Ways to lose points on A17:

• Having typos on your PowerPoint slides (group grade)
• Not doing proper attribution for text or graphics on each slide (group grade)
• Having names instead of initials (group grade)
• Total number of bugs on all the Web pages (group grade)
• Not having proper number of slides or the title slide (group grade)
• Not having a link from your Web to the PPT show (individual grade)
• Total number of bugs on all the Web pages (individual grade)
• Not sending in the PowerPoint to Turnin-CP6 with CC to the portfolios of all the group members (only one girl needs to send it in)
• Not having done or posted the 5 instances of typing and the required "# of seconds to currently complete JV or Varsity or SuperVarsity." (individual grade)
• Updating the date at the bottom of the Web page (individual grade)
• You can GAIN +2 bonus points if your typing is all together in the same section of your Web page (individual grade)

PowerPoint skills and procedures needed for A17 (due Monday 2/27)

1. Adding graphics
2. Using the suffix (extension) of PPT
3. Attribution the way the librarians have specified
4. Adding text onto slides
5. Merging slides
6. Arranging the order of slides
7. Using your initials not names
8. Posting your PPT on the Web
9. Format Slide Background and changing the color
10. Inserting new slides
11. Action buttons
12. Click here for the attribution info from our librarians ... for example, just put this into a textbox with small font size on the slide
    
    Diagram of heart. 9 Feb. 2005 <http://www.lbah.com/heartsum.htm#schematic%20heart>.

    
    

13. Click here for the Circulation Webquest info from the Science6 Web page
14. If there are 4 girls, then there would be 8 slides plus 2 extras.
15. One extra slide is "slide 1: An introduction to your group's project."
16. A second extra slide is "slide 2: Background on what you do (your profession)."
17. You can add action buttons to slide 1 or slide 2 that take the viewer immediately to a specific slide.
18. Attribution needs to be on each slide where text or images come from the Web.
19. More info on action buttons ... to come ...
20. More info on posting Powerpoint ... when you have your project all set, make sure it has a name such as A17CAPJADSBBMCC.ppt using the initials of the 4 creators ... then you put this file into a folder on your desktop so that it is all by itself ... now you load up the PowerPoint and choose SAVE AS WEB PAGE ... this then produces a SINGLE FILE named A17CAPJADSBBMCC.htm and a FOLDER called A17CAPJADSBBMCC_files ... one of the people on your team (perhaps JAD) will then move this SINGLE FILE and the FOLDER into the HOME PAGE of her JAD Web Account ... the other 3 girls will create a LINK on their Web pages of the form ... click here to see our team Powerpoint presentation ... CAP, JAD, SBB and MCC
    <a href="http://gatornet.chapin.edu/~JAD/A17CAPJADSBBMCC.htm">here</a> to see our team PowerPoint presentation ... CAP, JAD, SBB and MCC
    

Assignment A16 due Monday 9pm Feb 9th (from Ms. Paige and Mr. Bergen)

Suggestions, guidelines and directions re A16

• Create a folder on your laptop called A16 Photoshop ... transfer the "Don't Be Afraid" picture plus one teacher picture plus one computer picture.
• Launch each graphic into Photoshop
• Using rulers, be concerned about sizes and proportions and change image sizes accordingly
• plan A: use copy and paste (bad method)
• plan B: create a new layer and use copy and paste (much better)
• plan C: use the rubber stamp tool (fairly good method)
• plan D: use the selecting tool with the special + and - tricks to copy into a new layer (very good method from Mr. D'Onofrio) ... resize to get correct proportions ... then use the magic wand tool to eliminate excess
• *** most important *** take frequent screen snapshots with apple shift 4 so that you will be able to make a PowerPoint presentation showing your progress next week.
• When done, choose a color on the canvas and put your 3 initials into one corner in that matching color.
• Also, put a border of 5 pixels ("stroke") on the outside of the graphic in that color.
• Make sure you flatten your graphic and make into a JPEG (don't choose low quality, but rather medium quality).
• You must complete at least ONE by Thursday 9pm Feb 9 and post onto your Web page. We will be working on these (as well as teaching you) in our classes this week.
• Passwords for your Web pages are unlocked ... roses are red, violets don't like skype-ing ... a weekly reminder to remember your typing!

Here are samples by the girls from 2010 who did the same assignment in Spring 2004

• Palermo 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
• Quigley 1 | 2 | 3
• Hayot 1 | 3 | 4
• Pugliese 1
• Deevy 1 2
• Herman 1 | 2 | 3
• Katz 2
• Negin 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
• Stillman 1 | 2 |

Assignment A15 due Thursday 9pm Feb 2nd (from Ms. Paige and Mr. Bergen)

• You need to have a thumbnail of your music piece LINK to the actual full size graphic
• Once your music piece is done, you make it into a PDF using the APPLE-SHIFT 4 trick ... this is a MAC only trick ... making a PDF on a PC is more involved
• Once your PDF is made of the form Picture 1 or Picture 2 or Picture 3, you double click it which launches it into PREVIEW
• You then EXPORT it so it is a JPEG of the form A15JAD.jpg
• To make it into a ONE INCH TALL thumbnail, you CONTROL and CLICK on the JPG and launch into Photoshop ... you then change the size to be 1 INCH with IMAGE SIZE and then save it as a JPG using the form A15JADtiny.jpg
• If you put these two files into your HOME PAGE FOLDER on your Web account, you can do the HTML programming from home!
• Audio Tips ... when you voice record on First Class, it makes a file called VoiceMsg.wav as an attached file ... using good quality speakers helps make the WAV file a quality file ... move this file onto your desktop and then rename it to be A15JAD.wav ... finally think of it as a JPG graphic and move it into your HOME PAGE folder on your LIP account ... the programming for a sound file is the same as for a graphic using A HREF ...
  Click <A HREF="A15JAD.wav">here </A> to listen to my song!

• No names but rather initials on the music piece
• A15 should go in your "gallery" which you may have called Art Gallery ... you can now change it to "My Gallery"
• Extensions must be requested before 9pm
• If you have been sick for 1 or 2 of the days this week, that counts as a "good reason" for the extension
• Bugs are most expensive this week in terms of points lost ... you have 3 methods or more to exterminate bugs
• If you are not approved for an extension for a "good reason" then you lose 5 points for each day late, e.g. Friday 9pm or Monday 9pm or Tuesday 9pm
• There is always a plan B if you get stuck .... all you need to do is FIO ("figure it out") or MIU ("make it up")
• For bonus points (if you get done before the 40 minutes), you can post your audio on the Web
• grading spces? -5 for each day late without extension (Fri 9pm, Mon 9pm), update date -2, significant bugs -8 or adjusted by teacher, typing not posted -5

• Compose a pentatonic melody in C major that begins on DO and ends on DO ... DO is C ... you can write DO as uppercase or lowercase but if you want the high DO, you must use DO' or do'
• Time signature is 4/4 ... the top number is # of beats in each measure ... the bottom number means that the quarter note equals 1 beat
• This must consist of 8 measures or more
• You can use quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests
• Please write Solfege names under the notes
• Click here for a sample from Jane Anyone DoeADeer ... she made a few mistakes and did not follow all the SPECS below from Miss Norchi
• You will soon be working on your "Solfege-Pentatonic Melody" assignment on Notepad!
  1. Create a title and write in "Title" Box
  2. Write your own name in the "Composer" Box
  3. Select WOODWIND then FLUTE in the instrument section
  4. Select the time signature 4/4
  5. Keep the melody in C Major
  6. Compose an 8 measure melody beginning on C and ending on C . This song is going to be in the C Major Pentatonic Scale. Therefore you may use only C,D, E, G, and A Do not use F and B in this assignment.
  7. You may use quarter notes, half notes, whole notes, and eighth notes and of course rests.
  8. I am making one CHANGE from the assignment on your webpage: DO NOT WRITE THE SOLFEGE NAMES UNDERNEATH THE NOTES (ie. do, re, mi) In this assignment you will only compose the notes on the staff.
  9. Please remember not to use chords-only a single melody line.
• A REVIEW: the names of the lines and spaces:
• Five Lines on the Staff from bottom to top:

  First line: E
  Second line: G
  Third Line: B
  Fourth Line: D
  Fifth Line: F
  Small Line below the staff:  Middle C
  
  Four Spaces:
  
  First Space: F
  Second Space: A
  Third Space: C
  Fourth Space: E
  Space below the staff is D
  

  Good Luck! Miss Norchi

Assignment A14 due Thursday 9pm Jan 26th (from Ms. Paige and Mr. Bergen)

• The password for your Web accounts was sent to you on e-mail Saturday morning... please change it and you are now back in charge of your Web page!
• The software called NOTEPAD can be freely downloaded to your Mac or PC via the Web site of http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad ... it is a software program that lets you write music on your computer .. it is already installed on your laptops ... LSS, you can do this as well!
• Your HW due Thursday 9pm Jan 26 (assignment A14) is to watch and listen to a number of videos about the Notepad software that we will be using with Miss Norchi ... A14 involves posting on your Web page notes about each video you watched on Notepad ... to get to these videos, you navigate to http://www.atomiclearning.com and if at home enter the login of C----- and password of W---- ... we will go over this in class on Tuesday and Wednesday but many of you like to BP ("be proactive") and get ahead! After logging in, you then search for Notepad and will see all the videos!
• Once again, you need to record 5 instances of typing on your Web page ... 15 minutes per day ... but 20-25 if you have not passed JV ... specific dates required ... this goes into the "blog" section of your Web page
• Ms. Paige, Ms. Mendelsohn and I will help any of you who want help on the CP6 test ... please send me a note with the day of the week from 3:05 to 3:50 that you want to work on this

UPDATE Friday the 13th: One of my friends at the Boston Home would love for some of you to play this geography game at http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html ... if you play it, please send me a note ("Mr. Bergen") of the form "Dear Dianne" and I will share it with her ... this will make her VERY happy and will help connect us in a more meaningful way with the Boston Home ... this is NOT a required assignment but you will be doing me a favor and will be doing something kind for someone

Fascinating article about wikipedia ... click here ... we will read together in class ... fascinating Web site to illustrate fake or real in the context of graphics on the Web ... one theme for 2006 is assess 5 media sources (newspapers, magazine, Web, radio, television) and assess themes of authenticity

Assignment A13 due Thursday 9pm Jan 19th (from Ms. Paige and Mr. Bergen)

reminder that you are making a 3 column spreadsheet in Excel ... a poem for each line ...
you will then be EXPORTING your data from Excel on Thursday in class and IMPORTING it into Timeliner ... Mr. Bergen and Ms. Paige

1095		Pope Urban calls for the first Crusade
1096		First Crusade begins
1099		Crusaders capture Jerusalem
1147	1148	Second Crusade
1190	1192	Third Crusade
1202	1204	Fourth Crusade
1212		The Children's Crusade
1215		Magna Carta signed
1291		Muslim forces recapture Acre; end of Crusader kingdoms in Holy Land
	

Assignment A13 due Thursday 9pm January 19 (from Ms. Paige and Mr. Bergen)

• Must have Timeliner project posted using the a href command to create a link ... Plan B is to use the A13LSS graphic that we have e-mailed you ... this comes from India and is a good Plan B if you did not make your own at Chapin today (Thursday 1/19) ... 10 points
• Must have the word "blog" in typing area...typing should be in same area on your Web page if possible ... -2 if the word "blog" is not there ... you can eliminate any typing section from 2005 but starting in 2006, all dates must be of the form Thursday Jan 19 or Thurs 1/19 but not simply Thursday ... starting in 2006, your typing section (which we are now calling your typing blog needs to be grouped together
• If possible, look at this CP6 assignment page to ensure that ALL of your assignments are updated
• Remove ALL BUGS - work with a friend to look at each other's Web pages and use Ms. Negin's trick to eliminate typos ... we will continue to take off 2 to 4 points for each typo we find in 2006
• Must update the date at the bottom of your Web page where it says "Last Updated" ... -2 if not done
• If there are assignments that you are STILL unclear about after reading the specs here - you need to send an email to TURNIN CP6 (& your portfolio) with the subject: UNCLEAR about A8 or A11 ...or the number of the assignment you need clarity on

Coming in a week or two ... Photoshop project on "Don't Be Afraid of Change" picture ... click

Assignment A12 due Thursday 9pm Dec 15th (from Ms. Paige and Mr. Bergen)

Click here for an ASCII table

• Here is more info about binary and ASCII ... ONE ... TWO ... THREE ... ASCII stands for American Standard Coding Information Interchange ... every uppercase letter has an ASCII code between 65 and 90 which can then be translated into binary ... click here for ASCII info from Wikipedia and click here for the a wonderful chart of ASCII printable characters
• Here is an attempt via audio to teach you about this lesson ... click here
• Pick a famous person whom you admire ... this could be an athlete, an actor, an actress, a politician ... it may be someone living or it may be someone who is dead ... however, the person you choose must be someone who is/who was not a white male ... in other words, the reason that Jane Doe will not get a great grade is because she did not read this last SPEC ... the person whom you choose must be different from Larry Bird in 1 of the 2 characteristics ... either non-white or not male ... ... Larry Bird unfortunately has something in common with all the elected presidents of the United States ... they are all white and all males!
• Create an Excel spreadsheet with your initials in 72 point size (one inch) in one cell ... your file will be saved in the form of A12JAD.xls, using your initials of course and not Jane's!
• Type the first name of your famous person in vertical fashion in upper case letters
• Using the CODE formula and the magic feature on Excel, figure out the ASCII numbers for the person's first name ... with upper case letters, the codes should come out to be between 65 and 90
• Here is a sample of the formula =CODE(B5) which you would use to find the ASCII CODE number of the cell in B5 ... or for another example =CODE(H33) would be used to find the ASCII CODE number of the cell in H33
• Now in the next column, figure out how to write this number with 1's and 0's using bits ... remember that 8 bits make a byte ... each entry must begin "the bits are ..." and so a typical entry might be "the bits are 01000001"
• Find one graphic on the Web about this person and add to your spreadsheet ... you may not use two such graphics and you must CITE YOUR SOURCE as usual
• Somewhere on the Excel spreadsheet, include a sentence as to why you admire this person
• Somewhere on the Excel spreadsheet, include another sentence that explains what ASCII stands for
• You should fancy it up with colors, borders and so on but remember that CONTENT comes before FANCY in the alphabet
• Here is a sample by Jane Doe ... click here
• Don't forget to add your typing to your Web page and add a link to A12JAD.jpg ... one of us -- Ms. Paige or Mr. Bergen -- will take your spreadsheet and make it into a graphic so that it will viewable on the Web since you will have this link all set on your Web page
  Click here for sample
  
• Click here for the Web based binary game from www.jwart.com/games/binaryfun.php!

Reminders re A11 from Ms. Paige and Mr. Bergen

• You have to post your 5 instances of typing on your Web page.
• You must avoid typos and use the "Ms. Negin Microsoft Word trick" to check for typos and spelling mistakes!
• You can also have someone else proof your Web page for typos or bugs. You can also read it aloud.
• You will lose 2 points for each typo this week or bug (-2) that either of us find. This includes the bugs we found last week as well as any usage of website or webpage or web site or web page since we now know that you should use uppercase W and two words.
• Reminder to try to change the Last updated date at the bottom, but no loss of points this week.
• Reminder to complete the 11 question survey on BOTH the Wikipedia section and post on your Web page.

A11 Homework due Thursday 12/8 by 9pm

• 5 instances of typing, posted on your Web page
• answering the 11 questions posted on http://gatornet.chapin.edu/11 and posting on your Web page by 9pm this Thursday ... your answers to the 11 questions must be based on HONESTY of course
• your answers to the 11 questions must also be put into the Wikipedia re 11 Survey that is part of our LIP Wiikpedia section
• nothing gets sent to Turnin-CP6 this week ... Mr. Bergen
• if you did not complete A10 last week, please spend 3-4pm with Ms. Paige (Monday) or Ms. Mendelsohn (Tuesday)
• if you have heard a rumor that we will have our first CP6 test on Thursday January 5th, it is true ... many of the girls who are now in Class 7 posted answers and tips on their Web pages in reviewing for this test last December ...
• click here for a review sheet that we will cover thoroughly in the next two weeks
• click here for their Web pages
• click here for an answer sheet by Ms. Paige and me
• click here for a view of the snow 12/4/05 from my kitchen window to my backyard in Lexington MA ("birthplace of the American Revolution")

A10 work due Thursday 12/1 by 9pm

Click here for the first portion of what is due this week. You have to do 2 instances of typing as well.

Your A10 assignment is to add to your Web page: two typing instances this week as well as info about multiple sclerosis and the 7 people from the Boston Home featured on gatornet.chapin.edu ... links, colors, ordered lists are all fine ... you decide what you want to do and how you want it to look but avoid typos and use the "Ms. Negin Microsoft Word trick" to check for typos and spelling mistakes!

• your A10 assignment was due by 9pm tonight
• your Web page needs to contain two instances of typing (-10), some facts about MS (-10) and some info about the 7 people from the Boston Home (-10) ... there are no SPECS about colors or font sizes or links or whatever ... you take your own personal pride in how it looks .... you can earn up to 10 BONUS points for extra special Web page overall look
• please get rid of ALL typos ... you will lose a point for each typo (-1) that Ms. Paige or I find on your Web page regardless of whether the typo is from A10 or previous work ... you are welcome to add previous assignments to your Web page but are not required at this point to do so ... you will lose 2-5 points for each LINK or GRAPHIC that is faulty
• one way to find typos is called TNT -- copy and paste into Microsoft Word (The Negin Trick)
• Another way to find typos is called RIA -- read it aloud and you will find word problems and mistakes
• Another way to find typos is called AAF -- ask a friend to check your Web page and look for bugs and typos. We adults call this collaboration.
• I will be on line frequently from 6pm to 9pm and will write you back before I answer e-mails from my mother (but please don't tell her that)

A9 Specs due Thursday 11/17 by 9pm

(Worth a total of 40 points: -5 for each DAY that it's turned in late.)

• Click here for the sample from earlier in the week ... you must satisfy all of these specs PLUS the new ones below
• Make sure your A9 has a link to http://www.emmawillard.org using something like "Click HERE to visit the Web page of the Emma Willard School" ... make sure that the word HERE is the ONE word that is hyperlinked ... make sure that the E and W and S are MUCH larger than than the rest of the letters (-2 if link not working, -5 if no link, -2 for each letter not enlarged).
• Make sure you include one sentence that says "As of November 17th, I am typing at the ______ level and can usually pass that level at least 5 out of 10 tries when I try." (-2 if no typing level sentence)
• Make sure that your A9 has a link to http://www.wikipedia.org using something like "Click HERE to visit WIKIPEDIA which is sometimes right and sometimes wrong" ... make sure that the word HERE is the ONE word that is hyperlinked ... make sure that several letters of wikipedia are different colors and different sizes (-2 if link not working, -5 if no link, -2 if there are no different colors or different sizes in the word wikipedia).
• Make sure you send your A9 assignment to your LIP12WEBPAGE as well as your portfolio and turnin. (-2 if not sent correctly).

Click here for the official end of the Plan B consequence.

A8 Specs due Thursday 11/10 by 9pm

This week you will be keeping your 5 typing instances in HTML using these commands ... it is fine to just write them down on paper until we see you in class on Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday ...

(Worth a total of 40 points: -5 for each DAY that it's turned in late.)

The FINAL SPECS A8:

Your e-mail to be sent to Turn in & your portfolio (-1 if not sent to Turn in or Portfolio) MUST include:

• Subject: A8
• An ORDERED LIST - with 5 list items for the typing you have done for the week (-2 for each OL bug)
• TWO thumbnail image sources (small pictures) appearing on your page that link to two larger photos (-5 for each missing thumbnail link)
• ONLY make use of the 3 large photos and 3 thumbnails provided on this page
• NOTE: the thumbnail does NOT have to be the same as the large picture it links to!

Remember to TEST it! Have Fun & BE CAREFUL with the DETAILS!!!!

Click HERE for a SAMPLE of an acceptable e-mail message. Of course, yours will be more interesting & colorful!

Clik here for sample.

Click here to see one of the two pictures of Ms. Paige that you can use.

Click here to see one of the two pictures of Ms. Paige that you can use.

Click here to see one of the two pictures of Mr. Clancy that you can use.

Click here to see one of the two pictures of Mr. Clancy that you can use.

Click here to see one of the two pictures of Mr. Bergen that you can use.

Click here to see one of the two pictures of Mr. Bergen that you can use.

• IMG SRC stands for image source

• Important CP6 HTML standards:

• Thumbnails should be 1 inch tall.
• Ideally, images should be 12 inches tall.

A7 Specs due Thursday 11/3 by 9pm

(Worth a total of 40 points -1 for each typo or bug and -5 for each DAY that it's turned in late.)

Click here for e-mail from Jane Doe

• Create a Web page using the template from Jane Anyone Doe ... take the e-mail from her or me and copy and paste it into a new e-mail
• SPEC#1: Typing resumes with minimum of 5 days and 15 minutes per day ... keep track by any method (paper or your portfolio) and include on your A7 Web page ... your Web page must include details about your typing practice for the 7 days from Thursday 10/27 to Thursday 11/3. You must do at least 5 instances of typing and at least 15 minutes per day. You can do this in any HTML way you want (-10)
• SPEC#2: Add a summary of LIP rules using colors and font sizes as you like ... your Web page must include a summary of LIP rules over the past few months (-10)
• SPEC#3: Add a link to your A6 Excel spreadsheet which has a URL of http://gatornet.chapin.edu/graphics/A6/ADC.jpg using your initials of course instead of those of ADC! (-2)
• SPEC#4: Make sure you follow the Web guidelines ... this means no more than ONE marquee line ... check out all the rules on Web Guidelines for LIP Girls so that you do not lose any points! (-5)
• SPEC#5: Your Web page must include a link to the checklists with a URL of http://gatornet.chapin.edu/checklists.jpg (-2)
• SPEC#6: You need to include this line of code somewhere in your A7 document
  (-2)
• SPEC#7: You need to make sure you have changed the DATE at the bottom of your Web page to be the current date, e.g. 11.03.05 (-2)
• Send by e-mail with a subject of A7 to the two usual e-mail addresses ("turnin" and "portfolio") PLUS to your special Web account which is of the form JAD 2012WEBPAGE using your initials of course (-7)

Other notes for today Thursday 10/20 ... check your A6 grade out of 40 points ... only 26 days left until Thanksgiving ... "character is what you do when no one is watching" ... you need to all find various "other strategies" to eliminate the fact that people from the Class of 2012 are using their laptops during some classes at Chapin in ways than specified by teachers.

A6 Specs due Thursday 10/20 by 9pm

• Typing specs for the past two weeks were different ... 3 days the first week and 5 days the second week due to holiday consideration
• Click here for the revised sample posted after 3pm today
• The file name must be of this form ... yes, I changed it from A6JADtyping.xls to be A6JADbp.xls where BP stands for the phrase from today "be proactive"
• You need to find a graphic of a DOG from the Web site of http://pics4learning.com ... click here ... to get the graphic you go to the Web you use CTRL click on a Mac or RIGHT MOUSE Click on a PC ... and SAVE the file ... then you go to EXCEL and choose INSERT and then INSERT FILE and get the graphic ... it is CRUCIAL that you COPY and PASTE the URL for your line of attribution before you close your Web browser
• you can put the graphic anywhere and of course resize it to look good
• typing requirements for next week and homework for next Thursday 10/27 are hereby called off ... this is the result of my making a bad mistake in one class today right before 2:20 pm
• e-mail me questions between 4pm and 9pm today Thursday and expect answers in 1 -2 hours (Mr. Bergen) ... if you are unable to do the assignment or run into a snag, it is much better to send an e-mail or ask another girl to do so ... you will lose points but much better to communicate!
• This assignment is worth 40 points.
• Below are the points which will be taken if you DO NOT have:
• correct spellings (-1 each misspelled word)
• the exact file name (-1) of A6JADbp.xls with your initials
• the correct message subject (-1) should be A6
• an interesting border around dates (-1)
• color in the dates' cells (-1)
• customized dates to include days of week (-1)
• you MUST include the graphic (-2 if not)
• you MUST include attribution for the graphic (-2 if not)
• you MUST have SUMs using the formulas at the bottom of each column (-3 if not)
• you MUST have SUMs using the formulas at the end of the rows (-3 if not)
• you MUST have merged cells with the exact Honesty sentence (-1 if not)
• you MUST wrap the exact Internet Safety sentence (-1 if not)
• remember to send to TurnIn-CP6 and your portfolio (-2)

Things we need to know about Excel

• Vocabulary: rows, columns, cells, formulas such as =SUM(A2:A7) or =SUM(B5:G5)
• Making cells look fancy: colors, borders, patterns, rotation
• Making text wrap in cells at basic level (alignment) and advanced level (merging)
• Dealing with dates

Homework for B4 is now posted ... Mr. Bergen 3:15 pm

• Here are the specs for B4 due by 9pm tonight ... you need to send in your attached file with a name of B4JAD.XLS (your initials) to TurnIn-CP6 and your portfolio
• It must be done on Excel
• It needs to use the following data
• One column needs to be the names of people who live in your house
• The next columns needs to be the number of books that person has read this year
• The next column needs to be the number of magazines each week that the person reads each week
• The next column needs to be the number of bytes in the person's first name
• The tops of the 3 columns need to have a heading turned sideways
• The bottoms of the 3 columns need to have totals adding up using the SUM formula
• The fourth column needs to be the SUM of the number of books + the number of magazines + the number of bytes using the SUM formula
• The file needs to be saved as B4JAD.XLS using your 3 initials of course
• You can make "educated guesses" for the numbers!
• If you do not have Excel, write an e-mail note in which you share your strategy for getting it after you talk to one of your parents
• If you do not have Internet access, call another Class 6 girl and ask her to write an e-mail note explaining the situation

Homework for A4 given out Thursday 9/29

• click here for a picture of the Room 39 Wall with 1's and 0's
• Exactly the same re typing ... 15 minutes a day ... because of Rosh Hashonah on Tuesday, this week is 3 days not 5 days ... this means 3 e-mails this week ... each week goes from Friday morning to Thursdays 9pm
• One word must be made colorful using the HTML command of FONT COLOR ... click here for a list of acceptable colors
• One OTHER word must be made italics using the command involving I
• One OTHER word must be LINKED to a sound file which has the pretend name of A4JAD.WAV ... this file name will not actually exist until we do a lot of audio recording but that does not matter ... you are practicing the LINKING command which also can be used to LINK to other Web sites (another week)
• Below is a sample for A4 which gets sent to TurnIn-CP6 and cc-ed to your portfolio
• You must use 3 commands this week ... FONT COLOR .. I for ITALICS and A HREF for LINKING
• Here are the SPECS for the A3 Inspiration document which must be sent from home tonight by 9pm
  1. the file name needs to be A3JAD.ISF using your 3 intials of course
  2. the content needs to be about the 4 vocabulary words we have learned this week: byte, kilobyte or K, megabyte, bits
  3. you need to have a rectangle in the corner in which you state ... My initials are JAD ... I have First Class Plan A working at home ... I cannot voice record at home ... I have Microsoft Word but not Powerpoint and Excel
  4. plan B if inspiration does not work at home is to send an e-mail from home with info about the 4 vocabulary words and what what you can do from home
  5. plan C if the Internet is not working at home is to phone call another girl in Class 6 and she will send the info for you

Click here for Jane Anyone Doe sample.

Notes on Tues and Wed Sept 27 and Sept 28

• Are we allowed to use the Typing Game for typing time?
• Click here to listen to a sound file about bytes, K, bits and megabytes
• Review of Inspiration skills to date
• Review of HTML skills to date
• How to make sure you can voice record from home
• Vocabulary words: bytes, bits, K, megabytes
• The Tuesday afternoon class -- the best section -- produced this sound file ... click here to listen!
• The Wednesday morning class at 8:50 recorded this sound file about these 4 vocab words ... click here to listen ... my prediction is that the Red Sox will win 2 of 3 this weekend and the Yankees will make the playoffs anyway
• The Wednesday second morning class posted a one minute sound file on the Web ... click here to listen!

Homework for A3

• Exactly the same re typing ... 5 days ... 15 minutes a day
• One word must be made colorful using the HTML command of FONT COLOR ... click here for a list of acceptable colors
• One OTHER word must be made italics using the NEW command involving I
• Below is a sample for A3 which gets sent to TurnIn-CP6 and cc-ed to your portfolio
• You must use the new command that stands for ITALICS!

Click here for Jane Doe sample.

Week of 9/19

• This week of 9/19, we begin Inspiration in seriousness and will be creating A2JAD.ISF in class on Thursday 9/22
• One feature of Inspiration involves making connected symbols or icons ... you must have 4 connected from the main idea since we are in CP6 and your complete project will have a total of 6
• Another skill involves unconnected symbols ... you must have 1 unconnected one with your 3 initials and the attribution statement that "the graphic came from the Web site of katrina.hush.cc"
• Another skill involves using the library ... you must use a different library for each of your 6 symbols
• Another skill involves linking a word to a Web site ... your main idea must be linked to the BLOG (Web log) located at http://katrina.hush.cc or at http://gatornet.chapin.edu/~techmsus/katrina/
• Another skill involves adding a Web graphic with proper attribution ... you must have 1 graphic from http://katrina.hush.cc/ ... you must resize it so that it is small and not overwhelming
• Another skill involves changing the color of the links ... each of your 4 links needs to be a different color
• Another skill involves saving using the ISF ending ... you must SAVE using the format of A2JAD.ISF with your initials of course
• This is due by tonight 9pm but my hope is that most of you get it done in class today

Older items

• --On Thursday 9/15, we went over the tricky HTML command for color that needs to be used for A2 typing report (5 e-mails for 5 days thru 9/22 9pm ... you can use a different color each day ... we reviewed the Plan B approach if you cannot get on GatorNet to call a friend to send the e-mail for you
  Click here for sample.
  --We also began our Inspiration project to be named A2JAD.isf using your 3 initials ... we went over installing FIO tricks (figuring it out) which include finding the serial numbers inside the package, going to MY COMPUTER if installing on a PC, working with a member of your family or calling a friend on the phone
  --We also had our first official Varsity typing test since Varsity is now the official level to pass (with proper finger placements) to allow you to stop the 5-15 weekly routine
  --We also learned about Mr. D and Mr. M and their trip to Louisiana ...click here for their Web BLOG at http://gatornet.chapin.edu/~techmsus/katrina ... we learned that BLOG stands for Web Log and is a Web journal or diary
  --We also learned that your Inspiration CD is to stay home and the package is to be preserved in a special location within your house ... we also reviewed the rule of "one software package, one install on one computer" unless we have something in writing to tell us otherwise
  --We practiced "hands-up" which needs to be immediate and "no time delay" .. .this is important for other teachers at Chapin as well
  --We practiced "laptops down" for which you have 30 or 33 seconds to save your work and possibly QUIT or EXIT from the application
  --We reviewed the fact that you cannot ever leave your laptop alone during the day except if a teacher instructs you to and "covers" the room ... this was useful when we visited the "tech infrastructure" in room 412 to give us a sense of what Mr. M and Mr. D will be doing this weekend in Louisiana
  --We reviewed the naming convention for taking notes in Microsoft Word, e.g. JADcomputernotes916.doc
  --We learned that Inspiration files end in ISF which jokingly means Inspiration So Fine ... we learned that you are all free to play with Inspiration once installed at home but that next week in class we will learn more about the details and specs for the A2 Inspiration project on Mr. M and Mr. D
  --We reviewed the fact that you MUST have Microsoft Office at home (Word, Excel PowerPoint) and connection to the Web ... it is crucial that I know if you or your parents need help ... Mr. Bergen

• In class on 9/13 and 9/14 we learned that
  A) once you officially pass Varsity, the 5 days per week, 15 minutes per day requirement is over
  B) the key words for Web pages are HTML, BODY, HEAD, P and perhaps FONT COLOR
  C) taking notes in Microsoft Word and saving using 3 initials is the desired approach, e..g JADNotesComp914.doc
  D) Software honesty is important and you can install Inspiration on just one computer at home
  E) The Inspiration CD goes home in your pencil case and stays home

• A1 involves sending 5 e-mail notes to your portfolio and to TurnIn-CP6 that demonstrate proof of typing practice ... Assignment A1 ... typing via GatorNet and reporting via GatorNet ... due 9/15 ... requirement through the fall ... 15 minutes a days, 5 days a week is our standard for type at home typing practice; typing on a word processor does not count as typing practice
• Three ways to do typing practice: alphabetical, one minute test, Typing Pal
• The subject needs to say A1 which stands for assignment 1 ("never leave your title blank")
• You need to send to TurnIn-CP6 five days
• You need to CC your portfolio
• You need to avoid typos by using the computer spell checker and your own eyes!
• You can use text for typing

We will discuss this paragraph in italics on LIP orientation day .... Your last note needs to contain (1) info about your Inspiration CD (2) info about whether your have First Class Plan A installed and working at home and (3) needs to include the honesty header graphic.

Our first day is Thursday 9/8 ... we will be discussing

• Proper care of the laptops ... the hinge ... the latch
• Sending to your portfolio and turnin-cp6
• Plan A and Plan B GatorNet access
• Mrs. McCreery's comments below

• The machine does not belong to you ... it belongs to the school and I represent the school ... so you might say these machines belong to me.
• Accidents might happen, negligence better not.
• If you are using your laptop in any way contrary to what your teacher wants, you are in big trouble.
• From now on, I will hold you responsible for every word you send on e-mail; if you e-mail each other during class, you are in big trouble.
• On your own time, you can send e-mail, but you better not gossip, bully or tease. We have a list of core values. The #1 core value is respect.
• If you can't say it in front of me, in front of Mr. Clancy, in front of Mr. Bergen, in front of my grandmother, you should not write it on e-mail.
• From this second on, we are recommitted to responsible behavior.
• I trust you; I know you can handle this!

Here is the first public Web page from the Class of 2012 (three initials per girl, no name ever for reasons of Internet Safety)

LSS in India this year

Here is the Web page we made during LIP orientation day

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