Monday September 17

Monday, September 17, 2012

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  • Tomorrow we will be continuing to work on your writing assignment.
  • Please check D2L for your marks, and missing assignments and forms.

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  • You will be given more time tomorrow to work on your “I am Canadian Rant”. If you feel as though you are behind please do some work at home but I am trying to provide you with as much class time as possible.
  • Please check D2L for your marks, and missing assignments and forms.

Robotics 9

  • Remember that the class will take place in Room 23, Green Pod, from now on.

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Friday September 14

Friday, September 14, 2012

Thank to all of the students and parents that came out yesterday. It was nice to see some familiar faces and to meet some new people.

8-23

  • Your “Roots & Shoots” project was due today so if you did not hand it in please get it in ASAP.
  • Continue to think about your worldview and factors that have influenced it.
  • Work on getting to know your learning styles and needs better. Think about what way of note taking works best for you. You can compare the notes that you took with the ones that I have attached here. Is there something else you should add, something you should remove?
  • Please remember to bring a novel to read every Monday & Thursday
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  • Life’s Roadmap is due on Monday September 17.
  • Please remember to bring a novel to read every Tuesday & Friday.

 

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Thursday September 13

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Robotics 9A

  • A reminder that classes will now be in Room 23, Green Pod.
  • Please finish, or fix up, your design for the robot / machine that you created today using the styrofoam spheres, pipe-cleaners, and bendy straws as I will be collecting these when I see you on Tuesday September 18.
  • Also continue to work on the instructions for your Human Robot as are going to giving this a try on Tuesday as well. You will have some more class time to work on this then.
  • I have asked to have Alice and Scratch put onto the computers so that we can begin our programming though there might be a delay. Hopefully this will be finished before our class on Tuesday or if not then definitely Friday.

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Wednesday September 12

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Please remember to come tomorrow night for “Meet the Teacher.” We ask that you bring your child’s timetable as you will be following their schedule to see what a day would be like for them. The evening begins at 7:00.

A big thank you goes out to all of my students as I really appreciate your work ethic, your desire to do well, and the respect that you show me. Please keep this up as we continue with our year.

8-23

  • You will be given a little bit of time tomorrow to finish the “Roots and Shoots” activity. Remember that it is due this Friday, September 14.
  • Still missing forms from some of you. Please check online to see what you are missing.

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  • As requested you will be given time in both period tomorrow to work on the “Life’s Road Map” activity. Remember that it is due on Monday September 17.

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Monday September 10

Monday, September 10, 2012

I have updated the online marks to include all forms that are supposed to be returned to me. Please check this to make sure that you have everything in.

8-23

  • You will be given more class time tomorrow to work on your Roots and Shoots assignment. If you feel as though you are behind then please work on this at home. This assignment is due on Friday September 14.
  • I am still missing many forms from you. Please check out the online marks to see what you are missing.

9-27

  • Continue working on the “Life’s Roadmap” assignment. Make sure to look at the rubric to see how you are being assessed so that you are able to do the best work possible. This assignment is due on Monday September 17; however, Wednesday or Thursday will be the last class time given to work on this.
  • I am still missing many forms from you. Please check out the online marks to see what you are missing.

Robotics 9

  • Come prepared to Thursday’s class with information for at least two robots.
  • Remember that you can download Scratch, and Alice as they are free and work on Mac and PC computers so that you can start playing around with this simplified form of programming.

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Thursday Sept 6

Thursday, September 6, 2012

I showed both classes an animated video of Sir Ken Robinson’s speech on “Changing Education Paradigms.” My hope of doing this was to get everyone thinking about themselves as learners and what their passions, strengths, and needs are.

8-23

  • All forms handed out on the first day of classes should be handed in by tomorrow so please make sure that you get these in.
  • Think about what we can do with our class name and logo / mascot / dance / skit / song / poster ideas as we will visit this again tomorrow.
  • Please complete the Meeeee sheets for tomorrow so that I can look over them on the weekend.

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  • Remember to have your Canada quiz with you tomorrow so that we can finish going over it. I was really pleased to see the level of participation in the class and also the respect for your classmates. Keep this up.
  • Please complete the Meeeee sheets for tomorrow so that I can look over them on the weekend.

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Wednesday September 5

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

8-23

  • Please remember all of the forms that were given out on the first day as we need them back by this Friday.
  • Have your parent(s) look over your course outline and sign the second page. Get these back to me ASAP.
  • Think about a class / homeroom name as we will start working on this in the near future.

9-27

  • Have your parent(s) look over your course outline and sign the second page. Get these back to me ASAP.

Robotics

  • Come up with some ideas about what you would like to learn this year.
  • Check out the open source software Scratch, and Alice to start playing around with programming.

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Welcome Back

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

It was great to see everyone at school today, new faces and old. Please remember to return all of your forms by Friday, September 7.

Remember that tomorrow is a short day as we now end at 1:57 on Wednesdays.

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