How Do You Learn Best? (Week 1: Executive Functions Survey)

Now that you have investigated your Learning Styles, discovered a little about your Left/Right Brain Dominance, and completed a Typing Test, it is time to look at your Executive Functions.

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS: The Executive Functions are a set of processes that all have to do with managing oneself and one's resources in order to achieve a goal. It is an umbrella term for the neurologically-based skills involving mental control and self-regulation. Watch The Video (Click Here)

Executive Functions Survey (Click Here)

Once you have completed the survey, please enter your scores on the same worksheet you started yesterday.  Eventually this worksheet will be digitized, and become a piece of Career Education & Work Evidence in your Google Drive.  You should try to retake these Self-Assessment Survey's at least once per year.  In addition to completing this for class, do not forget to show your results to your parents.  Share what you are learning in our class at home!

- MR. S

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How Do You Learn Best (Week 1: Learning Style / L-R Brain / Typing Test)

Today you will learn about HOW YOU LEARN BEST! Please follow the directions below to complete a series of survey's that will give you some insight on your Learning Styles, your Left/Right Brain Dominance, and a Typing Test. You may choose to watch the videos associated with each survey (with headphones only), or just complete the surveys themselves. Please fill out the form in class, and complete the ONLINE SURVEY at the end. Make sure to complete both for credit. See you tomorrow!

- Mr. S

1. LEARNING STYLES: Many people recognize that each person prefers different learning styles and techniques. Learning styles group common ways that people learn. Everyone has a mix of learning styles. Some people may find that they have a dominant style of learning, with far less use of the other styles. Others may find that they use different styles in different circumstances. There is no right mix. Nor are your styles fixed. You can develop ability in less dominant styles, as well as further develop styles that you already use well.
Please watch the Video (Click Here) and take the Inventory below.  Record you answers on the form and then enter them in the ONLINE SURVEY for credit.

Learning Style Inventory

2. LEFT/RIGHT BRAIN DOMINANCE: According to the theory of left-brain or right-brain dominance, each side of the brain controls different types of thinking. Additionally, people are said to prefer one type of thinking over the other. For example, a person who is "left-brained" is often said to be more logical, analytical, and objective. Watch the video below and take the survey. Record your answers on the paper and then enter them on the ONLINE SURVEY for credit  Watch the Video Here (Click) or  Explanation Video (Click Here)

Please take the following surveys that will help you to identify your learning style and whether you are left or right brain dominant:

Left/Right Brain Dominance Survey

3. TYPING TEST: When you are finished take the typing test (1 minute, any topic you like, and record your Words Per Minute):

http://www.typingtest.com/

When complete, you must also click the Student Survey Form Below and enter your results. Begin working on improving your typing skills right away!

Google Doc Self-Assessment Survey Results Worksheet

PUT YOUR SCORES IN THE ONLINE SURVEY

Tomorrow, After You Have Completed 

The Executive Functions Survey 

(Click Here To Start)

OBJECTIVE & STUDENT OUTCOMES

  Students will be able to identify their individual Learning Style, Left or Right Brain Dominance, Executive Functions, and be tested on their basic typing skills.  Students will complete the Self-Assessments for each activity and record scores on the EXIT TICKET.  Students will also transfer those scores to the online Google Form to add them to the school spreadsheet for credit.  When complete, students will use spare time to improve individual typing skills.

STUDENTS MUST READ ALL DIRECTIONS ON THIS WEBSITE PRIOR TO STARTING ANY ASSIGNED TASKS.  PLEASE FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS AS GIVEN FOR FULL CREDIT!

Students will enter the class quietly and quickly.  Students will be given specific directions and examples of why the information may be valuable to know about Learning Styles, L/R Brain Dominance, Executive Functions, and Typing Speed.  Students will complete all assessments and be able to accurately record scores.  Students will use time wisely and spend any additional time in class, or at home, finishing projects currently due.

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Welcome / Class Rules 18-19 Semester I

ALL:

If you are reading this you are among the few students in history that WILL Be Prepared to succeed in future college or career paths. This reference site was created to allow students to have 24-hour access to my Computer Skills & Applications Curriculum! Every assignment, link, project, or important thought about my class has been carefully stored here since 2012! You will find daily instructions, lesson plans, and links to help you succeed both in my class, and in life. Feel free to use this reference anytime, and to contact me immediately if a something is unclear, or a link does not work!

My Class Rules and Syllabus will be posted below. Welcome to class, and I look forward to working with all of you!

- Mr. S

352 Technology Lab Class Rules, Class Syllabus

(Use the link above to review ALL Class Rules and Requirements with your Parents)

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PA Career Education & Work Curriculum 17-18

As of January 1st, 2018 every student in Pennsylvania is now required to complete evidence of work in each of the four areas of the PA CEW Standards.  A comprehensive program was created in January to get students at CCS-515 to complete, and document their progress.  Here is the checklist each student should use to find assignments, and note completion:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KzX562c1_XXGs-RQ-faGf8KhtDA4q6WvoqIcc-ZzleE/edit?usp=sharing

Every assignment is listed, with a link to the documents.  Students should create a folder, in their Google Drive, named (Last Name) CEW Evidence 515 and place all completed (scanned) work there for review.  ALL FOLDERS, and CONTENTS should be shared with Mr. Scribner (hscribner@ccs.us), their Homeroom Teacher, and their Counselor for verification.

Good Luck!

Mr. S

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D-Day (WWII) Enrichment Assignment 17-18

"You are about to embark on the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you… I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle." – Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Today I would like everyone to take a minute to think about the courage, sacrifice, and importance of the D-Day Invasion.  This is the 74th Anniversary of this historic event that changed the continent of Europe profoundly!  Please watch the video below in class, read some of the articles related to the event, and if you have time, try to challenge your friend to the Ultimate History Quiz on the History Channel website.  I hope you can understand what kids, most just a few years older than you at the time, helped to do when they were thrust into battle so many years ago!  Thank you in advance for your time and effort with this learning experience.  Please share this with your families!

Please complete the CCS-515 D-Day Worksheet for additional credit in my class this marking period.

"156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of France’s Normandy coast, where they met stiff resistance from well-entrenched Germans in concrete bunkers placed at strategic points along the coast and beaches with mines and other anti-tank obstacles as well as wooden stakes, barbed wire, and metal tripods to impede landing craft and the movement of troops once ashore.

Within three months, however, the northern part of France would be freed by more than 2 million Allied troops and the invasion force would be preparing to enter Germany, where they would meet up with Soviet forces moving in from the east."

- By Andrew Atkins, The Columbus Dispatch (Posted Today Online)
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180606/remembering-d-day-74-years-later

The Ultimate History Quiz features thousands of questions about American and global history trivia. Play now to challenge your friends, and see how you stack up to the competition.  Use the link below to play on your own, online, or with up to 10 friends using the links found there!

THE ULTIMATE HISTORY QUIZ on the History Channel (CLICK HERE)

Another Great Resource For Teachers:  DOCSTEACH LESSON PLAN

WWII Veterans you could talk to about their service: Yielding to the inalterable process of aging, the men and women who fought and won the great conflict are now in their late 80s and 90s. They are dying quickly—according to US Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, 558,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II are alive in 2017. - https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/wwii-veteran-statistics
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

D-DAY on the History Channel

Army.Mil D-Day Webpage

National D-Day Memorial Website

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CSA Final Exam S2 17-18

Today everyone will complete the following FINAL EXAM for Computer Skills & Applications Class (Semester II 17-18: SCRIBNER) Please follow the directions below to complete your exam. When you are finished, there is a link below to take the Course Survey! Both the Final Exam and the Course Survey are GRADED EVENTS!

(Your ANSWERS on the Course Survey are not graded, but you are receiving a grade simply for completing it!)

1. Log Into Google Drive and Click NEW to CREATE a NEW DOCUMENT
2. Name the Document: "17-18 CSA Final (Your Last Name) S1 P(?) "
3. SHARE the Document with Mr. S for credit at hscribner@ccs.us

Copy and Paste the questions below into a GOOGLE DOCUMENT and SHARE THEM WITH ME FOR CREDIT (hscribner@ccs.us) when you have completed them.

Answer The Following Questions (Each question should be explained with a paragraph answer, 3-4 sentences, with proper structure.) Please use the R.A.C.E. structure to answer each question. R-Restate the Questions, A-Answer the Question, C-Cite your Evidence/Examples, E-Explain your Evidence/Examples:

Question 1: Describe how technology has changed the world you live in (compare it to the world your parents and grandparents grew up in):

Question 2: Explain how the technology tools you have been taught this year will help you in High School.

Question 3: Describe a time when you could pass on your knowledge in the coming year. Who would you teach? What skills or tools would you show someone else? Why?

Question 4: Explain how you will protect yourself online for the rest of your life. List at least three (3) ways to improve your Internet Safety and Security Level.

Question 5: Choose three (3) of the tools below from the Tool List and answer the following questions for each:

a. Describe the tool and the project you completed with it?
b. What projects could you complete with it?
c. How could you use this tool outside of school (home or business uses)?

Tool List: Google Documents, Google Spreadsheets, Google Slides, Windows Movie Maker, PIXLR.com, Online Surveys, Google Drive, Code.Org, Gamestar Mechanic, Soundation, Voki, Khan Academy, Strikingly.com, Draw.io, FBI.SOS.GOV, NSTeens.Org, Google Classroom, Digital Animation, Online Research, Schoology, or you may choose one (1) online tool you know about that we did not cover this marking period.  See the example below for an idea of what I am looking for:

FINAL QUESTION EXAMPLE ANSWER (Do Not Use As One Of Your Answers!)

Q5 Digital Tool:  GMAIL/EMAIL

a. Email is used in place of sending letters to people. It is electronic mail that can be transmitted electronically. Senders can write a letter in different formats and then by addressing it to as many people as required, send each recipient the same message. Recipients can send replies, and emails can be forwarded. Everything happens in fractions of a second. The sender can also attach files such as documents, pictures and hyperlinks along with the email. We have used email all year to communicate, turn in work, and to receive classroom instructions.

b. We can collaborate on numerous projects with it.  We can also communicate with others.

c.  Everyone should use email to transmit messages, and keep an archive of communications with different people.  This is a good way to make sure people get information quickly and completely.

WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED THE FINAL EXAM AND SHARED IT WITH MR. S FOR CREDIT, PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO FILL OUT THIS BRIEF SURVEY:

END OF MARKING PERIOD COURSE QUALITY SURVEY

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PMB Step 10: Final Presentations MP4 S2 17-18

Today you will turn your Personal Monthly Budget into a Google Slides Presentation.

You must open Google Drive and CREATE a new Presentation. Label your new presentation "PMB (Your Last Name) S2 17-18".

All Items in your Personal Monthly Budget must be presented. See the following list of Items to Add to your Presentation:

Introduction Slide
College and Major
You New City and Job
How you traveled to Your New City
Show a Map of Places You Found (Print PDF To JPEG)
Stores you shopped At 

Your Dream Car
Utilities and Insurance
Grocery and Food (Specifically Your Family Dinner)
What is there to do for fun in your new city?
Wrap Up!

You must have a picture on every slide. 

Do not write full sentences, only use the presentation to remind you of what to talk about next.

Make sure you pick a theme and background. 

You must SHARE this project with me at hscribner@ccs.us for credit prior to Friday, June 8th at 4pm for credit!

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