Term 4  2009

DAY 1

March 26

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

March 27

1. KCA

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

    

    

DAY 3

March 30

1. KCA
2. finish About Me part 1
   proofread your partner's paper
   
   
3. How to proofread
   
   
4. Capitalization guide, Punctuation guide
   
   
5. Lesson 2  "Learning Word 2003" book
   
   
6. page 31 skills
   
   
7. page 32-36 Exercise 6

DAY 4
 

March 31

1. page 41-44 Exercise 8
2. page 49 Exercise 9
    

DAY 5

April 1

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

DAY 6

April 2

1. Exercise 12
   need help?: How to set up a letter
   
2. Exercise 14, illustration B only  
   
3. download grades file to keep your own grade
   

DAY 7

April 3

1. print KCA
   
   
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 8

April 6

1. TURN IN: lesson 2; 

   Exercise 9
   Exercise 10

   Exercise 13

   Exercise 14

   About Me part 1 final draft
   KCA
   
   60 points total possible
   

   
   
2. "About Me" Autobiography instructions
   
3. About Me - pt. 2
   Have your partner check your work
   
4. About Me  - pt. 3
    
5. Check your work

DAY 9

April 7

Lesson 3 Learning Microsoft Word Exercise 19
Exercise 20

DAY 10

April 8

Exercise 21
Exercise 22

DAY 11

April 9
 

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

April 20

Begin Lesson 4

1. Exercise 20 (Font Effects)
   
2. Exercise 21 (Copy Formatting)
   

DAY 13

April 21

Exercise 22 (symbols and special characters)

Exercise 23 (bullet list, numbered list)

DAY 14

April 22
 

Exercise 24 (styles)

DAY 15

April 23

 

TURN IN:
Ex. 20
Ex. 22
Ex. 23

Ex. 24
About Me-pt. 2 final
KCA                  
 

50 pts. total

Lesson 5:

Exercise 26 (Line spacing, paragraph spacing)

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

April 24

1. Exercise 27 (Format a one page report
   

2. Exercise 29 (create footnotes and endnotes)

Grading Index.htm

For a good grade:

1. Font: verdana or arial

2. font color

3. hyperlinks

4. graphics (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

1. Turn in Lesson 5:

Ex. 26
Ex. 27
Ex. 29

Index.htm (20 pts)
KCA
60 pts. total

2. 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.

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.

1. Lesson 5 Review (Exercise 31)
2. Hobby Essay

1. Hobby essay
    

1. LESSON 7:

   1. Exercise 37 (Insert a table)
   2. Exercise 38: (inserting/deleting columns/rows)
   3. Exercise 39 (set alignments in cells)
   4. Exercise 40 (Draw a table)
       
2. Hobby essay

1. LESSON 8- MAIL MERGE
   Exercise 45
   
2. Hobby essay

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

Hobby webpage
 

LESSON 12; practice new commands
Exercise 72 (newsletter)

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 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
    
2. Résumé and Cover Letter Guide

MAY 11

Lesson 13 Word Graphics
These should be finished. Right?? I should be back Thursday to grade them.

Exercise 78
Exercise 79
Exercise 80
Exercise 82
Exercise 83
Exercise 84
Exercise 85
Exercise 86
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FOR MAY 11, 12, 13:
KCA BOOK:

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
   
   

May 12

May 13

May 14

Yo

ur "Family Summer Newsletter"

Download holiday template from Office Online

Email

Email presentation; take notes.
 

Email Can Get You Fired
 

May 15

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

May 18

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
   
10. What is your career objective? Choose a career.

May 19

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

May 20

Résumé web page

May 21

Career Webpage

US Dept. of Labor

1. choose career information
   look for the "PDF" link and save target as to your student account
   This will be printed and used later for powerpoint
   
2. find information about a career, copy and paste to Frontpage
   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

May 22

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

May 26

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

May 27

PORTFOLIO GRADING

May 29

PORTFOLIO GRADING

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

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"

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

June 1

June 2

June 3

1. free backgrounds and more
   
2. free templates (to make your presentation standout)
   
3. more free templates
   
4. Powerpoint Backgrounds

June 4

 June 5

1. Free WAV Sound File Resources
2. FreeAudioClips
3. Sounds (tv shows, movies, more)
4. Sound effects
5. Sound clips for Powerpoint
6. 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.)
7. Television tunes
   

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

June 6

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