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DAY 1
Nov. 9
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Seating chart
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Mr. G: presentation--"Class Rules/Procedures"
Expectations sheet, take home for parent signature
Discuss Course Outline
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Passwords/login
Orientation to www.goldstoneonline.com
worksheet
KCA log-in (each day starts with 15 minutes of typing)
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DAY 2
Nov. 10
- "Fonts" presentation
Learning Word 2003 - Exercise 10 (Using fonts)
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"About Me"
Autobiography; Part 1
use Microsoft Word set to triple spacing.
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DAY 3
Nov. 12
- download grades
file to keep your own grade
- Learning Word 2003
Exercise 13 (setting tabs)
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DAY 4
Nov. 13
- print first draft- About Me part 1:
proofread your partner's paper
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How to proofread
- Capitalization guide,
Punctuation guide
- print About Me part 1 FINAL DRAFT
- Begin About Me part two
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DAY 5
Nov. 16
- Learning Word 2003
Exercise 14, illustration B only
- About Me part two
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DAY 6
Nov. 17
- TURN IN: lesson 2;
Exercise 10
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
About Me part 1 final draft
- begin
portfolio;
Index.htm: "About Me", add a theme and graphics
(paste your corrected
About Me-part1 on to the "Index" webpage)
- Make your project look good and
professional and get a good grade
here's how
- Create a "Welcome" sign for your webpage
3-D Textmaker
CoolText
- Add a graphic to About Me
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BestAnimations.com
- Animationlibrary
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Gifanimations
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Freebackgrounds
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Animations-galore
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Coolarchive
animations
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Animations
Portfolio grading rubric
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DAY 7
Nov. 18
- Lesson 3 Learning Microsoft Word
Exercise 19 Exercise 20
- About Me part 2
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DAY 8
Nov. 19
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Exercise 20 (Font Effects)
- About Me part 2
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DAY 9
Nov. 20
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DAY 10
Nov. 30
Exercise 21
Exercise 22 (symbols and special characters)
Print About Me part 2
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DAY 11
Dec. 1
Exercise 23 (bullet list, numbered list)
- Portfolio
- 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)
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BestAnimations.com
- Animationlibrary
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Gifanimations
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Freebackgrounds
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Animations-galore
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Coolarchive
animations
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Animations
Portfolio grading rubric
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DAY 12
Dec. 2
TURN IN:
Ex. 16
Ex. 17
Ex. 20
Ex. 22
Ex. 23
About Me-pt. 2 final
60 pts. total
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DAY 13
Dec. 3
Lesson 5:
Exercise 26 (Line spacing, paragraph spacing)
About Me part 3
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DAY 14
Dec. 4
Exercise 27 (Format a one page report)
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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)
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BestAnimations.com
- Animationlibrary
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Gifanimations
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Freebackgrounds
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Animations-galore
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Coolarchive
animations
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Animations
- Create a "Welcome" sign for your webpage
3-D Textmaker
CoolText
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DAY 16
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
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DAY 17
Dec. 9
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DAY 18
Dec. 10
- LESSON 9 - MULTI PAGE DOCUMENTS
Exercise 51
- MLA multi-page report
MLA format website
commands you must know
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MLA practice file right-click, save
target as
New commands for MLA format:
commands you must know
- Change margins
- Double space
- Indent first line
- Headings ("heading 3" style)
- Header with page#
- Page breaks
- Table of contents
- Title page
- Different first page
- Index
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DAY 19
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.
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DAY 20
Dec. 14
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LESSON 12:
- Exercise 72 + 80 newsletter/columns
- text boxes
- Hobby webpage
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DAY 21
Dec. 15
create a flyer (Christmas Concert)
How to use text boxes in a
flyer
For a good flyer and a good grade:
- Use some
Word Art (for the main title, NOT for the whole
page)
- 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
- Use only ONE
font
- Use a graphic
that relates to the topic
- Use some “white
space”
- Use some
alignment NOT all centered
- Use some text
boxes; (some without the borders, you don’t want it to look too
“boxy” )
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DAY 22
Dec. 16
Exercise 79 + 82 Hobby webpage |
DAY 23
Dec. 17
Hobby webpage grading
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DAY 24
Jan. 4
Hobby webpage grading
Turn in:
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Ex. 72
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Ex. 79
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Christmas Concert flyer
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Report 58
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Hobby Webpage
total=65
What is your career objective?
Choose a
career.
Career webpage
- find information about a career, copy and paste to Frontpage
in Frontpage; paste special ("normal paragraphs with line breaks")
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DAY 25
Jan. 5
- What is a
Rèsumè?
- Resume Quiz
- Monster.Com resume center - anatomy of a resume
- Sample
resumes for different careers
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MSN Careers Resume Guide
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List
your accomplishments on your resume
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What are your special skills and talents?
- List your
computer skills
- résumé
worksheets
page 1 ,
page 2
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DAY 26
Jan. 6
Résumé
- Templates; What are they? How to use them.
- Download a résumé template, right-click
here
save target as
- Use the information from your worksheets to
create a résumé
from a Microsoft Word template
- This is how it should look:
résumé sample
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Résumé and Cover Letter Guide
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DAY 27
Jan. 7
Finish Career Webpage
Finish Resume
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DAY 28
Jan. 8
Finish Career webpage
Finish resume
Webpage stuff:
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BestAnimations.com
- Animationlibrary
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Gifanimations
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Freebackgrounds
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Animations-galore
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Coolarchive animations
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Animations
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3-D
Textmaker
- CoolText
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DAY 29
Jan. 11
Desktop Publishing

- Frillio's Pizza
- Assignment: "Warm-up exercise:Headlines and Graphics"
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DAY 30
Jan. 12
Desktop Publishing
Frillio's Pizza
Assignment: "Part 2-A, Stationary/Letterhead"
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DAY 31
Jan. 13
Desktop Publishing
Frillio's Pizza
Assignment: "Part 2-B, Business Card"
Assignment: "Grand Opening Advertisement"
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DAY 32
Jan. 14
Desktop Publishing
Frillio's Pizza
Assignment: "Part 4, Coupon Flyer"
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DAY 33
Jan. 15
Desktop Publishing
Frillio's Pizza
Assignment: "Part 5, Pizza Menu"
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DAY 34
Jan. 19
finish Publishing Unit
powerpoint/career presentation
Career powerpoint project
prepare a powerpoint presentation about your career
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Storyboard
for your career presentation.
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include:
bar chart to represent the "salary"
organization chart to represent the "related occupations"
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DAY 35
Jan. 20
powerpoint/career presentation
Powerpoint stuff |
DAY 36
Jan. 21
powerpoint/career presentation
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Storyboard
for your career presentation.
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include:
bar chart to represent the "salary"
organization chart to represent the "related occupations"
Powerpoint stuff |
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DAY 37
Jan. 22
powerpoint/career presentation
Powerpoint stuff |
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DAY 38 Jan. 25
powerpoint/career presentation
Powerpoint stuff
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DAY 39
Jan. 26
powerpoint/career presentation
Powerpoint stuff
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DAY 40
Jan. 27
finals
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DAY 41
Jan. 28
finals
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DAY 42
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DAY 43
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DAY 44
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DAY 45
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DAY 46
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Spreadsheet basics
- Sample files: "puzzle", "savings account"
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The Power of the Spreadsheet right-click, save
target as
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Spreadsheets
- Advanced
- ss12 (Absolute references)
- ss13
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Spreadsheets - Advanced
- ss14
- ss15
Charting with Excel
Create bar, charts, line graphs, pie charts
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searching
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Life Inside Google
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Google's Gourmet Food (free!!)
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Perks of being a Googler
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Working in the Google-Plex
- Google Cheat Sheet
Major Search Engines
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Search Engines--How
do they work?
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SearchEngine Watch - ratings
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searching with keywords worksheet
- Evolution of the Internet
- What do you do after you search?
evaluating
websites
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Spoof Email Lesson from Ebay
- Email Phishing quiz
- Don't Get Hooked
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Spoof Email Lesson from Ebay
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Email Phishing quiz
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Don't Get Hooked
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Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Emails
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10 ways to stop spyware
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AOL
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Phishing Examples
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Recent Phishing Incident
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You will need to use text boxes,
READ how to use
text boxes
- REPORT 68, page 424 to 426
- 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
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PORTFOLIO GRADING
Portfolio grading rubric
Web Design Fine
Points for a good looking web pages
Webpage stuff:
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BestAnimations.com
- Animationlibrary
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Gifanimations
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Freebackgrounds
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Animations-galore
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Coolarchive animations
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Animations
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3-D
Textmaker
- CoolText
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Powerpoint basics
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instructions
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slides
- If you were absent on day one of the "powerpoint basics"
project; then download this
file
right-click, save
target as
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POWERPOINT STUFF
- free
backgrounds and more
- free
templates
(to make your presentation standout)
- more
free templates
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Powerpoint Backgrounds
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Free WAV Sound File Resources
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FreeAudioClips
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Sounds (tv shows, movies, more)
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Sound effects
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Sound
clips for Powerpoint
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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.)
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Television tunes
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Career Project-grading
rubric
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How to add background music
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finishing touches
before you present it to the class
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Printing instructions
read this first
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