BRMS Computer Elective

Today’s Agenda

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

1. Keyboarding warm-up. (10 minutes)
2. PowerPoint Review - Today we will hope that the technical issues will subside so we can continue to make progress toward a deadline of Friday (tomorrow). At this point you should be adding slide designs, graphics, video, transitions, animation, hyperlinks, and anything else you can think of that will enhance your presentation and make the message you are communicating better understood. (10)
3. When you have finished, here is the review and grading process: (20)
   1. Check your work. Look for errors. Look for ways to fine-tune the appearance of your presentation.
   2. Have your partner check your work, looking for mistakes and ways to improve your presentation. Listen to what they have to say. Work together to improve your final product.
   3. Make the improvements that your partner suggested.
   4. Have your partner check your presentation again, this time grading it.
   5. Reverse the process…you check their work.
4. When you have finished, check that your iChat works. You will be sending me your files through iChat when I collect them tomorrow. (5)
5. After checking iChat, start gathering pictures related to your theme. Save the pictures in the Pictures folder of your Finder and/or in iPhoto. (5)

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7th Grade (Period 7)

1. Keyboarding warm-up. (10 minutes)
2. PowerPoint Review - Today we will hope that the technical issues will subside so we can continue to make progress toward a deadline of Friday (tomorrow). At this point you should be adding slide designs, graphics, video, transitions, animation, hyperlinks, and anything else you can think of that will enhance your presentation and make the message you are communicating better understood. (10)
3. When you have finished, here is the review and grading process: (20)
   1. Check your work. Look for errors. Look for ways to fine-tune the appearance of your presentation.
   2. Have your partner check your work, looking for mistakes and ways to improve your presentation. Listen to what they have to say. Work together to improve your final product.
   3. Make the improvements that your partner suggested.
   4. Have your partner check your presentation again, this time grading it.
   5. Reverse the process…you check their work.
4. When you have finished, check that your iChat works. You will be sending me your files through iChat when I collect them tomorrow. (5)
5. After checking iChat, start gathering pictures related to your theme. Save the pictures in the Pictures folder of your Finder and/or in iPhoto. (5)

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6th Grade (Period 6)

1. Keyboarding drill practice. (20 minutes)
2. Today we continue report writing. We will discuss looking at Websites and how to use MS Word to collect information for your reports. (30)
   1. MS Word settings and toolbars.
   2. Copy and paste from a Website to a Word document.