November 16, 2007

Student Expectations:
Create a Gmail account.
Know what a blog is.
Create a personal blog to be used with this class in order to communicate with me and to turn in work electronically.
Post a comment to teacher's blog.

Class Activities:
We will be completing much of the activities today all together as a class.
1) Create Gmail account
2) Create a blog.
3) Post a comment on my blog
4) Learn how to post (put information on your blog) for grading
5) Discuss the Vocabulary- Create a sentence using the vocabulary below (post to your blog with Warm-up

Vocabulary Review:

1. Active Cell-In Excel, the cell that is currently selected is called the active cell.

2. Cell-A cell is the intersection of a row and a column in a table or worksheet. It contains information such as text, numbers, or graphics.

3. Column-A column is the vertical line of cells identified by an alphabetic label in the first cell on the top.

4. Find-The Find command allows you to search for specified text and/or formatting in a document.

5. Formula-In Excel, a cell entry that performs a calculations and begins with an equal sign in the cell [i.e. =SUM(A1:A20)] is called a formula.

6. Label-A label is a text entry in an Excel worksheet.

7. Range-A cell or group of cells that can be selected in an Excel worksheet is called a range.

8. Replace-The Replace command allows you to search for specified text and/or formatting in a document and replace it with new text and/or formatting that you specify.

9. Row-A row is the horizontal line of cells identified by a number in the first cell on the left.10. Value-A numeric entry in Excel is called a value.

11. Workbook-A workbook is an Excel file that can contain up to 256 worksheets.

12 Worksheet-A worksheet is a page—or one spreadsheet—in an Excel workbook.