Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Monday, August 29, 2011

MS TECH/HS Comp Apps

http://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc

Today’s Assignment
Respond to the video “Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford.” What is your initial reaction to his speech? What were his main points? Do you agree with what he said? Why or Why not? Do you think that it is relevant to your life? Why or Why not? 
You will have about 45 minutes to write your response.  Your response should be well written and most importantly should be well thought out. This will be a 50 point graded assignment. There are not any right or wrong answers for this assignment; however, you will be graded on the quality of your writing and depth of your response.
High School Computer Apps – Your response should be at least one page.  It should be 12 point font, Times New Roman or Arial.  This is due at the end of class
Middle School Tech – Your response should be at least a half page.  It should be 12 point font, Times New Roman or Arial.  This is due at the end of class. Your exit slip will be this response or your card

Thursday, August 25, 2011

MS TECH - Researching Study Skills on the Internet

The Study Environment

1. Use the links below to research study environments. You will need to take notes (these will be collected at the end of class) about what you have learned about creating a good study environment. You can write your notes in Word or simply on a sheet of paper.

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/control.html
http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/studentaffairs/acadadvising/tips/environment/
http://www.studynoteshelp.com/tips-on-your-study-environment.htm
http://studymagazine.com/2010/11/22/creating-productive-work-study-environment/

2. Using one of the design programs we have been learning about in class (MS Publisher or Paint) you will create a poster about creating a good study environment.

Monday, August 22, 2011

MS TECH - Magazine Project

You are creating a magazine cover in Microsoft Publisher. This should be a fake travel magazine cover about your culture. Remember that culture is traditions, religions/beliefs, rituals etc. You will need to use the internet to research your culture.

Your magazine cover must have:

1. Title/Logo
2. At least 2 pictures (one must be a flag)
3. 2 Resources (ie: coal, horses, cotton)
4. Government Type 
5. Music (ie: folk music)
6. Good design (ie: follow the design principals we talked about in class)

For #’s 3-5 you should at least have one written sentence identifying the resource, government or type of music.  You can have pictures that accompany the text; however, a picture is not enough.

Here is an example:

Monday, August 15, 2011

HS Comp Apps 8/15/11

Today you will be using what you learned the past several days to create several projects in Microsoft Word.

Pages 20-21

Project 1-2 Making a Flyer
Project 1-3 Writing a letter
Project 1-4 Creating an Advertisement

Friday, August 12, 2011

MS Tech 8/12/2011

Middle School Tech Power Point Project
You will be creating a PowerPoint presentation about internet safety and cyberbulling for 4th/5th grade students.

1.  You must have at least 5 slides
2.  The first slide will be your title slide
3.  You will need at least one slide explaining cyberbullying.
4.  You will need to have a slide about the dangers of the internet (It is not private etc)
5.  You need to have at least one slide talking about the dangers of social networking (Facebook)
6.  You will need to have a slide telling them what to do if they are a victim of cyberbullying
7.  Your presentation must be age appropriate
8.   You should include some animation
9.   You should include clipart
10.You should have a consistent background
11. You will be giving your presentation to the entire class.


How will you be graded?

1.  Is your project complete? (5 slides, meets requirements)
2.  Creativity
3.  Accuracy of info on slides
4.  This will be a 100 point project. This is equivalent to a test grade so you need to do your best work.

-        I plan on this project taking at least a couple of class periods. Depending on how hard you are working we will increase or decrease the amount of class time working on the project.