tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73589763090431309302024-03-05T15:30:21.171-06:00Computer AppsDarin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.comBlogger555125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-16354868435425732092014-12-17T08:31:00.001-06:002014-12-17T08:31:59.578-06:00Make-up day! Everything due by the end of the day today!If you have anything missing it will need to be turned in today by the end of the day. My suggestion is to double check all of your quiz grades and make sure you aren't missing any of those; I would also suggest looking to see if you are missing the Thanksgiving blog post (if this is missing send me an email with a link to your blog). Lastly, the crossword puzzles are probably the next easiest to complete. I mention those because they are easy to complete and should give you some quick points. <br />
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Beyond those two assignments if you have missing formatting activities that are partially completed you could take time today to get more of it done and then hand it in at the end of the hour. Remember...some points is better than no points!<br />
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Tomorrow and Friday we will finish our bracket challenge! If you are in first, second, or third hours I will not be here and the sub will be guiding you through the bracket competition. Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-62447310675495093532014-12-16T08:08:00.001-06:002014-12-16T08:08:28.913-06:00Pizza menu due!The pizza menu is due today! However, as I mentioned yesterday, you could still turn it in tomorrow, you just won't earn full credit.<br />
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Additionally, if you have any missing assignments you have to have those turned in tomorrow as well.<br />
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Tomorrow and Friday we'll complete the bracket challenge - if you're still alive in the tournament bring it on!!!Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-76503442873267622322014-12-15T08:00:00.000-06:002014-12-15T08:00:09.102-06:00Pizza menuYou'll have the entire hour today and tomorrow to work on your pizza menu. At this point you should be nearly done with the inside of the menu and preparing to get started on the outside front and back panels. I think the outside could easily be completed in one day (tomorrow), but it's always best to leave yourself a little bit of extra time in case something comes up. This is due at the end of your hour on Tuesday, but could be turned in on Wednesday if needed. <br />
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If you feel you won't have enough time to get done with the 3 class periods left (Monday - Wednesday) then I would highly recommend you either come in during a time here at school that will work for you (before school, lunch recess, etc.), or you save the pizza menu to your Google drive and you work on it at home.<br />
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There is a new posting of missing assignments on the wall. Remember, if you have anything missing that you want to turn in it must be turned in no later than Wednesday, Dec. 17th!! I will not be accepting any assignments after that date. Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-18477161287521034192014-12-12T08:37:00.000-06:002014-12-12T08:37:05.561-06:00Vocab Quiz #10 - the last one!; Pizza menu design workToday is the last of the vocab quizzes! As usual you will be given time at the beginning of class to study - do not go to Classmarker until I tell you to do so.<br />
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As soon as you complete the quiz you may continue your work on the pizza menu.Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-62414277316037820302014-12-11T08:07:00.002-06:002014-12-11T08:07:35.054-06:00Flash video; pizza menuToday we will watch the last video related to our vocab lists. This, in my opinion, is the coolest of all of the videos we have watched! It is amazing to see what you can do with this software!<br />
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In addition to watching the video I will be showing you how to add the text box borders that are talked about in step 10 on page 2. The text box/borders are only needed for the inside of the menu - they should surround the 8 different categories on the menu (it acts as a good way to visually separate the 8 different categories).Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-4601837949396048742014-12-10T06:58:00.002-06:002014-12-10T07:00:40.968-06:00Photoshop video; begin pizza menu <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Merriweather; line-height: 18px;">The video we are going to watch today will help you to understand a little more about an amazing piece of software called Photoshop. This is used in many different graphic design careers, and it is easily the most dynamic image editing software on the market. Since we don't use Photoshop it is a little more difficult to understand just exactly how it's used, but again, for what you need to know, just understand that it's purpose is to manipulate images in a wide variety of ways. The video will talk about Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw as these are additional parts of Photoshop - you will not need to know about these things. </span><br />
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After watching the video you'll have time to work on your pizza menu. I told you yesterday that I would cover some additional information today...I'll save that for tomorrow and explain it then (you wouldn't have gotten to that part today anyway). When you are entering your information your speed skin should be on your keyboard.</div>
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Here is what the schedule for the rest of this week and next week looks like:<br />
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Tues. Dec. 9 - video; introduce Pizza Menu assignment; handout pizza menu instructions<br />
Wed. Dec. 10 - video; Pizza menu assignment<br />
Thurs. Dec. 11 - video; Pizza menu assignment (Mr. Pardoe gone 1st hour)<br />
Fri. Dec. 12 - Vocab Quiz #10; Pizza menu assignment<br />
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Tues. Dec. 16 - <b><span style="color: blue;">PIZZA ASSIGNMENT DUE!!!!</span></b><br />
Wed. Dec. 17 - <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">LAST DAY TO HAND IN ANY ASSIGNMENTS!!!</span></b><br />
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Dec. 19 - Games??? Movie???Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-26415954321825471542014-12-08T08:31:00.001-06:002014-12-08T08:31:53.522-06:00Vocab week #10 (Java video); Practice and timed writingThis is the last week of vocab (try to contain your excitement), so for anyone who is responsible for this week's vocab definitions they need to be completed by tomorrow night. We'll begin today with the following video on Java:<br />
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After watching the video we are going to go to one of the practice websites and practice. Then, we'll take another speed test today to see how you are doing speed-wise. At this point many of you will notice that you are reaching the apex of your ability - in other words you'll probably recognize that it is getting more difficult to improve your speed. That's normal. In fact, at this point, any improvement will likely be small (in other words if your speed does improve it may only be by one or two words per minute). Complete 3 of the timed writings and write your best one on the sheet on the wall.<br />
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After the quiz you will have the rest of the hour to complete, print out, and hand in FA12. Please make sure to staple all of the pages together before you hand them in. When you do finish you should have 4 pages total...if you have less or more it is likely that you didn't do something correct. In other words, if you don't have 4 pages you may want to take a close look at what you might have done wrong.Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-13340808629541085292014-12-04T08:36:00.000-06:002014-12-04T08:36:41.668-06:00MP3 vs. MPEG vs. WAV; complete FA12Today we are going to discuss the differences between MP3, MPEG, and WAV files. We'll start that by watching a video on what a WAV file is:<br />
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After discussing those items you will have the rest of the time to complete FA12. If you get done you can go to the practice websites. Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-40124720501026926582014-12-03T08:30:00.001-06:002014-12-03T08:30:56.541-06:00Screenshot; FA12I am going start with showing you how you can take a screenshot on your computer. Screenshot is one of the vocab words for this week.<br />
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After showing you how to take a screenshot we will open Excel and continue working with Excel. I have several things that I want to show you before you begin working on FA12. Pay attention as what I will be covering will be part of what you will be expected to do in this formatting activity. <br />
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Today we are going to review in Microsoft Excel. It's been almost two weeks since you've done anything with Excel so my guess is most of you have forgotten many of the things we covered before Thanksgiving. If we get done with our review we will take a look at what you need to know in order to complete FA12, which is also completed using Excel.Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-13941100570413275492014-12-01T08:13:00.001-06:002014-12-01T08:49:52.502-06:00Welcome back!Welcome back! I hope you had a restful and enjoyable Thanksgiving break!<br />
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We have 3 weeks of school left before we are out for Christmas break, and it will go fast. Be prepared to be busy - we still have several things to accomplish and will be working diligently to get those things done in the next 3 weeks. <br />
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This week is vocab list #9 - Multimedia/Graphics. Today we are going to watch the video below on streaming video. If you have vocab definitions for week 9 and have not yet posted them you have until tomorrow night to get that done.<br />
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<li>Finally you need to insert an image that is related in some way to what you did at Thanksgiving. As long as the image is school appropriate you have quite a bit of freedom in choosing what you want to include for your image (2 pts)</li>
<li>Email me a link to your blog. This should not be a problem as you should have your blog link as part of your signature (if not you may want to do that now). Make sure to include the 5 proper parts to an email (1 pt).</li>
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Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-73868819092691782382014-11-21T08:22:00.002-06:002014-11-21T08:22:26.609-06:00Vocab Quiz #8; finish missing work; Word It puzzlesYou'll be given a few minutes to review before we take the vocab quiz...use it wisely!<br />
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<li>if you don't have any missing work I have some Word It puzzles that you can do for fun; you may work on these with a partner if you wish, but there will only be groups of 2; I'll give you the answers after you've had time to work on them for a while</li>
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As another reminder, remember that if you have definitions for week 8 those need to be completed by tonight. If you are not done with yours you may want to come in during lunch recess or 7th hour.<br />
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You'll have time to complete FA10 today in class. Once you get done with FA10, if you have any missing assignments you should work on those. If you do not have any missing assignments then you can go to the practice websites if you are not going to do the bracket competition today (the sheets will be handed to you if you are going to be doing the competition today).<br />
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As a note regarding FA9...I started grading those yesterday, and each one takes several minutes to grade, so it is completely likely that it may take me the rest of the week to get all 5 class periods graded. Those take a long time to grade, so if you haven't submitted your FA9 yet you should do that ASAP to avoid losing points for turning it in late.Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-28347676926055084142014-11-17T08:06:00.000-06:002014-11-17T08:06:48.264-06:00Vocab week #8; FA10This is a vocab week, so if you have definitions for week #8 those need to be posted on the wiki spaces page by Tuesday night. Here is a video on what a Firewall is:<br />
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We are getting down to the nitty gritty here at the end of the semester. We will start working on FA10 today, and once we get done with FA10 we will move on to formatting activities using Microsoft Excel, and will have FA11 due towards the end of the week. Once we return from Thanksgiving break we will continue our work in Excel for a period of time before we end the semester with a large Word formatting activity in which you will be creating a pizza menu - it will be challenging but fun!<br />
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Your priorities for today are as follows:<br />
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<li>Complete 3 of the timed writings on the <a href="http://www.freetypinggame.net/free-typing-test.asp">Free Typing Game</a> website. Choose a different one of the Classic Tales (#26 - #35) stories to complete for each of the timed writings you do. Write your best score on the sheet on the wall.</li>
<li>Complete test #25 - that's the 10-key lesson test - you'll use your keypad to complete this. It's been a while since we've worked on these so this will be a good review.</li>
<li>Complete any missing work during class. Check the pages on the wall - if you get anything done it might be wise to cross it off so you aren't confused the next time you look at the sheet on the wall (I can give you a Sharpie if you would like one).</li>
<li>If you do not have any missing assignments you can go to the practice websites. I will be selecting individuals to compete in the bracket competition. We have several individual competitions that need to get completed to get brackets updated.</li>
<li>If you have not yet posted definitions to the wiki spaces page for next week now would be a good time to get that done. I don't normally offer class time, but I'll allow it since I'm in a good mood today :-)</li>
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Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-43203272774868170802014-11-13T08:00:00.001-06:002014-11-13T08:30:44.078-06:00Complete and submit FA9; crossword puzzle due tomorrowYou will have the hour to complete FA9. Once you are done it should be emailed to me. <br />
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Alos don't forget that the crossword puzzle is due tomorrow.<br />
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There are new missing assignment sheets posted on the wall - take a look. We had an extraordinary amount of people <i style="font-weight: bold;">NOT</i> hand in FA8 for whatever reason. If you are done with FA9 you should be working on any missing assignments you have.<br />
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Along these same lines, and also regarding FA8, there were many students who either sent me a link to their blog but didn't send me a Word document attached to their email, or who don't have their blog URL in their Gmail signature and did send me the Word document as an attachment. You had to have both (URL to your blog and Word document attached) in order to get full credit. I would highly recommend that you check your Gmail to see if this situation applies to you. AND...if you don't have your URL as part of your signature you should get that done (we did that in class as a group).<br />
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If you are done with FA9 and you have no missing assignments I might have you complete the bracket challenge - it will depend on who you are competing against and where you are in the bracket. If you are not working on the bracket challenge you can go to the practice websites - your speed skin must be on your keyboard!Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-53469251617016253542014-11-12T08:32:00.000-06:002014-11-12T08:32:01.062-06:00Complete FA9Today you will work on completing FA9 - the instructions are on Monday's blog post. If you need to print out the instructions you may do so.<br />
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Don't forget that the crossword puzzle is due Friday - if you are done and want to hand that in early that is perfectly ok.<br />
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Also, next week is vocab list #8. If you have any vocab definitions for next week you need to start planning on getting those done as soon as possible. Even though they aren't due until next Tuesday getting them done now would be wise.Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-16254390589724629452014-11-10T08:33:00.001-06:002014-11-10T08:33:45.743-06:00Vocab definitions; Crossword puzzle; FA9There is no vocab quiz this week, so we will be having a crossword puzzle that I will hand out today. There will be vocab quiz #8 next week so if you have not yet posted any definitions for list #8 please get that completed as soon as possible (you have all day tomorrow - no excuses!).<br />
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Today we are going to start learning about inserting shapes into Word. There are several different styles of shapes, and there are also many cool ways to format the shapes that you can insert. We also will learn to insert WordArt, which is a uniquely formatted way to enter text into a document.<br />
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The Computer Apps folder sheet is green, and it needs to be filled out. I will be handing out your crossword puzzle from last week so that you can use it for a portfolio example; you could also print out any of the vocab quizzes we have taken, or if you have any of your formatting activities you could also print them out as a portfolio example.<br />
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Here are the things that I want you to include on the folder cover:<br />
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At the top include the day and time of your conference. Create this in a large sized font.<br />
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Next, you can include 2 images in your document. These images should reflect one of three things: something that you like about school (lunch or lunch recess do not count), challenges that school presents on a daily basis, or hobbies you have. You can only have one of each of the three different areas. <br />
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Once you print out the cover you can tape it to the manila folder.Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-69371803229090738962014-11-05T08:51:00.004-06:002014-11-05T08:51:38.130-06:00Top Level Domains; HTML; IP AddressWe are going to cover several of the items on the vocab list in today's class. Top Level Domains, or TLD's, are the ending part of a web address (.com, .edu, .net, .org).<br />
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HTML - this is the code that webpages are written in<br />
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IP Address - Internet Protocol address - this is the series of 4 numbers that shows your location on the Internet. If you want to know what your IP address is you can go to <a href="http://www.whatismyipaddress.com/">www.whatismyipaddress.com</a>. Anyone who brings me their IP address via picture on their phone tomorrow will get extra credit.<br />
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After covering this information we are going to work to finish FA8. We are not working very hard in class, and I can tell because as I look around the room at the times that everyone is posting to the speed test posters that we should easily be getting these formatting activities done quicker than what it is taking us. <br />
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So, those who aren't done yet will work to get their FA8 done. If you are done and you have a missing assignment you should work on it. If you don't have any missing assignments and you do have a competition that can be completed we'll do that. For those others you can go to the practice websites.Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358976309043130930.post-90895584721267237182014-11-04T08:16:00.000-06:002014-11-04T08:16:21.397-06:00Modify Google signature; Complete FA8We are going to start by modifying your Google signature, so you'll need to log into your Google account to begin with. As I went through the day yesterday I began to realize that instead of having problems with people copying the wrong web address we can just make a permanent change to your signature by adding a link to your your blog in your signature.<br />
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Once we get done with that you will have the rest of the class period to complete FA8. This should be emailed. Make sure that you attach a Microsoft Word file (not a Google Doc), and you will be working with your speed skin on your keyboard.Darin Pardoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09529723052543796095noreply@blogger.com0