Media Arts (6th-8th grade)

Portland Public Schools

Portland, Oregon

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SCHOOL FACTS

INCLEMENT WEATHER

SCHOOL HANDBOOK (pdf)

COURSE SYLLABUS

Daily Schedule

7:45 am	Breakfast Begins
7:55 am	Morning Bell to classrooms
8:00 am	Breakfast Ends
8:10 am	Tardy Bell
11:00 am	K-5 Lunch/Recess Bell
11:55 am	End of K-2 Recess
12:15 pm	6-8 Lunch/Recess Bell
12:50 pm	End of 6-8 Recess
2:15 pm	End of School Day (K-8)

KEYBOARDING

PowerType
(repetition lesson: remember: posture and home row!)

TypingTest
(pre/post test for wpm = words per minute)

Dance Mat (how many levels can you beat?)

Nimble Fingers (typing lessons)

TuxType2 (download on computer lab desktops)

RapidTyping (download on computer lab desktops)

ASSIGNMENTS

1. Google Images Search Worksheet
Instructions: Open document. Complete work electronically. Print. Be sure your name is on it. Turn it in!

2. Working With Images Worksheet
Instructions: Open document. Complete work electronically. Print. Be sure your name is on it. Turn it in!

3. Banned and Challenged Books Poster
7th grade project. These are your expectations and requirements.

4. Biography PPT
Use with 5th grade.

5. Biography Practice
Use with 5th grade.

6. 6 Word Memoir

7. Create Google Search Story

8. Google Doc with Google Search Story addresses

9. Critical Evaluation of a Website (goes with Operation Octopus)
This handout may be and should also be used with any research project
involving research on the web.

10. Is This A Hoax? (use with list of sites in Digital Literacy pod, titled, "Web Evaluation; Part II

11. Narrative Story Prompts

Book Trailers & Talks

University of Florida's Digital Booktalks

Digital Literacy

Dewey Rap

Digital Dossier

Shift Happens (YouTube)

Netiquette (from BrainPop)

Website Evaluation: Part I, Operation Octopus

Group 1: Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Group 2: Giant Pacific Octopus

Website Evaluation: Part II

New Hartford, Minnesota http://descy.50megs.com/NewHartford/newhtfd.html

Aids Facts http://147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm

Burmese Mountain Dog http://descy.50megs.com/akcj3/bmd.html

California Velcro Crop http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html

Dihydrogen Monoxide http://www.dhmo.org/

Historic Killer Tornado http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/Conference_papers/SELS96/WoO.html

Feline Reactions to Bearded Men http://www.improb.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html

Boilerplate: Mechanical Marvel of the 19th Century http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/

Republic of Molossia http://www.molossia.org/countryeng.html

Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

Flat Earth Society http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm

The Jackalope Conspiracy http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm

Bureau of Sasquatch Affairs http://zapatopi.net/bsa/

City of Fredericton http://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcred/Fredericton.html

Dog Island http://www.thedogisland.com/

All About Explorers http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/

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Portland Public Schools
501 North Dixon Street
Portland, Oregon, 97227-1807 - USA
503-916-2000

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