Archive for October, 2008

Warm-up Thursday 10/30/08

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

7th Grade

Objective:  Scholars will finish their election webpage.

Warm-up: What is one thing you learned in this class and how will it help you as you continue on to high school and college?

8th Grade

Objective: Scholars will finish their election webpage.

Warm-up: Get your code from your email and begin working immediately on your project. There is no typing. 

So far I have uploaded  Stevon’s page and you can get to it by clicking on the link to the right that says 8th grade election webpages.

Warm-up Wednesday 10/29/08

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

6th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table layout.

Warm-up: What is one thing you learned from this class and how will it help you as you continue on to high school and college?

7th Grade

Objective: Scholars will begin work on their election 2008 webpage.

Warm-up: Do you think kids should be allowed to vote? Why or why not?

8th Grade

Objective: Scholars will work on the HTML for their election 2008 webpage.

Warm-up: Assess where you are at with the project. Do you have more work to do on your packet? Are you working on the HTML? What else do you have to do to finish?

Warm-up Tuesday 10/28/08

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

6th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table layout.

Warm-up: How do you put a background picture on your webpage?

7th Grade

Objective: Scholars will begin work on their election 2008 webpage.

Warm-up: How do you put a background picture on your webpage?

8th Grade

Objective: Scholars will work on their election 2008 webpage.

Warm-up: If you could vote, which presidential candidate would you vote for and why?

Sample Code for Election Webpage Project

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Click here for the sample code for the election webpage project

Warm-up Thursday 10/23/08

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

6th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to write the three basic tags of HTML

Warm-up: Why is it important to avoid reacting to everything we hear?

7th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to add a picture background to their webpage.

Warm-up: Go to practicewriter.com. Do not write anything in the document. Open up a new tab and type until Mr. P gives further instructions.

8th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table layout in HTML.

Warm-up: Open up three tabs in Firefox. In one tab, go to this website: http://www.w3schools.com/htmL/ . In another tab, go to practicewriter.com . In the third tab, get on a typing website and then type until Mr. P gives further instructions.

Warm-up Wednesday 10/22/08

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

6th and 7th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to write the three basic tags of HTML

Warm-up: If you had your own website, what would it be about and why? Why would people want to come visit your website?

8th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table layout in HTML.

Warm-up: Load up your webpage from yesterday. After you go to the webpage, open up a new tab or a new window and type until Mr. P gives further instructions. If you get a message that says Invalid Query, then copy this code below into a blank practicewriter document and save it:

<html>
<head></head>
<body bgcolor=”#333333″>
<center><table width=”800″ border=”0″ cellspacing=”5″ cellpadding=”5″>
<tr><td width=”800″ colspan=”2″ bgcolor=”#cccccc”>
<font face=”Arial” size=”10″ color=”#ccff00″>
Mr. Paoletta</font><br><br><br></

td>
</tr>
<td width=”250″ bgcolor=”#000000″ valign=”top”>
<font face=”Arial” size=”4″ color=”#FFFFFF”>Hello</font>
</td>
<td width=”550″ bgcolor=”#ffffff”>
<font face=”Arial” size=”4″ color=”#333333″>Hello</font>
<center>
<a href=”http://yahoo.com“>
<img src=”http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/9285/56252/t/321900-The-Land-Cruiser-salted-from-top-to-tail-0.jpg” width=”300″></center></a>

<br><br><br><br>
</td></tr></table>

</body></html>

Warm-up Tuesday 10/21/08

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

6th and 7th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a multimedia slideshow.

Warm-up: Open up Open Office Impress and create a 5 slide slideshow. Do not put ANYTHING on the slides. No background, no pictures, no words - all five slides should be blank.After you finish, minimize Impress and type until Mr. P gives further instructions.

8th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table layout in HTML.

Warm-up: Load up your webpage from yesterday. After you go to the webpage, open up a new tab or a new window and type until Mr. P gives further instructions.

Warm-up Monday 10/20/08

Monday, October 20th, 2008

6th and 7th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to  create a multimedia slideshow.

Warm-up: Open up Open Office Impress and create a 3 slide slideshow. Put a background on each slide. After you finish, minimize Impress and type until Mr. P gives further instructions.

8th Grade

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a table layout in HTML.

Warm-up: Go to practicewriter.com and copy and paste the code below into your practice writer page:

<html><head><title>My page</title></head>

<body bgcolor=”#ff7700″>

<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

</body></html>

Then click save. Now open up a new firefox window and type until Mr. P gives further instruction.

Warm-up Friday 10/17/08

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Objective: Scholars will be able to use the formatting features of PowerPoint.

Question: Who is/was J Dilla?

Warm-up Wednesday 10/15/08

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Objective: Scholars will be able to create a basic slideshow.

Question:Who was Patrice Lumumba?