Badin H.S. Integrated Tech II

For Week of January 11

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:48:00 +0000

Monday - Calc Quiz 4. You'll have Tuesday, if necessary to finish; otherwise it will be study hall - bring materials to study!

For Week of January 4

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:40:00 +0000

Something old, something new for the start of the New Year!

The old - Calc! The new:

Lookups
Countif
Conditional formatting.
Protections
Headers, Footers, and Print Ranges.

For Week of December 7

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:24:00 +0000

Monday - first we'll review your homework assignment, and then we'll return to filtering/sorting with a look a dealing with "regular expressions".

Tuesday - more filtering.

Wednesday quiz - sorting, filtering, percents.

Thursday/Friday - the IF function

For Week of November 30

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:08:00 +0000

Monday, Tuesday and as much of Wednesday as we need to occupy we'll be working with percents and setting up percentage calculations in Calc.

We'll be using this site.

Creating Custom lists and Filtering will finish out the week.

For Week of November 16

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:25:00 +0000

This week in Calc:

Sorting - Single-level, multi-level
Text alignment within cells
Merging cells
Sheet operations
Inserting and deleting columns and rows
Review

Quiz Wednesday.

Percents and Filtering Thursday and Friday.

For Week of November 9

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:48:00 +0000

This week:

Finish Function worksheet & move into dropbox - Monday
Date math
Basic Date functions
Using the Function Wizard and Advanced Date functions
Custom date formats
Database basics; sorting

For Week of November 2

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Calc!

Moving around and selecting ranges
Text entry/"overlap"
Autocorrect
Autocomplete
- Dates
- Series Fills
Sheets; naming/copying/moving/deleting
Entering formulas
Cell formatting
Number formatting
Summary functions
Copying formulas

For Week of October 26

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:32:00 +0000

This week, "Graphics - Things that Should be Review"

Sizing
Modes
Transparency
Flipping
Wrapping
Cropping
Arranging
Borders
Backgrounds

Autocorrect and Macros will finish up Writer.

IT Scholarship Opportunities

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:28:00 +0000

1) The Circuit For College Bound IT Students - The purpose of The Circuit’s scholarships are to assist local students in furthering their IT education at a local college / university. A committee will make a selection from applications received by December 31, 2009. The awardees will be announced in early 2010 and the scholarships (as determined by the committee) will be distributed through the college Financial Aid office for classes beginning in Fall 2010.

2) 2010 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing - Sponsored by Bank of America, the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing recognizes young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. By generating visibility for these young women in their local communities, the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing encourages their continued interest in computing, attracts the attention and support of educational and corporate institutions, and emphasizes at a personal level the importance of women's participation.

All US high school young women (grades 9-12) are invited to apply. Complete information on the award is available at http://www.ncwit.org/award

For Week of October 19

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:52:00 +0000

Monday - Mail merge labels. Start Merge assignment.

Tuesday - Finish mail merge assignment.

Wednesday - Badin Open House assignment. Kairos retreatants must complete by 10/29. All others by 10/23.

Thursday - Columns. Working with graphics.

Friday - Graphics continued.

For Week of October 12

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:37:00 +0000

Monday/Tuesday - Back to Mail Merge, though we may have change venues to do it.

Wednesday - Testing Day. No class/study hall--TBD

Thursday/Friday - Tools - Autocorrect, Macros, Customizing

For Week of October 5

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:21:00 +0000

Monday - finish Quiz

Tuesday - Properties and Versions

Wednesday/Thursday - Mail Merge

Friday - No class, In-service

For Week of September 28

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:24:00 +0000

Monday - Headers and Footers and Footnotes and Endnotes
Tuesday - More tables - sizing, formatting, conversions
Wednesday - Table Math
Thursday - Review
Friday - Quiz

For Week of September 21

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Monday - you'll be working independently in 114 while I entertain our 8th-grade visitors. The topic: Styles in OpenOffice Writer. Read, AND PERFORM each "activity" as you read, the pages found on the following links: Page One * Page Two * Page Three Content by ComputerActive

Tuesday - Continue styles
Wednesday - Lists
Thursday - Lists
Friday - Headers and Footers and Footnotes and Endnotes

No assignment this week.

For Week of September 14

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:39:00 +0000

As promised, Quiz on Monday.

Tuesday - Finish Tabs Tabs Exercise

Wednesday/Thursday - Page Formats: Margins, Orientation, Backgrounds, Headers, Footers, and Columns--time permitting.

Friday - No class, in-service.

For Week of September 7

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:11:00 +0000

Overreached last week, so we still have this to cover for your next assignment:

Spacing Before/After
Format Painter
Line spacing
Hyphenation
Keep with Next
Widows & Orphans
Hyperlinks

We'll be using this document.

Something a little different for Friday if we get everything else completed.

Assignment #2 - Formats Galore

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:52:00 +0000

** remember - order of posts "flips" this week **
** newest post will always be at top, you should read this post AND the next **

Create a report for your science class on a topic you are currently discussing. Minimum of two pages/500 words. No more than 25% of your total content may be quoted sources. Italicize any quoted material.

Format document:

Use a serif font for entire document, except where otherwise specified.
Font size entire document - 12 points
At least one instance where you use/change the following character formats:

Double-underlining
Strike-through
Small Capitals
Font Color
Superscript or Subscript
Outline
Shadow
Rotated text
Character Spacing

At least one instance where you use/change the following paragraph formats:

Alignment
Indents
Spacing Before/After
Line spacing
Hyphenation
Keep with Next
Widows & Orphans

Include hyperlinks back to any source articles somewhere in your document.

Remember to include all information required for any assignment you submit. Format all three of those lines as bold AND use a sans serif font.

Using your Badin e-mail ONLY, send your finished document as an attachment.

NOTE CHANGE: This assignment is due no later than Monday, September 14.

For Week of August 31

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:44:00 +0000

** remember - order of posts "flips" this week **

Here's the agenda for the coming week:

Introduction to class programs & processes, including:
- Firefox (link for free program download)
- OpenOffice (link for free program download)
- Badin Webmail
We'll review basic document formatting, using Writer, and possible learn a new thing or two. Included content:

Character formats - all of 'em!
Paragraph formats - Indents, Spacing Before/After, Line spacing, Alignment, Hyphenation, Keep with Next, Widows & Orphans.

This week's utility: WOT

Welcome to Integrated Technologies II!

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:30:00 +0000

This page is the nexus for your Integrated Studies class this semester, you should plan on checking here often for new material. Here's what is planned for our first week together:

Your seating assignment
Class rules and expectations; required materials; information to include on all submissions.
Meet "BecomeTheBest.com"
Fire drill procedures
Badin's "Responsible Use of Technology" Policy reviewed with students--Signed forms must be returned by August 28 or there will be a penalty
How to log into your computer and onto Badin's server
Use of Template drive files

Assignment 1 - Reviews

noreply@blogger.com (BuckeyeGuy) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:17:00 +0000

So, what do you think an "A"-level document is? We'll establish some standards with this assignment!

For the purpose of this exercise, you are hoping to become gainfully employed as the Guest Reviewer at your local newspaper. You have been asked to submit written reviews of the following:

A movie you have recently seen;
A song/artist you recently heard;
A restaurant you recently ate at; and
A book you have read.

All reviews should be 1 to 2 paragraphs in length. At least one must be of something you didn't like. Pull out all the stops to make this look good!

Submit printed copy AND file e-mailed as an attachment. Due Wednesday, September 2.