Tuesday & Wednesday, February 11 & 12, 2014

Dear Classes:

First of all: PACE A Syllabus

We finished watching a video on Workplace Basics: Essential Skills for Success 24 min. You answered the questions on the video on a google doc entitled "Workplace basics questions"

We also created Gmail accounts that started with your last name, then first name, and finally the last two digits of your student id.

You will also begin your online account set-up. Gmail accounts will start with your last name, then first name, and finally the last two digits of your student id. ">CIS; sign in using "ddouglas" and then "ddhs" for password. We will look it over and do the "Thinking about me".

WELCOME BACK!!!

Brrr... Snow days~ an unexpected gift for relaxation and fun. Now we delve into who we are.

These are our objectives-
Learning Targets~ Students will be able to~
operate, manage, troubleshoot the computer
access- Google & CIS accounts—protocols, files management, responsibilities
complete Freewrite document, Slide presentation (2)
identify personal preferences, interests and skills (3-7)

These are how we meet our objectives-
Activities-
Warm-up- with a partner (next to you) resolve these problems-
Your computer won't turn on. What do you do?
Your computer just turned off. What do you do?

Navigating our class website (remember, go to DDHSPages or the DDHS website and to teacher sites
Online account set-up and management- Google drive, CIS
What does this biographical statement say about this person?
Ex: Cindy Deschutes has an inquirying mind and enjoys learning about how different cultures live, think and do things. She enjoys traveling the globe, seeking out unique locally made crafts/art, food, checking out local customs like pastimes, and enjoying the geography or scenery. She wants the world to be a place where people appreciate their surroundings, and care for the planet. She volunteers with the Humane Society, the Young Kiwanis Club and is a peer tutor.

Create a Google Freewrite document. In the first rowl give the heading: WHO I AM
Write a short biography that describes you as you are today. Include what you want people to acknowledge, appreciate, know, accept, etc. about you.

WHO AM I?- CIS

Activities-
Complete the personality assessments:
Thinking About Me and Interest Profiler and Work Locator
Review your CIS Assessments- TBD

Add to your Freewrite-
WHO I AM a summary of your interests, likes and preferences based upon the results and comments from the CIS assessments. Give specifics wherever you can by thinking about how these preferences and interests show up in your life.(Ex. If the Interest Profiler says that I am artistic and investigative, I show this by creating drawings that illustrate the world).

TRANSFORMING TEENS—
60 Minutes Presents: Amazing Kids 60 Minutes revisits three stories about amazing kids with amazing gifts in the most unlikely places. Scott Pelley hosts this special edition of 60 Minutes.

Part 1-13:25 minutes Respond to these questions:
What skills or abiities does this young man have that allowed him to achieve his goal?
What personal characteristics doe he possess?

Your success shows, after you complete the assigned tasks, by demonstrating what you learned- in short written statements, sharing with the class and by connecting what you know to who you are and what you know of the world.

Enter SLIP- with partner
Round 2: Resolve this problem- Your computer won't turn on. What do you do?
Your computer just went blank. What do you do?
Round 3: How do you find out what you did or are going to do in class? If you are absent? Where do you go to get this information?

Reading handout- Nearly 40 Percent Of Oregon High School Grads Don't Go To College

Tuesday & Wednesday, FEB 11 & 12
Folders
Work Importance Locator
Interest Profiler
Final Project slide- Biography/Thinking About Me