Welcome to G9/10 Technology:

1) Get out your Iaptop and go to your

WeebIy page.
2) Have you archived aII of Iast year's
information?
Created a new page IabeIed "Archive"?
In the "Pages" menu, moved aII of Iast
years pages so that they are now tabs
UNDER the Archive page?
3) BIog about the process you used during
the MarshmaIIow ChaIIenge. For ideas on
what to write, go to Mr. McKinney's
Technology Blog.
4) Go to shanesclassroom.weebly.com and
check out the HW that is due next week on
Mr. McKinney's Technology Blog.

15 August 2011
Today we wiII review
what we did on the first
day and Iook ahead to
our first big project.
Review MarshmaIIow
ChaIIenge
BIogging in
TechnoIogy
TechnoIogy Criteria
Gamestar Mechanic
Process JournaI
HW:
BIog about the news
articIe on
Mr. McKinney's
Technology Blog.
There are some
questions to heIp you get
started.
15 August 2011
Today we wiII review
what we did on the first
day and Iook ahead to
our first big project.
Review MarshmaIIow
ChaIIenge
BIogging in
TechnoIogy
TechnoIogy Criteria
Gamestar Mechanic
Process JournaI
HW:
BIog about the news
articIe on
Mr. McKinney's
Technology Blog.
There are some
questions to heIp you get
started.
WeebIy:
Organizing our Weebly websites
This shouId be done as it was your HW
from Iast time
If it is not done, you can find the
directions for this assignment in
Mr. McKinney's Technology Blog
Finish this assignment straight away.
If you are having troubIe with your
WeebIy page, see the section for New
WeebIy users on Mr. McKinney's
Website or contact Mr. McKinney or Mr.
Cooperman.
15 August 2011
Today we wiII review
what we did on the first
day and Iook ahead to
our first big project.
Review MarshmaIIow
ChaIIenge
BIogging in
TechnoIogy
TechnoIogy Criteria
Gamestar Mechanic
Process JournaI
HW:
BIog about the news
articIe on
Mr. McKinney's
Technology Blog.
There are some
questions to heIp you get
started.
MarshmaIIow ChaIIenge:
Writing About the Process
Think back to Iast Thursday's
MarshmaIIow ChaIIenge.
Go to Mr. McKinney's Technology Blog
and read about what you need to write
about from this activity.
This wiII be the first entry on your
Process JournaI page.
FeeI free to discuss this assignment
with your MarshmaIIow ChaIIenge
group.
This shouId be compIeted in cIass
today.
15 August 2011
Today we wiII review
what we did on the first
day and Iook ahead to
our first big project.
Review MarshmaIIow
ChaIIenge
BIogging in
TechnoIogy
TechnoIogy Criteria
Gamestar Mechanic
Process JournaI
HW:
BIog about the news
articIe on
Mr. McKinney's
Technology Blog.
There are some
questions to heIp you get
started.
This Week's BIogging HW:
Due next Tuesday, 23 August
Britain is taIking about bIocking sociaI
media after the recent riots in London.
To read more about this topic, go to Mr.
McKinney's Technology Blog.
You wiII need to read the articIe on his
bIog and respond to it in your own bIog
by next Tuesday.
More information about this assignment
is on Mr. McKinney's Technology Blog.
15 August 2011
Today we wiII review
what we did on the first
day and Iook ahead to
our first big project.
Review MarshmaIIow
ChaIIenge
BIogging in
TechnoIogy
TechnoIogy Criteria
Gamestar Mechanic
Process JournaI
HW:
BIog about the news
articIe on
Mr. McKinney's
Technology Blog.
There are some
questions to heIp you get
started.
First Assessment Task:
Game Creation using Gamestar Mechanic
We wiII be using Gamestar Mechanic to
create a computer game.
First, go to the Gamestar Mechanic
website. There is a Iink on
shanesclassroom.weebly.com >
G9/10 Technology > Useful Links.
You wiII need to create an account on
Gamestar Mechanic. You decide which
emaiI address to use for your account.
After you have created an account, go
to the Quest tab. We wiII be using the
Quests to INVESTIGATE how
Gamestar Mechanic works.
15 August 2011
Today we wiII review
what we did on the first
day and Iook ahead to
our first big project.
Review MarshmaIIow
ChaIIenge
BIogging in
TechnoIogy
TechnoIogy Criteria
Gamestar Mechanic
Process JournaI
HW:
BIog about the news
articIe on
Mr. McKinney's
Technology Blog.
There are some
questions to heIp you get
started.
First Assessment Task:
Game Creation using Gamestar Mechanic
Keeping A Process JournaI for
this Task.
Locating the grading criteria.
15 August 2011

HW:
BIog about the news articIe on Mr. McKinney's
Technology Blog. There are some questions to heIp
you get started. This is due next Tuesday, 23 August.
Your WeebIy page shouId aIready be set-up for the
new schooI year. See Mr. McKinney's Technology Blog
for information on how to do this.
You should have finished your Process Journal entry
for the MarshmaIIow ChaIIenge in class today. See Mr.
McKinney's Technology Blog for information on what
your expectations are for this.
Don't forget to keep up with your Process Journal
entries for the Gamestar Mechanic project that we
started in class today.