Mrs. Phillips's Course Updates
4/23/17
Final Exams - May 10th and 11th
If you are not taking an EOC with your local school system, you must take the GAVS final exam on either May 10th or May 11th. Please block off a 2 hour time period to take this exam. The final exam will account for 20% of your final semester average.
Are you signed up for the EOC? If you are a public school student, please make sure you have signed up with your district to take the EOC. The state of Georgia will not recognize credit for this class unless you pass the EOC test. These tests are generally given in late April and early May. Please note that you will not see a grade from GAVS until your local school system reports an EOC score. This may take up to a few weeks. You will see a grade of "incomplete" until your score has been reported.
Milestones/EOC
Extra Credit - View Details on the Course Bulletin Board
Progress Reports
This week's progress report grade reflects all work turned in by 4/22/17 at 11:59 PM. Late work will not be reflected in the grade you see. As we near the end of the semesters, late penalties and zeros will become difficult to overcome. Please turn all remaining work in on time!
CS Students: CodeQuest is April 29th
Lockheed Martin's annual CodeQuest competition will be held on April 29th. Check out the website!
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/who-we-are/community/codequest.html
Quiz Feedback
Be sure to review all missed questions on every assessment. Make sure you know how to answer all quiz questions correctly before attempting the unit test. It is especially important to view all missed test questions before the final exam. You may receive a final exam question from the same question bank. You don't want to miss the concept a second time.
Check User Links for Help
Be sure to check out the user links widget in the Brightspace home page. This widget houses links to the weekly class chat recordings as well as additional help videos for certain assignments. If you are on a shortened session, check out the historical recordings for help on topics and assignments!
Class Chat
Take advantage of office hours on Mondays at 8:00 PM. If you can't attend the live session, please email me questions and then view the recording. You may also find historical recordings to be helpful. These can be found in the "links" widget in BrightSpace.
Weekly Class Chat Link
Adobe classroom link
Recordings are available in the "user links" widget in the course.
Desmos Online Graphing Calculator
My favorite online graphing calculator can be found at https://www.desmos.com/calculator This app is easy to use and very powerful. Be sure to check out some of the pre-made graphs such as https://www.desmos.com/calculator/cr8ykzwh8z
Having Trouble Viewing Content?
If you are having trouble viewing GaVS content, downloading assignments, or accessing the full functionality of our web tools, check your browser. The preferred browser for GaVS is Mozilla Firefox. Visit this topic in the help desk if you need more information!
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Contact me any time!
Email: lisa.phillips@gavirtualschool.org
Phone: (404)919-6017