IBITGS - 1011 - May

Friday - Friday (5/27/11 - 6/17/11)

Agenda: College Research Assignment

• Create a Word document or Excel spreadsheet
• Research 5 colleges to which you are interested in applying. For each college, please identify and document the following information:
  • Name of school
  • Location
  • Tuition (for you, in-state or out-of-state)
  • Median GPA for applicants
  • Median SAT for applicants
  • Rankings (you can search USNews or the school's website)
  • Application process (e.g. CommonApp or not)
  • Application deadline
  • Application requirements (e.g. recommendations, resume, SAT IIs)

College Major Assignment

• Create a Word document
• Research 3 specific majors that you might pursue in college. In your Word document, please answer the following questions:
  • Describe the field/area that the major is in. What exactly would you study?
  • List at least 5 specific classes that you would take for this major.
  • List at least 3 careers that would stem from this particular major.

High School Resume Assignment

• Create a Word document
• You will create a resume for all your high school activities, jobs, and honors.
• List all of your activities, specific jobs, and honors.
• Please date the months and years for all of the above.
• Go on the internet and search for a resume template that you like
• Fill in the template as much as you can
• Note Mr. Bui's example resume and the information he has on it.

Wednesday - Friday (5/11/11 - 5/13/11)

Warmup:

• If you are a senior, please fill out the following:
  • Graduating Senior Survey
  • End-of-Course Survey

Agenda:

• Check out Scratch
• Download and install Scratch to Local B:
• Complete Scratch 1->Lessons 1-5 from LearnScratch
• Create a Scratch movie that moves a character around the screen and interacts with other sprites.
  • Humorous dialog is a requirement
  • You draw your own pictures or use your own head!

Monday (5/9/11)

Agenda:

• Go over IB exam

Exam Dates:

• Thursday, May 5th - 1PM - 2PM @ Little Theater
• Friday , May 6th - 8:30AM - 10:30AM @ Cafeteria

Tuesday - Thursday (5/3/11 - 5/5/11)

Agenda:

• Last minute questions?