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Monday, October 15, 2012
Monday - BYOD
Greetings. Today students worked on completing their Study Stacks on their personal devices. There was quite a bit of frustration as students had to deal with getting on the wireless, typing in the small windows, and learning the ins and outs of Study Stack all at once. My advice to students was to complete them on their own at home and share the Study Stack code for their stack with their partner. Passwords, telephone numbers, and other personal information are not allowed on Edmodo but the code for student stacks is fine. In fact, student collaboration is encouraged.
Homework: There is no specific homework tonight but information concerning the next two assessments is as follows:
Greece Test - Study the four governments of ancient Greece - Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, and Democracy. It will be an essay question in the type that we have been doing over the last couple of weeks.
Chapter 36 on Christianity - Rome video notes, vocabulary terms from the Focus Sheet (Study Stack terms). Chapter 36 in the text book. The quiz will be all multiple choice.