Learning in the Lou

This post was created to help the ARC students update their iPad apps. In addition to updating your apps, you need to restart your iPad once a week. Hold down the power and home button until your iPad turns off. Updating Your iPad Apps Start by clicking on the Manager app. Find the app you want to update and click the (Re)Install/Update button. You will see a little message appear saying the command has been sent. Sometimes the update will take a few minutes to process. If you app looks like this, it is either updated or waiting to be updated. If that app looks like this, it is in the process of updating. It should take only a minute or two.

  This post was created to help support the English 3 PBL class with creating short documentary films. We were tasked with helping our PBL English classes learn a little about documentary films and how they are made. This post was used in class and then sent to the students as a reference. Background In class, we watched this video to build a common understanding of how documentaries are put together and how they address the audience. The first time we watched the film we split into teams of two. Our goal was to help answer these big questions. What was the purpose of this video? to  answer a question to shed light on an unclear topic to present a new argument on a topic to improve society by sharing this knowledge to entertain the viewer to uncover a hidden truth or meaning to connect to a thematic truth about society What did the creators include in order to achieve this purpose? rhetorical appeals How did they establish credibility? Did they appeal to emotions? Facts and ev...