I have been back from Phoenix for 3 days, and I am still reeling from all the information I gathered during the Institute.
Currently, I'm typing my notes into one file on my computer (I will also print it out and put it in the nice binder I was given), and I am reliving all the great instruction that I was given. Things like:
How to pick typography for our Style Guide
How to create a Style Guide
Using media more in class and for the newspaper
Using the AP Style Guide
Finding money to continue to finance our program
While I am going through my copious notes, I came across this little ditty that I think I will place prominently on a bulletin board when I get back to school:
"Cutting and pasting is not a job skill." -Frank LoMonte, SPLC
This was something that was said that I feel fits all of my students. They think that if something is on the Internet that it is free and available for them to use at will. In fact, there are many things that are on the Internet that are free, but it is the same as copying out of a book and claiming it to be original. That, my friends, always has been and always will be called PLAGIARISM.
Hopefully, today I will also finish my lesson plans that need to be submitted to Steve by July 8. I am going a different route by creating a plan that will benefit teachers and substitute teachers. In addition, I have written the activities so they can be completed during a traditional class (45 minutes) or a block class (90 minutes). I am hopeful that this is original and will be posted to the HSJ website because they are awarding gift certificates for classroom books if they post a lesson plan on the site. I really could use s
Currently, I'm typing my notes into one file on my computer (I will also print it out and put it in the nice binder I was given), and I am reliving all the great instruction that I was given. Things like:
How to pick typography for our Style Guide
How to create a Style Guide
Using media more in class and for the newspaper
Using the AP Style Guide
Finding money to continue to finance our program
While I am going through my copious notes, I came across this little ditty that I think I will place prominently on a bulletin board when I get back to school:
"Cutting and pasting is not a job skill." -Frank LoMonte, SPLC
This was something that was said that I feel fits all of my students. They think that if something is on the Internet that it is free and available for them to use at will. In fact, there are many things that are on the Internet that are free, but it is the same as copying out of a book and claiming it to be original. That, my friends, always has been and always will be called PLAGIARISM.
Hopefully, today I will also finish my lesson plans that need to be submitted to Steve by July 8. I am going a different route by creating a plan that will benefit teachers and substitute teachers. In addition, I have written the activities so they can be completed during a traditional class (45 minutes) or a block class (90 minutes). I am hopeful that this is original and will be posted to the HSJ website because they are awarding gift certificates for classroom books if they post a lesson plan on the site. I really could use s