Week+7-+Mar+1st

Presentation

Today Andrea and I presented an Exercise Science lesson on Nutrition Here is the class website we created with the assignment and directions for the Food Diary Assignment:

http://nutritionassignment.wikispaces.com

Here is the link to the lesson plan:

Here is the link to the power point used in the presentation:

Class Reflection

__**Presentations**__

//Immigration in a Canadian Context// Grade 9 Geography http://download.elearningontario.ca/repository/1280230000/LO9007%20-%20Human%20Migration.html

//Web Race// Grade 10 Social Sciences www.worldcat.org

//Periodic Table// Grade 10 Chemistry [] [] [] []

//A Midsummer's Night Dream// English Comic Life Software

//Diamante Poems// English http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/

//NUTRITION// Our Presentation- see above

//Math// NASA

//New France// French Immersion History Photo Story Software

Multimedia Link

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If I was to present on the topic of nutrition in my classroom, I would probably bring in this movie and show the opening and closing clips. Here is a version I found on you tube of the opening. This would be another way to bring media into the classroom and open up even further discussion on the health benefits of food choices. Reading

Acceptable Use Policies for Internet Use by Media Awareness Network

Reflection on Reading
 * It is interesting that I am just five years removed from high school and I have never seen an AUP.
 * It also never came up on my practicum.
 * I would be interested to see if my next practicum has an AUP in place.
 * This is a great idea to have a policy in place that both the parents and students sign. It would give the school the freedom to monitor the computer usage in a fair and understandable way for everyone.
 * Since it does have to be specific for each board or school, the polices probably vary and not every school even has one unfortunately.
 * As the digital age continues to grow I am sure more schools will have this policy in place.
 * Need students to sign document to make sure they know what the **acceptable uses** of internet.
 * The document is vague so it will last longer but it is very out of date. What they need to include is policies on **mobile devices**.
 * If you do not have this document however, you cannot punish students for misuse. They can only take away privileges. Therefore, make sure sign a computer policy before they go to a computer lab.
 * It still needs to be **flexible** enough to allow for more technology to come through to the schools.
 * Get ahead of **Google Translator**. Show how it is acceptable and not acceptable to cover your basis.

Technology Corner

This week I decided to do something a little different for the technology corner. This week technology corner will feature technology in the news. Reading the newspaper is a new trend that many people have started including some of my own friends. It is informative, convenient and ecologically friendly. Here are links to two articles in the New York Times:

Apple sues Google over iPhone Patent http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/apple-sues-phone-maker-htc-over-patents/?ref=technology

US to Reveal Rules on Internet Security http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/science/02cyber.html?ref=technology