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Big changes in the Mac Lab

The new MacPro server is set up and ready to go and each new iMac is lit up and rolling. Still a couple install bugs I have to sort out: like naming each computer(minor error at startup as Leopard assigns its own name).
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Portfolio 10: Now Focus on Me

Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to:
  1. Explore thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences
  2. Comprehend literature and other texts in oral, print, visual, and multimedia forms, and respond personally, critically, and creatively.
  3. Manage ideas and information
    • determine inquiry or research requirements
    • follow a plan of inquiry
  4. Create oral, print, visual, and multimedia texts, and enhance the clarity and artistry of communication
  5. Respect, support, and collaborate with others
Specific Outcome
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Novel Study Preflight Checklist

Hamlet: Before Act 1 and 2(English 30)

How do isolation and loneliness affect how we perceive ourselves? Is Horatio a nihilist? A Christian existentialist? Something else? Does he reveal his "imperatives"?
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Get your critical thinking started:

"I noticed __________ it made me __________." "I found __________ and __________ and decided __________." "Here's the problem as I see it: __________." "Here's the solution: __________." "I changed how I see __________ to __________." " __________ is/n't similar/different to __________ because __________." "Here's an outline of __________." "That means __________ is related to __________." "Clearly, this evidence supports __________." "Describe __________." "Interview __________ about __________." "Demonstrate the use of __________." "Explain __________ in your own words." "How is __________
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Bloggiest start to the bloggiest year ever.

What a funny word, "bloggiest". Should I say it is a "most bloggy" start to the year? Does correct English matter in a blog? All students I teach have begun a blog, of sorts. For the most part, I've insisted the content of the blog must be school or course related, the myriad responses to Macbeth fit this category.
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Anti-Bullying Song Research Assignment

Blog an online research about a song that relates to Heather's workshop(s) about:
  • Bullying
  • Domestic Violence
  • Peace
  • Getting Along
Requirements:
  1. Lyrics, portions cut'pasted with hyperlink to source.
  2. 250-words:
  • What is going on in the song?
  • What is the message the artist is trying to send?
  • How do you feel about this message?
  • How does it focus on the workshop topics?
3. Composer, performer, dates, album art, awards. 4.
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