Friday, December 17

Finish up test! :o)



Have a wonderful holiday break!

Thursday, December 16

1. Review
2. Test!


All Revisions are due TODAY!

1. Do the PowerPoint review. Look at this movie if you have questions.
2. Finish up All About Me. Remember to print a copy and staple it your rubric. Also, email it to me. :o)

Be good!

Tuesday, December 14

1. Work on All About Me project. You should be very close to finishing that today.
If you are done with this project: a) print out a hand out version of your project and staple the rubric on the front of it. b) email it to me!!

2. Do any catch up work.
3. Do all revisions (due Thursday).


**TEST on THURSDAY!**

Schedule for Tuesday

1st hour: 9:45-10:33
2nd hour: 10:40-11:26
A lunch 11:26-11:57
3rd hour A 12:04-12:50

3rd hour B 11:33-12:19
B lunch 12:19-12:50

4th hour: 12:57-1:43
5th hour: 1:50-2:39

FRIDAY, December 10

IT'S FRIDAY!

1. Cases & Places #1 p142 - HINT: On page 84 there are the guidelines/objectives.
2. Do any catch up work and revisions necessary.
3. Work on your project! - See if you can add a voice recording.

**Projects are due at end of hour TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14**

*Revisions due Wednesday*
***TEST on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15***

Thursday, December 9

Hints from Wednesday:
The stairs that you climb are spelled "stair" not "stare"
When a wire is ruined it would be called "frayed" not "frail"



1. Do Lab 2 on page 137. The pictures are in the shared folder. **Email this to me! AND Print out a copy.

2. After you finish the lab, work on your presentation (All About Me).
3. Do revisions and any catch up work.

**Presentations due at end of hour TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14**
***TEST on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15***

Wednesday, December 8

1. Log on to VMware.
2. While logging on, go to http://www.typingtest.com/games/. We will play KeyMan today, with the normal alphabet.
3. Once you have gone through 2 rounds and VMware is fully loaded, open up PowerPoint.
4. We are going to do Make it Right 2-1 on p135 and Lab 1 on p136.
5. If you didn't finish Extend 2-1 p134, finish that!
***Print all 3 assignments in grayscale and handout form***

HINTS:
Make it Right: is in my shared folder. Copy and paste it into your folder. Print in grayscale & handout. Change handout number from 6 to 1 so the slide is bigger.

Lab 1 - The arrows can be found in the same place that we found the "wave" shape. Print in grayscale & handout form.


Due at the end of the hour: Extend 2-1 p134, Make it Right 2-1 p135, Lab 1 p136

Tuesday, December 7

1. Finish up Chapter 2 intro pages. At the end of this portion you should know:

• How to add a shape
• How to format slides so they look awesome!
• How to add in pictures from the Internet
• How to add animations (moving text or pictures)
• How to add transitions
• How to use your school email

2. Apply 2-1 p132
3. Extend 2-1 p134

At the end of today, please turn in the Chpt 2 "Protect Your Good Name" ppt and Apply 2-1. You'll need to turn in Extend 2-1 by Wednesday.

**I will be here after school on Wednesday, and another teacher will be here Thursday if you need to catch up on any missing work or revisions**

Monday, December 6

1. Do Chapter 2 together on p81-131! We'll make the "Protect Your Good Name" PowerPoint.
2. Revisions & catch up work. ***If you haven't finished (or printed) Lab 3 part 1 & 2, please do that today!



**Ask me about the CONTEST!**

Friday, December 3

1. Do any revisions necessary.
2. Finish up assignments from yesterday.
3. Do Lab 3 (parts 1 &2) on p74-5. You're going to print Part 1 and then do Part 2. Save them as 2 different parts in case you have to do revisions.

Thursday, December 2

1. Log on to VMware.
2. If you didn't finish these from yesterday, please do that first:

1. Chapter 1 - A World Beneath the Waves p1-65
2. Apply 1-1 p66
3. Extend 1-1 p67

3. Today (Thursday), please do Make it Right p68. Copy the file from my folder into your folder before beginning the activity. HINTS:

• prominently: stands out
• print in gray scale, handout format

4. Do Lab 1-1 p69. This one is created on your own; it is not in the shared folder. Print off in gray scale when you're done.

Wednesdsay, December 1

1. Log on to VMware. Look at yesterday's instructions if you need a reminder!
2. We'll do pages 35-40 together.
3. Then, you'll have time to finish chapter 1 of PowerPoint on your own.
4. Due from today: A gray scale printed copy of the ppt you created in chapter 1. This is worth 10 points.
5. When you finish with pages 1-65, you can begin Apply 1-1 on page 66. This file can be found on the shared drive, which you have a link to on your desktop. Please copy the file (Apply 1-1) to your folder before you begin working. This is due at the end of class on Wednesday.

2nd and 4th hours:
Since these activities are so short, we will have time for Extend 1-1 on page 67, as well. Please copy this to your folder before opening it. You can skip step 6. Remember to print in gray scale.

Tuesday, November 30

• Log on to Mac
• Enable Right Click (System Preferences, Mouse & Keyboard, Change right button to secondary)
• Command Q vs red button to close
• Log on to VMware
• Creating new folders
• Creating shortcuts
• Checking for printers
• Start PowerPoint?
  

How to log on to VMware:

• Start VM (Virtual Machine) -It is the red and blue interlocking squares in the middle of the dock.
• A Virtual Machine Library window will appear. Click on Open at the bottom of the window.
• Click on Macintosh HD
• Click on Users
• Click on Shared
• Click on Virtual Machine Library
• Click on Windows XP Professional
• At the Novell Login window, enter in your user name and password in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. Make sure the Workstation Only check box is unchecked.

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