8/26  Day 1

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

2. Expectations sheet, take home for parent signature
   
   

3. Passwords
   
   

4. "Who Are You" worksheet
   
   

5. Basic Computer Skills tutorial  (worksheet to print)
   

6. Windows XP Tutorial
   
    

8/27  Day 2

1. Passwords
   
   

2. Orientation to www.goldstoneonline.com worksheet
    
   

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

8/28  Day 3

1. KCA TYPING LESSON 1
    
2. Spreadsheet Sample Files, "puzzle", "savings account"
    
3. Spreadsheets: LESSON 121: page 437-438
   

   type definitions for vocabulary words: download this file right-click, save target as
   
   "spreadsheet"
   "entry bar"
   "cell name"
   "row" "cell"
   "active cell"
   "column"
   
   
    

8/29  Day 4

1. KCA: lesson 2
    
2. The Power of the Spreadsheet right-click, save target as
    
3. LESSON 122: page 440
   
4. Activity 1 download SS-1    right-click, save target as
   
   Activity 2
   
   Activity 3
   instructions  to do it at home (use SS-1 file above)
    
5. LESSON 123:  page 443-444
   type vocabulary words, add these to the "Spreadsheet Vocabulary":
   

   "labels"

   "values"

   "formulas"

   "formatting"

   "alignment"

9/1

HOLIDAY

9/2  Day 5

1. KCA Lesson 3
    
2. page 444 Activity 4:  open SS1, save as SS1-B
    

3. 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
   
    

9/3  Day 6

1. KCA Lesson 4
   
    
2. KCA  Lesson 124 Spreadsheets
   page 446-47 Activity 6 +7 
   
   for these activities: download SS-3    right-click, save target as
   print Activity 7
    
3. 
    instructions to do it at home
    

9/4  Day 7

1. KCA Lesson 5
   
2. PRINT typing scores, lessons 1-5
   Examine your typing scores
    
3. Download grades  right-click, save target as
   enter your points for each paper you get back
   
4. SKIP DUE TO COMPUTERS DOWN:
   page 452 Activity 9 create a new SS, save as SS6
   add: ticket prices and SUM function for total
    

before you print: DO THIS
 

9/5  Day 8

1. KCA Lesson 6
   
    PRINT typing scores, lessons 1-5
   

   
    

before you print: DO THIS
 

9/8  Day 9

1. KCA Lesson 6
   
   
2. Spreadsheets Review Formulas
    
3. Spreadsheet Unit
   LESSON 129
   page 467-468 Activity 20-22 create a new SS,
   save as SS13
   instructions to do Activity 20 at home
   
   
4. Activity 20 download  (you still have to put in the formulas, setup, etc.)
   
    
5. (page 465 type vocabulary words:

   "spreadsheet formula"

   "mathematical operators")
    

    

before you print: DO THIS
 

9/9  Day 10

1. KCA Lesson 7
    
2. Spreadsheet Unit
   
   Functions- MAX, MIN, AVERAGE
   
   page 474+475 Activity 26+27
   printout formulas
   
   Activity 26+27 instructions to do it at home
    
3. Continue vocabulary
    

9/10  Day 11

1. KCA Lesson 8
   
    
2. Download grades  right-click, save target as
   enter your points for each paper you get back
   
3. Spreadsheet Functions
   
4. page 479 Activity 31 (skip rows 11-17)
   also: enter formulas for highest and lowest grades for each test
   
   Activity 31 - instructions

9/16  Day 15

1. KCA Lesson 12
   
2. Chart 2 (pie chart) download right-click, save target as
    
3. optional- Chart 2: download right-click, save target as
   create a pie chart
    
4. optional - Lesson 138 Pie Charts,
   Activity 46-47, pages 504-505
   
   instructions to do it at home
   
5. Chart 3:(line chart) download right-click, save target as
   create a line chart
    

9/17  Day 16
 
 

1. Chart 4 -
   create your own line chart
   to show your WAM scores for the post tests
   
2. finish and print SS Vocabulary
   
   

9/18  Day 17

no school

9/19  Day 18

1. KCA Lesson 13

 Turn in Charts Unit points

Chart 1 - 5 pts
Chart 2 - 5 pts
Chart 3 - 5 pts
Chart 4 - 5 pts
SS Vocabulary -10 pts
 30 pts total
 

9/22  Day 19


 

1. KCA Lesson 16
    
2. KCA page 169 - Parts of a business letter
    
3. need help?:  How to set up a letter
    
4. Letter 1(KCA page 170) 
   Letter 1
5. 
    
6.  

1. KCA LESSON 17
   
2. Letter 2 (KCA page 171) 
   Letter 2
    

3. 
   

4. need help?:  How to set up a letter
   
    

9/25  Day 22

1. Letter 4       Letter 4
   you will need to know proofreader marks 
   
   
   
   

1. Print Lessons 16-20
    

2. KCA page 140 -141 - Report 1
    

10/1  Day 26

1. Report 2 KCA page 141 -142 -
   
   add headings,
   2 paragraphs about "Microsoft Product Activation"
   footnote to cite your source
   page break
   table of contents
   
2. need help? commands you must know
    
   

10/2  Day 27

1. Bullet lists, numbered lists
   Report 5 / Report 6: page 150
   combine both on one page, add a graphic under the main title
   
2. Practice new commands for MLA format:

   ("The Fox and the Dog")

   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. copy/paste special (unformatted text)
   11. footnote; cite your sources
   12. graphic with text wrap
        
   
    
    

10/3  Day 28

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

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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  

    

   
    

   
    

10/6  Day 29

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

10/7  Day 30

Finish Review
Finish Homecoming flyer

10/8  Day 31

1. turn in Reports Unit
   -Report 1
   -Report 2
   -Report 5/6
   -Special Symbols
   -Word Processing Review
   -Homecoming Flyer
   ------------------
   60 pts. total
   
2. Evolution of the Internet ; worksheet
    
3. Learn the Net: The Web At A Glance 
   (if the website is down: try this one)
   worksheet for Learn the Net
    
4. Learn The Net - Quiz
   

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

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

7. anatomy of an email  messagehttp://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/21e_anat.htm
   

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

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

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

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

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

     

 

10/9  Day 32

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
    

6. Search Engines--How do they work?
    

7. SearchEngine Watch - ratings
    

8. searching with keywords worksheet
    

Email Assignment #1
Send a message to your teacher.
Use proper formal English and correct grammar
(don't use "i", "cuz", "u", and other shortcuts)

10/10  Day 33

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"
   
3. Email Assignment #2
   Send a file attachment. Send your "Emails Tips" file. 
   
4. Internet Addiction quiz
   copy your score and paste into Word
   type a paragraph-"What is Internet Addiction?"
   
5. Internet vocabulary
   Use webopedia.com to look up these terms
    
   
6. What do you do after you search?
   evaluating websites
    

7. Spoof Email Lesson from Ebay
    

8. Email Phishing quiz
    
9. Don't Get Hooked
    

10. Spoof Email Lesson from Ebay
     

11. Email Phishing quiz
     
12. Don't Get Hooked
     
13. Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Emails
     
14. 10 ways to stop spyware
     
15. AOL
     
16. Phishing Examples
     

10/13  Day 34

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
   

10/14  Day 35

Finish Powerpoint Basics

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 BIG, FAMOUS, WELL-KNOWN CITY from these lists
   
   USA Today - City Guides
   
   MSN Travel Guides
   
    Yahoo Travel Guides

10/15  Day 36

1. Travel project instructions
    
2. Choose a city:
   USA Today - City Guides
   
   MSN Travel Guides
   
    Yahoo Travel Guides
    
3. Use this storyboard as a guide for the slides.
    
4. Travel Project Links
   

10/16  Day 37

Travel Project

1. Title Slide
2. Topics Slide
3. Map Slide
   U.S. Map
4. Facts Slide: History, Background, Climate
   City Facts
   U.S. Cities
   Encarta
   USA Today - City Guides 
   Yahoo Travel Guides
   USA Tourist

10/17  Day 38

1. Hotel slide
    

   Expedia

   Hotels.com

   Travelocity

   Orbitz

   
    

2. #1 Things to see and do slide
    Travel Project Links
    

10/20  Day 39

#2 Things to see and do slide
 

Travel Project Links
 

#3 Things to see and do slide

10/22  Day 40

10/23  Day 41

"Top Reasons to Visit" slide

list 5 reasons why someone should visit your city
 

Finish all slides

10/24  Day  42

Final project: finish all slides

10/27  Day 43

finishing touches before you present it to the class
 

rehearse your presentation (with your partner)

Travel project grading rubric
 

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

10/28  Day 44

Present your project to the class
 

10/29  Day 45

Present your project to the class
 

10/30Day 46

1. Present your project to the class