5/18/07

For all of the missing days - we presented...

Today is the last day of class...

1. Warm-up
2. Typing test
3. REVIEW!!!!
4. Turn in business bucks if you have any left...

2 for 1 point on your 6 weeks average
2 for 1 point on your final exam grade

5/15/07

PROJECT IS DUE TODAY!!!

If you haven't already done so, you need to print out all of your documents and save your PowerPoint presentations in the drop folder.

This is the order I would like your materials... (PLEASE PAPER CLIP THEM - DO NO STAPLE)

1. Word
2. Excel
3. PowerPoint (6 slides per page)
4. Postcards (make sure you printed them on manual feed so they will be 2 sided)
5. Business Card

5/14/07

Today's objective: The students will critique professional documents.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Open up ALL documents on two computers! (It's okay if it says it's read only)
3. Peer edit
4. Switch back and correct!

Presentations begin TOMORROW!
Extra credit: Bring samples for everyone in class of food that's from one of your five countries.

5/9-10/07

I am in New York with BPA Thursday and Friday. Please finish your project. You must have it finished with you walk through the door on Monday. DO NOT PRINT ANY OF IT YET!!!

EXTRA CREDIT CHANCE!!!
If you would like to earn extra credit on your project, you may bring in a food item that's from one of your five countries. You must bring enough for everyone to have a small serving/sample.

5/9/07

Today's objective: Students will combine skills from the year to work on a comprehensive Around the World project.
Today's preview:
1. Do a warm-up typing test
2. 3 minute test, I will record scores
3. If you haven't signed up for a presentation, do so today!
4. If you didn't have your two documents yesterday, please show them to me today for half credit.

Remember all parts are due for a peer edit on Monday, May 14.The final, final project is due Tuesday, May 15 - and presentations begin that day!

Today's objective: Students will combine skills from the year to work on a comprehensive Around the World project.

Today's preview:
1. 3 minute practice typing test
2. Ms. Stockman will check 2 of your documents
3. Sign up for presentation spots
4. Work on more documents

Remember all parts are due for a peer edit on Monday, May 14.
The final, final project is due Tuesday, May 15 - and presentations begin that day!

5/707

Today's objective: Students will combine skills from the year to work on a comprehensive Around the World project.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Two minute typing test (your choice of classic tale)
3. Work on project. Your facts are due today!
4. Remember, you have 2 documents due tomorrow at the beginning of class! If you are behind, word and excel are the easier/quickest!

5/4/07

Today's objective: Students will combine skills from the year to work on a comprehensive Around the World project.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Typing test
3. Around the World Project

You can work in any order, but remember your facts are due at the beginning of class on MONDAY! and you have to have 2 complete documents (it can be word and excel or any other combination or assignments within a program) at the beginning of class on Tuesday. If you are behind, please spend time working on this outside of class.

3/2-3/07

Today's objective: Students will combine skills from the year to work on a comprehensive Around the World project.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Show me flights if you haven't done so.
3. Work on facts or the Excel or Word assignments.

Reminders/Tips:
1. Fact categories must be off the list in the packet.
2. Use can only use each category twice.
3. Don't use the category if the information is the same as the US. For example, if they speak English, don't use language as a fact.
4. For population - tell me the city and country.
5. Facts can be about the country (and some need to be - like religion, leader, etc) or about a specific city within the country.

1/3 periods - If I have not already checked your flights - I will check them at the beginning of class for your grade!
6 period - I will check them on Friday at the beginning of class.

5/1/07

Please work on your partner project. Flights are due at the beginning of class on Wed/Thurs. Once you've finished the flights, work on facts, your excel table, or word documents.

4/30/07

Today's objective: The students are reviewing internet research skills.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Finalize route (if not already done and approved)
3. Begin finding flights for the segments of your trip (the last day to get credit for this is 5/2-3)
4. Work on fact finding or write word document

FRIDAY, April 27, 2007

Today's objective: Students will partner up for our final project and determine the basics of their trip.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. 3 min typing test
3. Explain project
4. Get with partner and determine
A. Company
B. Locations
C. If time allows, start booking flights

**If you did not finish your menu/program, please find time to fit that in sometime next week. But, you are still responsible for all deadlines for the new project!

4/25/07 Rainy Day

Today's objective: To complete a professional document in MS Publisher

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Typing test - practice - 3 mins - pick any classic tale
3. Finish greeting card
4. Publisher project - create either a menu or a program for a play (150 pt grade)

4/24/07

Today's objective: The student will be able to navigate through Publisher and create simple documents.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Practice typing - 3 min test
3. Intro to Publisher
4. Practice Publisher

4/23/07

Today's objective: Students will use a discerning eye to critique a classmate's PowerPoint presentation and accept criticism of his own gracefully.

Today's preview:
1. Typing test
2. Peer edit
3. Correct presentation

4/20/07

Today's objective: The students will finalize a complete, professional PowerPoint presentation with all project requirements.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up (practice typing)
2. Finish project - must be finished when you WALK into the classroom on Monday!!!!

4/18-19/07

Today's objective: The students will produce a professional PowerPoint presentation fulfilling project guidelines.
Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
3. Work on PowerPoint project. Will check rough draft half way through class! Your completed PowerPoint must be ready on Monday as soon as you walk in the door. Please note, this is an extended deadline.

4/17/07

Today's objective: The students will produce a professional PowerPoint presentation fulfilling project guidelines.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. How to incorporate a chart/table.
3. Work on PowerPoint project. Will check rough draft half way through class! Your completed PowerPoint must be ready on Monday as soon as you walk in the door. Please note, this is an extended deadline.

4/16/07

Today's objective:

Today's sneak preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Work on PP presentation (invention convention)
---Explain target market section

Due: You are supposed to have a "rough draft" due of your presentation - by the end of class today! If you don't, you better have it when you walk in the door tomorrow! This is a 50 point grade. If you did your storyboard correctly, creating the slides should be easy!

Friday the 13th!!!

Today's objective - The students will turn their storyboards into professional PowerPoint presentations.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Typing test
3. Check storyboards (75 point grade)
4. Work on PP presentation (focus on backgrounds)

4/11-12/07

Today's objective: To practice PowerPoint skills through musical chairs.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Musical chairs
3. Any ideas that haven't been approved -MUST get approved.
4. Work on story boards - due at the beginning of class on Friday - 75 point grade!

4/10/07

Today's objective:
The demonstrate the ability to add motion effects to PowerPoint.
Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Save weekend PowerPoint files.
3. Pick up worksheets off round table.
4. Finish lesson 3 and lesson 4 in PowerPoint.

Upcoming Due Dates:
Make sure you pay attention to the due dates on the hand-out!
For example, you are getting 25 points for your idea due today.
Tomorrow, you will have half of class to work on your storyboard, and the rest of it will be homework - due at the beginning of class on Friday! This is 75 points! Etc. It's all on the sheet.

4/4-5/07

**Reminder - attending the guest speaker on Thursday is required. It's in S100 during the first 20-30 mins of lunch.

Today's objective:
The students will master the ability to manipulate slides, add hyperlinks, and design presentations in PowerPoint.

Today's preview:
1. Practice typing for Friday's test
2. Finish excel Lesson 1 and Lesson 2

Assignment for 4/3

You are required to attend the guest speaker in S100 on Thursday during the first 20 - 30 minutes of lunch.

Today you are to save your weekend powerpoint project as lastname_original (in your folder). Then, edit it so it tells me about your most recent weekend. Make sure
- some text is deleted
- some text is added
- some text is edited
- font types/size/colors are edited
- pictures changed
- experiment with sound and motion
Save the new presentation as lastname_newweekend (in your folder).

Behave.

4/2/07

Today's Objective: The studenst will demonstrate mastery of basic PowerPoint skills.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Save PowerPoint files in personal folder
3. Learn basic PP skills
**Different views
**Sending a presentation to word
**Previewing/Printing a presentation
**AutoContent
**Inserting/editing/modifying text

3/30/07

Objective: Students will demonstrate basic PowerPoint skills.

Today's preview:
1. Warm up
2. Typing test
3. PowerPoint practice

FF Pictures 7th period

Family Feud Pictures 7th period

3/28/07

Today's objective: The students will demonstrate mastery of basic PowerPoint skills.

Today's preview:
1. Meet in S100 for Family Feud
2. Get storyboards checked - stamped for grade
3. Work on PowerPoint
Must have
1. At least 5 slides
2. 5 different transitions
3. At least 2 sounds
4. Picture that moves
5. At least 3 different layouts
6. At least 2 solid color backgrounds
7. At least 1 picture background

3/27/07

Today you will
1. Do your warm-up
2. Sketch our your storyboard about your weekend (like my example on the board) This is due in the box when we get to class on Weds/Thurs for a grade. If you do not have it, it will be a homework detention.
3. Begin building a PowerPoint for the story of your weekend.

SEVENTH PERIOD FF POSITIONS

Team:
Amaka
Miguel
Rachel
Nallely
Cody

Scorekeeper: Nina
Time keeper: Erica
Model: Cory
Answer revealer: Alexis
Host: Jared

SIXTH PERIOD FF POSITIONS

Team:
Eric
Glenn
Shan
Andrew
Leila
Harry

Scorekeeper: YaNan
Timer: Anthony
Model: Marcel
Co-host: Marlon (D)
Answer revealer: Hana

Audience: The rest of the class.

FIRST PERIOD FAMILY FUED POSITIONS

Team 1 Contestants:
Joel
Takeema
Ametis
Jonas
Maria
Zach

Team 2 Contestants:
Patrick
Edika
Emily
Marianna
Rebecca
Justin

Scorekeeper: Alysha
Timerkeeper: Matt
Model: Rhianon
Cohost: Kaitlin
Answer Revealer: Lucia

Please be prepared for your positions! Don't forget - report to S100!

3/26/07

Today's objective: Students will understand how PowerPoint is used to tell a story.

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Talk about comic strips
3. Look at Ms. Stockman's weekend as a comic strip
4. Connect to how PowerPoint is a way to tell a story, like a comic strip.

3/23/07

Today's objective: The students will demonstrate mastery of charts and tables through their Excel projects that are due today. Students will also understand how PowerPoint is similar to a comic strip.
Today's sneak preview: 1. Warm-up
2. Turn in project
3. Typing test
4. Look at comic strips and compare to PowerPoint

3/21-22

As you know, I am on a fieldtrip today with another class. You have a major 300 point assignment due when I return! Make sure it's ready. Don't forget you get extra credit for printing it out in color! It will be due during the first 10 mins of class on Friday. If you need help, I will be around before/after school Weds and Thurs.

When you finish the project - work on the bookwork. I posted it here on Monday.

*Extra credit - Guest speaker S100 on Thurs. during the first 20 mins of your lunch. You must sign in with Ms. Klein to receive credit.
*Bring a comic strip from the paper on Friday.

3/20

Today's objective: Students will compile collected data and begin designing the table format.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Get with partner and compile data into one unit of information.
3. Begin working on table design.

3/19/07

Welcome back!

Today's objective: The students will get organized for their Excel project!

Today's preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Typing practice (next test on Friday)
3. Finalize question and 10 top answer choices (your responses are due TOMORROW!!! - This is a 50 point grade!)
4. Chall. Yourself (Page 285)
5. Unit 2 Review #1-7 (page 316-320) - Please DO NOT print when finished!

Spring Break Friday

Today's objective: Today students will select a good partner, question, and possible answers for the family feud game.

Today's Preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Explain project
3. Pick a partner
4. Pick a question and fill out survey sheet
5. Go over test

3/7/07

Today's objective: Students will demonstrate excel knowledge on a TEST and then will learn how to create charts in excel.

Today's sneak preview:

1. TEST
2. Save files over to the drop folder
3. Typing test
4. Charts in excel (Lesson 3)

3/6/07

Today's objective: Students will demonstrate (and review) excel for tomorrow's test!

Today's sneak preview: REVIEW! The test is 20 multiple choice questions and you may NOT use the computer. Please bring a #2 pencil with you to take the test. As they were yesterday, if you need help, tutorials are after school in my room.

3/5/07

Today's Objective: The students should demonstrate the ability to master formulas and functions in excel (including ones with absolute references!).

Today's sneak preview:
1. Finish up Lesson 3 1-3, 1-2 excercises.
2. Review on projector to make sure students understand how to get the formulas! (Remember, the book takes you through it step by step and tells you exactly what to type in. On the test you will have to figure that out on your own. Make sure you can!)
3. Remember - there will be a test on Wednesday/Thursday!

2/26-3/2

This week is an odd week with the Stanford testing, so here is the week in a snap shot...

Objective for the week: The students will understand the importance of financial responsibility and be able to use the appropriate formulas and functions.

Monday - Check/review/fix worksheet from Friday with 3 problems using excel formulas and functions.
Tues/Weds - Finish discussing financial responsibility, debt, credit cards, retirement savings, etc. Begin exercises in the book. Lesson 3 Guided Practice #1-3, Lesson 4 Do it Yourself #1,2.
Thurs/Fri - Wrap up the exercises and review them.
Mon/Tues - REVIEW FOR THE TEST ON WEDS/THURS!!!!!!! 300 points and scantron!

2/23/07

Today's objective: The students will demonstrate the ability to manipulate excel spreadsheet as well as create formulas and use functions to solve problems.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Log on the serve. Go to the pick up folder. Go to the All BCIS classes folder. Go to the Feb 22 folder. Copy the folder and save it in your personal folder.
3. Pick up the worksheet from the round table. Follow the directions and complete the three excel problems left for you.
4. Finish any other work you have not yet completed (formulas, Toys R Us Shopping Spree, Tenant Space, or Qrt 1 Sales).
5. If you have done all of this, you may play the typing game only.

2/21-2/22

Today's objective: The students will demonstrate the ability to differentiate between relative and absolute references in Excel functions.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Warm-up
2. Student portal
3. Relative vs absolute
4. Lesson 3 Ex. 3
5. Excel Functions
6. Lesson 4 Ex. 4

2/19/07

Today's objectives: The students will demonstrate the ability to create and revise formulas.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Discuss the formulas for the Toys R Us worksheet.
2. Finalize the Toys R Us worksheet.
3. Check the formulas worksheet (Page 245-248).
4. Absolute vs relative references!

2/16/07

Work through Exercise 2A (pages 245-248). Save your work. This should only take you a few minutes.

After you finish that assignment, take the Toys a worksheet from the round table and complete that. Save this file in your folder as lastname_shoppingspree.

Have a great weekend!

Valentine's Day

Today's objective: After master the quiz, students will demonstrate the ability to sort and fill data as well as create and revise formulas in Excel.

Today's sneak preview:
1. 5 mins to wrap-up lesson 1/2 assignments and teacher letter.
2. 5 mins to review
3. Lesson 1 and 2 QUIZ!!!
4. Lesson 3 (240-247)
5. Guided Practice Exercise 1

2/13/07

Today's objective: Students will demonstrate the basics of formatting and printing worksheets.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Finish Lesson 2 Exercises (page 233-238) 60 points
2. Catch-up
Show me Lesson 1 if you haven't already done so
Turn in teacher letter if you haven't already done so
Review for the quiz tomorrow! See list of what you should already know in yesterday's entry.

2/12/07

Today's objective: The students will practice formatting and "printing" spreadsheets.

Today's sneak preview:

1. Finish excercises at the end of lesson 2. (Page 233-238). Remember, do not print when it tells you to print. I am going to check these on your computer! (60 point grade)
2. If you have not finished or shown me lesson 1 excerises, please do so. (40 point grade)
3. If you have no edited or turned in your teacher business letter, please do so. (50 point grade)
4. Remember, you have a quiz tomorrow. Please is a list of everything you should be able to do. If time permits, we will practice these skills today.

Lesson 1:
1. Create a new folder.
2. Rename an existing folder.
3. Save a workbook with a new name that describes it's content.
4. Navigate a worksheet using the scroll bars.
5. Navigate a worksheet using the keyboard.
6. Navigate a worksheet using the Go To dialog box.
7. Enter and edit data within a worksheet and clear the contents of a cell.
8. Apply numeric formats.
9. Adjust decimal places.
10. Copy and more data on a spreadsheet.
11. Perform spell check and correct errors.
12. Find and replace cell data and formats.

Lesson 2:
1. Insert rows and columns.
2. Delete rows and columns.
3. Hids rows and columns.
4. Freeze and unfreeze rows and columns
5. Change row heights and column widths.
6. Transpose row data into columns and vice versa.
7. Apply and modfiy cell formats such as the font, font attributes (bold, italic, underline), alignment, color and borders?
8. Copy and apply formats using format painter.
9. Insert a symbol in a worksheet.
10. Apply styles to cells or tables in a worksheet.
11. Apply AutoFormats to cells or tables in a worksheet.
12. Modify the page setup.
13. Modify orientation, margins, and rows and columns to repeat in order to improve the appearance of the printout.
14. Add headers and foots to a worksheet.
15. Set and clear a print area and print nonadjacent portions of a worksheet.
16. Preview a worksheet before printing.

2/9/07

Today's Objective: The students will demonstrate the ability to format and print worksheets.

Today's sneak preview: 1. Finish Lesson 2 (202-229) and begin exercises for Lesson 2.

At the end of lesson 2 you should be able to:
1. Manipulate rows and columns
2. Apply and modify cell formats
3. Apply styles and Autoformats
4. Modify the page set-up
5. Preview and print worksheets.

You will have a quiz on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 worth 50 points.

2/7-8/07

Today's Objective: The students will demonstrate the ability to manipulate rows and columns of a spreadsheet as well as format cells within a spreadsheet.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Finish yesterday's exercises.
2. Lesson 2 (202-229).

2/6/07

Today's objective:
The students will be able to change number formats, copy and move data as well as check and correct cell data and formats.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Finish Lesson 1 (172-189).
2. Complete Guided Activites and Do-it-Yourself (193-197).

At the end of Lesson 1, you should be able to:
1. Manage workbooks.
2. Navigate and edit a worksheet.
3. Change number formats and copy and move data.
4. Check and correct cell data and formats.

2/5/07

Today's objective:
Students will be able to discuss an excel spreadsheet with correct vocabulary as well as navigate and edit one.

Today's sneak preview:
1. What is excel? What is it used for?
2. Key terms: active cell, cell, column, formula, label, range, row, value, workbook, and worksheet.
3. Key short cuts: tab, shift+tab, page down, page up, alt+page down, alt+page up, home, ctrl+home
4, File used: facts

2/2/07

Today's Objective: Students will review composing a business letter. Format and content are both important.

Today's sneak preview: We will review business letter format one final time before we move on to excel. It's one of the most important business documents. To review it, each student will select a WHS teacher and write them a letter explaining how they have made a difference.

1/31-2/1

Today's objective: The students will provide honest, helpful feedback of a classmate's web page as well as accept the feedback for his/her own page.

Today's sneak preview: Critique another student's web page. Fill out sheet and return to partner. Make corrections on own page. Final - final page is due Friday.

1/30/07

Today is the last day to work on your web page! Make sure it's ready for others to look at it!!

1/29/07

Objective of the Week: The students will learn from the practice web pages and use that knowledge to create a better business web page.
Today's sneak preview: Students should create their last pages today so allow them tomorrow to finalize/fix any issues.

1/26/07

Objective of the Week: The students will learn from the practice web pages and use that knowledge to create a better business web page.

Sneak Preview:
Before today you should have had your logo, signature colors, and backgrounds as well as have two pages finished.
Today you should finish two more pages.

1/24-25/07

Objective of the Week: The students will learn from the practice web pages and use that knowledge to create a better business web page.

Today's sneak preview:
1. If you have not already decided on your logo, signature colors, and backgrounds you are behind. Please find time to come in and catch up.
2. By the end of today's double block day, you should have your homepage completely finished and a good portion of another page finished as well.

1/23/07

Objective of the Week: The students will learn from the practice web pages and use that knowledge to create a better business web page.

Today's Objective: By the end of the class, the students will understand how to select a logo (and edit if necessary), name, and signature colors for their business, which together, communicate an image.

Today's sneak preview:
1. If you have not saved your org chart in the drop folder, it's late. Do so immediately.
2. Select a logo, name, and signature colors for your company. Use there to create backgrounds for all pages. Make sure your backgrounds are consistent, sharp, and will allow for readable text.

1/22/07

Objective of the Week: The students will learn from the practice web pages and use that knowledge to create a better business web page.

Today's Objective: The student will be able to set-up an organization chart showing the structure of their company web page.

Today's Sneak Preview:
1. Complete org chart for business web page.
2. Save it in the drop folder.
3. Decide on company logo and signature colors (since they go hand in hand and will determine the web page backgrounds).

1/18/07

Today's objective:
The students will learn from the practice web pages and ise that knowledge to create better web pages.

Today's sneak preview:
1. Pros and cons of sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corportations. How many of each exist.
2. Why do businesses have web pages.
3. What goes on a good business web page.
4. Look at examples.
5. Assign projects.

1/16/07

Today's sneak preview:

1. Your practice web site is due today! You will have about 5 minutes to double check/fix any links that aren't working or make any other last minute corrections.
2. You will swap computers and peer edit a fellow classmates web site using the evaluation worksheet. This will be a grade based on completion and accuracy. (50 points)
3. You will have a few minutes to fix anything that isn't perfect.
4. We will discuss what we saw (in general) that was great and could use improvements.
5. If time allows, we will look at individual web sites (from your class) and discuss.

1/12/07

Today's sneak peek:

1. BOOK CHECK
2. Last day to work on your website! It's due at the beginning of class on Monday. You will not have time to work on it Monday, only to save it on the drop folder!

1/10/07

Today students will work on their webpages.

1/9/07

Today's sneak peek:

1. Learn how to link pages together.
2. Practice linking practice pages.
3. Enter links on actual page and link all pages.
4. Work on webpage.

1/8/06

Today's sneak peek:

1. Take a few minutes to finish backgrounds.
2. Learn about the page layout.
3. Learn about inserting graphics - remember, all images must be saved in the folder!
4. Begin creating the individual pages.

1/5/06

Today's sneak peek -

1. Today students have their org chart for their personal website due. It's a 50 point grade. They also must know their signature colors.
2. Today we will learn some important aspects about saving webpages.
a. Must all be in the same folder
b. How to save files
3. Today we will look at websites with good backgrounds and and bad backgrounds.
4. Today we will learn how to change the backgrounds.
5. Today we will practice changing the backgrounds.

1/3/07

Welcome back to BCIS! Here's what's in store for you today...

1. Discuss the structure of a webpage
2. Note card activity - looking at a hands-on structure example
3. Look at a real website as an example - www.lamadeleine.com
4. Recreate the structure of the La Madeleine Website using an organization chart.
5. Dicussion of practice website. Students will create a personal website to practice for their major project. It must include a home page and subtopics. For Friday, you must know your subtopics and your signature colors. This will be discussed in class. Also, start thinking about bringing in or emailing yourself any pictures you might want to include on the.