Tuesday, June 10

Good morning, and welcome to the 2nd day of SFCC Summer Youth Enrichment Camp. Yesterday was a great start to the program. We worked through a little bit of technical difficulty--and I appreciate your flexibility and patience. I hope that we don't have to have many of "those days."

This both classes will have similar topics, but will publish them using different medias.

For the next three days we will be looking at getting to know one another. If you were here last year, you may recall the "get to know you PowerPoint." Each group will be using different software or Web applications, but will have some of the same criteria.

Do not forget the rules of the Web:

• Only write your first name & last initial -- NO EXCEPTIONS
• Never write your address, phone number or other personal information
• Never chat with someone that you do not already know

GRADES 2/3/4

• You will be creating a short presentation using PowerPoint
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GRADES 5/6

• Today will begin the process of quite a large portfolio. We are going to use a Web application called http://www.weebly.com/

The how-to:

• Visit http://www.weebly.com/
• Create an account (try to make your username either unique or your firstname, last initial) -- if you do not have an email address, use: sfcc@ianbelanger.com
• Click on the new page button, add a BLOG page, name it Blog
• Write a new entry, topic: You just watched a video called "Did you know 2.0?" - Write about at least one thing that REALLY surprised you in that video. How might this class help better prepare you?
• Create a new page, title it "All about me!" - This is the page where all your information will go.

The BIG checklist (a.k.a. what to include!)

• Your name (Obviously)
• Photo of yourself, family, friends?
• Where were you born?
• What school did you goto last year?
• What do you do in your spare time?
• Your favorite vacation spot?
• What are you looking forward to in camp this summer? Next school year?