21st+Century+Computer+Applications+Semester+2+2013-2014

21st Century Computer and Multimedia Applications focuses on developing the essential skills in cloud-based computing using the Google Apps for Education suite including Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Forms, and Drawing. Google Sites, Gmail, and Calendar is also covered along with blogging and basic web design.

Block 3A and 4A - E201 Email/Google Drive Account: darryl.mendonez@sbschools.org Student Email Site Google Drive Quarter 1 Presentation Slides Quarter 2 Presentation Slides Quarter 3 Presentation Slides Quarter 4 Presentation Slides 1st Semester can be found here. Web Design eBook

// Daily Activities for Semester 1 can be found here. //  Quarter 3 Presentation Slides (Updated Daily) ||  || // Daily Activities for Semester 1 can be found here. // Quarter 4 Presentation Slides __**New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards**__ (covered daily) 6.3 (Social Studies; Active Citizenship in the 21st needed to be active, informed citizens who value diversity and promote cultural understanding by working collaboratively to address the challenges that are inherent in living in an interconnected world. • 8.1 (Technology, Educational Technology): All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaboratively and to create and communicate knowledge. • 9.1 (21st-Century Life and Careers, 21st-Century Life & Career Skills): All students will demonstrate the creative, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills needed to function successfully as both global citizens and workers in diverse ethnic and organizational cultures. • 9.2 (21st-Century life and Careers, Personal Financial Literacy) All students will develop skills and strategies that promote personal and financial responsibility related to financial planning, savings, investment, and charitable giving in the global economy. • 9.3 (21st-Century Life and Careers, Career Awareness, Exploration & Preparation): All students will apply knowledge about and engage in the process of career awareness, exploration, and preparation in order to navigate the globally competitive work environment of the information age.
 * Daily Activities: **
 * =__Quarter 3__= || =__Microsoft Word__=
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 * 2-13 || * Do Now: Read the questions from the Moneyball Worksheet
 * Watch: Moneyball
 * Closure: Go over Moneyball questions ||  ||
 * 2-18 || * Do Now: Go over questions from Moneyball Worksheet
 * Watch: Moneyball
 * Closure: Discuss what we've seen so far ||  ||
 * 2-20 || * Do Now: Go over questions from Moneyball Worksheet
 * Watch: Moneyball
 * Finish Moneyball Worksheet
 * Follow-up Readings:
 * Paul DePodesta
 * Closure: Reflection Discussion on Data Driven Decision Making ||  ||
 * 2-24 || * Do Now: Read The Lessons of Moneyball for Big Data Analysis
 * Create a Google Document titled 'Quarter 3 Do Now's'
 * In the document answer the following: Billy Beane and Peter Brandt analyzed data to make decisions based strictly on their analysis. In the end we see that they did not win the world series and Billy Beane has yet to win it even to this day. Would you say their strategy is flawed? Would you say his strategy works? Why or why not?
 * Discover: Enabling New Google Spreadsheets, Google Forms, Response Surveys, CountIf Formula, and Dynamic Pie Charts
 * Example: Favorite Pizza Toppings
 * Project: Data Analysis
 * Create a simple Google Form asking the participants name and 1 question with 5 multiple choice answers
 * Use the CountIf Formula to count the total number of each answer
 * Create a Pie Chart
 * Present your Survey and Pie Chart
 * Share your form here for everyone else to respond to: Block 3A Surveys, Block 4A Surveys
 * Closure: Analyze the data from your survey responses spreadsheet. What have you learned from analysis? ||  ||
 * 2-26 || * Do Now: Continue Data Analysis Project
 * Finish making your survey
 * Set up Countif Formulas
 * Set up Pie Chart
 * Share your Survey and Present Pie Chart
 * Share your form here for everyone else to respond to: Block 3A Surveys, Block 4A Surveys
 * Closure: What are other ways can surveys could be used to analyze data? What kind of jobs would require data analysis? || Finish Data Analysis Project ||
 * 2-28 || * Do Now: Read 76% Of American Internet Users Think The Internet Has Been Good For Society
 * In your Quarter 3 Do Now document answer the following questions:
 * What are six things you learned from the charts and data tables?
 * What are six things you learned from reading the article?
 * Discuss the article
 * Continue Data Analysis Project Presentations
 * Share your form here for everyone else to respond to: Block 3A Surveys, Block 4A Surveys ||  ||
 * 3-4 || * Do Now: Discuss with your partner what other uses Google Forms could be used for.
 * Finish Data Analysis Project Presentations
 * Share your form here for everyone else to respond to: Block 3A Surveys, Block 4A Surveys
 * Discover: Freeze Panes, Payment Function, and Future Value Function
 * Activity 49 - NBA Standings 2
 * Activity 50 - Yacht Mortgage Calculator
 * Closure: What are some interesting things you learned from the surveys taken? ||  ||
 * 3-6 || * Do Now: Read High-profile iOS Jailbreaker 'winocm' to Join Apple This Year
 * Answer the following question in your Quarter 3 Do Now document: What kind of work ethic do you think this teenager has to achieve the position he has now?
 * Discover: HTML and Making a Web Page
 * Activity: Try it on your own
 * Closure: Are you interested in designing web pages? ||  ||
 * 3-10 || * Do Now: Code a website that says, "What separates design from art is that design is meant to be functional."
 * If you know how, underline design, italicize art, and bold functional
 * Review: HTML5 Page Structure, Paragraph Tag, and Underline, Italicize, and Bold Tags
 * Dicover: HTML5 Vocabulary Terms
 * Discover: Headers and Lists
 * Example of Headers and List || HTML5 Vocabulary Quiz ||
 * 3-12 || * Do Now: Study for HTML5 Vocabulary Quiz
 * HTML 5 Vocabulary Quiz
 * Review: Headers and Lists
 * Discover: Text and Background Colors
 * Closing Activity: Create a Recipe Web Page
 * Example: Amazing Flour-less Brownies ||  ||
 * 3-14 || Code a website that summarizes one of your favorite movies. Explain why you enjoyed this movie. After you finish, go to code.org, click on the learn tab, and work on two tutorials of your choice. ||  ||
 * 3-18 || * Do Now: Finish working on your Recipe Website
 * Review: HTML5 Page Structure, Paragraph, Bold, Italicize, Underline, Headers, Lists, Text Colors, and Background Colors
 * Discover: Adding Pictures and Hyperlinks
 * Practice: Add pictures and hyperlinks to your Recipe and Movie Review Website
 * Closing Activity: Create another website that includes pictures and hyperlinks ||  ||
 * 3-20 || * Do Now: Create an avatar image or profile pic of yourself by going to Bitstrips.com
 * Use your avatar image and create a website about yourself
 * Be sure to include the following: Your name, avatar image, a description about yourself, a list of your favorite movies, tv shows, games, and books. Feel free to add more information too.
 * Make sure to use headers, paragraph text, pictures, hyperlinks, lists, background color, and text color
 * Closing Activity: Go to code.org, click on the 'Learn' tab, and choose a tutorial to work on ||  ||
 * 3-24 || * Do Now: Read How To Get A Job At Google and respond to the following in your Do Now document
 * List the 5 hiring attributes and summarize each of them
 * Do you think you can apply these hiring attributes in your work ethic? Why or why not?
 * Do you think Bock's opinion on most colleges is a valid point? (Second to last paragraph.) Why or why not?
 * Knowing the expectations at Google, do you think striving to meet their hiring attributes would make you a better person? Why or why not?
 * Review: H eaders, paragraph text, pictures, hyperlinks, lists, background color, and text color
 * Finish: Creating a webpage about yourself ||  ||
 * 3-26 || * Do Now: Review South Brunswick School District Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement
 * Look at the list under Terms of Agreement for Students. Which ones do you think are important for students to follow? Explain
 * Which ones do you think should not be listed? Give your reasons why.
 * Discuss AUP
 * Discover: Drive Notepad
 * Closing Activity: Practice Drive Notepad ||  ||
 * 3-28 || * Do Now: Upload your About Me website to your Published Files folder in Google Drive
 * Practice using Drive Notepad
 * Edit your website so that it abides by the South Brunswick School District Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement
 * Introduce 'My Website' Project
 * Create a homepage with a title, an acceptable profile picture, a short bio, and interests that includes your favorite movie, TV show, game/app, and book
 * With a homepage, movie review page, TV show review page, and a game, app, or book review page (total of 4 pages) you will receive up to an 80% for this project.
 * For any extra review page you do after the first 4 you will earn an extra 5% until you reach 100% (for a total of 7 review pages plus your homepage)
 * Extra Credit: For every page you do above and beyond 100% you will earn 1 extra point (max 5)
 * __You should finish your homepage by the end of this class__
 * Closing Activity: Begin working on project || Finish your homepage if you weren't able to finish it in class. ||
 * 4-1 || * Do Now: Read 'Who Needs to Know How to Code' and answer the following in your Quarter 3 Do Now document:
 * How old is Nick Wald and what tech skills has he learned? Given what Nick can do at his age and knowing what you know about web design so far, describe your interest in learning more about web design and even learning app design?
 * At the Center for Talented Youth, how many students signed up for Introduction to Web Design in 2009 and how many signed up in 2014? Why do you think there was such a dramatic change?
 * Discover: How to Embed YouTube Videos into a Webpage
 * Continue 'My Website' Project
 * Create a homepage with a title, an acceptable profile picture, a short bio, and interests that includes your favorite movie, TV show, game/app, and book
 * With a homepage, movie review page, TV show review page, and a game, app, or book review page (total of 4 pages) you will receive up to an 80% for this project.
 * For any extra review page you do after the first 4 you will earn an extra 5% until you reach 100% (for a total of 7 review pages plus your homepage)
 * Extra Credit: For every page you do above and beyond 100% you will earn 1 extra point (max 5)
 * __You should finish your first movie review by the end of this class __
 * Closing Activity: Paste the link to your homepage on the shared document
 * 3A Homepage Links
 * 4A Homepage Links || Finish your first movie review page if you weren't able to finish it in class. ||
 * 4-3 || * Do Now: Finish your movie review website
 * Continue 'My Website' Project
 * Create a homepage with a title, an acceptable profile picture, a short bio, and interests that includes your favorite movie, TV show, game/app, and book
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With a homepage, movie review page, TV show review page, and a game, app, or book review page (total of 4 pages) you will receive up to an 80% for this project.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For any extra review page you do after the first 4 you will earn an extra 5% until you reach 100% (for a total of 7 review pages plus your homepage)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Extra Credit: For every page you do above and beyond 100% you will earn 1 extra point (max 5)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__You should finish your first tv show review by the end of this class__
 * Closure: What are other types of topics you would like to create websites about? || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finish your first tv show review page if you weren't able to finish it in class. ||
 * 4-7 || * Do Now: Finish your tv show website
 * Continue 'My Website' Project
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a homepage with a title, an acceptable profile picture, a short bio, and interests that includes your favorite movie, tv show, game/app, and book
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With a homepage, movie review page, tv show review page, and a game, app, or book review page (total of 4 pages) you will receive up to an 80% for this project.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For any extra review page you do after the first 4 you will earn an extra 5% until you reach 100% (for a total of 7 review pages plus your homepage)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Extra Credit: For every page you do above and beyond 100% you will earn 1 extra point (max 5)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__ You should finish your first game, app, or book review by the end of this class __
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__ This is the last day of the project __**
 * Closure: What more about designing websites would you like to learn? || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finish your first game, app, or book review page if you weren't able to finish it in class. ||
 * 4-9 || * Do Now: Take the time to look at each student's website
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">3A Homepage Links
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4A Homepage Links ||  ||
 * 4-11 || * Do Now: In your Quarter 3 Do Now document write down as many facts as you can about Mark Zuckerberg
 * Discuss the Creation of Facebook
 * Watch Mark Zuckerberg: Bloomberg Game Changers
 * Closure: Discuss what you've learned about Mark Zuckerberg ||  ||
 * **Quarter 4** ||  ||   ||
 * 4-22 || * Do Now: Create a new document titled 'Quarter 4 Do Now's'. Research the following names, describe what their relationship to Facebook is, and paste in a picture of the person and the actor that plays him in the movie The Social Network: Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Divya Narendra, and Sean Parker
 * Discuss characters of The Social Network
 * Go over The Social Network worksheet
 * Watch: The Social Network
 * Closure: What have we learned about Mark Zuckerberg and the beginning of Facebook so far? ||  ||
 * 4-24 || * Do Now: Review your responses from The Social Network worksheet with a neighbor
 * Review and discuss the questions that can be answered so far from The Social Network worksheet
 * Review what we've seen so far from The Social Network
 * Watch: The Social Network
 * Closure: What have we learned about Mark Zuckerberg and the beginning of Facebook so far? ||  ||
 * 4-28 || * Do Now: Review your responses from The Social Network worksheet with a neighbor
 * Review and discuss the questions that can be answered so far from The Social Network worksheet
 * Review what we've seen so far from The Social Network
 * Watch: The Social Network
 * Discuss The Social Network and the Valuation of Facebook
 * Finish The Social Network worksheet
 * Closing Activity: Answer the following in a new document titled 'Sean Parker Research'
 * What was Sean Parker's life like growing up?
 * Why exactly was Sean Parker arrested?
 * How did that affect his future with Facebook?
 * How does the real-life Sean Parker feel about his portrayal on The Social Network? ||  ||
 * 4-30 || * Do Now: Research IMDB Trivia: Go to IMDB.com, search The Social Network, and click on 'Trivia'. Find three facts about the movie, write them in your Quarter 4 Do Now document, and explain why you found each fact interesting.
 * Read this blog post example
 * Discover: How to Make Your Blog Site with BlogSpot
 * Activity: Create Your BlogSpot Account
 * Go to www.blogger.com and log in with your School Google Account
 * Explore and Create Your BlogSpot
 * Select Your __Template__
 * Edit Your __Settings__
 * Closing Activity: Create Your First Blog Post
 * For your first post choose two or more things you want to compare. Examples: Xbox One vs. Playstation 4, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Hunger Games Books vs. Movies, The Best Batman Actor, etc... In your post introduce and describe both (or all if comparing more than one), then describe the pros and cons of each. Finally, explain why you feel one is better than the other. Be sure to include pictures and/or video throughout your post. ||  ||
 * 5-2 || * Do Now: Leave a comment on the blog post example and reply to another student's comment
 * Activity: Continue Your First Blog Post
 * For your first post choose two or more things you want to compare. Examples: Xbox One vs. Playstation 4, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Hunger Games Books vs. Movies, The Best Batman Actor, etc... In your post introduce and describe both (or all if comparing more than one), then describe the pros and cons of each. Finally, explain why you feel one is better than the other. Be sure to include pictures and/or video throughout your post.
 * Closure: Post your blog link here:
 * 3A Blog Links
 * 4A Blog Links ||  ||
 * 5-6 || * Do Now: Read ' When Hitting Find My iPhone Takes You To A Thief's Doorstep' and answer the following:
 * Do you think it's a good idea to confront someone who you think stole your cellphone?
 * What are possible outcomes to approaching someone who stole your phone?
 * If you tracked your phone using GPS and saw that someone had stolen it what would you do?
 * Activity: Continue Your First Blog Post
 * For your first post choose two or more things you want to compare. Examples: Xbox One vs. Playstation 4, Star Trek vs. Star Wars, Hunger Games Books vs. Movies, The Best Batman Actor, etc... In your post introduce and describe both (or all if comparing more than one), then describe the pros and cons of each. Finally, explain why you feel one is better than the other. Be sure to include pictures and/or video throughout your post.
 * Closure: View other students' blog posts and leave at least one comment
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3A Blog Links
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4A Blog Links ||  ||
 * 5-8 || * Do Now: Finish Your First Blog Post
 * Discover: Stats and Read More
 * Post your Favorite Movie, TV Show, and Book/Game/App Review on your Blog. Make any necessary edits.
 * Make sure to include three paragraphs for each - an introduction, what you like and dislike about it, final thought with a question
 * Closing Activity: Read and comment on your classmates' blogs
 * 3A Blog Links
 * 4A Blog Links ||  ||
 * 5-12 || * Do Now: Finish Your Movie, TV Show, and Book/Game/App Review for your blog
 * Read and comment on your classmates' blogs
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3A Blog Links
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4A Blog Links ||  ||
 * 5-14 || * Do Now: Finish r eading and comment on 3A and 4A blogs
 * 3A Blog Links
 * 4A Blog Links
 * Check your Stats
 * Project: Become a Blogger
 * A blog should have a common theme and the blogger should write what he or she loves. Begin to define your blog. To do this write a blog post about something you love to talk about with the intention of following it up with more posts. You will write one blog post per class up to and including on 5-22-14 when the project is due.
 * Each post should be at minimum three paragraphs each with pictures or video. Your blog will be graded on the quality of the content.
 * Finish your blog post for homework if you cannot finish at least one in class
 * Be sure to share your blog posts by putting your links in the shared document
 * Share your blog posts with friends and family and encourage them to leave comments
 * Share your blog posts on Google Plus and other social media
 * Check your stats daily
 * Closure: Comment on your classmate's new blog posts ||  ||
 * 5-16 || * Do Now: Read 10 Places Where Anyone Can Learn To Code and answer the following:
 * Have you ever tried any of these sites?
 * How many of these sites are you interested in checking out and why?
 * Continue Project: Become a Blogger
 * You should finish your __first__ out of three blog posts by today. If you haven't you will need to finish it for homework.
 * Closure: Post your first blog post here:
 * 3A Become a Blogger Links
 * 4A Become a Blogger Links || Finish your first blog post for the Become a Blogger Project ||
 * 5-20 || * Do Now: Share your first blog post of your Become a Blogger Project on Google Plus, then find and read your classmates' blog posts on Google Plus, and then leave a comment
 * If you don't know your classmates' Google Plus accounts you can find most of them by following Mr. Mendonez
 * Continue Project: Become a Blogger
 * Begin working on your __second__ out of three blog posts by today
 * Closure: Post your second blog post here:
 * 3A Become a Blogger Links
 * 4A Become a Blogger Links ||  ||
 * 5-22 || * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do Now: Find and read more of your classmates' blog posts on Google Plus, and then leave a comment
 * If you don't know your classmates' Google Plus accounts you can find most of them by following Mr. Mendonez
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Continue Project: Become a Blogger
 * You should finish your __second__ out of three blog posts by today. If you don't you will need to finish it for homework.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Closure: Post your second blog post here:
 * 3A Become a Blogger Links
 * 4A Become a Blogger Links || Finish second Become a Blogger blog post ||
 * 5-27 || * Do Now: Read 'From the Ivy League to the State Schools, Demand for Computer Science is Booming' and answer the following:
 * Why do you think there is such a boom in students pursuing computer science?
 * The article explains that there isn't enough instructors to teach the high number of students who want to learn computer science. How do you think colleges should handle this situation?
 * Find two blog posts from each of the following documents you have not yet read (4 total), read them, and leave a comment:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3A Become a Blogger Links
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4A Become a Blogger Links
 * Continue Project: Become a Blogger
 * You should finish your __third__ and final blog post by today. If you don't you will need to finish it for homework.
 * Closure: Post your third blog post here:
 * 3A Become a Blogger Links
 * 4A Become a Blogger Links || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finish third Become a Blogger blog post ||
 * 5-29 || * Do Now: Make sure all your posts are linked in the following documents. Read the new blog posts that you have not yet read and make sure to leave at least one comment.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3A Become a Blogger Links
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4A Become a Blogger Links
 * Discover: WWDC
 * Watch: Steve Jobs' 2007 iPhone Presentation
 * Research: Apple's Leadership ||  ||
 * 6-2 || * Do Now: In your Quarter 4 Do Now document answer the following:
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What new features do you want from iOS?
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What new devices do you want Apple to come out with?
 * 3) What improvements do you want Apple to make to their current devices?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, iPod, Mac, Macbook Pro/Air, Apple TV, etc.
 * Read and Discuss: WWDC 2014 Preview
 * Closing Activity: Write a brief description about each of the following Apple Executive Leaders who are expected to present at WWDC14 (3-4 sentences each)
 * Tim Cook
 * Angela Ahrendts
 * Craig Federighi
 * Eddy Cue
 * Phil Schiller
 * Jonathan Ive ||  ||
 * 6-4 || * Do Now: What was your favorite parts about WWDC14?
 * Discuss: iOS 8 and Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite
 * Watch: Finish WWDC14
 * Closing Activity: What did app developers learn at WWDC14 for developing their apps? ||  ||
 * 6-10 || * Do Now: Answer the following in your Q4 Do Now document
 * What are your privacy concerns in iOS 8?
 * Do you concern yourself with privacy on social media?
 * Do you consider what social media companies do with the information you share?
 * Discuss: Privacy Policies in Social Media
 * Discuss: Final Exam
 * Watch: Terms and Conditions May Apply
 * Closure: What have you learned about privacy policies today? ||  ||
 * 6-12 || * Do Now: What have you found interesting so far in Terms and Conditions May Apply?
 * Finish: Terms and Conditions May Apply
 * Closing Activity: Begin Final Exam Review || Study for Final Exam ||
 * 6-16 || * Classwork: Final Exam Review || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Study for Final Exam ||
 * 6-17 - 6-23 || * ** Final Exam Week ** ||  ||

__**Formative Assessments**__ • Do Now / Closures • Application Exercises and Class work produced individually and in groups • Internet Research Activities • Observation / verbal check-for-understanding • Presentations • Chapter Quizzes • Case studies • Homework

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This class follows the South Brunswick School District Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement