Computer Applications
Computer Applications is an introduction to the operation of Microsoft Office software, including Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. This class aims to provide you with the knowledge necessary to use these applications in other classes, future employment, and in everyday life.
It counts as 5 technology credits towards the 10 that are required for graduation!
Classroom Expectations & Grading
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March 15-19
Monday |
Start Excel - Data Files - open, extract, copy to Computer Applications folder Basic Spreadsheet Information White pages 4-17 Together Skills Review, page 29, Together |
Tuesday March 16 |
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MicroType - Numeric KeyPad Lessons Finish both handouts from yesterday (salmon and brown) |
Thursday March 18 |
MicroType - Numeric KeyPad Lessons Continue working on handouts - Salmon and Brown When finished with both, do Study Plan - Handout in back |
Friday |
MicroType - Numeric KeyPad Lessons Excel Spreadsheet Activity |
March 8-12
Monday |
Work Day Finish: Harry Potter, Teens, FBLA Today's assignment: Guitar Hero - it should look like this when you are finished! |
Tuesday March 9 |
If you haven't started Guitar Hero - do so now. If you started it yesterday and didn't quite finish it - do so now. Other Missing Assignments - see teacher Independent Challenges 1 and 2 from Unit D on pages 100-101 |
Wednesday March 10 |
SAMS Final Word Assessment Missing Assignments- see teacher Independent Challenges 1 and 2 from Unit D on pages 100-101 Visual Workshop in book, page 104 |
Thursday March 11 |
No School |
Friday |
Crazy Laws Final Word Assessment When finished, work on any missing assignments! |
March 1 - 5
Monday |
Word Unit C SAMS Test Missing Assignments If finished with everything - do this assignment sheet |
Tuesday March 2 |
Unit D white pages 78-86 Together Skills Review, page 97 - instructions 1-5 Individually |
Wednesday March 3 |
Open this file - Footprints Quick Review - Breaks, Columns, Margins, Page Numbers White Pages 88-94 Together Finish all instructions Skills Review - pages 97-99 (Individually) |
Thursday March 4 |
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Friday |
Finish Harry Potter Today's Assignment is Teens - Open this file and grab a brown handout If you finish Teens - Begin FBLA |
February 22-26
Monday |
Quick Review - Borners/Shading, Footnotes/Endnotes Finish Friday's assignments (SKills Review and Purple Handout)
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Tuesday February 23 |
Work day Finish Purple Handout - Tabs New assignments
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Wednesday February 24 |
Work Day 1st - Finish yesterday's assignments Today's assignment is Chuck Norris |
Thursday February 25 |
Unit C Review - Open this file Work Day 1st - Do Chuck Norris if you didn't yesterday 2nd - Work on Missing Assignments 3rd - Today's Assignment is Name of the Game (white handout) 4th - Today's 2nd Assignment is Lyric Formatting |
Friday February 26 |
Word Unit C Quiz Work on missing assignments - do Unit C assignments 1st |
February 15-19
Monday |
Unit B Review Together
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Tuesday February 16 |
Work Day - Get Grade Sheet from teacher and work on all assignments that have a Z (zero). If you don't have your Rock and Roll PowerPoint turned in, do so today as that is worth a lot of points. If finished with everything, open this assignment sheet and do it. |
Wednesday February 17 |
Unit C - Formatting Text and Paragraphs White pages 50-57 Together - WD C-1 Skills Review pages 69-70, Instructions 1-4 Individually - WD C-2 |
Thursday February 18 |
Quick Review pages 50-57 (Childers) White pages 58-63 Together (Lambert) Skills Review pages 69-71 - Continue where you left off yesterday thru Instruction 7 |
Friday February 19 |
Quick Review - Tabs, Indents, Bullets/Numbering White pages 64-67 Together
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February 8-12
Monday February 8 |
Period 5 Meets from 11:30 - 12:59 Word Unit A - White Pages Together
Go over Parts of a Business Letter - Byers Assignments
When finished with all of the above - finish up PowerPoints if needed - OR - do some online typing Online Typing TestMore Typing Games |
Tuesday February 9 |
Period 2 Meets from 7:45 - 9:15 Same as Monday! |
Wednesday February 10 |
Quick Review of Unit A Word
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Thursday February 11 |
Begin Unit B - White Pages 26-37 Together - You will need this file: WD B-1.docx Skills Review, pages 43-44, Instructions 1-4 Individually - You will need this file: WD B-2.docx |
Friday February 12 |
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February 1-5
Monday |
No Class Period 2 Period 5 meets from 11:30-12:59
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Tuesday February 2 |
Period 2 meets from 7:45-9:15 (don't be late) No Class Period 5
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Wednesday February 3 |
Go over Concepts Quiz More PowerPoint Features Finish Rock and Roll PowerPoint |
Thursday February 4 |
Quick Review Work on Missing PowerPoint Assignments
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Friday February 5 |
MicroType for 5 Minutes
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January 25-29
Monday |
No Class Period 2! Period 5 Class Meets from 11:35 - 12:59 (go to lunch at 11:00)
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Tuesday January 26 |
No Class Period 5! Period 2 Class Meets from 8:00-9:25 |
Wednesday January 27 |
MicroType
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Thursday January 28 |
MicroType 1st - Login to Student DocuShare and then Open a new Tab and go to my Web site 2nd - Click on the appropriate link: - Period 2 Pictures - Period 5 Pictures Insert Picture from File - Pictures/Shapes Work on About Me Bring a pencil for the test tomorrow! |
Friday January 29 |
MicroType Computer Concepts Test Finish About Me if needed |
January 18-22
Monday |
No School |
Tuesday January 19 |
No School |
Wednesday January 20 |
First Day Technical Activities (server down - do Thursday) First Day PowerPoint and Expectations MicroType - 3 minute assessment Data Files for Students SAMS Testing Site - School ID Number V7631897 |
Thursday January 21 |
Technical Activities First Day PowerPoint Anatomy of a Computer Handout Office 2007 Features in PowerPoint |
Friday January 22 |
MicroType Computer Concepts PowerPoint Understanding Essential Computer Concepts - Structured Notes |
Links for Future Use
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Online Typing Test
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- Data Files for Students
January 11-15
Monday January 11 |
Mail Merge and Integration Video Project - you will need this Excel file Arcade Maintenance Record Semester Project |
Tuesday January 12 |
Review for Final
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Wednesday January 13 |
Finals Periods 1, 2, and 7 |
Thursday January 14 |
Finals Periods 3 and 4 Computer Application's Final |
Friday |
January 4-8
Monday January 4 |
Integration Unit B Files - Click on link - Open - Extract All Files - Copy new Integration B folder to your Computer Applications folder. Start Excel and open INT B-1.xlsx from Integration B folder White pages Integration 20-27 Together Skills Review, pages 28-29 |
Tuesday January 5 |
Learn Mail Merge You will need this spreadsheet file: Service Hours |
Wednesday January 6 |
Snow Day |
Thursday January 7 |
Snow Day |
Friday |
December 14-18
Monday December 14 |
Skills Review Together - Open this file! Assignments
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Tuesday December 15 |
Quick Review using Santas List Finish yesterday's Assignments. When finished with the first 3 - the Independent Challenges, copy and paste the following queries from the exercises above to a Word file. Save the word file as UnitBQueriesLastname and upload to DocuShare for credit. When finished with the Visual Workshop on page 50, rename the HighPerformer's Query so your name is in the Query name and then Print it for credit. |
Wednesday December 16 |
Santa's List Assignment - purple handout Golf Stats Assignment - pink handout |
Thursday December 17 |
Christmas Movie PowerPoint - Instructions We Wish You A Merry Christmas MP3 File |
Friday |
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December 7 - 11
November 30 - December 4
Monday November 30 |
Begin Access Unit A - Understanding Relational Databases Access Files - Open, Extract All Files, Copy to Computer Apps folder |
Tuesday December 1 |
Do the Basketball assignment - yellow handout. |
Wednesday December 2 |
Quick Review and Learning Together (sort, resize columns, decimals, date format, relationships, delete records, relationship report, save as 2007 database, orientation) Assignments
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Thursday December 3 |
Access Finish Yesterday's assignments first Today
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Friday |
Access Quiz Work on missing assignments from Wednesday and Thursday |
November 23-25
Monday November 23 |
Open the link above - follow directions to complete project! PowerPoint presentation on Cyber Bullying. |
Tuesday November 24 |
Check your Grades so you know what you still have missing. Finish Fast Food Fun Project Finish Cyber Safety PowerPoint and upload again for more credit! |
Wednesday November 25 |
SAMS Test - Take the Word and Excel Childers Test Work on Missing Assignments Thanksgiving Activity |
Thursday November 26 |
No School - Happy Thanksgiving |
Friday |
No School |
November 16-20
Monday November 16 |
Create a new folder called Integration in your Computer Apps folder. Begin Excel/Word Integration - Unit A Files - Open, Extract All, Copy to Integration folder
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Tuesday November 17 |
Today's Assignments:
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Wednesday November 18 |
PLAN Testing - Late Start
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Thursday November 19 |
Cyber Bullying - Discussion, Videos, Handouts |
Friday |
Finish yesterday's Handouts and then do this PowerPoint presentation on Cyber Bullying. |
November 9-13
Monday November 9 |
Quick Review Excel Problem Test - Open this Files - Excel Test Excel SAMS Test - Take the Excel Final Exam - Childers |
Tuesday November 10 |
Money Smart Week Activities
When finished, open this file and work on formulas and charts! Note - there are several sheets in this one spreadsheet! |
Wednesday November 11 |
Everyone quickly do this. Money Smart Week Activities
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Thursday November 12 |
Continue working on MoneySmart activities from Tuesday and Wednesday. When finished, open this file and work on formulas and charts! Note - there are several sheets in this one spreadsheet! |
Friday |
1) Best Buy Shopping Spree File 1) Best Buy Shopping Spree Instructions 2) The Gap File 2) The Gap Instructions 3) Finish any missing assignments from this week! |
November 2 - 6
Monday November 2 |
Begin Unit D in Excel Open the folder above - Extract All files - copy and paste to Excel folder. Do Excel pages 84-94 - upload to DocuShare when finished. Begin the Skills Review on Pages 97-98. Try to finish with Instruction 4 before the bell rings! |
Tuesday November 3 |
Mrs. Childers is gone today - Mr. Wiehn will be your substitute. You should work on the following assignments today:
Upload all finished files to DocuShare for credit - Do not print! You should not be on the Internet for any reason other than to check my Web site! |
Wednesday November 4 |
Finish yesterday's 3 assignments FIRST. THEN - Pink Handout - Three Dog Bakery and Immigration Visual Workshop on page 104 |
Thursday November 5 |
Finish all Excel assignments. When finished, take the Excel Unit C - Childers SAMS test. When finished, take the Excel Charts - Childers SAMS test. |
Friday |
Open this Excel Review Grab a White Handout from back of room and complete the review. The review is very similar to the Test on Monday - so if you have questions on how to do something, please ask! |
October 19-23
Monday October 19 |
SAMS Unit A & B Review Today's Assignments
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Tuesday October 20 |
Open EX C-1.xlsx and Save as QSTAdvertisingLastName to your Excel folder. White pages 52-63, Together Skills Review – Pages 71-72 - Instructions 1-6, Individually EX C-2.xlsx When finished do MicroType Numeric Keypad! |
Wednesday October 21 |
Quick Review White Pages 64-69 Together Finish Skills Review - pages 71-72 - ALL Instructions Independent Challenge 1 - page 73 EX C-3.xlsx |
Thursday October 22 |
Learn Icon Sets
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Friday |
Check your grades and finish yesterday's assignments. When finished, do:
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October 12-16
Monday October 12 |
MicroType - Numeric Keypad Create an Excel folder in your Computer Application's folder Unit A Files - Open, Extract All Files, Next, Next, Finish - Right Click and Copy folder - Paste it in your Excel folder. Start Excel Today:
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Tuesday October 13 |
MicroType - Numeric Keypad Skills Review (instructions 4-8) Today's Assignments - Blue Handout in Back of Room |
Wednesday October 14 |
MicroType - Numeric Keypad Work Day in Excel
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Thursday October 15 |
MicroType - Numeric Keypad Unit B Files - Open, Extract All Files, Next, Next, Finish - Right Click and Copy folder - Paste it in your Excel folder. White pages 26-41 Skills Review, pages 44-45 |
Friday |
Quick Review (relative vs absolute) Independent Challenge 2, page 47 (don't do the Advanced Challenge) White Handout - IC3 and Real Life Visual Workshop on page 50 if time permits |
October 5 - 9
Monday October 5 |
Review Tables (merging) When make lists - don't select the list heading Help button Work Time
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Tuesday October 6 |
First do Oh Canada Then work on Unit D Missing Assignments - Independent Challenges 1 & 2 Finished with both Independent Challenges - do the Visual Workshop on Page 104 |
Wednesday October 7 |
First do FBLA - Formative Assessment Second take the Unit D Quiz on SAMS Then work on missing assignments from Unit D
Finished with everything? Do OLD - handout in back of room! |
Thursday October 8 |
1st - Guitar Hero Formative Assessment (White Handout) 2nd - Missing Work 3rd - Check out these Web sites |
Friday |
1st - Word Formative Assessment - Crazy Laws 2nd - SAMS Test - Word Final |
September 28-October 2
Monday September 28 |
MicroType Today's Assignments
When finished with the above two assignments, work on missing assignments! |
Tuesday September 29 |
MicroType SAMS Unit C Quiz Finish Chuck Norris if you didn't yesterday Today's assignments: Lyric formatting And 12 Days of Christmas |
Wednesday September 30 |
MicroType Unit D Files - Open, Extract All, Copy to Word Folder White pages 78-91 Together Skills Review pages 97-98, Instructions 1-7 |
Thursday October 1 |
MicroType Quick Review - headers/footers, breaks, page numbers, columns, sections, margins Today's Assignments:
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Friday |
MicroType Assignments:
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September 21-25
Monday September 21 |
MicroType White pages 58-63 (Tabs & Indents, Bullets & Numbering) - Together Open LastMinuteDealsLastName Skills Review - Open Franklin EDA Report LastName
Extra Challenges |
Tuesday September 22 |
MicroType Open LastMinuteDeals - White Pages 64-67 Together Open FranklinEDAReport - Skills Review Pages 69-71
Today's Assignments:
Files Needed for Pink Handout: |
Wednesday September 23 |
Work Day Check your Grades and work on missing assignments from Unit C Today's assignments:
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Thursday September 24 |
MicroType Unit C Review Work on missing assignments in this order!
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Friday |
Finish Jermanok and Membership Drive FIRST and then do:
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September 14-18
Monday September 14 |
MicroType Use the Byers Letter to Review Formatting, Spacing, and Parts of a Business Letter Don't forget to hit the No Spacing button before typing letters! Assignments -
When finished with all letters, work on any other missing assignments from last week. |
Tuesday September 15 |
Check your grades Work on missing assignments! |
Wednesday September 16 |
MicroType Get Unit C Files Review Unit B Quiz Unit B - SAMS Testing Site Work on missing assignments Today's assignments: Cut and Paste Practice |
Thursday September 17 |
MicroType Begin Unit C - Formatting Text and Paragraphs White Pages 50-57 Together Skills Review pages 69-70, Instructions 1-4 Individually |
Friday |
MicroType Quick Review Name of the Game (thanks Shannon) Finish Skills Review Instructions 1-4 |
September 7-14
Monday September 7 |
No School |
Tuesday September 8 |
MicroType Get Unit B Files saved to computer Review Parts of a Business Letter - Byers Assignments
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Wednesday September 9 |
MicroType Begin Unit B in Word - Editing Documents
Assignment:
MicroType or Baracuda typing game if you finish early |
Thursday September 10 |
MicroType Continue Unit B in Word
Continue Skills Review, pages 43-44, Individually
MicroType or Baracuda typing game if you finish early |
Friday |
MicroType Continue Unit B in Word Assignments: Finish Skills Review, Instructions 1-7 Independent Challenge 1, page 45
Visual Workshop, page 48
Work on any missing assignments for this week! MicroType or Baracuda typing game if you have everything finished! |
Monday September 14 |
August 31-September 4
Monday August 31 |
Continue working on your About Me PowerPoint. Make sure you meet all of the Requirements I'll take your picture today so you have one to put on the first slide. |
Tuesday September 1 |
Last day to work on About Me PowerPoint
When finished, open this assignment - ME - and begin! |
Wednesday September 2 |
Check your Grades - Yes means I have the assignment but I haven't graded it yet. Sign up for SAMS testing together Finish About Me PowerPoint and ME assignment from yesterday. MicroType or Typing Games Online - Baracuda |
Thursday September 3 |
Creating Documents with Word 2007 White Pages 2-13 (together) Skills Review Pages 19-20 (individually - Instructions 2-5) |
Friday |
Review Creating Documents with Word 2007 White Pages 14-17 (together) Learn how to create a Letterhead Finish Pages 19-20 (individually - Instructions 2-5) |