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Term 2  2008-09

October
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November
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January 2009
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Word processing skills covered in this class:

  1. basic skills
  2. advanced skills

 

 

 

 

 

DAY 1

 

  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

 

  1. KCA

  2.  "About Me" Autobiography; Part 1 -"Family" (3 paragraphs)
    use Microsoft Word set to triple spacing.

     

     

 

 

 
 

DAY 3

  1. KCA
  2. finish About Me part 1
  3. proofread your partner's paper
  4. How to proofread
  5. Capitalization guide, Punctuation guide
     

 
 

DAY 4
 

  1. Lesson 2  "Learning Word 2003" book
  2. page 31 skills
  3. page 32-36 Exercise 6
  4. page 41-44 Exercise 8
  5. page 49 Exercise 9
     
 

DAY 5

 

  1. "Fonts" presentation
  2. Exercise 10; page 53-56
     

 

 
 

DAY 6

 

  1. Exercise 12
    need help?: How to set up a letter
  2. Exercise 14, illustration B only  

 

 
 

DAY 7

  1. print KCA
  2. begin portfolio; 
    Index.htm: "About Me", add a theme and graphics
    (paste your corrected About Me PT.1 on to the "Index" webpage)
  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 8

 

  1. TURN IN: lesson 2; 

    Exercise 10

    Exercise 12

    Exercise 14

    About Me part 1 final
    KCA

    50 points total possible


  2. About Me - pt. 2
    Have your partner check your work
     
  3. Check your work

 


 

No School
Veteran's Day
 

DAY 9


Lesson 3 Learning Microsoft Word Exercise 19

Lesson 4 Learning Microsoft Word
Exercise 20


 
 

DAY 10

Exercise 21
Exercise 22

 

 
 

DAY 11

 
 

  1. Exercise 23
  2. Portfolio
  3. 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

 

Exercise 24 (review)

 

Turn in Lesson 4 points:

Ex. 20
Ex. 22
Ex. 23
About Me-pt. 2 final
KCA                  
 

50 pts. total

 

 

Lesson 5:

Exercise 26 (Line spacing, paragraph spacing)

About Me part 3

 
 

DAY 13
 

Exercise 27 (Format a one page report)

 

 

About Me Part 3
 

DAY 14
 

  1. Exercise 29 (create footnotes and endnotes)
  2. Exercise 30 (hyperlinks)
     
  3. About Me Part 3 final draft

 

 

 

 
 

DAY 15

 

Portfolio grading rubric

finish and print your Home page

  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 16
 


Turn in Lesson 5:

Ex. 26
Ex. 29

Ex. 30
About Me - part 3
Index.htm
50 pts. total

 

2. LESSON 6;practice new commands
 

3. LESSON 7: Exercise 37
 


 


 

 

DAY 17
 

 Hobby Essay for your portfolio
Discuss your favorite hobby (or favorite thing to do in your free time)

Microsoft Word, 500 words, double space
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 - Details and facts about your hobby. Teach the reader what your hobby is.

Paragraph 3 - links for more information
 
DAY 18

 

 

LESSON 7

  1. exercise 40
  2. Hobby Essay


 


 
DAY 19
 

LESSON 7
 

  1. exercise 41
  2. exercise 42: practice new commands
  3. hobby essay
     


 

 
DAY 20
 
  1. Lesson 6
     

  2. LESSON 7:

    1. exercise 38: practice inserting/deleting columns/rows
    2. exercise 39
       
  3. Hobby essay



 

 
DAY 21
 
  1. LESSON 8- MAIL MERGE

    LESSON 9 - MULTI PAGE DOCUMENTS
    MLA format website

     

    Lesson 9 - MLA practice file right-click, save target as
     

  2. MLA  multi-page report
    commands you must know
     
  3. 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 22
 

LESSON 11; practice new commands
DAY 23
 

LESSON 12; practice new commands
Exercise 72
 

 
DAY 24

 

  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

 


 

 

  1. download a resume 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
     
  2. Résumé and Cover Letter Guide
     

 

finish résumé


 
DAY 25

 Résumé webpage
 

Exercise 72 newsletter


 

 
DAY 26


 

Spreadsheet basics
 

  1. Sample files: "puzzle", "savings account"
  2. The Power of the Spreadsheet right-click, save target as
  3. ss-1: print
  4. ss-3: print


exercise 79 graphics


 
DAY 27
 

Spreadsheet basics
 

 

 
DAY 28
 

Spreadsheets - Advanced

  1. ss12 (Absolute references)
  2. ss13



 
DAY 29

Spreadsheets - Advanced

  1. ss14
  2. ss15

 


 
DAY 30
 

Email

 

  1. Email presentation; take notes.
     
  2. Email Can Get You Fired
     
  3. Sign up for email account
     
  4. Email Assignment #2
    Send a file attachment.
     


 
DAY 31
 

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

 

 

 
DAY 32

Charting with Excel

Create bar, charts, line graphs, pie charts

 


 

 

 
DAY 33

 

Career Webpage

US Dept. of Labor

copy information about a career,
in Frontpage; paste special ("normal paragraphs with line breaks")
 

include:

  1. Job description (including duties and responsibilities)
  2. Training and Qualifications
  3. Job outlook for the future
  4. Salary
  5. Working Conditions
  6. Related Occupations
  7. Why you choose this job/career
  8. cite your source

 

 

 
DAY 34

Career Webpage

 

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 35
 

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

 

PORTFOLIO GRADING
 

Portfolio grading rubric

 

Permission slip for student work on the internet

 
DAY 36

 

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

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 37

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO GRADING
 

Portfolio grading rubric

 

Permission slip for student work on the internet

 

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 38

 

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"

 

 
DAY 39
 

Career powerpoint

 

PowerPoint stuff:

 

  1. free backgrounds and more
  2. free templates (to make your presentation standout)
  3. more free templates
  4. Powerpoint Backgrounds
  5. FreeAudioClips
  6. Sounds (tv shows, movies, more)
  7. Sound effects
  8. Sound clips for Powerpoint
  9. 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.)
  10. Television tunes

 


 
DAY 40
 

Career powerpoint

  1. free backgrounds and more
  2. free templates (to make your presentation standout)
  3. more free templates
  4. Powerpoint Backgrounds
  5. FreeAudioClips
  6. Sounds (tv shows, movies, more)
  7. Sound effects
  8. Sound clips for Powerpoint
  9. 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.)
  10. 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

 

Portfolio grading rubric

 

Permission slip for student work on the internet

 

 
DAY 41

 

FINISHING TOUCHES
 
  1. finishing touches before you present it to the class
  2. printing your work - read this first

     

FINAL: present your career powerpoint to the class


 
DAY 42
 

 
DAY 43

CAREER PROJECT
 

 
DAY 44


 
DAY 45
 

FINAL: Career presentations to the class

 
DAY 46
 

Career presentations to the class

 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
   

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