I didn't get the greatest report from Mr. Martinez on Friday. He texted me at 3:30 Friday saying that this was the only period he had all day with any behavior issues. I take very few sick days. I fact, I take so few that I have accumulated almost a full month of sick days in my four and a half years here at Camino Nuevo. That means when I am not at school, it's a rarity and I expect you to show the guest teacher, in this case a friend of mine, the same respect that you show to me. The students who were named in his text message will notice a 10 point deduction in their participation grade when I get my gradebook online in powerschool next week. This is your first warning and I will NOT be meeting with you to discuss it unless it happens again.
On a positive note, I would like to really compliment how great this class has been when it comes to assisting one another. As I mentioned on the first day of this class, there is going to be a point system set up for helping others on classwork. I will explain next week. Keep up the good work.
Now, if you haven't yet noticed there is a ton of self-directed work time built into this course. This is for two reasons. The first reason is that in order to complete the Treehouse and Codecademy assignments you need large chunks of time. The second reason is that I think I can trust 7th and 8th graders (and you all have been showing me how responsible you can be) to pace yourselves and stay on task for the one hour we meet each day. So far I have been EXTREMELY impressed with the level of maturity you have been showing in watching the coding videos and completing the daily coding tasks. KEEP IT UP!
So far I have assigned 7 treehouse badges for you to complete. I will begin going through you class folders and grading your coursework TODAY while you work. Earning the badge on treehouse and completing the work in your studenthar folder are two separate grades in powerschool.
Today's Assignment:
1. Codecademy HTML Basics 1-3 (finish them). If you can't log in for some reason, try the forgot password link. Also, be sure to join the class group on there when you get signed in today. The people listed below are the only ones who have joined the group so far. Here is the link you need to click to join the class group if you still haven't: CLICK HERE TO JOIN CODECADEMY GROUP
On a positive note, I would like to really compliment how great this class has been when it comes to assisting one another. As I mentioned on the first day of this class, there is going to be a point system set up for helping others on classwork. I will explain next week. Keep up the good work.
Now, if you haven't yet noticed there is a ton of self-directed work time built into this course. This is for two reasons. The first reason is that in order to complete the Treehouse and Codecademy assignments you need large chunks of time. The second reason is that I think I can trust 7th and 8th graders (and you all have been showing me how responsible you can be) to pace yourselves and stay on task for the one hour we meet each day. So far I have been EXTREMELY impressed with the level of maturity you have been showing in watching the coding videos and completing the daily coding tasks. KEEP IT UP!
So far I have assigned 7 treehouse badges for you to complete. I will begin going through you class folders and grading your coursework TODAY while you work. Earning the badge on treehouse and completing the work in your studenthar folder are two separate grades in powerschool.
Today's Assignment:
1. Codecademy HTML Basics 1-3 (finish them). If you can't log in for some reason, try the forgot password link. Also, be sure to join the class group on there when you get signed in today. The people listed below are the only ones who have joined the group so far. Here is the link you need to click to join the class group if you still haven't: CLICK HERE TO JOIN CODECADEMY GROUP
2. Treehouse "Objects" Badge (under HTML). For the objects badge you only need to create one webpage for the First two videos. Essentially you should combine the content of the two videos into one page. After that, earn the badge by simply watching the remaining video and taking the quiz (no need to create a webpage for the third video). This badge will show you how to add youtube videos and images to your webopages.