Google Maps

Your Google map should be completed today!! Nine days - less than 550 miles apart!! (Sample Map)

Create a document that lists the 15 states and 8 state capitols you visited. (You can change your map if you didn't visit enough state capitols or states.)

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Starting Point: (west coast city)
Day 1:
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Day 9: Washington D.C.

Goodbye Brooke

A Virtual Road Rally

Students choose a specific starting point on the West coast of the United States and travel to Washington D.C. in 9 days.

Road Rally Parameters:

• 550 miles per day is the maximum number of miles you can go.
• Students are required to visit:
• 15 states
• 8 state capitols
• 4 national parks
• 2 major mountain ranges
• 5 museums
• 1 amusement park
• 9 days to get to Washington DC

Travel Details

• Mileage
• Total mileage
• Travel Time
• Population
• Elevation
• Temperature
• States Visited

Assignments:

1. Places to Visit and Map with route marked (MS Word)

2. Travel Details (Mileage, Travel Time, Population, Elevation, etc)

3. Outline of Places to Visit (States, Capitols, National Parks, etc.)

4. Itinerary for the Trip (Day 1 – Day 9)

5. Mileage (Excel)

6. Scrapbook of the Trip (PowerPoint)

7. Newsletter (MS Word)

Step 1

1. Decide what city and state you are going to stay in for the nine days.
2. Create a map, using google maps, mark the eight cities you will spend the night and draw a line connecting the cities. ( Create a route map.) (sample map)

Start Here: Google Maps - log in with your LAUSD/Blogger account

Road Rally Instructions

Vote for Brooke!!

Brooke will be singing two Niel Diamond songs, hopefully she does a good job.

Freshman P.E. Reqirements

Can you pass??

Boys:

• 24-45 sit-ups
• 14-30 push-ups
• 9 1/2 minute run or under

Girls:

• 18-32 sit-ups
• 7-15 push-ups
• 11 minute mile run or under

Use your P.E. class time wisely!! These maybe the requirements for you when enter High School. If you can't pass these your freshman year you may end up taking PE for four years instead of only two.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=6104460

Converting Audacity into a Mp3 File

Follow the directions:

1. Use this file and download it http://www.gaclrecords.org.uk/lame_enc.dll
2. Once it is downloaded copy it
3. Open my computer, go to C, into program files, and into the Audacity folder
4. Paste the file just inside the audacity folder
5. Open audacity, go to edit, and go to the bottom and click preferences
6. Select the tab that says file format
7. At the bottom click "Find Library" in the mp3 section
8. At the top there is a drop down called "Look in" and select My computer
9. Click C disk, go in program files, in the Audacity folder, and then select lame_enc.dll
10. Then go in file and click export as Mp3 then choose where to save it and click save
11. Then another menu will come up and write the name of the file and artist.

• Don't forget your money for lunches (Thursday & Friday) and souvenirs
  
• Bring a warm jacket & camera
• Pack light - you will be carrying your items for a long time!!
  

Mavis and Make up

Make sure your wikispaces is completed and that you have a script for your podcast. We should have your first podcasts posted by Friday.

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Survival

You survived Open House and the conversations afterwards. Several of you should be very proud of your work and progress that you have made. Others had to make promises to your parents that you will improve your grades and get your work completed. Make sure you keep those promises and get all your work done.

Finish up your wikispaces and write your script for the podcast. Periods 1 & 3 already started recording their podcasts and need to focus on publishing them on my podcast wikispace.

Open House & Grades

Grades have already been submitted. I recommend that you continue to work on your late assignments to bring up your grade for the next report card.

Create a posting on your blog for your parents. Be sure to talk about how you are doing in your classes and what you'll be doing to bring up your grades. Let your parents know what they can do to help you earn better grades and create a better work ethic.

Open House - Prep

Make sure you have your work ready for open house.

Items to show your parents:

• Work on the back wall
• Room Animal
• Your Quiz About Me
• Wikispaces
• Podcast
  

Mavis and Make Up

Work on past due assignments or Mavis Beacon, no podcasting today. I'll be turning in grades at the end of today.

Creating a Podcast

1. Create a script
2. Download Audacity
   
3. Check out a headset (student ID card)
4. Record Podcast
5. Use Lame Mp3 to convert the sound file to an Mp3
6. Upload file to Podomatic
7. Post the Podcast on my podcast wiki page
8. Create another one
   

Podcasts

Listen to the following podcasts and apply what you hear to your own podcast. Make your podcast interesting and entertaining. Make sure that you include important elements of your biome.

• SoCal Hockey
• TechSavvyGirlz
• Animal Planet

Audacity

Audacity offers more options for recording and editing your podcasts. It is a free open source program that you can download at school or home for free. If you use audacity you need to use another program called lame mp3 to convert the files to a mp3 file, which will upload to podomatic.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Download Audacity

Grades

I handed out grade reports for all students with a "D" or a "F". Most of you that are not passing did not complete your wikispace project. I recommend that you complete it as soon as possible. I'm turning in 10 week grades next week.

Podcasting

We will be creating podcastings about a biome. Choose a biome and create a script for the podcast. Think of the podcast as radio broadcast. You can choose who you want to be (an animal, vegetation, a safari leader, news reporter, etc). Create a program that is at least 3 minutes long.

Once you create a script:

1. Sign up for a Podomatic account: https://www.podomatic.com/path/signup
2. Check out a headset or microphone to record your podcast. (Turn in your student ID Card to check out equipment.)
3. Record podcast
4. Post the podcast in the correct biome.

A podcast is a collection of digital media files which are distributed over the Internet, often using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers. The term podcast, like "broadcast", can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.

Last Day to turn in Wikispace biome work.

Last day to finish turning in your wikispace assignments.

We will be starting podcasting on Wednesday. You will need to write your script for your podcast (or radio broadcast). Pick a biome, describe what you see and hear in the biome. You can pretend your animal, plant, a safari visitor or a news reporter.

You will need a completed script and your I.D. card to check out a headset with a microphone to record your podcast.

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