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Term 4  2010

April
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May
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June
Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat.
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Word processing skills covered in this class:

  1. basic skills
  2. advanced skills

 

 

 

 

 

DAY 1

 

April 15

  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)

  8. Learning Word 2003 - Exercise 10 (Using fonts)

     

 
 

DAY 2

April 16

 

 

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

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

     

     

 

 

 
 

DAY 3

April 19


 

  1. Learning Word 2003 - page 64-68
    Exercise 12,: Full Block Business Letter
    Type, save, print the letter on page 68
     
  2. "About Me" Autobiography; Part 1
    use Microsoft Word set to triple spacing.



 

 
 

DAY 4
 

April 20
 

  1. Typing 15-20 min.
     
  2. Exercise 20 Apply font effects:
    read page 102 + 103
     
  3. Type, save, print page 105 using "Comic Sans" font.
     
  4. Continue working on About Me - part 1

    (you may go on to Part 2, just start a new file and save it as "About Me Part 2")

 
 

DAY 5

April 21

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER LESSON
 

  1. Typing  15-20 min.
     
  2. Exercise 23 read pages 116-119

    Type page 121, read the directions on p. 120
    Print and turn in.
     
  3. Finish About Me Part 1, should be at least 11/2 pages
     
  4. Extra time--Start a new file for About Me part 2
    save, don't print
     

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skip this part below:

 

  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

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

 

 
 

DAY 6

April 22

 

 
 

DAY 7

April 23

 


 

 

 
 

DAY 8

 

April 26
 

  1. begin portfolio; 
    Index.htm: "About Me", add a theme and graphics
    (paste your corrected About Me-part1 on to the "Index" webpage)

  2. Make your project look good  and professional and get a good grade here's how

  3. Create a "Welcome" sign for your webpage

    3-D Textmaker

    CoolText
     
  4. 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 9

April 26


  1. TURN IN: lesson 2; 

    Exercise 10
    Exercise 12

    Exercise 13

    Exercise 14
    Exercise 20
    Exercise 23

    About Me part 1 final draft

     

 

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


 



 
 

DAY 10


April 27


Exercise 21

Exercise 22 (symbols and special characters)

Print About Me part 2

 
 

DAY 11

 

April 28
 

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

 

April 30

TURN IN:
 

Ex. 16

Ex. 17

Ex. 20
Ex. 22
Ex. 23


 pts. total


Lesson 5:


Exercise 26 (Line spacing, paragraph spacing)

 

About Me part 2

 


 
 

DAY 13

 

May 3

Exercise 27 (Format a one page report)

About Me part 2

 

 
 

DAY 14

 

May 4

Exercise 29 (create footnotes and endnotes)


 

Portfolio grading rubric

 
 

DAY 15

May 5

About Me part 3

 


 

DAY 16
 

May 6

 

 

 

DAY 17

 

May 7
 

 

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

 


 


 


 

DAY 18

 

 

May 10
 

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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  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
 


 

DAY 19
 

May  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.

 

  

DAY 20
 

May 12
 

 

  1. turn in Lesson 5-7 points
     
  2. Exercise 79 use "Publisher"



 

 

DAY 21

 

May 13


 

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.

 

 

 

DAY 22

 

May 14

create a flyer for the PROM

 

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” )

 

DAY 23

 

May 17


 

Hobby webpage grading
 

 

DAY 24

 

May 18

 

Hobby webpage grading

 

 

 


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")
     
DAY 25

May 19

 

  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

 


 

 


 

 


 

 
DAY 26

 

May 20

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

 


 
DAY 27
 

May 21

Finish Career Webpage

 

Finish Resume
DAY 28

May 24

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

 

 


 

 
DAY 29

May 25

Desktop Publishing

 

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

 

 


 
DAY 30

May 26

Desktop Publishing
 

Frillio's Pizza
 

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

 

 


 

 
DAY 31
 

May 27

Desktop Publishing

 

Frillio's Pizza
 

Assignment: "Part 2-B, Business Card"
 

Assignment: "Grand Opening Advertisement"


 
DAY 32

 

May 28

Desktop Publishing

 

Frillio's Pizza
 

Assignment: "Part 4, Coupon Flyer"

 


 
 
DAY 33

June 1

 

Turn in : Desktop Publishing Unit

 

 

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")
     

 

 
DAY 34

 

June 2

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

 



 

 
DAY 35


June 3

powerpoint/career presentation
 

Powerpoint stuff

 
DAY 36

June 4

 

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

 
DAY 37

 

June 7

powerpoint/career presentation

 

 

Powerpoint stuff

 
DAY 38

 

Jan. 25

 

powerpoint/career presentation

 

 

Powerpoint stuff

 
DAY 39
 

Jan. 26

 

powerpoint/career presentation

 

Powerpoint stuff

 

 

 
DAY 40

Jan. 27

finals


 

 

 
DAY 41

 

Jan. 28

finals
 

 


 
DAY 42
 

 

 


 

 
DAY 43

 




 

 
DAY 44

 




 
DAY 45
 



 

 

 
DAY 46
 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
   

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