I tried to tell as many of you as I could during the yearbook signing, but thank you for a fantastic year.
You all are great and I look forward to seeing you all next year! Enjoy your summer. This blog will probably be pretty dormant, but if I run into something interesting I might post it.
See you in August.
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File format: Your Names – Disaster type – period
Example: Swanson Nigro McClain– wildfires – period 1
Make sure it’s in both your U: drive and my Inbox (swanssa)
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Slide 1: Title: Colorado Disaster (be specific)
Name Date and Period
Slide 2: Picture and Detailed Disaster Information
Slide 3: Essential Question: How do disasters affect me, my family and the community?
Slide 4: Five Important Disaster Facts
Slide 5: Five More Important Disaster Facts
Slide 6: Disaster Pictures with Explanations
Slide 7: Five Important Pikes Peak Region Disaster Facts
Slide 8: Five More Important Pikes Peak Region Disaster Facts
Slide 9: Pikes Peak Disaster Pictures with Explanations
Slide 10: Preparedness: Get A Kit “What do you need to have to survive?”
Slide 11: Preparedness: Make A Plan “What do you need to do to survive?”
Slide 12: Preparedness: Be Informed “What do you need to know to survive?”
Slide 13: Additional Information
Slide 14: Conclusion
Slide 15: Bibliography
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CATEGORY
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Sequencing of Information
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Information is organized in a clear, logical way. It is easy to anticipate the type of material that might be on the next card.
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Most information is organized in a clear, logical way. One card or item of information seems out of place.
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Some information is logically sequenced. An occassional card or item of information seems out of place.
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There is no clear plan for the organization of information.
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Background
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Background does not detract from text or other graphics. Choice of background is consistent from card to card and is appropriate for the topic.
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Background does not detract from text or other graphics. Choice of background is consistent from card to card.
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Background does not detract from text or other graphics.
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Background makes it difficult to see text or competes with other graphics on the page.
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Cooperation
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Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively all of the time.
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Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively most of the time.
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Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively some of the time.
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Group often is not effective in delegating tasks and/or sharing responsibility.
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Content – Accuracy
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All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no factual errors.
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Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate.
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The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly flawed or inaccurate.
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Content is typically confusing or contains more than one factual error.
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Originality
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Presentation shows considerable originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in a unique and interesting way.
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Presentation shows some originality and inventiveness. The content and ideas are presented in an interesting way.
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Presentation shows an attempt at originality and inventiveness on 1-2 cards.
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Presentation is a rehash of other people’s ideas and/or graphics and shows very little attempt at original thought.
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Text – Font Choice & Formatting
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Font formats (e.g., color, bold, italic) have been carefully planned to enhance readability and content.
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Font formats have been carefully planned to enhance readability.
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Font formating has been carefully planned to complement the content. It may be a little hard to read.
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Font formatting makes it very difficult to read the material.
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Save
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Final Project is saved with the name in the format “Names – Period – Topic.ppt” format in your U: drive
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Final Project is saved with the name in the format “Names – Period – Topic.ppt” format with one mistake in your U: drive
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Final Project is saved with the name in the format “Names – Period – Topic.ppt” format with two or more mistakes in your U: drive
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Final Project is NOT saved with the name in the format “Names – Period – Topic.ppt” format or NOT in your U: drive
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We’ve started in our final unit, examining how disasters affect the individual. Each group of scholars will be preparing a presentation on how to uniquely prepare for each potential disaster of
Should be interesting.
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Today we are doing noteworthy news digitally. First thing you need to do, save the Noteworthy News digital worksheet to your U: drive in the format “your name-news-may8.doc”
You may edit only the gray fields on this document, but you should have enough room to fit everything in.
Next, READ the article, it is about Google harming the environment. OR You may choose (For five bonus points for Mr. Swanson anyway) President Obama reviewing NASA’s manned space program.
Then, fill out the worksheet. Make sure you save as you work. When you are finished, save it both in your U: drive and the teacher’s Inbox on the I: drive in the same format as above. IF YOU NEED HELP, JUST ASK!
Mr. A’s scholars: you may also need to print it.
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