Archive for the 'Class' Category

November 16-20

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

This week the students are working on a 2007 Power Point presentation.  They may use the research from their thinkquest research projects or they may choose to research a new topic.  The instructions for this project are on Mr. Davidson’s thinkquest site and are also on the student’s websites.

November 9-12

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Students are working on country Brochures.  Details can be found on the student thinkquest websites.

October 25-29 Vista Class

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

This week students completed on their Photo Story 3  slide shows using the Ken Burns affect.  Students also will be creating Halloween cards and posters.  They will also start working on the country brochure project.  Details of this project have been sent to each students Think Quest website.

October 19- 23 B Block Vista

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Students are using a collaborative rubric to evaluate each others’ research projects.  They will also critique their own projects before I give them a final evaluation.  Student projects can be viewed on the student thinkquest.org websites.  Starting Wednesday, students will create photo slide shows in Microsoft Photo Story 3.  They will make use of the [...]

Ken Burns Speaking to Team Vista

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Ken Burns will be speaking to Team Vista on Monday October 26 via Skype.  Mr. Burns has agreed to discuss the process of making a documentary film and will take student questions.  This event is part of the kick-off for the Vista video research project.
The following are the general C-Span topics:
“One of the country’s greatest [...]

October 13-16

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Students are finishing their thinkquest research projects and are now, using a rubric, critiquing each others projects online.  In particular students will be paying attention to the quality of the research, the correct formatting of  works cited, creativity, and presentation.

October 6-9

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

This week is NECAP testing.  The class is now working an on-line research project that will be  created in thinkquest.com.  The full instructions have been posted on my thinkquest site as well as on the student’s sites.  The goals of this unit are to help students differentiate between valid and invalid information on the Internet, create a properly [...]

September 21-September 25 Vista Class.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Students are working on Internet Scavenger Hunts.  Thursday and Friday, September 24-25th-Vista Fall Overnight Trip.

September 14-18

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

This week students will continue to work on word Processing projects and letter writing.  They have now received their thinkquest user names and passwords and will be able to create their own websites and maintain links to  school projects on their websites.  You can read more about thinkquest by clicking on think.com on this blog.

September 8-11

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

My B block Vista Class is working on word processing projects.  They are practicing basic Layout design.  They are now making up a flier for a fantasy product.