Day Three - Getting Started

Essential question: How can you create, form and maintain online relationships with teachers and peers for the purposes of learning?

Today's activities:

1. Opening activity. Answer and think about today's essential question. Post your answer on your blog.

2. Make a google docs folder:

• You need to make a folder for this class and put your work in it.
• Go to google docs and create a folder for your work in this class.
• Title it Last Name, First Name, Period #
  
• Share this folder with your teacher ladyb5073@gmail.com
• Save your picture of yesterday's quiz certificate to your work folder.

3. Get your typing speed.

• Create login information for the online typing class and take your first typing test.
• Save a picture of your results to your google docs folder.
• The do your numeric pad. 

4. Create a motivational slide for our collaborative slide show.

• Make a motivational poster at http://wigflip.com/automotivator/
• Find a motivational quote that inspires you. Key words motivational, educational, quotes, school, inspirational, (I find music and proverbs inspiring)
• Make your quote image. Choose an appropriate one word title.
• Save a jpeg file of your quote poster to your computer screen.
• Open the collaborative slide show and insert your image onto a slide.
• Save another copy of your image into your poster.

5. Start your passwords spreadsheet.

We're going to be using lots of openware and will need many passwords ect.
Save a copy of this spreadsheet into your class work folder.
Write in your passwords so if you forget them you don't lose your work