D/2 -- Thursday, October 10, 2013

Bolebruch's Class --  Nature Works (Day 2)
Students met with their video group to discuss how they would present their topic to their peers: rap, puppet show, song, dramatic play, voicethread, etc.  Students watched their video again and took detailed notes to prepare for their group's presentation. Students met with their group and planned for presentation.

•  Next Time:  Students will meet with their group to prepare and rehearse their group's presentation.  Groups will present as time allows. 

Hale's Class --  "NC County" Project (Day 2)

Students continued working with their partner or by themselves to complete this project.  Reviewed how to find info from the websites (NC Home Locator, US Census, NC Pedia and Google Maps).  Demo'ed how to create the NC County PowerPoint using the info listed on the PBWiki for 4th Grade.  When they finished collecting all of the need info, students started creating their NC County PowerPoints.

•  Next Time:  NC County Project  Students will finish collecting information about their county and continue to create their PowerPoint.  

Reynolds' Class -- Intro to Basic Word Processing (Day 2)
Opened basic's file from their home directory.  Demo'ed basic tools in MS Word 2007. Items covered included:

1. Word 2007 Ribbons to access tools (home, insert, view, etc.)
2. Changing font:  style, type, size, color, high lighting
3. Underlining and bold
4. Aligning -- Left, Center and Right with examples of justified
5. Inserting clipart

Students used demo'ed tools in their basics file.  Students saved their updated basics file to their home directory.
Next time:  Follow written directions to format O'Henry story.