Sixth+Grade+Holding



==**Company Research Power Point** == Research facts about a company, including its stock, for a Power Point Presentation.

Download


**Resources** **[|Yahoo Finance] **

**Birthday Facts Newspaper Project**

**What have your birthdays been like? Now, we'll find out how many historical events happened on your birthday. What were they? What impact did they have? Use the following websites to find out. Write facts on your JOT CHART to use when we make our Newspaper.**


 * Research Websites: **
 * [|Fact Monster Today in History]
 * [|New York Times]
 * [|History Channel] (choose the category you need after you choose your birthdate)
 * [|AnyDay Today in History]
 * [|Brainy History]
 * //On-This-Day. com//
 * [|Misc. History]
 * [|Music History] (use for Entertainment Facts)
 * Find Famous People Born on Your Birthday
 * [|Fact Monster Birthdays]
 * [|Brainy History: Birthdays in History]

==Computers and Technology ==
 * [|Computer Basics Concentration]
 * [|Intro to Computers: Rags to Riches]
 * [|Computers and Internet Terminology: Jeopardy]
 * [|Technology Terms: Hangman]
 * [|Computer Parts: Hangman]
 * [|Keyboarding: Rags to Riches]

Web 2.0
We will be working with several programs that will allow you to create your own content on the web. > > ===**__Portfolio Using Google Sites__**===
 * [|Edmodo]: A social networking site designed for classrooms! We will be using this for several activities. Check it every day for new assignments. Register with [[image:http://edmodo.userphotos.s3.amazonaws.com/default-avatars/8.jpg?r=61 width="69" height="69" align="right"]]your Class Code.
 * [|Wordle]: to make "Beautiful Word Clouds" (Rt. click to open it in a new tab)
 * Google Apps with [|My AGSD.Net]
 * [|Pixlr:] Online Photo Editor (use it to edit and resize photos)
 * Looking for technology terms? Go to: [|Tekmom's Technology Buzzwords]
 * [|Google Sites] (log in with your "myagsd.net" account).
 * [|All About Me Poem]
 * [|Pixlr:] Online Photo Editor (use it to edit and resize photos)

**Online Typing Activities**


 * [|Dance Mat Typing]
 * [|Bubble Typing]
 * [|Keyboarding Practice]
 * [|Typing UK Typing Lessons]
 * [|SoftSchool.com Typing Games]
 * [|Power Typing]
 * [|Typing Tutorial Lessons]
 * [|Games Zone Typing Games]

Computer Lab Favorites (Online Learning Activities)[[image:http://cdn.babble.com/strollerderby/files/2011/06/computer_whiz.jpg width="187" height="212" align="right"]]

 * [|Word Find]
 * [|Noun Dunk]
 * [|Synonym Toast]
 * [|Spelling Match (choose grade)]
 * [|Magnetic Poetry]
 * [|"It's Greek to Me" (learning roots of words)]
 * [|Robo-Packer]
 * [|Roman Numerals]
 * [|The Gold Coin]
 * [|Puzzled States]
 * [|Place the State]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|U.S. Geography Map Game]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Map Puzzles:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Continents]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|World Features]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|North America]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Africa]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|South America]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Middle East]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Europe]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Asia]
 * Try these computer technology games.
 * [|Computer Hardware Online Quiz]
 * [|Computers and Internet Terminology: Jeopardy]
 * [|Technology Terms: Hangman]
 * [|Keyboarding Rags to Riches]

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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Animoto]
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Watch the Animoto "How To" Video]
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Watch the [|SAMPLE] Public Service Announcement Animoto Video

You MUST be completed with the rest of your work to create a video.
==<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">**Company Research Power Point** ==

Research facts about a company, including its stock, for a Power Point Presentation.

Download [[file:CompanyStatistics_JotChart2.docx]] (or choose paper/pencil)
<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">**Resources**

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">**Birthday Facts Newspaper Project**
<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**What have your birthdays been like? Now, we'll find out how many historical events happened on your birthday. What were they? What impact they had? Use the following websites to find out. Write facts on your JOT CHART to use when we make our Newspaper.**


 * Research Websites: **
 * [|Fact Monster Today in History]
 * [|New York Times]
 * [|History Channel] (choose the category you need after you choose your birthdate)
 * [|AnyDay Today in History]
 * //On-This-Day. com//
 * [|Misc. History]
 * [|Music History] (use for Entertainment Facts)
 * Find Famous People Born on Your Birthday
 * [|Fact Monster Birthdays]

**Online Typing Activities** [|Dance Mat Typing] [|Bubble Typing] [|Keyboarding Practice] <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: #ff0000; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">[|Typing UK Typing Lessons] [|Typing Games from "Softschools.com"]

[|Power Typing] [|Typing Tutorial Lessons] [|Games Zone Typing Games]

Web 2.0
We will be working with several programs that will allow you to create your own content on the web.
 * [|Edmodo]: A social networking site designed for classrooms! We will be using this for several activities. Check it every day for new assignments. Register with [[image:http://edmodo.userphotos.s3.amazonaws.com/default-avatars/8.jpg?r=61 width="69" height="69" align="right"]]your Class Code.
 * [|Wordle]: to make "Beautiful Word Clouds" (Rt. click to open it in a new tab)
 * Google Apps with [|My AGSD.Net]
 * [|Pixlr:] Online Photo Editor (use it to edit and resize photos)
 * ====Looking for technology terms? Go to: [|Tekmom's Technology Buzzwords]====


 * __Electronic Portfolios__**
 * Learn about Electronic Portfolios with this [[file:Electronic Portfolio.pptx]]
 * Create your own using Google Apps with [|My AGSD.Net]

==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Computers and Technology ==
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Computer Basics Concentration]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Intro to Computers: Rags to Riches]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Computers and Internet Terminology: Jeopardy]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Technology Terms: Hangman]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Computer Parts: Hangman]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Keyboarding: Rags to Riches]

Computer Lab Favorites (Online Learning Activities)[[image:http://cdn.babble.com/strollerderby/files/2011/06/computer_whiz.jpg width="187" height="212" align="right"]]

 * [|Word Find]
 * [|Noun Dunk]
 * [|Synonym Toast]
 * [|Spelling Match (choose grade)]
 * [|Magnetic Poetry]
 * [|"It's Greek to Me" (learning roots of words)]
 * [|Robo-Packer]
 * [|Roman Numerals]
 * [|The Gold Coin]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Puzzled States]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Place the State]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|U.S. Geography Map Game]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Map Puzzles:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Continents]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|World Features]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|North America]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Africa]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|South America]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Middle East]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Europe]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Asia]
 * Try these computer technology games.
 * [|Computer Hardware Online Quiz]
 * [|Computers and Internet Terminology: Jeopardy]
 * [|Technology Terms: Hangman]
 * [|Keyboarding Rags to Riches]

**Company Research[[image:http://www.murdercapers.com/corporate/companyLogos/CompanyLogosNew.jpg width="175" height="206" align="right"]]**
Research facts about a company, including its stock, for a Power Point Presentation.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">**Birthday Facts Newspaper Project**
<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">**What have your birthdays been like? Now, we'll find out how many historical events happened on your birthday. What were they? What impact they had? Use the following websites to find out. Write facts on your JOT CHART to use when we make our Newspaper.**


 * Research Websites: **
 * [|Fact Monster Today in History]
 * [|New York Times]
 * //On-This-Day. com//
 * [|Misc. History]
 * [|Music History] (use for Entertainment Facts)
 * //Brainy History//
 * [|Brainy History Events]
 * Find Famous People Born on Your Birthday
 * [|Brainy History Birthdays]
 * [|Fact Monster Birthdays]

Web 2.0
We will be working with several programs that will allow you to create your own content on the web.
 * [|Edmodo]: A social networking site designed for classrooms! We will be using this for several activities. Check it every day for new assignments. Register with [[image:http://edmodo.userphotos.s3.amazonaws.com/default-avatars/8.jpg?r=61 width="69" height="69" align="right"]]your Class Code.
 * [|Wordle]: to make "Beautiful Word Clouds" (Rt. click to open it in a new tab)
 * Google Apps with [|My AGSD.Net]
 * [|Pixlr:] Online Photo Editor (use it to edit and resize photos)
 * ====Looking for technology terms? Go to: [|Tekmom's Technology Buzzwords]====


 * __Electronic Portfolios__**
 * Learn about Electronic Portfolios with this [[file:Electronic Portfolio.pptx]].
 * Create your own using Google Apps with [|My AGSD.Net]

Computer Lab Favorites[[image:http://cdn.babble.com/strollerderby/files/2011/06/computer_whiz.jpg width="187" height="212" align="right"]]

 * [|Word Find]
 * [|Noun Dunk]
 * [|Synonym Toast]
 * [|Spelling Match (choose grade)]
 * [|Magnetic Poetry]
 * [|"It's Greek to Me" (learning roots of words)]
 * [|Robo-Packer]
 * [|Roman Numerals]
 * [|The Gold Coin]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Puzzled States]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Place the State]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|U.S. Geography Map Game]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Map Puzzles:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Continents]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|World Features]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|North America]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Africa]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|South America]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Middle East]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Europe]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Asia]
 * Try these computer technology games.
 * [|Computer Hardware Online Quiz]
 * [|Computers and Internet Terminology: Jeopardy]
 * [|Technology Terms: Hangman]
 * [|Keyboarding Rags to Riches]

**Online Typing Activities**




 * [|Dance Mat Typing]
 * [|Bubble Typing]
 * [|Keyboarding Practice]
 * <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: #ff0000; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">[|Typing UK Typing Lessons]
 * [|Frog Typing]
 * [|Spacebar Invaders]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: #ff0000;">[|Softschools.com Typing Games] **(NEW)**