Rocky Questions

1. Dramas are often known for having or developing a conflictbetween major characters - a protagonist and antagonist. What is a protagonist? An antagonist?

1) protagonist- main character.

2) antagonist- competitor of your protagonist.

2. the movie Rocky, discuss the various forms of conflict (at least three) that take place in the movie. Who are the protagonists and antagonists in each of thee conflicts? Use specific names of the characters to discuss your point of view.

one conflict that is in the movie is the fight between rocky and apollo creed.

a second conflict is is rocky going to get out of his lonely, lifestyle?

The third conflict is about rocky and adrianne. Are they going to stay together? whats going to happen with their relationship?

Rocky Questions (Part Two)

Reminders:

1) Please include the questions from this blog in your answers to each question.

2) Include proper punctuation, capitalization and grammar in your responses. Write your answers in complete sentences.

3) Remember your work is observable by anyone who goes directly or indirectly to your page so the completed work needs to be your best effort.

The next film we will view will be Forest Gump.

Rocky Questions

Post anwers to the following questions from the movie Rocky (1976) as a new post in your blog. Remember to answer in complete sentences with attention to G.U.M. (grammar, mechanics, and usage). Please answer based on your own perceptions, we're not interested in what the Internet has to say.

1. Dramas are often known for having or developing a conflict between major characters - a protagonist and antagonist. What is a protagonist? An antagonist?

2.In the movie Rocky, discuss the various forms of conflict (at least three) that take place in the movie. Who are the protagonists and antagonists in each of thee conflicts? Use specific names of the characters to discuss your point of view.

3. Rocky is filled with a number of memorable characters. Describe who the following are and their role in the film: Rocky Balboa, Apollo Creed, Adrianne Pennino, and Mickey Goldmill.

4. Forshadowing is a technique used in films and stories to often "drop hints" that a protagonist or hero is not simply doomed. Can you give examples in Rocky where the author uses foreshadowing to hint that maybe Rocky has a chance to win.

5. What is the setting of the movie Rocky? What is the time period? How do both the location and time period made the movie real or believable?

6. You have studied a number of different types of camera shots in this class that are used by movie makers. Identify from the movie Rocky one particular type of camera shot you viewed and the scene it appeared in in the movie; describe how it is used in the scene. Examples of camera shots would be: wide angle, extreme wide angle, closeup, mid-range shot and tracking shot.

Second Attempt of Movie Review Material

Movie Review Material

Tracking Shots and Famous Uses in Film

Camera Shots

Five Basic Camera Shots to Practice




Close-up




Mid Shot





Extreme Wide Shot

DI Strategies

Lesson 7: DI Strategies

Lesson 7: DI Strategies

Purpose:

This week we will explore some specific strategies from Differentiated Instruction. We are getting down to the practical applications that teachers are using in their classrooms. There are many different types of activities, assessment tools, groupings, etc. that are available to use with students. When beginning to use DI or UDL teachers have to find useful starting points - it is overwhelming to think about applying these models all at once. Our purpose here is to look at a range of strategies and begin to see which make the most sense to begin to apply in your class. Which make the most sense to you? Which seem do-able? What are natural extensions to the things you are already doing? Which will give you the most "bang for your buck"? Which do you think willmove you closer to reachingyour personal goals or your classroom goals?

 

Content:

This week we will stick to exploring the ideas presented by Gregory and Chapman. They explore the concepts of adjusting, compacting and grouping in some detail in Chapter 5. In Chapter 6, they touch upon several instructional strategies based upon how the brain works (sound familiar?). Some of the strategies (e.g., focus activities and sponge activities) are pretty straightforward and easy to understand. Others (e.g., using graphic organizers, cooperative learning, jigsaw and role playing) are very complex and require a lot of time and effort to do well. Cooperative learning is a 3-credit course in itself!

 

The strategies discussed are introduced with varying degree of detail. For those strategies you would like to know more about, do an internet search for additional information. Also use the expertise of your classmates and fellow teachers in your school to find out who is using these strategies, how the use them and how they work.

 

The Thousand, Villa and Nevin book is organized very differently so it is not easy to find the same topics in both books.  For this week just read Chapter 5, "Differentiating Across the Content" and see where their ideas align with the strategies  listed in Gregory and Chapman.

 

Activities:

 

   1. Make a list of each of the strategies discussed in Chapters 5 and 6 (Gregory and Chapman) and in Chapter 6 (Thousand, et. al.). For each strategy indicate if it is a strategy you have used. If so, do you continue to use it? Why or why not? If you haven't used it is it something you would consider trying with your students? Give an example of when and how you would use it? E-mail me your completed list as a Word attachment.

 

   2. Visit the discussion board and answer the following questions. Remember to read your classmates responses and comment on at least two.

          * Which strategies (of a variation of the strategy) do you use? What do you like about these strategies?

 

          * Which strategies have you tried, but decided not to continue using with your students? Why?

 

          * Which strategies excite you? Which ones will you try next week?

 

 

   3. Post your weekly reflection on your groups' blog. Read and comment on your classmates' blog entries.

 

Readings:

Collaborative Planning and Teaching... (Thousand, Villa & Nevin): Read Chapter 5

Differentiated Instructional Strategies (Gregory and Chapman): Read Chapters 5 & 6

             

 

OK

Professional Development Calendar

Kurzweil Word to Audio File

Sara E did a nice job this week putting her written spelling list into an audio file and posting it to a web host. Here is the list as an mp3:

Class Notes Written and Audio

Students in Computer Apps class will need to summarize in written form three main bullet points from a class they also record with their digital recorder. They will then need to put those bullet points into a Powerpoint slide. The goal when finished is to have a summary both written and auditory of the class they recorded.

Here is a Powerpoint slide of a class Tyler recorded for US History:


Here is a summary audio file Tyler recorded of the same class with an Olympus Digital Recorder. Tyler and I embedded audio notes in his recording that connect with the bullets or important points listed in the Powerpoint slide above.
Students reviewed how to store their audio mp3(s) on a separate web server and then learned how to link to the files from the embed function in their blog.

Video from ARSU Site Trial

Let's see if this works.

Web Server for New Music in Blog Post

Here it is.

Really like the updated feature in Google Docs that lets you embed or publish a completed document such as a Powerpoint Slide Show to a blog post. How cool is that? The post shows the slide progress bar and everything. However, one of the problems still with Docs, is its inability to store audio and video files that can be referenced right from the Google platform. Right now, as far as I know, you can't do that, but we'll see what the future brings.

For this example, I had to upload the audio to a different web hosting site and then use html to embed the Black Eyed Peas audio file: "Let's Get It Started." Students in Computer Apps will need to find a host site to upload their audio files to so they can reference them in Blogger.

My hope is that when we get to video files we'll be able to use the Google site connected to ARSU to store our files for access.

Journal Topics for Computer Apps class

One of the tasks you will need to complete this semester is to insert a number of journal posts to your blog. We will divide the topics for your journal entrys up to include a number of main types of personal writing. We will include journaling about: personal revelations, clarifying thoughts or positions, relationships, and topics involving speculation and different perspectives. You will need to write (1) blog post for each major category over the course of the semester.

Assessment: We will use the Student Journal Writing Assessment Rubric to assess the quality of your journal writing. You will need to keep a copy of this in your three-ring binder.

Importing a Google Map into Blogger

It is pretty easy upload and put a Google Maps map into your blog. This is something students in Computer Apps will be doing for the fourth quarter. It's pretty easy to embed a post into your blog directly from Google Maps. You can also share your map just like you can share your documents in Google Docs.


View Fair Haven Union High School in a larger map

This is a map of FHUHS with polygons made to represent the parking lots.

Business Letter Link and Picture

Students did a nice job this week linking to their business letter in Google Docs, sharing it with their teacher and then embedding it in their blog post as a picture file. We learned that simply linking the document to Google Docs from here often wasn't easy as the viewer or user was asked to sign into Goolge Docs to view the document.

(Click on the link above to view the document)

A work-around, we decided, was to link the document as a picture file (jpeg). We used Adobe Acrobat to change the document from Word to a pdf and then saved it as a picture. Students then uploaded the picture file to their blogs.

Add-Ons for Internet Explorer 8

Students in Mr. Connelly's Computer Apps class: Internet Explorer 8 has a number of new features and add-ons to make your blog and other writing easier and your research simpler. In order to make your writing easier, IE8 has added a task bar for your web favorites. It's called (no surprise!) the Favorites Task Bar and you can use it to store a number of favorite sites with even easier access than saving your pages to your Favorites List. Click on the Google page on the left to view the task bar - highlighted in red.

For the purposes of our class, we'll add some research links to our task bar:

Dictionary.com

Thesaurus.com

Wikipedia.com

Also include a link to your blog for easy access. After you've added these sites, go ahead and make a screen capture of your Google Page. The way to do this is to hold down the CTRL key and press the Print Screen Key on the upper right hand side of your keyboard.

When finished, import the screen capture as a picture into your blog like I've done here.

Mr. C's Imported Inspiration Map as GIF

Students in Mr. Connelly's Computer Apps class: Here is an example of an Inspiration Mind Map exported as a graphic file or .gif. After you export it, you can then add the image in your post as I did here.

For this class you will need to save your original Inspiration map on your "H" drive, print your map so you can put it in your three-ring binder and include it here in your blog post. Very cool!!

Inspiration Task (Part of your Summative Assessment)

Mr. Connelly's Computer Applications Class:

Continue to work on your Inspiration Mind Maps this week. Your map should include a number of your interests with examples for each sub-category. Use the "How To" video from You Tube to include: changing colors, adding links, and adding pictures.

Here is the link to the how to video here Note the difference between embedding a video and linking to a video.

Adding a Picture to Your Blog (Click on the Title for Video Help!)

Mr. Connelly's Computer Apps Class: A reminder this week that you will need to make sure to add the action of adding a picture of your choice to your blog. If you've already done that, don't forget to label it with text. Include this on your Powerpoint task list you save on your "H" drive.

To Review: 1) Sign on to Blogger
2) Go to the Dashboard which lists New & View/Edit Posts
3) Click New Post
4) Under the Posting Tab, label give your picture a Title
5) Click on the Add Image icon on your Compose Page
6) Add your image from your "H" drive
7) Click Publish Post

You're done! Congratulations!

Macgyver of AT

Therese Wilkomm from the University of New Hampshire, is known as the Macgyver of AT. She presented recently at a state-sponsored conference in Colcester on post-secondary transition and assistive technology. Therese currently has a channel on You Tube entitled ATinNH.

In this example, I've embedded a video from her channel on How to add captions to YouTube videos by getting the transcript from MovCaptioner.