Grade 6 Online Technology Lab-Sixth Grade Assignments

THIRD SIX WEEKS | WEEK 1

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Lesson: Build a Portfolio with Google Sites
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

Achieve the following objective(s):
Create a website that includes text, images, and other files such as documents, spreadsheets, or slide presentations to share samples of their work with an audience.

Answer the following essential question(s):
How can having a portfolio help me in school and in life?

Internalize the following enduring understanding(s):
Do not share certain information online unless you are operating a business.
Your audience will form an impression of you from the choices you make in designing and wording your website.
Your portfolio is a living document that needs to be updated as you learn new skills and complete projects.

Terms and Concepts:
Digital portfolio

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LESSON:
This is the end of the 6 weeks, so make sure you have completed all assignments and have turned them in.
You will work on keyboarding today and Friday.
Please log your time on the Study Sheet and the percentage that you received for the typing assignment. Then turn it in for grading.

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Use the Google doc provided to research the topic: HISTORY OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

OBJECTIVE:
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
Achieve the following objective:
Use key questions to evaluate an article and determine if its source is credible.
Answer the following essential questions:
How can I evaluate content to ensure that it is credible?
Why is it important to know the source of a message?
Why is it important to understand the goals of a message?
Internalize the following enduring understanding:
Not everything that you read or see is from a credible source. It’s important to evaluate the credibility of different types of media before you choose to believe their content or share them with others.

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In this lesson your will create a Clickable map in Google Slides

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DESIGN AN INFOGRAPHIC IN GOOGLE DRAWING
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

Achieve the following objectives:
Research a topic and find reliable data
Create and design an infographic in Google Drawings

Answer the following essential question:
Why is an infographic a good way to communicate data?
Internalize the following enduring understandings:
Infographics provide quick reference to summaries of complex data
Infographics use design and visual elements to communicate data

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Open and sign in to Applied Digital Skills to start your assignment.

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For this assignment you will open your Study sheet and update your grades.
Enter your Grades for the following lessons:
*Create a Budget
*Custom Formatting

If you see that I have given grades for any other assignment starting with September 25th, enter those as well. We will be writing a formula to average your grades. When you are done, turn in.

Work on Keyboarding with Typing.com

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Turn in your Google Doc that I posted on Tuesday so that I know what image you will be making with this assignment. I posted the tutorial for you. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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1) Complete Mystery Pixel Art and turn in.
2) Work on keyboarding. The link below will take you to your account. Start with "Beginner".

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This week we will be working with "Customized Conditional Formatting".
Open a google Doc. Insert a 2 x 5 Table. You will use this Doc to answer the questions to the Mystery Pixel Art questions to insert into your Sheet.

Please complete the example in the link below by making a copy. When you have finished, attach the Doc and the sheet to this assignment and turn in.

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You will be working on "How to create a Budget in Google Sheets".
This will be due by Friday October 2.

Please make sure you are reading all assignment posts. I will be asking you to do a few things differently starting this week. You will "Mark as Done" for today only.

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SIGN IN TO APPLIED DIGITAL SKILLS
This assignment is sort of like "You Sank My Battleship". Have fun with it!
You will create a sheet on your own, then share with your classmates (once done) to play the game.

KEYBOARDING: Practice your keyboarding skills for at least 15 minutes 3 times a week.
Log into Typing.com
You have a keyboarding assignment.

(IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH SIZING THE COLUMNS AND ROWS, SEE THE TUTORIAL.)

In this lesson you will practice keyboarding fluency.

To view your assignment go to https://www.typing.com/student/login

Please use this post to attach your Study sheet.

1) Before you start on this week's lessons, please fill out the attendance form EACH DAY to be counted "PRESENT".

2) In this lesson, you have been put in a group with your on campus piers.
You will use what you know about Communication and Applications to complete this assignment.
3) Each person is responsible for completing their part of the assignment. (You are to hold each person in your group accountable for their effort in completing this assignment.)

IMPORTANT
4)***** Meet with your group on Tuesday September 15 at 8:15 A.M. via Google Meet***

EXAMPLE DIGITAL FOOTPRINT SHEET BELOW:

First, fill out the Google Forms Sign-In.
Because not all assignments are due each day, we need to keep track of your attendance.
You will be counted present for the day by filling out the attendance form. This only needs to be done once a day. (This form is also time stamped and helps to track the date and time it was filled out.)

ASSIGNMENT:
Please join Applied Digital Skills with Google. This has been integrated with our Google classroom.
Step 1: Click on the link below
Step 2: Sign in using your google account
Step 3: Join
Step 4: Click on the assignment to get started.

Remember to always practice good keyboarding ergonomics any time you use your keyboard.
Watch the video below.

Finding Balance in a Digital World
How do we balance digital media use in our lives?

Watch the video below.
Open the worksheet "Finding Balance in a Digital World" and answer the questions by typing your answers into the document.

Open a Doc, then answer these questions:
1. According to the video, what are some of the benefits of being connected 24/7?
2. Not all the actions in the video involved using digital media. Did you catch any that didn't? If you did, what were they.
3. What are some of the benefits of doing things offline ... that don't involve digital media?
4. So being disconnected from digital media has some benefits, but being connected has benefits, too. What is the best way to balance the two?

Write a story about your summer vacation.

Directions:
Open a Doc and make sure that it has been named. Follow steps in the tutorial below to complete your assignment. When you are done, turn it in!

*Join our Daily Jam Discussion board to let me know how you are doing today.
*Work on A.E.S. assignments. Make sure you save worksheet answers. The yellow bar on the left allow you to save your work.
The Quiz is open for you to complete when you finish all classwork and worksheets.
***Export to PDF is now turned on so that you can turn in your worksheet when done for grading.

If you have any question, leave me a comment on the stream.

See assignments in Google Classroom.