March 2

Good morning everyone and Happy Friday! 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:

Do you usually eat breakfast in the morning? What do you usually eat? I was always told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Do you agree?

Assignment:

On our Computer Apps Semester 2 moodle site, you should be uploading the Resource Notes 1.2 assignment today. Ed-Line has been updated and many students have not yet uploaded 1.2.0 and 1.2.2, which were due last week. If you have any questions about how to upload documents or export your mind map, please let me know. At 10:15, you should begin working on lessons in Mavis Beacon to continue your typing lessons.

March 1

Happy Thursday everyone! Tonight is the Band Concert at 7:00 pm. Come out and enjoy a free performance and support the Eastern High School Band. The concert will be in the auditorium. 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.dictionary.com and look up the definition of meteorology. After providing the definition, tell me which picture you find most interesting from the website www.weather.com in the article “February’s Best Meteorological Images” located at the bottom of the page.

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. When you are done, you may continue in Moodle or work on Mavis Beacon.

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.