Mr. D's Math & Website Design Class Blog

Last Day of School

mrderosa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:23 +0000

Please click here to do the End of Summer Academy Survey!

Saving your website & Presentations tomorrow

mrderosa — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:51:11 +0000

Do Now: Complete Mystudiyo quiz and add to website. Complete the packet of individual questions that I should have given you Tuesday.

Today you will get a WEBSITE CHECKLIST to help you make sure your website is complete. You’ll also get a list of PRESENTATION QUESTIONS that I would like you to answer on Friday.

Please watch the slideshow below and follow the directions to make sure you save and publish your website correctly:

How to Save Your Website slideshow

Last Tuesday: Individual Work on Your Topic

mrderosa — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:00:11 +0000

Do Now: You should have already completed your MyStudiyo quiz. If you’re done, ask Mr. D to show you how to add it to your website (Synthasite).

After you’re done with your quiz: You will be working on your own individual packet of math problems about your topic. You should use the resources you put on your website along with any other websites you can find to help you.

Here is our schedule for the rest of the week:

Wednesday: Field Trip
Thursday: Prepare for presentation, correct work packets
Friday: Presentations, end of Summer Academy surveys

Last Monday of Summer Academy!

mrderosa — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:54:27 +0000

Do Now: If you didn’t finish (or start) your quiz on Mystudiyo, go and work on it now. Mr. D will show you how to add it to your website.

Today’s Assignment: After finishing your quiz and adding it to your website, each of you will get a packet of math problems about your topic. You can use anything from your website (or anything else on the Internet) to help you complete them.

Try to finish at least half of the problems today. We will complete the packet tomorrow.

You are all making great progress! Thank you for your hard work.

TGIF!

mrderosa — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:42:41 +0000

Do Now: Go to MyStudiyo and search for a quiz to take on any topic you want.

The Last Part of Your Websites: You will make a quiz on your topic for other students to take. We will use MyStudiyo. Go to MyStudiyo and sign up. Then:

Select option 1, “Create & Go”
Pick a Design
Pick a name (include your topic!)
Create 5-10 questions on your topic.
SAVE! We will add the quiz to our websites on Monday.

Where Can I Get Questions??

Make them up
From the links on your websites
From your work for other math classes
Click here to find questions from previous MCAS exams to use.
Ask Mr. D

Website Checklist: Make sure this is all finished by today!

10 links (with descriptions))
At least 1 video
At least 1 picture
Publish and email address to Mr. D
Quiz (we can finish on Monday if needed)

When You Are Finished: Check out the games on Math Playground. Or play Lemonade Stand!

Welcome Back Thursday!

mrderosa — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:38:44 +0000

1. Do Now: Look at these pictures from yesterday’s trip (I used a website called ShowBeyond to put the pictures together into this presentation).

2. Sketchcast – Sign up for an account (use your class email). Mr. D will show you how to use Sketchcast so we can add it to our websites.

3. What Needs to Be Done by Tomorrow: At this point, your website (on Synthasite) should have:

Ten links (with descriptions)
At least one video
At least one picture
Your site should be published (click Publish My Site when editing your Synthasite) and email the address to Mr. D (tderosa@phoenixcharteracademy.org).

Two for Tuesday

mrderosa — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:09:11 +0000

Do Now: Watch the video below. While you’re watching, think about what kind of video could you make to teach your topic?
Do Now Part 2: Look at these pictures from Visual Classroom. What kind of pictures could you take around PCA to help teach your topic? Think about these as we plan to add to our websites.
Mr. D will show you how to add and edit links on your website, how to add video, where to find/how to add pictures to your website, and how to PUBLISH your site so everyone can see it.
You will… finish editing your links, look for video/pictures, and add more to your website. At the end of class you will publish your site!

Remember to SAVE your site frequently so you don’t lose your work.

Monday Madness: Create Your Website!

mrderosa — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:42:30 +0000

Complete everything on today’s checklist:

Do Now: Go to Synthasite and sign up for a website. ***Make sure you use the email you’ve been using for class to sign up!***
Under “Name Your Site” include your topic.
Pick a style and color scheme. There are many options. Be creative!
Copy your 10 links to the website. Don’t just make a list! Describe what’s on each site and why it would be helpful to someone who wanted to learn more.
Add a byline (i.e. “by Karla”, first names only please)
Using any one of the sites we practiced with last week (Dvolver Moviemaker, Bubblr!, or Make Believe Comix), create something that has to do with your topic and add a link to your new website.
Click SAVE to save your website!

While you work, I will meet with you one-on-one to help you with both the math and the website part of the project. I can help you with explaining your topic, vocabulary, examples and more.

Day 4: Finish Research and Planning

mrderosa — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:58:31 +0000

Do Now:

Click here for today’s questions.

Things To Do Today:

Finish your research and send me the 10 good websites you found. You must email me (tderosa@phoenixcharteracademy.org) or post to your WordPress.com blog.
Complete the Week 1 Summary.
Experiment with the Fun Sites of the Day (below).

Fun Sites of the Day:

Bubblr! – Search for images and then add speech bubbles that say whatever you want.

Make Believe Comix – Make your own comic strip!

A Note from Mr. D

Thank you to everyone for making this a great week. I am looking forward to next week!

Day 3: Research and Planning

mrderosa — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:54:39 +0000

I. DO NOW: Click here to answer the Do Now question!

II. Research: You (and your partner if you have one) need to find 10 good websites about the topic of your project (which Mr. D will speak with you about). Look for websites that have different features like video, pictures, animation, audio, games and other interesting stuff.

III. Planning Your Website: What are you going to write about your topic to make it easy to understand and interesting to people who read it? What else are you going to put on your website?

IV. Post on your blog OR email Mr. D (tderosa@phoenixcharteracademy.org) your:

10 good websites
What you might write (and what else is going to go on your website)

IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE FINISHED EVERYTHING: Try Dvolver Moviemaker, where you can easily make movies online (this is something you could use on your website later!).

If you didn’t get to make an email address or set up an account on WordPress.com, you will need to catch up on that today. Make sure you let Mr. D know that you need to do it.