Class 1: Introduction

Introduction


Welcome to Library Media class! Please look at the syllabus if you haven't already.


This course will be held in the library on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and in the Mac lab every Wednesday.  On Wednesdays we will work through this blog.


You will have three signature assignments.  All three will be book trailers.  You will use technology that you have learned in class to create the book trailers, based on books read in our class and in your English class.


The Wednesday course is made of blog posts by class.  Sometimes it will take more than one week to complete a class so don't stress about getting everything done.  We will go at our own pace to get through everything, however, please do pay attention to the agenda and what I have planned for the day.  

AUP/PIR Forms

If you do not turn both the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and the Photo and Information Release Form (PIR) signed by a parent or guardian, you cannot take this course.  The AUP allows minors to be online at an LAUSD school and the PIR allows minors to post your LAUSD work online.  Since both of these make up the bulk of our class, we need them signed.  

You also need to take the Smart AUP.

Here are the instructions:

1. Click "Rules & Registration"
2. Read the rules and click the registration button
3. Complete the registration process
4. Click "Students"
5. Click "Take Quiz"
6. Use the automatically generated username and password to log in
7. Take the Smart AUP quiz and print out the score report on the last page

Digital Citizenship

Being a digital citizen is just like being a citizen in the real life world, except you communicate through technology.  

Read and sign Contract for Digital Citizenship

Cyber Safety
Just as we have to take precautions in the world, we have to take precautions when we are online. There are scary people out there and cyberbullying truly is real. Be careful who you talk to and NEVER give out personal information to someone you only know online.

Here are some sites you can look at regarding cyber safety.

Assignments Due Friday:

• Signed Contract for Digital Citizenship
• Signed class syllabus
• Smart AUP, printed and signed
• Return signed LAUSD AUP and PIR