Messages for Ms. Parker

Calling all Amesti students! Ms. Vallens at Amesti Elementary is putting together a memory book for Ms. Elaine Parker who is leaving after 24 years to become the principal of Ann Soldo. If you feel inspired, please write or draw a message and take a picture of you holding it then send it to Emily or Ms. Vallens (via Google Drive, email, or school loop).

Nepal Quake: A Google Earth Tour of the Destruction

Hour of Code at Lakeview!

The Hour of Code is a one hour intro to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anyone can learn how to do it. This week is national Computer Science Education Week, and the Hour of Code campaign is a great way to learn an intro to coding and computer science.

Code.org is a great resource for coding lessons, as is Khan Academy. There are many others, most available on Chromebooks! I hope you all take a minute to learn some code this week!

• Last year 15 million students worldwide learned an hour of code 
• More girls tried computer science last year than ever before 
• There are coding applications at all age and ability level 

Congratulations, Mr. McGinty!

Last night, our fantastic sixth grade teacher Mr. McGinty was honored as a California Educator of the Year. We recognize his dedication to his students and excellent teaching here at Lakeview. How lucky we are to have him!

Please take a minute to read Mr. McGinty's message to his students. If you see him, be sure to say congrats or give him a high-five.

The Luckiest Teacher in the World

Thank You, Students!  As many of you know, I received a special honor as a teacher last night. Thank you to all of you who have encouraged and supported me leading up to this special event. I'm especially grateful to the team of girls in 6th period yesterday who borrowed their mothers' make-up kits and diligently tried to disguise my black eye (I ended up removing the make-up, but I hope you don't think I looked too bad). In my speech I made sure to thank you, my students, because you are the reason I do what I do. You inspire me, motivate me, challenge me, and make coming to school each day a joy. I appreciate each of your for who you are as individuals and the contributions you make to our classroom community. I feel like the luckiest teacher in the world! Thanks again for all you do! 

Your Digital Footprint

Your digital footprint, or what you post online, can be seen by a large invisible audience. Today you'll learn how to take control of your digital footprint based on what you post online.

Watch a video explaining what a Digital Footprint is.

Read the top 10 things to think about before you post

Flocabulary video: Oversharing: Think Before you Post

Creating Safe Passwords

Passwords protect your online accounts from being stolen or used by others. The older you get, the more important password security will become. Choosing good passwords will help protect your social networking profiles, keep your grades private, and protect your online accounts.

Watch this short video on creating a Secure Password.

Here are some guidelines to creating passwords that are both secure and easy to remember:

• use at least 8 characters
• use a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters. Capitals are a good idea too.
• Think of a word or phrase you can remember, then change a few of the letters to numbers or special characters (for example Gi@nts2014)

Strong Passwords handout can be found here.

When your teacher asks you to, please click here to go to the PVUSD accounts portal and then click the link to go to the password reset page. Once you're done, log out of your Chromebook and log back in a few times to practice it.

If you forget your newly updated password, please go to the library or ask your teacher to contact Emily.

Edit your images in Chrome

Did you know that you can edit the brightness or contrast, crop, and edit photos with Chrome's built in photo viewer tool? Simply download and open the image, then access a variety of tools on the bottom right corner of the Chrome image viewer. Read OMGChrome's blogpost for more detailed directions.