The High School Tech Team explained to the Middle School Tech Team

Ethan Jackowitz, a new HS tech teamer, has been working periodically with our middle school tech team.  In this video see Ethan explain the basics of Tech Team to some Middle School tech teamers.

What made Myles want to come back to high school?

This Tech Team story is about the number one Windows guy in our school district.  Part of the story  is Jack is a student, not an employee.  Considering that FHS is a BYOD school,  Jack is invaluable to the FHS Windows Community.  More importantly Jack is a caring guy who is easy to talk to and happy to help everyone who comes in to the tech offices. We are lucky to have him and so was Myles.

Tech Team Stories: Several members of our team are going to become Apple Certified Mac Technicians

         In point of fact, on any given day our network has from 700 to 1300 Mac devices on it. As a result, six veteran members of our tech team are going to go through Apple's Macintosh Certification Program.  Normally, this training costs $3,600 but fortunately, thanks to a connection of Mr. Jewett's, we will only need to come up with a third of that cost.  For the rest of the fee the Technology Teamis doing fundraisers and Falmouth Schools will pick up part of the tab.  More information about our fundraisers in a future post.
       The training is a ton of work and students will spend their entire February break and two school days.  However, once certified, our students will instantly qualify for jobs at any Apple Authorized Service Provider.   Some of our students have also talked about starting their own Mac repair shop.  In any case, after February break our Incredible Tech Team is going to get even stronger.

       

Got Talent?

Got Talent?  We do.  Falmouth High School Students are uber talented.   One example of student talent is now on display in the library.  Come down and check out the mid year student art show. From sculptures to sketches, the library is filled with works of art I would love to bring home.

Tech Team Stories

Here is the first episode of my new series called Tech Team Stories.  This short video is about Ryan Riccioni's exciting community service project at the Falmouth Memorial Public Library.  Check it out.  Ryan, one of our FHS Tech Teamers has been doing Tech Help at the local public library for almost a year.  Check out the video linked here for more information.  Great Stuff!

Hour of Code

My home room did the Hour of Code in 25 minutes.  They are so sweet.  They all gave it a try just because I asked them too. And what do you know? Several of them really liked it.  Dan O'Shea from Central Office showed up so we could posterize him coding

From Mike Harvey and Anne MacDonald:

Why Computer Science and the Hour of Code?

Students are constantly using technology today, but how many are learning to build it? Every 21st-century student should have the opportunity to learn computer science, yet fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago.

Here is the website we have been sending students to - https://tackk.com/fhs

There is a great video at the top of the page that  you can watch together or they can watch on their own.

Sophomore Research Project: How are you doing with your essential question?

Many people have written me to ask about their essential questions.  Here are excerpts from some of my correspondence with you all around your EQs from email:

It's a good question. I don't think it's an A question but you are getting closer. Perhaps as you get more into answering it you can develop it further. Remember the difference to me between an A and a B question is does the answer to the question matter to us?

So basically is American society less sexist? 

I think you could answer this a little too easily. Would anyone say society is more sexist today then in the time of huck finn or the help? I could be wrong here thats for sure.

So you feel like you could answer your question with the Help and the Awakening?  As long as you are comfortable doing that you will be good I think. How will you use the Help?  Now that i think about it the guys in the book do fit stereotypes pretty well.

The Ceo of yahoo. Several members of the Supreme Court, Oprah, Hillary Clinton

That kind of example for a strong woman?

I think it needs some work as I could answer your question like this:

Racial discrimination still exists today.  According to the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, "Unconscious biases and perceptions about African Americans still play a significant role in employment decisions in the federal sector." and "Narrow recruitment methods negatively impact African Americans."(EEOC)

A little to easy to answer and i think the answer to the question is not something too many people would debate.

Are you struggling with this?

Hope you are all doing well and not struggling to hard.  Thanks for staying in touch. 

Here is a link to the assignment in case you need it.

Mr. W