WWHS and JHHS Computer Classes
Friday, February 27, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Create a "choice -- colors" graphic. Place in the 2-27-04 colors choice folder for grading.
WWHS Personal Finance: Discussion of credit -- what is it, what is a credit rating, good reasons to use credit and bad reasons to use credit.
JHHS Programming: Individual projects.
JHHS Computer Basics: Upload web pages to Internet and test. How to set up a remote site in Dreamweaver.
Thursday, February 26, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Intro to changing colors of a photo. Create a document with a 5 copies of a photo, set the different color settings for each one.
WWHS Personal Finance: More discussion on budgets. Be familiar with topics in Chapter 5 of the NEFE book.
JHHS Programming: Individual Project Work
JHHS Computer Basics: More on Fireworks: text tools, combining shapes and text in layers.
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Complete the TIME cover and place in the shared folder for grading.
WWHS Personal Finance: Intro to budgets, turn in Feb. checks.
JHHS Programming: Programming assignments -- work at your own pace
JHHS Computer Basics: Intro to Fireworks: text tools, effects, basic shapes.
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Work on "Time" magazine cover. Change resolution to 72 px/inch
WWHS Personal Finance: Do February check packet (individually).
JHHS Programming: Guest speaker --MSU--John Paxton
JHHS Computer Basics: Guest speaker -- MSU -- John Paxton
Monday, February 23, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Begin "Time" magazine cover.
WWHS Personal Finance: Finish January checks and check register.
JHHS Programming: Labs 5 and 6 (individual pace):
JHHS Computer Basics: Create a master index page (Tables 3 assignment), add links to prior projects that link back to your master "home" page.
Friday, February 20, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Finish History of INternet video, take photos for "Time" magazine cover.
WWHS Personal Finance: Work on January checks and deposits.
JHHS Programming: (Substitute): work on individual projects.
JHHS Computer Basics (Substitute): Work on Tables 1 and Tables 2 assignment.
Thursday, February 19, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Discussion of History of the Internet video, update notes, and watch more of video.
WWHS Personal Finance: Make corrections to check register, word search.
JHHS Programming: Individual Projects (if done with lab 5-2, otherwise finish lab 5-2)
JHHS Computer Basics: Intro to Tables in Dreamweaver
Wednesday, Feb. 18
WWHS Digital Imaging: Video: History of the Internet. Take notes!
WWHS Personal Finance: Work on creating the practice check register and writing checks (Check with Barb for more info).
JHHS Programming: Lab 5 labs (at your own pace).
JHHS Computer Basics: Dreamweaver 1st assignment (see web site).
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Create an original digital image: get a photo, edit with bitmap and vector tools. Post in the 2-17 folder.
WWHS Personal Finance: Intro to writing checks (new packet from Barb)
JHHS Programming: Intro to while loops. Work on Lab 5 (at your own pace)
JHHS Computer Basics: Intro to Dreamweaver. Make a "practice folder" and create a two-page web site. Set up a new folder called dw1 for the Dreamweaver 1 assignment (start tomorrow, Feb. 18).
Friday, February 13, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Create a image where you:
1. import a photo
2. crop the photo
3. edit using bitmap tools
4. save as "your name" into the 2-13-04 folder
WWHS Personal Finance: Reconcile the January bank statement.
JHHS Programming: individual project work
JHHS Computer Basics: copy your projects to the shared folder, peer test and grade. Intro to setting up your site in Dreamweaver.
Thursday, February 12, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: INtro to editing photos using bitmap tools.
WWHS Personal Finance: update your spending sheet, discussion on how careers affect your financial plan, discussion of benefits.
JHHS Programming: Individual Projects
JHHS Computer Basics: Work on my choice project.
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
WWHS: No class today -- volunteer at Special Olympics
JHHS Programming: For quiz (written and programming). Individual Projects
JHHS Computer Basics: More formatting in Netscape composer (internal links, backgrounds, images, etc.). Begin "my choice" assignment.
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
WWHS DIgital Imaging: More with using vector tools -- using the combine features (punch, join, etc.)
WWHS Personal Finance: No class today
JHHS Programming: Labs 4-4 and 4-5 ( and lab 4 EC if time)
JHHS Computer Basics: Intro to using Netscape Composer. Create a page with links to the five subject sites you located yesterday. Copy your subject folder onto the tcsd-dbu shared folder for grading.
Monday, February 09, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Put together printed posters (cut and tape!)
WWHS Personal Finance: Complete money video, turn in weekly expense forms, read chapter 2 in NEFE.
JHHs Programming: Intro to for loops, labs 4-1, 4-2. 4-3
JHHS Computer Basics: evaluating web sites, find five web sites about a school topic and copy and paste the addresses to a notepad file.
Friday, February 06, 2004
WWHS: no class today -- field trip to Wildlife Museum
JHHS Programming: Work on individual projects, individual meetings with Mrs. Sanchez to discuss quiz scores.
JHHS Computer Basics: Create Search Engine Blog, "Find the HTML errors,"
Thursday, February 05, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Individual assignments: make either a CD, CM or Ratio poster (see web site for text to put on poster)
WWHS Personal Finance: All About Money video: gambling, Japan's society, giving it all up to be a monk
JHHS Programming: quizzes on intro and if loops, work on individual assignments (Flash and Dreamweaver)
JHHS Computer Basics: Search Engine worksheets
Wednesday, February 04, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: Create a Concrete Detail poster using Publisher. Post on tcsd-dbu-01 server.
WWHS Personal Finance: All About Money video
JHHS Programming: quiz on increment/decrement. Work on calculator and lab 3 extra credit
JHHS Computer Basics: intro to search engines, google features, google whacking.
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: various activities: taping posters, creating posters, and working in FW.
WWHS Personal Finance: video: The story of money. Take notes on video -- will turn notes in after video is complete.
JHHS Programming: Lab 3-2 (increment/decrement). Use pseudocode from last week to create calculator.
JHHS Computer Basics: set up a blog at http://www.blogger.com.
Monday, February 02, 2004
WWHS Digital Imaging: fill out classroom survey, Intro to using Microsoft Publisher, creating banners and posters.
WWHS Personal Finance: fill out classroom survey, get new weekly expense form, discuss goals, p. 11 pros and cons of your decision. Read rest of section 1.
JHHS Programming: finish 3-3 (if loops w. character variables), go over increment and decrement (powerpoint), examples in c++ and example on board. turn in copy from board work.
JHHS Computer Basics: FInish HTML project, copy to shared folder, test and make corrections.
