Well, as you all have probably heard, our district is implementing a new remote learning plan to take us through the rest of the school year. There are a lot parts to the plan. You can take a look at it on the district’s website at www.dearbornschools.org.
Please click on the following link and listen to the message from Mrs. Alcodray:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Kdr-ECZgQcXDqFbPfsBaKkCIkFDws6/view
Fordson takes the district plan and makes it specific to our needs. It includes the schedule of meetings and how you will be graded.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m8oMXrfnvdBUATgX-yOp-0_lp7XgWnzPNJkoOC5Adk4/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y6k_sm9iSuJyihyih67cjVDN-t-LrMqLA6XFl2J-xi0/edit?usp=sharing
Method of Communication
My method of communication will be through the blog, email, and Remind. Please make sure that you are keeping up with them and respond within 24 hours.
Questions
I know you will have questions. Please read the link about the Fordson plan and the schedule. We will meet for Google Hangouts on Wednesdays from 1:00-1:40. You MUST participate in these Google Hangouts as one of the two assignments you will get for the week. (The second is the work required and assigned for the week as well). Some of the assignments will have multiple parts to them, some will only have one. You must submit your assignments/completed tasks by midnight Sunday of each week. Your grades will be updated by the following Friday.
To access the Google Hangouts for each week, you must do the following:
- In a web browser, enter https://meet.google.com.
- Click Join or start a meeting.
- Enter the name “Ferris CompApps.”
- Student Etiquette Tips (how you should conduct yourself in the Google Hangout:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iX37v3QiH_Mo1zQgcGa4DX3X6HEb2Y6quiUqXzZU3O8/edit?usp=sharing
Your assignment for the week is as follows (the assignments are due by midnight Sunday, April 26).
NOTE: Make sure you read these directions. They are different than what we have been doing with the journal entries in the past:
- You are going to start a new Google doc for the journal entries beginning this week. (All of the entries that we have done the past month will be stored on your Google drive, but you’re going to start fresh with this one).
- You are going to call the Google doc “Last Name First Name ID Journal Entries for the Week of April 20”.
- The first thing you are going to type the date as the heading (NOT the header). 20 April 2020.
- Press enter once.
- You will begin your journal entry. Begin paragraphs with a tab, and then a capital letter. Use complete sentences, and proper punctuation.
- CHECK YOUR SPELLING AND PROOFREAD YOUR WORK!!
- Put your name and ID number in the footer.
- When you get to the end of your entry, press enter once, and then click on Insert Page Break.
- Your new page will be the entry for the next day (21 April 2020).
You will do this for each journal entry. By midnight Sunday, you will be submitting a 5 page document (each page is a journal entry for the week). You will be graded on all of these numbered items.
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Directions will follow and we will discuss this more in the Hangout on Wednesday.
I’m not piling on the work. This is a learning experience for all of us and it’s going to take a minute for us to get adjusted to the new schedule. Things will change a little next week and the assignments will be a little bit different.
I would like to get more feedback from you all, but that will take place on Wednesday.
Email me if you have questions.
For your planning purposes:
I will respond during office hours Mondays and Fridays (between 11-2; you will need to be patient. I will get to them during that time, but may not be the instant you send the email). If necessary, we can have individual video chats to discuss if the email is not sufficient.
| Day of the Week | Class Period | Time | Mode of Delivery |
| Monday | —- | 11:00 -2:00 | Office Hours (email, Remind, phone call) |
| Tuesday | 1st 2nd | 1:00 – 1:40 2:00 – 2:40 | Google Hangout |
| Wednesday | 3rd 4th | 1:00 – 1:40 2:00 – 2:40 | Google Hangout |
| Thursday | 5th 6th | 1:00 – 1:40 2:00 – 2:40 | Google Hangout |
| Friday | —- | 11:00 – 2:00 | Office Hours (email, Remind, phone call) |
