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Today you will begin working on a US CITY COLLABORATIVE GOOGLE MAP PROJECT.  This project will allow each one of you to research an assigned city, review the UN Global Sustainable Goals (UNGSG), and find out about how people, organizations, and groups are banding together to help everyone reach these goals throughout the United States of America.  Please follow the directions below to identify the city you have been assigned, creatve a Google Document that outlines how each of the UNGSG's are being worked on in that city, and where people can find out more information about these issues.  You will SHARE the active link for your document so it can be added to an interactive Google Map.  To complete the project, you must write a 2-3 paragraph essay on specific things you learned, and how you feel about our progress toward these goals. Step 1:  Read the description of the UN Global Sustainable Goals Below: On 1 January 2016, the  17 Sustainable Development Goa...

Please complete the Career Day Reflection Sheet for CSA Class!  This worksheet should be added to your Google Drive (File, Make a Copy).  SHARE it with Mr. S (hscribner@ccs.us) for credit. Here is the link to the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BhqATa3rQp-GtorZ0T8E0bL5p5dErnCVcLse00fZyOc/edit During Career Day, please complete the following activity while you are in the Technology Lab: Change the Equation , in partnership with E-Line Media, has created iON Future— a suite of free online learning games that encourage middle school to early high school-age youth to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).  Unlike many efforts to get kids excited about STEM, these games connect directly to their passions, abilities, and sense of identity, exposing them to the breadth and variety of STEM-based professions and allowing them to explore the potential pathways to these interesting careers. Today you will be completing a 10-15 minute act...

Today you will design graphic organizers on DRAW.IO. Please create a Personal Timeline and Family Tree in a digital format. You must create these from scratch using DRAW.IO. YOU MUST CREATE A HAND-DRAWN VERSION BEFORE WORKING ON A DIGITAL VERSION ONLINE! HAND-DRAWN VERSION:  To start, use a blank piece of paper to list your birthday, list all the schools you have attended, list any significant events in your life (birthdays, deaths, weddings, graduations, holidays, family trips, honors, awards, or any other events you can remember) and the dates they happened.  DIGITAL VERSION: Sign In to Google. Open DRAW.IO and CONNECT it to your Google Drive. Open a New Blank Document. Begin to drag boxes into the timeline and label them in order. Once you have created your first box with a date underneath, you can now select the box, copy and paste a new one next to it, and link them with an arrow. Continue until you have listed all the events up to today's date. You need to list 15 events...

Please check out Strikingly.com. It is a little hard to understand at first, but your results are going to be fantastic. If you master this tool, you will be creating stunning, professional-quality sites in no time! Have Fun With This Project! PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT  SINGLE-PAGE WEBSITE ASSIGNMENT IMPORTANT NOTE:  YOU MUST NOT INCLUDE OR DISPLAY ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, THIS SCHOOL OR ANYTHING THAT COULD PROVIDE A WAY FOR PEOPLE WHO SEE THIS SITE TO CONTACT YOU!  NO TWITTER, INSTAGRAMS, EMAIL ADDRESSES. NO PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU OR COLLEGIUM IS ALLOWED ON THESE SITES FOR ANY REASON! Mr. Scribner's SAMPLE Website: Photography Is Cool WHAT IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT WEBSITE? Resources:  PSA Central (Home)        PSA IDEAS FOR TEENS       Peers Influence Peers Project Getting Started ( from Center For DIGITAL Education Website ) Choose your topic. Pick a subject that is important to you, as well as one you can visu...

Everyone should sign into Google and OPEN your Google Drive and Gmail. You all did a great job during PSSA Testing.  Today I want to make sure you have some fun, and learn a little about some of the fun tools you might use to present material online.  Short messages, or funny video clips.  Check out the tools below to make funny, interactive messages for use in other applications.  We might be using these in the websites we will be creating shortly. Blabberize.com Create a Blabberize project. Take any picture of an historical figure from music, sports or another genre and add some text (A Famous Quote) and have fun with this...Create an account on Blabberize and use a picture and audio to create a mini-speech by your historical figure. MR SCRIBNER'S SAMPLE BLABBERIZE VOKI.COM Spend some time finding out what an Avatar is. Use the website below to create your own avatar and show it to me before class ends today! (USE YOUR @CCS.US EMAIL TO CREATE ACCOUNT) When you a...

DIGITAL SCENE & BACKGROUND PICTURE CREATION PROJECT DIRECTIONS A. CREATE A BACKGROUND SCENE TO START WITH (Already Completed): Step 1:  Log into Google or Open Microsoft PowerPoint on your Computer Step 2:  Create NEW Slides Presentation or NEW Presentation in PowerPoint Step 3:  Use the Drawing Tools to make a stick figure scene. Make sure to place specific layers in order and use a variety of colors and styles to make it vibrant. Step 4:  Export you Presentation/Slide as an Image and Upload to Google Drive Step 5:  SHARE your Image with Mr. S (hscribner@ccs.us) for credit. B. ANIMATE IT (Already Completed): Your project must include at least 75 slides. It must have at least 3 layers of depth: Foreground, Middle Ground, Background. It must have at least 3 things moving during the course of the animation.  Your motion must incorporate LAYERS of movement where items move in-front or behind each other. You must Upload and SHARE your project with instructo...