April 1

APRIL FOOLS DAY

Year 7 - It's done! I made an executive decision! After speaking with you on Friday I've decided that we will create tri-fold pamphlets which will showcase the diversity of our group by serving as tourist pamphlets for your country/city of origin. This will be great!

Let's get started!

March 28 - TERM 3 BEGINS

Year 7 - The welcome mat is out! I'm Ms. Dietrich and I will be your tech-teacher for Term 3.

We have lots of activity planned for this term with our main focus on mastering Microsoft Word 2007. It's a new program and learning how to use it effectively and efficiently will serve you in years to come.

But first let's get aquainted with the class blog. Let's go!

March 11

Year 7 - We have a lot to do today.

You should have created your pamphlet already. Have you also created one for Mrs. Thompson? If not, let's do that first.

Then you need to Evaluate your project.

Ask yourself (and answer) the following question;

1-Did you meet your goal?

2-Did you learn a lot about Word 2007?

3-Did you learn a lot about bulletins/pamphlets and what makes an effective bulletin?

4-Was it interesting task? Did you enjoy doing it? If no, why not?

5-Could you do this now alone for another class?

6-Does your pamphlet follow the Design Specification Explain.

7-How could the pamphlet be improved upon? Explain.

8-Make a list of 3 questions about your pamphlet and post them to your blog. Ask 3 classmates to evaluate your pamphlet and answer the questions. Do a small analysis of the answers

March 7

Year 7, Sorry I'm not here with you today but you are smart kids and know exactly what to do.

Remember you have a Design Specification to follow: 3 columns, justify columns, page border top/bottom only, underlined text, bold text, italics, caption below image, 2 different fonts, custom margin settings to allow the pamphlet to close properly. The bulletin should be colourful, informative, attractive and error-free.

You have a double period and that is plenty of time to finish your newsletter. Mrs. Thompson will be so impressed with each of you!

If you have time, you can try to print your newsletter. It's a bit tricky because we will be printing on each side. First you have to print one side of the page and then insert the page back into the paper tray and print on the other side. Try it - I know you can do it!

Tuesday we will Evaluate the projects.

March 4

Year 7
You were really working hard on your Designs (Criterion B) on Friday (Way 2 go!). Let's finish the Designs and then work on the Plan (Criterion C) part of the project.

Remember, I won't be here with you on Friday and that's when I would like you to CREATE your advertising pamphlet.

Tuesday, March 11 we will Evaluate (Criterion E) the projects.