April 22nd - 25th

Your mid-semester intermediate report cards are complete and will be distributed at the end of the week! You should be proud of your efforts, and if there are any outstanding assignments, you are to complete them to demonstrate your learning.

Apples & Androids (Monday, April 22/Wednesday April 24)
You will be working on your eportfolios today! We will be using http://sd8learns.sd8.bc.ca as our platform. It is secure within our Provincial boundaries. Please review what eportfolios and conferencing are about here.

Follow these steps to get your eport started:

1. Check your EMAIL for a message from MSSSePortfolios/sd8learns
2. Click on the link to get to the SD8Learns website for confirmation
3. Your eportfolio will be a plain website. You can play with THEMES.
4. Click here and make sure you have the right PRIVACY settings on your eport
5. Add your Digital Story video link if you have it (using the NEW POST + youtube widget)

Apples: (Thursday, April 25th)

• SD8VLC --> team debriefs: citizenship, communication (add contacts, whisper)
• Shelters: Take a Screenshot of the before (paste into paint) and save as "shelter.png"
• Work on shelter to make it solid, straight, good design!
• Leave not for your teammates for what you did, and what you'd like to see done! (Google Doc)
• Reflection!

Androids--> Wildcats TV introduction:

• Overview of Project, with Rubric (handout) 
• See examples of segments
• Come up with segment ideas and timeframe (on your own or in teams)
• Come up with roles for Production Week

 The remainder of the time will be spent finishing your Digital Stories:

• Save your powerpoints as jpg slides
• Open your email, and COMPOSE a message to mtsentlmc@gmail.com
• Attach your jpg slides and hit SEND
• Get an iPad, and open the GMAIL--> find your email/slides and tap to download
• Go to iMovie app, and start a NEW PROJECT, add your jpg slides from camera roll
• Narrate your story (hit RECORD button)--> don't worry, you can practice and redo (find a quiet place, with permission, in the Library, multipurpose room, counselling centre)
• We will upload next class

Bruce: you will need a library laptop with Windows Movie Maker on it--> get a usb mic from my office file cabinet and record your story. Save and send to mtsentlmc@gmail.com (after you PUBLISH as a movie file!)

Have a great class, and I will see you next day!