January 26

Welcome to Warm Up #2! I’ve adjusted the settings on the blog so that now you can choose anonymous for your comments when you post, instead of having to choose Google ID. Also, when you click on to leave a comment, it will now appear as a popup box, so you don’t have to scroll back up to see the questions you are answering. Finally, be sure to include your name after your comment so you are sure to get credit for completing each Warm Up. I’ve submitted the class list to be added to Moodle, the website we’ll be using. It is a self-paced instructional website and we’ll be learning to use Moodle very soon. We will be looking over this website together to get you set up and going. We will be using multiple online resources and websites in this class to explore the different uses of the internet for conducting research and completing tasks. Finally, we will use Mavis Beacon to practice and improve our typing skills, which is an essential skill for computer use.

Be reminded that you lose participation points when you are caught on YouTube, Facebook, and similar sites. You may listen to music on a site like www.grooveshark.com that does NOT have videos. If music starts to interfere with your ability to complete your work or stay on task, you will lose that privilege.

Warm Up:

Click on this link for www.typingtest.com and take the 1-minute typing test about astronauts. Take the test 2 times and then report your best score. After you have done the typing test, practice typing using the program Mavis Beacon, which is installed on each computer. We will periodically work on our typing skills and report our typing speed and accuracy. Good luck!