Architecture & Design College Fair

http://www.architects.org/programs-and-events/architecture-design-college-fair

The Archiecture and Design College Fair features 40 + schools including MIT, Wenworth, Savannah College of Art and Design, RISD, Boston Architectural College, California College of the Arts, Carnegie Melon University, Suffolk University (NESAD), Northeastern University, Syracuse University, UMass Amherst, Georgia Tech, and more. 

DATE: October 10th, 2015

Time: 10am - 2pm

Location: Wentworth Institute of Technology

REGISTER and see a full list of schools: architects.org/collegefair

Presented by: Boston Society of Architects

Open House

Great to meet so many parents!  If you couldn't join us today, sorry we missed you.  Linked below is a quick survey about our student, the Prezi I presented, and my website.
I look forward to a great year!

Take care,
Jon Jasinski

SURVEY
tinyurl.com/Jcentral

Google Classroom & Student Info Survey

Welcome to Civil Engineering & Architecture!

Looking forward to an exciting year!  We'll talk about more details soon, but first, let's get down to business.  You have two homework assignments tonight, due September 1st, Tuesday morning, 8:00 am:

1.  Join the Google Classroom

• classroom.google.com
• Log in with @student.medwayschools.org google account (not your personal one)
• Click + in top right corner
• Enter class code: rtlw2vl

2.  Student Info Survey

Please spend a few minutes filling out this student info survey (also found on the classroom). You must log in with your @medwayschools.org account (if you haven't already).  Keep an eye on the assignment due date and time. This is due Tuesday morning by 8 am. Each entry is time-stamped; 8:01 am will be late and 1/2 credit.  Email me if you have difficulties with your @medwayschools.org account. If you need access to a computer, use the library or my room during study hall, before school, or after school.

HW: Video Quiz - Load Paths & Calculations

Monday night HW

Video Quiz on Load Paths & Calculations: 12 min

You can access this from the LMS as well.  Tomorrow we use class time to knock out the activity, so get this done tonight.

Midterm Grades Posted

Midterm grades have been posted.
Multiple choice, open response, and the Revit design were equally weighted.

Pleased with the results, great job overall!

Go Go Gadget Midterm

The STUDY GUIDE ...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YRgPy1wlbAPfopk5n9y1HQnkvSWdHH-GzuGlBoA4iVc/edit?usp=sharing
...will help you focus on what you need to know and be able to do.
The LMS found at myPLTW.org has all the presentations, videos, and activities.

A midterm in 3 parts:

1. Multiple Choice - concepts & simple calculations
2. Open Response - lengthier calculations and typed responses (similar to conclusion questions)
3. Revit Design - construct a simple building using the most common features in Revit

Study Tips

1. Quiz yourself.  It’s easy to read something and think you understand it.  Find ways to test yourself.  Redo problems.
2. 20 minute study, 5 min break.  Studies have shown the brain is able to take in 23 minutes of information on average before it needs to stop, process, and store in long-term memory.  Set small goals; take breaks, and reward yourself.
3. Study with someone.  Explain it to someone else, quiz each other, ask questions.  You think more deeply if you have to communicate.
4. Ask questions  Start figuring out what you don’t know.  Get help now.  Don’t wait.  Cramming the night before does not and will not work.  Spread it out.  Plan ahead.
5. Make a PERSONAL STUDY GUIDE.  Processing, summarizing, and re-writing the information goes a long way to remembering and, more importantly, understanding it.  It also gives you a quick reference sheet to keep things fresh in your mind.
6. Eat, sleep, and be merry.  Your brain will not function well if you don’t take care of it.  Feed it.  Rest it.  Relax it.  Your brain does not operate well under excess anxiety or lack of sleep.  What good will studying do you if your brain can’t access all of that knowledge?  As in all things, there is a balance.  Now is not the time to sacrifice sleep and breakfast.

Pace yourselves; its long way till Tuesday the 27th. You can do it. Hang in there. Good luck!