Class Calendar

This is a reminder to students and parents that the class calendar is up and running.  This is the agenda for the class as it contains homework, reminders, important dates and due dates.  It is easy to sync your mobile phones and/or i Pods to have access at your fingertips.  This calendar will help everybody stay in the loop of what is going on in class.

Update on the Chromebooks

The junior high class has been using their new Chromebooks for a few weeks now!  The little hiccups are working themselves out and it is turning into the great pilot project we all knew it would be.  Students are getting acquainted with Google Apps and they are learning how some of the applications (like Google Docs) differs from programs they had become accustomed too (like Microsoft Word).  

The 100 Word Challenge is still going strong and the Chromebooks have made the completion of the weekly posts much smoother.  If anybody is interested in checking out the 100 Word Challenge they can visit the website at http://100wc.net/ or they can simply click on some of the students blogs along the side of this page.

Google Tips - Research Tools

As the school year takes off and the classes are back and into a routine, so to is the use of technology in the junior high class.  Last year, the junior high got to try out everything Google has to offer.  It is quite unbelievable what they can do with it.  Here is another handy video of some of the things you can do using Google Docs.

Google Class Calendar

A Google class calendar has been created to keep students and parents informed on everything that is going on with the junior highs.  All students currently have access to it and are reminded to check it daily for any homework, reminders or events happening at school.  Think of it as your agenda.  If you have a smart device, you are in luck.  You can link your calendar to you device and have all the reminders at your fingertips.

Welcome Back!!

Welcome back to another school year!  It is hard to believe how quickly the summer break came and went!  Nevertheless, students and teachers are back and ready to work harder than ever!  This means there will be some new additions to the class, which means there will be some changes to this blog.  New students' blogs will be found in the "Students' Blogs" section.  Incase anybody would like to read some work from students who have left, they can do that to.  Their work can be found in the "Alumni Blogs" section.

This school year, this blog will be the place to come to check out the digital textbooks, current and former students' work, as well as helpful links to other sites and videos for information pertaining to what students will be using this year.  Check back often to keep on top of what the class is up to!  Have a great school year!

New Addition to Junior High Smarts

UPDATE - The students have been doing some excellent work this year!  Some of this work has seen the creation of blogs.  The first entries are: "Why is it Hot in Here?"- a Science blog looking at the conversation of different forms of energy into thermal energy. "Teens on Mental Health" - a blog that began as a small current events project that turned into something much bigger.  This blog includes a student made mental health awareness video aimed at teen mental health, as well as resources and links for young people and educators and a comment section in which a conversation can take place.  The links can be found below the student blogs.

Why is it Hot in Here?

This blog was made by Patrice, Wyatt, Lanny, Brandon, Nathan. The blog is about seven different types of energy.  It describes and shows how the types of energy can be converted to thermal energy. We did this blog to show how “clean” and not so clean energy can be converted to thermal energy. This blog was fun creating but had some difficulties along the way.

 http://whyisithotinhere.blogspot.ca/