IP30 – May 1: Please submit your beta-testing comments today

This is the last IP class before I meet with the Word Processing Module developer later this week, so please email to me a copy of your comments and corrections on the module and the activities you have completed by the end of this period. 
I understand that different people are at different stages of progress, but [...]

IP30 – April 30: WP Module Beta-testing resumes

I hope you enjoyed the computer session with James from YouthBuild last week. While there are probably a few terms or concepts you are not completely familiar with yet (PCI slots? what goes into them?), I was very interested in seeing the process you went through in taking information you had already found and working through it [...]

IP30 – April 26 (pm): Proofreading, and Confirmation for tomorrow

Good afternoon,
If you have time to check this out before or after class, visit http://bertc.com/recipes.htm for some unusual recipes. if you see one you like, you may save a copy or print one out, but don’t spend class time on it since tomorrow I’ve planned for a different activity.
NEWS: I have confirmed with YouthBuild that they [...]

IP30 – April 26: Reminder to post your comments

Good morning,
Please make sure you have posted the previously requested comments, and kept your log sheets up to date to show your recipe proofing.
Please visit the following site and read the contents.
http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/proofing.html
The goal is to finish these before the weekend; therefore, we will continue proofreading today, with the goal of having all recipes checked by [...]

IP30 – April 23: Proofreading Causes Hunger Pangs

If you are not done marking errors on the back of recipes, you may want to check out the list of common errors in the earlier post. Also, thank you for your feedback on the first session. There were both positive comments and some not so enthusiastic. I think it is safe to say that [...]

Hardest to spell or common errors

Some commonly mispelled words noticed in the recipes included:
-ingredients, mozzarella, cheddar and sauce
Please post others you have noticed as comments to this posting.

IP30 – April 19 (period 2)

What did you think of session 1 of recipe proofing? I suggest we take a break from this for today and continue working on your other IP asignments.

IP30 – April 19: Recipe for proofing recipes

Good morning,
Period 1 will be used for the proofing of recipes.
1. Organize into groups that will be responsible for particular folders.
2. Put your name on the back of each recipe proofed, and a checkmark by your name if no errors found. If there is an error, write the correction by your name. Once verified, [...]

IP30 – April 18 (pm)

That’s better, just a few more items to get in from some of you.
Continue the tasks from this morning, including working throught the Word Processing module. As you work through it, please put all your comments about the module into a single Word File, from spelling mistakes discovered to specific comments on the interest level, [...]

IP30 – April 18 (am)

I have had an unusual experience recently.
On the one hand, I have been receiving some of the most mature, detailed, complete, creative and organized examples of student work I have seen in my 11 or so years of teaching. What a great time in history to be a teacher! And a student, for that matter.
On [...]