The following are notes from a lesson designed by Ms. Newburger.

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The IB Academic Honesty Policy that YOU signed at the beginning of the year states that you agree NOT to plagiarize. As you get older, this becomes very important and potentially costly in school and in life (failure, fines, removal of your posted video or other creations, etc) Journalists have been fired for plaigiarizing. People have lost their jobs for it. People have had to pay millions of dollars for it. You want to avoid it!  Here's how:

What is plaigiarism?
Plagiarism includes:

• copying word for word
• paraphrasing (changing a few words)
• cutting and pasting an image without credit
• using media (image, music, video, etc) not approved for reuse
• Including any Information from your research in your final product without crediting where you learned it.

How can I avoid accidentally plagiarizing?

• Take notes in google drive-tools-explore-
• Put quotes around all your notes that you copy word for word.
• write down all sources you consult even if you're not sure you're intending to use their info  yet.

Do I have to cite something  if it's common knowledge?
No. For example, you don't have to cite the dictionary if you  look up how to spell a word but you DO have to cite the dictionary you use if you look up a word's definition as those can differ slightly.  but when in doubt, cite it anyway!

Which resources should I use and cite when researching for school?
See credible sources lessons or
just use pre-Vetted academically trustworthy sources found at NcWise Owl (on the student portal) 

Which images are free to use? ( you must still cite them!!)

• Creative commons image
• images found in NCWiseowl sources
• google image search - tools - usage rights - approved for reuse

What is the best method for citing when I want to credit a source?
Follow your teacher's instructions on the required way to credit sources used for your product.  How you give credit depends on the product. (reserach paper, video, etc) Different ways to cite sources include:

• make a works cited page, resources consulted list, or bibliography. 
• copy the citation or link at the bottom of each slide if making a slide show
• Can use footnotes at the end of a page if wrting a paper (google docs - tools- explore does this automatically)
• Include link or citation in your YouTube description credits for music, images, video used, etc.

How do I find the necessary information about a source to include when writing up credit for a citation?
You'll first  want to ask your teacher if you should to use APA, MLA or other then use:

• citation makers online 
• citation makers within NCWiseOwl
• google docs- tools - explore - info is auto- cited as a footnote

If no method is specified, you can give the web address of the source or use the auto citiation. 

Step 1. Go to NCWISEOWL.org or click the button you see at the Student Portal below

Step 2: Select Middle School (you are welcome to check out the other grades as well or sort by subject)

Step 3: Select the tool you want to use (Start with Brittanica School if you aren't sure where to start but it's worth clicking around one day when you're not in a hurry. Lots of good stuff)

Step 4: Enter the topic you are researching. Put quotes around your search terms to focus your results. Then click if you want images, articles, videos, magazines, web sites etc.

Step 5: Read the results and REPEAT as necessary until you find information and results you are satisifed with.(Go up or down a level (1,2,3 in photo above)if you aren't happy, change the lexile at bottom right, move from middle to elementary or high back at Step 2, etc) When you find something you want to use, click on it as below.

Click the check box marked "cite"

Related Posts:
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How to find Credible Sources on the web
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/credible-sources-lesson

Plagiarism videos used in this lesson
youtu.be/gs4WPlh6MZI
https://youtu.be/Ly_AeHl4t5M
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Thanks to Donors choose and Mrs. Newburger's eternal optimism and tireless grant writing, Piedmont's media center won a BB8 droid complete with iPad in a cool protective case for operating on the go. 
Come by the Makerspace and check it out. BB8 already has a fan club, I think! 
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Check out these photos and videos from the first two days of his life at our school.

There's still plenty to discover. He can be coded, you can draw a path with your finger and have him patrol, he has been plenty talkative, and even has Augmented reality  Star Wars action.

It's a wonderful time to be alive, kids! The future is here! No, seriously, do you think my  middle school library in the 70s had droids for loan? No, I tell you, they most certainly did not!

- Love, Ms. Gurthie

Not the Skill You're looking for, there's plenty more to learn and do in the Makerspace!
http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/studentspace/category/makerspace


Related Posts:
Big Hero 6 and the Maker Movement 

 Welcome, students, to Piedmont's 1st official Coding Club!

This is your club. Choose from these coding resources below to get started, and let me know if you have another resource to add here. 

1. Choose to Code Contest - code a website between now and Feb 26. Choose Beginner course unless you have previous coding experience.The Quick Start Guide provides step-by-step directions needed to complete Choose to Code . You n eed a Microsoft account—used to sign in to Xbox Live, Outlook.com, or OneDrive  If you do not have a Microsoft account,  create one at http://signup.live.com. (might have to do it from home) then Enter Your Choose to Code Azure Pass Code (get one from Ms. Gurthie) 
2. Minecraft Coding Game 
3. Build a Star Wars galaxy with Code
4. Scratch
5. Khan Academy Coding  - Drawing and Drag and Drop
6. Tynker Coding Games_ 
7. Code Academy

Related Posts:
Make Your own Video Games with Tynker - includes Flappy Bird, Frozen, and more!
Hour Of Code Games 2014

Tynker is a website that let's you easily learn to code starting from step one.
Here is how to make video games on Tynker

Some courses cost money but many are free.

To test the Video Game design link at the beginning of this post, I clicked "remix this program" for the penguin game, then I saved my work. It asked me to log in and I did using my google account so you can do the same since all students have Google Drive (the same way you log into your Chromebook).

If this is all new to you and you need help getting started wtih Tynker from step one, check these Tynker video tutorials that will show you anything you might want to do.

It's so easy a little kid can do it, in fact elementary school  students at Red Oak right here in CMS use Tynker to create hundreds of projects. Check out the games they designed! 

The following videos were created in Piedmont's Fun Arts Video Club  run by Mr. Jermaine Coles.  Scroll below for video making tips to make your own great videos with our makerspace materials.

Basic Video Do's and Don'ts 

Do: 

• create a storyboard (know what you will say and show in each scene. draw it out)
  
• practice your roles, plan for where you will stand
  
• keep the camera close and check your sound
  
• distinctly enunciate each word
  
• frame your shot- what can be seen? get rid of any distractions, face the camera, clean interseting background
  
• upload the video to YouTube or Google Drive so that you can share the link with teahcer and classmates (and the world if desired)
• include achirvial footage, blend in stills, use special effects, humor, emotion or other tricks to keep your audience involved.
• copy styles you like
• use symbolism. Think about  your lighting, sound, and location

Don't:

• wait until the last minute (you need time to re-do if things don't come out well)
  
• turn your back to the camera
  
• overdo the visual or sound effects. Keep your message clean
• make the video too long.  Better to show than tell

Special Effects and Chromakey

Special Effects Apps
School iPads are equipped with

•  Lego Movie Maker and iMotionHD for stop motion videos
  
• Imovie for post-production editing, and 
  
• ActionMovie HD for special effects
  

Greenscreen: Do you want to add you own specialized cool special effects and backgrounds to your videos? Just film in front of our MakerSpace Green Screen (in the media center hallway) then follow these instructions to edit your footage:
  Green Screen with the app TouchCast on school ipads
Touchcast is free so you can download it onto on BYOT ipads - but greenscreen will not work on the Touchcast iPhone app. You can use  your phone or iPod touch as a remote control for the ipad filming. Just download the appTouchCast Remote.

Earn a DIY maker patch for your video and green screen skills 

Upload instructions and examples of Piedmont students' movies http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/lesson-ideas/have-students-make-a-movie

Check out these links to improve your videography skills:
http://kidsvid.4teachers.org/
http://coolspotters.com/articles/the-mega-movie-making-guide-for-kids

This photo is of an acutal working radio built with snap circuits, available in our Media center makerspace. Click the link for even more Snap Circuits Projects_

Earn the DIY Stitcher Patch by learning how to sew at home, by hand, or at school on our sewing machine in the new Media Center Maker Space:
https://diy.org/skills/stitcher

Directions for transferring ownership of files from your old Gaggle account to your new Google account are at the very bottom of this page. (slideshow) 

Chromebook Do's and Dont's

Click here to read the Student A-Z guide of all you need to know about your new Chromebook and 1:1 procedures at Piedmont. Questions? See Ms. Gurthie or Ms. Newburger in the Media Center.

NOTE! You must go to your old gaggle account and make your NEW GAFE account the OWNER if you want to keep the tranferred work forever!

Congratulations!

Your new Chromebook comes with a new Google Apps for Education account and email. It will be a CMS managed account just like your old Gaggle account. 

This post will help you port over your existing files into your New google Drive Account.  


Begin by signing into your old Google Drive account (the same way you sign into the old Chromebooks) 
then look at the two photos below. If your screen looks like the first photo BELOW, follow the OLD DRIVE steps. If your screen looks like the second photo, scroll down to the new drive steps.


Note that anything you do under your OLD gaggle address login (Google Classroom or other) will not be in your new account unless you throw it into the oldies/transfer  file before June. 
You will also need to "add to my drive" any shared or incoming items you wish to save. 

• Select MY DRIVE (Click the words "my drive" on the left)
  
• check the checkbox next to the word Title
  
• All files should be checked
  
• Check the Red Create box
  
• Create FOLDER
  
• name the new folder "oldies"
  
• everything should still be checked Except the oldies file you just made. IF not just check next to title again and then uncheck oldies.
  
• Select More at the top
  
• Select Move To
  
• Select the folder "oldies
  
• select move
  
• You should now see only one file. "oldies" 
  
• Share that file with your new GAFE address. Check the checkbox and click the share icon or right click to share.
  

Sign in with your new GAFE email (your full student idnumber@student.cms.k12.nc.us ) to make sure Oldies is there. 



Follow these steps if you have the NEW Drive:

Please follow these video instructions plus the info in the AZ Guide and written instructions below to transfer files to your NEW GAFE (Google Apps for Education) Google Drive Account, login, and to keep up your files.

If you are watching this video because you were absent on deployment day, please note that you must do this in the media center with Ms. Gurthie or Ms. Newburger to receive credit. you can come at Healthy Kids or with a note from your classroom teacher.  You may open a new tab and pause the video so that you can do the steps at the same time as the video to be sure you did it right.

• Select MY DRIVE (touch the words my drive on the left)
  
• hit Control A on your keyboard- you will see all the files highlight
  
• Press the three vertical dots (next to the trash can)
  
• Select "MOVE TO"
  
• click the folder icon at the bottom right of the pop-up box
  
• name the new folder "Oldies"
  
• Click "MOVE" 
  
• Higlight the file name and right click or click the share icon to share that file with your new GAFE address.
  

Sign in with your new GAFE email (your full student idnumber@student.cms.k12.nc.us ) to make sure Oldies is there. 

Thank you. This completes your intro part one.


Teacher and Student A-Z file adapted with thanks from the extensive Carmel Middle School's Chromebook A-Z form they shared.



INFO BELOW THIS LINE IS NOT PART OF THE ABSENT STUDENT TUTORIAL:
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How to transfer Ownership so you don't lose your files: (thanks to Jake Standish)

You must be logged in to your CMS Google Drive login to view this.

You modern kids are NO JOKE!  I just learned a ton from a 12 year old who is a specialized front-end developer already so here are his recommendations if you want to know about coding. 



basics of coding - Computer Programming readiness:
Code Academy- a fun way to learn how to code and you can do it with your friends! http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0

• Games to learn coding:
  • Apps On our iPads
    • Haikitzu
    • Daisy the Dinosaur
    • CargoBot
  • Or tryMove the Turtle for 2.99 or Codera is advanced for 9.99
    
    
  • Coding Web-based Games-use any machine with a browser
  • www.code.org
  • www.diy.org/skills (start with n00b) or codeacademy.com
  • Teach Yourself how to code-
    http://lifehacker.com/5401954/programmer-101-teach-yourself-…
  • Kodable
  • Hopscotch
  • Scratch- http://scratch.mit.edu/
  • Tynker http://www.tynker.com/experience/
  • Light Bot http://armorgames.com/play/2205/light-bot

Learn to Make Video Games

• http://gamesalad.com/

Learn to make Apps

• http://www.ibuildapp.com easy, free, and works great. Choose the "web" app that way you do not have to go through apple or the play market place
• http://appinventor.mit.edu/ since there are some wonderful lessons already created for it. There is drag-and-drop coding, though, which is pretty simple compared to typing it.

TOP 10 Computer Science Recommendation from QUORA.
Muhamed Halilovic, Developer -

1. GitHub - thousands of projects with their code, examples, etc. - invaluable for your projects, school, work or life as a software/CS engineer.

2. Stack Overflow - answers to thousands of questions on all kinds of topics related to programming, work, math, software, etc. (You can also answer, and it has Careers 2.0 (invitation only after you answer and gain points) similar to LinkedIn which you can leverage to find software/cs jobs).

3. Khan Academy - math, statistics, economics - everything you missed out on in college and high-school and wanted to re-learn, re-visit, etc.

4. tutorialspoint.com - has easy-to-follow tutorials on major topics in programming and cs concepts, which you can cover in hours and literally be an expert in amongst your peers.

5. TopCoder - MONEY, recommendations, algorithms, experience (I wish I knew about TopCoder while in College). There is rarely a website that can do so much for you as TopCoder can.

6. Hacker News - The only place you need to follow when it comes to latest news on technology, whats hot, whats cooking, etc. Thats the place where all other hackers come to get and post the news.

7. No Excuse List - This lists out all the major places on the web for courses, materials, and other stuff CS people need and basically empowers you to learn anything and everything you ever needed/wanted. You simply have no excuse anymore as to why you didn't know or learn something.

8. http://www.businessballs.com/ - Place to learn economics/buisness/job/work terminology and about starting your business, organizing your time, people skills, people management and utilizing your knowledge to finally start making money out of it. All sorts of tools and general knowledge which you will need at some point in your life. Everything you should know about business, management and stuff that no one teaches you at college, but you find out you really need to know later on in life when you want to create your own startup/business or as such.

9. Memory Improvement Tips - How to Improve Your Memory - website you need to learn about your brain and how to improve your focus, memory, etc - website I would use in combination with this book: Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It: Kenneth L. Higbee Ph.D.: 9781569246290: Amazon.com: Books - it teaches you how to memorize, what affects your memory, focus, etc. I wish I knew about these things in college. If you follow what is taught in this - you could probably become sort of an "Einstein" in your college/school as well later on when you start working.

10. http://www.quora.com/ - The place where you find out about answers like this one :).  


Your fellow Piedmont Student Duncan says the best way to code is to sit down one on one with a coder and begin coding with word doc and made a website by typing in code and being amazed that something else will pop up on the other side. Sites he uses:

• codeacademy.org
  
• dash.generalassemb.ly
  
• stackoverflow
  
• htmldog.com
  
• pancake.iohttp://jsfiddle.net/
  
• codeanywhere.net
  
• coffeecup software ($60 lets you code html , css , javascript)
  
• notepadplusplus.com (free software)