Class 17: Review on Inspiration and Kidspiration

Productivity tool project due today, before the class start.
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Hello dear class, it was very nice to see there were so many people (10) sit in the classroom on the Valentine's day!
Do you know if we Chinese also have a Valentine's day? Yes, it is Qixi, on each July 7th (which is in a Lunar calendar). And it was said that there are two lovers living in the heaven. But they have been cursed and cannot meet each other except the July 7th. That day they will meet on a bridge over the Milky way.

This Sunday is another Chinese traditional holiday, which is also the biggest one: the Chinese New Year. This holiday is very important for all Chinese people. It usually last 15 days in the past, from the new year eve, until the First Full Moon day. During this holiday, people visit relatives, friends. There are traditional food for this holiday and many traditional etiquettes. People set off fireworks and do lion dance or dragon dance.

We also have 12 different Birth year animals for each year. They are: mouse, bull, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig. 2007 in Lunar would be the year of pig. I was born in a year of horse. What year were you born in?

Today we are going to review some good examples from other classes for Inspiration and Kidspiration.

Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4

By looking at these examples, I want you understand that the project requirement for Inspiratin and Kidspiration is to use their unique functions to engage your future students in the activities. They cannot be just a static "diagram" or "worksheet". You should use at least two or more special functions only from them, such as links, hyperlinks, outlines, Super group , and sound.

After talking about the Inspiration/Kidspiration project, you will have the time left to work on your project by yourself.

This project will due on next monday, Feb 19th before the class begin.

For next week:
We start the project of PowerPoint game. I will first introduce the project a little bit, and give several small lessons on how to make action buttons, etc. Then you will work individually to get the project done.