MS Excel Personal Timesheet Project (200 pts)

ALL:

JOURNAL ENTRY:  After viewing the following articles and charts, what does the term POVERTY mean?  Find your block on the first link and find out about how many families in your area are living below the Federal Poverty level listed in the second chart listed.  Write 4-5 sentences reflecting on your thoughts about this reality!
Please review this article for your Journal Entry:  Philadelphia Poverty Figures (Click Link)
Federal Averages For Annual Income (Poverty Level) (Click Here For Article)


PAYROLL TIMESHEET LINK:

Google Drive Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjY9jTFcLEUWdDUyajRIY1gxLXpwSE5ZeXRLMEdmTUE&usp=sharing

Original MS Excel Document
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWYVMxdnZpLVQtbmc/edit?usp=sharing

Today you will be working on Microsoft Excel and creating a time-card for yourself.  Please read the corresponding story to the number you are given in class to fill out your time-card for the week ending on April 14th, 2014.  We will complete the Example together in class.

Example Employee:  Rate per hour is $10.55.  Monday was a vacation day for eight hours. On Tuesday you worked for eight regular hours and added two hours of overtime.  On Wednesday and Thursday you worked eight hours, and Friday you worked for seven hours until you felt sick at your stomach.  You logged an hour of sick time.  You went in Saturday to make up for the time lost and added one hour of regular time and three hours of overtime.

Here are your scenarios:


Anyone with a last name that starts with A - H will be Employee #1, I - P will be Employee #2, and Q -Z will be Employee #3.  Please use the following scenarios to fill out your timecards.

Employee #1:  You make $20.25 an hour.  You felt sick on Monday and called out sick for eight hours.  You were feeling so much better the next day that you worked eight hours and then an extra three hours overtime to make up for your absence.  On Wednesday you could not be stopped again and put in an eight hour day and one hour of overtime.  Thursday you only were able to work seven hours, and Friday you worked eight hours and an extra hour of "flex" time at the normal rate to make up for Thursday.

Employee #2:  You make $14.50 an hour.  You arrived for work on Monday ready to go.  You put in eight hours and two hours of overtime.  On Tuesday you took a vacation day for eight hours of pay.  Wednesday and Thursday were regular days of eight hours each, and Friday you arrived late after two hours of sick time.  You finished the day strong and added six hours of regular time and an additional four hours of overtime.  Saturday you added four more overtime hours as well.

Employee #3:  You make $13.25 an hour.  On Monday you worked eight regular hours and four hours of overtime.  You took Tuesday as a personal day and clocked eight hours of vacation time.  On Wednesday you worked eight hours of regular time and added an additional two hours of overtime.  Thursday you were not feeling well and used eight hours of sick time.  Friday and Saturday you worked full eight hour days and logged an additional two hours of overtime.

Overtime for everyone is time and a half so multiply your hourly rate by 1.5 and you will have the overtime rate.  Sick time and Vacation Time are the same rate as your regular rate.

Take a look at your TOTAL PAY in the bottom right hand corner.  In your email  figure out what that number would be if you took out the following deductions:

• Local Tax:  4.33%
• State Tax:  3.07%
• Federal Tax:  15%
• Social Security:  6.5%
• Medical Coverage:  1.4%
• Retirement / 401K:  2%

Once you complete your time-card, SHARE it with me (hscribnercaa@gmail.com).  You must also go to the back of the room and PRINT A COPY of your Timecard, Sign it and Date it, and turn it in for credit.

Good Luck!!

- Mr. S

Excel Practice Day

Practice Creating the following tables in MS Excel today:

The first is a grade log.  Make sure you use the AVERAGE function to show the average scores for your grades at the bottom of the spreadsheet.  You must also type the instructions in the cells below as pictured:

The next table you will create is the Exercise table.  Please fill in all the data exactly as it is pictured:

Format the table just like the picture to the right:

Finally, you must create the table for the products listed here:

Good Luck!

Mr. S

Flash Mobbing Cancer Treatment

 

Here’s the basic idea behind adoptive T cell therapy: Patients whose cancers don’t respond to conventional treatments can have some of their own immune cells known as T cells plucked, genetically re-engineered to better target their cancer cells, and reinserted. In recent years these treatments have achieved dramatic early clinical successes, and there’s a lot of excitement about them.

This excitement made adoptive T cell therapy a prime candidate for the third annual Biology Flash Mob at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, which drew about 180 volunteers on Friday morning. 

We volunteers were a diverse group—by a show of hands, one third of us worked at Koch and one third had never heard of the institute—and several of us were only two years old.

Our Koch hosts divided us into groups of healthy cells (green shirts), cancer cells (red shirts), T cells (blue shirts) and scientists (purple shirts and white lab coats). After a quick rehearsal, the healthy cells marched out and arranged themselves in the center of the quad behind the Koch. They cheered as the T cells filed through them and kept them in line. When one healthy cell popped a red umbrella to show that it had turned cancerous, the T cells took their pom-poms and pummeled it into submission.

But then several healthy cells not only turned bad but hid themselves from the T cells (as real cancer cells do all too often), the T cells wandered around in helpless zombie fashion and dozens of other cancer cells poured in.

Virtue triumphed, however, after the T cells hurried out to be genetically re-engineered (fortified for battle with big foam hands). They charged back into the mass of cancer cells, and swiftly demolished all the bad guys.

The flash mob ended with loud cheers, even from the cancer cells. And we hoped that the cheers will keep echoing in the real world of cancer medicine.

A video of the flash mob will be posted in coming weeks. Meanwhile, you can view the 2012 Koch flash mob, which acted out a targeted cancer therapy technique based on nanoparticles, here.

Eric Bender is a science writer based in Newton.

 T cells

Cancer cells

Healthy cells breaking bad

Genetically modified T cells to the rescue!

Photos courtesy Koch Institute for Integrative Research on Cancer at MIT.

  The flash mob crew

Photo courtesy Andrei Ivanov.

Seminar Projects - 4th MP

Today you will start your Computer Science Seminar.  You may work on any projects you like that have technology components.  Make an IMOVIE, Create a Song in GARAGEBAND, work on Code.Org, or work on any of the Extra Credit Mini Projects listed on the class website (LINK).

You can also work on Gamestar Mechanic (Create Video Games) or CODEHS.com, or Udacity or Kahn Academy to work on additional classwork. 

BY THE END OF SEMINAR TODAY YOU MUST SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH THE PROJECT YOU ARE WORKING ON FOR SEMINAR AND WHO YOU ARE WORKING WITH (NO MORE THAN 3 STUDENTS ON A TEAM PLEASE).

YOU MAY NOT JUST WATCH YOUTUBE or LISTEN TO MUSIC.  YOU MAY WORK ON OTHER HOMEWORK IF YOU LIKE.  Whatever you decide to do, you must use some kind of technology as part of it.

Good Luck and I will see you in Seminar Tomorrow!

Mr. S

Happy Earth Day! - 3 Websites to help you Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Since it’s Earth Day, I’m sharing three of my favorite websites to help you Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

Reduce

Ecological Footprint Calculator

http://www.earthday.org/footprint-calculator

It’s time to take a hard look in the mirror and identify aspects of your lifestyle that you might want to change to tread a little lighter on the planet.  Calculating your ecological footprint is a good place to start.  The calculator asks you some basic questions about your lifestyle and estimates the amount of productive land and sea needed to support your lifestyle.  It also lets explore some simple changes and see the impacts they would have on reducing your footprint.

Reuse

Freecycle

https://www.freecycle.org/

Craigslist and eBay are great ways to pass your unwanted belongings on to a new owner, but I’m surprised by the relatively small number of people I know who are familiar with Freecycle.  Everyone likes free! 

From their home page:

It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills.

Recycle

Earth911

http://search.earth911.com/

Not sure how to dispose of batteries? An old dishwasher? Motor oil?  Earth911 has you covered.  Simply type in what you want to recycle and your zip code to see your local options for the best ways to retire your unwanted goods.

Happy Earth Day!  

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MS Excel Basic (Google Spreadsheets) Training Days

This is your Introduction to MS Excel.  Please pay close attention during the class presentation (Click Here to Download Presentation at Home).  You will be creating a number of spreadsheets over the next few days.  It is important that you learn to navigate around the spreadsheet as easily as you do in MS Word.  You will find that most of the RIBBON items are similar and that you can find out how to do things without my help by using the HELP Button.

We will be using MS Excel (Google Spreadsheets) to create Employee Timecards, Payroll Worksheets, a Family Monthly Budget, and much more!

Use this link for more information and helpful practice templates:  MS EXCEL PAGE

Finally,  you will be using templates that are built-in to the MS Excel program.  I will add different requirements as we progress.  Good Luck!!

- Mr. S

Big Research Ideas in Five Minutes

The Cambridge Science Festival’s kickoff event, Big Ideas for Busy People, presented quick snapshots of recent work by 10 researchers “who are established stars or stars on the rise,” noted John Durant, director of the MIT Museum and the festival.

Topics ranged from disaster preparedness to the rise of atmospheric oxygen and from dancing with bionics to how today’s slot machines are designed to addict their patrons. Each researcher raced to summarize their ideas and results as a five-minute clock ticked down, and then answered thoughtful questions from an audience of hundreds in First Parish Church on Friday evening.  

Some notes and quotes:

“Why do we so often make decisions that we later regret?” asked Harvard’s Daniel Gilbert. “We have a fundamental misperception of time; we will change much more than we predict. It’s an illusion we all have—that we’ve just become the people we will be for the rest of our lives.”

Lawrence Candell of MIT Lincoln Labs showed a visual surveillance system under development that integrates 48 cell-phone-like video cameras to provide powerful 360-degree images and can automatically follow items such as moving cars. As such systems become commercialized, they could find many uses beyond surveillance, for instance at sport arenas such as the Boston Garden. “You could film and watch your own Boston Celtics game,” with the ability to narrow in on the actions and players that interest you most, Candell remarked.

“The bad news is yes, there are more disasters and the impact of disasters is increasing,” said Paul Biddinger of Massachusetts General Hospital. Working to minimize the effects of disasters, “we’ve learned what works and doesn’t work, and what does work is practice, practice, practice.”

Elliott Rouse of the MIT Media Lab described the creation of a bionic ankle for Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a dancer who lost part of her lower leg in last year’s Boston Marathon attack, and showed a video of Haslet-Davis dancing again. “We can put people back in places they thought they’d never have again,” Rouse said. “It’s only a matter of time until bionic limbs are better than the ones we have.”

“Slot machines are the most potent and addicting form of gambling there is,” said MIT’s Natasha Schull. “They are solitary, continuous and rapid, and gamblers enter what they describe as a machine zone. It’s not about winning; they’re not dupes in that sense. They even describe winning as irritating. What they want is time on the device.” Schull outlined the many tricks gambling companies now use to enhance this addiction, with sophisticated slot video games. One trick is the “false win,” she noted, in which the machine provides “all the same feedback of winning, but it’s a net loss.”

Harvard’s Tadashi Tokieda demonstrated a “chain fountain”—pull a thin chain out of a plastic cup and let go of the chain and it will flow up from the cup before turning back down again—and explained a likely mechanism with a stick. “I like to explore surprises that are amusing and interesting to non-scientists and scientists,” he added. Asked where he finds such surprises, Tokieda said they are everywhere around: “There’s an enormous amount of universe.”

“I don’t know why we long so for permanence, given the fleeting nature of things,” remarked MIT’s Alan Lightman. “Our consciousness makes us feel we are immortal beings,” he added. “Yet Nature is screaming at us as the top of her lungs that everything is passing fast.”

MIT’s Tanja Bosak skimmed through the mysterious multi-billion-year timeline in which  Earth’s oxygen levels rose from almost nothing, noting that jellyfish-like fossils gave one indication of increased oxygen as of 560 million years ago. “If you ask me why we have 20% oxygen in today’s atmosphere, I have no idea,” she acknowledged.

Many Boston-area plants now blossom 10 days or more earlier than they did in the 1850s, according to records kept by Henry David Thoreau and others, said Boston University’s Richard Primack. Bees and butterlies also often emerge much earlier in the spring, but migrating birds often arrive only a few days earlier than they did back then. These changes in schedule raise worries that “birds could miss this great pulse of insects in the spring,” he pointed out.

Amanda Randles of Lawrence Livermore Labs presented work that models the fluid dynamics of blood plasma with the movement of red blood cells to help study cardiovascular disease for individual patients using their MRI and CT scans. Such an analysis currently takes hours on one of the world’s largest supercomputers, but she hopes that within a few years, “it becomes something physicians can do on a real-time basis in the office.”

Videos of past years' Big Ideas are available at http://www.youtube.com/user/CambridgeScienceFest/videos.  2014's videos will be up on the Cambridge Science Festival channel after the April festival.

Eric Bender is a science writer based in Newton.

Gliffy – Diagrams Made Easy

Gliffy

http://www.gliffy.com/

Create professional-looking flowcharts, Venn diagrams, SWOT analysis, technical drawings, and more in any web browser.  Gliffy is well equipped with templates and shapes, and very easy to use. 

Examples of Gliffy Diagrams

Free accounts allow for 5 diagrams and 2 MB storage space.  Discounted rates are offered for academic institutions.   

Venn Diagram

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Alternative Careers in Science: A Speed Networking Event

The Cambridge-Boston area teems with science students, graduates and post-graduates, all brimming with the potential to push science forward. However, not all science graduates will stay in academia and pursue the career of a research professor. Increasingly, graduates are exploring alternative career options in science to put their numerous sought-after skills to use in the workplace.

As part of the Cambridge Science Festival 2013, a networking event about alternative careers in science was held in conjunction with the Massachusetts Association for Women in Science (MASS AWIS). MASS AWIS is a national non-profit organization, the mission of which is to promote the interests and career development of women in all STEM disciplines.

http://mass-awis.org/

The event took place at MIT and over 75 early career scientists attended to hear from some of the 25 speakers that were on hand to share insights from their chosen career paths. A wide variety of career paths were covered, including medical writing, business development, research and development in the pharmaceutical sector, consulting, technology transfer and teaching. Speakers were from a mix of early and mid-career phases, to give participants an overall sense of how a career in their field of interest can evolve.

After registration, some light refreshments and introduction of the speakers, the bell rang and speed networking commenced. Participants spent 15 minutes with each of six speakers, learning about their typical day-to-day activities, the qualifications and experience that are important in their role, as well as about the future prospects for this career. After some time for questions, the bell signaled time to move to the next speaker. The atmosphere was electric with speakers and participants enthusiastically learning from each other and many connections were forged. The evening ended with some general networking, more refreshments and a chance to recap and reflect on all that was learned and to meet some new friends.

The feedback from participants afterwards was very positive and many learned about career paths that they had never previously considered.

I am still a graduate student, and I don't know much about what types of jobs are even available in academia. This event was priceless in that it introduced a lot of careers that I didn't know existed, and gave some insights into what other kinds might be out there that weren't represented at the event.

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I thought this was a great way of meeting other professionals without the pressure of feeling like you need to impress the person to get the job right away. 

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The diversity of the panelists was better than alternative career events that I've been to. I really liked that there were both established individuals as well as panelists who were new to their positions.

Following the success of the 2013 event, MASS AWIS continues to partner with Cambridge Science Festival and, in conjunction with the Office of Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs at the Boston University School of Medicine, will host another Alternative Careers in Science – A Speed Networking Event on April 22, 2014. You can read all about it here http://mass-awis.org/alternative-careers-in-science/. Register today and learn about the exciting career paths open to science graduates of all levels.

Contributed by Máire Quigley, Ph.D. 

Yearbook MacWorks Pages Project (300 points)

Today you will be creating your own 1/3 page for the Crossroads Yearbook.  Your page section will be copied and listed alphabetically in our yearbook.  The yearbooks will be printed in black & white to save money, but an electronic color copy will be emailed to everyone and linked to my website for download.  You can then print and bind your own color copy if you like.

Here is a video tutorial I recorded to help you: (Click Link and Watch It)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWMmQzWkV3VHV3V2s/edit?usp=sharing

Here are some tutorials for you to learn how to use MacWorks Pages:

http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Pages09_UserGuide.pdf

http://www.lynda.com/iWork-tutorials/pages-09-essential-training/47996-2.html


When you think you have mastered the software a bit, please click the link below to download the template.  You will be using any one of the three outlined spaces to create your page.  Do not resize the background blocks, but you can change the background color and edge trim.  Ultimately, the yearbook staff will be editing, proofreading, and pasting your section into the final draft of the yearbook.

YEARBOOK PAGES TEMPLATE: (CLICK LINK BELOW AND DOWNLOAD)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzY9jTFcLEUWbUZjUTlJd2tvVHc/edit?usp=sharing

Anyone who does not submit this project will have the picture from their SCHOOL DISTRICT ID used in the yearbook.  Enjoy creating this last project of the year.  Do not forget that any time not spent on this project can be spent finishing your Family Monthly Budget, working on your 8th Grade Project, or working on Extra Credit items to improve your grades.

Good Luck,

- Mr. S 

Please see the example below for what the yearbook pages will look like:

Adult Friendly Events

Well, we've seen some family-friendly events.  Here are some of the CSF's adults events distilled into a list for your choosing pleasure.

Friday, April 18

Big Ideas for Busy People - 7:30pm (10 speakers get 5 minutes each to share their Big Idea) $10

Saturday, April 19

Science Carnival & Robot Zoo - 12pm (yes, Robot Zoo.) FREE
Beyond Pocket Protectors and Flux Capacitors - 6pm (Science in the Movies) FREE

Sunday, April 20
Free admission to Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museum of Natural History - 9am (Free with a Cambridge Science Festival booklet!)

Monday, April 21
Cambridge-Boston Bridge Tours - 10am (Walking tour of Cambridge-Boston bridges with civil engineers) FREE

Science of the Modern Cocktail - 5pm (21+, free, registration required)

Tuesday, April 22
Vijay Iyer: Embodied Cognition in Music - 4pm (part of Berklee's Jazz Composition Symposium) FREE
Drink Locally - Think Globally! - 5:45pm (beer & climate change) $10
Story Collider - 8pm (live storytelling at Davis Square Theatre) $12

Wednesday, April 23

Across MIT - 9:30am (Nuclear Research, AeroAstro, Trivia, Oh my!) FREE

Exploring the Art of Beer Making - 5pm FREE

Thursday, April 24
Carbonic Maceration Demo + Tasting - 5pm (science of wine!) FREE
High-speed Photography - From Edgerton to Oefner - 6pm FREE
Young Innovators Happy Hour - 6pm, 21+ Free entry, Cash bar
 

Friday, April 25
The Science of Jello - 11am, 1pm, or 3pm FREE
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner in One Act with Clover Food Lab, Mystic Brewery, and Backyard Farms - 6pm FREE (talks followed by reception at Clover Kendall)
DeScience - Research on the Runway - 6pm (fashion design and science) FREE

Saturday, April 26

SciFest Block Party - 12pm (followed by after party at Aeronaut Brewery)
Space Day: MIT at the Final Frontier - 1pm (space suits, ion thrusters, exoplanets) FREE

Sunday, April 27
Central Elements Open House - 12pm (artists, scientists, chemical elements & molecules) FREE

Autonomous Fighting Robots: Final Competition - 1pm (Come see robots destroy each other within a bullet-proof arena) FREE


See 100+ more events in the CSF Event Index.
The Cambridge Science Festival runs April 18-27, 2014. 

Family Friendly Events

Have you checked out our print programs or Guidebook app?

Scan the QR code to get the CSF schedule
& details on your phone (or tablet)!

But let's be honest - it's a lot of time to sift through 150+ different programs and activities for all sorts of different audiences.  So here's a handy list for some of the great family events for this festival...

Science Carnival & Robot Zoo
Saturday, April 19 noon-4pm at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway
Cost: Free, no registration necessary

The Science of Baseball
Sunday, April 20 at Fenway Park  7-9:30pm
Cost: Included in cost of game ticket, purchase at: http://www.redsox.com/sciencefestival

Serve & Grow with the Food Project
Tuesday, April 22 9:30am-12:30pm at 40 West Cottage Street, Dorchester
$10 suggested donation, please register at http://thefoodproject.org/volunteer-registration

Science from Scientists' Science Theater
Tuesday, April 22 3-4pm at the Whitehead Institute, 9 Cambridge Center
Cost: Free

Across MIT
Wednesday, April 23 on MIT Campus, Cambridge
Cost: Free, registration required for some parts see http://bit.ly/AcrossMIT for details

Science of Archery
Wednesday, April 23 1-4pm at the Cambridge Community Center
Cost: Free, best for teens

Science Meets Art 
Wednesday, April 23 5:30-7pm at Harvard Allston Education Portal, 175 North Harvard St.
Cost: Free

The Wonderful World of Stem Cells!
Thursday, April 24 10-11am or 1-2pm at Tufts University Boston Campus, 136 Harrison Ave, Boston
Cost: Free, register at http://stemcellscambridgescifest.eventbrite.com

The Science of Jello
Friday, April 25 11am-12pm, 1-2pm, or 3-4pm at MassBio, 300 Technology Sq, 8th Floor, Cambridge
Cost: Free, register at http://tinyurl.com/CSF-MBEF-Jello

Rocket Day
Saturday, April 26 10am-4pm at Danehy Park, Cambridge
Cost: Free, bring an empty 2L bottle and a tennis ball to participate!

SciFest Block Party
Saturday, April 26 12pm-4pm at Tyler Street, Somerville
Cost: Free (half price day passes available at Brooklyn Boulders Somerville for those who wish to climb!)

ImprovBoston's Family Show: Science of Laughter
Saturday, April 26 6-7:30pm at ImprovBoston, 40 Prospect St., Cambridge
Cost: $14, $8 for Children 12 and under. Purchase at: http://www.improvboston.com/shows/familyshow

Central Elements Open House
Sunday, April 27 12pm-4pm in Central Square Cambridge
Cost: Free

Autonomous Fighting Robot Final Competition
Sunday, April 27 1-5pm at the Middle East Downstairs, 480 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge
Cost: Free to spectators

Flower Watch: Become a Citizen Scientist with AMC
You can choose from 3 different sessions & locations!  See details here.

A Walk Through Geologic Time
Experience millions of years in each step along the Charles River.

Free Admission to Harvard Museum of Natural History & Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnology
Sunday, April 20 & 27 9am-12pm; Wednesday, April 23 3-5pm
Cost: Free with 2014 CSF booklet or MA resident ID

Free Admission to the MIT Museum
Sunday, April 27 10am-5pm
Science You Can Eat!  1-4pm




For the really little ones:
Science en Español with Pine Village Preschool
Bright Horizons Early Education


Are you on the Cape?
Cape Cod Mini Maker Faire
Birds, Bees, and Butterflies

Business Proposal TACKK.COM Webpage! (200 pts.)

Happy Friday!  Make sure to show this post to your Substitute Teacher Today!

If you are able to enter the room and quietly and quickly get to work, you may use headphones to listen to music while you work on the assignment today.  The ultimate decision of whether or not you can is up to the Substitute and I expect you to follow any and all directions that person gives to you!  You are all aware of how to behave in school and especially in my class.  Make sure to get to work on today's assignment as soon as you can to give yourself the most time to complete it!

YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB SHARING YOUR BUSINESS PROPOSALS YESTERDAY!  I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WORK YOU COMPLETED SO FAR ON THIS PROJECT!

You will now create (BIG SURPRISE) a Tackk.com Webpage for your Business Proposal!

Please Sign In to your Tackk.com Account and CREATE a new Tackk.

You will need to DOWNLOAD the slides from your Google Presentation as JPEG images.  You could also DOWNLOAD the Entire Presentation into MS Powerpoint on your class computer and then SAVE the file as IMAGES.  This would place a folder on the desktop with a picture of each slide in one, single command.

Follow these steps to create images from your presentations:

Open Google Drive Presentation
Click FILE and look for DOWNLOAD
DOWNLOAD Image for each slide as a JPEG file.  You will have to select each slide individually and complete this sequence.

If you want a faster way, DOWNLOAD the entire presentation and open in MS Powerpoint (ppt)  Then Choose SAVE in MS Powerpoint and SAVE AS IMAGES. This will put a folder on the desktop or in your computer's download file (under the STUDENT files).  You may then use the upload the images together to create a slideshow on your Tackk Web Page.

Once you have the images ready to upload to Tackk.com, you can look at my example Tackk to add additional items.  Here is the link:  https://tackk.com/v9fbpb

Make sure to write 1-2 paragraphs (2-3 Sentences Each) about why you chose this type of company to start, and why someone would choose you over your competitors.  Focus on what is unique or different about the products and services you sell.  Your Tackk.com Web Page must include all the slides of your presentation, a map of your business location in Philadelphia, PA, a link to your Weebly Webpage (either a button or text), and a response form for feedback.  Once you have completed this, please leave a response on my Tackk.com (Super Falafel) webpage with a link to your Tackk.  I will make sure you have all the items required and you will receive your points for this project.  You may also email me the link to your Tackk Web Page for credit.

MAKE SURE YOU USE THE FOLLOWING KEYWORDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TACKK SO WE CAN SEARCH FOR YOUR PAGE:  #caatech  and  #xroadsmlabp

Once completed, you may quietly work on anything else you owe for class.  Remember, Grades Close On April 18th at 4pm for my class.  With PSSA's and Holidays, we only really have 7 more class days until grades are due!

Enjoy the day!

Mr. S

Pecha Kucha Templates - End death by Powerpoint.

Pecha Kucha 20X20

Pecha Kucha is a presentation format that allows the speaker 20 slides presented for 20 seconds each.  The slides automatically advance every 20 seconds for a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds.  You can click here to learn more.  It's a great format for improving public speaking skills, and it keeps presentations concise and therefore more interesting.  Students will quickly learn that basic slides work best.  Little-to-no wording on a slide means that students will actually speak instead of reading slides.    Click the image below to watch an example that will give you a better idea of what a Pecha Kucha presentation looks like.

Pecha Kucha: Technological Change

I found some templates (set to automatically advance every 20 seconds) to get you started:

• PowerPoint
• Keynote

Or watch the tutorials below to create your own from scratch:

 

 

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Business Proposal Presentations (100 points each)

Today you will be presenting your Business Proposal Presentations to each other.  We will be pairing off.  You will sit with a random partner and "present" your business idea (Google Presentation) to each other.  While you are watching the presentation, you will have the following link open:

Business Proposal Presentation Response Form 2014 (CLICK HERE FOR FORM)

You will present your idea, your partner will fill out the form, then you will reverse rolls.  You will each have 3 minutes to complete the tasks.  At the end of both presentations you will be assigned another partner and repeat the process.  You MUST have at least 3 presentations to receive your points for this exercise!

Good Luck!

- Mr. S