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A Day in the Life of a Student ~ Web 2.0 Style... //**Finish the Story - What do you think Jaime will do throughout his day ? You can add to the beginning, the middle or the end or even enhance what another student adds ...**//

Jaime is a 12th grade student at Pinehurst High School. He's a bit tired this morning. He was up late last night typing his final research paper for Senior English. His printer ran out of paper last night, so he uploaded his finished document from Word to his Google Documents account so he could print it out during Computer Apps in first block. He has a pretty cool teacher, Mrs. Fio, who taught him how to use [|Google Documents] and how to set up a gmail account. Just before Jamie printed out his paper, he realized that one of the best things with Google Docs is that there is no more need to print papers out!! They can be shared with other users, as long as they have a Google account... and Mrs. Fio, being the cool tech savvy teacher she is does! So now, rather than print it Jaime simply shares his paper with his teacher. Mrs. Fio is then able to go in and make comments and suggestions on Jaime's paper both in scoring it and as a rough draft for him to improve!

Since Jaime has a gmail account, his math teacher requires him to keep track of his grades via a spreadsheet of which he can use a google spreadsheet template found at []. Mrs. Hager will direct Jaime and his classmates to go through the tutorial on adding formulas at this site []. Once Jaime designs a spreadsheet that will let him add his grades from each class and calculate his final grade. He will be able to calculate his grades for all of his classes and keep track by using his spreadsheet. When he adds this to his google Documents account he will be able to even work on his spreadsheet from home. This will be an ongoing project for the year and Jaime will be able to understand how grades are determined by using percentages and formulas that he custom makes in his spreadsheet. Mrs. Hager his math teacher will give a tutorial on how to develop the spreadsheet. It will be his responsiblity to get all the pertinent information from his other teachers. Jamie's parents also have an account where they can keep track of his progress and make sure he is doing his assignments. They can also access information from his teachers websites and see his grades using [|my gradebook]. His parents will have access from any computer as will Jamie and they can manage his scores so he will be able to add them to his spreadsheet of grades in the google spreadsheet he created. After the tutorial at [], Jamie realizes that he could also design a spreadsheet that will let him store, organize and analyze data collected for his senior project. He plans to work on this after school.

During study hall Jamie takes out his Iphone. He has the unlimited data plan with AT&T so he reads his emails and then begins txting. First, Jamie txts his best friend Bob, and asks him to wait for him by the gym at 2:30. Next, Jamie posts his status on Facebook: //study hall GTG//. As he is txting his status he remembers he was supposed to watch a video for his Technology class. He can’t remember where to go to find the video. But then it comes to him! He can to the [|Del.icio.us] website where his Technology teacher, Mrs. Price has bookmarked all their class web resources. He logs on to the social bookmarking website using the class login and searches for the video using the tags, //technology, project, video editing.// He follows the link to the [|YouTube video]and views the video on basic editing. Just in time, study hall is over.

Throughout high school, Jamie has been required to complete 20 hours of community service each year. In his freshman year, Jamie and his best friends Shauna, Danielle, Roach (his real name is Frederick) and Taylor began a tradition of volunteering at the Universal City Free Clinic. This year, the Clinic Director, Ms. Siewinski has requested the group create a Web-based educational in-service on sexually transmitted diseases. In order to work on this together, Ms. Siewinski has set-up a collaborative work site on [|www.ubidesk.com] and invited each of them to attend a 15-minute, collaborative training session on how to use the site on Monday during Health Class. Since this must be an evidence-based program, Jamie started a new project Tag in [|www.delicious.com] called STDs. He also changed his permissions so his friends can share the articles for the project. Roach suggested using a web-based course authoring tool called Udutu, found at [|www.udutu.com], to create and publish the in-service. Jamie was excited when Roach brought it up because they had used this for their Drivers Education class their sophomore year to build a course about the dangers of texting and driving. They both knew how to use this tool already and it was free! Ms. Siewinski was very impressed.

Jamie just received 100% on a climate change presentation he delivered in science class. Mr. Z., his science teacher, remarked that he did an excellent job and he wanted to share it with his other classes. Jamie decided that he also wanted to share his presentation with his friends. Jamie took his power point and uploaded it to his [|slideshare] account. He added tags of climate change, environment, and science so others using slide share could easily view it. He also used it to create a widget and he added it to his facebook page where all of his friends were able to view it. His friends began to add comments and they shared it with other people by adding it to their profile. Jamie was asked by a classmate to join a climate change group on facebook.

For Black History Month, Mr. K’s class is learning about the impact African Americans have had on the history of our country. Jaime has been working on an assignment called //A Mirror into History//. This assignment requires Jaime to select and research the life of a historical black figure. Each student in Jaime’s class will select a different person to research and write about. Using the format that Mr. K. will provide access to on [|www.sites.google.com], Jaime and his classmates have to create two poems. One poem will be written about them and the other is about the historical figure they selected. Mr. K. uses [|www.blinklist.com] to provide a list of websites the class can use as a starting point to research their historical figure. Everyone in the class is encouraged to add any additional sites they use to Blinklist. Jaime has finally completed his assignment and now must add a copy to the class wiki so that his classmates can read and make comments.

Once Jaime gets home his long day of school and after hitting the gym, of course, he decides to tackle his homework for the night. He reaches into his school bag to fish out his copy of the novel he is reading for his Literature class and his heart sinks! He realizes he has left his only copy of //Of Mice and Men// in his locker! With Mrs. Mills on the warpath, he knows that he cannot come to other class unprepared and with such a lame excuse. Suddenly, the light bulb goes off... KOBO! He opens up his laptop and logs onto [|www.kobobooks.com] where he locates the digital version of his book. He finishes his reading and even posts comments to discussion board his teacher has set up. He decides, just to be safe, to upload the entire book onto his iPhone using KOBO's free app. Now he will never have to worry about being unprepared again:)