tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670316369896586312024-02-07T17:19:55.076-08:00The Weisz Teacher's BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-30546001300889010172015-09-29T10:10:00.002-07:002015-09-29T10:12:45.473-07:00Fall 2015 at Tok School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Students are quickly settling in to the pace of the new school year at Tok School and are hard at work. The 6th and 7th grade have new Chromebooks, everyone has new classes, and sports season is beginning.<br />
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This year the 6th grade technology class has been busy learning many different apps and web tools. They have also spent the first 15 minutes of class all year learning to keyboard. <br />
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Our top keyboarder currently is Chase typing a rapid 45 words per minute, but most of the class is on his heels, regularly hitting the 30 words per minute mark and speeding up every day! <br />
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6th graders have learned to use various apps such as Keynote, iMovie, Pages, Comic Life, Blogger and many others. All of the 6th graders have their own class blogs (see the right side of this blog for links to student blogs). 6th graders have also read several books this year in which they were able to incorporate Minecraft and collaboratively build worlds based on their reading comprehension. These have included Jack London's <i>To Build a Fire</i>, <i>The Giver </i>by Lois Lowry, and <i>Bridge to Terabithia</i> by Katherine Paterson.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-8279503134459082852015-04-03T18:59:00.002-07:002015-04-07T12:10:09.190-07:008th Grade - Bigger or Better<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 8th grade English, students have begun reading the book <i>One Red Paperclip</i>, a memoir by Kyle MacDonald. The book details Kyle's journey of trades that began with one red paperclip and ended a year later with a house. The fact that Kyle ended up with a house is not really the point of the book. Although it's significant, what he also learned was that along the way he met many good and interesting people, that if he remained open to new ideas good things happened, and that he had a lot of fun along the way.<br />
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The most important thing he realized was that these things would not happen <i><b>to</b></i> him - he needed to <b><i>make</i></b> them happen by taking positive steps.
So in the spirit of open-mindedness, meeting new and friendly people, having fun, and by the way acquiring something cool, the 8th graders are undertaking a version of Bigger or Better. See the links below for each student's update on their trades and their reflections.
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<b><u>Leeanna's Trades</u></b><br />
<a href="http://supercalifragilisticespyalidocious.blogspot.com/2015/04/my-paperclip.html" target="_blank">1st Trade</a><br />
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<b><u>Madalynn's Trades</u></b><br />
<a href="http://madalynntokschool.blogspot.com/2015/04/my-paperclip.html" target="_blank">1st Trade</a><br />
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<b><u>Shelby's Trades</u></b><br />
<a href="http://www.shelbytokschool.blogspot.com/2015/04/my-paperclip.html" target="_blank">1st Trade</a><br />
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<b><u>Trevor's Trades</u></b><br />
<a href="http://trevortokschool.blogspot.com/2015/04/my-paper-clip.html" target="_blank">1st Trade</a><br />
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<b><u>Trinity's Trades</u></b><br />
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<b><u>Kyleigh's Trades</u></b><br />
<a href="http://kyleightokschool.blogspot.com/2015/04/bigger-and-better.html" target="_blank">1st Trade</a><br />
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<b><u>Jesse's Trades</u></b><br />
<a href="http://jessetokschool.blogspot.com/2015/04/my-paper-clip.html" target="_blank">1st Trade</a><br />
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<b><u>Ms. Weisz's Trades</u></b><br />
<a href="http://weiszbiggerbetter.wikispaces.com/1st+Trade" target="_blank">1st Trade</a><br />
<a href="http://weiszbiggerbetter.wikispaces.com/2nd+Trade" target="_blank">2nd Trade</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-4358651593289074762014-01-08T15:46:00.003-08:002014-01-08T15:47:39.894-08:00Spring Semester is Here! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_l9f3RJRsbDQ7O5jj-hIN-Z3gePpxs_LvkhRDt4K703Fdy1CMKxmEAj-6x4jL8MFcZgEqRKQN18bX0K4pqqt7vwiD8nHJY5G7x4GlWAcRgFoYTr5o4flpO4V6hAYw_oGUlbBfUkff08/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-01-08+at+2.45.11+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_l9f3RJRsbDQ7O5jj-hIN-Z3gePpxs_LvkhRDt4K703Fdy1CMKxmEAj-6x4jL8MFcZgEqRKQN18bX0K4pqqt7vwiD8nHJY5G7x4GlWAcRgFoYTr5o4flpO4V6hAYw_oGUlbBfUkff08/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-01-08+at+2.45.11+PM.png" height="400" width="342" /></a>Spring semester for 2014 has begun! Please remember to take care of your iPads - DO NOT be careless with them or remove them from their protective leather cases. DO NOT swing them around or hit things with them! If you shatter one, they will not be replaced!!<br />
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IF you are a new student or a 6th grader, be sure to get your email permission form turned in! Also make sure you and your family review the One-to-One materials that have been sent home, and sign all the paperwork for the school so you can get your iPads. <br />
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This is some information about <a href="http://www.allaboutwildlife.com/rainforest-monkeys-of-africa-and-asia" target="_blank">monkeys</a>.
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Last year the school began offering a technology skills class just for the middle school students - this was new, and was pretty successful. Some of those students, now in high school, as well as older high school students, expressed interest in being able to do more with technology, but last year we didn't have much in the way of tech offerings at all.<br />
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That has all changed this year - the middle school tech course is still offered, and in the high school, students can also take <b>Logo Programming</b>, <b>Entrepreneurial Technology</b>, and <b>Digital Publishing</b> - all tech intensive courses. Also, students looking for credit recovery can still take those through online A+ courses, but we've expanded those offerings as well in a class called <b>Online Academy</b>. Students taking recovery credits through A+, as well as students taking other online courses for credit during that period. Students can get one-on-one help from the teacher, as well as help contacting their online teachers. Students set up a course completion schedule at the beginning of the year, to ensure they stay on track of meeting their goals to complete their course. This has opened up lots of different course and learning options for Tok's high school students. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-35537515606248378902012-08-19T16:03:00.000-07:002012-08-19T16:03:10.855-07:00Welcome to the 2012-2013 School Year!Hi students and families! Welcome to a new school year at Tok! There are lots of changes in the building and our courses this year that I think everyone will really like. <br />
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As you know we have a new principal, Mr. Roslansky. We also have a new (as a teacher) but familiar face teaching 8th-12th grade social studies, Mr. Brown, so thank goodness another year of entertaining morning announcements! A big change in the middle school is a new middle school English and Social Studies teacher, Ms. Kromer, who I know everyone will really like. Now you may be wondering what I am doing since Ms. Kromer is teaching middle school English and Social Studies...<br />
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Well most of you who know me know that I really like to use technology in my courses, so I'm excited to be the official technology teacher this year! Along with middle school technology again, I'm also teaching some new courses that I'm pretty happy about and that I hope my students will enjoy as well. <br />
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I'll be teaching an online entrepreneurship course where students will learn how to work in different capacities online that include working for someone else, or even running their own business. In today's world it's possible to do lots of interesting kinds of work but still live just about anywhere by working from your computer.<br />
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Another course I'm excited about teaching is our new Logo Programming class. Lots of you who have taken courses from me have worked in a program called Scratch where you've learned a little bit about programming using Logo. This course will be using a cool program called MicroWorlds in which students can really get into learning more about Logo and writing all kinds of programs and interactives.<br />
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Another new course will be Digital Publishing. In this course, students will be publishing the school's online newspaper (which will be written by Mr. Curtiss' Journalism class) and the school yearbook. The class will also focus on different forms of online publishing such as web page design, blogging, and other publishing platforms.<br />
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And finally, we still offer a period in the day when students take credit recovery classes online. During that period this year we are also making space for students who may be taking other online courses through other programs such as correspondence study. I'll be helping all of those students to look at their coursework and plan their year by setting goals, helping with tech problems, and helping them keep in contact with their online instructors. In the future, most students will probably take some form of online coursework, so this is a great opportunity to learn about how to manage your time and be successful when taking an online course.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-10178193475299710602012-04-30T15:37:00.003-07:002012-04-30T15:37:39.927-07:00New Course Platform<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the rest of the school year, I will be introducing some, maybe all of my classes to Edmodo. Edmodo is an online learning platform. It's just another way for students to get assignments, instead of the usual way, which is to go to one of our class wikis. I'm not getting rid of the class wikis just yet - they may still serve a purpose.<br />
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For students in my classes using Edmodo, <a href="http://www.edmodo.com/">please click here for the link to the Edmodo site.</a> It seems to work great on the iPads!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-44701009736029406332012-03-30T12:07:00.000-07:002012-03-30T12:07:08.320-07:00Spring is Here!Warmer weather, melting snow, sunny days - spring is finally coming to our part of Alaska! We have just finished 3rd quarter and have 2 months to go before summer is here for students! This past quarter, students have made a lot of accomplishments in technology. Check out some of the kids' blogs to see examples of special effects like lip-syncing and green screen, and cool art documentaries. <br />
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Middle school students have also been learning about propaganda in visual media. Trying to discern what part of the truth they are seeing in advertisements and videos can be tough, but the kids know that above all, they shouldn't be GULLIBLE and believe everything they see and hear. The students learned about some propaganda techniques and even made their own videos that utilize some of those techniques. Check them out on the blogs!<br />
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As you may have noticed, it's getting colder and colder outside. Please remember that your iPads don't like the cold any more than you do, and if they are cold for too long, it will hurt them - badly! Make sure you are keeping your iPad in the neoprene carrying cases when you have to carry them outside. And whatever you do, DON'T leave them in a vehicle that is not running - EVER! They get cold very fast. So remember to show your iPad some love this winter - keep it warm!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-7722408848008811042011-08-22T23:04:00.000-07:002011-08-22T23:06:27.696-07:00New Year, New iPads!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr7G7hwijOnB0JN8n2u459COXGz9vhnZLpl6zOMuhtiissnmqzHhpUjEeHP54ed-xE3woTsWmj12x9Bv9jKmxSY1C6hd0zGX-9T0t78g9YcOz1CEAHwtbSPShE185Z7DnJN6W-wU2S8k/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-08-22+at+10.10.31+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKr7G7hwijOnB0JN8n2u459COXGz9vhnZLpl6zOMuhtiissnmqzHhpUjEeHP54ed-xE3woTsWmj12x9Bv9jKmxSY1C6hd0zGX-9T0t78g9YcOz1CEAHwtbSPShE185Z7DnJN6W-wU2S8k/s320/Screen+shot+2011-08-22+at+10.10.31+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Welcome back! This year promises to be an interesting one as we take our One to One program to a new level. Instead of each middle school student having laptops, this year they all get brand new iPad's! As an added bonus, the high school students will now all have their own laptops! The extra good news is that this year, the iPads can be taken home. The high school will still keep laptops at school. <br />
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Middle school students with iPads will notice fewer textbooks this year. There will be no textbooks for 6th and 7th grade English, Social Studies, or Math, as we have all the materials you will need on the iPad or online! <br />
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During the first week of school the iPads will stay at school, but as soon as we are able to review the new One to One plan and contract with parents, they can go home! <br />
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The other new change is that the middle school students will all be taking a new technology course. During this new course, we will explore the iPads further as learning tools, learn more web tools and most importantly - digital citizenship! <br />
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Students will get more information about the iPads during the first days of our technology class - stay tuned!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-26521712298800112172011-03-11T10:39:00.000-08:002011-03-11T13:42:23.247-08:00Helpful VideosStudents - I have a new page on the right hand side of this blog under Ms. Weisz's Class Wikis called <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Video Tutorials</span> that will contain lots of short tutorial videos that you can access any time you may need help. I'll be adding more of them all the time - some of them I'll make and some I'll add that someone else made. Check it out once in awhile and maybe you can find something on there to help you!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-17818450801250577472011-03-05T08:15:00.000-08:002011-03-05T08:24:06.596-08:00Spring is Coming!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsjmHPZXDMDME3aFdjhQj-Xxxsqxb8raCuD1oInCunGuBtrETtaWKuZjZ6ZB5We-nQ5scm8cQoxk-nHLFAB1OOn77P4Op0wSKb_cKk6kIih_h6aRjNfEObViti3gKc3tqpJmLMt8UQ8g/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-05+at+7.30.40+AM.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsjmHPZXDMDME3aFdjhQj-Xxxsqxb8raCuD1oInCunGuBtrETtaWKuZjZ6ZB5We-nQ5scm8cQoxk-nHLFAB1OOn77P4Op0wSKb_cKk6kIih_h6aRjNfEObViti3gKc3tqpJmLMt8UQ8g/s200/Screen+shot+2011-03-05+at+7.30.40+AM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580632127687175186" border="0" /></a><br />Tok School middle school students have been working hard through the third quarter and are probably very ready for spring break. We are beginning to get back into more "fun" projects now in class - more work with video and definitely MORE BLOGGING! Start checking out student blogs to see what they have been up to.<br /><br />REMINDER - all middle school students should be coming to class with a set of ear buds! I have issued every student a pair of ear buds at least once this year (some more). I know many would prefer to use their own and that is just fine - I only ask that you remember to bring them! Much of the work we do involves some form of noise emitting from your laptops.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-88244601145723727212010-09-23T17:05:00.000-07:002010-09-26T23:22:52.205-07:00SCRATCH!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwKcUQfJpPas2j0muT7fdEBpVGq-zS_iBojckR9tdpneMlTMyy1M_vLi5wBaCvp6JplsWEXGM006X3LZmyyEqJju1Rd3nZP9b27RkRIIiXglO3xlWHMI80-rwp05QJA0eS9C5EdGvFYo/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-26+at+10.25.07+PM.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 91px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwKcUQfJpPas2j0muT7fdEBpVGq-zS_iBojckR9tdpneMlTMyy1M_vLi5wBaCvp6JplsWEXGM006X3LZmyyEqJju1Rd3nZP9b27RkRIIiXglO3xlWHMI80-rwp05QJA0eS9C5EdGvFYo/s320/Screen+shot+2010-09-26+at+10.25.07+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521474370449744514" border="0" /></a><br />Tok middle school students are learning a new language that not everyone is familiar with - it's called Logo, and it's a programming language that is used to write all sorts of computer programs. They are learning this language by using a program called Scratch.<br /><br />Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy for students to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share their creations on the web.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_T3nP6ApiQskYWyfbbrBj8zoI73OkyDHK1V40ejtl_AFfTVxQCB-WG0iIjdkn42EuPY45la_4zxBkXqnBtV-CA9mnKEcsqi6088jj4O3M6-TGjuKE-gto_M4F0_yCOgllVmsem8HfkA/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-26+at+10.25.14+PM.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_T3nP6ApiQskYWyfbbrBj8zoI73OkyDHK1V40ejtl_AFfTVxQCB-WG0iIjdkn42EuPY45la_4zxBkXqnBtV-CA9mnKEcsqi6088jj4O3M6-TGjuKE-gto_M4F0_yCOgllVmsem8HfkA/s320/Screen+shot+2010-09-26+at+10.25.14+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521474457639618082" border="0" /></a><br />Students downloaded the Scratch program from the MIT website to their laptops at school. They are learning how to put the programming "bricks" together and will eventually learn to make these cool projects. Last year's 8th graders made great interactive games to go with their geography projects. You can find them on some of this year's 9th grade blogs on the right of this page.<br /><br />As students create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. Students problem solve together to learn more about programming!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-84400023044534461822010-08-19T11:19:00.000-07:002010-08-19T11:32:13.709-07:00Welcome back - Fall 2010!Hi everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic summer and got outside a little, had a good time with friends and family, and did something new.<br /><br />I had a great summer that included all of the above. I was on the Tanana River a lot with my family, I took some trips with friends, and I did something new - I went to France with some students from Tok School!<br /><br />I'm excited to see everyone again this year, and to meet our new 6th graders. Of course we are ready to roll out your 1:1 laptops first thing this year.<br /><br />Because of funding, there have been some changes to our 1:1 program. Each of you will still have your own laptop, but they will not go home. For students who do not have computers at home, we are working on a program so that we can get some laptops into people's homes. If your family already has a computer at home with internet access, you will still have no problem accessing your work from school when you are at home - even though it's on a different computer! Even if it's not a Mac! However, when you are at school, you will not share your computer with other students - you will be the only user on your assigned laptop.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">School Supplies:</span><br />In middle school our requirements are few - here they are;<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">paper and writing utensils</span> - we cannot provide these, and you cannot expect your friend or seatmate to provide these for you all year!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">ear buds</span> - buy a few cheap pairs from the store, or just use the ones you have with your ipod - whatever. You will need them in class.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Optional</span> - a <span style="font-weight: bold;">jump drive </span>(also known as a thumb drive, jump drive, gig stick, or geek stick). 1G is plenty for your needs. A 1 gig stick is around $8 to $10. They are a quick way to transport pictures or other work that you want to transfer to other computers if you have not put those things on the web.<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, August 24th!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-81453475340210536982010-05-19T16:08:00.000-07:002010-05-19T16:09:39.027-07:00The New Middle School Success Night PageCLICK <a href="http://tokmiddleschool.wikispaces.com">HERE TO SEE THE NEW PAGE </a>CONTAINING ALL THE PROJECTS THE STUDENTS SUBMITTED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SUCCESS NIGHT!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-69948798413106838742010-05-07T12:23:00.000-07:002010-05-07T12:30:02.971-07:00Coming up - Success Night - May 19th!Middle school students - be aware that Tok School Success Night is coming up on Wednesday, May 19th. The middle school students will be having some presentations of your work that we will show for parents who want to see some of your work.<br /><br />6th Grade - we will be showing your Shaker Scrapblogs!<br /><br />7th Grade - we will be showing your Webspiration Civil War timelines!<br /><br />8th Grade - we will be showing your Scratch interactives!<br /><br />Scratch is a Logo programming language that is set in a visual medium. 8th Graders have been learning how to use Scratch to write their own video games and interactives for their World Geography class projects - exciting stuff!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYU9aW0S1IyfSrBAmqt6qpvTuO-xJuNyCEhtPyzlG_ohsi81hzV4hiMXKavwUYQ17DQjs-I0X3fSynxg-zzNWp4sBykcZDNb8ClWlHxTRYHG37atYQKOuxLC2B2VbJ3K7n7t7H8bH0m2c/s1600/IMG_2321.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYU9aW0S1IyfSrBAmqt6qpvTuO-xJuNyCEhtPyzlG_ohsi81hzV4hiMXKavwUYQ17DQjs-I0X3fSynxg-zzNWp4sBykcZDNb8ClWlHxTRYHG37atYQKOuxLC2B2VbJ3K7n7t7H8bH0m2c/s320/IMG_2321.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468611834774254002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKtKys0GjsxSz1DOuM_udFauwL2tRchc2Z7vxo6Q2R2ykziyqcV9sCXFAnM3DGIimiGF_Rqqt2zSIKkQi9wv3X5fdRTV2j8fDEjLm3jd3I9kI3puKr1XU8N2ty0Pld-4Ozcvrmk3ioA0/s1600/IMG_2322.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKtKys0GjsxSz1DOuM_udFauwL2tRchc2Z7vxo6Q2R2ykziyqcV9sCXFAnM3DGIimiGF_Rqqt2zSIKkQi9wv3X5fdRTV2j8fDEjLm3jd3I9kI3puKr1XU8N2ty0Pld-4Ozcvrmk3ioA0/s320/IMG_2322.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468612038223692690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvANyt5Vbs-6d-5W_CdsKmVGbKn-EkFDrLY-IJ9wAr13LvffLym81WZTnmrg7HotwogqTWLwa7Dq8O1h9Kq9d2-A4QOP7bs7kRSrtyN9TaVLwn8ZO2c2H_SsSshygMbBIYj710v0bT74/s1600/IMG_2323.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvANyt5Vbs-6d-5W_CdsKmVGbKn-EkFDrLY-IJ9wAr13LvffLym81WZTnmrg7HotwogqTWLwa7Dq8O1h9Kq9d2-A4QOP7bs7kRSrtyN9TaVLwn8ZO2c2H_SsSshygMbBIYj710v0bT74/s320/IMG_2323.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468612213421784482" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-63890391970005945382010-05-06T22:40:00.001-07:002010-05-06T22:40:45.651-07:003rd Quarter Party<iframe src="http://docs.google.com/present/embed?id=dddgfct3_73gm9sdgzt&size=m" frameborder="0" width="555" height="451"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-54039823816078588462010-01-03T14:08:00.000-08:002010-01-03T14:22:14.741-08:00NEW START for 2010!Welcome back everyone! I hope everyone had a relaxing break and is refreshed and ready to learn for 2010! I'd like to take this opportunity to remind all of my students of several things:<br /><br />1. Everyone is starting semester 2 with an A! Isn't that great? You can keep it or you can lose it - that part is entirely up to you!<br /><br />2. Late work - Ms. Weisz was fairly nice about late work last semester, but ultimately it was pushed too far. Too many students waited too long to turn in assignments. This semester I'm sticking with my original policy so here it is; Assignments are due at the beginning of class. If your assignment is turned in later than that - be it one minute or one week - I will deduct 20% off your grade. Assignments may be turned in up to 7 days past the original due date for 20% off. I will NOT NOT NOT accept any assignments that are later than 7 days past the due date. Period. End of Story.<br /><br />3. Incomplete work - Do not turn in assignments that have questions unanswered, and do not write "I don't know" or "IDK" as a response to questions. I will not score these assignments. I will hand them back to you and ask you to complete them, and then you will receive a late grade when it is turned in again. I usually give A LOT of time in class for you to complete assignments and get help from me if you need it. If you do take an assignment home and happen to be struggling with a particular question, you can email me, call me, contact me on Google chat, or come see me FIRST THING in the morning so that I can help you or at least know that you were having some trouble and I won't dock you on late points.<br /><br />4. I am more than confident that each and every one of my students knows how to get through our class sites to find assignments, the calendar, their email, PowerSchool, and anything else they may need to take responsibility for their learning at school. I expect you all to make good use of these great tools you have to do exactly that.<br /><br />Here's to a great new year and a great second semester!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-36466320022855978412009-11-06T15:38:00.001-08:002009-11-06T17:15:48.924-08:00Junior High 1st Quarter PartyJunior high school students with no F's, decent attendance, and no disciplinary actions for 1st quarter were treated to a sledding party on Friday afternoon, November 6th. There was enough snow to make sleds slide, nice weather, and a warm fire. Everyone had a good time sledding, roasting marshmallows, drinking hot chocolate, and cozying up to the campfire!<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyQOC9PmhTkafVoE0ztGUME20ZIKKGYdTXhbv3qhcreVwWpbFg4IwGhKJNnz216O_quADbnYBdjQfXtsPeD6A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-44076389022110887312009-10-29T10:53:00.000-07:002009-10-29T11:32:38.740-07:00Tok Junior High Student CouncilOn Wednesday, October 28, all of the junior high students of Tok School gathered in the library during assembly period to discuss some ideas for a junior high student council. Up until now, junior high classes have elected class representatives to sit on the student council, but were not allowed to run for offices as those were reserved for high school students. Junior high students have felt that they have not had much of a voice in the affairs of student council.<br /><br />So after some good class discussions and discussions with the whole group of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, it was decided that each class would nominate some of their existing officers to serve on a new Tok Junior High Student Council.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLdELSBQEYEDe1UW0EMhM-szRXY6ytBtcX2pKu9TGMGuEBHA6b-WJdUDb-ruIkNz3W3r9zzMM3guc4ePmSlPg5qioymqLQjrkeXnvnJ_cnaSHjpqQsjP-4L7PzOsKKtzdvilwuM8igiA/s1600-h/IMG_1596.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLdELSBQEYEDe1UW0EMhM-szRXY6ytBtcX2pKu9TGMGuEBHA6b-WJdUDb-ruIkNz3W3r9zzMM3guc4ePmSlPg5qioymqLQjrkeXnvnJ_cnaSHjpqQsjP-4L7PzOsKKtzdvilwuM8igiA/s400/IMG_1596.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398083871513706226" border="0" /></a><br />The new members gathered together and agreed to elect their own officers for our start up "board". The <span style="font-weight: bold;">new officers</span> are as follows:<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">President</span> - Molly Bears, 7th grade<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Vice President</span> - Chloe Helmer, 7th grade<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Secretary</span> - Noelle Helmer, 8th grade<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Treasurer</span> - Cole Johnson, 8th grade<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Representative to high school student council </span>- Thomas Ervin, 8th grade<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Board of Directors (voting members of the council)</span>:<br />Taylor Harbison, 7th grade<br />Rachel McQuillin, 7th grade<br />David Simmons, 6th grade<br />Collin Carlson, 6th grade<br /><br />The junior high student council will have monthly meetings, and will discuss new ideas for junior high students like activity nights, formal dances, and other fun things.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-15286125598624985442009-10-12T17:49:00.000-07:002009-10-12T18:04:19.943-07:00These students are actually learning about the geography of Canada!It may be a little noisy, but these 8th graders are playing Jeopardy while they are learning about the geography of Canada.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwX5-5Mv7c1eAXMkTzqe77iGBQcyvRViup6CaE0Y01OHil1ryAvuCm_Ce33nCC3BPXNm--oilhq23lMBHl5rQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767031636989658631.post-43497423214308666582009-10-10T16:52:00.001-07:002009-10-10T17:03:57.461-07:00Interesting Stuff on Student Blogs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8Y9-SAeQlqazZypZUvYvm3pyi4LpgwdMWJriklnRY_VhSjSiehc8YyEXIUjTEqSxFHULQ9KvT3OvsHivl7UwgjVZIdD12P6Iam4fxjxZ5Eodq-mnV0AMY8esUcTrMGc9QRNQ3y7_i10/s1600-h/IMG_1466.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8Y9-SAeQlqazZypZUvYvm3pyi4LpgwdMWJriklnRY_VhSjSiehc8YyEXIUjTEqSxFHULQ9KvT3OvsHivl7UwgjVZIdD12P6Iam4fxjxZ5Eodq-mnV0AMY8esUcTrMGc9QRNQ3y7_i10/s320/IMG_1466.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391124167931973458" border="0" /></a><br />In case you have not checked out the blogs of the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders on the right of this page, as well as the blogs of the French students - you should! There are continually new and updated projects like slideshows, movies, Vokis, maps and all kinds of interesting stuff on there!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNaexrS2eT3CQgUApJHr6WbpahX__QgVkc9x9sX3M35xNbW9EfvjI65j9Ky5Gc45TC0WrdQkL9ZdCsy4mfZA2slUudNby9oiSzjrDpCVgSB1WltEv7oZiDzmFBop9YxceelU-Ox2AaC0/s1600-h/IMG_1467.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNaexrS2eT3CQgUApJHr6WbpahX__QgVkc9x9sX3M35xNbW9EfvjI65j9Ky5Gc45TC0WrdQkL9ZdCsy4mfZA2slUudNby9oiSzjrDpCVgSB1WltEv7oZiDzmFBop9YxceelU-Ox2AaC0/s320/IMG_1467.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391124336417193266" border="0" /></a><br />The 8th graders are finishing up some pretty interesting projects in World Geography about regions of the United States. They have interactive maps, Vokis, movies, and narrated slideshows. The 8th graders are in the process of putting them on their blogs, so be sure to look them over. Leave comments or questions!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPH90Cp6tMqx7-0eLiyKw9movvldLUNPGczPAzA9_ZqLPq9JtDa0W0fJ2X4VRnWxqvurkMHSEjbK_RA4xsuc65wSCTwOY6STq4YUIsBWQPkr_x0dFprI7pftEeYYfM6-jHXv6zP0R5IdQ/s1600-h/IMG_1468.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPH90Cp6tMqx7-0eLiyKw9movvldLUNPGczPAzA9_ZqLPq9JtDa0W0fJ2X4VRnWxqvurkMHSEjbK_RA4xsuc65wSCTwOY6STq4YUIsBWQPkr_x0dFprI7pftEeYYfM6-jHXv6zP0R5IdQ/s320/IMG_1468.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391124567294272482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68S_3XHfqLGr4WQ5HKc92uUwsLVEUZcWiLE20_qKnjDt7DhsoqPtHbvu-xNo0swYcEZxMM2sJ-W7i8xrV07V6GkhxZpKBwLtr9jCIC2RBQiwiMQL1Cu5WNVhgJHhqdXK-941cEA-DhUI/s1600-h/IMG_1469.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68S_3XHfqLGr4WQ5HKc92uUwsLVEUZcWiLE20_qKnjDt7DhsoqPtHbvu-xNo0swYcEZxMM2sJ-W7i8xrV07V6GkhxZpKBwLtr9jCIC2RBQiwiMQL1Cu5WNVhgJHhqdXK-941cEA-DhUI/s320/IMG_1469.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391124835517036978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yhlr60PtYVVaGuNPKL65r63fvALidL0XJPaxR2ICc_oHdR324X_wnCgabBpAfu2XAferstojksPg6vjqYCSpa-XxTmg7xjgW3Lqm5XMekEbjiWLuOBDN3aBdlV5gO1P6E97B-RG6EO0/s1600-h/IMG_1471.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yhlr60PtYVVaGuNPKL65r63fvALidL0XJPaxR2ICc_oHdR324X_wnCgabBpAfu2XAferstojksPg6vjqYCSpa-XxTmg7xjgW3Lqm5XMekEbjiWLuOBDN3aBdlV5gO1P6E97B-RG6EO0/s320/IMG_1471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391125185696667730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisX1CT5pzPDlQzJr-qFZSF9Xp81frWg3xXkgYdflhvfprRhdDAPUgT6JTXur9lIwkvMzIL4ladvly_1WzYbYB9H4TgB6KKwg4qPM8el6hGl6Pw7uMIcRPbIF3ioUPdjUEa8YKrsPhMoo/s1600-h/IMG_1472.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisX1CT5pzPDlQzJr-qFZSF9Xp81frWg3xXkgYdflhvfprRhdDAPUgT6JTXur9lIwkvMzIL4ladvly_1WzYbYB9H4TgB6KKwg4qPM8el6hGl6Pw7uMIcRPbIF3ioUPdjUEa8YKrsPhMoo/s320/IMG_1472.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391125430369861570" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0