Day 1

 February 1

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

2. Expectations sheet, take home for parent signature
   
   

3. Passwords
   
   

4. Orientation to www.goldstoneonline.com worksheet
    

5. "Who Are You" worksheet
   
   

6. Basic Computer Skills tutorial  (worksheet to print)
   
   

7. Windows XP Tutorial
   
   
    

Day 2

Feb. 2
 

1. KCA Lesson 1
    

2. Spreadsheet Sample Files, "puzzle", "savings account"

    

3. Learn the Net
   
   worksheet for Learn the Net

Day 3

Feb. 3

 

1. KCA TYPING LESSON 1
    
2. KCA Typing Lesson 2
   
   
3. Sample Files, Spreadsheet Practice:  "Savings Account"
   
    
4. type definitions for vocabulary words: download this file
   "spreadsheet"
   "entry bar"
   "cell name"
   "row" "cell"
   "active cell"
   "column"
   
   
    

Day 4

Feb. 4
 

1. KCA: Lesson 3
    
2. Spreadsheets: LESSON 121: page 437-438
   
    
3. LESSON 122: page 440
   
   
4. Activity 1 download SS-1    right-click, save target as
   
   Activity 2
   
   Activity 3
   
   

Day 5

Feb. 5

1. KCA Lesson 4
    
2. The Power of the Spreadsheet download and save into your student account
    
3. LESSON 123:  page 443-444
   Activity 4:  page 444
   open SS1, save as SS1-B
   
   instructions  to do it at home (use SS-1 file above)

    

4. LESSON 124:

   page 446: Activity 5: create a new SS, save as SS2
   enter formulas
    

   Activity 5 instructions to do it at home  

   
   printout Activity 5 and turn in formulas
    

   before you print: DO THIS

   
   

   
    

5. type vocabulary words, add these to the "Spreadsheet Vocabulary":

   "labels"

   "values"

   "formulas"

   "formatting"

   "alignment"

   
    
   
    

Day 6

Feb. 8

1. KCA Lesson 5
   
   PRINT typing scores, lessons 1-5
   Examine your typing scores
   
   
2. Download grades  right-click, save target as
   enter your points for each paper you get back
    
3. 
    

Day 7

Feb. 9

1. KCA Lesson 6
    
2. page 452 Activity 9 create a new SS, save as SS6
   add: ticket prices and SUM function for total
   (MAX) for the highest, (MIN) for the lowest
   
   

3. KCA  Lesson 124 Spreadsheets
   page 446-47 Activity 6 +7 
   
   for these activities: download SS-3    right-click, save target as
   
   print Activity 7
    

   instructions to do it at home
   
   before you print: DO THIS
    

   
    

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
    

Day 8

Feb. 10

1. KCA Lesson 7
   
   
2. spreadsheet practice formulas
   
   

3. Finish and print Activity 9
   Add prices for the parks and enter functions for the total cost, highest, and lowest
   If you were absent yesterday for Activity 9: download (SAVE) this
    

before you print: DO THIS
 

Day 9

FEb. 11
 

1. KCA Lesson 8
   
   
2. Spreadsheets Review Formulas
    
3. LESSON 129 ACTIVITY 20
   page 467-468 Activity 20-22 create a new SS,
   save as SS13
   instructions to do Activity 20 at home
   
   
   
    

before you print: DO THIS
 

Day 10

Feb. 16
 

1. KCA Lesson 8
    
2. Spreadsheet Unit
    
3. IF YOU WERE ABSENT YESTERDAY:
    Activity 20 download  (you still have to put in the formulas, setup, etc.)
   
    
4. Activity 26-27, page 474 + 475
   
   Activity 26+27 instructions to do it at home
    
5. Continue vocabulary
    

Day 11

Feb. 17

1. KCA Lesson 9
    
2. Functions
    
3. Activity 31 - page 479
   ALSO INCLUDE: the MAX, MIN for column B, C, D, E, F, G
   instructions
   
   

Day 12

Feb. 18
 

1. print Lessons 6-10 
    
2. finish and print SS Vocabulary
   
   1. spell check
   2. delete columns A + B
   3. Sort A-Z
   4. Autoformat
   5. Page setup
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Snack Bar spreadsheet Download
   
   Directions
    
   
   

Day 13

Feb. 19

1. KCA Lesson 11
   
   

2. Turn in spreadsheet points
   staple these papers:
   
   Activity 5
   Activity 9
   Activity 20
   Activity 26
   Critical Thinking

   SS Vocabulary
   60 pts. poss.

   
   
   
    

Day 14

Day 15

Feb. 23

1. KCA Lesson 14
    
2. Lesson 138 Pie Charts,
   Activity 46-47, pages 504-505
   
   instructions to do it at home

    

   
   
   

Day 16
 

Feb. 24

1. KCA Lesson 15
   
   
2. Chart 2 (pie chart) download right-click, save target as
    
   
   
3. Chart 3:(line chart) download right-click, save target as
   create a line chart
    
4. optional- Chart 2: download right-click, save target as
   create a pie chart
    

Day 17

Feb. 25
 

1. KCA Lesson 16
   
2. Chart 4 -
   create your own line chart to show your WAM scores for the post tests
   1. Start with a new blank Excel page
   2. Enter your "Post Test scores for each date
   3. Make a line chart from the data you entered
   
   Turn in Charts Unit points
   Activity 44 (bar chart)
   Activity 46 - (pie chart)
   Line Chart (show your typing speed)
   
   Total  30 points

Day 18

Feb. 26

1. Lesson 17
   
   
2. KCA page 169 - Parts of a business letter
    
3. Letter 1(KCA page 170) 
    
4. Letter 1
    
5. need help?:  How to set up a letter
   

Day 19

March 1

1. KCA Lesson 18
    
2. KCA page 169 - Parts of a business letter
    
3. Letter 1(KCA page 170) 
    
4. Letter 1
    
5. need help?:  How to set up a letter

March 2

1. KCA LESSON 19
    
2. Letter 2, page 171
   Letter 2
   
    

Day 22

March 4

1. print Lessons 14-20
   
   
2. Letter 4       Letter 4
   you will need to know proofreader marks 
   
   
3. Proofreading Marks
   
   Common proofreading symbols
   
   
   

1. Turn in  LETTERS UNIT POINTS 
   Letter 1
   Letter 2
   Letter 3
   Open House
   Letter 5
   Total 50 pts.
   
    
2. letters review, envelopes, letter templates
    
3. MLA FORMAT: MLA format website
    
4. KCA page 139    MLA format read this first
5. KCA page 140 -141 - Report 1

Day 26
 

March 10

Report 2 KCA page 141 -142 -

Day 27

1. Practice new commands for MLA format:
2. ("The Fox and the Dog")
3. Change margins
4. Double space
5. Indent first line
6. Headings ("heading 3" style)
7. Header with page#
8. Page breaks
9. Table of contents
10. Title page
11. Different first page
12. copy/paste special (unformatted text)
13. footnote; cite your sources
14. graphic with text wrap

Day 28

March 12

Flyer for Sadie's Dance

Create a flyer
 

Use Text Boxes for your flyer

Day 29

March 15

1. Report 1-A
   
   open Report 1, Save as "Report 1-A"
   add headings,
   Search the web for information about "Social Networking"
   copy 2 paragraphs / paste special (unformatted)
   footnote to cite your source
   page break
   table of contents
   title page
   
   
2. need help? commands you must know
    

Day 30

March 16

1. Tables Assignment
   (create a table showing your classes: "Period", "Subject", "Teacher") instructions
   
   Special Symbols
   type the chart on page 90
   type this chart
   
2. 
   BULLET LIST ASSIGNMENT
   Language Links #1: KCA page R-9
   instructions for Language Links
   
   
3. Language Links #2: KCA page R-10
    instructions for Language Links
   

Day 31

March 17

Word Processing Review
 (Basic Skills Practice file) right-click, save target as

 

Day 32

March 18

FINISH  Word Processing Review
 (Basic Skills Practice file) right-click, save target as
 

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1. MLA format practice  right-click: save target as 
   ("Digital Sound Formats", 5 pg. MLA report)
    
2. MLA instructions
    
3. need help? commands you must know
    
4. Look at (or print) the finished example
    

1. Copyrights and Wrongs right-click, save target as
    
2. Files for MLA assignments
   1. MLA format - test  right-click, save target as   
   2. test instructions
   3. MLA-1  right-click, save target as 
   4. MLA-2  right-click, save target as  
   5. 4E Research Paper  right-click, save target as  
   6. 4F New Zealand Research Paper  right-click, save target as  
   7. 4G Everest Paper  right-click, save target as  

    

Day 33

March  19

Email Project

1. "The Do's and Don'ts of Email"--Mr. Goldstone's Powerpoint presentation about email
   Take notes, include 10 tips for email from the presentation.
    
2. Type your notes from your paper, use a "numbered list"
   save as "Email Notes" in RTF format
   
   
3. Download this Word 2007 file and then open it on your computer.
   
   
4. Email Assignment #2
   Send a file attachment. Send your "Emails Tips" file in RTF FORMAT. 
   
   
5. Internet vocabulary
   Use webopedia.com to look up these terms
    

Turn in Microsoft Word Unit:

1. Report 1
2. Report 2
3. Report 1-A
4. R-9 (bullet list)
5. Special Symbols (Table)
6. Review

send a file attachment by email

you need to save your file in RTF format, WHY? ..... try saving and opening  this one

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Homecoming Flyer

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1. Learn the Net: The Web At A Glance 
   (if the website is down: try this one)
   worksheet for Learn the Net
    
2. Learn The Net - Quiz
   
   

3. Netiquette http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/09netiqt.htm
   
   

4. Birth of the Interent  http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/01birth.htm
   
   

5. anatomy of an email  message http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/21e_anat.htm
   
   

6. web browsers  http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/12browser.htm
   

7. understanding web addresses  http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/16addrss.htm
   

8. web whiz addresses quiz http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/16addrss.htm
   

9. web basics quiz  http://www.learnthenet.com/english/flashtest/www1.htm
   
   

10. harness email  http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/email.html

     

 

1. Search Engines--How do they work?
    

2. SearchEngine Watch - ratings
    

3. searching with keywords worksheet
    
4. Life Inside Google
    
5. Google Cheat Sheet

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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
     

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Powerpoint Basics Project :

1. instructions
   
2. slides
    

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Homecoming Flyer

Create a flyer
 

Use Text Boxes for your flyer

Day 34

Finish powerpoint basics

Day 35

March 23

1. Travel project instructions
    
2. Choose a city: (from other states or other countries;
   in California, the only choices are San Francisco, Sacramento, or San Diego: NOT LA, Oxnard, Fresno, etc.) and NOT Las Vegas.
   
   CHOOSE A LARGE, FAMOUS, WELL-KNOWN CITY from these lists:
   
   
    Yahoo Travel Guides

Day 36

Travel Project

1. (slide 1) Title Slide
   
   
2. (slide 2) Topics Slide
   
   
3. (slide 3) Map Slide
   
   U.S. Map
   

Day 37

(slide 4 + 5) Facts Slide: History, Background, Climate, famous people

City Facts

U.S. Cities

Encarta

USA Today - City Guides 

Yahoo Travel Guides

USA Tourist

Day 38

April 5

1. (slide 6) Hotel slide
    

   Expedia
    

   Hotels.com
    

   Travelocity
    

   Orbitz

   
    

2. (slide 7) Attraction #1
   ONE attraction with picture and facts about it
    Travel Project Links

Day 39

April  6

Travel Project Links

1. (slide 8) Attraction #2
   ONE attraction with picture and facts about it
   
   
2. (slide 9) Attraction #3
   
   

3. (slide10) "Top Reasons to Visit" slide
   
   (List the 5 best things about your city.)

Day 40

April  7
 

continue final project

Day 41

April 8

1. How to add background music
2. Freeplay music
3. FreeAudioClips
4. Music in powerpoint
5. Add background sounds
6. Music in powerpoint
7. How to add background music
    

Day  42

April 9

Day 43

April 12

PRESENTATIONS
 

Day 44

April 13

FINALS

PRESENTATIONS