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Mrs. Morales Syllabus

Welcome:
Welcome to our class! I have been teaching math for almost 20 years now and am looking forward to getting to know you personally and helping you grow in your mathematical skills and knowledge. It is my goal to make you feel comfortable and connected to our online class and create a sense of community and friendship amongst the students in our class. As we work through the course content you will do work on your own as well as in groups with your classmates. Sharing ideas and comments with others is a critical piece in our online course and I cant wait to see what ideas you will bring to our math class. Sincerely, Mrs. Morales

Contact:
Feel free to contact me anytime via email at kmorales@tvusd.k12.ca.us. I check email regularly and typically will respond back to you within 24 hours for emails sent Monday through Friday and within 48 hours for emails sent on the weekends.

Policies:
Submitting Assignments:

Assignments will be submitted via the course Dropbox or embedded directly into the class wiki space any time by or before the due date. Late work will be marked down 50% if not received before midnight Pacific Standard Time on the due date. Please see the course calendar for due dates. The only legitimate excuse for late work is a signed medical note from your doctor. If you are experiencing difficulties using technology and need assistance please email me at least one day prior to the assignment due date so I can get you the help you need to succeed. If you know you will be out of town and will be unable to access the internet to complete your assignments please contact me via email at least 1 week prior to your absence so we can work out an alternative plan for you to submit your work.

Late Submissions:

Grading:

Grading for discussion posts and reflections will be done a pass/no pass basis based on timeliness of posts and thoughtful discussion of textbook topics. Grading of projects will be based upon project rubric. Rubrics will be posted along with assignment instructions so you will know in advance what is required to earn the grade you desire. Tests will be graded on a points per problem basis. All problems will list the point value next to the problem. Grading Percentages: Discussions/Reflections: 30%, Projects 30% and Tests 40% of the overall grade. Please allow 1 week for your assignments to be graded and posted in the online gradebook.

Course Participation:

Assignments are due on a weekly basis, and you will need to log in multiple times each week to participate in discussions. Most assignments can be done asynchronously on your own time. Occasionally we will meet synchronously online for whole class discussions. These meetings will be on Wednesdays typically from 10 am to noon. Please see the course calendar for specific dates. Attendance at these meetings is mandatory and can not be made up. Expect to spend 10-15 hours a week online to be successful in this course.

Academic Integrity:

Academic integrity refers to respecting the intellectual property of others. Cheating is using the works of others without their approval. Plagiarism is the use of materials without properly citing the source. Fabrication is making up information that is a misrepresentation of self. Stanford University created an informative website dedicated to fair use. http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ Please review this website for details. Take an Academic Honesty Quiz to test how much you know about academic integrity.http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/advocacy/academic_honesty_quiz.html When using others work or images you must cite your sources. Typically, you must include: the work or image creators name, title of work or image, date of work or image and website name you obtained the image from. For proper citing of work please refer to Owl Purdue citation chart

Online Interaction:
Content interaction:
Our course will be focused on learning and applying the Common Core Standards for Algebra 1. Here is a link to an introduction to the Common Core Standard for Algebra 1. You will be expected to show your work and explain in words how you arrived at your solution. Answers without explanation will count for very little when completing online projects. Development of critical thinking in Mathematical practice includes: Making sense of problems and persevering in solving them. Reasoning abstractly and quantitatively. Constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others. Modeling with mathematics. Using appropriate tools strategically. Attending to precision. Looking for and making use of structure. Looking for and expressing regularity in repeated reasoning. I will be posting many resources on my website, here is the link: http://moralesmathematics.weebly.com/. We will be using the Prentice Hall Algebra 1 textbook and here is a link to some of the online resources offered with our textbook: http://www.phschool.com/. Additional online videos, practice and worksheets can be found using the following links: videos: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra

online practice: http://www.ixl.com/math/algebra-1 worksheets: http://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html Discussion questions will be posted on Sundays. It is expected that you read the course materials via the online textbook and make your initial post by Tuesday at midnight PST and respond to 2 other classmates posts by Friday at midnight PST. Initial posts should reflect thoughtful response that shows understanding of weekly textbook material and provides rationale for your position. Responses to classmates posts should extend the learning and connect to the weekly online textbook materials in a meaningful way that shows a thoughtful consideration of the topic. Comments should be written in a respectful tone. Posts are expected to be written in standard English, and are typically 100-300 words in length. Reflections may include hyperlinks to outside resources, embedded Web 2.0 tools from this course, and/or properly cited images.

Discussion board guidelines:

Technical Requirements:
You will need to download player and browser links to access the course and embedded objects such as videos and pdf. Below is a list of examples

Player and Reader Download Links:

Quicktime Player for Mac: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Quicktime Player for Windows: http://www.filehorse.com/download-quicktime-player/ Mac media player: http://vlc-media-player.en.softonic.com/mac Windows Media Player: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-media-player Adobe PDF Reader: http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Browser Download Links:

Safari Browser Download: http://support.apple.com/downloads/#safari Internet Explorer Browser Download: http://www.microsoft.com/enus/download/ie.aspx?q=internet+explorer Google Chrome Browser Download: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en

Document Sharing:
We will be sharing documents, slideshows and spreadsheets with each other in class using Google Documents. If you dont already have a gmail account, I highly recommend you set one up and take a look at how to use your google drive. Google drive will allow us to share and collaborate on documents you create for your projects by sharing the link to work. Here is link to getting started using Google drive: getting started google drive link.