Friday, February 1

Wow, can you believe it is February already??

Announcements:
* I will not be here on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next week. Monday I will be here for a little while during 1st and 2nd, but you will have a sub and I will not be working with yall that day. The sub will be in charge. I will leave you plenty of work to stay busy all period every day. Be prepared and be on your best behavior for the sub. If I get a good report for all 4 days, I will treat yall to some goodies the following week.

Today's Objectives:
* Students will be able to identify guidelines for using graphics, fonts, and special effects in presentations.
* Students will be able to Analyze the effectiveness of multimedia presentations.
* Students will determine the appropriate technology to create and deliver an effective presentation.

Today's Assignments:
1) Warm-up: For the last time, make sure you have everything from 1/8/08 to 1/31/08 completed and posted to your blog. It will be zero for any work not posted after the end of class today. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TURNED IN YOUR PRODCUCTION TEST FILES TO THE ELECTRONIC TURN IN FOLDER.
2) Discuss DDC Testing Center Test Tracking Form and saving it to your server: xxx-DDC Testing Center Test Tracking Form
File needed for tracking your DDC Testing Center Test Results Tracking Form
3) New PowerPoint Assignments to complete today:

• 2-1, read pg 552, Exercise on pg 553, Save as: xxx-Annual Awards Bitmap (screenshot slides 1, 2, & 3 - screenshot from the SLIDE SORTER VIEW)
• Picture file you will need for pg 553 exercise
• 2/1, pg 556-top of pg 558, OPEN xxx-Annual Awards Bitmap from YOUR SERVER (screenshot slides 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - screenshot from the SLIDE SORTER VIEW)
• 2/1, pg 558-top of pg 559, OPEN xxx-Annual Awards Table from your SERVER (screenshot slides 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - screenshot from the SLIDE SORTER VIEW)
  

4) Closing: (last 10 minutes of class) Freerice.com->http://www.freerice.com/index.php Be sure to post how many gains you donated on your wordplanner document. You will be printing your wordplanner next Friday for a test grade. So make sure you are completing your keyboarding and free rice daily.

Thursday, January 31st - Post 2

New Assignments for today:

• 1/31, pg 550-551, Create a New Presentation, Save As: xxx-Meeting (Screenshot of slide 1 only)
• 1/31, top of pg 552, Open the xxx-Meeting file you just created above, Save As: xxx-Meeting Revised (Screenshot of slide 1 only)
  

MAKE SURE YOU TITLE YOUR SCREENSHOT POSTINGS THIS WAY:
PG # OF ASSIGNMENT FILE NAME YOU SAVED THE FILE AS
EXAMPLE:
pg. 550, ekc-Meeting
pg. 552, ekc-Meeting Revised

Thursday, January 31

If you were not here yesterday, we need to get you set up on DDC Testing Center. Ask you neighbor or come talk to me.

Today's Agenda:
1) Warm-Up: Log in to DDC Testing Center and make sure you can get back in. If you can great, you don't need to do anything. If you can't, if you get an error message, please let me konw ASAP.
2) Warm-up 2: go to one of the typing programs and take some timed writings. Record it in your wordplanner once you are done. File needed for posting WPM and Grains of Rice donations
3) You HAVE to finish your Production Test, if you have not yet done so. You must place the finished PowerPoint presentations in the Electronic Turn in folder i the appropriate folders. If you don't know how to do that, COME SEE ME!!

• 1/28, Production Test, pg. 512-top of 513, Save to your server as: xxx-Cycling
• 1/28, Production Test, pg. 514-top of 515, Save to your server as: xxx-Buffalo National River
• 1/28, Production Test, pg. 516-top of 517, Save to your server as: xxx-National Youth Trip
• 1/28, Production Test, pg. 517-top of 518, Save to your server as: xxx-Chili
  File needed for Production Test pg. 517, for step f (save to your server)

4) If you are done with the production test, do the following:

Please go through the following assignments to make sure you have them complete and POSTED TO YOUR BLOG:

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD: EVERY SCREENSHOT AND POST YOU MAKE OF ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE TITLED THIS WAY: page # File Name (what you asave it as) --> Exmaple: pg 494 ekc- Roller Coaster History

• 1/14, pg 494, Roller Coaster History (PG. 494, screenshot slide 2 & 4)
• 1/15, pg 498, GeneralOrg Info (blogPG 498, screenshot in 6 slides handout- layout, 2 Screenshots to post to your blog)
• 1/16, pg 502, Open xxx-RollerCoaster (from your server) (PG 502, screenshot in 6 slides handout- layout, 2 screenshots to post to your blog)
• 1/18, pg 500-501, Open xxx-Slide Show 1.ppt (from your server) (Screenshot handout view - 6 slides-in color under the Print menu command, 2 screenshots)
• 1/22, pg 523-524, skip steps 1-4 on pg 523, use this Annual Trip.ppt file (screenshot slides 1 & 2; Go to File, select Print, then select Handouts, 2=slides per page)
• 1/22, pg 524, DONOT OPENFILE, use this Annual Trip file saved in above assignment (screenshot slides 1 & 2; Go to File, select Print, then select Handouts, 2=slides per page- THIS WILL NOT BE THE SAME PICTURES AS THE ASSIGNMENT ABOVE)
• 1/23, pg 526-top of 527, Roller Coaster Roundup, Save As: xxx-Roundup Color (Screenshot handout view - 6 slides-in color under the Print menu command, you will have 2 screenshots to post to your blog for this assingment)
• 1/23, pg 527, Roller Coaster Roundup, Save As: xxx-Roundup Layout (complete assignment first then screenshot slide 4 only)
• 1/24, pg 530-531, Open Blank presenation, Save As: xxx-Kickoff (screenshot slides 1 & 2; Go to File, select Print, then select Handouts, 2=slides per page)
• 1/24, Read pg 533, Exercise begins pg 534-535, Save As: xxx-Upcoming Trips (yes this is a Word document, read directions) (screenshot slides 1, 2 & 3; I will show you exactly what I want; but you will be taking a screenshot in the Slide Sorter View)
• PowerPoint Vocabulary #2 (see post on Thursday, January 24th for vocabulary words)

5) NEW POWERPOINT ASSIGNMENTS: SEE Thursday, January 31 - post 2

Wednesday, January 30

We will work together on setting up our DDC Testing Center accounts and begin practicing for the IC3 test opportunity in the spring.

Tuesday, January 29

GRADES ARE NOT 100% CORRECT. I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE TODAY.

2ND & 4TH PERIODS - GET OUT YOUR PROGRESS REPORTS, I WANT TO UPDATE THOSE FOR YOU

Today's Assignments:
1) Warm-up: Get textbook have a seat out in the center of the room. Demonstration of saving to the electronic turn in folder (WHERE YOU WILL TURN YOUR PRODUCTION TEST DOCUMENTS IN TO). I will discuss with you placing your test files in to the T:/ drive so they will be graded.

2) Today you will FINISH your PowerPoint Production Test. All four assignments must be completed by the end of the period on Tuesday, January 29.

• 1/28, Production Test, pg. 512-top of 513, Save to your server as: xxx-Cycling
• 1/28, Production Test, pg. 514-top of 515, Save to your server as: xxx-Buffalo National River
• 1/28, Production Test, pg. 516-top of 517, Save to your server as: xxx-National Youth Trip
• 1/28, Production Test, pg. 517-top of 518, Save to your server as: xxx-Chili
• File needed for Production Test pg. 517, for step f (save to your server)

3) After you complete your test, I want you to go back through your blog posting and make sure you have all of the following work posted to your blog:

• 1/8, pg479-482, MarketingNARCE.ppt (summary)
• 1/9, pg483-484, Membership Information.ppt (summary)
• PowerPoint Vocabulary (see post Friday, January 11 for complete list)
• 1/10, pg486-488, General Org Info.ppt (summary)
• 1/11, pg489-top490,(new file) SaveAs: xxx-New Employee Orientation (summary)
• 1/11, pg491-493, Open New Employee Orientation from YOUR SERVER (summary)