Welcome to 7th Grade Tech!

Greetings all,

Ms. Sileo and I would like to give you an overview of how you will use Chromebooks this year.

Remember to get your Technology Agreement forms in so we can begin to use them in class!





This is going to be great...

Mrs. Morell and Ms. Sileo

As you finish, TedEd videos

Be sure you have completed your teacher surveys first!























Check out this NBC Learn Site:

http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/resources

After you finish your test today...

Watch a few of these:

Dare to Educate Afghan Girls:

Calculating Pi with Pies:



The (Archaeological) Search for King Richard:



What Cameras See That Our Eyes Don't:



The Mysteries of Vernacular: Clue:




The Mysteries of Vernacular: Assassin:


Ineptitude in the 40-Yard Dash:

Your Digital Footprint

Today, we will have a discussion about your Digital Footprint.  It will start with a pair of videos from BrainPop - one on Social Networks and one on Information Privacy and one on Social Networking.

The we will watch the following videos from the folks at Common Sense Media:

Your homework - before you leave for break:

Submit the three photos - 20 points
Return the following sheet, signed by one of your parents - 20 points.

Haiku Deck

Hello Dear 7th Graders,

Today, we need to learn to navigate a new App in the iPads called Haiku Deck.

This is a cool presentation tool like Prezi or Power Point, but it has been designed for use on an iPad. Unlike the other options, Haiku deck does limit the amount of text you may use on a slide.  

So today you will need to do the following tasks for a 20 point assignment:

1. Open Haiku deck, and set up an account using your HTS Email account, and the same password you use for Prezi and such. 

2. Create 5 slides.  Each slide must have an image, a title, and a line of text.  This line of text must be a complete sentence.

3. Email the presentation to me at mbmorell@htsdc.org.

You may create a slideshow on one of the following ideas:

5 countries, cities or states... and perhaps why you would like to visit them. (or five places you have been)

5 birds, butterflies, mammals, or other critters...

5 castles, beaches, monuments, or mountains, landforms

I'm open to other options, but this is more about learning to use Haiku deck than obsessing about a theme :)  I suggest you keep it simple, and take advantage of the gorgeous images that Haiku deck offers.

Have fun,

Mrs. Morell

TedEd Film Festival

OK my friends.  When you finish Scantron testing, you must be quiet to let others finish, so prepare to be amazed by this series of videos - mostly from TedEd.  At the end of class, we will give you about ten minute to comment on which was your favorite and why, and which was your least favorite and why.  This will be your 20 point participation grade for the day.

Robotics Directions