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Bonnie Maye
EL SEGUNDO MIDDLE
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Welcome to the schoolnotes.com page for ESMS TECH which includes a little bit of journalism, yearbook and a lot of computers.
Class Website>>www.mayebteach.org
>>always start here as many of the links are specific to our location. You cannot just google it.
11/20/09 Grades have been updated. If you want to check your weighted grades and know your category totals, I have included a few links to help you do the math...
Weighted Grade Formulae and Calculator
Wordy Version works just as well.

Five Week Projects are entering their final phases with presentations the first full week in December. We will also be starting yearbook assignments for everyone in class and moving into our journalism/writing for broadcast unit as well as some intellectual property law.

All re-takes have been graded, so check powerschool as I may have missed one or two. Remember, if you are turning in something past the due date whether it's for a re-grade, absence or ANY REASON, you will need to fill out the "WHY I LEFT THE ROOM/ABSENT/RE-GRADE" form and in the message box let me know WHAT is late and needs to be graded and why. Helpful to put your period in there properly as well.

Have a great Thanksgiving Break and we will see you on November 30th when we all return. We will need to plug the computers back in as they are taking the days off as well. Special thanks to Mr. PN in sixth period for helping get the new computers set up and running!
Week ending Nov. 20th - WE NEED BIG JARS of Hand Sanitizer to refill our class supply. Disinfecting wipes are also in demand.
We are down to our last few squirts!
  • We are in week four of our five week projects. Students are in the production phase and will have the week after break to finish up and polish their presentations.
  • All work that is missing or needs to be re-done is due before the end of the week. Many grades have taken a bit of a tumble as a result of the last few quizzes and reflections that are all worth between 60-100 pts.
  • Any re-work that needs to be regraded needs to be sent to the teacher via the WHY I LEFT THE ROOM form on the main class site, www.mayebteach.org.
  • HINT: there have already been two extra credit assignments posted. Students who have been paying attention to moodle and the other class sites have already found them. Any attempts will need to be completed by Friday as they will be closed after that date.


Week Ending October. 16th
IMPORTANT NOTE: Some of you have not been creating a COPY when you are using the sample work log. The one that you have been using as a group has been deleted so you may need to copy another one. Here are the steps:
  1. CLick on the link below (SAMPLE WORK LOG)
  2. Log in using your user name and password.
  3. Go to EDIT PAGE
  4. IMMEDIATELY go to FILE (the one by google docs) and then MAKE A COPY.
  5. SAVE as PERIOD_Worklog_Your Team Letter ex. P3WorklogTeamA
  6. SHARE with me and all the members of your group -- the end will be @elsegundousd.com.
We started our five week projects this week after completing a typing challenge to Eye of the Tiger.

We are using music as a challenge to get everyone's speed and accuracy up as we re-learn the proper keyboarding technique and practice with multiple formats including zen keyboarding (learning the location of the letters), physically typing practice exercises from a paper (to help students learn to keep eyes on the paper rather than checking to see where hands are located).

We are starting on the Week One work from the FIVE WEEK PROJECTS link and are practicing managing documents with googledocs and each group is receiving some individual training to help them learn their projects' technical requirements.

Progress Reports were sent home on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 and will need to be signed and returned by Friday. I hand out progress reports for anyone with a C or below in my class. Any questions, please send an email by clicking on the CONTACT MS MAYE link at the top. You can also be notified each time that these notes are updated, by signing up for the NOTIFY me button (above).

We are also working with twitter this year. If you want to follow us, please let me know that you are following in our class. The link is http://twitter.com/mayebteach. It's updated periodically. We are testing out many modes of communication.

If you ever want to check out our class website, head to www.mayebteach.org.
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Week Ending September 25th
This week the grades took a tumble. We had an open note quiz that many students didn't do well on. We also had two assignments due -- a Computer of the Future (due Friday) and a Poem (that we have been working on since the first week of school). The Poems needed to be typed on our google.partner page and shared with me.

We will help everyone get caught up on Monday. Most students are done with the poems, they just forgot to share them with me. We are still learning all the programs and procedures.

Have a great weekend.


WEEK OF September 14th - Homework
1. Go to the class website http://www.mayebteach.org
2. Click on the CLASS WEBSITES/PASSWORDS link.
3. Go to http://partner.google.com/elsegundousd.com
4. Click on SIGN IN.
5. USE YOUR Powerschool Web Id as your USERNAME.
6. USE YOUR powerschool Password and then ESMS on the end in uppercase letters.
7. Type in the security letters.
8. Accept the terms.
Log out and try to log back in. We will be using this during class on Thursday and Friday.
We will be doing much of our work in moodle. To get there, click here or enter the following URL into your browser. >>http://moodle.esusd.k12.ca.us

This is a yearlong course dedicated to all things tech. We all be going through boot camp to learn how to save, link, retrieve and create using a variety of programs. Once boot camp is over (approximately three weeks) we will begin to assign trimester, and yearlong assignments for yearbook and the other online publications that this class will be responsible for maintaining.

Special projects will be assigned throughout the year to selected groups of students who have a bit more experience with the technologies.

We will be podcasting, movie-making, keeping the school newspaper up-to-date while working closely with the various clubs, community organizations, and special counseling activities to help publicize and keep everyone up on what's happening here at ESMS.

Whether you have a little or a lot of experience, come join us on this journey. All courses are yearlong -- no more trimester classes, so we will be able to explore many more items in more depth this year.

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