Week of May 24-28

Inventory! All hands on deck.
Read your shelves! They must in perfect order for the inventory to work.

By end of quarter, you need a BibMe with 4 or more book reviews and a final draft of a Jing instructional screencast. Work out with others who is doing what topic so they don't duplicate. If you work with a partner, you must make two. Have fun! Keep them short and sweet.

8th graders: Plan to attend Data and Desserts, Wednesday night, 7-8:30, at CHS.

Info Lit - Week 5

Three things this week:
1. See last week regarding Jing screencast assignment. Let us know your topic in the comment section below.
2. SLA meeting Thursday 11:30-12:30. We will view your screencast, so be ready!
3. Inventory next week. Read your shelves! Shelve everything that's out! Get ready to crawl around on the floor with the laptop and scanner!

Do not check out books to anyone who has overdues. The end of the year is drawing near!

Q4 - Week 4/5 Info Lit Assignment (May 10-May 21)

MSP is really throwing us out of our game, isn't it? Thanks to all of you who are taking on special projects and/or doing the usual tasks as silently as possible. I've talked with most of you about the info lit project for these two weeks, but here it is too:

Create a Jing screencast to teach a particular skill on the computer. It might be how to do something on the catalog, how to save to your folder, how to access a database, whatever.

You should plan your screencast and practice clicking and talking before you record it. When you have created your screencast and are happy with it, save it to your folder. We will view them at our next SLA meeting and provide feedback.

My goal for you is to have a finished product by the end of the year that future students may use to learn the skill.

Have fun and good luck!

Q4 - Week 3 Info Lit Assignment (May 3-7)

Sorry about the SLA meeting confusion. Friday had too much going on; this week is crazy too. We will have our meeting, but I don't yet know when it will be.

Tasks for the week:
1. Don't forget about your BibMe reading log. Each annotation should include a brief summary, supported opinion, recommendation. By the end of the quarter, you should have reviewed at least four books.
2. Perform spot check #2 on someone else's section. Choose a section from the red binder (not someone who works the same period as you). Read their section for order. Fix any problems. Rate the section for order, neatness, cleanliness. Do another section if you have time.
3. Read your own sections if you have any more time.