September 29

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be discussing Latitude and Longitude and then completing a packet to practice our understanding of the concept.  This should be a fairly easy concept to understand so we will be spending some time on it and then moving on after the break.  Oh yea....we have next week off!  I hope you are all ready for a little breather, but come back ready to work!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the attributes of latitude and longitude through note taking and collaborative practices
2. Locate and identify locations via their geographic coordinates by completing a longitude/latitude practice w/s

Agenda:

1. History Today
2. Discuss: Latitude and Longitude
3. Practice: Latitude and Longitude

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you are all doing well and I hope that you all have a wonderful, restful, and hopefully fun break!  I look forward to seeing you all again when we return.  Take care everyone!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

9-29-16 PPT

Weekly Announcments

September 27

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today is the last day in class that we will be working on the Virtual Campus Tour Project.  You will be completing your data transfer and spending the bulk of the day creating your Virtual Campus Map.  Remember that if you are going for the second or third levels of Extra Credit you may take some extra days to work on it, BUT it is a good idea to turn in your base level assignment to Google Classroom just in case something happens and you cannot complete the Extra Credit.  Remember that if you turn it in late (without the extra credit) the assignment will suffer a grade penalty.  I look forward to seeing what you all create!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Collect data about school features to create a virtual campus tour map
2. Transfer data from paper into a digital map of the campus with live hyperlinks and photos
3. Format a Google Slides presentation to design a published campus tour book

Agenda:

1. History Today
2. Day #4: Publishing
1. Make this look good!
2. Submit to Google Classroom
3. Extra Credit opportunity

Homework:

1. Submit to Google Classroom

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen.  Hope you have a great evening and hopefully you got a lot done in class so there isn't too much you need to do to finish and turn in!  Take care all of you beautiful people!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

9-27-16 PPT

September 26

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today we will continue working on our Virtual Campus Tour projects.  You will have time to continue walking the campus if you need it, but otherwise you should start putting the digital map together today.  This is an important assignment to showcase your digital literacy skills and develop your map making/reading skills.  If you have any questions make sure you ask!  I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Last week before break! :)  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Collect data about school features to create a virtual campus tour map
2. Transfer data from paper into a digital map of the campus with live hyperlinks and photos
3. Format a Google Slides presentation to design a published campus tour book

Agenda:

1. Collect Data (Be back 10 Minutes before the end of class)
2. Data Transfer: Virtual Campus Tour
1. Virtual Campus Tour Directions
2. VCT Rubric (Review so you know expectations!)
3. VCT Template 
1. File --> Make a Copy
2. Use as the base to create your Virtual Campus Map
3. HTC

Homework:

1. Finish Data Collection if you have not

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  Hope you are all doing well.  We are now in the 2nd six-week grading period of the first semester.  Keep up the good job!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

9-26-16 PPT

September 22

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be finishing our History of Map Making reading and then beginning to map our beautiful campus.  This Virtual Campus Tour that you will be completing does a great job of familiarizing you with the campus and continues to build our digital literacy skills!  I hope that everyone is doing well and feel good about the end of the first grading period!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Read and digitally annotate a reading about the history of map making
2. Collect data about school features to create a virtual campus tour map

Agenda:

1. History Today
2. Finish Reading: A History of Map Making
3. Data Collection: Virtual Campus Tour Directions
1. VCT Rubric (Review so you know expectations!)
2. VCT Template 
1. File --> Make a Copy
2. Use as the base to create your Virtual Campus Map
3. Time to work on Monday and Tuesday

Homework:

1. NONE

That's all for today ladies and gentlemen!  I hope that you are all doing well and I look forward to seeing you all again soon.  Have a good weekend!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

9-22-16 PPT

Weekly Announcement

September 20

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

Today in class we will be starting our new unit on Mapping!  I love mapping and there are a few interesting and cool assignments we will be doing.  I hope that you are all doing well and enjoying the first six weeks of high school!  Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Read and digitally annotate a reading about the history of map making
2. Preview the criteria for a project through discussion and questioning
3. Practice Google Apps functionality that will be used for the Virtual Campus Tour project

Agenda:

1. History Today
2. Reading: A History of Map Making
3. Start: Virtual Campus Tour
1. Instructions/Directions
2. Technology Tutorial

Homework:

1. NONE
2. Tutorial is OPEN TODAY (Tuesday) not tomorrow (Wednesday)

 That's all for today ladies and gentlemen.  I hope that you are doing well and learning lots of new stuff!  I can't wait to see you all again!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

9-20-16 PPT