7th and 8th
Grade Computer Literacy
3-24-08 – Students will quickly review the
skills they learned last year using the Microsoft Word program. Students will first write a letter to Mr.
Biggs telling him what they think about the improvements in the school
building. This letter must
have a letterhead with their name and address, a graphic from the Microsoft
clipart site, and the students’ signature at the end of the letter. They must also create an envelope with their
address and Mr. Biggs school address, 300 E. Grand,
3-25-08 – Students will login to the Oklahoma
Career Information System and begin mapping their goals for High School,
higher education and a career. Get a
login and strip of paper from the teacher login. Then, go to the link “Career Quest (Occ. Sort) on the left hand margin of the page under the
Assessments tab and read the instructions and complete the Assessment. After taking the Career Assessment complete
the ONet Profiler to find your interests in different
occupations. Then complete the ONet Work Importance assessment. Once you have determined your interested area
for a career then research the selected career choice and determine your
educational goals you will need to set and begin working towards in High School
and beyond. After each choice and
assessment click on the Save button at the top right-hand corner of the page
and this will save all of your information for future reference. Once you have figured your salary go take the
“Reality Check” and see how well you have chosen.
3-26-08/3-28-08 – 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 student’s 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.
3-31-08/4-10-08 - Students will build a 10 slide
PowerPoint for a class they are presently taking. Check grammar, spelling,
capitalization, punctuation and content.
This must be something they can show to help a teacher teach the subject. Each slide must have animation and a slide
transition must be between each slide.
4-11-08 – 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.
4-14-08/4-23-08 – 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). Design a cover or a page for the first page of the book, design a schedule for the Quarterback Club, or design a picture for the Quarterback Club Member plaque.
4-24-08 – 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. Once they have completed the design they must write a
summary about the house, what they think the client will really like about the
design and how the design met the needs of the client.
4-25-08/5-9-08 – 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 _____.
5-12-08/5-19-08 – Students will begin learning to
build web pages. Students will learn to
place images on pages – add text – resize text – change the color of the page
and text – add links to the page – and more.
Read/study each of the links given in order to begin building a webpage
about the information used on the Educational PowerPoint presentation. Lissa Explains and HTML
Coding
5-20-08/5-22-08 – Students will build a webpage for a sports team placing the schedule on the page.