2017 – 2018 Trimester 3 Agenda

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Week 1: March 12 – 16

March 12

Teacher Inservice – No School

March 13

Exhibition Night Tonight 5-8 PM

  1. Good News/Bad News
  2. Your Exhibit: "Building a Personal Brand" – fix file errors, spelling mistakes
  3. AWEPA + HoM + E3 – many are missing

March 14

  1. Since the file server went down yesterday...
  2. In the News...

March 15

  1. E4 Lit & Global Studies – back to it!
    • An Awakening in the East or "The Rise of Wahhabism and the Saudis" from Reza Aslan No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam – Circle it up – story time!
    • Keep this framework in the back of your mind: "It is pluralism, not secularism, that defines democracy. A democratic state can be established upon any normative moral framework as long as pluralism remains the source of its legitmacy."

March 16

  1. E4 Lit and Global Studies
    • Discussion: "What is taking place now is an internal conflict between Muslims, not an external battle between Islam and the West. The West is merely a bystander – an unwary yet complicit casualty of a rivalry that is raging over who will write the next chapter in its story."
    • Imagine we, as a class, are members of a cabinet tasked with writing Middle East policy and the above statement is the result of our intelligence gathering and analysis from Middle East experts. We are directed to use the above conclusion as our operandi mundi, or the platform which we need to justify our decision-making in writing policy.
    • Areas we need to discuss:
      1. Which countries/leaders do we need to build/maintain alliances with?
      2. What types of aid, how much aid, and to which countries/regions should we provide as a means of building trust and/or coalition?
      3. How should we address the rise and expansion of IS or ISIS?
      4. How should we approach Iran?
      5. In regards to terrorism networks, how should we actively undermine their ability to recruit, expand, and enact their goals?

Week 2: March 19 – 23

March 19

  1. E4 Lit and Global Studies
  2. Response on a notecard: What do we know of Osama Bin Laden's goals – what did he hope to accomplish from his isolated compound in Abbottabad?

March 20

  1. Conspiracy Theories Surrounding 9/11

March 21

Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 22

Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 23

Parent/Teacher Conferences


Spring Break: March 26 – 30

Week 3: April 2 – 6

April 2

  1. Welcome Back!
  2. E4 Lit and Global Studies

April 3

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
  2. E4 Lit and Global Studies
    • Recap-tcha: Is pulling troops out of Syria a sound policy?

April 4

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
    • Listen to The Daily Podcast from the NY Times for today (Wednesday, April 4th)
    • On a notecard, respond to the following and turn in before you leave:
      • What is your reaction to the pod?
      • How is fear utilized as a tool in political campaigns?

April 5

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
    • Listen to The Daily Podcast from the NY Times for today (Thursday, April 5th) – this episode focuses on what we talked about yesterday: the tariffs imposed by China on US agricultural exports
    • On a notecard, respond to the following and turn in before you leave:
      • What did you learn about tariffs and how can they effect business and the overall economy?
      • What is free trade? Describe in your own words

April 6

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
    • How Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and Other Privacy Abuses Could Have Been Prevented from Lawfare
    • Cambridge Analytica Explained: Data and Elections from Medium
      • Write a 1/2 page critical response to the following: As a young adult who has likely engaged in some type of social media from an early age (as opposed to previous generations), how do you feel about protecting your privacy? What strategies, if any, do you employ to protect yourself in the digital world? What type of role or steps, if any, should the government take to ensure privacy is protected in the virtural world? Do you feel social media is a powerful tool in reinforcing ideas that are devisive or do you see social media as a tool to engage in conversation to advance solutions to issues or ideas? What's the balance here?
    • Dropbox your CR in Synergy
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Week 4: April 9 – 13

April 9

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
  2. E4 Global

April 10

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      • The Gas Attack in Syria

April 11

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      • Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress
      • Paul Ryan – the Speaker of the House
      • The Russian response to the threats by the President
  2. E4 Global
    • US Foreign Policy in Syria
      1. As the Foreign Policy Committee in the Middle East (4 people in the group), you are tasked with writing a specific outline of the US position in Syria. You must account for what this policy might mean if Syrian allies, specifically Russia, defend Syrian interests (like military positions) against any US (and its allies) actions.
      2. You will present this policy outline on Friday in class like you are giving a press conference. You will be required to take 4-5 questions regarding your policy.
      3. You should outline potential scenarios, what the US response might be to those scenarios, any coalition ally building you will do, and to justify why you think those actions would be best for the US.
      4. You should do some research to help you formulate your plan
      5. You should discuss this as a group first, the formalize your strategies in writing

April 12

  1. E4 Global
    • US Foreign Policy in Syria
      1. As the Foreign Policy Committee in the Middle East (4 people in the group), you are tasked with writing a specific outline of the US position in Syria. You must account for what this policy might mean if Syrian allies, specifically Russia, defend Syrian interests (like military positions) against any US (and its allies) actions.
      2. You will present this policy outline on Friday in class like you are giving a press conference. You will be required to take 4-5 questions regarding your policy.
      3. You should outline potential scenarios, what the US response might be to those scenarios, any coalition ally building you will do, and to justify why you think those actions would be best for the US.
      4. You should do some research to help you formulate your plan
      5. You should discuss this as a group first, the formalize your strategies in writing

April 13

  1. E4 Global
    • US Foreign Policy in Syria – Press Conference Today!
      1. As the Foreign Policy Committee in the Middle East (4 people in the group), you are tasked with writing a specific outline of the US position in Syria. You must account for what this policy might mean if Syrian allies, specifically Russia, defend Syrian interests (like military positions) against any US (and its allies) actions.
      2. You will present this policy outline on Friday in class like you are giving a press conference. You will be required to take 4-5 questions regarding your policy.
      3. You should outline potential scenarios, what the US response might be to those scenarios, any coalition ally building you will do, and to justify why you think those actions would be best for the US.
      4. You should do some research to help you formulate your plan
      5. You should discuss this as a group first, the formalize your strategies in writing
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Week 5: April 16 – 20

April 16

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. Strategic Airstrikes in Syria
      2. The James Comey Interview and Book Release
      3. The Embattled EPA Chief Scott Pruitt
  2. The E4 Pod
    • I'm interested in doing a podcast project but I'm not sure what type of subject I'd like us to tackle
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    • What I need from you:
      1. Send me an email – jeremy.sinks@district6.org – proposal about a podcast you would like to do and why you'd like to do it
      2. We can do this with up to two people – i.e., a two-person group
      3. Many podcasts have a guest and I think this would be awesome but a logistical challenge. We can attempt to have a guest on your pod, but you would need to schedule a time for him/her to come to the Tech Center during school hours

April 17

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. Michael Cohen's "Third Man"
  2. The E4 Pod
    • E4 Pod Idea List
    • Pod Research – based on your area of interest, find a podcast that is similar to the one you would like to do
    • Take notes on the host's technique – focus on things like:
      1. How does the host engage an audience?
      2. How long does the host stay on one topic before moving on to the next?
      3. How does the host bring in outside resources and/or quotes from individuals to create a "launching point" for discussion?
      4. If there is a guest, how does the host interact with the guest and how does the host ask questions and keep the conversation moving?
    • Turn in your notes at the end of the period

April 18

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
  2. The E4 Pod
    • E4 Pod Idea List
    • Create an outline of topics and/or questions to organize your pod – you need to turn this in by end of the period today
    • Since this is around 15 min, you need to keep your scope narrow – in other words, focus on a singular item that you know you can cover (depth over breadth)
    • Do a dry run using a timer – talk through your pod with your partner. If you don't have a partner, grab someone who would be willing to stand in

April 19

  1. The E4 Pod
    • Time for a dry run – talk through your pod with your partner. If you don't have one, grab someone who would be willing listen.
    • Talk for at least 20 minutes
    • After your dry run, respond to the following on a notecard (grab from Craft, turn in before you leave):
      1. Did you notice any "tendancies" in your speech, i.e., ums, or repeated phrases?
      2. Did you have any "lulls" or "dead air" in your conversation? How will you address this for the real thing?
      3. How are you engaging the audience?

April 20

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. Former First Lady Barbara Bush passes away
      2. The Comey Memos Released (redacted)
      3. Report: Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo (now acting CIA Director) secretly met with N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend
      4. North Korea drops its position that the US needs to remove troops from the Korean Peninsula (S. Korea) for it (DPRK) to stop its nuclear program, so what does it want in place of those demads?
      5. The President meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago – fail to agree on US tariff exemption for Japan
      6. Democratic National Committe sues President Trump, Russia's government, and Wikileaks – accuses them of a massive conspiracy to help Trump hurt Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election
  2. The E4 Pod
    • Play with the mic setup and software
    • Need to ask these questions about our pod:
      1. What is my pod about?
      2. Who is my audience and what do they care about?
      3. What is my interest in the pod?
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Week 6: April 23 – 27

April 23

  1. The E4 Pod
    • First Group Up – Beau and Matt
  2. E4 Designs

April 24

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
  2. The E4 Pod
    • Kaden and Jacob
    • Group 3?
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  4. E4 Designs

April 25

  1. BISapalooza Friday, May 4th
  2. Senior BISembly
  3. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. Macron addresses Congress, rebukes US for pulling out from Paris Climate Accord and calls for action against "actual" fake news
      2. WH defends nominee for Veterans Affairs Department despite allegations of drinking on the job, condenscending behavior towards subordinates, and freely giving out prescription medication
      3. Special election news: Republican Debbie Lesko wins Arizona by a 6-point margin; the same seat was won by a margin of 37 points in 2016
      4. National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens in Montgomery, AL on Thursday
  4. The E4 Pod
    • Andy and Ellie
    • Chase?
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  5. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  6. E4 Designs Due Friday
    • BISAPALOOZA Poster
    • Save as a .jpg or .png in the p drive under: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/BISapalooza
  7. E4 Curiosity Due Friday

April 26

  1. Senior BISembly
  2. The E4 Pod
    • Chase and Brendan
    • Jackson – next time
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  4. E4 Designs strong Due Friday
    • BISAPALOOZA Poster
    • Save as a .jpg or .png in the p drive under: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/BISapalooza
  5. E4 Curiosity Due Friday

April 27

  1. The E4 Pod
    • Jackson with special guest Seth Worthylake
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  2. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  3. E4 Designs Due Today
    • BISAPALOOZA Poster
    • Save as a .jpg or .png in the p drive under: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/BISapalooza
  4. E4 Curiosity Due Today
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Week 7: April 30 – May 4

April 30

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss peace, and potentially, abandoning it nuclear weapons ambitions if the US agrees to formally end the Korean War and not invade his country
      2. China is expected to reject two of President Trump's toughest trade demands: a mandatory $100 billion cut in America's $375 billion annual trade deficit, and curbs on Beijing's $300 billion investment plan, called "Made in China 2025" to upgrade its (China's) advanced technologies like AI, semiconductors, electric cars, and commercial aircraft – this is all aimed at reducing American imports
      3. The comedian, Michelle Wolf, creates controversey at the WHCA (White House Correspondents' Association) dinner and draws the ire of Presdient Trump on Twitter
  2. The E4 Pod
    • David
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  4. E4 Designs
  5. E4 Global
    • Caliphate – on Stitcher
      • "Who is it that ISIS appeals to, and how? Rukmini speaks with a former ISIS member and why he joined the fold."
      • Listen to both the Prologue: The Mission and Chapter One: The Reporter
      • The Daily has chapter 2 if you'd like to keep going...
    • On a notecard:
      1. Your reaction to the pod
      2. 3 sentences: what did you learn about ISIS that didn't know before?

May 1

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. Canada, Mexico, and EU get a 30-day reprieve on US steel and aluminum tariffs
      2. Mueller questions for President Trump regarding the Russian collusion investigation leaked by someone in the White House
      3. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanjahu, holds a press conference and accuses Iran of lying about its nuclear weapons program
  2. The E4 Pod
    • Cammie and Malika
    • Cal and Brenden
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  4. E4 Designs
  5. E4 Global
    • Caliphate – on Stitcher
      • "Who is it that ISIS appeals to, and how? Rukmini speaks with a former ISIS member and why he joined the fold."
      • Listen to both the Prologue: The Mission and Chapter One: The Reporter
      • The Daily has chapter 2 if you'd like to keep going...
    • On a notecard:
      1. Your reaction to the pod
      2. 3 sentences: what did you learn about ISIS that didn't know before?

May 2

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. Unrest continues in Nicaragua
      2. Former doctor for President claims that, then candidate, Trump dictated his own "bill-of-health"; he alleges that his office was raided by a Trump bodyguard for medical records
      3. President Trump is replacing his attorneuy Ty Cobb with a Clinton Impeachment lawyer, Emmet Flood
  2. The E4 Pod
    • Ariana
    • Parker and Isaac
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  4. E4 Designs
  5. E4 Global
    • Caliphate – on Stitcher
      • "Who is it that ISIS appeals to, and how? Rukmini speaks with a former ISIS member and why he joined the fold."
      • Listen to both the Prologue: The Mission and Chapter One: The Reporter
      • The Daily has chapter 2 if you'd like to keep going...
    • On a notecard:
      1. Your reaction to the pod
      2. 3 sentences: what did you learn about ISIS that didn't know before?

May 3

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. Rudy Giuliani, former NY City Mayor and recently added legal cousel to President Trump, said on Fox News that President Trump reimbursed Michael Cohen the $130k he (Cohen) paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels. President Trump previously denied any knowledge of such payments. He denies having an extramarital affair with the adult film star and alleges that she extorted the money from him with false allegations and threatens to seek damages through arbitration; he also argues that the payment did not violate campaign finance law
  2. The E4 Pod
    • Ryan and Nick
    • Robbie and Tyler
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial

May 4

  1. BISapalooza
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Week 8: May 7 – 11

May 7

  1. A much needed senior workday
  2. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  3. E4 Designs
  4. E4 Global
    • Caliphate – on Stitcher
      • "Who is it that ISIS appeals to, and how? Rukmini speaks with a former ISIS member and why he joined the fold."
      • Listen to both the Prologue: The Mission and Chapter One: The Reporter
      • The Daily has chapter 2 if you'd like to keep going...
    • On a notecard:
      1. Your reaction to the pod
      2. 3 sentences: what did you learn about ISIS that didn't know before?

May 8

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. WH signals that it will pull out of the Iran Nuclear Deal despite allied requests not do so – announcement expected today – the implications of reneging on the deal are far reaching and the benefits of leaving the deal are unclear. For one, this will bolster the perception that the US cannot be trusted when it comes to ME policy – essentially a propaganda win for Iran, and Iran has hinted that it will immediatly begin enriching uranium and producing plutonium. Second, Iran has also hinted that it may adhere to the deal as it stands without involving the US, diminishing US leverage in ME policy and isolating the US from our allies. Third, Natanyahu of Israel has been highly critical of the deal – some believe Netanyahu is using this deal as a way to bolster his political support by hardliners in Israel. Fourth, supporters of the deal and critics of the President argue that the President is using this issue to bolster his domestic political standing (making good on a campaign promise); conversely, many conservatives have been highly critical of the "sunset clause" of the deal and the absence of ballistic missile testing regulation, which is the basis behind why the President believes the deal needs to be scrapped for a different one. Finally, Iran has said that it will not re-enter negotians with the US if the President decides to pull away from the deal, making it uncertain how this will play out for the future.
      2. In a different part of the world, Kim Jong-un met with China's president, Xi Jinping, to further discuss de-nuclearization and to seek a committment from China to aid North Korea's struggling economy. This meeting is a bit unprecendented – Chinese protocal dictates that Xi Jinping should've been the one to visit Kim Jung-un in Pyongyang, but this meeting was scheduled to occur after the Summit with the US this summer, leading experts to speculate that this meeting was designed for China to regain its foothold in the diplomacy process with North Korea. It's unclear how this will affect US and North Korea negotiations; it's likely to strengthen North Korea's position with committments from both South Korea and China to aid in the North Korean economy leaving the US with diminshed leverage (sanctions against the NK). With the US also pulling out of the Iran Nuclear deal, it's possible that China may cite this a reason to roll back its sanctions against the North that it begrudgingly imposed last year at the request of the US.
  2. The E4 Pod
    • Dalton and Levi
    • Kianna and Cooper
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial
  4. E4 Global
    • Caliphate – on Stitcher
      • "Who is it that ISIS appeals to, and how? Rukmini speaks with a former ISIS member and why he joined the fold."
      • Listen to both the Prologue: The Mission and Chapter One: The Reporter
      • The Daily has chapter 2 if you'd like to keep going...
    • On a notecard:
      1. Your reaction to the pod
      2. 3 sentences: what did you learn about ISIS that didn't know before?

May 9

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. 3 Americans Freed by North Korea ahead of the summit is a gesture of sincerity by the North Korean regime – the "optics" of the release is a win for the President
      2. The initial fallout of the US pulling out of the Iran Nuclear Deal and what it means for foreign investors; Boeing set to lose $20 billion
      3. The President's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, who set up a shell company called Essential Consultants, received large payments from a firm tied to a Russian Oligarch, At&T, Korean Aeropsace, and Novartis, a giant pharmaceutical company
  2. The E4 Pod Your Edited Podcasts are due Friday
    • Dalton and Levi
    • Kianna and Cooper
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial
    • Adobe Audition Tutorial: How to Split and Stitch Channel and Add Intro Music
    • How to Reduce Background Noise – You need to complete this short tutorial before you edit your pod!
      1. Open Adobe Audition
      2. Select Help from the menu
      3. Select Audition Learn
      4. Then select "Reducing Background Noise" and follow the tutorial instructions
    • Save in your U drive first, then >
    • Copy and paste the file into the p drive in: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/Edited Podcast

May 10

  1. The E4 Pod Your Edited Podcasts are due Friday
    • Kianna and Steven
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
    • After you complete your pod, add an intro jingle, cut and stitch out any sections you'd like to remove, and reduce the background noise (see below tutorial)
  2. Adobe Audition Tutorial
    • Adobe Audition Tutorial: How to Split and Stitch Channel and Add Intro Music
    • How to Reduce Background Noise – You need to complete this short tutorial before you edit your pod!
      1. Open Adobe Audition
      2. Select Help from the menu
      3. Select Audition Learn
      4. Then select "Reducing Background Noise" and follow the tutorial instructions
    • Save in your U drive first, then >
    • Copy and paste the file into the p drive in: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/Edited Podcast

May 11

  1. The E4 Pod REVISED due Wednesday
    • UPDATE: COPY > PASTE your podcast folder (see below) into your U drive before you begin editing!
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
  2. Adobe Audition Tutorial
    • Adobe Audition Tutorial: How to Split and Stitch Channel and Add Intro Music
    • How to Reduce Background Noise – You need to complete this short tutorial before you edit your pod!
      1. Open Adobe Audition
      2. Select Help from the menu
      3. Select Audition Learn
      4. Then select "Reducing Background Noise" and follow the tutorial instructions
    • Save in your U drive first, then >
    • Copy and paste the file into the p drive in: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/Edited Podcast
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Week 9: May 14 – 18

May 14

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Teaching by Tweet: What Does Twitter Have to Say About Current Events – What are Your Questions?
      1. US opens embassy in Jerusalem, sparks violent protests at the border of the Gaza strip; Israeli security forces fire at protesters, killing an estimated 41 people
      2. The President reverses course on a Chinese Tech firm called ZTE, which said it will shut its operations due to the sanctions put in place by the administration. The House Intelligence Committee concluded that ZTE is essentially an arm of the Chinese government and could be used for cyberattacks in the US, which is why the firm was sanctioned. The President has asked the Commerce Department to find a solution to the sanctions to "save jobs" – the reverse course of action is likely being used as a bargaining chip for US and China trade negotiations
  2. The E4 Pod REVISED due Wednesday
    • UPDATE: COPY > PASTE your podcast folder (see below) into your U drive before you begin editing!
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
  3. Adobe Audition Tutorial
    • Adobe Audition Tutorial: How to Split and Stitch Channel and Add Intro Music
    • How to Reduce Background Noise – You need to complete this short tutorial before you edit your pod!
      1. Open Adobe Audition
      2. Select Help from the menu
      3. Select Audition Learn
      4. Then select "Reducing Background Noise" and follow the tutorial instructions
    • Save in your U drive first, then >
    • Copy and paste the file into the p drive in: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/Edited Podcast

May 15

  1. The E4 Pod REVISED due Wednesday
    • UPDATE: COPY > PASTE your podcast folder (see below) into your U drive before you begin editing!
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
  2. Adobe Audition Tutorial
    • Adobe Audition Tutorial: How to Split and Stitch Channel and Add Intro Music
    • How to Reduce Background Noise – You need to complete this short tutorial before you edit your pod!
      1. Open Adobe Audition
      2. Select Help from the menu
      3. Select Audition Learn
      4. Then select "Reducing Background Noise" and follow the tutorial instructions
    • Save in your U drive first, then >
    • Copy and paste the file into the p drive in: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/Edited Podcast

May 16

  1. The E4 Pod REVISED due Wednesday
    • UPDATE: COPY > PASTE your podcast folder (see below) into your U drive before you begin editing!
    • Recorded podcasts are located in: p/handouts/Sinks/2017-18/E4/Pod
  2. Adobe Audition Tutorial
    • Adobe Audition Tutorial: How to Split and Stitch Channel and Add Intro Music
    • How to Reduce Background Noise – You need to complete this short tutorial before you edit your pod!
      1. Open Adobe Audition
      2. Select Help from the menu
      3. Select Audition Learn
      4. Then select "Reducing Background Noise" and follow the tutorial instructions
    • PLEASE EXPORT YOUR PODCAST AS A MP3 FILE – SEE BELOW
    • Save in your U drive first, then >
    • Copy and paste the file into the p drive in: handins/BIS/Sinks/E4/2017-18/Edited Podcast

May 17

  1. The E4 Pod Release
    • Listen and Review using this Google Sheet
    • Listen to 2 different podcasts – Click here to listen to the Podcasts
    • In the Google Sheet, insert the group names of the pod you listened to and insert your review:
      1. Summarize the podcast in one sentence
      2. Describe the personalities of the podcasters and how they engage the audience
      3. Rate the episode (1-5), 1 thing you liked about the podcast, and 1 thing you learned

May 18

  1. The E4 Pod Release
    • Listen and Review using this Google Sheet
    • Listen to 2 different podcasts – Click here to listen to the Podcasts
    • In the Google Sheet, insert the group names of the pod you listened to and insert your review:
      1. Summarize the podcast in one sentence
      2. Describe the personalities of the podcasters and how they engage the audience
      3. Rate the episode (1-5), 1 thing you liked about the podcast, and 1 thing you learned
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Week 10: May 21 – 25

May 21

  1. E4 Current Events
    • The Trump Administration backs off on imposing sweeping tariffs on China in exchange for an assurance from China to buy more American-made goods – the deal does not specify a target dollar amount
    • North Korea treatens to cancel the Summit with the US because of continued US-S. Korea military exercises in the area
  2. Senior Commencement Speeches – Due Friday

May 22

  1. E4 Current Events
    • Image of the day taken from China and US Trade Negotiations
    • N. Korea has stated denuclearization is off the table for the June 12 Summit in Singapore – what are the implications for the President's foreign policy standing if the US does not come away with any meaningful agreemeents? How might this Summit affect a new agreement with Iran?
  2. Senior Commencement Speeches – Due Friday

May 23

  1. Senior Commencement Speeches – Last day to work – Due Friday

May 24

  1. E4 Current Events
    • North Korea says it destroyed a nuclear test site; Trump cancels June 12th Summit, citing a "tremendous anger and open hostility" in recent comments from a North Korean official who was responding to Vice President Mike Pence's comments that negotiations with North Korea should follow "the Libya model."
    • What is the "Libyan Model"?
      1. Listen to North Korea's Fear? Becoming Libya from The Daily podcast (scroll down until you find the episode
      2. Critical Response – 1/2 page What happened in Libya and why do the North Koreans fear a similar approach from the Trump Administration? Why would Kim Jong-un have reason to fear the comments from Vice President Mike Pence and National Security Adivisor John Bolton? Was invoking the "Libya model" a mistake by the National Security Advisor? Why or why not?
      3. Submit via Synergy Dropbox – Due Tomorrow
    • "Some Now Question U.S. Deal that Brought Gaddafi Back into Diplomatic Fold – optional reading from the Washington Post February 24, 2011
    • More on Muammar Gaddafi – optional reading
  2. Senior Commencement Speeches – Due Friday

May 25

  1. E4 Current Events
    • North Korea says it destroyed a nuclear test site; Trump cancels June 12th Summit, citing a "tremendous anger and open hostility" in recent comments from a North Korean official who was responding to Vice President Mike Pence's comments that negotiations with North Korea should follow "the Libya model."
    • What is the "Libyan Model"?
      1. Listen to North Korea's Fear? Becoming Libya from The Daily podcast (scroll down until you find the episode
      2. Critical Response – 1/2 page What happened in Libya and why do the North Koreans fear a similar approach from the Trump Administration? Why would Kim Jong-un have reason to fear the comments from Vice President Mike Pence and National Security Adivisor John Bolton? Was invoking the "Libya model" a mistake by the National Security Advisor? Why or why not?
      3. Submit via Synergy Dropbox – Due Tomorrow
    • "Some Now Question U.S. Deal that Brought Gaddafi Back into Diplomatic Fold – optional reading from the Washington Post February 24, 2011
    • More on Muammar Gaddafi – optional reading
  2. Senior Commencement Speeches – Due Today
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Week 11: May 28 – June 1

May 28

Memorial Day – No School

May 29

Senior BISembly in the PAC @ 11:30

BIS Schedule for Today

May 30

  1. Senior Commencement Speeches
    • Speech Order
      1. Matt P.
      2. Brenden F.
      3. Jackson M.
      4. Levi K.
      5. Parker B.
      6. Andy M.
      7. Beau C.
      8. Nick B.
      9. Chase H.
      10. Brendan K.

May 31

  1. Employability Evaluation
  2. Senior Commencement Speeches
    • Speech Order
      1. Cooper R.
      2. Ryan K.
      3. David G.
      4. Dillon S.
      5. Dalton D.
      6. Kianna E.
      7. Ellie S.
      8. Kaden P.
      9. Jacob H.
      10. Tyler Williams

June 1

  1. Employability Evaluation
  2. Senior Commencement Speeches
    • Speech Order
      1. Steven S.
      2. Ariana M.
      3. Andrew L.
      4. Robbie H.
      5. Kameron L.
      6. Chris T.
      7. Malika P.
      8. Isaac E.
      9. Cal D.
      10. Cammie H.
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Week 12: June 4 – 8

June 4

June 5

June 6

June 7

June 8

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Week 13: June 11 – 15

June 11

June 12

June 13

June 14

June 15

End of Trimester 3

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