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  • 03:08:48 pm on February 27, 2011 | Comments Off on February 28 – B Day | # |

    8th Computers

    • We will be learn how to cut text into pictures
    • You will need to collect at least 40 photos of one topic (examples:  American Flag, Pencils, Flowers, Cars, Skateboards, Pizza, Hamburgers, Shoes)
    • Place them in a folder on the desktop
    • You will want to select full size images.

    8th Business

    • Login
    • Check you stocks
    • Today is Schoo Store Day
    • What is the deal of the day on Wednesday?
      • Human Relations
        • Work Schedule for March
      • Maintenance
        • Clean up and restock the store
        • Hang up posters
      • Accounting
        • Finalize payroll for February
        • Update income
      • Marketing
        • Completing Commercial
      • Public Relations
        • Announcements for the week
        • Let’s begin working on the web page
      • Sales
        • Update the inventory
        • What do we need more of?

    7th computers

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Last Day
    • Field Trip to FCS
    • BookWorm Contest

     
  • 08:05:36 pm on February 24, 2011 | Comments Off on February 25 – A Day | # |

    8th Computers

    • We will be completing all of our assignments – missing and new
    • Project 1 – Vacation Photo
      • Find a photo of a vacation destination (The Sphinx, Eiffel Tower, Daytona, Grand Canyon) and place it on your desktop
      • Take a picture of yourself that you can place in the vacation photo
      • Open the vacation photo and resize to 5″X7″ or 7″X5″
      • Place your picture in the vacation photo
      • Save two file – vacation_FirstLastName.psd and vacation_FirstLastName.jpg
      • Hand the jpg file into Docushare
      • Grading based on:
        • Picture resized correctly
        • You picture placed correctly in photo
        • Edges of your picture clean and clear
        • Final picture looks realistic
        • Photos blend well together (colors and size)
    • Project 2 – Billboard
      • New Photoshop Elements File
      • Saved as Billboard_FirstLastName.psd
      • Size is 10″ wide and 6″high
      • RGB is 72 Pixals per inch
      • You will be creating a billboard design for your favorite product (shoes, candy bar, cereal, pop, energy drink, restaurant, etc.)
      • Blend the use of graphics, filters, effects, and drawing tools
      • Add a logo or clever sales pitch with the text tool
      • Incorporate a picture of the product on the billboard
      • Grading based on:
        • Text easy to read
        • Logo appropriate/creative/fits product
        • picture of product included and edges clean
        • great blending of layers
        • neat and not distracting
        • great use of layers and effects
      • Save a second copy as a jpg and hand into docushare
    • NEITHER PROJECT IS DUE UNTIL MARCH 2, TAKE YOUR TIME AND DO YOUR BEST WORK

    8th Business

    • Login
    • Today is the Stock Market Test
    • When you test is complete
      • Missing Work
      • Redo Work
      • Check your stocks
      • Junior Achievement Disks

    7th computers

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Warm-up
      • Lessons 1 – 20
      • Lesson 21 – 26
      • Practice Makes Perfect
    • Today will be a work day to complete:
      • personal business letter
      • Scrambled letter
      • Sick Poem

     
  • 08:44:10 am on February 24, 2011 | Comments Off on February 24 – B Day | # |

    8th Computers

    • We will be complete 2 new assignments
    • Project 1 – Vacation Photo
      • Find a photo of a vacation destination (The Sphinx, Eiffel Tower, Daytona, Grand Canyon) and place it on your desktop
      • Take a picture of yourself that you can place in the vacation photo
      • Open the vacation photo and resize to 5″X7″ or 7″X5″
      • Place your picture in the vacation photo
      • Save two file – vacation_FirstLastName.psd and vacation_FirstLastName.jpg
      • Hand the jpg file into Docushare
      • Grading based on:
        • Picture resized correctly
        • You picture placed correctly in photo
        • Edges of your picture clean and clear
        • Final picture looks realistic
        • Photos blend well together (colors and size)
    • Project 2 – Billboard
      • New Photoshop Elements File
      • Saved as Billboard_FirstLastName.psd
      • Size is 10″ wide and 6″high
      • RGB is 72 Pixals per inch
      • You will be creating a billboard design for your favorite product (shoes, candy bar, cereal, pop, energy drink, restaurant, etc.)
      • Blend the use of graphics, filters, effects, and drawing tools
      • Add a logo or clever sales pitch with the text tool
      • Incorporate a picture of the product on the billboard
      • Grading based on:
        • Text easy to read
        • Logo appropriate/creative/fits product
        • picture of product included and edges clean
        • great blending of layers
        • neat and not distracting
        • great use of layers and effects
      • Save a second copy as a jpg and hand into docushare
    • NEITHER PROJECT IS DUE UNTIL MARCH 2, TAKE YOUR TIME AND DO YOUR BEST WORK

    8th Business

    • Do Not Login
    • Junior Achievement Day

    7th computers

    • Login
    • Today

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Warm-up
      • Lessons 1 – 20
      • Lesson 21 – 26
      • Practice Makes Perfect
      • We will be taking Graded Timings Today
    • We will complete a personal business letter practice.
      • Show teacher when complete
    • Complete summative letter – Scrambled letter
      • Ask before printing
    • Sick Poem
      • Do not print

     
  • 08:28:10 pm on February 22, 2011 | Comments Off on February 23 – A day | # |

    8th Computers

    • We will be complete 2 new assignments
    • Project 1 – Vacation Photo
      • Find a photo of a vacation destination (The Sphinx, Eiffel Tower, Daytona, Grand Canyon) and place it on your desktop
      • Take a picture of yourself that you can place in the vacation photo
      • Open the vacation photo and resize to 5″X7″ or 7″X5″
      • Place your picture in the vacation photo
      • Save two file – vacation_FirstLastName.psd and vacation_FirstLastName.jpg
      • Hand the jpg file into Docushare
      • Grading based on:
        • Picture resized correctly
        • You picture placed correctly in photo
        • Edges of your picture clean and clear
        • Final picture looks realistic
        • Photos blend well together (colors and size)
    • Project 2 – Billboard
      • New Photoshop Elements File
      • Saved as Billboard_FirstLastName.psd
      • Size is 10″ wide and 6″high
      • RGB is 72 Pixals per inch
      • You will be creating a billboard design for your favorite product (shoes, candy bar, cereal, pop, energy drink, restaurant, etc.)
      • Blend the use of graphics, filters, effects, and drawing tools
      • Add a logo or clever sales pitch with the text tool
      • Incorporate a picture of the product on the billboard
      • Grading based on:
        • Text easy to read
        • Logo appropriate/creative/fits product
        • picture of product included and edges clean
        • great blending of layers
        • neat and not distracting
        • great use of layers and effects
      • Save a second copy as a jpg and hand into docushare
    • NEITHER PROJECT IS DUE UNTIL MARCH 2, TAKE YOUR TIME AND DO YOUR BEST WORK

    8th Business

    • Login
    • We will be reviewing for the Stock Market Test on Friday
    • Access 8th Grade Business Quia Web Page
      • Complete
        • Stock Market Vocabulary
        • Stock Tables
        • Stock Market Calculations
    • When done
      • Complete Missing Work
      • Junior Achievement CD

    7th computers

    • Login
    • Today

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Warm-up
      • Lessons 1 – 20
      • Lesson 21 – 26
      • Practice Makes Perfect
    • We will complete a personal business letter practice.
      • Show teacher when complete
    • Complete summative letter – Scrambled letter
      • Ask before printing
    • Sick Poem
      • Do not print

     
  • 03:20:30 pm on February 21, 2011 | Comments Off on February 22 – B day – PLC Day | # |

    8th Computers

    • Warm-up – Google Design
    • We will learn how to use the magic extractor tool
    • We will learn how to use the mask tool to move an object from one picture to another.
    • We will learn to cookie cut pictures into text.

    8th Business

    • Login
    • Opening Activity –
      • Irma buys 100 shares of Mattel at $26.38 a share.  She is charge a 5% commission fee.  How much is the commission?
      • Joslyn sells 500 shares of Safeway at $48 a share.  She pays her broker a 4% commission.  How much does the broker receive.
    • Check your Stocks
    • We will review how to read stock pages
    • We will learn how to figure dividends

    7th computers

    • Login
    • Today
      • Warm-up
        • Typing Time Lesson 6
      • We will be learning to add clip are from Words clip art gallery
      • We will be learning how to add graphics from the internet
      • We will talk about copyright and pictures from the internet

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Warm-up
      • Lessons 1 – 20
      • Lesson 21 – 26
      • Practice Makes Perfect
    • We will learn to format a personal business letter.

     
  • 08:29:15 pm on February 20, 2011 | Comments Off on February 21 – A day | # |

    8th Computers

    • Warm-up – Google Design
    • We will learn how to use a variety of selection tools to change a picture.

    8th Business

    • Login
    • Check your Stocks
    • We will learn how to read stock pages today
    • We will learn how to figure commission for purchases and sells

    7th computers

    • Login
    • Today
      • Warm-up
        • Typing Time Lesson 6
      • We will be learning to add clip are from Words clip art gallery
      • We will be learning how to add graphics from the internet
      • We will talk about copyright and pictures from the internet

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Today is a work day
    • Complete:
      • Lessons 1 – 20
      • Lesson 21 – 26
      • Amelia Earhart report.
    • Typing Game when done

     
  • 08:54:27 pm on February 17, 2011 | Comments Off on February 18 – B Day | # |

    8th Computers

    • Warm-up – Google Design
    • We will learn how to use a variety of selection tools to change a picture.
    • We will finish up assigments

    8th Business

    • Login
    • Check your Stocks
    • We will learn how to read stock pages today.

    7th computers

    • Login
    • Today
      • Warm-up
        • Typing Time Lesson 5
      • We will be reviewing how to use the Thesaurus
      • We will be reviewing how to use Cut, Copy, Paste, and Move
      • We will begin work on Word Edit Activity 3

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Warm-up
    • Work on Typing Time Lessons
      • 1-20
      • 21-26
      • Practice Makes Perfect
    • We will complete Amelia Earhart report.
    • We will learning how to fill the inside of word art with designs and pictures

     
  • 07:51:27 pm on February 16, 2011 | Comments Off on February 17 – A Day | # |

    8th Computers

    • Warm-up – Google Design
    • Today
    • We will learn how to use the smudge tool
    • We will learn how to repair scratches on a photo
    • We will learn how to use a variety of selection tools to change a picture.

    8th Business

    • Do not Login
    • Junior Achievement Day

    7th computers

    • Login
    • Today
      • Warm-up
        • Typing Time Lesson 5
      • We will be reviewing how to use the Thesaurus
      • We will be reviewing how to use Cut, Copy, Paste, and Move
      • We will begin work on Word Edit Activity 3

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Warm-up
    • Work on Typing Time Lessons
      • 1-20
      • 21-26
      • Practice Makes Perfect
    • We will complete Amelia Earhart report.
    • We will learning how to create word art.

     
  • 08:47:13 pm on February 15, 2011 | Comments Off on February 16 – B Day | # |

    8th Computers

    • Warm-up – Google Design
    • Today
    • We will be catching up on missing assignments
    • We will hand in name design
    • We will demonstrating our ability to use clone, crop and color replacement tools
      • Take a photo of yourself in Photobooth
      • Crop you photo
      • Change your hair color
      • Change your eye color
      • Change your shirt color
      • Create a solid background using the clone tool
      • Save a MeRemade_FirstLastName.jpg

    8th Business

    • Do not Login
    • We are working on the Schoo Store
    • Accounting
      • Payroll
      • Income – 3 days worth
    • Human Resource
      • Give our passes for the day
    • Sales and Inventory
      • Finish inputting the numbers into Google Docs
    • Marketing
      • Commercial time
    • Maintenance
      • Clean up store
      • Hang up posters
    • Public Relations
      • Announcements for next week
    • Everyone will make 2 posters (can’t print two copies of one creation)- Graded
      • No spelling errors
      • Contains store hours, days open, one product for sale and its price
      • Neat and easy to read
      • Attracts views attention in a postive way

    7th computers

    • Login
    • Today
      • Warm-up
        • Typing Time Lesson 4
        • We will complete Word Edit Activity 2
        • We will complete Oh Henry
      • We will be learning how to check out grades online
      • We will be learning how to use the Thesaurus
      • We will be learning how to use Cut, Copy, Paste, and Move
      • We will begin work on Word Edit Activity 3

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Warm-up
    • Work on Typing Time Lessons
      • 1-20
      • 21-26
      • Practice Makes Perfect
    • We will take graded timings today.
    • We will complete Amelia Earhart report.

     
  • 06:31:07 pm on February 14, 2011 | Comments Off on February 15 – A Day | # |

    8th Computers

    • Warm-up – Review
    • Open the photo Bride and Groom from the training images photo.
      • Create a duplicate to work on
      • Quick fix the photo
      • Do not fix the red eye
      • Crop the photo to remove as much of the background as you can.
      • Raise your hand for a teacher check when done.
    • We will learn how to clone objects
    • We will learn how to repair red eye
    • We will learn how to replace color in an object
    • We will learn how to use the spot heal tool

    8th Business

    • You do need your binders
    • Login and check your stocks
    • We will talk about how to determine profit and loss in the stock market

    7th computers

    • Login
    • Today
      • Warm-up
        • Complete and turn in Word Edit Activity 2
        • Complete and turn in Oh Henry
        • Typing Time Lesson 4
      • We will be learning how to check out grades online
      • We will be learning how to use the Thesaurus
      • We will be learning how to use Cut, Copy, Paste, and Move
      • We will begin work on Word Edit Activity 3

    6th Keyboarding

    • Login
    • Warm-up
    • Work on Typing Time Lessons
      • 1-20
      • 21-26
      • Practice Makes Perfect
    • We will complete a short report – Amelia Earhart
      • Be sure to follow the instructions

     
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