Thursday and Friday Dec 20

Worked on the presentations and the CA.

Also showed off updated marks for a few students.

All good.

Merry Christmas!

Tuesday and Wednesday Dec 18

I was off yesterday, hacking up a lung. I've got the dry lung searing cough that is going around.

Tuesday and Wednesday I gave students a chance to get their CA's complete and to see the mark they have right now during one on one conferences on Wednesday.

Ok. I will get through today.

An example for the "presentation" for this class

Monday Dec 16

We are trying, Ringo. We are trying real hard to be the Shepard.

We are working on our presentations and All About Me Unit things to hand in. At least that is what I'm hoping we can do by the end of the period.

We are so close to Christmas .... they even played a semi happy song on the announcements this monring! ;)

Anyway, we are hard at work together.

Photobooth is something hilarious

Fri Dec 13

Hey there, here is the link to the Bus Survey.

All the cool kids have filled it out. Go ahead. Be a cool kid.

We are also working on:

Final part of the CA
AAM Unit - Task 1 or Task 2, Task 3 or Task 4

Just do the Tasks. Thankyouverymuch.

Thursday Dec 12

Last day for CA - also a Mass Day. Schedule above.

If you are done, work on the All About Me Unit material ... it's all good. Or your CA Presentation due next week.

You got this.

The reward for getting the CA Writing part done

Wed Dec 11

Day one of the in-class writing part of the Culminating is today.

We are working hard together.

Tuesday Dec 10

We put the finishing touches on draft pieces of writing for tomorrow in class this period.

Some "Writing folders" were prepared, too.

Some were not though .... ;(

Ok, on to tomorrow!

Monday Dec 9

We co-created this list of topics on the Theory of Internet Usage together Here it is.

We then lost haldf the class to a trip to Mohawk ... meh.

Then I was able to help students get things in to me for this unit.

Friday Dec 6

A good final day in the library on our Culminating Activities as a group. I conferenced with everyone in the class who was present either today or yesterday. Thanks for that.

I am worried about a few of you ... y'all need to keep editing your document so that it is your best work. If you need help, ASK!

Seriously, ask. Email me at the email address that we've been using all semester. Seriously.

Have a great weekend!

Almost. Alllllllmost.

Thursday Dec 5

We were in the library today, working on draft versions of our CA Pieces of Writing.

It was .... epic.

I'm glad we are getting this done in a realively decent pace. Good on ya.

Period 4 I did shatter the silence of the library with a great Chewbacca imitation. I did tell the librarian I would publicly shame myself and here it is.

Wed Dec 4

Today we worked on our draft versions of our CA essays and the final part of the All About Me Unit

Here is an example I've what I'm hoping to see tomorrow for the CA Conferences in the library:

Ok, have a great one!

Monday and Tuesday Dec 3

Yesterday and today we worked basically on whatever we needed to get done.

The All About me Unit is coming along nicely. We now have a bunch of College Calendars in the portable for stuents to have in their hands and learn to use.

We also have everyone in this period having an edited "About" paragraph done and ready to post online for employers to see and search out. The next step is to begin an online portfolio for both this assignment and for future employment.

Finally, we also took a long minutes to work on the thesis and first paragraph of the piece of writing for the Culminating Activity for this course.

Friday Nov 29

You need to do this for the CA:

It's a List of Works Cited

Link on the right-hand side of the blog.

We did some work on "Writing a Professional email" as well as "Rough notes for the Task 4 for the All About Me" Unit.

Thursday Nov 27

Today was a "Let's work together to make sure we are moving together" day.

I had students working on their "About" piece of writing and their CA in the same room.

We also had students working on things they owed from other units and making sure their assignments were in for this unit too.

I posted the due dates for the AAM unit on the right-hand side of this blog, too.

Wednesday Nov 27

Today we did a fair number of things in class.

First, we took up the homework from yesterday that I got a few copies completed on paper, even though the instructions said by email.

So I asked people to email their responses to me by the end of the day.

At that point, we discussed what was needed to be done for Task 3 and Task 4 for the All About Me Unit. I allowed students at this point in time to use class time to work on things they needed to get done.

I also conducted a few Culminating Activity conferences that were not done last week. Only one interviewee confirmed with me that they did not have a conference with me and had to get one done today. We need to work on that as a group.

In those discussions, I mentioned the above video as an example that they could use to get a level one on the Presentation part of their CA Presentation.

Tuesday Nov 26

Thanks Stephanie!

Here is the link

Here are the questions

Paying for Post-Secondary

11. This is quite a lengthy Power Point on how to pay for school after secondary school. One of the points of the Careers course you took in Grade Ten was to have a five year plan. How would you describe what you are doing (or what you think you may be doing) in 2024 in fifty words or les  
2    2 . That’s great … having a plan is awesome. How might you be paying for this?

3.     3 Do you know your way around a College or University Calendar? Why might that be a skill that you should pick up?

4.     4. How might you also work to help out the other parts of a “Wellness Triangle” – a combination of your physical, mental/emotional and social wellbeing?

Monday Nov 25

We are moving forward with the All About Me Unit today.

We are reading an article "Three tips to ensure your online presence is helping your job search"

Here are the questions

1.     “Personal Brand”? What’s a definition of that?

2.     Is that important in 2019? Seriously? Can’t I just get hired by my network of people?

3.     How complete is your Final Product for this Unit, anyway?

4.     How well might your other social media support your job finding attempts?

5.     If a person looking to hire you actually googled you, what would they find?

I'm also working on the About write up for students too.

Wednesday and Thursday Nov 21

Both days we were in the library ... and both days we were doing the first set of conferences specifically for the culminating activity for the couse.

Yes, there were two big events going on at the school - Dodgeball and the football game in Hamilton respectively.

However, not everyone bought out and or signed out for the period. Disappointing.

We will have to work together to keep moving forward towards the finishing line in this course.

ok, see you Monday!

Tuesday Nov 19

We focussed on getting the About section of the Online Portfolio Task done today.

Focus.

I also conferenced with students about Task 1 - Articles ... we now have had four articles assigned.

Monday Nov 18

So ... today we are working on a few things:

First, we need to either share witht he teacher or show the teacher notes on the "About" section for your online portfolio.

Secondly, read this article and submit your answers to the questions tomorrow

Reasons to have LinkedIn

1.     Before reading the article, did you know what LinkedIn was?

2.     What are some reasons that you think you should have LinkedIn?

3.     In a paragraph length piece of writing, answer the question “Are you ready to network like this, do you think?”

4.     What exactly does “Networking” mean to you?

5.     Why might the school system want you to volunteer, do you think?

Thirdly, get ready for the Culminating Activity interview we are having on Wednesday or Thursday in this class.