6th Computer Literacy
3-24-08/5-2-08 Students will begin working on the
Type to Learn software program learning keyboarding skills. Grades will be recorded
(1 for every 4 lessons) at the end of 2 weeks 12 to 16 lessons should be
completed. Students may access this
program by double-clicking the Type to Learn icon on the desktop, selecting
Cassidy then the corresponding class they are in, and then clicking on their
name. At this time there is no password
so students need to change this as soon as they login.
4-3-08/4-11-08 Students will to build documents in the Microsoft Word
program. They will learn to build a
letter, Lab Sheet, Letterhead, Envelopes & Labels
following the instructions given during class.
A Test, and Flier will be built by the student
using any information they can use in one of their current classes
4-14-08/4-16-08
Students will login
to the Oklahoma
Career Information System and begin mapping their goals for High School,
higher education and a career. At this
site students will research a career they are interested in and record some
facts from the selection. Salary,
education needed, tasks the career does, why this
career was selected and the interests that are common with the student in this
career.
4-17-08 - Students will then create a
newsletter using brief captions under pictures depicting 4 things about the
career they have selected. Students may
review how to build a Newsletter.
4-18-08/4-25-08 Students
will study the information at the Computer Basics website. Students need to study the information given
at this site because they will have quizzes on Sections 10-12. Be sure to complete the practice
activities. Be able to answer questions
or give demonstrations of the following questions and activities. Copy
and paste these questions into a Word document type the answers to the
questions save in your folder print and turn in to Mrs. Cassidy for a
grade.
1.
Pushing the Reset button on the front of a computer will _____.
2. A
parallel port is most often used by a ______.
3. To
remove static before touching the inside of a computer, you should _____.
4. A
device that provides emergency power to your computer, conditions the voltage,
and protects against powers surges is called a _____.
5. The
drive that receives a diskette is the _____ drive.
6. The
computer must be off to connect or disconnect a _____ port.
7. The
cable connecting the hard drive to the motherboard _____.
8. A
period of low voltage on your electric power lines is a _____.
9. A
device that is connected to the motherboard is _____.
10. The
device that converts power from a wall outlet to the type that the computer
needs is the _____.
11. You
sometimes need to use the DOS command line when _____.
12. Two
different files can have the same name if _____
13. The
safest choice for a password is _____.
14. When
you have a question about your software or hardware, you should first
_____.
15. The
maximum length for a file's name under DOS is _____
16. You
are using a network printer and the printer is busy printing another job. You
want to print a document. You would _____.
17. A
file is named budget for 1998.doc using a Win95 word processor.
Listing the directory under DOS would show the name of the file as _____.
18. Before
printing, you can change the page margins using the _____ dialog box.
19. If
your document MyReport.doc is saved in folder MyDocs
which is on drive E on your PC, the path to the document is _____.
4-28-08/5-2-08 Students will build a 5 slide PowerPoint
presentation using the information they found on the Career website. The first slide will be a title slide with
the students name on it and the career they have selected. Each of the following 4 slides will have information
about the career they have selected; 1 tasks that are required of the career,
2 salary and growth, 3 the education needed for the career, 4 where you
would need to live in order to have this career. There must be a slide transition between each
slide, a picture or graphic on 3 of the 6 slides and each slide must be
animated. This is an example
for you to use as a guide. Review the rules and guidelines on creating
an effective PowerPoint presentation.
Students must follow the guidelines of color, text, and organization to
achieve the best grade.
5-5-08 Students may become and Architect
at this interactive site
which encourages critical thinking through exploration of architectural
concepts and design principles. Students
will follow the instructions and select clients to design a home for and then
design the home using the program.
5-6-08/5-15-08 Fun! Fun! Fun! Today we will begin learning Photoshop. Students will learn to select sections from the pictures; to lighten images; add text to the picture; and anything else they can imagine doing. LEARNING PHOTOSHOP: Student will review and complete the PhotoShop Tutorials (Beginning Photoshop - How to Sharpen and Image How to use the Masking tool Using Masks To Improve Landscape Images How to use the displace filter - How to work with Shadows How to Fix Over Exposed images How to Resize an Image without losing quality How to Wrap text abound an object).
5-19-08/5-22-08
Students will work to
finish all the above assignments. Students must complete the entire typing
program before they may begin working on the following assignments. Students
whom have finished the above assignments may begin learning to build webpages.
Read/study each of the links given in order to begin building a webpage
about the state students have researched for their Powerpoint
presentation. Lissa Explains
and HTML Coding.