week nine

LECTURE

Presenting study presentations in class.

LAB

Work on Final.

HOMEWORK

Work on your Final.

week eight

LECTURE

Applying basic color and design principles.

LAB

Basic Photoshop techniques. Drawing in Powerpoint. Creating custom motion paths. Work on study presentation.

HOMEWORK

Finalize study project. Work on Final.

week seven

LECTURE

Introduction to PowerPoint. Creating a presentation. creating, deleting, formatting slides. Master slide template.

LAB

Adding basic interactivity. Animation. Multimedia (sound and video.)
One-on-one finals approval.

HOMEWORK

Create a 15-20 slide presentation (research or study). Draft due next week (week eight.)

week six

LECTURE

Intermediate Excel. Basic formulas. Basic mathematical functions. Efficient ways to work.

LAB

Apply formulas on personal budget table. Sort. Format. Create chart.

HOMEWORK

Pick a subject for your Final Powerpoint project : narative (childrens' book or story). Pick a subject for a study project (due on week eight.) Scan images or use original drawings (extra credit). Bring all your material in next class for approval.

week five

LECTURE

Intro to Excel. Worksheets and spreadsheets. Importing web data. Sorting. Formatting.
Creating a budget in Excel. Basic calculations. Basic functions.
Creating charts.

LAB

cities

• quality of life


• richest by earnings


• most expensive




• delete everything besides 2009 rank and cities.


• Format table.


• create charts.





• swine flu data




• delete columns: ID. Deaths by million.Infection rate.


• Format table


• sort countries by number of deaths.


• create separate charts (for first ten).






• budget(advanced)






• time management. introduction to pie charts.

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nutritional

[goalseek]

• Use a calculator to determine protein needs.
  
  


• Use calculator one or calculator two to determine calorie needs.
  
  


• Use a calculator to determine fat needs.
  


• Use nutritional data to calculate protein and calories for sample meals.
  


• Divide your meals in a week.
  


• Calculate daily protein and calories.





project

(dinner party. re-modelling.decorating.)

week four

LECTURE

Advanced Word Functions. Intro to E-Companion.

LAB

Word Exercises.

HOMEWORK

Research paper due on week five (mid-term).


Formatting has to include:

• table of contents


• table of captions


• citations (based on library database)


• works cited


• MLA Formatting

Content has to include:

• introduction with thesis statement


• details that support thesis


• conclusion

week three

Creating a research paper in Word.

LECTURE

Library Orientation.
Research paper.

LAB

Using online resources.
Research paper basics. Creating a table of contents. Creating a table of images. Wrapping text around images. Creating citations. Creating a table of contents.

HOMEWORK

Research paper draft. Make notes of your sources. Insert images and wrap with text. (Optional : Insert citations. Create table of contents. Create table of images.) Final version due on week 5 (mid-term.)

week two

Word as a creative tool. Word as a Marketing Tool.

Book Chapters : 1 + 2.

LECTURE

Intro to Word. Menus and Tools. Shapes. Images. Basic color and layout principles.

LAB

Creative Word: Download images with AIOC accounts. Create a logo. Create a business card. Create an ad for the opening an imaginary company. Create a letterhead.

HOMEWORK

Business KIT: Burn a CD with : business letterhead and business ad or flyer. Print the CD label and one business card. Create a professional resume and cover letter (digital version only - do not print.)

week one

OVERVIEW

Material we will cover. Projects. Class rules.

LECTURE

Storage. File Management. File-saving.

LAB

Managing files and folders. Taking screen snapshots. Downloading fonts. Zipping files. Creating PDFs. Basic maintenance and troubleshooting.

Classwork
• Write a list of your goals in Word. Download a font that you like and format your text. Save as PDF.
• Take a screenshot or save an image of anything you would rather be doing if you weren't in class.
• Place your image and your PDF in a folder. Name that folder 10_6_09 and compress. Place the zipped folder in the network.

HOMEWORK

• Paper : How technology is changing our culture and future.
• Creative file management exercise: autobiography or X-Files (we will discuss in class.) Pictures, (drawings, photos, etc) music files, video files, documents, etc. that tell a story in files.