File Conversion

I am still having difficulties converting my file to another format. I have tried using a file conversion tool from zamzar, but I am still unable to convert the file. I have gathered some advice from the message board and will try another conversion tool today called Moyeas.

JING Part 2

For the second part of Jing, I chose to teach individuals how to find and utilize their FTP space on the internet. FTP became very useful in this course and was a necessity for two of my assignments.

For this assignment, I used screencast.com to upload my screencast that was created and saved with Jing onto my desktop. Screencast was very user-friendly and I uploaded my screencast on the first try without any difficulties.

Jing

For the Jing assignment, I chose to demonstrate how to search and apply for federal government jobs for individuals that are interested in working for the federal government. In order to get to this internet page, you must first log on to www.usajobs.com, then this page will appear. This image explains what tab to click on to search the current vacant federal jobs worldwide.

Intel-Visual Ranking Tool

The class average had a strong correlation of 0.90
My team had a weak positive correlation with Team 4 @0.30 My team had a high positive correlation with Team 2 @ 1.00

The tool our team used to create the rankings can be located at Intel

The Civil War

1. Economic Differences- The southern states economic system was based upon slave labor and without it, the system would have failed and the south would also probably lose some of their political influence as well.
2. States Rights-The southern states and northern states had separate and different economic systems that relied upon different methods in order to make it work successfully. I believe the problem with states rights gained attention when newer states were being created and whether or not they were going to be operated with the southern influence or the north's (including political power).
3. Slavery-Slavery was viewed as an economic issue by the south and as a moral issue in the north. I believe slavery became a problem when the south tried to spread slavery to other states in order to gain more political power and the north used slavery as a tool against the south in order to justify the war.
4. Election of Lincoln-Lincoln was against slavery and was elected the president of the country. The southern states decided to secede from the union and form their own confederacy. If the south would have won the election, there would have been problems with the northern states. When the south did secede from the union, it was viewed as a hostile act and gave the north more of a reason to justify the war.
5. Rise of Abolition Movement-The abolitionists were against slavery, so they embraced Lincoln and supported the war.

References:
What caused the American Civil War?
http://www.greatamericanhistory.net/causes.htm
Causes of secession
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

Podcast

Here is the link to my podcast script. My podcast discusses the content standards and objectives of the 21st Century Social Studies and Objectives for WV Schools.

Here is the link to mypodcast It takes approximately 1 1/2 minutes to download, so be patient.

Assessments Forms

I have successfully created an online quiz that pertains to 5th grade Social Studies. The quiz results can be accessed here I used two online resources to help me with this assignment; the first resource was to give me a refresher on embedding and I found the advice from technofriends. The second resource I used for this assignment was a Youtube Video titled Using Google Forms to Create an Online Quiz. This video was very helpful to me.