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=Week 11 May 26-29 =

**Due Dates ** Final Projects Due Monday 6/1
====**__Journal __** Today we continue work on our final projects. You should be done, or nearly done with the first page of your project, which is the academic websites. This week you need to work on finding online simulations (think "Dig and Deduce" from the Before Civilization WebQuest). Simulations are considerabally harder to locate than websites because there are less of them out there. Most simulations use a version of programs called JAVA or Flash, which allows for different type of animations. When looking for simulations ask yourself if this activity is reenacting somethat might be done in the classroom or somewhere outside and that it is not just a game of some kind.====

**Due Dates ** Final Projects Due Monday 6/1
====**__Journal __** I am growing increasingly concerned at some people's lack of attention to detail, specifically in regards to the directions for this project. Let me try to simplify. You need 4 pages on your wiki (home, Academic Resources, Academic Simulations, and Personal Favorites). Each page requires some kind of introduction. Your home page is your personal introduction, where you can introduce people to your wiki and what it is for (i.e what the project is about). The three other pages all require you to find 5 websites each (15 total) and put them on each page in the following format:====

Website/Webpage Title

 * URL** (www....)


 * Descriptive Paragraph:** Refer to the Project Wiki for directions on what to include in your descriptive paragraph. Basically you need to describe the website or simulation, and explain why it is helpful **academically**.

**Due Dates ** Final Projects Due Monday 6/1
====**__Journal __** Today you should definitely be done with your Academic Resources page, including descriptive paragraphs. For the Academic Simulations page you should also have descriptive paragraphs. Use the same questions that you used for the Academic Resources as a guide for these paragraphs, but you basically need to describe the simulations and **how it could be useful in and academic setting.** Your personal favorites can be any website that is school appropriate and accessible from school, and should have descriptive paragraphs as well describing why you like them and what they can be used for. The codeword for today is "overexcited". ====