Week 6, Day 4

GREETINGS!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 6 assignments by Monday, February 29th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to all of my students working diligently!

DID YOU KNOW?
Sometimes we feel that technology can easily diminish our creativity. As a teacher, I can have a bias perspective of feeling like several gadgets can stifle a student's creativity. We live in a world where we're so connected and little effort is made to convey our messages. Since then, I have read and viewed various TED Talks that encourages the use of technology and balancing our creativity energy. Shilo Shiv discusses the valuable uses of technology to help increase our creativity. Take a look at her perspective of collaborating technology & creativity:


CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 6, Day 3

GREETINGS!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 6 assignments by Monday, February 29th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to Erin and Jason for working on their assignments! I appreciate seeing students work daily.

DID YOU KNOW?
Here is a little inspiration, just out what one of former students created with Animoto! Have fun and be creative! I love viewing and learning each day about you!

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 6, Day 2

GREETINGS!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 6 assignments by Monday, February 29th by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you Erin, Robyn & Jason for working on Tuesday, February 23rd!

DID YOU KNOW?
This week you are required to use Animoto to create a short 30 second clip about your dreams. Animoto is a great way for you to share your ideas. Sign-up for a free account, you can link your social media accounts and downloaded music.
I created an Animoto for you to have a glimpse of my life! Hope you enjoy!

Week 6 Creativity


CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 6, Day 1

GREETINGS!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 6 assignments by Monday, February 29th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you Rechon for reaching out to me, I appreciate your efforts to discuss your plans in this goals! I really enjoy talking to each of you!

DID YOU KNOW?
This week we are studying creativity! How many of you consider yourself creative beings! I am an advocate of pursuing your dreams! This week in 6.1 EP you will explore Maxwell's perspective of our dreams. I agree with #1, sometimes we can easily get discouraged by focusing on others dreams. Maxwell explains that this is one of the reasons our dreams are not fulfilled because of having lack of focus!

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 5, Day 7

GREETINGS!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 5 assignments by Monday, February 23rd, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you Samara for submitting LATE WORK properly! You TOTALLY ROCK OUT!!!!!!!!!

DID YOU KNOW?

his week we discussed how individual waste time in our 5.3 EP assignment. In the news there's an article discussing the importance of maximizing time and putting gadgets to good use! I thought this article tied in perfectly with week's 4 time management unit and week's 5 leadership online. Click on the link to access how college students waste time when it comes to their studies:

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/09/living/cnn10-hacking-college/?frame=9&hpt=hp_c3

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167891

LATE WORK:

Late Work is accepted in the course. Points will be deducted for late work submission. However in order to receive credit for late work you must do the following:

• Follow directions as instructed in each assignment, if an assignment requires you to submit in the EP, DO IT!
• After you have finished your late work,
  • click the "LATE WORK DISCUSSION TAB,"
  • create a NEW THREAD/TOPIC,
  • add the ASSIGNMENT NAME in the subject line
  • in the response box: type the name of the assignment "3.1 Wordle"

This is required for late work submission!

Take a look at the video to help you with submitting late work!

http://www.screencast.com/t/6Fhkz21c

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 5, Day 4

GREETINGS!

I understand that most of us are out of school this week because of the frigid temperatures and snow/ice! I will work with you on completing Week 5, I will keep this week opened longer to allow you ample time to complete!

Call/Text for any questions or concerns during this time! Be Safe and Most Importantly WARM!!!!!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 5 assignments by Monday, February 23rd, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you Ja'Lexus for reaching out to me about making up work during inclement weather!
DID YOU KNOW?
Management Theorist Simon Sinek explains people feel safer and are productive with Good Leadership! Leadership skills are valuable for ensuring people are efficient in their working environment. Sinek studies fortune 500 corporations and discovers what will work best for employees. Sinek's work is very similar to Goldsmith's articles that you will analyze this week. Take a look at Sinek's TED Talk video:

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167891

LATE WORK:

Late Work is accepted in the course. Points will be deducted for late work submission. However in order to receive credit for late work you must do the following:

• Follow directions as instructed in each assignment, if an assignment requires you to submit in the EP, DO IT!
• After you have finished your late work,
  • click the "LATE WORK DISCUSSION TAB,"
  • create a NEW THREAD/TOPIC,
  • add the ASSIGNMENT NAME in the subject line
  • in the response box: type the name of the assignment "3.1 Wordle"

This is required for late work submission!

Take a look at the video to help you with submitting late work!

http://www.screencast.com/t/6Fhkz21c

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 5, Day 3

GREETINGS!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 5 assignments by Monday, February 22nd, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to Christine P. for making tremendous improvement on her journal posts!

DID YOU KNOW?

We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, And along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results. -- Herman Melville

When answering this question consider how our lives are interconnected and how we we are woven into other lives. Have you ever heard, "the world is small," well it is, we are connected in a special way.

Make sure you elaborate and provide real world examples (use online sources) to validate your perspective!
Remember when responding to journals:

• It is acceptable to copy/paste the quote in your post, however I will count the quote towards your 150 word count.
• A 150-word count usually consist of 7-8 complete sentences, this is why it is important to elaborate by using your own personal experience or recent current events to support your claims.

I look forward to reading your posts!

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 5, Day 2

GREETINGS!

I understand that most of us are out of school this week because of the frigid temperatures and snow/ice! I will work with you on completing Week 5, I will keep this week opened longer to allow you ample time to complete!

Call/Text for any questions or concerns during this time! Be Safe and Most Importantly WARM!!!!!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 5 assignments by Monday, February 23rd, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to my snow bunnies working during this time of inclement weather

• Samara
• Hannah

DID YOU KNOW?

As, a reminder: Week 5 is now open for everyone.  If you haven’t finished week 4, then you need to finish that first, and then move on to week 5.


This week you will used padlet to design a graphic organizer of the various ways people waste time. Padlet is a easy tool to use, contact me if you're having any issues. Make sure to copy/paste the link of the completed design in your EP!


Take glimpse at one of my past student's padlet!!!

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167891

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 5, Day 1

GREETINGS!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 5 assignments by Monday, February 23rd, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to the following students for having strong Discussion Forum Response!!!!!!!

• Tyler
• Ja'Lexus
• Tyler 

DID YOU KNOW?

As, a reminder: Week 5 is now open for everyone.  If you haven’t finished week 4, then you need to finish that first, and then move on to week 5.

Week 5 focuses on “Leadership Online”.  In this unit, you will be researching some articles online, and giving your thoughts to discussion boards.  This week is top-heavy in discussion boards, with only one EP assignment and one journal, but 5 discussion boards!  Be sure to be active in them! Leadership online is an unusual unit, as it is often difficult to see quality examples of leadership on the internet, but some great examples are still out there!

For more information: http://www.online-leadership-tools.com/

Real World Application:  No 'serious person' should doubt man behind climate change, says Tony Blair  What do you think about the prime minister’s commentary on global warming?  Do you think that the issue is blown out of proportion?  Global warming is a great example of a topic that you can find leadership in the “pros” as well as the “cons”.  It comes down to personal beliefs.  Any thoughts?

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167891

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 4, Day 7

GREETINGS!

 Week 4 will focus on time management. One of your first assignments is to create a planner, this is a great way to prioritize your commitments. By using a planner you can quickly do an urgency analysis and determine what is most important for your accomplish this week. Remember to provide time for an escape activity, something that you enjoy to take off the stress. After reflecting at the end of this week it should be clear what you value in your life!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 4 assignments by Monday, February 16th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to my weekend workers:

• Braulio
• Madison

DID YOU KNOW?
In our society, we are known for being connected by several different innovations. Sometimes, we can easily abuse technology in a way that it can hinder our growth. This week has been filled with finding multiple ways to strategize effectively on managing time. Ian Goldin's perspective of time involves the equality of technology and the overall benefits. Its a great view to see a different viewpoint on how mis-management of technology can hurt our advancement in life. Don't ever believe I'm trying to down-talk technology, but we all have pros and cons for its daily uses.


LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167890

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 4, Day 5

GREETINGS!

 Week 4 will focus on time management. One of your first assignments is to create a planner, this is a great way to prioritize your commitments. By using a planner you can quickly do an urgency analysis and determine what is most important for your accomplish this week. Remember to provide time for an escape activity, something that you enjoy to take off the stress. After reflecting at the end of this week it should be clear what you value in your life!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 4 assignments by Monday, February 16th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you Christine for reaching out to help me! I love hearing from my students!

DID YOU KNOW?
Hopefully, you have embraced the value of managing your time wisely. This is a constant battle we face on a regular basis. I love my social media and I know you feel just the same! We spend so much wasting time with meaningless activities, just think if we were to invest in our goals instead of wasting our time. We could be incredible! Let's make a vow to work full force to ensure we use our time wisely!

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167890

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 4, Day 4

GREETINGS!

Week 4 will focus on time management. One of your first assignments is to create a planner, this is a great way to prioritize your commitments. By using a planner you can quickly do an urgency analysis and determine what is most important for your accomplish this week. Remember to provide time for an escape activity, something that you enjoy to take off the stress. After reflecting at the end of this week it should be clear what you value in your life!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 4 assignments by Monday, February 16th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to the students on track, embracing Week 4 without a doubt!

DID YOU KNOW?

There are several times when we complain about not having enough hours in the day to take care of our responsibilities.  When people say this, I think about highly productive people and I think we all have the same amount hours just not the same motivation or circumstances. Time is one of our most valuable assets. I hope we all learned how to manage our time through planning and prioritizing our most important/urgent tasks.

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167890

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 4, Day 3

GREETINGS!

 Week 4 will focus on time management. One of your first assignments is to create a planner, this is a great way to prioritize your commitments. By using a planner you can quickly do an urgency analysis and determine what is most important for your accomplish this week. Remember to provide time for an escape activity, something that you enjoy to take off the stress. After reflecting at the end of this week it should be clear what you value in your life!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 4 assignments by Monday, February 16th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to the students on track, embracing Week 4 without a doubt! On Wednesday, Feb. 11th, I saw Ja'Lexus, Brenton, Kayla, Judashia and Samara working on Week 4 assignments!

DID YOU KNOW?
This week we are looking at Covey's Quadrant, this tool is used to help manage and determine our most important task. Take a look at what Ms. Crosby's Quadrant looks like for this week! Teachers have to find ways to manage themselves when it comes to their personal and professional lives.

Q1 Work on Lesson Plans Review daughter's homework Grade assignments	Q2 Make sure to wash clothes
Q3 Take out the garbage	Q4 Finish reading my novel Plan summer 2015 vacation

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167890

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 4, Day 2

GREETINGS!

 Week 4 will focus on time management. One of your first assignments is to create a planner, this is a great way to prioritize your commitments. By using a planner you can quickly do an urgency analysis and determine what is most important for your accomplish this week. Remember to provide time for an escape activity, something that you enjoy to take off the stress. After reflecting at the end of this week it should be clear what you value in your life!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 4 assignments by Monday, February 16th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank you to the following students that logged in class on Tuesday, Feb. 10th to complete assignments! In order to be successful you must work diligently on assignments daily!

• Latela
• Judashia
• Autumn
• James
• Nakysha
• Noah
• Christine
• Ja'Lexus
• Clarissa

DID YOU KNOW?

• You can work ahead...I encourage you to do so!!!
• You can submit late assignment...just send me a message so that I know to grade your assignments
• I will be closing week 3 on Friday, if you are missing assignments please submit them by that time in order to receive credit.
• I submitted progress reports on Monday night, they will available to your school on Wednesday

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167890

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!

Week 4, Day 1

GREETINGS!

REMINDERS & DEADLINES  

1. Be sure you have completed Week 4 assignments by Monday, February 16th, by 11:55PM
2. Review the weekly checklist to ensure that you are completing/submitting all the required assignments.
3. Don’t forget to comment on the number of posts of classmates.

SHOUT-OUTS
Thank You Madison for reaching out to me regarding her grade! I'm available throughout the day, please do not hesitate to call or text! I love to hear from students!

DID YOU KNOW?
This week we will discover TIME MANAGEMENT! How valuable is time management when completing homework, competing in sports and dedicating quality time with family. What hinders you from completing tasks on time with time to spare? 

LINK to this week’s checklist:

http://moodle.ncvps.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1167890

TIPS:

All posts should:

1. Be in complete sentences.
2. Contain proper grammar and capitalization including no lower case “I’s” or text speech
3. Be descriptive and thoughtful (make sure you are telling me something)

CONTACT me at danielle.crosby@ncpublicschools.gov if you need help or have any questions or concerns. You can also contact the Peer Tutoring Center on the homepage link for help when I am not available!