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The 7th graders at Shanghai American School have been using their Macs in classroom for a full school year now and have many ideas to share about their experiences. As a 7th grader, your task is to make a video between 2-3 minutes in length which gives advice to next year's 7th graders as they will have their own Macs for the first time. Answer the following questions in your Digital Advice Vlog and provide some advice about the dilemma mentioned below:

What is one thing you wish somebody would have told you about owning and learning with a Mac at the beginning of the school year? What is the best piece of advice you can give future 7th graders about taking care of your Mac? What advice do you have about Multi-Tasking on the Mac? What is your favorite piece of software on the Mac and why is it your favorite? What behaviors/actions should you avoid with your Mac?
 * Answer these questions:**

You are the parent of a teenager in Middle School who you believe spends too much time on the computer, especially at night, and you are concerned this is affecting their studies and sleep quality. What do you do to help your teenager?
 * Answer this dilemma:**

Once you have created your video, export it as a QuickTime file and upload it to the video part of the portal under your username. If you need your username/password changed, please see Ms. DeCardy or Ms. Leah. Once your have uploaded your video, take the embed code and place it on your individual page under your advisory teacher listed below. Timeline: Day 1 - Brainstorm/Storyboard Day 2 - Storyboard/Video Day 3 - Video Day 4 - Place on portal/wiki

Mrs. Bugenske

Mr. Cole

Mrs. Hill

Mr. Howitt

Mrs. McDaid

Mr. Robinson