Friday, February 27, 2015

WEEK 4, FEB 23-27. S2-PR1

due March 30

• START EACH CLASS PERIOD ON TIME AND IN YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT.
• TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO READ THE DAILY AGENDA

 Welcome to week 4 of PACE- You continue to learn who you are in our activities this week. You will also...
learn more about what employers are looking for in employees, 
learn about a very accomplished man who encourages you to ????

Stay tuned till the end of the week.

FRIDAY:

We will watch the Randy Pausch video and I will provide a handout.  Please have the monitors shut off and fill in the handout during the video.  All work up to this point is due!!!!!

Assembly Schedule – 2/27

  Period 5     8:00-9:07 - Period 5 8:00-9:07  

  Period 6 9:17-10:26 - Period 6  9:17-10:26  

  Early Lunch 10:26-11:06 - Period 7 10:36-11:43   

  Period 7 11:06-12:13 - Late Lunch 11:43-12:23  

  Period 8 12:23-1:30 - Period 8 12:23 – 1:30  

  Assembly     1:40-2:40 - Assembly 1:40-2:40





MONDAY & TUESDAY 


FREEWRITE: FW #3B  3 Million Open Jobs
Video: 60 Minutes: 3 Million Open Jobs Video: ~14 min.

     Respond to these questions.  
Justify your answers with 1-3 specific references from the speakers in the video. Ex: Mr. X says that the employers are looking for …… which indicates that ….   should train employees.

   *Copy these statements onto a piece of paper and take notes during the video.

1. Based on the speakers in the video, who are the parties responsible for training/educating people for employment and why?
2. What is your opinion about this matter? Do you agree with them or not? Explain.
3. Do you think many of your peers are ready for entering the working environment? Why?
4.  What would you suggest your peers do, to better prepare themselves for work?

ACTIVITIES:

1. Begin work on the handout: Discovering Me MyRoad~ORA Personality Profile a.k.a. MOPPA . 
Follow the instructions in the MyRoad Slide Tutorial, located in the sidebar— see slides 8-15 if you have taken the profiler. If not then start at the beginning.
    
2. Students who worked in groups last week to complete a 3-Way Interview activity—If you have time, you can finish your reflection, which is in a separate folder in their class basket. Turn it in at the end of the class period.

WEDNESDAY  & THURSDAY

Warm-Up:  NO FREEWRITE TODAY

ACTIVITIES:

1. Watch the first half of the video: Interview of Randy Pausch by Diane Sawyer
   1. You do not need computers for this, so your monitors are off.
   2. Complete the handout as you watch the video.  Please cite specific examples from the video.
       
2. Continuation of the Discovering Me ~ MOPPA/ORA Personality Profile Analysis handout.
   Students you will want to follow the MyRoad slide tutorial.
   *These are due at the end of the period Thursday and Friday.
    
3. If you and your 3-Way Interview group members finish the MOPPA, then finish your Reflection handout.
    
4. Start your QuickStart Careers analysis. Take the test if you have not done so yet. Go to the MyRoad tutorial slides for Careers to learn how to complete the handout.

FRIDAY

Warm-Up: NO FREEWRITE TODAY

Finish watching Randy Pausch video. Turn in handout at the end of the video.
Be ready to share with the class some of your responses from the video.

ACTIVITIES:

1. Finish the ORA Personality handout and begin/complete the Careers Handout.
                     Students follow the slide tutorial.

•  Revised Special Assembly Schedule  - Black History Month celebration assembly.  The theme of this assembly is past, present, and future. We will be having performances by many of our students and local community.

Week of February 23-27th, 2015

WEEK 4, FEB 23-27. S2-PR1

due March 30

• START EACH CLASS PERIOD ON TIME AND IN YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT.
• TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO READ THE DAILY AGENDA

 Welcome to week 4 of PACE- You continue to learn who you are in our activities this week. You will also...
learn more about what employers are looking for in employees, 
learn about a very accomplished man who encourages you to ????

Stay tuned till the end of the week.

MONDAY & TUESDAY 


FREEWRITE: FW #3B  3 Million Open Jobs
Video: 60 Minutes: 3 Million Open Jobs Video: ~14 min.

     Respond to these questions.  
Justify your answers with 1-3 specific references from the speakers in the video. Ex: Mr. X says that the employers are looking for …… which indicates that ….   should train employees.

   *Copy these statements onto a piece of paper and take notes during the video.

1. Based on the speakers in the video, who are the parties responsible for training/educating people for employment and why?
2. What is your opinion about this matter? Do you agree with them or not? Explain.
3. Do you think many of your peers are ready for entering the working environment? Why?
4.  What would you suggest your peers do, to better prepare themselves for work?

ACTIVITIES:

1. Begin work on the handout: Discovering Me MyRoad~ORA Personality Profile a.k.a. MOPPA . 
Follow the instructions in the MyRoad Slide Tutorial, located in the sidebar— see slides 8-15 if you have taken the profiler. If not then start at the beginning.
    
2. Students who worked in groups last week to complete a 3-Way Interview activity—If you have time, you can finish your reflection, which is in a separate folder in their class basket. Turn it in at the end of the class period.

WEDNESDAY  & THURSDAY

Warm-Up:  NO FREEWRITE TODAY

ACTIVITIES:

1. Watch the first half of the video: Interview of Randy Pausch by Diane Sawyer
   1. You do not need computers for this, so your monitors are off.
   2. Complete the handout as you watch the video.  Please cite specific examples from the video.
       
2. Continuation of the Discovering Me ~ MOPPA/ORA Personality Profile Analysis handout.
   Students you will want to follow the MyRoad slide tutorial.
   *These are due at the end of the period Thursday and Friday.
    
3. If you and your 3-Way Interview group members finish the MOPPA, then finish your Reflection handout.
    
4. Start your QuickStart Careers analysis. Take the test if you have not done so yet. Go to the MyRoad tutorial slides for Careers to learn how to complete the handout.

FRIDAY

Warm-Up: NO FREEWRITE TODAY

Finish watching Randy Pausch video. Turn in handout at the end of the video.
Be ready to share with the class some of your responses from the video.

ACTIVITIES:

1. Finish the ORA Personality handout and begin/complete the Careers Handout.
                     Students follow the slide tutorial.

•  Revised Special Assembly Schedule  - Black History Month celebration assembly.  The theme of this assembly is past, present, and future. We will be having performances by many of our students and local community.

Wendesday & Thursday, February 18 & 19, 2015

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WEEK 3, FEB17-20. S2-PR1

due February 22

Welcome back from a restful 4 day break. Hope you were able to enjoy the warm and sunny days. 

Please take a few minutes to read this week''s agenda. 

LEARNING TARGETS:

• Students will see connections between the work world and their personal experience as they discover and affirm aspects of themselves through interest assessments. 
• Students will know select skills they have that are sought by employers. 
• Students will identify personal aspects as these relate to who they are as a learner, or person of character and interests.

Tuesday, Feb. 17 was a continuation from last week. We are trying to catch up on account setups, document setups and assignments.

Per. 1, 2, 4 :
FREEWRITE—
 FW #3- How Strong Is My Character? Freewrite Link
Read and follow the slide instructions. For your convenience......
Copy the questions below into your FW  and add a thoughtful response about the survey results.

1. What did you learn about yourself from the results?
2. How can you use what you learned to help you make a career choice?

ACTIVITIES—

1. Finish ORA and make Google Document.
2. Video: What Employers Want

FREEWRITE—
FW #1a, 2, #3 & how to set up with questions and response

ACTIVITIES—

1. Video: What Employers Want/ students have handout
2. Finish ORA and make document if time
   
   If we finish early... 

FW #3B 60 Minutes: 3 Million Open Jobs.
 Work with your table partner to answer the following questions on paper.

1. Based on the speakers in the video, who are the parties responsible for training/educating people for employment and why?
2. What is your opinion about this matter? Do you agree with them or not? Explain.
3. Do you think many of your peers are ready for entering the working environment? Why?
4. What would you suggest they do to better prepare themselves for work?

Take the MyRoad Careers Survey

Thursday & Friday:

FREEWRITE—
         FW #3 How Strong Is My Character?  see TUESDAY'S agenda

ACTIVITIES—

1. FW #3B 60 Minutes: 3 Million Open Job
2. Start 3 Way Interview
    

THURSDAY, FEB. 19, & FRIDAY, FEB. 20
FREEWRITE—
         FW #4 What Is My Learning Style?
Respond to these statements in your Freewrite:

1. What is your learning style?
2. Give at least 3 examples from your experiences describing how you learn that match your results.

ACTIVITIES—

1. 3 Way Interview

Thursday & Tuesday, February 12 & 17, 2015

WEEK 2, FEB. 9-12, S2.PR1

due February 15

 Welcome to the second week of PACE. Please go to the class website and read through the agenda or plan for the week. 

 A great week for discovery of who you are to be had by all. You will learn more about yourself as you take several interest and personality surveys. 

 BTW: Last day to turn in syllabus signed by parents/guardian is Thursday, Feb. 12.
 No school on Friday, Feb. 13           


LEARNING TARGETS:

• Students will see connections between the work world and their personal experience as they discover and affirm aspects of themselves through interest assessments. 
• Students will know select skills they have that are sought by employers. 

ACTIVITIES
Thursday & Tuesday  FREEWRITE lINK?

Go to FW 1A and complete it. We will do Freewrite 1B based on your " You the Person..." handout next week. Note: it is okay if the FW #'s are slightly out of order. Please label and date them. Also, use numbering to separate one response from the other. This really helps me when grading your work.

2)   ACCOUNT SET-UP- MyRoad
a) Read through slides 2-9 and follow the instructions.  About 10-15 min.
If you finish early and are caught up with your freewrites....
  MyRoad.CollegeBoard Link
b) Take the ORA Personality Quiz, see slides 10-13 and the quiz instructions in on slide 29.  125 questions takes about 15-20  minutes.  When you finish... copy and paste all 4 sections of information/data results into a Google document labeled: ORAprofile.
 
3)   VIDEO: Learn 360- What Employers Want; Workplace Basics Essentials
As you watch the video take notes and the self quiz at the end of each section. About 15 min.

Thursday & Tuesday

2) 3 WAY INTERVIEW


1)   Warm-Up: FW 3 How Strong Is Your Character? Read through the instructions and follow.
 

1. What did you learn about yourself from the results ?
2. How can you use what you learned to help you make a career choice?

​ 

2)   Video: 60 Minutes: 3 Million Open Jobs
This is  FW 3B. 
Take notes during the video and then transfer the notes to your FW document. 25-30 min.

Give your opinion as you respond to these questions.Justify your answer with a reference from the video.

1. Who are the parties responsible for training/educating people for employment and why based on the speakers in the video?
2. What is your opinion about this matter? 
3. Do you think many of your peers are ready for entering the working environment? Why?
4. What would you suggest they do to better prepare themselves for work? 
    

4)   If time remains in class, finish your ORA Personality Survey, past FW's, or...
​Take the MyRoad Careers Survey, see slides 12-18 of MyRoad Activities.

Friday & Monday, February 6 & 9, 2015

Today's Learning Targets: 

1.  Know how PACE will affect your life. 
2.  Understand how to succeed in this class.
3.  Know classroom technology and technology practices- 

You will—

• become familiar with our classroom technology and troubleshooting procedures; 
• know how to access your Google student account, set up folders and documents related to PACE and share these with the teacher (required) and your personal professional gmail account- name@gmail.com
• create an account in MyRoads to complete class activities

ACTIVITIES: 

1. Pre-test on resumes.
2.  Know The Machine (found in ACCOUNT SETUP) : familiarize yourself with how to turn on/off the classroom computer, be able to troubleshoot operating issues when they arise.
3.  Warm-up: PACE Quiz
   You will need to login to your student Gmail account:   STUDENT GMAIL LOGIN/DDHS Website
   Login: student ID #      password: 8 digit birth monthdayyear (Ex: 02161998)
   Once you login in, click the link INTRO TO PACE AND ACCOUNT SETUP to find  slides 1-7. 
   Instructions: 1st partner reads - you will open the slide tutorial;  2^nd  partner writes/types - you will write in the online quiz. Both partners, read through the slides 1-7. Together, you will answer the questions in the online document and be ready to share with the class. QUIZ LINK
    20-25 min. This is be written on a handout and turned in the basket after it is completed.
4. Video: Why You Will Fail To Have a Great Career. Complete your written response to the 3 questions. Be ready to share in class. Turn paper in at the end of class.  15 min.
   Complete your written response to the 3 questions. Be ready to share in class. Turn paper in at the end of class.  15 min.  1.  What does the speaker say are excuses that people use in order not to succeed?  2.  Why do the people who use excuses do so?  3.  What does the speaker say you should do to overcome this?  Do this as a 1st freewrite?
   
   May carryover to Friday if we run out of time on Wednesday
5. Setting up your two class accounts- Follow slides 9-36 of INTRO TO PACE AND ACCOUNT SETUP to do the following:  set up a FREEWRITE document- slide 2
    *Work on  Freewrites/FW 1A & 1B from the Freewrites link on the sidebar.
   and set up your MyRoad account. 
   LOGIN/ slide 36 from ACCOUNT SETUP or from MyRoad tutorial in the sidebar. 
6. If you find time take the ORA Personality Profiler quiz.

Wednesday & Thursday, February 4 & 5, 2015

WEDNESDAY, FEB 4. & THURSDAY, FEB. 5
Today's Learning Targets: 

1.  Know how PACE will affect your life. 
2.  Understand how to succeed in this class.
3.  Know classroom technology and technology practices- 

You will—

• become familiar with our classroom technology and troubleshooting procedures; 
• know how to access your Google student account, set up folders and documents related to PACE and share these with the teacher (required) and your personal professional gmail account- name@gmail.com
• create an account in MyRoads to complete class activities

ACTIVITIES: 

1. Pre-test on resumes.
2.  Know The Machine (found in ACCOUNT SETUP) : familiarize yourself with how to turn on/off the classroom computer, be able to troubleshoot operating issues when they arise.
3.  Warm-up: PACE Quiz
   You will need to login to your student Gmail account:   STUDENT GMAIL LOGIN/DDHS Website
   Login: student ID #      password: 8 digit birth monthdayyear (Ex: 02161998)
   Once you login in, click the link INTRO TO PACE AND ACCOUNT SETUP to find  slides 1-7. 
   Instructions: 1st partner reads - you will open the slide tutorial;  2^nd  partner writes/types - you will write in the online quiz. Both partners, read through the slides 1-7. Together, you will answer the questions in the online document and be ready to share with the class. QUIZ LINK
    20-25 min.
4. Video: Why You Will Fail To Have a Great Career. Complete your written response to the 3 questions. Be ready to share in class. Turn paper in at the end of class.  15 min.
   Complete your written response to the 3 questions. Be ready to share in class. Turn paper in at the end of class.  15 min.
   
   May carryover to Friday if we run out of time on Wednesday
5. Setting up your two class accounts- Follow slides 9-36 of INTRO TO PACE AND ACCOUNT SETUP to do the following:  set up a FREEWRITE document- slide 2
    *Work on  Freewrites/FW 1A & 1B from the Freewrites link on the sidebar.
   and set up your MyRoad account. 
   LOGIN/ slide 36 from ACCOUNT SETUP or from MyRoad tutorial in the sidebar. 
6. If you find time take the ORA Personality Profiler quiz.

Monday & Tuesday, February 2 & 3, 2015

STUDENTS:
WELCOME TO PACE and SECOND SEMESTER!!  

Please find your seat from the seating chart.
Work on the Paceography handout given to you when you entered. 

What we will do today:

Seating- Up on the screen
Introductions-

• Paceography & 2T/1L
• Syllabus: What is PACE? What will you do in this class? How is it graded? Why do you need it?
  Key units of the semester.
• Know the Machine
• Connections/share commonalities
  
  
  ​HOMEWORK-

1. Go to Student Vue and verify your new student Gmail address. 
2. Share the syllabus with your parents/guardian complete the back side with signatures and return it to your teacher in the next 2 weeks or extra credit.

Coming up next:
Wednesday & Thursday

• Account set-up- School gmail account, Google Drive, and folder set-up, Professional gmail account, and MyRoads/ College Board
  MyRoads link also in right sidebar.
   
• Getting started- Our first Freewrite
•  
• What do you know about the job world?
• Who Am I? - Personal Inventory Assessments on MyRoad
• Video: What Employers Want