Pennfield High School Computer Applications Mrs Hammond
CA 3rd block (1st floor lab, room A108)
Course Summary
Welcome to the CA wiki. Educational technology is easy to pick up, but difficult to master! Everyone knows how to push buttons, but do you understand why you are doing what you are doing? Do you know how to make your presentations more interesting and not just distracting with the "bells and whistles"? In this wiki you fill find an outline of online resources, homework assignments, and general information. It will be regularly updated, so please check this site outside of class as you are able, as well.
Syllabus
1st you MUST have an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) on file
2nd you MUST return my classroom expectations signature sheet
NOW you can use the technology in the classroom!!
Your first assignment is to visually represent what you can presently do with a computer! (Examples: word processing; graphs)
Your second assignment is to create an Excel Spreadsheet for your Timed Typings (Use: http://typingtest.com !)
Your third assignment is to create powerpoint follow the rubric "All About You"!
Your fourth assignment is to complete this survey on PowerPoint once you submit it! Copy and paste this URL into Internet Explorer to get to the survey!! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=lcqAizjZB_2fLrFbfNRXOI8A_3d_3d
Your fifth assignment is to write a "professional" letter to either Mr. Duckham or Mr. Faber and the Board introducing yourself, and providing 3 things you really like about the new school and 3 things you suggest we could do differently, or that we should buy, etc. Summarize and literally sign-off ::)!! Submit to me, and I promise I will pass them on to our Administration, so represent yourself well :0
Your sixth assignment is to complete this survey on Word Documents after you submit your letter. Follow the link, or copy and paste this URL into IE to take the survey. As with last time, don't forget your name at the end in order to get your points! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=sh1TwbBg4gjfGflHluheAg_3d_3d
Your seventh assignment is to UPDATE a brochure template from Word. Go to "Word", select the "Office button", Click on "New", then go to Installed Templates. This time chose a brochure. I will ask you to select a specific one so we can all create these changes together! I want it to be called "CareerNews**" (*means your initials), and you will need to update it with a picture, contact information and GREAT info and Pics from at least 3 CITED web resources. Make this something you would want to show your classmates if they asked you what you want to do when you graduate!!! Good luck, and I KNOW it will be frustrating at times...help each other, be patient, and it WILL be rewarding, too :) The five areas you must include for grading on your brochure are: Annual salary; Educational requirements; Rules of the job; Description of the job; Retirement plans. Some additional information you might want to include if you have space would be: Benefits (Insurance; Travel; Travel monies; Materials you might need if you go into this profession (if you are a designer, you need software and/or equipment to design...state specifically what would be good...Ex: CAD for house-building); Specific information about why this is a good profession in this trying economic time (if you teach, you might also be able to work a second job in the summer to increase your annual take-home pay for the year)
Your eighth assignment is to take the 3 weeks of 3 timed typings for 1min, 2min, and 3 min (27 entries all together), and use Excel to create an average and graph them. Can you visually see your progress better? Save this version and show me. If we can, we will print JUST one page! Save it again as TimedTypingOct**. This way you can simply update as you continue in October. :) I will go through the instructions with you if you haven't added a chart/graph to an excel before. Make sure to listen, and even take down some notes so you can help others if they need it, too!
Ninth assignments: Thurs and Fri of Homecoming Mrs. Hoerr will be in to help you update your EDP. You will need to complete all sections to the best of your ability AND complete the resume section. Select "Plan" "EDP" and "Preview" to show me your EDP. When we agree you have at least 6 sections completed, please select the print button at the top of the screen. Save to your computer folder in YOUR documents by printing (yes, printing! to One Note :) Save as EDP**. Next select "EDP" "Resume Builder" and "Resume". Again, select 6 sections. This time the selection are on the right frame. Mydreamexplorer.org will automatically place what you have updated into the resume. You may need to edit some sections by clicking on the blue hyperlink. Update, preview, and print--again to One Note. Save as Resume**. I need to see BOTH for full point today!!
Tenth assignment: You need to provide a print-off of your resume for me. I want to mark up a hard copy and discuss with the class how resumes are set up, traditionally! Please do so in seminar if you do not have time to print just one page in Computers! You can also save to the Shared Drive, our Computers folder, in the Resume folder!
You also will have an excel survey to take at Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MF_2f4SWY9DxBfwmX5LWymMw_3d_3d
We are also taking a quiz. If I am in school, we will be using the "CPS/Clickers", if not it will be a paper version. PLEASE mark down your "clicker #" so you can always remember it in your agenda if we use the CPS/Clickers System. If in paper format, the quiz will focus on creating an excel document with a chart and an average. Make sure you save in the shared drive! If on clickers, it will ask questions about the excel format as well as word!
Next Assignment (#11): Update your resume from the suggestions I made. You may need to go back to mydreamexplorer.org to do that! You can always update it on this site, every semester! Next double-check your grade on the electronic gradebook. Are you missing anything? Remember, I do not accept late assignments if you do not have an excused absence due to the school policy! Last, please create a Word Document called "Halloween**". This needs to be JUST one page, with both a header (3-column) and footer (general/blank), and a table that is 3x5. In the header you need your name, date, and block. In the footer you need your URLs/resources cited. In one of the cells of the table, you must include some entry of Word Art with a "Halloween Message"---like "Happy Halloween"!! This is NOT due today, but what you should be working on whenever you have time in October.
OCTOBER Timed Typings!! Remember to do 3 (1min), 3 (2min), 3 (3 min) each week. We will be adding a "Header (3 column)" and table axes.
Twelfth Assignment: QUIZ!! You will be randomnly selected to complete during class either a word, powerpoint, or excel file. You will need to follow the instructions and save to the Shared Drive and/or print!
***Word Document for QUIZ: You will need to create an updated, VERY professional resume without any spelling or grammar errors! Include your full name, address, contact info and at least 6 entries!
***PPT for QUIZ: You will need to create and print off on ONE PAGE a 6-slide ppt about a career of interest (most likely the one you did your brochure on!) First slide, your topic and your name!; Second slide, what type of training do you need for this career? Include a graphic and links to the resources used!; Third slide, how much money can one make per year at this job, include resources and pics!; Fourth slide, what would a typical day be like at this job (job description), include pics and resources; Fifth slide, what are the benefits of this job? Of course, pics and resources!; Last slide, where could you live to have this job? Don't forget pics and resources! Most of your information should be transferred from your Career News Brochure so you are 'recreating the wheel'...unless you didn't do your assignment!
***Excel for Quiz: You will need to create a spreadsheet which includes a data chart and a graph/chart of top ten highest paying jobs as of today! Don't forget your titles and your resources! Make an average, and chart each of the ten jobs on a graph. Include all data on one sheet, and also, Don't forget your name :)
This week in October you will need to work on your research paper on the topic you chose! For those absent, I will assign you a topic. Email me for your topic! Refer to your guide sheet if you have forgotten your topic! Both the packet and the example Cover Page/Title Page are saved on the shared drive! For the first block class after Monday this week, you need to create your title page and start your paper following the guide questions for the Introduction. You will also have a CPS quiz over ppt, word, and excel :)
This week in October, keep working on your research paper. We will be peer editing! Keep current with your timed typings and keep updating your Halloween Collage! Use http://www.aresearchguide.com as a resource for how to set up your research paper and how to create a Works Cited in MLA format. Here is a quiz to check your understanding! http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072873469/student_view0/avoiding_plagiarism_tutorial/citing_sources/works_cited_quiz.html THERE IS ALSO AN AUTOMATIC generator for MLA citations if the link is still working. Use this with your resources to confirm you are correct AFTER you have tried!! But make sure you understand how to cite books, magazines, and Internet resources: http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/
End of October: Your Halloween Collages have been due! Remember you should have all the URLs of pictures you used cited in your footer. We have been working on collecting resources for the Research paper. A good site for this is http://www.mel.org . Select the database from the library, and when the new window comes up, choose 1 of the following 3: General References Gold; WilsonPlus; WorldAlmanac. You can choose which type of resource you would like...remember, you need 1 book, 1 magazine, and 1 website! Lastly, be diligent in peer editing--you don't need to be brutal, but you need to be honest. If someone is just copying and pasting, this will earn them a zero after weeks of work. Remind them to use quotes, and also to paraphrase!
October timed typings are due the Friday of the last week of October! You need at least 39 (check with Mrs. H if there are more!) entries, and an updated graph with your header and table axes labeled.
POP Quiz coming soon on how to create an MLA style source using a "bib card" format of Author: Title: Source:
Pop Quiz is here! Go to this website: http://www.smccd.net/accounts/webready/lesson9_mlacit.asp
Movie Review: Evaluate a CG movie, giving the 5Ws, an intro, and your personal thumbs up, to the side, or down on the CG and how it "made" the movie! Print off and submit!
Marking Period 2:
First assignment: Imagine that you are an owner of a restaurant. It can be anywhere, and specialize in anything! Create an address and a logo! Using Publisher, make a "Thanksgiving Day Menu". Don't forget descriptions and prices! 1st page is the outside cover: include the name, address, and some good photos/pics of your restaurant. 2nd page is the inside of the menu, and the actual menu: include on the left frame appetizers; beverages; soup and salad; the center frame should be the "main course" aka entree; the right frame should include desserts! Don't forget a description to tantalize your customers and try to find some pictures to go along with your descriptions. For example, one appetizer might be...waffle fries?? They might cost $9.99. An entree might include turkey, it could be a stacked turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes, and cost $6.00. One dessert that you might have on a holiday would be cheesecake or pumpkin pie. How much would a slice cost? Could be $3.75. Could you find pictures of the these? Sure! Include them...or whatever your menu has :)
We will take time each day this week to work on it!
Second assigment is really a continuation of Oct's...submit your printed Essay on the "History of Technology"! Due before Conferences!
Third assignment is a Quiz based on your menu. Use the MenuQuiz Example and follow the instructions. Print off one page and submit with your menu brochure. Don't forget the Excel formulas!
Fourth assignment is to evaluate the essays in your row. This is way to share what you have learned by doing your research paper without having to read to the whole class. Fill out your assessment sheet. Leave it at your station on the counter. Each person will fill in "+" and "-" as we have done before. Remember, your behavior is the MOST important part of this equation! Please read the essay, and comment on it. Critique is fine, slamming is not. Inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. When all have read your essay and commented, read the comments and complete the second half of the sheet! Submit for grading :)
Fifth assignment is a "Survey Monkey" on Publisher: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=6keJ2uU2C80uPxmBSBmGhw_3d_3d Follow this link and submit!
Students will take "Clicker Quizzes" in the next couple weeks to prepare for their finals, which will be by clicker and by application! The quiz format will be multiple choice, and will be over "shortcuts" and "file extensions" using Microsoft Office. Students should be reviewing these at home!
Next assignment for December: A powerpoint of at least 10 slides: 1st slide Table of Contents of what each slide includes (Your year-end wish list for presents)--List them!; 8 slides of your wish-list presents, including a picture, description and price range. Must have 1 in the under $10 range, 1 in the $10-20 range, 1 in the $20-50 range, 1 in the $50-100 range, and the other 4 your choice! Have a hyperlink to the resource website, and a link back to the Table of Contents. Must print in the "handout format" with 6 slides per page--this is essential in order for it to be graded!! Make sure to add transitions, time it so each slide shows for at least 5 seconds, and make it "run on its own"! You will be running this without it stopping for your row 1 week before Winter Break! Worth 50 points!
December timed typing needs to have all the requirements of past, AND an example of angled writing!
Week of December 8: Excel Quiz! Follow the instructions and total up the costs! You need to search for the website which will give you help determining the information requested! The Quiz is on the shared drive, in the Excel Quiz folder!
Week of December 15: NetTrekker packet! Complete and submit Part 1. You will be sharing your Questions with another student, and then evaluating them to see if they are complete and correct! The second Part of NetTrekker will also be completed this week! Happy Holidays!
Return from break: Survey Monkey on the use of NetTrekker and Atomic Learning! Go to the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UsHFA_2fOP5byuKmMkgYytBw_3d_3d
January Excel timed typing will be replaced by tracking your scores on an ACT review. Each test review is scheduled to take about 15 minutes, just like the timed typings we do at the beginning of class. This will replaced those, so plan on doing these from the start of class until 9:30 am. Create an excel with entries for each practice test you take for each subject area. You will have 5 Tests in English, 5 Tests in Math, 4 Tests in Reading, and 5 Tests in Science. Do one each day (even the days we don't have class), or make sure to do a couple in class each time! Save as JanACT** in your folder. Go to the ACT resource (http://actstudent.org/sampletest/index.html ) Also listed below!
Last official, big point assignment for Semester CA1: Modify (or create a new PPT) the Holiday Wish List powerpoint and make a "If I were Bill Gates retiring and had $10 million dollars to donate to 10 charities" Powerpoint list. First research 10 REAL charities (not Uncle Bob or Aunt Betty Sue). Determine how much you would give to each charity and why. On the PPT, set up a Table of Contents for each slide. Each slide is to provide a link to the Charity, the name and background for the charity, the amount out of $10 million dollars you would donate to this charity, and then WHY you chose this out of the many charities in the world. Make sure you also have "return to ToC" hyperlinks! Include transitions and animations and time so when it plays you can read the slide (no quicker than 5 sec on each!). When you finish, raise your hand, and show a PAGE HANDOUT PREVIEW of the powerpoint. Select 6 slides on a page, and use the finishing tab to print front and back :) Do NOT print out each slide individually!!
Outside Resources
PHS: http://www.pennfield.net
Tutorials: http://www.atomiclearning.com Username is: pennfieldstudents and password is: panthers
Search Engine: http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/ Username and Password: pfhigh
Timed Typings: http://typingtest.com
EDP/Resume: https://www.mydreamexplorer.org/mdx/login/login.aspx
Research Paper: http://www.mel.org
Citations: http://library.albany.edu/usered/plagiarism/page8.html
MLA Generator: http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/
ACT Review: http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/index.html
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