Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from Mr. Ippolito and his family to all my Team Yukon families!

Benchmark Re-Take

For students who earned below an 80% on the benchmark exam, there will be a re-take on Tuesday, 12/16, at lunch in my classroom, Room B-7. There is no risk in taking the exam, as I will take whichever score is higher. Students may eat their lunch while they take the exam, but no additional time will be given once the bell rings.

For students unable to attend the Tuesday re-take, there will also be a Thursday re-take, by appointment only. Please contact Mr. Ippolito if you wish to re-take the exam Thursday. Questions? Contact Mr. Ippolito at rvi@hartdistrict.org.

RVI

INB Grade Sheet

We are grading INBs tomorrow (A-day) and Wednesday (B-day). It's worth 50 points and is the final grade of the quarter, so you want to make sure to get your INB ready! Need another grade sheet? Download it here:

http://staff.hartdistrict.org/rvi/inbgrade.pdf

RVI

Twas the night before the benchmark . . .

OK, so here are three things that might help you:

• The Benchmark Standards Guide - DOWNLOAD PDF HERE
• The Podcast - DOWNLOAD MP3 HERE
  (see below for instructions for getting it onto your iPod)
  
• The Jeopardy Review Game - DOWNLOAD PPT HERE

Good luck, and if you have any questions, as always e-mail me at rvi@hartdistrict.org.

RVI

Instructions for transferring the podcast to your iPod

Step 1: Right-mouse click (or CTRL-click on a Mac) on the blog where it says DOWNLOAD PODCAST HERE.
Step 2: Select "Save file as" or "Save target as"
Step 3: Save the podcast file (q2.mp3) to your Desktop.
Step 4: Open iTunes, and then select File > Add file to library. Go to your Desktop and add the file q2.mp3 to your iTunes library.
Step 5: Now that the Podcast file is part of your iTunes library, add it to any one of your existing Playlists that you already have programmed to transfer to your iPod. You don't need to do this if you have it set to automatically load your entire song Library to your iPod.

If you have any questions, e-mail Mr. Ippolito at rvi@hartdistrict.org. Enjoy!!

RVI

Why is this year getting even longer?!?

The earth's rotation is slowing down, and as a result an international consortium of timekeepers has agreed to add one additional second onto 2008. We have had other "leap seconds" added on before, though. Want to learn more? You can check out the news article here:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5izD8PRiWobWj6M2E0xDOW1TbSuMQD94UOUE00

Thanks to Gage DeMasters for picking up on the story!

RVI

Podcast ready!

The Quarter Two standards review podcast is now ready for download! Before you start listening, you should first have your Quarter Two Standards Guide out in front of you. Don't have it? Download a copy HERE.

You can play it using the embedded QuickTime player to the right, or download it directly with a right-mouse click on the link below:

DOWNLOAD PODCAST HERE (runtime 33:58)

Once you have downloaded the file to your computer, you can transfer it to your iPod by importing it into your iTunes library, or transfer it to any other MP3 player. Enjoy, and happy studying!

RVI

Just starting to record my podcast

Hey students!

My family and I just finished dinner with my former high school US history teacher and his wife (see, when you get older and have a family you can invite YOUR favorite history teacher to dinner too . . . hint, hint).

I already finished writing the podcast script this afternoon, and I'm just starting to record now. I should have the podcast posted by about 9:00 p.m. this evening. Enjoy!

RVI

Mr. Ippolito's back online!

It's been about six weeks, and I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with my blog/website. I'll be spending some time over winter break figuring out what the future of yukonhistoryblog.com will be.

In the meantime, the Quarter Two Benchmark Review Podcast is coming soon! Check back later this evening.

RVI