February 29

Good morning class! I hope your day wasn’t too sad without me yesterday! We will continue to work on our own on our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site. You will click on Eastern High School, and click on Horner’s Technology Apps Sems 2 to go to our site. This is the link that you will follow to your daily assignments after you finish your Warm Ups. Your Student ID will be your login and your password will be changeme when you first access Moodle.

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:

Go to www.cnn.com and find the percentage of votes received by the top two candidates. Who won the popular vote (most number of votes)?

Assignment:

On our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site, you should be working on the Resource Notes 1.2 assignment this week. The word document with your outline should be done and uploaded to Moodle by Friday, March 2. As you move through the modules, be sure to read each lesson completely. Not all lessons will require that you submit something. As you work, read carefully and go back as necessary when you have an assignment to complete.

February 27

Good morning class! I hope you had a restful and fun weekend! When you are done, we will continue to work on our own on our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site. You will click on Eastern High School, and click on Horner’s Technology Apps Sems 2 to go to our site. This is the link that you will follow to your daily assignments after you finish your Warm Ups. Your Student ID will be your login and your password will be changeme when you first access Moodle.

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:

Go to www.michigan.gov/vote and click on the link to the left for public ballot. Tomorrow is the Michigan Presidential Primary. Click on Ingham County, the Jurisdiction is the Lansing City, and for the Precinct, choose Ward 1, Precinct 1. Name 4 of the Republican Candidates on the ballot.

Assignment:

On our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site, you should be working on the 2 Resource Notes 1.2 assignments this week and have the 2 word documents (outline and 5-7 sentence paragraph) done and uploaded to Moodle by Friday, March 2. As you move through the modules, be sure to read each lesson completely. Not all lessons will require that you submit something. As you work, read carefully and go back as necessary when you have an assignment to complete.

February 24

Good morning class! Now here’s something new and weird and strange! DON’T DO YOUR WARM-UP FIRST! Go to Mavis Beacon for the first 15 minutes of class and practice typing. Then, do the warm-up! When you are done, we will continue to work on our own on our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site. You will click on Eastern High School, and click on Horner’s Technology Apps Sems 2 to go to our site. This is the link that you will follow to your daily assignments after you finish your Warm Ups. Your Student ID will be your login and your password will be changeme when you first access Moodle.

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:

Go to www.typingtest.com and do the 2 minute test for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Take the test 2 times and report your best score. This score will be recorded in my gradebook to be compared with your periodic timed tests to chart your progress. Good luck!

Assignment:

On our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site, you should have finished modules 1.2.0 and 1.2.2. Both activities were due last Thursday. As you move through the modules, be sure to read each lesson completely. Not all lessons will require that you submit something. As you work, read carefully and go back as necessary when you have an assignment to complete.

February 23

Good morning students! Today, we will continue to work on our own on our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site. You will click on Eastern High School, and click on Horner’s Technology Apps Sems 2 to go to our site. This is the link that you will follow to your daily assignments after you finish your Warm Ups. Your Student ID will be your login and your password will be changeme when you first access Moodle.

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:

Go to www.mapquest.com and type in the address for Eastern: 220 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing, MI 48912. Switch to aeriel / satellite view and look at the school grounds as seen from the air. Explore the area around Eastern. What landmarks can you identify?

Assignment:

On our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site, you should have finished modules 1.2.0 and 1.2.2. Both activities were due last Thursday. As you move through the modules, be sure to read each lesson completely. Not all lessons will require that you submit something. As you work, read carefully and go back as necessary when you have an assignment to complete. At 10:15 am, work on typing lessons on Mavis Beacon.

February 22

Good morning students! Today, we will continue to work on our own on our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site. You will click on Eastern High School, and click on Horner’s Technology Apps Sems 2 to go to our site. This is the link that you will follow to your daily assignments after you finish your Warm Ups. Your Student ID will be your login and your password will be changeme when you first access Moodle.

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:

Go to www.typingtest.com and take the 2 minute Tigers in the Wild timed test. Take the test 2 times and report your best score.

Assignment:

On our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site, you should have finished modules 1.2.0 and 1.2.2. Both activities were due last Thursday. As you move through the modules, be sure to read each lesson completely. Not all lessons will require that you submit something. As you work, read carefully and go back as necessary when you have an assignment to complete. At 10:15 am, work on typing lessons on Mavis Beacon.

February 21

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today, we will continue to work on our own on our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site. You will click on Eastern High School, and click on Horner’s Technology Apps Sems 2 to go to our site. This is the link that you will follow to your daily assignments after you finish your Warm Ups. Your Student ID will be your login and your password will be changeme when you first access Moodle.

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:

Go to www.typingtest.com and take the 2 minute Rules of Baseball timed test. Take the test 2 times and report your best score.

Assignment:

On our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site, you should have finished modules 1.2.0 and 1.2.2. Both activities were due last Thursday. In order to submit your mind map from www.mindmeister.com, from the main menu on the website, click the button on the far right of your mind map and click export. You want it exported as a PDF document. Save it to your H: Drive and then go back to 1.2.2 in Moodle and upload the file. If you have any problems or questions, let me know. When you have finished with your mind map, continue on to the next modules. Then, at 10:15 am, work on typing lessons on Mavis Beacon.

February 16

Happy Half-Day Thursday! We are on speed schedule today, so I’ll keep this short! We will continue to work on our own on our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site. You will click on Eastern High School, and click on Horner’s Technology Apps Sems 2 to go to our site. This is the link that you will follow to your daily assignments after you finish your Warm Ups. Your Student ID will be your login and your password will be changeme when you first access Moodle.

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:

What is your favorite lunch at school? I heard on the news today that a child down south had their turkey and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a drink confiscated and she was forced to eat chicken nuggets from the school lunch menu because that meal offered a vegetable on the side. Does Eastern offer tasty, healthy meals, in your opinion? What do you think of what happened to this little girl?

Assignment:

On our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site, you should be going through modules 1.2.0 and 1.2.2. Follow the instructions and do the activities indicated. 1.2.0 and the mind map from 1.2.2 are due today. In order to submit your mind map from www.mindmeister.com, from the main menu on the website, click the button on the far right of your mind map and click export. You want it exported as a PDF document. Save it to your H: Drive and then go back to 1.2.2 in Moodle and upload the file. If you have any problems or questions, let me know. When you finish with your mind map, continue on to the next modules.