4th hour class – 2:00-2:40 pm

Come by if you have questions/comments/concerns or want more information about our distance learning experience.

Google Hangouts will start tomorrow, check the schedule on the right hand side for details ———————————->

You should already be added to the group if you need help getting there or need help with google hangouts please let me know, drop a comment here or email me.

The weekly assignements are listed on the right side under “WEEK ONE” share them to me on Google Docs or email them to me, same as always.

I will be moving our assignments to Google Classroom and will start to appear there next week. I will send you an enrollment code for my google classroom, until then we are on the blog and hangouts only. Thank you for your patience.

I will email the weekly assignments (already up on the “WEEK 1” page of this blog) and our class will start to meet using GOOGLE HANGOUTS as per the districts instructions for distance learning. There is a new page of this blog up on the right-hand-side entitled “Google Hangouts Schedule,” use this schedule to find class meeting times. A schedule will also be emailed to you weekly. This week we are still figuring stuff out technology-wise but it has started. We are responsible for meeting and completing work. Please email me if you have any questions. Feel free to pop in and out during the scheduled HANGOUTS meeting time. I also will offer an office hours hangout on friday at the same time to address comments and concerns. Thank you.

The last three weeks all assignments will be changed to extra credit. All students have had ample opportunity to get there work, or Chromebook from the school. EVERYTHING STARTS TODAY! EVERYTHING COUNTS! Every week I will make a page of assignments, to be completed at your leisure. Average of 15-30minutes of work a day. If you look on the right side of the blog homepage you can see that this week I have put the assignments up. If anyone needs to make up missing assignments please email me. All work is due each Friday at midnight by email, or share the documents with me to Google Drive. Students who have not yet responded have been added to the list of people getting their homes called, THIS IS NOT A VACATION! Email about blog assignment will come later today. iLearn being set up, the district has told us we all will move to iLearn and being using our blogs for updates. Until my enrollment codes are functioning for you all, everything will appear on my blog, or be sent to your email. THANK YOU!

I have graded the new submissions and you can see them in the gradebook. I have decided to convert to Google Classroom which has been suggested to me. I have compiled a list of students who have not responded to emails or have not communicated with me at all since the shutdown. The office will get in touch with these students. For the rest of you who are going online and contributing to our distance learning.

Students should be submitting their work today. 2 summaries, 1 on S1E3 and 1 on S1E4 of engine power. You can find the link to the assignment in the previous blog post, on the links page to the right. Or in your email where I emailed you the assignment originally on monday! Thank you very much, new updates tomorrow.

Students will write a 3 paragraph summary on episode 3 of ENGINE POWER and a 3 paragraph summary on episode 4 of ENGINE POWER. DUE WED 4/15

https://www.powernationtv.com/shows/engine-power

Here is the link to the free TV show, Engine Power. If you scroll down on the left side of the page there is a drag-down menu where you can select “SEASON 1,” then scroll down and select “Episode 3,” and “Episode 4,” please email me your submissions, or share them to me on google docs. You can also find the link and assignment on the ENGINE POWER page of this blog, and the instructions will be emailed to all students momentarily. Thank you all, and welcome back.

Welcome back from “Spring Break.” Even though we all had to stay home it was still a work vacation for all of us. We are continuing our distance learning starting today. The administration is putting together a distance learning plan and there should be an update about it by next week and all teachers will be on the same page. Still having difficulties with iLearn, so I have begun setting up a google classroom. That should be available this week but may change as the plans for distance learning in the district might change. The situation is still very much fluid, so continue to check your emails as well as school and district websites for up-to-date news and information.

It is officially spring break and we are not required to do work when we would normally be on vacation. Enjoy your spring break everyone! We will continue our distance learning on the 13th/14th. Thank you.

Happy April Fools day! I have been notified from students that they were not allowed or the system would not let them enroll in my iLearn classroom. I will be working this week to fix this problem so all students will have access. I have also seen from our most recent staff meeting that a lot of teachers have been using Google Classroom and I am looking into using it instead. I will have an assignment for you all on Thursday(tomorrow) and it’ll be similar to the one we just did.

I like using the Engine Power videos because they fun, interesting and informative plus, they’re free and most students can access them with ease. Please stay tuned for more updates!

Thank you to the students who continue to turn in their work and ask questions. I will always accept any work over this time. If you are missing something email me that you want it and I will send it to you. If you take a little longer on an assignment that not a big deal, just communicate and get those assignments in. And remember, everything counts!!!