Term 4  2009

DAY 1

Nov. 9

1. Seating chart

2. Mr. G: presentation--"Class Rules/Procedures"

3. Expectations sheet, take home for parent signature

4. Discuss Course Outline

5. Passwords/login

6. Orientation to www.goldstoneonline.com worksheet

7. KCA log-in (each day starts with 15 minutes of typing)
    

DAY 2

Nov. 10

1. "Fonts" presentation
   Learning Word 2003 - Exercise 10 (Using fonts)
    

2.  "About Me" Autobiography; Part 1
   use Microsoft Word set to triple spacing.

    

    

DAY 3

Nov. 12

1. download grades file to keep your own grade
   
    
2. Learning Word 2003
   Exercise 13 (setting tabs)
   
   

DAY 4
 

Nov. 13
 

1. print first draft- About Me part 1:
   proofread your partner's paper
   
   
2. How to proofread
   
   
3. Capitalization guide, Punctuation guide
    
4. print About Me part 1 FINAL DRAFT
    
5. Begin About Me part two
   
   

DAY 5

Nov. 16

1. Learning Word 2003
   Exercise 14, illustration B only
    
2. About Me part two
    

DAY 6

Nov. 17

1. TURN IN: lesson 2; 

   Exercise 10

   Exercise 13

   Exercise 14

   About Me part 1 final draft

    
2. begin portfolio; 
   Index.htm: "About Me", add a theme and graphics
   (paste your corrected About Me-part1 on to the "Index" webpage)
   
   
3. Make your project look good  and professional and get a good grade here's how
   
   
4. Create a "Welcome" sign for your webpage
   
   3-D Textmaker
   
   CoolText
    
5. Add a graphic to About Me
    
   1. BestAnimations.com
   2. Animationlibrary
   3. Gifanimations
   4. Freebackgrounds
   5. Animations-galore
   6. Coolarchive animations
   7. Animations
       
   Portfolio grading rubric

DAY 7

Nov. 18
 

1. Lesson 3 Learning Microsoft Word
   Exercise 19
   Exercise 20
    
2. About Me part 2
   
   

DAY 8

Nov. 19

1. Exercise 20 (Font Effects)
    

2. About Me part 2
    
   

DAY 9

Nov. 20

DAY 10

Nov. 30

Exercise 21

Exercise 22 (symbols and special characters)

Print About Me part 2

DAY 11

Dec. 1
 

Exercise 23 (bullet list, numbered list)

1. Portfolio
   
2. add About Me part 2 to your website
   use copy/paste from Word
   change to single spacing,
   no indents,
   one blank line between paragraphs
   
   

Add a graphic to About Me
(remember to use "Picture Properties", text wrap)
 

1. BestAnimations.com
2. Animationlibrary
3. Gifanimations
4. Freebackgrounds
5. Animations-galore
6. Coolarchive animations
7. Animations
    

Portfolio grading rubric

DAY 12

Dec. 2

TURN IN:
 

Ex. 16

Ex. 17

Ex. 20
Ex. 22
Ex. 23

About Me-pt. 2 final
60 pts. total

DAY 13

Dec. 3

Lesson 5:

Exercise 26 (Line spacing, paragraph spacing)

About Me part 3

DAY 14

Dec. 4

Exercise 27 (Format a one page report)

DAY 15

Dec. 7

Exercise 29 (create footnotes and endnotes)

About Me part 3

Portfolio grading rubric

Finish Index.htm (home page, with About Me part 1,2,3)

1. BestAnimations.com
2. Animationlibrary
3. Gifanimations
4. Freebackgrounds
5. Animations-galore
6. Coolarchive animations
7. Animations
8. Create a "Welcome" sign for your webpage
   3-D Textmaker
   CoolText

Dec. 8

Grading Index.htm

For a good grade:

1. Font: verdana or arial

2. font color (CONTRAST!!!)

3. hyperlinks

4. graphics with text wrap(right click , use “picture properties”)

5. use a DIVIDER graphic at the end

6. INDENT, use “increase indent” button to move the text in away from the edge of the page

Dec. 9
 

Dec. 10

1. LESSON 9 - MULTI PAGE DOCUMENTS
   Exercise 51
   

    

    

2. MLA  multi-page report
   
   MLA format website
   
   commands you must know
    
3. MLA practice file right-click, save target as
    New commands for MLA format: commands you must know
   1. Change margins
   2. Double space
   3. Indent first line
   4. Headings ("heading 3" style)
   5. Header with page#
   6. Page breaks
   7. Table of contents
   8. Title page
   9. Different first page
   10. Index

Dec. 11
 

Hobby Essay for your portfolio

Discuss your favorite hobby (or favorite thing to do in your free time)

In FrontPage, type, 500 words
Include DETAILS, FACTS, USEFUL INFORMATION, and LINKS to other sites for more information

Paragraph 1- What is your hobby? Why do you like it? How did you begin your hobby?

Paragraph 2,3,4 - Details and facts about your hobby. Teach the reader what your hobby is.

Include links and graphics

Just answer the question:

what is the main thing you like to do when you are not in class/school?  (you may use the internet to copy/paste SMALL amounts of info)

Some students have trouble thinking of what to write about. Describe what you like or do to someone who knows nothing at all about it. Here's a few examples:

For girls who like to shop:

Where do you shop, which mall, and why;
Which stores? Why those stores?

What do you shop for? Which brand of clothes, shoes, etc?

Why do you like that brand(s)? Why is it better than the other brands?

or - sports:

Which sport do you play or watch ? Why do you like that sport? Who is your favorite player, what position do they play, describe the position in detail? Why is he/she your favorite? What does he/she do that makes them special?

Which team is your favorite, why? in detail?, how many championships have they won?

or Video games:

Which games, describe the plot in detail, why do you like that game, what's so goog about it? Which platform to you play it on? Describe it, what's so good about it, bad about it?

or - Do you collect anything? Describe in detail.

or - music...

Which music?, which band?, which singer? Why do you like it? Describe the singer or band in detail. Their history, etc.

Dec. 14
 

1. LESSON 12:

   1. Exercise 72 + 80 newsletter/columns
   2. text boxes
       
2. Hobby webpage

Dec. 15

create a flyer (Christmas Concert)

How to use text boxes in a flyer

For a good flyer and a good grade:

1. Use some Word Art (for the main title, NOT for the whole page)
2. DO NOT use Times New Roman font  USE “Elephant”, “Broadway”, Goudy Stout, and other similar fonts are good choices, do not use Times New Roman
3. Use only ONE font
4. Use a graphic that relates to the topic
5. Use some “white space”
6. Use some alignment NOT all centered
7. Use some text boxes; (some without the borders, you don’t want it to look too “boxy” )

Dec. 16

Exercise 79 + 82

Hobby webpage

Dec. 17

Hobby webpage grading
 

Jan. 4

Hobby webpage grading

Turn in:

1. Ex. 72
2. Ex. 79
3. Christmas Concert flyer
4. Report 58
5. Hobby Webpage

What is your career objective? Choose a career.

Career webpage

1. find information about a career, copy and paste to Frontpage
   in Frontpage; paste special ("normal paragraphs with line breaks")
    

1. What is a Rèsumè?
2. Resume Quiz
3. Monster.Com resume center - anatomy of a resume
4. Sample resumes for different careers
5. MSN Careers Resume Guide
6. List your accomplishments on your resume
7. What are your special skills and talents?
8. List your computer skills
9. résumé worksheets  page 1 , page 2

Jan. 6

Résumé

1. Templates; What are they? How to use them.
   
2. Download a résumé template, right-click here save target as
   
3. Use the information from your worksheets to create a résumé from a Microsoft Word template
   
   
4. This is how it should look: résumé sample
    
5. Résumé and Cover Letter Guide

Jan. 7

Finish Career Webpage

Jan. 8

Finish Career webpage

Finish resume

Webpage stuff:

1. BestAnimations.com
2. Animationlibrary
3. Gifanimations
4. Freebackgrounds
5. Animations-galore
6. Coolarchive animations
7. Animations
8. 3-D Textmaker
9. CoolText

Jan. 11

Desktop Publishing

1. Frillio's Pizza
    
2. Assignment: "Warm-up exercise:Headlines and Graphics"

Jan. 12

Frillio's Pizza
 

Assignment: "Part 2-A, Stationary/Letterhead"

Jan. 13

Frillio's Pizza
 

Assignment: "Part 2-B, Business Card"
 

Assignment: "Grand Opening Advertisement"

Jan. 14

Frillio's Pizza
 

Assignment: "Part 4, Coupon Flyer"

Jan. 15

Frillio's Pizza

Assignment: "Part 5, Pizza Menu"

Jan. 19

finish Publishing Unit

Career powerpoint project

prepare a powerpoint presentation about your career
 

1. Storyboard for your career presentation.
2. include:
   bar chart to represent the "salary"
   organization chart to represent the "related occupations"

Powerpoint stuff

Jan. 20

Powerpoint stuff

Jan. 21

powerpoint/career presentation

1. Storyboard for your career presentation.
2. include:
   bar chart to represent the "salary"
   organization chart to represent the "related occupations"

Powerpoint stuff

Jan. 22

powerpoint/career presentation

Powerpoint stuff

Jan. 25

powerpoint/career presentation

Powerpoint stuff

Jan. 26

powerpoint/career presentation

Powerpoint stuff

Jan. 27

Jan. 28

finals
 

Spreadsheet basics
 

1. Sample files: "puzzle", "savings account"
2. The Power of the Spreadsheet right-click, save target as

Spreadsheets - Advanced

1. ss12 (Absolute references)
2. ss13

Spreadsheets - Advanced

1. ss14
2. ss15

Charting with Excel

Create bar, charts, line graphs, pie charts

1. 1. About Charting
   2. Guidelines for Charting
   3. Getting Ready to Chart
   4. Creating a Basic Chart
   5. Formatting Your Chart
   6. Working with Chart Elements
   7. Creating Exploding Pie Charts
   8. Charting Extras

searching

1. Life Inside Google
    
2. Google's Gourmet Food (free!!)
    
3. Perks of being a Googler
    
4. Working in the Google-Plex
    
5. Google Cheat Sheet
   
   Major Search Engines
    

6. Search Engines--How do they work?
    

7. SearchEngine Watch - ratings
    

8. searching with keywords worksheet
    
9. Evolution of the Internet
    

1. What do you do after you search?
   evaluating websites
    

2. Spoof Email Lesson from Ebay
    

3. Email Phishing quiz
    
4. Don't Get Hooked
    

5. Spoof Email Lesson from Ebay
    

6. Email Phishing quiz
    
7. Don't Get Hooked
    
8. Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Emails
    
9. 10 ways to stop spyware
    
10. AOL
     
11. Phishing Examples
     
12. Recent Phishing Incident

You will need to use text boxes, READ how to use text boxes

1. REPORT 68, page 424 to 426
2. REPORT 69, page 428 to 430
   

Report 58, page 407

Report 59, page 409-410

Report 61, page 412-413

Report 62,  page 415-16

WEEK'S WORK FINISHED:

REPORT 68

REPORT 69

REPORT 58

REPORT 59

REPORT 61

REPORT 62

PORTFOLIO GRADING
 

Portfolio grading rubric

Web Design Fine Points for a good looking web pages

Webpage stuff:

1. BestAnimations.com
2. Animationlibrary
3. Gifanimations
4. Freebackgrounds
5. Animations-galore
6. Coolarchive animations
7. Animations
8. 3-D Textmaker
9. CoolText

Powerpoint basics

1. instructions
    
2. slides
    
3. If you were absent on day one of the "powerpoint basics" project; then download this file right-click, save target as

POWERPOINT STUFF
 

1. free backgrounds and more
2. free templates (to make your presentation standout)
3. more free templates
4. Powerpoint Backgrounds
5. Free WAV Sound File Resources
6. FreeAudioClips
7. Sounds (tv shows, movies, more)
8. Sound effects
9. Sound clips for Powerpoint
10. Freeplay music free downloads (probably won't work at school, but you may want to try it at home, download a track, and email it to your Gaggle account and download it into your student account.)
11. Television tunes

1. Career Project-grading rubric
2. How to add background music
3. finishing touches before you present it to the class
4. Printing instructions  read this first