in a number of disciplines to describe source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied.
In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. Similar definitions are used in library science, and other areas of scholarship. In journalism, a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person.”
Module of more information and examples of many different types of primary sources:
Secondary Source
“In scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. A secondary source contrasts with a primary source, which is an original source of the information being discussed; a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person.
Secondary sources involve generalization, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of the original information.”
Primary Sources: Secondary Sources:
Pamplet, Postcard, Artifact from University of Illinois circa 1921. Textbooks on the subject of psychology.
http://www.library.illinois.edu/village/primarysource/mod1/pg3.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/photos_by_chrystal/2809604871/
RESEARCH GUIDE: WHAT MAKES A RELIABLE SOURCE?
Not all sources are good sources. Not all sources are helpful sources. Not all sources will help us develop our ideas and enrich our writing and our learning. The following is a set of criteria to help us determine if a source is reliable and useful for our research. As you do your research evaluate the reliability of the sources you find using the following criteria. Think about the following questions as you do your research: What would you trust the most? Who would you trust the most? What makes a source reliable?
In order to be considered reliable, each source must meet eight of the fifteen criteria:
RESEARCH GUIDE: WHAT MAKES A RELIABLE SOURCE?
Not all sources are good sources. Not all sources are helpful sources. Not all sources will help us develop our ideas and enrich our writing and our learning. The following is a set of criteria to help us determine if a source is reliable and useful for our research. As you do your research evaluate the reliability of the sources you find using the following criteria. Think about the following questions as you do your research: What would you trust the most? Who would you trust the most? What makes a source reliable?
In order to be considered reliable, each source must meet eight of the fifteen criteria:
- The author of the source wants me to know who they are.
- The document was written to inform me.
- The author is qualified to write the information. The author is a professional.
- The publisher of the document or material is a professional or a professional group.
- Information about the credentials of the author are given on the website.
- The source is detailed.
- The source was written for academic purposes.
- The document or material is fact based, not opinion based.
- The document was produced or published close to the events or time period it is about.
- The information in the document has been cited. The author's sources are listed.
- There is a balance of text and images, not just a lot of pictures.
- The information or document is from a private website not a commercial website.
- The information or document is from a database.
- The information or document is from a government, university, or museum.
- The information or document is from a magazine or newspaper.
Task FOUR
Task FIVE
PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW! Check out Ms. Roth's Glogster of Jesse James. http://lionslanguagearts.glogster.com/msroth-jesse-james-8199/
Task SIX: HOMEWORK
EXIT TICKET: CHOOSE YOUR OUTLAW FOR YOUR GLOGSTER
EXIT TICKET: CHOOSE YOUR OUTLAW FOR YOUR GLOGSTER
Go onto the Wikipedia page for the List of American West Outlaws and browse through the links to the different outlaws by visiting their Wikipedia pages. Select your top choice and post them as a comment on this blog along with a few sentences about how you felt about our class today. What did you like? What did you not like? What was confusing? What was easy for you to understand?
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