Archive for September 10th, 2007

Monday, September 10, 2007

Today’s Agenda

8th Grade (Periods 1, 3, 4, 5)

  1. Massive schedule changes today. We’ll take the first 15 minutes to get people moved out, in, and around. (15)
  2. Keyboarding warm-up. (10 minutes)
  3. PowerPoint - You should now be finished drafting your outline. If not, get done.
  4. Once you are finished with your outline, which was the most difficult part of preparing a presentation, we move into putting some lipstick on your pig. Today 1) add a design template, and 2) change the layout of each slide to accommodate whatever other media you plan on having on those slides. (25)

7th Grade (Period 7)

  1. Keyboarding warm-up. (10 minutes)
  2. REMINDER - Apple power adapters and other pieces may be returned for extra credit. Bring them to class. (1)
  3. REMINDER - Signed copies of the syllabus are now overdue. Please get them turned in. If you lost your copy, there’s a link on the left side of this page. Open the document and print another one for yourself. (1)
  4. MASTERKEY - some people have asked me about getting this software. If you are interested in getting it, you can download a shareware version at MacinMind Software. (2)
  5. PowerPoint - continue drafting your outline in OUTLINE VIEW. You should be FINISHED by the end of the period today. (36)

6th Grade (Period 6)

  1. Keyboarding drill practice. (25 minutes)
  2. REMINDER - Signed copies of the syllabus are now overdue. Please get them turned in. If you lost your copy, there’s a link on the left side of this page. Open the document and print another one for yourself. (1)
  3. MASTERKEY - some people have asked me about getting this software. If you are interested in getting it, you can download a shareware version at MacinMind Software. (2)
  4. Continue the Google search tutorial (22)

Monday, September 10th, 2007