Welcome Back!!

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Welcome Back!!

• Classes Technology Design and Application
• IED (Intro. to Engineering Design)
• POE (Principles of Engineering)
• Digital Photography
• Teacher Ms. Wickersham

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Contact Information

• Teacher Ms. Wickersham
• Office Hours A1 B3
• Phone [phone] ext. 1320
• Email amanda.wickersham_at_fayette.kyschools.us
• Website http//staff.fcps.net/awickersham

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Class Requirements

• 3- ring Binder
• Lab fees
• 30.00 IED
• 30.00 POE
• 30.00 Technology Design
• 20.00 Photography
• Flash Drive
• Skydrive virtual drive

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Grading Scale

• 92-100 A
• 83-91 B
• 74-82         C
• 65-73 D
• 0-64 F
• Grade feedback is provided to students, however,
  students are able to check detailed grades via
  the IC student portal.
• Statistically, students who check their grades
  regularly, make better grades.

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Grading Policy

• Assignments will be described by three major
  categories
• Category 1 Formative (50 of grade)
• Daily work, quizzes, ORQ, etc.
• Category 2 Summative (35 of grade)
• Unit tests, class presentations, projects,
  long-term papers, etc.
• Category 3 EOC (15 of grade)
• Final Exam

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Commodore Four

• Turn off personal technology from 825-315
  (unless your teacher says otherwise)
• Follow the Ten-Ten rule Hall passes are
  available only after ten minutes into the block,
  and before the last ten minutes at the end of the
  block.
• Use appropriate language
• Report to class on time.

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Cell phone Policy

• Cell phones are to be turned off and put away
  between 830 and 315.
• Cell Phone violations will be dealt with as
  follows
• 1st offense cell phone confiscated returned
  to parent (same day or whenever they come to
  school)
• 2nd offense phone confiscated for 5 school
  days returned to parent
• 3rd offense cell phone confiscated for 5 school
  days returned to parent one day of SAFE
• 4th offense increasing disciplinary action with
  increasing infractions

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Guidelines for Success

• Commodores..
• Take responsibility
• Commit to learning
• Honor self and others
• Serve and contribute

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Clothing Guidelines

• Pants must be worn above the hips.
• Shorts, dresses and skirts must be at least
  fingertip length. When arms are down by your
  side (in a relaxed posture), the fingertip should
  be touching material.
• Shoulders, backs and midriffs must be covered.
  This applies to both male and female students.
• No spaghetti straps, tank tops, see-through or
  halter tops allowed.
• No cleavage will be exposed.
• Promotion of alcoholic beverages, tobacco
  products, gangs, violence, sexual reference or
  anything deemed obscene, racially offensive or
  illegal activities will not be allowed
  (including, but not limited to clothing,
  tattoos, belts, jewelry, etc.)

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Clothing Guidelines Continued

• Sleepwear/loungewear or clothes originally
  intended as sleepwear/loungewear and bedroom
  slippers will not be allowed.
• Undergarments shall not be exposed.
• Students may not have wallet chains, spiked
  jewelry including bracelets or necklaces.
• Head coverings including, but not limited to,
  hats, caps, hoods, visors, bandanas, scarves,
  head wraps, or mesh head coverings for male and
  female students will not be allowed unless for
  religious purposes.

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Clothing Guidelines Continued

• The wearing of sunglasses will not be allowed.
  
• Hair grooming devices may not be worn in the
  hair.
• Holes may not be worn in clothing in areas where
  underwear is exposed and/or private areas of the
  body are exposed. Holes are permitted in pants
  at fingertip length or below.
• Trench coats and long rain coats will not be
  allowed.
• Clothing must be appropriately sized.
• Roller skate shoes are not permitted.

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What happens?

• If you do not meet the dress code
  expectation.....what happens?
• If you can "fix it," you may stay in class.
• If you can't "fix it" in class, you will be given
  an opportunity to do so by getting other clothing
  to wear. Your teacher will write you a pass to
  the office for help with this. You can call home
  for other clothes to change into.
• If you still can't fix it, you will need to
  remain in SAFE for the remainder of the day.

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Start on Time and Tardy Policy

• Tates Creek High School teachers/administrators
• value instructional time and thus view tardies
  as a
• constant disruption, and therefore problematic.
  
• Purpose of policy
• reduce tardies
• increase instructional time lost to tardiness
• increase hall safety
• improve school climate
• increase interactions between staff and students

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Tardy Policy

• 1st Block
• Students report to the tardy table located in
  the front hallway near the office.
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th Block
• Students report to class and teachers will mark
  you tardy.
• Consequences for tardies varies, depending on the
  number of tardies.
• - In school SAFE
• - After/before school detention
• - Saturday school
• - Suspension

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Missed Assignments/Make-up work Policy

• Missed assignments Please go to my website to
  acquire
• missed assignments. It is the students
  responsibility to
• acquire missed assignments!
• Make-up Policy
• When a student misses 1 day (for example an A
  day) he/she
• returns the following A day to receive missed
  assignments
• which are due the next A day.
• When a student misses 2 days consecutive days he
  or she
• returns the following A day and the following B
  day to
• receive missing assignments, which will be due
  the next A
• day and the next B day.

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Cafeteria

• Food drinks stay in the cafeteria they will
  not be allowed past the checkpoint. Bottled
  water is the only thing that can be brought out
  of the cafeteria.
• Trays are to be put up. Chairs are to be pushed
  in.
• Restrooms in the gym foyer will be open during
  lunch.
• If a student wants to go to the media center
  during lunch, they need to pick up a pass in the
  morning from the Media Center.
• Students are to stay in the cafeteria area during
  their designated lunch. The rest of the building
  is off limits unless they have a pass.

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Hall Passes

• A student must have a hall pass when exiting the
  classroom.
• Only one student can use the hall pass.
• One-way passes are issued to students who are not
  returning to class.
• No hall passes during 10-10
• Always ask before using my hall pass
• Always be honest about where you are going or you
  will lose privileges.

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Cheating

• When a student is found to have been copying
  another students' work, plagiarizing, receiving
  answers from other sources, or when a student is
  found to have assisted in these infractions
• Students will receive a zero for the activity on
  which cheating occurred.
• Students will not be eligible for any academic or
  service award during the current school year.

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Closed Campus

• Students are expected to remain on campus once
  they are on school property, and until school is
  over.
• Gaines way Park is OFF Campus.
• The principals may only grant permission for a
  student to leave campus.
• If a student needs to go to their car, they must
  acquire a car pass from the admin. office. Car
  passes are not issued during 3rd block.

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Skipping

• A student is considered to be skipping if he/she
• Leaves school without checking out
• Leaves class without permission
• Fails to report to, or remain in, an assigned
  area
• Fails to report to the Admin. office when illness
  prevents the student from attending classes.

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Check In/Out

• The attendance office is in room 200
• After 845, all check-ins will go to room 200
• All check-outs are to go through the attendance
  office as well
• Excuses for absences are to be turned in at the
  attendance office promptly after the absence.

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Tobacco Use

• Tates Creek is a tobacco-free campus.
• Consequences for all violations of this policy
  are outlined in the code of conduct distributed
  to all students.
• Tobacco products, lighters, and/or smoking
  paraphernalia shall be confiscated and disposed
  of.

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Alcohol, Drugs, Intoxicating Substances

• No student shall possess, use, be under the
  influence of, sell, or transfer alcoholic
  beverages, narcotics, drugs, counterfeit
  controlled substances, look-alike drugs, or other
  intoxicating substances, not possess, sell or
  transfer drug paraphernalia on school property,
  enroute to or from school, or at any location of
  a school sponsored activity.
• Violations will result in a ten day Out-of-School
  suspensions and possible criminal charges.

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School Email

• Each student is given an email account and access
  to the schools intranet.
• You must fill out a Technology acceptable use
  form (You should get this from your homeroom
  teachers).
• Your school e-mail address will be in this
  format FirstName.LastName_at_stu.fayette.kyschools.
  us

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Classroom Goals

• Acquire useful technological knowledge
• Develop good team working skills, work
  habits/ethics
• Develop proper knowledge and use of
  tools/machinery
• Develop self-discipline and self-responsibility
• Acquire knowledge of post-secondary options

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Class Procedures

• Please be in your seat before the tardy bell
  rings.
• I will get your attention by raising my hand,
  when this happens, I expect you to raise your
  hand and give me eye contact until everyone is
  quiet. (Lets Practice)

Look at the white board for instructions and an
agenda for the day.
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Class Procedures

• You are expected to remain in your seat until I
  ask you to stand up and push your chair under the
  table near the end of the block. Remain
  standing behind your chair.
• If you are in 4th block, I will ask you to stack
  your chair.

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Class Expectations/Rules

• All students are expected to
• Please walk in quietly and go to your seat before
  the tardy bell.
• Arrive to class on time.
• Raise your hand when asking/answering questions.
• Please do not talk during lecturing.

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Menu of Consequences

• Verbal reprimand (warning)
• The look
• Proximity
• Sentences
• Alternate seat assignment
• Contact parents
• Discipline referral
• . . .and many more

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IED - Introduction to Engineering Design

• Text No textbook
• Overview This course is designed to provide a
  background in basic design. It is an
  introductory course that teaches engineering
  fundamentals used by engineers, designers, and
  drafters it provides hands-on experience and
  career research for students interested in
  pursuing one of these fields as a post-secondary
  option.
• Students will learn/utilize software (Inventor)
  to design and draft projects and then they will
  utilize power tools to actually manufacture the
  projects to facilitate and reinforce the
  curriculum.

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Technology Design and Application

• Text Exploring Transportation, Goodheart-Willcox
  
• Company, Inc. 2004
• Overview This course is designed to engage
  advanced
• students in individual and/or team design
  activities in various
• technological contexts. Students will apply the
  technological
• design and problem-solving process, develop
  critical thinking
• skills, and will identify/develop positive work
  habits/ethics
• while completing activities. Projects are
  rigorous and are
• intended for mature, motivated students only.
• Activities will include researching, designing,
  prototyping,
• testing, and the modification of product(s).
  Students will learn
• how to use power tools in order to complete
  design projects.
• Students will also explore relevant
  post-secondary options
• pertaining to this course as well.

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POE (Principles of Engineering)

• Text Engineering Technology, Delmar-Cengage
  Learning, Inc. 2010
• Suggested prerequisite IED or Technology Design
• Overview This course is designed to engage
  advanced
• students in individual and/or team design
  activities in various
• technological contexts. Students will apply the
  design and
• problem-solving process, develop critical
  thinking skills, and
• will identify/develop positive work habits/ethics
  while
• completing activities. Projects are rigorous and
  are intended
• for mature, motivated students only.
• Activities will include researching, designing,
  prototyping,
• testing, and the modification of product(s).
  Students will learn
• how to use power tools in order to complete
  design projects.
• Students will also explore relevant
  post-secondary options
• pertaining to this course as well.

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Digital Photography

• Text Photo Digital Imaging, Goodheart-Willcox
  Co., 2002
• Overview This course takes a general look at the
  different photographic techniques through
  lighting and composition that separates
  photographs from pictures. The class will learn
  how to use the digital camera, and make prints
  using a variety of different styles of picture
  taking including the studio, outdoor photography,
  night/low light photography, and slideshow, etc.
  Students will use photo editing software to
  enhance and design the photos.
• Fee 20
• 3 ring binder with a clear cover on the front
• USB drive or Skydrive
• Camera Optional, limited class cameras.
• Textbook fee

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TSA (Technology Student Association)

• The Technology Student Association is an
  international organization made up of technology
  education students from different schools and
  their advisors.
• Forty-eight of the U.S. states and a handful of
  other countries are members of the organization.

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TSA (Technology Student Association)

• It is largely student-run, with students
  campaigning to be elected to offices at the
  chapter, state, and national levels (with
  national office being the highest position.
• TSA is also highly focused on competing in local,
  regional, and state competitions with other TSA
  branches from all over the world.

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Review!

• What is the rule regarding personal technology
  (cell phones, iPods, etc.)?
• What is the bathroom rule and how would you lose
  your privileges?
• How will I get your attention discuss the
  procedure.
• What do you do if you hear the tardy bell ring
  and you are not in class?
• If you are in violation of the dress code, what
  is the policy procedure? List all three steps.

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Review!

• What is the ten-ten rule?
• Name two of the four guidelines for success.
• Where should you look for instructions, when
  first entering the room?
• How do you obtain missed work when you are
  absent?