Hello Students:
A new year and a new room!
Welcome to our Social Studies/Technology class. You are living during a time when we are experiencing the largest increase in expressive capability in human history. It will be a function of this class to help you become effective communicators in the media of your time.
We will be meeting here online every week where we will cover the social studies curriculum using technology.
Today you will be assigned a seat here in our, we'll go over the rules and then jump right in to our first assignment.
The Rules Of Our Class:
1) Be respectful of yourself and others.
2) Raise your hand to speak during class.
3) Listen quietly while others are speaking.
4) Always do your best!
Behavior Rubric
Grading
Each week you will be given an assignment to complete in class. If completed satisfactorily, you will get a check in the grade book beside your name as per the rubric below.
Social Studies/Technology Rubric
Check Plus = Information is accurate and useful. The theme or main idea of the
assignment is clear and related to the purpose or theme of the project.
Check = Information is clear and correct. The theme or main idea of the assignment is more or less clear and related to the purpose or theme of the project.
Check Minus = Completed week's assignment approaching standard. Information is
incomplete or not correct. The completed assignment does not have a clear purpose
or central theme.
No Check = Assignment was not completed.
Final Grade Rubric
All check pluses for the projects and weekly assignments, along with good behavior, during a grading period will result in a final grade of:
4
A mixture of checks and check pluses for the projects and weekly assignments, along with good behavior, during a grading period will result in a final grade of:
3
Too many check minuses and/or questionable classroom behavior during a grading period will result in a final grade of:
2
Too many check minuses, unexcused absences from class and poor classroom behavior during a grading period will result in a final grade of:
1
TODAY'S ACTIVITY
Today we have gone over the rules and procedures of our class, you watched a PowerPoint presentation showing many interesting sights around the Catskill Mountains and you learned how to sign in and access the online activities for this class.
Now you will notice New York State's geographical location in the United States by completing an online activity where it's up to you to point out where the 50 states go on a map of the United States:
Click the hyperlink above and begin.
Good luck!
