Thursday, April 10

TODAY'S AGENDA:

1) Today and tomorrow are your last two days to complete your Nursery Rhyme presentation. What is not finished and turned in tomorrow will be counted as a zero.

2) Remember to turn in your Nursery Rhyme PowerPoint you must Package it (if you don't know what I am talking about - you better ask me to help you; because I will be taking off major points for not following directions if you do not Package it and turn it in to your folder in the Turn in Folder)

3) When you finish and turn in your Nursery Rhyme you need to use this rubric to grade yourself. Save the document to your sever, fill in the blanks with your score and then screen shot it and post to your blog. Your blog post title should be: Nursery Rhyme Self Evaluation. NurseryRhyme-SELF EVALUATION - grading rubric

We are going to start TRAINING FOR THE IC3 CERTIFICATION TEST that we will be having very soon. I want everyone to pass and become certified. But in order to sit for the Test you must score will on the practice exams. So work hard on learning the information in the DDC testing Center program.

3) If you have finished your Nursery Rhyme, you need to do the following:

Test 1

• Go in to DDC Testing Center
• Click Trainig Exam
• Click Computer Fundamentals
• Click Computer Hardware
• Take the exam - do your best
• Screen shot your results at the end of the test

Test 2

• Go in to DDC Testing Center
• Click Trainig Exam
• Click Computer Fundamentals
• Click Computer Software
• Take the exam - do your best
• Screen shot your results at the end of the test

Test 3

• Go in to DDC Testing Center
• Click Trainig Exam\
• Click Computer Fundamentals
• Click Computer Software
• Take the exam - do your best
• Screen shot your results at the end of the test

Tuesday, April 8

2nd period: I am still missing a $1 from about half of you. Remember we can't go to the Mr. Mustang if everyone does not pay their $1.

TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:
1) I have extended the deadline for the Nursery Rhyme assignment (FRIDAY WILL BE THE ABSOLUTE LAST DAY)
We have TAKS tutorials tomorrow so I won't see yall. So today, Thursday and Friday are the only days you have left to work on this assignment. Then we are moving on to Access. (Which will be better and easier to understand if you are here every day of the week and participate)
2) Work on your Nursery Rhyme
3) If you are completely finished with your Nursery Rhyme, COME SEE ME
4) I will be going through work in the Electronic Turn in folder and settling grades. I sure hope you have everything turned in.

THERE BETTER BE NO PLAYING ON THE INTERNET TODAY. I BETTER SEE YOU IN POWERPOINT FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD.

Have a super duper day.

Monday, April 7

Here's to a normal week!!
Ok in light of all the craziness last week, I have extended the nursery rhyme project for 2 days. It is now due tomorrow, Tuesday, April 8.
TODAY'S AGENDA:
1) Listed below are the requirements for the nursery rhyme assignment (I thought I had already posted these for you) Read through all the items and make sure you have them included in your presentation.

The following items MUST appear or be used to create your PowerPoint Nursery Rhyme Project:

• Readable fonts (being consistent throughout the entire slide show makes for a better looking assignment)
• Font sizes that can be read from the back of the room
• One slide for each line of the rhyme
• Use appropriate backgrounds that fit with the story and subject of the rhyme (you may have to create your backgrounds instead of using the pre-made apply designs)
• Use appropriate graphics that fit with the story and subject of the rhyme (you may have to create and draw your own graphics instead of using the pre-made clip-art)
• Animate a graphic (moving of a graphic – not just a custom animation)
• Animate some text (custom animation is fine)
• Use slide transitions between slides where appropriate
• Use sound (from the Microsoft Office Program – pre-installed sounds)
• Find and use a sound bite from the Internet
• Everything should be set to run automatically (no mouse clicking at all)
• Setup to turn-on as soon as it is opened (turn it in to the electronic turn in folder by packaging it)
• A title page containing: the name of the Rhyme and who is responsible for creating the rhyme (who wrote it (if you can find that on the Internet – Bonus if you do) and who prepared the PowerPoint Project [your name])
• A closing slide – A the end slide of some kind. Be creative.

Bonues:

• If you don’t use any of the pre-made graphics or anything off the web – if you draw and create all of your pictures and backgrounds, etc. you will receive bonus points
• If you discover something new or put something in your slide show that isn’t If you have recorded voice of someone in your slide show (you will have to coordinate this with me).

2) Begin/continue working on your Nursery Rhyme
If you are finished and have already turned it in, come see me: NurseryRhyme-SELF EVALUATION - grading rubric
3) Remember that you must have all the requirements complete in your Nursery Rhyme in order to get full credit and get a good grade.
4) I will go over the project with anyone who does not still understand it
Grading Rubric: To the right is the grading rubric that I will use to grade your Nursery Rhyme. Please read over it. If you are down with your Nursery Rhyme come see me so I can talk to you about doing your self-evaluation.