Thursday, December 01, 2005

12/1/05

Per 1 and 3 - Rich Media

Daily Journal
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The issue: Homework.
The problem: The popular misconception that kids have too much.
The fix: Accept homework. It is essential.


The issue: Socializing with friends.
The problem: School performance falls as time spent with friends increases.
The fix: Influence of adults must outweigh that of friends when it comes to school.
The answer is not to lock kids in their bedrooms. Rather, schools and parents need to convey consistently high expectations. Peer values are strong, but adult values are stronger. Even teens realize that; a 1997 survey showed they feel adults don't demand enough of them. "The students seem to be crying out for the adults in their lives to take a stand and inspire them to do more," says Deborah Wadsworth, the president of Public Agenda, a non-partisan polling group that focuses on educational issues.

The issue: Extracurricular activities.
The problem: Sports are all-important.
The fix: Cut back on sports if they interfere with schoolwork.
Do sports affect student learning? In moderation, participation is healthy. For academically weak students, sports can make school more attractive and reinforce the importance of being a good student. Achievement falls off sharply, however, for students who devote more than 20 hours weekly to extracurricular activities.
The issue: Television.
The problem: Television usually is not the problem; people just think it is.
The fix: Limit, don't turn off, the TV.
The key to preventing TV from negatively affecting achievement, like other activities in children's non-school hours, lies in exercising moderation, not in halting the activity altogether.

The issue: Part-time jobs.
The problem: Students work too much.
The fix: Curtail weekday jobs during the school year.

Learning takes effort. It is not innate. The American people never have flinched from tackling tough tasks. The challenge today is to improve education. Schools can't do it all. Neither can parents. Only when schools and parents work together to expect more from children will there be substantial progress. Schools need to stay the course of raising academic standards. Parents need to structure children's out-of-school time so they can meet society's rising expectations for learning.

  1. Which issues apply to you? (Do you work too much? Watch too much tv?)
  2. What are some new behaviors you can start using? Explain.

Classwork

Family History Website Design Project
 Fireworks Tutorials

Per. 5 Adv. Web1
Daily Journal
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The issue: Homework.
The problem: The popular misconception that kids have too much.
The fix: Accept homework. It is essential.


The issue: Socializing with friends.
The problem: School performance falls as time spent with friends increases.
The fix: Influence of adults must outweigh that of friends when it comes to school.
The answer is not to lock kids in their bedrooms. Rather, schools and parents need to convey consistently high expectations. Peer values are strong, but adult values are stronger. Even teens realize that; a 1997 survey showed they feel adults don't demand enough of them. "The students seem to be crying out for the adults in their lives to take a stand and inspire them to do more," says Deborah Wadsworth, the president of Public Agenda, a non-partisan polling group that focuses on educational issues.

The issue: Extracurricular activities.
The problem: Sports are all-important.
The fix: Cut back on sports if they interfere with schoolwork.
Do sports affect student learning? In moderation, participation is healthy. For academically weak students, sports can make school more attractive and reinforce the importance of being a good student. Achievement falls off sharply, however, for students who devote more than 20 hours weekly to extracurricular activities.
The issue: Television.
The problem: Television usually is not the problem; people just think it is.
The fix: Limit, don't turn off, the TV.
The key to preventing TV from negatively affecting achievement, like other activities in children's non-school hours, lies in exercising moderation, not in halting the activity altogether.

The issue: Part-time jobs.
The problem: Students work too much.
The fix: Curtail weekday jobs during the school year.

Learning takes effort. It is not innate. The American people never have flinched from tackling tough tasks. The challenge today is to improve education. Schools can't do it all. Neither can parents. Only when schools and parents work together to expect more from children will there be substantial progress. Schools need to stay the course of raising academic standards. Parents need to structure children's out-of-school time so they can meet society's rising expectations for learning.

  1. Which issues apply to you? (Do you work too much? Watch too much tv?)
  2. What are some new behaviors you can start using? Explain.


Classwork
Begin designing your home page for your portfolio. Your portfolio will showcase your work at North High and your activities after school.

The first two items your portfolio home page will link to are:
  1. current resume (you must create one of these; find resume formats on the net)
  2. magnet projects
To design your home page, you can start in fireworks. You can also refer to the mini-lesson we did last week on pop-up menus.

See Mr. Dino's portfolio example here.

Resources:

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