Schoology Accounts / Heritage Email Response

Thank You for being mature, young-adults while I am away from class.   Please enter the room quietly, and read ALL THE DIRECTIONS listed below.  Get right to work, and follow all the rules, as outlined in the syllabus.  I truly appreciate that I can be out of town (family wedding), and know that you are all doing the right thing, acting with PRIDE, and being respectful of my room, and the people around you!

Sincerely,

Mr. S

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TODAY:

EVERYONE MUST JOIN SCHOOLOGY, and add Mr. Scribner's Computer Skills & Applications Course.  We will use this to have online commenting/conversations about different topics!  Please feel free to suggest a topic that has some impact on the material we are working on, or something you think would be helpful for everyone to see/read and discuss!

SCHOOLOGY SIGN UP STEP-BY-STEP:

Step 1:  Go to SCHOOLOGY.com

Step 2:  Click on "Sign Up"

Step 3:  Click on "Student" from the drop-down list.

Step 4:  Enter the following Course Code:  HX95R-7NDRZ

Step 5:  Enter First Name, Last Name, CCS Email Address, a PASSWORD you can remember, and enter the PASSWORD again in the Confirm Password Box, your Birthday, and click the BOX to agree with Terms and Policies.

Step 6:  Review the Course Updates so far, and comment on the ones that have questions.  Make sure you remember you passwords.  We will be using this as a way to discuss issues, articles, and videos online, and sharing responses.  You can also send email responses if you do not want to share them publicly.

Heritage GMAIL/SCHOOLOGY RESPONSES:

All students will complete an GMail to Mr. Scribner (hscribner@ccs.us) about "Heritage" (See Below).  You may also use SCHOOLOGY to complete the project.

Once complete, you can use your class time to complete the FAMILY TREE & PERSONAL TIMELINE Project on DRAW.IO. If you complete that, show your completed project online and your hand drawn version to the teacher covering the class. If they agree it is complete, you may then work on CODE.Org, Typing.com (Tutorial Only), or something for another class / homework! You may quietly listen to music while you work, but you must not listen to anything inappropriate, or sit and watch videos / play games.

"HERITAGE"

Please read the following article "What Is Heritage" below and write a Constructed Response GMail (4-5 Sentences) about why learning about your own family heritage should be important to you. Please include a brief description of where your family is from, and how you could spend time in search of your ancestors (What sources could you use to help find out about your Heritage?)

Heritage is the full range of our inherited traditions, monuments, objects, and culture. Most important, it is the range of contemporary activities, meanings, and behaviors that we draw from them. Heritage includes, but is much more than preserving, excavating, displaying, or restoring a collection of old things. It is both tangible and intangible, in the sense that ideas and memories--of songs, recipes, language, dances, and many other elements of who we are and how we identify ourselves--are as important as historical buildings and archaeological sites.

Heritage is, or should be, the subject of active public reflection, debate, and discussion. What is worth saving? What can we, or should we, forget? What memories can we enjoy, regret, or learn from? Who owns "The Past" and who is entitled to speak for past generations? Active public discussion about material and intangible heritage--of individuals, groups, communities, and nations--is a valuable facet of public life in our multicultural world.

Heritage is a contemporary activity with far-reaching effects. It can be an element of far-sighted urban and regional planning. It can be the platform for political recognition, a medium for intercultural dialogue, a means of ethical reflection, and the potential basis for local economic development. It is simultaneously local and particular, global and shared.

Heritage is an essential part of the present we live in--and of the future we will build.

Article taken from the following website: WHAT IS HERITAGE ARTICLE (CLICK HERE)

"HERITAGE" EMAIL To Mr. S:

Please open your GMail Account.  Click "COMPOSE".  Enter Mr. Scribner's Email in the "To:" space.  Write "Heritage" in the Subject Line.  In the BODY of the Email please write at least 3 sentences about what the term "Heritage" means to you.  Reflect on the information in the article above, and reference the article at least once in your Email.  When you have completed the Email, click SEND for credit.