Junior Survey

Okay Junior People

Who wants to make a survey?

EVERYONE, that's who!

What we are going to do today is to decide what our survey is going to be about, which questions we want to ask people, and which answers they might give. We are also going to do research on our survey topic, to be able to provide information to the people who are participating in our survey.

Today's task is to use Fact Monster, Ask Kids and Microsoft Word to write your survey question and answers.

You can make your survey about anything you like. You must have at least 4 different choices for answers. Here is an example:

If your topic is dogs, you could start by saying "Fact Monster says that there are over 300 different breeds of dogs. The most popular dogs in North America are..."

Question: What is your favourite kind of dog?

Answers:

1. Poodle

2. Dalmatian

3. German Shepherd

4. One of those tiny, wimpy, frilly, rat-like, runt dogs that girls love to carry around in a purse like a doll and put tiny little clothes on it and dress it up, and give it some silly name like Princess and pretend that it's a baby human.

5. Other

Now Open a New Office Document. When you are finished, Save it as YourNameSurvey.doc (like NathanSurvey.doc)

You have to make it look GOOD! You should use different colours, fonts, clip art and highlights. Make sure that your font size is not larger than 24 point.

Ready?

Go!

Primary Survey

Okay Primary People

Who wants to make a survey?

EVERYONE, that's who!

What we are going to do today is to decide what our survey is going to be about, what questions we want to ask people, and what answers they might give.

You can make your survey about anything you like. You must have at least 4 different choices for answers. Here is an example of a survey:

Question: What is your favourite kind of dog?

Answers:

1. Poodle

2. Dalmatian

3. German Shepherd

4. One of those tiny, wimpy, frilly, rat-like, runt dogs that girls love to carry around in a purse like a doll and put tiny little clothes on it and dress it up, and give it some silly name like Princess and pretend that it's a baby human.

5. Other

Today's task is to use Microsoft Word to write your survey question and answers and to make it look GOOD! You should use different colours, fonts, clip art and highlights. Make sure that your font size is not larger than 24 point.

Now Open a New Office Document. When you are finished, Save it as YourNameSurvey.doc (like NathanSurvey.doc)

Ready? Go!

Wordies

Okay Wordies, we need to finish our May work! Open your FUN Office Document and finish writing your sentences and adding your Clip Art. If you have not done one yet, now is the time to start. We are going to be writing a story about what we did on the weekend, but instead of using only words, we will be adding in a few pictures from Clip Art instead of words.

I sat in the (sun picture) and drank some (water picture). GET IT!?

1. Open your Office Document by clicking on Start / Open Office Document

2. Look for your name with FUN in the title (like LisaFun) and click on that one! If you don't have one already, then start a New Office Document.

3. Write more!

4. Add Clip Art by clicking on Insert / Picture / Clip Art

5. Save your work with your name and fun. (like BodeFun).

Now GET TO WORK! :)

Bloggers

You know what to do.

You know how to do it.

You know when it's due.

You know what is expected of you today.

Get to it! ;)

Bloggers

Okee Dokee Bloggees

It's time to get back to the research! You have one more week until your blogs are finally due, so don't waste any time! Remember to search for useful information, finish up your final touches and edit, edit, EDIT!

Now GET to WORK man!

Cool.

Fact Monster

Wikipedia

How Stuff Works

Ask

Ask Kids

Wordies

Okeee Wordeees

Today we will be writing a story using words and pictures. How awesome is that?

Super awesome!

We will be using our best spelling and capitals and periods. We will also be picking the best pictures to go with our words. We don't want to use a picture of a bear if our story is about soccer, right?

RIGHT!

Now create a New Office Document.

Information Searching

Bloggers

M'Kay Bloggers! Today we will begin to look at online sources of information. There are many sites to look at, but which ones can we trust? How do we know which ones are telling the truth? Which ones are not reliable? Which ones are trying to trick us? Let's investigate a few of them right now.

Fact Monster

Wikipedia

How Stuff Works

Ask Jeeves

Ask Kids

Clip Art

Wordies

Today we are going to learn how to use Clip Art to find pictures and images and photos and graphics. We will be able to put these pictures into our Word document. How excited are you?

SO EXCITED!!

Now Open your Office Document.

Super cool.

Bloggers

Hidelly Ho Bloggers! So who REALLY thought that this was the end of this project? HA! No way man. Most of you have done all of the hard work already. For those of you who did what was required, the rest of this project is going to be groovy like gravy. For those who did not complete their tasks, it's time to step it up!

Now let's take a look at some wicked student blogs! Aaaaaaah YEAH!

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

Wordies

Yo Yo YO WORDIES! Let's open up our letter from last week. First, we're going to do some more writing. Next, we'll change the fonts around to make them look super funky.

Cool? COOL!

Now OPEN your Office Document!

Bloggers

Grade 3 - 6 Bloggers

Your blogs are due this Friday!

Remember that you are responsible for everything on your blog.

There should be no videos* on your blog!

If you have some on there now, remove them before Friday.

Now is the time to add the finishing touches to your work. Make sure that you have at least the minimum number of posts on your blog. Also remember that your blog is only one part of your final IT mark. Following directions, work effort and general attitude all count, so do your best work at all times.

M'kay?

Don't forget to review the checklist if you forget what you have to do!

*You cannot control which YouTube videos will appear on your blog. You also cannot control which links are attached to YouTube videos. In order to keep your blog appropriate for school, videos are not allowed.

Wordies

Grade 1 - 3 Wordies

Letters to home need to keep moving along.

It's time to start thinking about what you are going to write about.

M'kay?

Blog Publishing Checklist

Hello Bloggers! Before the due date, make sure that you check over all of your work. It's not enough to just publish posts, they have to be readable!

Here is the blog project checklist:

1. Make sure that you have dun yor vrry bess work andthat yoh hav nospelin mistaks REMEmber to yus propr capiTals and PunC'Tuashun...................

2. Make sure that you choose good colours! If we can't see the post, we can't read the post!

3. There is a Minimum Posting requirement for your blog.

Posts that are copied from other sources, even if they are cited, do not count as original work.

You must have AT LEAST this many original posts.

(You will not be able to get an A on this project if you only do the minimum):

Grade 3: 5 Posts

Grade 4: 6 Posts

Grade 5: 7 Posts

Grade 6: 8 Posts

Any text or pictures that you have borrowed must be cited. You must state the source of the photo or text. If you do not cite your source, your project will be graded accordingly.

The most important part of your blog is the posting! Make sure that your writing is the best that you can do! :D

Grade 1

Okay Grade 1s, it's time to do some fun activities, so no fooling around, m'kay?

Cool!

Storyline Grumpy Bird Dance Mat Typing

Grade 2

Okay Grade 2s, it's time to do some fun activities, so no fooling around, m'kay?

Cool!

Storyline Grumpy Bird Dance Mat Typing

It's GO TIME!

Okay Rawkertechies! Blogs are due in 2 weeks, so the more time you spend working in class, the less time you will have to work at home! Remember to do the best job you can because this is a big project!

Less talking, more RAWking.

It's GO TIME!

Owen Class!

Hey Owen Class. How are you? How's everything? I am away,

but I am always watching you! :)

Everyone needs to Simma Down Now and no fooling, m'kay!? M'kay. The quiet kids who use their hands will get to work the mouse and do the activities. The loud kids will have to wait until they are quiet.

Here are our activities for this week. Let's get to it yo!

Compound Words Contractions and if there is some extra time, you can choose an activity from Game Goo

Saverino Class!

Hey Saverino Class. How are you? How's everything? I am away,

but I am always watching you! :)

Everyone needs to Simma Down Now and no fooling, m'kay!? M'kay. The quiet kids who use their hands will get to work the mouse and do the activities. The loud kids will have to wait until they are quiet.

Here are our activities for this week. Let's get to it yo!

Word Scramble Compound Words Contractions and if there is some extra time, you can choose an activity from Game Goo

Toombs Class!

Hey Toombs Class. How are you? How's everything? I am away,

but I am always watching you! :)

Everyone needs to Simma Down Now and no fooling, m'kay!? M'kay. The quiet kids who use their hands will get to work the mouse and do the activities. The loud kids will have to wait until they are quiet.

Here are our activities for this week. Let's get to it yo!

Grade 3 click here for instructions on how to start your blog.

Grade 2 work is here:

Compound Words Contractions and if there is some extra time, you can choose an activity from Game Goo

Datoo Class!

Hey Datoo Class. How are you? How's everything? I am away,

but I am always watching you! :)

Everyone needs to Simma Down Now and no fooling, m'kay!? M'kay.

Here are our activities for this week.

Let's get to it yo!

Lewis Class!

Hey Lewis Class. How are you? How's everything? I am away,

but I am always watching you! :)

Everyone needs to Simma Down Now and no fooling, m'kay!? M'kay.

Here are our activities for this week.

Let's get to it yo!

Let's Get Bloggin'!

Okay Rawkertechies, it's time to start publishing! Finally!

Here are your instructions now:

Before you do anything else, resize this window so that you will be able to see two internet windows at once. To resize this window, click on the double box in the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Once you have done this, you may go ahead with the next part.

1. Click on the blue e to open another window in Internet Explorer.

2. Go to www.blogger.com

3. click on Create A Blog or Sign In if you have already started your blog.

If you have not created your blog yet, click here!

If you have already started creating your blog, then you will need to SIGN IN to Blogger. To sign in you enter your username (your TEL email account, which is your firstname.lastname@tel.tdsb.on.ca and then enter your secret password). Once you have logged in, get bloggin'!

Create A Blog

Click on your grade to see what you have to include on your blog.

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

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To Create A Blog you will have to type in your email address, a secret password, your name, your birthday and a word verification.

SECTION 1

First type in your your TEL email account, which is your firstname.lastname

@tel.tdsb.on.ca and then type it again in the Retype email address box. Next, enter your secret password and then enter it again in the Retype password box.

Put your first name and last name in the Display name box. Next, type in your birthday. Use the numbers of your birth month, then the numbers of your birth day, then all 4 numbers of the year of your birth.

Next, type in the word verification. It is hard to see this clearly, so try your best. If you are not sure what the word is, ask Mr. Ball for help!

Next, click in the box beside Acceptance of Terms. Then click on Continue. Sometimes when you make a mistake, you might have to enter some information again before you can continue. Don't get upset if this happens.

SECTION 2

Name your blog.

Give your blog a name in the Blog title box. Remember that you can name it whatever you want.

Blog address.

This is where you will enter the blogspot address that you would like. Type in your first choice and click on Check Availability. If it is not available, go to your second choice. If that is not available, go to your third choice, etc. Remember that you are only entering the information that comes BEFORE .blogspot.com (like froggybloggy, theponyblog, trinifood, etc). Once you have chosen an address that is available, click on Continue.

Choose a template.

This is how your blog will look. You can pick any template that you want. Once you have selected the template that you like, click on Continue. Then click on Start Blogging.

SECTION 3

Now is the time to start writing your blog posts and experimenting with the Layout. When you click on Layout you can Add a Gadget (import your pictures, add polls and surveys, add a talking head from voki, etc.) You can also change your blog's Fonts and Colours by clicking on Fonts and Colors. Remember that your blog has to look good, so make appropriate choices here as well.

You may work on your blog at home! If you don't remember how to do a step, go back to Rawkertasks for instructions! Every student blog will be linked to Rawkertech, so make sure that you do the best job you can!

Cool. :)