Online safety

To go along with the online safety presentation by Rob Nickel that we were fortunate enough to attend on Wednesday, here's the address to use to check in on your Windows Live profile (if you have a hotmail e-mail account, etc.):

http://members.msn.com/youraddress123@hotmail.com

Just use your own e-mail address after the last slash in the address and it should pull up your profile if you have one. In addition to upping our security settings on facebook, this is a good place to check if you're concerned with how much of your personal information is out there on the net.

Bieber fever, or Osmond-itis?!

Just a thought for all of you girls out there who are crazy about Justin Bieber... (in case you are wondering, this post was inspired by all of the Gr. 7 iMovie topics on the aforementioned teen heart throb).... Here is my question to you: Are you in love with Justin Bieber, or secretly enthralled with his 1960s doppelganger, Donny Osmond?

Just sayin'.

Sc 7 HW check/Comp 7 iMovie practice due date/IP 20-30 commercials

Hi girls! Just a reminder that Science 7 will have a homework check tomorrow morning in period 1 for page 75, "Communicate" #1-3.

Computers 7, your "iMovie kids" practice assignment is due for next class, which will be on Monday, Nov. 22nd.

IP 20/30 - Your commercials are due on Monday - please be sure to have them done outside of class time, over the weekend, etc. if you are not finished, as there are no more class periods designated for this assignment. Have fun! I can't wait to see them!

Comp 7 iMovie intro, IP 20/30 commercials, 7C assembly duties

Hi girls! Just a quick update on a few items:

Computers 7 - iMovie intro - Please start thinking of a topic that you would like to base your iMovie on. If you are collecting photos from Google image searches, please ensure that they are full-sized, high quality images. If you wish to do your iMovie on a topic for which you have your own photos (from your camera or computer at home), please bring your photos on a USB for next class so we can get started.

IP 20/30 commercials - Due Monday, November 22nd (Period 1). If you haven't finished filming yet, you should be working outside of class time to get your footage collected. You will need all the time you can get in class to actually put the project together, edit it for length, clarity, impact, etc. and add music and/or sound effects where appropriate.

7C assembly duties - We are responsible for Monday's assembly (November 15th). We will be singing "Reach Out" and 3 people will be in charge of singing "O Canada," leading the Lord's Prayer, and reading the daily announcements. If you wish to be a part of the extra duties, please let me know and we will draw names from a hat.

Homework updates

Sc 7 - definitions: pioneer species, primary succession, secondary succession, climax community

Comp 7 - handed in Kshorts letter assignments and typing progress documents, started notes on home row and did some practice tests using the correct fingers for home row left hand on www.typing-lessons.org

Level 2 band - continued playing tests (Concert Bb #1 and #4, Concert Eb #1 from Essential Elements 2000 method books)

Level 4 band - finished scale testing (Concert Bb, Eb, F, Ab, and C)

Level 1 band - finished playing tests (first 5 notes of Concert Bb, "Rolling Along")

Jazz choir - start working on memorization of "Santa Baby"

Choral - several out-of-school performance opportunities coming up in December (we'll talk about these tomorrow in class)

IP 10 - nearing the end of our resume assignments - these will continue to be works in progress for several years!

IP 20/30 - beginning the process of sorting and selecting portraits to be used for the homeroom yearbook pages (I am looking into how we will split the grade 8 and 11 photos by homeroom so that they can be in separate "sorts" for page-flowing purposes)

Keyboard Shortcuts

25. Apple (Command) + Shift + right arrow key = highlights entire line to the right of the cursor (can also use Shift + End)
26. Apple (Command) + Shift + left arrow key = highlights entire line to the left of the cursor (can also use Shift + Home)
27. Alt (option) + shift + left/right arrow key = highlights text one word at a time in the direction of the arrow key used
28. Shift + up arrow key = highlights one line at a time above where cursor is sitting
29. Shift + down arrow key = highlights one line at a time below where cursor is sitting
30. Apple (Command) + delete button (backspace) = delete one word at a time