Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

Monday, June 3, 2019

Summer Reading


            Fairchild Wheeler Campus Summer Reading
                                                  
ALL Students in ALL grades will read a minimum of 4 primary resource documents related to their magnet theme focus

Task:                                                                   
1.      Identify a problem
2.      Identify a solution to the problem
3.      Cite resources to support your claim
4.      Present (see details below)
Students can access primary resource documents by visiting their local libraries, ERIC and EBSCO are common resources for gathering primary resource documents.  Students can also access the resource links below. The first link will teach students how to access primary resource documents on the web. The other links are viable resources for primary resource documents.


2.       http://www.jstor.org/



5.      https://eric.ed.gov/


Sample Topics
Zoology and Biotechnology:                                                Information Technology:                                         Aero/Hydro Engineering:
Drone                                                                         Gaming                                                                            Electric Transportation     
GMO’s                                                                        Artificial Intelligence                                                      Ocean Exploration

Presentations:
Presentations can be in any format you wish….webpage, PowerPoint, Movie, Prezi, TedTalk….This is your opportunity to be creative!   Students must impress upon their audience that they actively engaged with the primary resource document and that they practiced 21st century skills as a learner and researcher by addressing in their presentation some of the questions below.



 Probing questions that promote…
A.     Engagement:
·         What feelings and thoughts does the primary source trigger in you?
·         What questions does it raise?
·         What do you see that you didn’t expect?

B.      Inquiry:
·         What was happening during this time period?
·         What was the creator’s purpose in making this primary source?
·         What does the creator do to get his or her point across?
·         What was this primary source’s audience?
·         What biases or stereotypes do you see?
·         Does the article test your assumptions about the past?
·         Did you find other primary or secondary sources that offer support or contradiction?

C.     Critical thinking:
·         Use specific evidence to support any conclusions.
·         Identify questions for further investigation/ research
·         Develop strategies for how you might answer your questions and the methods you would use to gather more research and evidence




Citations: use proper APA format—see Easybib.com or Citationmachine.net for how to cite properly


You will be assessed on Two Main Points:
1.      Your ability to think creatively
2.      Your ability to present

Rubrics identified below

When you begin school, your presentations will begin.
·         August 29th, First Day of school—Regular Classes
·         September 3rd – Teach and Learn-Understanding the How to Provide Critical feedback Using the PBL Critical Feedback Rubric
·         September, 4th, 2019 -Presentation and Critical Feedback, All Periods
·         September 5th, 2019 - PTSO Sponsored Ice Cream Social to Celebrate Summer Reading, Families Invited
On September 4th, you will present in each period (same presentation/different class) and will receive an Additional 10 POINTS in EACH of those classes!
Have a Wonderful Summer!!
 
 






Wednesday, May 1, 2019

AP CSP U1L12 Research


Articles List
1, Growing Threat of DDoS on DNS

2. The Details Behind a Denial of Service Attack: What it is, Why it Matters, and What You can do to Stop it

3. How to Launch a 65Gbps DDoS, and How to Stop One

4. How DNS Works

5. DDoS Attacks Against NATO Likely DNS Amplification or NTP Reflection, Expert Suggests

6. DNS Flood DDoS Attack Hit Video Gaming Industry with 90 Million Requests per Second

7. St. Louis Federal Reserve Suffers DNS Breach

8. China Great Firewall Causing DDoS Attacks

9. Turkish ISPs Intercept Google DNS Service to Spy on Internet Users

10. DDoS Attacks Double But Could go Bigger Still With IPv6

11. New Zealand Internet Providers Threatened with Legal Action for Providing Access to US Netflix

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

New Semester

For review purposes, today's power point is here.

Follow these instructions:

1. Add my email address to your contacts: esatter@bridgeportedu.net
2. Create an account on code.org - your user name must be last_first - this will help me with transferring grades to power school
3. Join the code.org class for your period:*
  • Period 1 KJCNBZ
  • Period 2 DTWMHV
  • Period 3 SPXJGM
4. Take the expectations quiz*
5. Bookmark this blog - you are responsible for knowing everything I post here!
6. Fill out the student information form*
7. Read this article and email me at least 3 sentences about how you feel about what the teacher has to say*
8. Read this article and email me at least 3 sentence about your reaction to what Dr. Tyson has to say.*
9. Scroll all the way down this page, and look at the calendar - this will always show what we will be working on every day.  Please keep an eye on it!
10. Ask me for the pre-quiz on ratios and proportions.*

* - anything marked with a star will be graded.