MS TECH - Steve Jobs Assignment

http://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc

Today’s Assignment

Respond to the video “Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford.” What is your initial reaction to his speech? What were his main points? Do you agree with what he said? Why or Why not? Do you think that it is relevant to your life? Why or Why not? 

You will have about 45 minutes to write your response.  Your response should be well written and most importantly should be well thought out.  There are not any right or wrong answers for this assignment; however, you will be graded on the quality of your writing and depth of your response.

Your response should be at least a half page.  It should be 12 point font, Times New Roman or Arial. 

MS TECH: Magazine Project

You are creating a magazine cover in Microsoft Publisher. This should be a fake travel magazine cover about your culture. Remember that culture is traditions, religions/beliefs, rituals etc. You will need to use the internet to research your culture.


Your magazine cover must have:


1. Title/Logo
2. At least 2 pictures (one must be a flag)
3. 2 Resources (ie: coal, horses, cotton)
4. Government Type
5. Music (ie: folk music)
6. Good design (ie: follow the design principals we talked about in class)


For #’s 3-5 you should at least have one written sentence identifying the resource, government or type of music. You can have pictures that accompany the text; however, a picture is not enough.

Example:

House Design Project

You are going to draw a house using Paint.

1)The drawing is to be done in a landscape layout.
2) It must contain a house with a roof, chimney, door (with knob and window), and two windows with split panes. The picture must also have a tree, cloud, bush, and sun. You may add any other features if you choose.
3) The drawing is to be in black and white only (a coloring sheet).

Use your imagination and be creative!!!

The Giver Cast & Crew List

Read-through: THIS Wednesday 6-7:30. Rehearsals will start immediately following the read through.

See me immediately (for script/info/rehearsal schedule) if you can't come to the read through! Everyone (including all tech crew members) needs to come to the read through. Unless, I missed something it appears that there aren't any conflicts at that time.

Father - Zack
Mother - Cornelia
Lily - Ashley
Jonas - Stephen
Asher - Natalie
Fiona - Claire
Chief Elder - Shannan
Giver - Carly
Rosemary - Caitlyn
Announcer/townsperson - David

Tech Crew

Stage Manager - Cassie
Lights - Chad
Sound - William
Costumes/Props/Run crew - Mikhalya, Sarah, Danielle, JP

**Some Tech Crew members MAY be asked to serve as non-speaking townspeople for the ceremony scene.

MS TECH Powerpoint Project

You will be creating a PowerPoint presentation about internet safety and cyberbulling for 4^th/5^th grade students.

1.  You must have at least 5 slides

2.  The first slide will be your title slide

3.  You will need at least one slide explaining cyberbullying.

4.  You will need to have a slide about the dangers of the internet (It is not private etc)

5.  You need to have at least one slide talking about the dangers of social networking (Facebook)

6.  You will need to have a slide telling them what to do if they are a victim of cyberbullying

7.  Your presentation must be age appropriate

8.   You should include some animation

9.   You should include clipart

10.You should have a consistent background

11. You will be giving your presentation to the entire class.

12. You need to print off your best slide to turn into me.

How will you be graded?

1.  Is your project complete? (5 slides, meets requirements)

2.  Creativity

3.  Accuracy of info on slides

4.  This will be a 100 point project. This is equivalent to a test grade so you need to do your best work.

-        I plan on this project taking at least a couple of class periods. Depending on how hard you are working we will increase or decrease the amount of class time working on the project.

MS Tech - Cyberbullying

Video Clips:

Basic Internet Safety:

http://www.nsteens.org/Videos/Mike-Tosis

Cyberbullying:

http://www.nsteens.org/Videos/Cyberbullying

Quiz:

http://www.channelone.com/news/cyberbullies/

Activity (Profile Panic):

http://www.nsteens.org/Games/StopThatPost