Grade+8

__2015 Media Center Class __


 * FREE Subscription to Online Newspaper - Bucks County Courier Times **

Internet Research

The internet has so much information. Sometimes you may think - Where do I begin? In this assignment, we will use Google Docs to type an essay based on one of the topics below. Please use 12 Pt.Times Roman and Double Space. Filter through your web search engines and choose __4 websites from a .com, .gov, .org, or .edu__ on the topic you chose. Write about each website, why you chose it, and if the information is reliable.

When your essay is complete, share it with ademarzio@olgc.org


 * Pick a Topic:  Global Warming, The Papal Visit, Technology in Education **

[]? Username: nie83909 Password: olgc Leisurely browse through the online Bucks County Courier Times newspaper. Look for a story or advertisement about a fundraiser or benefit that helps a good cause, person or organization. Read the article and pinpoint ideas that would relate to Open Microsoft WORD and right two paragraphs about the article you chose. Include the Title, Author, and Page where you found article.
 * Have you read The Morning Paper ?- Log into: **
 * First paragraph is a summary of the story.
 * Second paragraph - Choose one of the Beatitudes and write how it relates to the story from the newspaper.
 * Upload your Word Doc to your Blog.

**2016 Voting Page Coming in Spring 2016.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8th Grade Survey Here:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The future is waiting for you.... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What do you want to be - Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher, Designer, Football Player????? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click on this to learn how to find your career. We will create a resume to get you started on the road to success! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Career Quest **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Details]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[file:olgctechnology/8th Grade Career Resume Sheet.pdf|Download]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">89 KB

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Internet Safety <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="25225188" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Click Here for NS Teens website] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/emmas-story-cyberbullied-by-a-best-friend <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Teens Challenge #1]

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2015 Graduation Form **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fill out the Information form and SAVE TO Shared/O/Yearbook 2015 folder

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Google Earth Lesson Grade 8** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8th Grade Journal coming soon. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You will update throughout the year,and add special events from 8th grade: dances, masses, class trips, sporting events. Working together to make great memories.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Class of 2016 Journal **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Click here to sign in to our class]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GLOGSTER **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What's a Voki? Click here to find out. []
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create your own Voki. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read this first!! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/~judyann/LP/lessons/12.days.html <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Let's see how much the 12 Days of Christmas will really set us back!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On the 1st Day of Christmas.... **
 * ~ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gift ||~ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">$ Cost ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A partridge in a pear tree || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">93.00 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A pair of turtle doves || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">40.00 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One French hen || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">15.00 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One calling bird || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">99.00 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A simple gold ring || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">51.00 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One goose a-laying || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">35.00 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One swimming swan || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">500.00 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A milkmaid hired for 1 hour || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5.15 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One Lady dancing || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">488.90 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One Lord a-leapin' || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">403.91 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One Piper piping || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">186.65 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One Drummer drumming || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">185.36 ||

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|www.googleartproject.com]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take a virtual tour of museums around the world **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nutrition Link: []


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy Thanksgiving! **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create a webpage showing things you are thankful for or a video including a news report spoken by your Voki showing an example of charity and good will. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use Google Slides in your Google Drive. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="youtube" key="q7w5j19y3yY?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Homeless in America Power Point] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create and present a Power Point presentation informing "the community" of your recommendations to reduce homelessness and to manage the impact of homelessness in the community. Make your images stand out using Photoshop.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gimme Shelter! **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10 slides including Introduction, Middle, and End page
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5 or more pictures or video
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Include sound - music or narration
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use all of your findings from the link to support this presentation.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">USS PT-109, 1942-1943 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/pt109.htm] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After reading click on Report on Loss of PT-109 and Lieutenant John F. Kennedy under the more information. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[][][]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Primary Source Research **