Intel Ranking Tool

This was an interesting assignment. I think the hardest part was navigating the google web page and editing it the way I wanted it to look. I actually had a group of 8 kids in my class do the assignment today. They found it easy to follow the directions on the web and it kept their attention because they love to get on the computer. We took the class period on Tuesday to come up with the actual list to rank. When they got in their groups, there was a little arguing amongst the groups on the rankings. Next week, I plan on having the groups debate why they ranked the skills the way they did. Here is my Intel Ranking Tool.

PhotoShop Express

This was an interesting assignment. There were so many different things you could do with the photo on the PhotoShop Express. I tried all of the tools to see what I wanted the picture to look like. I even made the kids eyes appear above them. I liked the way the picture looked the way it would be drawn. I would use this account to make some of my pictures black and white. Here is my album.

Web Album

I already had a snapfish account so I just used one of the previous albums I had already created.
My girlfriend and I created this account several months ago to upload and share recent pictures of the kids with family.

Online Graph 2

The information for IEP students per state was difficult to find. I found information for the early 2000s, but no later. I finally found each state's percentage on the ed.gov website. West Virginia's percentage of IEP students is higher than all the other states surrounding them in Per Capita Personal Income. You can say that the lower income states would have a higher percentage of IEP students. I don't believe that this is completely true. If you say that, then you would believe that only lower income families have children with learning disabilities. Students with learning disabilities come from a variety of situations, you can not just pinpoint low income as the main cause. I did a bar graph for the per capita income and a pie chart for the percentage of IEP students.

Organizing work using Graphic Tools

Here is the link. I didn't use all the assignments. I used one or two from each. I think this is a great tool for students to use. They could put all their assignment on with a link to each one.

Online Graphic 1

I never realized you could create a graph so easy. The Kid's Zone web page would be great for students to learn to create graphs to use in the classroom. West Virginia's test scores are a little below the average of nation. The earlier year's scores were closer than the scores of the most recent years.

Image Format

Here is my spreadsheet and my narrative.