Thursday, February 14, 2013

Thursdsay, Feb. 14

Middle School:


French:
Work on vocabulary for body - write down singular and plural forms of the words.

Web Creations
Work on HTML project -- complete all requried work.

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
Topic 4 - Investing - Diversitification

Digital Media Communications:
Complete and upload Tables 1 and Tables 2 assignments.  Demonstration of image maps with the "ice cream" example.   Complete and upload the project.

Introduction to Business:
I, Pencil and follow up discussion on Introduction to Economics.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Wednesday, Feb. 13

Middle School:


French:
Work on parts of the body - new vocabulary

Web Creations
No class today

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
No class today

Digital Media Communications:
More instruction on using tables, work on Tables 1 and Tables 2 assignment.

Introduction to Business:
No class today.

Tuesday, Feb. 12

Middle School:


French:
Mardi Gras party!

Web Creations
Begin work on your individual HTML project

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
Finish spreadsheet to track data on stock prices, share w/ Mrs. Sanchez.  Read and respond to email (starter email), 30 minute PIT tournament.

Digital Media Communications:
No class today

Introduction to Business:
Read and respond to starter email (vocabulary definitions).  Finish video and take notes on Introduction to Economics (see mrssanchez.com for a link if you missed class).  Send three questions from the video to Mrs. Sanchez in a separate email (you compose this email asking three questions that you have after you watched the video).  Watch a short shark tank episode (season 4 e pisode 14 - baby bibs.).

Monday, February 11, 2013

Monday, Feb. 11

Middle School:


French:
Complete our mardi gras masks, make our mardi gras floats.

Web Creations
No class today

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
Check grades, set up folder for tracking stock prices on Sky Drive, set up paper folder to file class work.

Digital Media Communications:
Switch groups w./ Mr. Shuptrine.  introduction to Tables.

Introduction to Business:
Creative Destruction - respond to email.  Answer questions and start on a brief video about an Introduction to Economics.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Thursday, Feb. 7

Middle School:


French:
Sign up for Mardi Gras party - look at King Cakes and mardi gras decorations.  Decorate classroom.

Web Creations
No class today

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
Intro to stocks - stock portfolio, calculating a portfolio's value.

Digital Media Communications:
Hand out printed grade sheets.  Remind students of methods for turning in work.  Use Dreamweaver to create cascading style sheets and edit tags.

Introduction to Business:
Discussion -- planned, mixed, or free economy.  What is an economy?  Use terms produce, goods, services, resources.  Free markets -- what is a free market?  Start short video on free markeets.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Wednesday, Feb. 6

Middle School:


French:
Learn more about Mardi Gras - history and traditions.  Start planning mardi gras party for Tuesday.

Web Creations
Complete partner project about "Our Favorite Foods."  Complete checklist self-review.

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
No class

Digital Media Communications:
Intro to CSS -- creating a cascading style sheet document.  Check grades online, students have time to work on missing assignments.

Introduction to Business:
No class

Tuesday, February 5

Middle School:

French:
Quiz - listening and matching (rading) for descriptions (height, hair, eyes).  Watch more of DVD on Louisiana as we prepare for Mardi Gras.

Web Creations
No class today - A day

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
warm up - health club article (email warm up asking leading ?s
Discussion
Complete Catch Me If You Can
Research Frank Abagnale and his business

Digital Media Communications:
NO class today - block day

Introduction to Business:
Article - health club
Disc - fitness centers in JX
Entrepreneurship and pitching a business - truck bed camper on Shark Tank

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Monday, February 4

Middle School:

French:
Review for quiz - practice with multiple choice and matching (get copies from make up bin), matching game at tables w/ group

Web Creations
Work with a partner to create a "favorites" web site -- see white board in computer lab for detailed requirements


High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
Read adn respond to Mrs. Sanchez's email.  Complete "memo 1" and "memo 2" in packet, Disc. of Financial Fraud, Catch Me If YOu Can

Digital Media Communications:
Work and complete Javascript assignment.  Reply to Mrs. Sanchez's email when your project is ready to grade.

Introduction to Business:
SuperBowl Ads - which were effective?  Which were our favorites?  What is the goal of advertising?

Friday, Feb. 1

Middle School:


French: no class -
no class - NAEP testing

Web Creations
no class - NAEP testing

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
Catch Me If You Can -- respond to Mrs. Sanchez's email about social engineering and financial fraud

Digital Media Communications:
See Mrs. Sanchez's email - work on JavaScript projects

Introduction to Business:
Read Mrs. Sanchez's email - respond to "Loud and Proud" email,

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Wednesday, January 30

Middle School:


French:
Practice with descriptions -- describing ourselves and others. 

Web Creations
No class today

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
No class today

Digital Media Communications:
Create a graphic in Fireworks and turn into an image map.  Upload and send Mrs. Sanchez a link in email for grading.  Get a copy of the assignment from Mrs. Sanchez.

Introduction to Business:
No class today.

Tuesday, January 29

Middle School:


French:
Correct quizzes, introduction to descriptions (grande, petite, les yeux, les cheveux)

Web Creations
Create a multi-page web site, practice with linking from page to page, setting colors.

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
See mrssanchez.com, Bizworld Day 2

Digital Media Communications:
No class today (block)

Introduction to Business:
Introduction to business -- thinking like a business person.  goods and services, needs and wants.

Monday, January 28

Middle School:


French: 
Work on greetings - take quiz

Web Creations
No class today

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
See mrssanchez.com, Day 1 (pre-test on finance and investing), discussion questions.

Digital Media Communications:
Upload and test the ice cream page (created y in class).  Upload the Tables 1 and Tables 2 projects from last week.  See Mrs. Sanchez for detailed handouts.

Introduction to Business:
What is business?  Create  a drawing that illustrates "business".

Friday, January 25, 2013

Welcome to Semester 2

Middle School:


French:
Practice with greetings - get ready for quiz on Monday.

Web Creations
Learn about hexadecimal color codes -- use standard codes and "mix" our own."

High School:

Inquiry: Finance and Investing:
PIT game - bulls, bears, cornering the market

Digital Media Communications:
Work on Tables #1 and Tables #2 assignment

Introduction to Business:
Watch some entrepreneurs make a "pitch" on Shark Tank, play PIT