2008-2009 Computer Applications 7 & 8

Lesson Plan Overview (DC week)

Dear Substitute Teacher,

The goal of the week I'm away is for most students to learn 100% of the keyboard using Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor. Students will track and record their results daily. They have practiced group troubleshooting and know that they have a large roll in the responsibility for their Class/Teams success. There have been many students out sick that will need help and the students that were in class have been given the tools and guidance to be successful in this endeavor.

Please take attendance with the attendance sheets supplied in folders with respective period letters on them and put them in Corinne's box. Thank you so much for this extra burden that is placed on you!

Every day students will come into class and:

1. Log into their computers
2. Make sure everyone is able to connect
3. Take notes on the daily agenda on my class blog (updates to the lesson can be found there. www.mrribaudo.typepad.com)
4. Start Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor and the Secretary will record results. Friday's sample is in the folder. (class folders are in the top draw of the brown filing cabinet in the front of the classroom.)
5. Then they will proceed to their Ten Thumbs lessons (learning a new letter every other time they are asked)
6. Students should be given 2 minute stretch breaks every 25 minutes or so (if they don't take it seriously then you can omit.)
7. Remind them about the importance of proper Ergonomics positioning by saying Mr. Ribaudo wants to remind you to: "sit up straight, feet flat on the floor, monitor adjusted to the proper height, keyboard centered and arms symmetrical."
8. Last ten minutes of each class they can work on their speed and accuracy with a typing game in ten thumbs (they only time the typing games should be played.)

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**They should work quietly and be focused on completing 100 percent of the keyboard by the time I come back. Those who are finished should continue with the lessons and practice speed and accuracy. If it asks if they want to print out a certificate say no, when I get back we will.

**I have taught them to troubleshoot and handle most problems that come up. They are to sit in their assigned seats unless they can't fix whatever problem I can't foresee at this time.

**They should problem solve together and help each other when someone is stuck or has been absent or just needs help.

Let's see...

Quiz and then Next Week's Quiz...

Agenda:
Take out a piece of paper and put your name, date, and group on the top left side of the paper.
Questions:

???= Apple, option, ESC
???= Shift, Apple, Q
???= Apple, Q
???= Apple, W
 ???=Apple, P
???= Apple, A (sorry about that, "S" was a mistake—thanks Kelly!)
???= Apple, V
???= Apple, N (when Finder is the active application)
???= Apple, N (when a browser like Firefox or Safari) is the active application)
???= Apple, T
???= Apple, S
???= Apple, X
???= Shift, apple, 3
???= Shift, apple, 4
???= Copy

Next:
Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor

Interesting Lesson Today

We are going to pretend I'm not here and I will observe your responses and make suggestions for what to do when I'm not here next week. This will challenge your problem solving skills.

Suggestions to avoid anarchy:

anarchy |ˈanərkē|
noun
a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority : he must ensure public order in a country threatened with anarchy.
• absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek anarkhia, from anarkhos, from an- ‘without’ + arkhos ‘chief, ruler.’

1. There needs to be some rule or order—this can be achieved by leadership. Maybe elect the most technologically knowledgeable person to lead the trouble shooting.
2. A system of answering questions: like raising your hands versus shouting out your problem.
3. Patience...
4. Remember and refer to the troubleshooting steps

Good luck!

Note: there will be a substitute teacher here for each of your classes, I just want you all to depend on each other to solve problems that the sub might not know how to fix.

Looks confusing—Which cable goes where???

Homework: Besides the new usual you need to study for the AUP, WISCR, and Troubleshooting quiz on Monday.

Agenda:

1. We will take apart and set up a iMac computer today.
2. Review universal symbols: power, usb, firewire, mini display port, etc
3. Review Game: Miss Tyson's borrowed technology will assist us...

1 Week to GO!!!!

PowerPoint Project
Groups
Storyboard
Frame

Go!

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Demo on Server/Dropbox

Connect to server directions

1. Command K (connect to server)
2. studentserver -Click connect
3. Select students

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1. Scroll to pribaudo (will be in purple highlight)
2. Go to public folder
3. Drop box is located in public folder—Hold the option key and drag and drop into Drop box
4. Confirm results by repeating step 6—if the p[opup message tells you the file already exists—it worked!
5. —you can also pull items from someones public folder to your own if you have permission.

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Directions to Drop box

1. Command K (connect to server)
2. studentserver connect
3. Select students
4. Scroll to pribaudo
5. Go to public folder
6. Hold option key and Drag to Drop box and let go.
   
7. CONFIRM by repeating step 6
   
8. MAKE SURE YOU DISCONNECT AFTER CONFIRMATION!!!
   

Agenda Wednesday

Blog: Clear Communication Review

Continue AboutMe essay

Quiz Review: You ask me questions! Office Suite and such...

Start Word: Page setup

• 1 inch Margins
• Header/ Body /Footer
• Heading
• Spacing

Tuesday Typing—real world!

Today we will all print out our second AboutMe essay's. (AboutMe2)

We will exchange our essay's and then type them up.

Print a copy for your own records.

Exchange again!

Tomorrow we begin working in MS Word.

Quiz on Thursday:
MS Office, definitions, set up, labeling, etc.

Microsoft Office Suite

TTTT
Check HW—check
Text edit

Introduction with Word and MS Office Suite
Put Word into the dock: what are the steps?
Definitions:

• Office Suite—a group of applications bundled together, that work well with each other, used in an office setting. word processing, presentation, and spreadsheets
• Project Gallery—starting point, where you can start or launch any application from the Office Suite, open up new documents, recent projects, learn with tutorials, and customize.
  
  • Shortcut: shift, command, P

• Word Interface:Document (suffix (what does a suffix do?): .doc) tool bars, Menu bar
  
• Toolbars (under view): Standard, Formatting, Drawing
  • Formatting palette
• Views:4 views
• Word setup: Page layout, zoom 150%, Standard, Formatting, Drawing, Formatting palette

Tips and tricks:
How to take a screen shot, take a selection of the screen

Filing Systems

Agenda:

1. Change *TextEdit Preference (what kind of a preference is TextEdit? What are 2 other types of preference?)
2. Create filing cabinet—and a set of rules for adding documents, files and folders to our computers.
3. Talk about *Naming Conventions—rules associated with assigning a name to an object
   • name |nām| noun 1 a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to.
4. TTTT
5. Expose setup

*Underlined words are Vocabulary Words

iMovie Tutorial

Watch imovie from last year.
CBT from VTC. TAKE NOTES!

Homework!

I want you to read and review some basics for iMovie. I have included a link to download. I want you to review pages 9-33 (they are short pages) You don't need to know this information in depth, but you do need to familiarize yourself with some points of interest that will help you complete this project.
Download iMovie_HD_6_Getting_Started.pdf

Link location if here if you have any problems downloading the link.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iMovie_HD_6_Getting_Started.pdf