Second Semester Assignment 3 - Parent or Guardian Communication

Teaching adults how to use computer applications is a valuable tool. For some of you, this will be easy, and for others, this will be more challenging. Welcome to teaching.


Before you can teach your parent or guardian how to follow your blog and my blog, you must learn how to follow blogs. So, learn how to follow blogs again, if you forgot... learn the first time, if you never learned.


For this assignment, perhaps the largest assignment all semester, do the following.


1. Send me and your parent or guardian ONE E-mail. List your parent/ guardian in the TO section. List me AND your counselor in the "cc" section. Just to remind you, this is an official assignment, and you might want to review the NUSD policies for plagiarism.


2. In the subject area, type something relevant to this class and assignment.


3. In the body of the message, list the "url" of my class blog and your blog. Your blog will probably be private, but I still want you to send the web address.


4. Also in the body, explain the purpose of the message. For example, "This is a graded assignment where I will be showing you how to follow my class work and provide the e-mail address to my teacher in case you have any questions. My instructor also wants me to learn how to teach what I have learned."


5. You will also let your parent or guardian know that he or she will be following up later with me to verify that you have completed the assignment.


If you have questions, please post them in the comment section.


Also, send your parent or guardian an e-mail

Note: The first task was for students to create a g-mail account that was identifiable, professional and appropriate. This account will be used to send messages to the teacher at bfarley@nusd.org. By creating a gmail account, students will also have access to many other google applications.

To demonstrate that students have accomplished this task, students will send me an e-mail to my school e-mail with a proper subject line. I would prefer that students identify the assignment and class period for all assignments. 

Second Semester - Assignment 2

Review 

Continuing with review, I want our students to create a blog, invite me to their blog, and "follow" my blog. These are separate parts of the assignment.


I also expect students to have a private blog, at least until students have a parent or guardian following their blog. Students will have their parent or guardian follow their blog and my blog in one of the next assignments.

When students invite me to their blog, they will invite me to two places. First, they will invite me to mrfarley2010@gmail.com. Secondly, students will invite me at bfarley@nusd.org.

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Second Semester - Assignment 1

Review

To begin the second semester, I want our students to review some basic tasks that will help them in the future business world. These basic tasks will also help our new students become familiar with our class, and help me become more familiar with the students and families.

The first task is that students create a g-mail account that is identifiable, professional and appropriate. This account will be used to send messages to the teacher at bfarley@nusd.org. By creating a gmail account, students will also have access to many other google applications.

To demonstrate that students have accomplished this task, students will send me an e-mail to my school e-mail with a proper subject line. I would prefer that students identify the assignment and class period. 

Computer Applications: twenty five years ago

What happened twenty five years ago today?

How did computer applications make this event possible?

Were there any application mistakes?

Research computer applications used from this event. Provide links and video if possible. How are computers different twenty five years later? How were computers different twenty five years before this event?

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Basic Movie Applications

Yesterday, we watched a video. In this class, we have watched several online videos.

We have also manipulated photos in Photoshop and with other online computer applications. 

Today, we are going to begin learning how to use a movie making application.

Working in pairs, find a PC (not a Mac) that works. One of the people, must have network access. In the R Drive, you will find the Farley Folder. In the Farley folder is another folder called "Movie Photos."

Using these photos, make a movie with Windows Movie Maker.

Computers and Math

What does Computer Applications class have to do with Math?


Please answer this question with three supporting responses before we watch this video as a class. Your answer will look something like this:


Computer Applications is related to math for the following three reasons. 
First, ________ .
Second, _____ .
Third________ .


After we finish our responses, we will view this video of Conrad Wolfram from the TED Conference. (Go to this link and get the code to embed video below the parenthetical phrase.)


Once we have finished watching the video, respond to the following question. 


From the TED Conference video, I learned ___________.

Assignments Through January 18

Since we have new students, I want to post all of the graded assignments that are due before students arrive on Wednesday, January 19th.

1. All students are to have a blog
2. All students are to invite me to their blog at mrfarley2010(at)gmail.com and  bfarley(at)nusd.org. I will only send e-mails to students using my school e-mail. I use a google blog the same as the students. I keep track of all communications on my school provided e-mail, so please send me the blog invite at my school e-mail.
3. All students are to follow this blog. The website (or url) is at this link .  It looks like this.  http://smhscomputerapplications.blogspot.com/

4. Create a blog post with the three reflection questions. Just the questions.
5. Post ten Google Applications that interest the students. These can be found from the drop down menu under the word "more" after students log into their Google e-mail.
6. If students have not done so, students must create a google e-mail for this class that is professional and identifiable.
7. Google Site Project.

Google Sites

1. Create a Site

2. Clear Topic

3. Choose consistent template

4. More than one page

5. Link to other google sites with similar topics

6. Link to other pages with similar topics