10/1/09 &10/2/09

Objective: apply word processing technology

Note: You will be having a substitute teacher today. Please be extra responsible and respectful!

Warmup:
none today

Assignment:
1. Do Assignment 4, Documents 1, 3, & 4. Due Friday.
2. Do Assignment 5, Documents 1-4. Due Friday.

Do not print, but do make sure that everything is saved into your network folder.

9/30/09

Objective: apply word processing technology

Warmup:
Open Warmup 9-28-09, add today's date and answer the following using a complete sentence with a complete idea.
1. What is the quickest way to get to the end of a certain line of text?
2. When should you proofread a document?

Lecture: memorandum, templates, proofreading, re-reading instructions, tables

Assignment:
1. Do Assignment 4, Documents 1, 3, & 4. Due Friday.
2. Do Assignment 5, Documents 1-4. Do not print, but do make sure that everything is saved into your network folder.

9/29/09

Objective: apply word processing technology

Warmup:
Open Warmup 9-28-09, add today's date and answer the following using a complete sentence with a complete idea.
1. What is the quickest way to get to the beginning of a certain line of text?
2. What is the difference between the delete key and the backspace key?

Assignment:
1. Do Assignment 4, Documents 1, 3, & 4. Due Friday. Do not print, but do make sure that everything is saved into your network folder; I can't grade anything that is stored in the My Documents folder.

9/28/09

Objective: apply word processing technology

Warmup:
Create a new Word document; name it Warmup 9-28-09.
1. What does the Show/Hide button look like, and what does it do?

Lecture: reinforce: tab setting, quick way to do doc. 3, line spacing, show/hide button, selection choices, orientation, margins, home/end keys, backspace/delete

Assignment:
1. Do Assignment 4, Documents 1, 3, & 4. Due Friday. Do not print, but do make sure that everything is saved into your network folder; I can't grade anything that is stored in the My Documents folder.

9/25/09

Objective: apply word processing technology

Warmup:
Open Warmup 9-15-09.
1. Make sure your complete heading (name, date, period, assignment title) is in the header.
2. Make sure all warmup answers are included (even if you were absent), and that they are complete sentences with complete ideas.
3. Make sure your sentences are capitalized and punctuated correctly.
4. Make sure none of the original questions are included. NO QUESTIONS, ONLY ANSWERS!
5. Change the margins, text font size, or line spacing to ensure that everything fits on one sheet of paper when printed.
6. Proofread for errors.
7. Print and turn in on my laptop.

Assignment:
1. Finish all assignments for the week. (see previous blog entries). Do not print, but do make sure that everything is saved into your network folder; I can't grade anything that is stored in the My Documents folder.

9/24/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; apply word processing technology

Warmup:
Open Warmup 9-15-09. Add today's date and answer the following as complete sentences with complete ideas.
1. Ctrl + V is __________.
2. Ctrl + X is __________.
3. Ctrl + Z is __________.

Assignment:
1. Do Documents 1, 2, 3, & 4 on the Assignment 1 handout. Due Friday. Save using the correct filename and in the correct location. Do not print.
2. Do Documents 1, 2, 3 & 4 on the Assignment 2 handout. Due Friday.
3. Do Document 1 on the Assignment 3 handout. Due Friday. Do not print.

9/23/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; apply word processing technology

Warmup:
Open Warmup 9-15-09. Add today's date and answer the following as complete sentences with complete ideas.
1. The two orientations are Portrait, which is the default, and ______________, which turns the paper sideways.

Assignment:
1. Do Documents 1, 2, 3, & 4 on the Assignment 1 handout. Due Friday. Save using the correct filename and in the correct location. Do not print.
2. Do Documents 1, 2, 3 & 4 on the Assignment 2 handout. Due Friday. Do not print.

9/22/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; apply word processing technology

Warmup: Open Warmup 9-15-09. Add today's date and answer the following questions using complete sentences with complete ideas.
1. When would you use a bullet list instead of a numbered list?
2. What is the ultimate use of formatting?

Quiz: This will be a Daily grade; not a Test grade. Go to http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp and take the Hot Keys Quiz. Do not talk to your neighbor or look at their monitor.

Lecture: insert date, selection choices, tabs/default tabs; setting tabs, Proofreader marks http://www.colorado.edu/Publications/styleguide/symbols.html, orientation, landscape/portrait, Thesaurus)

Assignment:
1. Do Documents 1, 2, 3, & 4 on the Assignment 1 handout. Due Friday. Save using the correct filename and in the correct location. Do not print.
2. Do Documents 1, 2, 3 & 4 on the Assignment 2 handout. Due Friday. Do not print.

9/21/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; apply word processing technology

Warmup: Open Warmup 9-15-09. Add today's date and answer the following questions using complete sentences with complete ideas.
1. Always place your h______g in the Header.
2. What four items are in the heading?

Lecture: bullets/numbers, insert date, headers/footers; Hot Keys http://www.helpwithpcs.com/tipsandtricks/keyboard_shortcuts_microsoft_word.htm

Assignment:
1. Open My Documents; nothing should be saved here. Delete any word documents in the My Documents folder.

2. Do Documents 1, 2, 3, & 4 on the Assignment 1 handout. Due Friday. Save using the correct filename and in the correct location. Do not print.

9/18/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; apply word processing technology

Warmup: Open Warmup 9-15-09. Add today's date and answer the following questions using complete sentences with complete ideas.
1. What are the hotkeys for cut? (consider copying your first answer and just replacing the two words that will be different)
2. What are the hotkeys for paste?
3. What are the hotkeys for undo?

Lecture: Formatting (cut/copy/paste; clipboard/buffer; font color, character size, underline/bold/italics, high lighter; superscripts/subscripts, text styles, bullets/numbers, headers/footers); Hot Keys http://www.helpwithpcs.com/tipsandtricks/keyboard_shortcuts_microsoft_word.htm

Assignment:
1. Open My Documents; nothing should be saved here. Delete any word documents in the My Documents folder.

2.Assignment:
1. Do Documents 1, 2, 3, & 4 on the Assignment 1 handout. Due Friday. Save using the correct filename and in the correct location. Do not print.

9/17/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; apply word processing technology

Warmup: Open Warmup 9-15-09. Add today's date and answer the following questions using complete sentences with complete ideas.
1. What were two of the ten reasons listed in the video yesterday for employees being fired.
2. Do keyboarding practice at www.freetypinggame.net:
A) Free Typing Lessons; 10
B) Free Typing Tests; 8 for 5 minutes
C) Free Typing Tests; 32 for 5 minutes

Lecture: New Warmup procedures- keyboarding; Save/Save As; Open; Formatting (cut/copy/paste, clipboard/buffer, bold, italic, underline, fonts, font size, font color, styles, bullets); Hot Keys http://www.helpwithpcs.com/tipsandtricks/keyboard_shortcuts_microsoft_word.htm

Assignment:
1. Open My Documents; nothing should be saved here. Delete any word documents in the My Documents folder.

2. Memorize the following hotkeys: A, B, C, F, I, N, O, P, S, U, V, Z; (Flash Cards)

3. Open your Employment Expectations file and format it correctly. Make sure you include your heading.
Save, but do not print.

9/16/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; employment skills

Lecture: New Warmup procedures- keyboarding;

Warmup: Start a new warmup document; name it Warmup 9-15-09.
1. What is the name of the new unit?
2. Do keyboarding practice at www.freetypinggame.net:
A) Free Typing Lessons; 8
B) Free Typing Tests; 7 for 5 minutes
C) Free Typing Tests; 32 for 5 minutes

Assignment:
1. Video: Ten Easy Ways to Lose a Job

9/15/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; apply word processing technology

Assignment:
1. Go to http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/keyboarding/day1keybd.htm
Answer the questions on the Keyboarding Technique handout ON YOUR OWN PAPER. Just the answer will be fine; no need for complete sentences on this assignment. Turn your paper in on the laptop.

2. Do keyboarding practice at www.freetypinggame.net until the bell rings:
A) If you don't always use home keys and/or your typing skills assessment was under 30 wpm, do:
Lessons tab
Free Typing Lessons
You will be working on lesson #7 & 8 today.
For your goal, choose 10 points faster than your timed test. You MUST use Home Row keying. The speed goal is not nearly as important as learning to type by touch! When you have successfully accomplished this on both lessons, up your goal by another 5 points. Continue to work on these two lessons for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!
B) If you always use home keys and your typing skills assessment was over 30 but under 50 wpm, do:
Tests tab
Free Typing Tests
You will be working on lessons #6 & 7 today. 5 minute timed typing test.
When your test is complete, choose Yes to place your score on the scoreboard.
Use the username Mrs. Clary has assigned to you.
For Location, drop down list and choose USA-TX.
For School, type in Ellison.
Check the box that indicates you are 13 or older; Submit
Continue to work on these two lessons for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!

C) If you always use home keys and your typing skills assessment was over 50 wpm, do:
Tests tab
Free Typing Tests
You will be working on lesson #31 today.
5 minute timed typing test.
When your test is complete, choose Yes to place your score on the scoreboard.
Use the username Mrs. Clary has assigned to you.
For Location, drop down list and choose USA-TX.
For School, type in Ellison.
Check the box that indicates you are 13 or older; Submit
Continue to work on this lesson for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!

9-14-09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; develop personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the workplace

Notes: Check grade printout for missing work
Pickup graded papers

Lecture: "The Club"; printing warmup & warmup grading sheets

Friday's Warmup:
1. List at least two ways to know what an employer expects of his/her employees.
2. What does integrity mean?

Assignments:
1. Open Warmup 9-8-09. Make sure you have included Friday's warmup.
Before printing, check to see that:
a) Your heading is on the document
b) Only complete sentences with complete ideas are included (even the list)
c) no questions are included
d) proper capitalization and punctuation is included
e) you have proofread for errors
f) each day's warmups are included, even if you were absent
g) Everything is formatted to print on one sheet -- do print preview
Print
Grade your warmup using the Warmup Grading Sheet
Staple the Warmup Grading sheet to the Warmup and turn in on top of laptop.

2. Do keyboarding practice at www.freetypinggame.net until the bell rings:
A) If you don't always use home keys and/or your typing skills assessment was under 30 wpm, do:
Lessons tab
Free Typing Lessons
You will be working on lesson #7 & 8 today.
For your goal, choose 10 points faster than your timed test. You MUST use Home Row keying. The speed goal is not nearly as important as learning to type by touch! When you have successfully accomplished this on both lessons, up your goal by another 5 points. Continue to work on these two lessons for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!
B) If you always use home keys and your typing skills assessment was over 30 but under 50 wpm, do:
Tests tab
Free Typing Tests
You will be working on lessons #6 & 7 today. 5 minute timed typing test.
When your test is complete, choose Yes to place your score on the scoreboard.
Use the username Mrs. Clary has assigned to you.
For Location, drop down list and choose USA-TX.
For School, type in Ellison.
Check the box that indicates you are 13 or older; Submit
Continue to work on these two lessons for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!

C) If you always use home keys and your typing skills assessment was over 50 wpm, do:
Tests tab
Free Typing Tests
You will be working on lesson #31 today.
5 minute timed typing test.
When your test is complete, choose Yes to place your score on the scoreboard.
Use the username Mrs. Clary has assigned to you.
For Location, drop down list and choose USA-TX.
For School, type in Ellison.
Check the box that indicates you are 13 or older; Submit
Continue to work on this lesson for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!

3. View video: Ten Easy Ways to Lose Your Job

9/11/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; develop personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the workplace

Lecture: shift keys; My Documents/Network folder; cell phones; printing warmups (font/one page only, print preview, heading, complete sentence with complete ideas, list as a complete sentence, warmup grading sheets, closing procedures-7th)

Assignment: Teamwork Posters -- Situations at Work

9/10/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; develop personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the workplace

Lecture: Employment Skills; My Documents/Network folder

Warmup:
1. List five characteristics of outstanding employees.
2. What does self-management mean?

Assignment:
1. Use the same Word document (Warmup 9-8-09) to do today's Warmups. ONLY USE COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH COMPLETE IDEAS! Please do not write the question; just reword the question into the answer. **Open My Documents to see that nothing is saved there.

2. Open Employer Expectations. Continue to key the information from the handout; do not bother to format (bold, underline, size, bullets) it, yet. We will format it later.

3. Do keyboarding practice until the bell rings:
B) If you always use home keys and your typing skills assessment was over 30 but under 50 wpm, do:
Tests tab
Free Typing Tests
You will be working on lessons #5 today. 5 minute timed typing test.
When your test is complete, choose Yes to place your score on the scoreboard.
Use the username Mrs. Clary has assigned to you.
For Location, drop down list and choose USA-TX.
For School, type in Ellison.
Check the box that indicates you are 13 or older; Submit
Continue to work on these two lessons for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!

C) If you always use home keys and your typing skills assessment was over 50 wpm, do:
Tests tab
Free Typing Tests
You will be working on lesson #30 today.
5 minute timed typing test.
When your test is complete, choose Yes to place your score on the scoreboard.
Use the username Mrs. Clary has assigned to you.
For Location, drop down list and choose USA-TX.
For School, type in Ellison.
Check the box that indicates you are 13 or older; Submit
Continue to work on this lesson for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!

9/9/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; develop personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the workplace

Note: You will have a substitute teacher today; please be extra attentive and display your best manners! Respect yourself and others!

Warmup:
1. Whose responsibility is it to find out about and turn in absence Make-up work?
2. Where do you go to find out what the class did while you were absent?
3. When do you save your work on the computer?
4. Where do you save your computer work while in Mrs. Clary's class?

Assignment:
1. Use the same Word document (Warmup 9-8-09) to do today's Warmups. Make sure you saved yesterday's warmup correctly in your personal network folder. Also, double check to see that you have the proper heading on your document. ONLY USE COMPLETE SENTENCES WITH COMPLETE IDEAS! Please do not write the question; just reword the question into the answer.

2. Open a new Word document; save it as Employer Expectations. Key the information from the handout; do not bother to format (bold, underline, size, bullets) it, yet. We will format it later.

3. Do keyboarding practice until the bell rings; your choice of lessons, tests, or games.

9/8/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; develop personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the workplace

Warmup: MFMQ from Intro. to Computers unit test
1. Is a speaker a multimedia input device or output device?
2. Each hardware device is controlled by a piece of software called a ____________.
3. In a GUI, what device is used to control the system?
4. Which operating system was the first to feature built-in speech recognition capabilities?

Note: New Unit --- Employment Skills

Lecture: Good Employment Skills; How to Save

Assignment:
1. Use Word to do your Warmups. Save into your network folder. Title Warmup 9-8-09.

2. Do keyboarding practice until Explore Time; your choice of lessons, tests, or games.

9/4/09

Objective: determine Introduction to Computing knowledge

Notices: 1. Graded papers that have not been picked up, will be trashed today.
2. Check the printed gradesheet for missing assignments. Blanks will turn in to zeros today.

Warmup: Turn in warmups

Lecture: Testing Procedures

Assignment:
1. Write first and last name in Binary. Then write a sentence about your favorite sport in binary.

2. Online test: follow instructions on handout ---- http://quizstar.4teachers.org/index.jsp

3. Do keyboarding practice until Explore Time; your choice of lessons, tests, or games.

9/3/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; Essential Computing Concepts

Warmup: (Use only COMPLETE sentences with COMPLETE ideas!)
1. Each hardware device is controlled by a piece of software called a ___________.
2. What is the clipboard and how is it used?

Notice: Test over Introduction to Computers unit tomorrow. Study Warmups!

Lecture: GUI, command line

Assignment:
1. Round Robin FactFlipper

2. Complete the Crossword Puzzle for test review. Check your own paper and give me the grade. Take the crossword home to study for tomorrow's test.

3. Do keyboarding practice until the bell rings; your choice of lessons, tests, or games.

9/2/09

Objective: increase keyboarding speed and accuracy; Essential Computing Concepts

Warmup: (Use only COMPLETE sentences with COMPLETE ideas!)
1. List the three most commonly used printers and tell how each works. One is done for you.
Example: Laser Printer uses laser and heat to bond toner to the paper.

Notice: Test over Introduction to Computers unit on Friday. Study Warmups!

Assignment:
1. Go to Assignments Folder and view Essential Concepts 3 presentation. On your own paper write the answers to the questions on the handout. Turn your paper in on top of my laptop.

2. Go to http://www.freetypinggame.net/
A) If you don't always use home keys and/or your typing skills assessment from yesterday was under 30 wpm, do:
Lessons tab
Free Typing Lessons
You will be working on lesson #5 & 6 today.
For your goal, choose 10 points faster than your timed test of yesterday.
You MUST use Home Row keying. The speed goal is not nearly as important as learning to type by touch!
When you have successfully accomplished this on both lessons, up your goal by another 5 points. Continue to work on these two lessons for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!

B) If you always use home keys and your typing skills assessment from yesterday was over 30 but under 50 wpm, do:
Tests tab
Free Typing Tests
You will be working on lessons #5 & 6 today. 5 minute timed typing test.
When your test is complete, choose Yes to place your score on the scoreboard.
Use the username Mrs. Clary has assigned to you.
For Location, drop down list and choose USA-TX.
For School, type in Ellison.
Check the box that indicates you are 13 or older; Submit
Continue to work on these two lessons for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!

C) If you always use home keys and your typing skills assessment from yesterday was over 50 wpm, do:
Tests tab
Free Typing Tests
You will be working on lesson #30 today.
5 minute timed typing test.
When your test is complete, choose Yes to place your score on the scoreboard.
Use the username Mrs. Clary has assigned to you.
For Location, drop down list and choose USA-TX.
For School, type in Ellison.
Check the box that indicates you are 13 or older; Submit
Continue to work on this lesson for the rest of the period; attempt to increase your speed and accuracy each time!