Emailing Mr. Eddy

When you email Mr. Eddy:

• If it is an assignment, your subject line should be like this: class period (spelled out)/last name, first name/assignment name. Here is an example: Period Two/Presley, Elvis/Rock & Roll Essay
• Do your best to use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation in a good letter format
• Use an appropriate tone; don't be too casual

If you do not do the above, assignments might be counted as late. If your email has poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation—or a tone that is too casual—I might resend it to you and ask you to correct and resend it.

Real Beauty... Something to Think About

I need a new blog template!

Alright students...

I'm having a few issues with the current template on An Argument Without End. I'd love to hear from you what template I should use.

Look at the other teachers' sites and look around online. Tell me which ones you like and why.

Thanks!

Welcome Back!

Please hold your excitement.

Sleight of Hand! (Last Friday's Fun Video...)

Some Samples for You to Use on Your Song Project

Drive Folder with Garageband mp3s

They are of varying lengths and quality. Please include at least one in your song project. Of course you may edit the sample to make it better fit your song.

Remember, please: your song is due this Friday.

Garageband Song Project

Students!

You've been asking for it! Here it is...!

The song project:

• must be three minutes long
• must include sound recorded through the macbook microphone
• must include a sound imported from iTunes
• must include at least one loop
• must have at least five tracks
• must write a paper explaining each track selection

Due December 14th

First Set of Tasks for Garageband

• How do you record sound on Garageband? 
• How do you split an audio track so that you can manipulate them separately? 
• How do you join two split tracks into one? 
• How do you change the volume of just one track (not the whole song)? 
• How do you pan a track? (Panning will put the sound to the left or right) 
• How do you adjust pitch, duration, and alignment of notes? 
• How do you double or triple a loop? 

I don't need you to write a paper on these. I only want you to know how to do these. You will be quizzed on them in the future (probably a very small quiz tomorrow and a more extensive one next week.) You may take notes on these tasks and use your notes on any quizzes.

You will be using many of these tasks in your upcoming Garageband projects.

You will find this page useful:  WikiHow page on Garageband but don't be afraid to use other resources including your classmates.

Here is another good page on editing.

Bonus Video!

Happy Turkey Day!

Link for Technology Video: 'The Story of Send'

The Story of Send!

Change in Tutoring Schedule - This Week Only!

Students, This week tutoring will be held on Monday from 2:45 to 3:30 and on Friday from 2:30 to 3:30. There will be no tutoring in my classroom on Wednesday.

Keynote Presentation Assignment

As a reminder, here are the requirements for the seventh grade presentations

• presentations are done individually, not in groups
• topics are related to class topics (or topics from other classes) and approved by Mr. Eddy
• minimum of ten slides
• must use transitions and builds (not necessary on every slide)
• must be academic/professional in style
• spoken presentation must last between two and five minutes
• due on October 1st, with possibility of extra credit if ready to present on September 28th

Here is the slideshow we watched on avoiding bad presentation:

Death by PowerPoint from Alexei Kapterev

Jeans Day Tomorrow!

WOOOOO-HOOOO!

Technology Quiz

Piper Plagiarism Incident

Here are the questions you need to answer. Here is the article.

What happened at Piper?

Why did the original punishment get changed?

Why were teachers and some parents upset about the change?

Do you think the punishment should have been changed? Why or why not?

What do you think should have been done with the students who plagiarized?

Do you think the students had enough warning before it happened about what plagiarism is and the consequences?

In-Class Plagiarism Work Due

In case you forgot, dear technology students, please remember to send me your completed worksheet/charts on the plagiarism-connected articles that you discussed in your groups the past few days.

Tutoring is Cancelled This Week

I'm sorry for the late notice, but I need to cancel tutoring this week as I am ill. I may have a second tutoring day next week to make up.

Thank you.

Pages Honor Assignment Due this Wednesday

The Honor assignment started last week is due this Wednesday. If you are able to print it out, please do so.

Remember, here are the criteria:

You must use Pages to create a flyer or poster (using any template at all!) to represent honor.

You must have:

• one quote (or more)
• one picture (or more)
• characteristics of honor
• your approved person of honor

Be creative!

You will present your finished product in class starting on Thursday.

What We've Been Doing In Technology

In our technology class, we are now examining search and research skills. Students have learned a little bit about how Google works, and how that knowledge can help us make better searches. We've learned a little about keywords, queries, whether capitalization matters, keyword order matters, and so forth.

Students have also learned criteria to help decide on the reliability of a website. Students even looked at a few websites and judged whether they were reliable or not using those criteria. Our favorite website used and investigated had to be this one on saving the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.