What is a Curator, Anyway?

What a weekend!   As I sit here writing this blog post there are many marches, hopefully peaceful, occurring around our country.  The transition of our new president, Mr. Donald Trump, has been somewhat smooth.  Hopefully our country will find a way to move forward, work together, and make history.  In addition to the Presidential Inauguration celebrations of the weekend, those of us living in New England are more focused on what lies ahead; the Patriot's game taking place tomorrow afternoon.  Both of these events are being documented and curated digitally.

What does this all mean?  What is a curator anyway?  You are on the road to finding the answer to that question.  This week you will use a slide presentation I have created to explore this topic.  Please take the time to think and process.  You are going to need to ask yourself some tough questions.  The answers may not come to you quickly, but if you put forth the effort, they will come to you.
Now that you have finished reading this blog post, please go to Google Classroom, read the announcement at the top of the stream of my classroom and get started.

  ~Mrs. White :)

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Blogging 101

    It has certainly been a crazy month.  I cannot believe October is almost over!  This weekend we gain an hour (HOORAY!!) as we set back our clocks.  Why do we change our clocks?  Check out the information on the Daylight Savings Time post.

    I know some of you are still having difficulties with your Apple ID's and getting your Apps, and I am addressing that with individuals and trying to problem solve.  We are moving forward and beginning our lessons on Blogging.  Before starting, I need to have a sense of what you know, so please take a few minutes and complete the Blogging PreAssessment.  We will need to establish a common vocabulary for some terms associated with blogging.  We will take a look at a diagram of a blog, label it, and discuss our BPS Blogging and Commenting Guidelines this week.  Before we take a look at our guidelines, we will take a look at Blogging in Plain English (it's an oldie but a goodie.)

     You will have some time to explore a couple of other blogs.  You may use your iPad and your "Qrafter" App (QR code reader).  There is a sheet of QR codes in your workstation resource folder.  If you don't have your Apps yet, you may open my blog on your iPad (this may be a good time to bookmark it) and click on the links of the Interesting Blog Resources document.  You may also view these blogs using your workstation and this same document.  The choice is yours.  Please select one of the blogs listed and review it using the Blog Evaluation Checklist you can find by clicking on the link or finding it in your workstation resource folder.  When you have finished, please go to Padlet and post the name of your blog and the score it received.
     Have a great week, and please don't get frustrated.  You will all be up and running shortly!!  Try to remain calm as the end of October, Halloween, and Daylight Savings Time all approach this weekend.  I heard we may even see a little of the "white stuff" this weekend!!!

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Copyright Terms

Today in class you will be working on a resource for yourself.  Last week's pre-assessment let me know my students, overall, needed some work with the terms or vocabulary associated with copyright. I have created a Google doc with the terms I would like you to define.  There is a link to an interactive site, Copyright Kids, on the top of this doc.  Please use this site to create your definitions.  I don't want you all working on the same doc so you will all need to create your own copy of this doc.  The video below will walk you through this process.  Before starting the video, you will need to be signed in to your Google accounts.  Please open a new tab and do this.  Then you will watch the video below.  You will also need to have the Copyright Terms doc to complete today's assignment,

Now that you have your own clean copy of this doc, you will be able to complete today's assignment.  Please take your time and be sure to define the terms in your own words.

Once you have finished this assignment, you make continue to explore the Copyright Kids site and take the "Copyright Challenge."

Another site you may want to explore is Cyberbee.  Some of you may remember this from last year.

ILT #2 this link is for you:  Copyright Terms.