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Skills 1 Assignment Calendar- Fall 2010
9/7/10 Week 1 Day 1
New Olympians Day
A variety of activities are planned for new students to Sprague
9/9/10 Day 2
Login and Discuss T:
- Make folders- personal and sub
- Word, Excel, Images etc
Get to know you!:
- Open Word doc
- Save as: last first know you in your T:
- Title (Name-Get to know you)
- List 5 things you did this summer
- One sentence- What would you do after school if you could do anything you want?
- copy/paste to my docs
- reboot machine/discuss deep-freeze
Websites:
- Show Sprague's and personal
- Show calendar
- today, weeks, and Ctrl F
- Syllabus
Google image search
- Pick a theme
- (Mine might be football or soccer)
- Find 10 images online you like (theme!!!)
- Save them to your images folder
- Save the largest version of the image
Course Syllabus (Homework)
- Read,, sign and return
course syllabus
(both parent and student) - COURSE REQUIREMENT
- See you on Monday 9/13
9/13/10 Day 3
Collect Syllabus
- Discuss class expectations
- Discuss my website
Review:
- Local login (to the machine)
- T: (Thawspace folders)
Applications Pre-test
- Directions will be given in class
Spraguetech2 server
- Get usernames and passwords
- Logging in and finding your folder
Tech2 practice
- Loggng in
- Backing up your files
- know you
- images
9/15/10 Week 2 Day 4
Review:
- Computer login and T:
- Spraguetech2 login
- Finding your folder
Network practice
- Go to Adkins\files\Word
- Copy hello.doc
- Paste into your T: folder
- Copy paste to your tech2 folder
- Submissions- Submit your know you doc
Picasa intro
- Use the images you found online
- Using the Picasa editor
Microtype
- Create new user
- Skills Analysis- hands covered
- Correct typing position
- Alphabet keyboarding - lesson 1
9/17/10 Week 2 Day 5
Every day...
- Login to the local machine (duh!)
- Login to Spraguetech2 too!!
Network practice- rename this act.
- Adkins\files to copy
- Copy rename-this.doc
- Paste into thawspace folder
- Rename to last first rename.doc
- Paste into submissions folder
Excel intro
- Open Excel
- Rows, Columns, Cells, tab, enter etc
- Begin "practice" document
Microtype
- Finding your username
- Open and continue
- Finish lesson 1 today HANDS COVERED
- Start lesson 2??
9/21/10 Week 3 Day 6
Microtype
- Continue lessons
- Complete lesson 2 today
Piknik... another image editor
- Go to piknik.com and upload an image
- What can you do?
- Discuss advantages/disadvantages
Excel Practice
- Review cell referencing, writing simple formulas, and show how to build a graph!!
Internet Intro
9/23/10 Week 3 Day 7
Excel Project
- Build your own gradebook
- Complete steps 1 and 2... more if time
Internet Activity
- Dinner and a Movie
- Directions given in class
Microtype
- Continue lessons
- Complete lesson 3 today
9/27/10 Week 4 Day 8
Microtype
- Continue lessons
- You should be thru lesson 3 today
- Our first progress check is Friday
Gradebook
- Copy work from last time into sheet 2
- Rename sheet 1 to Day 1
- Rename sheet 2 to Day 2
- Complete steps 3 and 4 today
Internet activities
- Internet practice
- Different ways to format in Word
- Dinner and a Movie continued
9/29/10 Day9
Microtype
- Continue lessons
- You should be thru lesson 4 today
- Our first progress check is Friday
Gradebook
- Copy work from last time into sheet 3
- Rename sheet 3 to Day 3
- Complete step 5 and 6 today
Internet activities
- Internet practice
- Different ways to format in Word
- Dinner and a Movie continued
10/1/10 Day 10
Microtype
- Continue lessons
- You should be thru lesson 5 today
- Our first progress check is today
Gradebook
- Finish step 6 first in day 3
- Insert new worksheet and rename day 4
- Copy work from last time into day 4
- Discuss cut/insert cells
- Final Gradebook...
10/5/10 Week 5 Day 11
Internet Practice
- Discuss Formatting
- Submit for grading!!
- Open/review dinner and a movie
- Where did we leave off??
Gradebook (cont)
- Insert comments and sorting
- Start grading
Photoshop intro
- Learn basic editing tools
- Alter our old tech photo for practice
Microtype
- If time
10/7/10 Week 5 Day 12
I am gone today... Help Mr Justino this period!!
Microtype
- Finish thru lesson 6
- Re-check progress next week
Gradebook!
Photoshop
Tools you will need
- Magnifying glass
- Move tool
- Magnetic lasso
Other things to know/use
- Edit-Transform-Scale
- Use Shift to preserve dimension
- Ctrl C = Copy
- Ctrl V = Paste
Goal for the period
- Copy/paste 5-10 heads onto another body
- Size so they look like the "fit'
- Anything else you want!!
10/12/09 Week 6 Day 13
Microtype
- Finish thru lesson 7
- Re-check progress today
Internet nternet activities
- Dinner and a Movie
- Re-visited
- Where did we leave off?
- Here are the requirements
Grading Gradebook!!
Photoshop (if time)
- Edit the tech page
- Adding content from other images!!
10/13/09 Day 14
Special 1/2 Day Schedule
PSAT schedule
10/14/10
- Regular A day schedule
10/18/10 Week 7 Day 15
Microtype
- Thru lesson 8, 9 today
- Spend some extra time typing today
Gradebook Grading
- Practice Sorting
- Grade formulas, sorting
Dinner and a Movve
- Here are the requirements
- Discuss Formatting
- Start preparing final draft for submission
Photoshop
- More fun using PS
- Adding a filter... Liquefy
10/20/10 Day 16
Microtype
- Thru lesson 10
Access Databases
- Definition-
- Coaches Database- See files to copy
- Download from the net
- Intro:
- Structure
- Adjust/move columns
- Sort and filter
Gradebook Grading
- Practice Sorting
- Grade formulas, sorting
Dinner and a Movie
- Here are the requirements
- Review formatting
- Continue preparing final draft for submission
- Due Friday
Photoshop
- Adding a text layer
- Saving as a .jpg
- Make sure you have the .psd too
- Due Friday... requirements
10/22/10 Day 17
Microtype
- Thru lesson 11
Access Database
Gradebook Grading
- Practice Sorting
- Grade formulas, sorting
Tech photo due today
- Tech photo due
- Requirements
Dinner and a Movie
- Due today
- Here are the requirements
10/27/09 Week 8 Day 18
Microtype
- thru 12 lessons
- Take timing #1 again
Tech Photo/Dinner-Movie
- Make sure you have both documents submitted
- Share images
- Watch the ppt
Coaches DB questions
- Discuss questions from last week
- Show how to copy/paste from the db
- Format the document for submissioin
Word Activity
- Favorite Vacation
- Complete the written portion today
10/29/09 Day 19
Microtype
- thru lesson 13
- Take timing #1 again
- Did you improve??
I've graded the "tech photo"
- Check your grade on spraguetech2
The Donut Bet!
- Writing a stat rule that makes us win!!
Word Activity (if time)
- Favorite Vacation
- Complete the written if not done
11/1/10 Week 9 Day 20
Microtype
- thru lesson 14
- progress check Friday
Excel - "Donut Bet"
- Sharing the "Stat Rules"
- Deciding on one rule to send to Mr. Rodin's class
Word Activity
- Favorite Vacation
- Complete the written
- Adding images for interest!
- Share top quality stories
11/3/10 Day 21
NEWTECH2!!
- We must make users again
- You won't be able to login until we do
Microtype
- thru 15 lessons
- progress check Friday
Nations Database (ran out of time)
- Copy/paste from files to copy
- Download from net
- Review:
- sort, filter, move columns, adv filter
- Begin Nations questions
- Do 1 - 13 odd only
- Add #8 and #14
Word Activity
- Favorite Vacation
- Complete the written
- Adding images for interest!
- Submit for grading
11/5/10 Day 22
Microtype
- thru 16 lessons
- progress check today
Nations Database
- Copy/paste from files to copy
- Download from net
- Review:
- sort, filter, move columns, adv filter
- START Nations questions
- Do 1 - !3 odd only
- Add #8 and #14
Get caught up...
- Favorite Vacation
- Nations questions
- Catch up in Microtype
If done with all...
- Photoshop... add your sign
- I will demo!!
11/9/10 Week 10 Day 23
Microtype
- lesson 17
- Completed all 20? Play Microtype
Photoshop
- "Add your sign"
- See files to copy for images
- I will demo in class
Donut Bet
- "The Rules" have been set!
- Copy/paste the spreadsheet from files to copy
- Use it to see which class wins!!
-
Nations Database
- Review filter sort in the table
- Teach writing queries
- Practice... and then
- Query Question #1
- Finish/submit
- Nations Questions (odds + #8, #14)
11/11/10
Veteran's Day and Staff Furlough day
11/12/10 Day 24
Microtype
- lesson 18
- Completed all 20? Play Typer-Shark
- Take timing #1 for practice
- Next week we will take one for real!
Nations Database
- Add 1 query question
Catch up...
- Type in Microtype
- Finish Tech Photo
- Nations Questions (odds +#8, #14)
- Query Questions
- If done...Photoshop "add your sign"
11/16/10 Week 11 Day 25
Microtype
- Take a timing
- 19 lessons
Photoshop
- Add your sign demo
Nations Database
- Query Questions #4, #5
- Building Reports
- Nations Questions
- Submit today
11/18/10 Day 26
Microtype
- Finish lesson 20
- Progress Check today
- Our first real, for a score, timing
Nations Database Quiz
- Review for the quiz (using the table to filter)
- Take the quiz today
Finish any of the following
- Favorite Vacation (Submitted 11/3)
- Nations Questions (Submitted 11/16)
- Query Questions (Submitted today in the Database)
- Building Reports (Submitted today in the Database)
- Submit the Nations Database (queries and reports)
Grading Day is Monday...
11/23/10
Conferences
- 12:00 - 8:00 PM
11/29/10 Week 13 Day 27
Microtype
- Begin Skillbuilder Activities
- Focus is "Speed"... finish Assesment and start lesson 1
- **If you don't have all 20 lessons for Alpha,
- finish that first**
Access review
- 60 points for Nations Database
- 20 for questions
- 20 for Database Queries/Reports
- 20 for the quiz
- Do you have all 3 parts????
Excel - Graphing
- "Joe Sprague Student"
- Creating graphs in Excel
- Formula Review 1st
- Creating Bar/Column graphs
12/1/10 Day 28
Microtype
- Skillbuilder- Focus Speed
- Finish lesson 1
Joe Sprague (cont)
- Comparing Day to Minutes
- Pie and "your choice" graphs too
- You should have 7 graphs:
- 2 bar (days to hours and minutes)
- 2 column (days to hours and minutes)
- 2 pie (days to hours and minutes)
- 1 of your choice (just for fun!)
Access review
- 60 points for Nations Database
- 20 for questions
- 20 for Database Queries/Reports
- 20 for the quiz
- Do you have all 3 parts????
Photoshop
- Work on "Add your sign"
12/3/10 Day 29
Microtype
- Goal: lesson 2
Joe Sprague (cont)
- Adding formatting
- Borders and color
- You should already have:
- Data sheet w/
- total, average, median and check formulas
- 7 Graphs:
- 2 bar, 2 column, 2 pie, 1 your choice
Favorite Vacation PowerPoint
12/7/10 Week 14 Day 30
Microtype
- Skillbuilder, Focus Speed
- Lesson 3
Jan Sprague
- Review requirements
- Grading Begins
Favorite Vacation PowerPoint
- Instructions
- Discuss ideas for trip details and activities
12/9/10 Day 31
Microtype
- Take a timing!
Jan Sprague
- Review requirements
- Grading continues
Favorite Vacation PowerPoint
- Instructions
- Questions??
12/13/10 Week 15 Day 32
Microtype
- Lesson 4
Holiday Invitation/Card in Publisher
- Directions will be given in class
- Project details
- **These directions were for a Word document
- We will be doing this in Publisher some of the directions won't apply
Favorite Vacation PowerPoint
- Instructions
- Due Friday
12/15/10 Day 33
Microtype
- Continue lessons
- Goal is lesson 5
- Check progress
Holiday Invitation/Card in Publisher
- Directions will be given in class
- Project details
- **These directions were for a Word document
- We will be doing this in Publisher some of the directions won't apply
Favorite Vacation PowerPoint
- Instructions
- Due Friday
If you are done with all above:
Photoshop Activity
- Holiday/Winter/Snow image
- Here is the info for web
- We will might add it to the Sprague site!
12/17/10 Day 34
Microtype
- Take a timing
- Check progress... (Goal is lesson 5)
Holiday Invitation/Card in Publisher
- Directions will be given in class
- Project details
- **These directions were for a Word document
- We will be doing this in Publisher some of the directions won't apply
- Due today
- EC if you can print this at home
Favorite Vacation PowerPoint
- Instructions
- Due Today
If you are done with all above:
Photoshop Activity
- Holiday/Winter/Snow image
- Here is the info for web
- We will might add it to the Sprague site!
1/4/11Week 16 Day 35
Microtype
Continue in Skillbuilder today
-
Goal is lesson 6
Address Book project
Making an Address book in Access
- Project details
- Complete thru "Entering Data"
1/6/11 Day 36
Microtype
Continue in Skillbuilder today
-
Goal is lesson 7
Address Book project
Making an Address book in Access
- Project details
- Complete Queries
- Start Reports if time
1/10/11 Week 17 Day 37
Microtype
- Complete lesson 8
Tiny URL activity
- Follow directions in this link
- Here is my example
- MAKE SURE TO SELECT "CLASSIC" MAPQUEST
- Submit Word doc to folder in submissions when complete
Address Book
- Review/finish Queries
- Review/finish Reports
- More Advanced Features
- Demo data control using "Input Mask"
- Demo use of forms and making buttons
1/12/11 Day 38
Microtype
- Complete lesson 9
Begin Music Database
- Discuss "big picture"
- Discuss new concepts
- Autonumber
- Primary Key
- Project details
- Finish part 1 and begin part 2
- Try to have at least 5 records in your DB
Address Book
- Grading Begins today
- I will grade at your computer
- Process given in this link
- Extra Credit for more advanced features
- Forms/buttons
- Data Control
- Extra Credit for more advanced features
1/14/11 Day 39
Microtype
- Progress Check today (lesson 9 is expectation)
- Timing
- Complete lesson 10
Continue Music Database
- Review "big picture"
- Review new concepts
- Autonumber
- Primary Key
- Project details
- Finish part 2
Address Book
- Continue grading
- Process given in this link
- Extra Credit for more advanced features
- Forms/buttons
- Data Control
- Extra Credit for more advanced features
1/19/10 Week 18 Day 40
No Typing Today
Address Book
- Continue grading
- Process given in this link
- Extra Credit for more advanced features
- Forms/buttons
- Data Control
- Extra Credit for more advanced features
Continue Music Database
- Review "big picture"
- Review new concepts
- Autonumber
- Primary Key
- Project details
- Finish part 3
- Getting data from other students
- Finish if you aren't done
Discuss final exam
In 3 parts:
- Excel
- Word
- Microtype
Final Exam Review
- Excel review today
Personal Logo Activity
- This will be used on the final exam
1/21/10 Day 41
Last Day for Missing Work!!!
Microtype
- Improve a timing if you like
Address Book
- Grading continues
- Process given in this link
Final Exam Review
- Excel review today (continued)
- Complete/submit today
Begin Word review
Personal Logo Activity
- This will be used on the final exam
1/25/10 Week 19 Day 42
Final Exam rules:
- No one leaves class once it begins
- Make sure to take advantage of breaks
Microtype
- Last chance to imporve:
- Progress
- Either Timing
Word Review
- Create the Word doc for the final
- Details... thanks Mr Rodin
- Check out these options!
- Have your own idea... be creative
Final Exam Review
In 3 parts:
- Excel
- Word
- Microtype
Final Exam Day 43
1/27 Wednesday
Period 6
